Stuff that Mish thinks about when he's bored

So, the national lockdown just got extended for another three weeks. In addition, the national death toll is now above 15,000, the global death toll is above 160,000 and the end is still nowhere to be seen. It looks like this pandemic will continue to get worse before it gets better and we've still got some weeks to go before we can go meet our friends. Also I really need a haircut right now. Things are looking pretty bleak. But I think there's an angle here that we're missing. Looking at the numbers and reading the news is depressing. But looking at the news has always been depressing, it was depressing before the pandemic and it'll continue to be depressing after the pandemic. I don't go to the media expecting good news; I can't remember the last time I heard any good news from them. Reading the news now is no less depressing than reading the news on any other day, the only difference is now the current situation means I'm actually paying a lot m...

A month ago, I had no idea that I'd find myself in the midst of a global pandemic the likes of which nobody alive has ever experienced before. Like most people reading this, the pandemic has cancelled almost all of the plans I had this year and forced me to spend the past couple of weeks, and probably the next couple of weeks, stuck indoors. For me, this whole situation came out of nowhere. It's been unfortunate, and at times, downright depressing. But in the past couple of days, my tone has started to shift, and as misguided as it may sound, I'm starting to wonder if we should feel grateful for the lockdown. If you're like me, then your thoughts on the lockdown were probably optimistic at first. Not having all of the commitments you normally do gives you time to focus on yourself and pursue all the things you never had time to before. Hell, when I think about it, having a few weeks with almost nothing urgent to do is something I've been waiting a long time for....

Not all who wander are lost. But if you made it this far down, you must be lost as shit.