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<blockquote data-quote="droughtmeat" data-source="post: 1448975" data-attributes="member: 13682">My experience has been different. I feel as though people are far more willing to talk and have a chat with random strangers than before the pandemic. I have met more people that share similar interests than pre-pandemic. I generally see a lot of bonding and connecting going on.In addition, people also seem more active. Now, when I got to the gym at 6 in the morning it is very busy, whereas that was less common in 2019. Plus I see a lot of people playing sports for 6 to 8 hours a day, especially on weekends. But doing that in groups where they actually end up getting to know the people, as opposed to feeling like strangers.That said, I agree that everyone complies when they are in public. But the same people that insist on wearing a mask wherever they go are also the ones spending the weekends at clubs and bars with 30 to 60 people partying. It is a completely paradoxical situation and it feels as though cognitive dissonance has never been as strong as it currently is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="droughtmeat, post: 1448975, member: 13682"] My experience has been different. I feel as though people are far more willing to talk and have a chat with random strangers than before the pandemic. I have met more people that share similar interests than pre-pandemic. I generally see a lot of bonding and connecting going on. In addition, people also seem more active. Now, when I got to the gym at 6 in the morning it is very busy, whereas that was less common in 2019. Plus I see a lot of people playing sports for 6 to 8 hours a day, especially on weekends. But doing that in groups where they actually end up getting to know the people, as opposed to feeling like strangers. That said, I agree that everyone complies when they are in public. But the same people that insist on wearing a mask wherever they go are also the ones spending the weekends at clubs and bars with 30 to 60 people partying. It is a completely paradoxical situation and it feels as though cognitive dissonance has never been as strong as it currently is. [/QUOTE]

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