The Big Picture - BACK TO BETTER
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- The Big Picture looks at the state of a world trying to be a world again, and how we balance the need to see "normal" again with the new understanding of how different "normal" has been defined for so many of us. Also, some "PURGE" and "RICK & MORTY" jokes.
#ForeverPurge #BigPicture
As a disabled man, I appreciate the point highlighting issues of accessibility being addressed. I, personally, have little faith in things staying "open for all", and it frustrates me that I am so jaded because I have had that point driven into my head by society
I can relate man I can not tell you how mad I get when something like this happens and everything goes back to normal and people forget everything they learned for the last disaster.
@@madmachanicest9955 Most poignant quote from anything from RoosterTeeth ever made, from Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction:
"What _has_ surprised me most about humanity during the Great War...is not our ability to adapt to new arenas of conflict...but our willingness in *victory,* to _sooo_ quickly return to the old."
Disabled dame, here, and boy, do I get what you mean. We're already seeing companies around our neck of the woods pressuring employees to go back to the office rather than maintain at least a hybrid work model. Just like we learned nothing from the Great Recession, we haven't learned jack, diddly, or shit from this pandemic, either. 😡
“We can’t go back instead of going better” is definitely a good thought.
I miss my local store's game night. I think my husband and our roommates are badly in need of that. One in particular seems to be collapsing inward on himself and isn't really letting us address the issue. ("I'm fine. I'll handle it.")
Game night lets us get out of the house and interact with people from our community. Not just fellow nerds, but also curious people who wander in. Kind of like church without religion.
My FLGS shut down last year due to COVID. They hope to reopen eventually.
Husband and roommates? Sounds pretty crowded
@@MrJimheeren We rent a 3 bedroom house with a nice living area.
"I prefer to think of the Trump Era and COVID as basically serendipitous metaphors for each other: both of these diseases still exist and even if they're out of power, we need to be vigilante, continue fighting them, and do everything possible to make sure they never get back into power and in fact continue to lose power until they're effectively a nonentity in everyone else's life."
"If anything thing, this whole disaster should have taught us that as many things we liked about normal, normal also clearly wasn't working and we can't go back instead of going better"
BEAUTIFULLY stated.
I like this, and you are right. It's not enough to "get back to normal." We need to look at the lessons this past year has taught us and strive to do better. Just like we had to watch the Titanic sink before overhauls in safety were made, so to do we need to look at all the holes this past year pointed out and do our best to rebuild it better next time.
I can't speak for anyone else.
My mother died from Covid-19 complications and I share a lot of her health issues. I got the vaccine but it is going to take a hell of a lot to get me going out again like we used to.
I have one of the best immune systems of anybody I know; aside from irritations from grass allergies, I haven't gotten sick in a good long time. EYE of all people am still *not* taking ANY chances for the foreseeable future.
I have a friend who lives with his grandma and immunocompromised mother. He has no plans to come out of lockdown yet, and I don't blame him one bit.
I'm sorry for your loss.
I'm sorry for your loss RevelRomp
Yeah I completely agree with your sentiments here. Whilst I am also eager for certain things i.e. seeing close friend groups to go back to 'normal' there are a ton of things that I've really found persoanlly refreshing about the situation. The slowing down of the world in general so I don't feel like I'm constantly on the verge of fomo or falling behind, people being forced to keep their distance and population centres not being as busy as before.
The contactless pickup from stores and just generally things being geared towards accomodating people working from home or housebound for whatever reason.
I do hope some of these things either remain in place to an extent or are implimented long term as it's been useful in many ways.
Even once I'm fully vaccinated, I'm still hesitant to resume normal activity for a few reasons you didn't mention.
- The virus is still going pretty damn strong, and we know it's mutating. Being around people who aren't vaccinated, or vaccinated people are regularly associate with those who aren't, mans I could be putting myself at risk for a variant that the vaccine doesn't work on. Also, the vaccine doesn't necessarily prevent me from inadvertently passing the virus onto someone that is vulnerable.
- I don't want to contribute to the normalization of resuming normal activity too early. India loosened up too early and that really didn't work out for them.
It's been the norm to wear masks while sick or in allergy season in Asia way before covid19 and will be afterwards.
Yeah, my mom talks about that for Japan when she was there in the 1970s. When you got that little space to work with, you got to do things like that.
Maybe, but also, I hadn't gotten as many allergies or even the flu or stomach bug while masked. I may keep it in public.
I honestly didn't and I usually get one once a year, so I may do the mask thing when flu season hits again.
Also, not smelling other people as strongly.
