What covid changes in your life will be permanent?

[Rain Man]

I've made a bunch of changes in my life over the past nine months, and frankly some of them have been pretty good experiments. In some cases I'll revert back, but in others I probably won't.

How do you think you'll think/act differently going forward as a result of this?

For me, some changes that will stick are:

• I'll work from home more.
• I'll probably continue to give people distance when I pass them on the street.
• I'll go to restaurants less often and get takeout more.
• There'll be notable changes to my business office, though not sure what yet. It'll definitely be less space than we pay for now.
• On an investment front, I've learned that tech is a safe haven now, so I've upped my tech allocation in my investments, and that won't go back down.
• I'll likely get a bidet as I redo a bathroom so I don't have to worry about future toilet paper shortages.
• I've discovered a lot of good new foods as a result of online shopping, so my dining at home will carry forward these discoveries.

Some changes that might stick in whole or in part:

• I'll keep getting groceries delivered instead of going to the store. I'm not sure if this one will stick or not just because I live a block from a store.
• If I have a cold or flu, I'll wear a mask.
• I'll go back to running in parks and on trails, but I've found good alternate routes that I'll continue to use (routes which allowed greater social distancing but are generally pleasant).
• I'll be more likely to get a regular flu shot given what I've learned about contagion.
• I'll probably go back to doing more crowd things (e.g., shows, parties, etc.), but less than before and mostly because my wife will want to go.

Some changes that won't stick and will revert back to normal:

• My leisure travel will go back to old habits. However, I may consider more road trips for a while where feasible.
• I've been a very casual dresser for the past nine months, and have been barefoot more than I've ever been in my life. That'll need to change if I'm doing more in-person meetings again.
• I look forward to being able to go back to my local mall, buy some Panda Express, and people watch while I work remotely. I actually may miss that more than anything else.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Is that what "ball reside" means? i don't get it.

Residue. Sweat. Smegma. Leftover...fluids. I don't claim to know how often people shower.

[Pablo]

I'm good with the handshake going away forever. Done enough of the smile and shake in my previous sales life to last a lifetime. Keep your dickbeaters in your pocket and we can say hello.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Pablo

I'm good with the handshake going away forever. Done enough of the smile and shake in my previous sales life to last a lifetime. Keep your dickbeaters in your pocket and we can say hello.

Agreed. The hello and wave/nod is fine with me.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by Spott

I’d be ok with handshakes going away. It’s always been a bit of a socially awkward tradition anyways.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Residue. Sweat. Smegma. Leftover...fluids. I don't claim to know how often people shower.

Ah. Why do you contract it "reside"? Seems unnecessary.

So bottom line, we're scared of residue. i might get stuff on my hands.

Ohmygod. Whatever shall I do?

Look, I'm not scared of some residue. or 'fluids.' Or whatever.

I've been covered in mud for days, as recently as a couple months ago. Drank water from a river. Didn't shower for a week while fishing 10 hours a day in 90 degree heat and ate food with my unwashed hands. I've been up to my armpits in the chest cavities of more than a dozen deer, or otherwise covered in the blood of countless gamebirds and animals. And shook a lot of hands while doing so over 4 decades. Not to mention to dozen or so quail I pulled the innards out of earlier this year.

Actually, the two best handshakes I can remember was the time I was covered in the guts and blood of my first buck with my dad, and when my brother finally got his first deer a few years later.

'Reside' isn't really a thing for me.

Looking at it now, I'm infinitely glad I wasn't raised to have such phobias.

Do you guys wash your hands immediately after finger-banging your girl/boy friend before you get to homebase, or do you just forego putting your naked finger inside another person entirely?

Must be kind of inconvenient, not to mention something of a mood killer.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Ah. Why do you contract it "reside"?

Dude. It's a misspelling. And it wasn't mine.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Dude. It's a misspelling. And it wasn't mine.

Ah. Mistook it for one of those new 'words.'

[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

I have to breathe through my nose now. Must try chewing gum with mask on before it is over

[Pablo]

Obviously handshakes hold some deep meaning to you if you've got your favorites memorized. I don't think most people care about them that much.

[KCUnited]

Who hasn't rushed a poop and smeared the wipe a bit on base of your thumb a few precious minutes before a meeting and made a business decision to just roll with it and shake hands?

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Obviously handshakes hold some deep meaning to you if you've got your favorites memorized. I don't think most people care about them that much.

Whatever floats your boat. They were the ones trying to scare me with 'residue.'

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Sorry. Not going to explain something that should've be taught to you when you were 5. Nothing personal, just not my job. Go ask your dad.

He passed in 2010.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

He passed in 2010.

Sorry to hear that. Mine passed in 2018.

he didn't explain the handshake thing before he passed?

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

Who hasn't rushed a poop and smeared the wipe a bit on base of your thumb a few precious minutes before a meeting and made a business decision to just roll with it and shake hands?

It's how shit gets done.

[tmax63]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

A polite bow is far superior. I would also exchange a small token gift with you of candy or Dr. Pepper.

And you think you won't be transferring germs with an exchange of small token gifts.
As for me I'll gladly return to all pre-covid activities. Getting our immune systems challenged is good. Heard the saying "that which doesn't kill us makes us stronger" is actually pretty accurate when it comes to our immune system.