People have started going out and about to bars and restaurants, music performances and hopefully clubs, right about now. After almost a year and a half of being cooped up in their houses because of the invisible killer that's taken millions off the face of this planet.
Freaking finally.
A few of us did that two weeks ago, and it was incredibly fun. Like the good old times were back again. The occupancy was still not at 100% because of the temporarily laws that have not yet been lifted, but you could see the glimmer of hope and excitement on people's eyes. People were just so eager to talk to one another, figure out what everybody's deal was, make new friends, talk to random strangers, and get that precious precious human connection back, what was lost for all these months.
Many people have told me that they had lost the ability to socialize over the course of the last year, and that they don't yet remember how it is that you talked to a large group of people, or random strangers. So now that the ice of social awkwardness is melting, everybody will begin opening up slowly, taking baby steps and jogging their memories on what is to be said, and to not be said to random strangers, and how much commitment is the right amount to be made to a random stranger you just met at a bar. Because on one hand, you really need the human company and socialization and on the other people are still mean and trash and you don't want to unnecessarily make yourself vulnerable.
It was the first time I'd been in a bar in a very long time, since I spend most of my time with boring well-settled couples who don't have the need or desire to go to such establishments. It was only in Seattle that I found company with the 'bois' if they may be called so, with interest in meeting new people and making friends. So we set off, and the trip was decently successful. The two other guys made friends and even got a doggie date set up, which didn't work out in the end but that's not completely different from normal times. And I got to meet people from my alma-mater and learn about the situation of young urban professionals and the state of the tech industry, which was an educational experience.
Things are coming back to normal, and I can't wait for it enough.
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