The flu thing may also be related to the general hygiene increase as well the hand washing and constant sanitising helps
@@TraaaaaasshBooooaaaatttt yeah, this. like, masks help against the flu, but since it doesn't travel through the air anywhere near as well as covid-19 (yes, technically the virus is called sars-cov2), the masks mainly help you against the flu by preventing you from touching your face, since it mostly travels via surfaces. so this is why constantly sanitizing surfaces also helps a lot against the flu, but not really against covid-19 - because the latter doesn't really need it.
I mean the common mask use is more for protecting others more than yourself in terms of traditional flus is it not?
So not coughing nad sneezing into hands then wiping it on everything.
Thanks Bob, I needed that.
My parents got their first vaccines a couple of weeks ago, but I'm still a ways off due to the EU getting off to a very slow start (and also the UK buying up a whole lot of EU-manufactured vaccines and exporting nothing in return). Lockdowns are loosening in my country due to the virus being somewhat under control, but even after I get a vaccine I intend to keep wearing a mask just to be on the safe side, and also for solidarity with those who still have to wear them.
good, yeah. also keep in mind that you don't reach maximum resistance until a couple weeks after the 2nd dose.
100% agree on all points, Bob, especially the WFH/remote access aspects and let’s be mindful of people still mourning their loved ones because they didn’t have to die if the leadership at the time was actually any kind of leadership instead of a semi-sentient Cheeto who somehow lucked into the most powerful position in the country.
Speaking of timely movie releases, has anyone else noticed that The Mitchells vs the Machines feels like a retroactive reflection of families in world crises, since we all have first-hand experience with it now?
As a person who gets the flu every year except last one, I think we should continue to wear masks forever, at least during flu season.
It’s probably what we’d all be doing every flu season if not for vaccines.
People in Asia have been doing that for decades now.
Ok just don’t make me.
Somebody made a point once: wheelchair ramps help everyone, not just the people in wheelchairs.
Got a kid in a stroller? Got a toddler who isn't up to stairs yet? Got a heavy delivery on a dolly? Old? Heck, blind or asthmatic or some other disability that ISN'T a wheelchair but makes stairs difficult? That ramp helps you too.
That's what's going to happen with a lot of this progress on remote work (even though it's happening in the other direction), now that businesses have had to figure out how to do these things it'll be hard to take them away again. Especially for people who need accommodation because claiming a remote office isn't "reasonable accommodations" will be really hard to make fly.
Good points, I'm (somewhat) disabled myself and I've been living in near total social isolation since 2017 after having a stroke. Unfortunately the delivery services you mention have been almost impossible to use during the pandemic, there was a priority system in place for clinically vulnerable people but I never managed to get through the red tape involved in getting myself on it, and all the businesses who provided deliveries were chronically understaffed and snowed under with requests. Also think it's worth mentioning that some people can't wear masks for various medical reasons, so not everyone without a mask is an idiot or a fascist. I've not been able to wear one most of the time, but with a combination of caution and social isolation I've got through the last few years without so much as a sniffle.
One point that I don't see a lot of people bringing up is that many women, myself included, will continue to wear masks in public because it takes away much of the male gaze. I'm no longer told to smile by random men on the street or in a grocery store.
Good for you!
As a male, a woman told me to smile. And I couldn't comprehend. In all my life I have never told another person to smile, outside of making a family picture. WTF would anybody tell another to smile etc.
Homer Simpson: mmmmm male glaze
Also it’s a huge help for those of us with anxiety issues. Not entirely sure why, but dealing with people is a lot more comfortable with a mask on
@@1IGG it took an embarrassingly long time for me to believe this was a real problem, because yes, who tf does that?
Good measured take. There's a reason I consider you one of the few adults on TH-cam.
Many would disagree. Don't turn commentators into preachers.
Bob: "We can't go back instead of going better"
America: "That's where you're wrong, kiddo!"
I went to the movie theater for the 1st time since last summer (I live in upstate NY and theaters opened for like 3 weeks before closing again). It was very cathartic.
Bah. I just bought a theater-grade popcorn popper and called it a day. It should be arriving either Friday or Saturday.
Even after I'm fully vaccinated, I'll still mask up. This way, other people don't have to wonder whether I'm vaccinated or an anti-masker. That thought causes me anxiety when I see unmasked people, so I want to avoid causing it in others.
Of course, I suspect that plenty of anti-maskers are claiming that they're vaccinated when they're not.
