Things are just generally weird AF out in the world, I can't help but noticing.
Like imagine a woman carrying 2 fancy drinks, sans mask, who's like "oh, do you mind if I get in the elevator too"?
who ever asked that in before times while getting their 2 fisted drinking on in a mostly empty hotel elevator?
which it has to be noted has little standy-circles in each corner. my iron-o-meter has pegged
I don't think I could do this for more than 2 days, I have not built up the stamina to wear a mask very long and deal with all the added mental baggage.
So I'm glad I only scheduled 2 days at my next converence, DisCon III (WorldCon). Excite!
Coughing feels like a real faux pas, and I'm on meds that have an occasional dry cough symptom. That made for a few unfun times.
(I've also been self-testing fwiw)
we all have this new thing to talk about, which can be nice to break the ice, though it didn't dominate.
particularly enjoyed a convo about how some extroverts realized during lockdown that they were actually sometimes introverts, and vice-versa
social distancing of chairs in a conference room is great, makes it really easy to get to a seat and avoids getting squashed in between people
I have difficulty sometimes recognising faces at conferences and wow, masks make this 10x harder
sometimes I failed to recognise someone with their
mask off after I'd had a conversation with masks on
(this community is pretty good about respecting others, which helps)
.. so mask discipline was not total, but better than I have seen most anywhere ever.
Granted I live in an area with really poor handling of everything covid.
the restaurant exception carries over to a conference in some form of social osmosis, beause people drink coffee and stuff at conferences
vaccine requirement was not verified, this seemed ok to me
this was vaccinated and masked, and more than safe enough for me, though past me would disagree about eg unmasked speakers (20 feet from audience tho)
thoughts on in-person conferences during covid, after my first one (a thread)
"I am standing in front of everyone in my pyjamas" -- OLF organizer in context of covid changes
note to self/whoever wants super yum: Palak chat.
thinking about how advent of code and coding competitions don't mesh with my motivation at all..
like, I enjoy coding, including for its own right, but as soon as it involves making something non-unique I don't wanna
probably the psychology of that is unhealthy, but I guess it's been creatively helpful too
just listened to Clarance Thomas followed by Kavanaugh as they try to overturn abortion 🤢
deep bench
Joey Hess https://joeyh.name
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