Cardi B Dismisses Criticism Over ~40-person Thanksgiving

[peddlestools]

12kids and 25 adults over the https://t.co/jROX5NQF2p was lit !!
- iamcardib (@iamcardib) November 29, 2020

People be trying tooo hard to be offended.I wonder how they survive the real world 😂
- iamcardib (@iamcardib) November 29, 2020
Did I ask Siri what is 25+12? I did. I'm not smart, but I know better than to attend or host a massive holiday

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[verschreibsel]

You know all these rich people can afford tests. They can afford the best treatment if they get sick.

But they‘re bringing the people who work for them into it. And setting a bad example. And possibly hogging medical resources.

Then again for „normal people“ it‘s so different from person to person where you draw the line. And it depends on the country too. But I think most of us wants to believe that the government has a plan but what if you want to do more than the government says you have to. It can be kind of isolating if what other people are doing isn‘t illegal but it‘s also not smart.

Like my country is lifting the ban on bigger gatherings for Christmas so ten people can celebrate together. But I feel uneasy about my aunt and uncle traveling to come here without getting tested. But my mom wants to see them and she‘s the most at risk out of all of us (over 65 and had cancer recently). Even though the government allowed it so people wouldn‘t riot over cancelling Christmas it‘s probably not a good idea. And it‘s not like my mom denies covid or anything but I think she‘s getting tired of everything. And then there‘s my dad who is super careful and doesn‘t want my aunt and uncle to come.

[hamnoo]

I keep thinking about this and it makes me so angry.
My parents who both live alone want me to visit them but I don't think it's a good idea. Do I want to change my mind, seeing as everyone's decided to just be selfish and push another worsened lockdown on us in January, not to mention the added stress on those working in hospitals etc? Sure, I feel very much like changing my mind and traveling via train to meet my parents so they don't have to be alone and I don't have to spend Christmas with my ex. I hate people right now.

[verschreibsel]

Yeah for sure. Like I live pretty close to my parents but I take public transport anyway to work but I go very early, wear my mask, avoid people. It’s a question of calculated risk I guess. And I leave that to my parents but so far I’ve been doing pretty well with that method and haven’t had contact with anyone infected.

Of course I could ask my work to work from home but I live about 10 minutes away by tram and I live alone. So I could only get grocery delivery, stay home, work from home but my mental health couldn’t take it so this is the solution I have for myself where I’m just careful when I’m out and get grocery delivery most weeks instead of every week.

[la_loony]

And possibly hogging medical resources.

That angers me the most tbh. Yes they can afford tests, but those tests should go to people who need them instead!

Going by those Christmas regulations, are you in Germany by any chance?
Cause I feel you on the lifting things for the end of December, it's careless because we have seen how people are lax this whole fall season, why would they suddenly act responsible and careful around christmas?

[des_pudels_kern]

Oh, I assume our numbers will go through the roof early/mid-January. It's not like people will spend the holidays coming together in a group of 10 adults and x children once and remain in that bubble. They'll travel all across the country, celebrate with their immediate family on the 24th, with that side of the extended family on the 25thl with the other side on the 26th, meet this group of old friends one evening, that group the next...

But I'm not judging people, tbh. Why should they take this seriously when our government isn't? Lockdown light and Wellenbrecher are mutually exclusive. Look at our curve, and look at the curves of our neighbours who did a proper lockdown! Four weeks in, and we've barely flattened the curve, let alone started a decline. Imo we should have done 3-4 weeks of hard lockdown. That would have improved the numbers and ultimately been less painful for both people and businesses than this long, drawn-out, ineffective mess. But no, it's more important to e.g. keep the schools open without even hiring the travel coaches going unused rn anyway so that people don't have to pack into public transport like sardines.

[la_loony]

Yeah same. Even if people can keep it together and not meet old friends, the moment they let extended family in/go there it'll get messy.

I'm doing some light judging?XD
Like I myself will go home, but I already talked to my parents and they will come pick me up so I won't have to take the train and avoid the people there at least. At home outside of my siblings and parents I will not see anyone but maybe my grandparents, and my plan is to go on a walk with them cause meeting outside is better. I'm lucky because my hometown is not too far away to do this. One of my flatmates would have to sit in a train for like 5 or 6 hours I think. She is lucky that her dad likes to drive and is very likely going to pick her up too and her family is also rather small and has formed a bubble already.
But I'm judging people who plan to meet tons of people if they go home for the holidays or do not make plans to travel with the least amount of contact possible. Moreso people who plan to celebrate new years eve, like stick to your close contact group and that's it, fuck fireworks and that shit, we can have that once it's safe to meet again!
Idk I feel like going from sort of open to hard lock down could just start a yoyo effect, like if in November everything was closed down christmas shopping in December would be an absolut nightmare (more than usual; I work in retailxD).
To me it's a mix of personal and political failures. The government definitely has to be more strict, it's not hard to pass a general "outside of your home everyone wears a freaking mask, no matter how populated your area is" rule, which would make wearing one in stores etc. easier because you already have it on your face. Fine everyones asses for not wearing a mask. Those fucking Querdenker (god I hate them so much) "protests" should've made bank. On the personal level people just need to continue (and well in sadly too many cases start) to act responsible. I know it sucks to isolate yourself and I know it can be really hard on your mental health, but we had month to prepare for this and find ways to still stay connected to our social circles.

[verschreibsel]

It’s unfortunate (in this year) how ingrained Christmas is here. I am indeed German.

Because Christmas shopping, Christmas markets, family get togethers.

Well if they closed the shops before Christmas people would complain that they’re killing in person stores and giving the whole Christmas money to Amazon and other online retailers. But even if the shops allow a limited number of customers and you have to wear a mask while in busy places people still crowd together outside. There are also some Christmassy food booths in my city to make up for cancelling the Christmas market. There are queues to consider there....

As for spending Christmas with your family. If they didn’t lift it for Christmas there’d be riots in the street. Like people take this shit so seriously. We can only hope everyone who can quarantines for the recommended 5 days before though some people (like me) have work (in person). We’ll see what kind of crackdown we get in January as a result.

[la_loony]

I have to say I am impressed that today customers were very good with the mask wearing (sad low bar I knowxD) and patient when they had to wait to enter the store when we were at our allowed capacity.

My city thankfully canceled every of the usual food/muled wine booth as far as I know and we have like 4 or 5 booths close to where I work that have like wood work from the Erzgebirge and tree decorations. So nothing that will garner huge crowds and they spread them well. I worry most about careless family get togethers the most I think. Christmas shopping I just don't know, I read somewhere it was advised to try and shop during the week to not make Friday and Saturday the usual peak days, but I don't know how many people can actually do that.

I wish they'd at least had put their foot down for New Years Eve and said no fireworks anywhere (I mean I wish that shit was done for good in private anyway, but I don't know if I'll see that happening in my life time -.-). I have the same problem as you, I work in person and up till the 23rd, I can't quarantine myself, though I social distance outside of work as much as possible.

[verschreibsel]

Same here about socially distancing otherwise.

Yeah I just think people shop every weekday afternoon not just the weekend. It always seems packed.

And yeah I could live without fireworks too. Poor hospital workers having to deal with the injuries of people lighting one in their hand and what not.

[aleksie]

Bringing in the people who work for them as well as anyone who lives with the workers. It's a fucking mess.