Very much this. Until such a time as we genuinely DO have herd immunity levels of vaccination, I very much want to keep public indoor masklessness *thoroughly* stigmatized, because if we fuck up on this point, it's going to be with us *forever*, and I'd rather not have to worry that now catching a seasonal respiratory illness will have increasingly large odds to destroy my senses, my organs, or be the thing that shuts down my insulin production.
Honestly I'm still wearing my mask despite being vaccinated to spite my conservative coworkers. Being petty and responsible is great.
And the opportunity comes up so rarely! Or used to, at any rate.
Right? Also, my kids are all school-aged, and littles are germ-magnets. If I can minimize the number of illnesses we get during the school year, I'm all for it.
Also, for anyone pining for the day when "reviews were free of political bias" let me just point out ; 1. This isnt a review, its a video essay. 2. Even if was a review, it is impossible to spereate a person's ideological beliefs from their interpretation of a peice of artistic expression. A point, ironically, Bob had made on this very show numberious times.
The reason i value Bob reviewing things is because i know his tastes and politics are similar to mine.
Bravo, Bob. Bravo.
It’s awesome that you’re working with MatPat now and all, but I’ve been watching you for way longer; you still owe us a Comics are Weird about Shang-Chi! 😉
Um. Can I also point out that it's fine to wear masks for reasons other than covid? Four years from now, when your office mate drags his clearly flu-ridden butt to work, you best believe he should be wearing a mask.
Although that does happen in plenty of countries . . . I just don't see it happening in the U.S (fu) of A. Too much overwork . . . not enough compasion.
While I agree that the whole "fear around unmasking" thing might be a bit overblown... I concede that it was nice to have an instant visual cue to identify idiots.
So I’m vaccinated but still wear a mask and mostly do this so people who either aren’t vaccinated or have immune issues feel safe around me. It has less to do with marking the anti mask MAGAs and more to do with making other people that actually matter feel safe. Good video though. I really miss going to a theater and will likely find an excuse to go to one soon
It's really a very simple standard. If you have gotten a vaccination you can go out, go to places you are sure have gone through decontamination/had employees vaccinated, and if you see someone wearing a red-cap spitting on everything with an air or righteous indignation, throw that person off the nearest over-pass. And then continue to get on with your life.
Very inclusive of you!
Gee i wonder why they don't listen to your arguments
@@Cherb123456 You do not tolerate intolerance. The people bitching about "Da Libs" every day as an excuse to be both belligerent and self-righteous, they went as far as to try to overthrow the US government. The culture, the culture war crusaders are defending is one that condones the overthrow of democracy and murder of officials, not because they did anything to them, just because they were told to. I support killing Red-Cappers for the same reason I support killing the Taliban and Nazis - They have made up their minds it is okay to kill innocent people for not being in the same demographic as them. So I say again. OFF A FREEWAY!
@@mesektet5776 Time will thankfully tell, where this will lead us.
@@TheEvilCheesecake Trumpers aren't capable of listening to other people's arguments anyway. They've been redpilled.
I feel that anxiety about how to re-integrate with the outside beyond getting curbside pickup and groceries. And even though I've been saying this whole time listen to Fauci/Experts I'm still feeling trepidations to continue to be as cautious as I can until I see the state data dashboards about vaccines in places I go say at least 75% even if they say it's ok to take the mask off.
Like, I GET the science behind the mask mandate lifting. I understand it, and the science is solid. My ONLY reason for concern about mask mandates being lifted as swiftly as we are is that vaccination rates are not particularly high in a lot of the country and 'Vaccinated people can occupy public spaces without masks' basically translates as 'Anyone can occupy public spaces without mask.'
Leaves me in a really awkward position where I know there is near zero benefit to me continuing to mask up in public spaces (which, as one of the few people I know that just got used to breathing in the things really doesn't put me out that much), I still feel the urge to model good behavior and leave wearing a mask a normalized THING. As if seeing me wearing a mask is going to do a damned thing to change the mind of the maskless anti-vaxxer who was probably not masking correctly even when there WAS a mandate.
I can't fix the actual cause of my anxiety (That the mask mandate are being lifted too soon, while we are still Far, far away from herd immunity and bad actors are going to go right back to spreading this thing to everyone they can unchallenged and even unidentified), so I continue to wear a mask any time I'm going farther than my own mailbox to give myself some illusion of control and maybe to tank a little bit of ago for those that NEED to mask up.
It's a slow transition, and I'll change my tune on it once local vaccination rates approach herd immunity levels, but in a red state, lord knows when that might be.
I will be holding onto the masks to wear them when I'm feeling sniffly, though.
Love you, Bob. Keep up the good work.
I must relate to the statement about family.
I have a seven month old son, so even though his father and I are fully vaccinated, it’s going to be a while before I feel comfortable going anywhere much.
I want to get out of the house and show him things and show him off, but I also want to keep him safe. I lost out on a lot of the normal pregnancy customs because of the pandemic and it feels like if I take him somewhere and he gets sick, all of the sacrifice will be for naught.
The low vaccination rate in my rural county isn’t helping with my comfort level in public.
really like the point of how going back to normal should not mean regressing but hanging on to what little progress we did make during the pandemic since you know the reason it happened in the first place is that things weren't ok to begin with
Thank you.
I'll consider things back to normal when I can actually get myself the next Playstation.
What a depressing dream to have.
@@TheEvilCheesecake Who asked you?
I had to wait for three months for my pickup order to arrive, but boy was I glad when it came. I recommend getting returnal and demon’s souls, spider man miles morales, and an external hard drive to store all ps4 games on. It can run almost all ps4 games, it kind of feels like a ps5 and a ps4 super-pro in one. Enjoy the excitement (and hopefully discounts) when you finally get one!
@@BartvG88 IDK at this point I just feel defeated. I've tried for so long and gotten nowhere, I had multiply family members helping me and got nowhere. I just want this to be over with so I don't have to stay up till 3AM and wake up 7AM in the hopes of maybe getting a shot at buying an expensive brick so I can play the new expensive games.
Sorry I know it's a good console just lashing out at the PS5 makes me feel better.
Want perspective? Here's some perspective, in Costa Rica where I live contagion is getting worse not better, if we had the population of India we'd have twice their cases and the government is not doing anything to control the pandemic. So yeah, while some of you might be going back to normal, others aren't as privileged
brilliant. one of your best yet, thank you!
"...Because the elites told them not to jump off" XD
Perfect metaphore for the anti vaxxer/mask movement!
It's wild that America have said you don't need a mask if you're vaccinated. You should definitely still be wearing masks
Then you and everyone here is an accomplice in every murder that had been performed on people who don't or can't wear masks, murders done by police as people look on and cheer
@@wilsonkierankitsune has that ever happened?
Well put
Well put as always Bob. I've been fortunate enough to be mostly unaffected, can only imagine what it's like for the people whose lives were thrown into chaos by this catastrophe.
Since I'm fully vaccinated I tend not to wear my mask when I'm walking my dog. Frankly people in my neighborhood tend to cross the street when we see each other, so even before I was vaccinated the mask probably wasn't necessary. I do carry a mask, because the people who I see in the street don't know I'm safe, so it's a nice sign that they don't have to worry if we get close to each other.
I also love the fact that for 14 months I didn't get a cold or have the flu. Then after the family was vaccinated, my 3 year old granddaughter played with cousins who go to daycare and BOOM, we all got the cold. So, I'm pretty sure that I'm going to wear a mask indoors for a long time, because being sick is a pain in the neck, and wearing a mask gives me some protection.
I've been happy with the work-from-home thing, but my office is fixing to get back to in-person operations after Labor Day (US) so I'm going to have to get back into the shower-dress-go thing instead of the switch-computer-windows thing. Which is probably healthier in terms of making me get my ass moving, but I still don't like it.
On the other hand, I'm looking forward to doing just about everything else that's been forbidden since last year.
I'm still masking up when I go outside, not sure when I'll stop doing that. I think I"m going to keep masking up on mass transit though.
Drag your feet and make them justify bringing you back into an office. Prove you can work just as well from home and make them prove you can't.
Well put.
If my employer decides to go back to 100% in-office working I will find a new job that will let me work remotely. But for me, 100% or 0% works best so I can keep a regular sleep schedule. I don't want to get up an hour earlier on certain days. That gives me anxiety.
I plan on wearing my mask for a while even though I got my shots. It just gets stuffy after a while (another reason to work remotely). As you pointed out, another thing this plague did was expose the jerks. The people who would call themselves "pro-life" are out there with the "my body my choice" signs. Their view of freedom begins and ends with their convenience and wishes without respect for others. They'll whine about their "right" to put others at risk while taking away the rights of others to vote and have that vote be recognized. They tell BLM to "obey the law" while their orange god broke it almost weekly.
Elitism is thinking you're entitled to better treatment for no valid reason. That's become a defining characteristic of the GQP.
Re:sleep schedule, would it work if you woke up at the same time when you stay home and just started working earlier (or go jog, make a more complicated breakfast, or simply fuck around while waiting to start if you have to wait till 9 to work)?
Blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne, carrots for the Sterling!
As someone with a disability who was furloughed from his first job and had to restrict his second to working outdoors, I felt this hard. And I never even ended up getting the virus.
I hope you never get the virus.
@@BradyPostma From your lips to God's ears!
I okay with a lot of the caution, but I bloody miss my dang cons. And you're right. I've watched geek channels put out so many videos that just felt like weird versions of "All work and no play makes Jack a Dull boy.") I was going to go completely insane if I heard the name "Mephisto" just one more damn time. Let's hope a semblance of normality brings us back to go outside. What good is the world being on fire if was can't at least go and watch it burn?
Con people are almost all asses and I've not missed them.
Loved the mask in the Midwestern winter. Keeping your face is weirdly comforting when it’s cold.
Imagine it keeps the face warm too.
@@johnathonhaney8291 Cuts the wind. All of the benefits of a beard in the winter without the itchiness.
...I actually minded the mask more in the winter than the summer. Because I wear glasses. No matter how close you had put it on, sooner or later it would slip and then the warm breath would ensure that you are suddenly blind.
@@swanpride I have the same problem. Eventually I just switched from plastic to wire frames because the pads grip the mask better.
Midwest as well, but for me it is Spring and Fall. You know, Pollen and Harvest seasons? ;p
I am glad you feel comfortable going to the theater but I am just not there yet.
Same...already planning to do the Disney Plus thing on Black Widow.
Gone a few times. Each time save once was there no more than 10 odd people.
I invested in a Theater-grade popcorn popper. Not for the nostalgia, but because my air popper melted in on itself, and my dome popper is leaking. Sometimes, the industrial model is simply the way to go. ^_^;
Well said, Bob. It's not enough to go back to "normal" (Even though I too would like to go to movies, concerts, and conventions in meatspace again), we have to do better.
Btw, those PURGE movies aren't subtle, are they? And they'll never stop making them, will they?
Supposedly this is literally the last one due to the story.
@@JnEricsonx Oh so they've given up on Purge Island then?
It's funny they're not subtle but with the likes of Far Cry 5 it really did seem like for some people they'd very much like to do or imagine they were doing the Purge movies but with the political positions / attitudes switched round.
@@Dwavenhobble I guess, I just know what I've read. Only one of the Purge films I've seen was the prequel.
Hot take: We should not get rid of mask wearing altogether. There is a good reason why they are regularly used in East Asia, and it would be for us in the rest of the world to keep them as the situation requires.
We should also not be going back to 'normal'. We should learn and be better. Going back to normal invites the idea that we won't have learned a thing and don't want things to change. We cannot allow that.
Well spoken. Great insight as always.
Nice take.
I’ll be wearing my mask for the foreseeable future. Now that I’ve gotten use to it, I enjoy the fact people can’t see most of my face.
I agree with everything you said, hope you get back rolling with more great content like the past video and this one :)
Be safe out there, and don’t forget to someone you love that you love them.
The one thing that has changed me during this pandemic (and the previous 4 years), is that I've dropped all pretext of kindness toward 'right wing conservatives'. At this point I just tell them to 'fuck off', and walk away. I started this practice when a friend I've known since kindergarten was telling me how much he loved Trump and happy that 'GEOTUS' was keeping all the foreigners out, and not collecting MassHealth. At that point a reminded him that his mother was a Polish mail order bride, and that she legitimately suffered a horrific back injury that had left her nearly bed ridden for the last 20 years collecting disability. He didn't see the connection, and I walked away from a 30 year friendship.
I think people should be free to make the decisions that they believe are right for themselves, as long as those decisions aren't hurting anyone else. And yeah the status quo is pretty terrible for some people.
Wait...so he’s not going to review the new Purge movie?
I literally just have an immunity issue (as do some of the people around me) and knowing I live in a location where their is no way to know who did or didn't get vaccinated (or I know they didn't and they never really masked up) and I have to be in close proximity with these people. So yeah, until we hit heard immunity and I don't have to worry about a strain mutating out of control I'm going to be cautious. Its not at all a political thing, its a safety concern with the lack of specifics coming out of the CDC regarding how venerable pops should act.
Well... Good for you. Down here discount Trump is still around and stronger than ever, and we haven't returned to normal so much as pretended that things returned to normal and ignored the thousands of people dying every day, because god willed it.
If you're referring to President Captain Planet Villain, best of luck.
You referring to Florida?
Lol, there's so many places you could be! This is the worst episode of Carmen Sandiego I can think of. ):
I just noticed something...
A Miniseries, even the short ones are 6 30min episodes. That's a 2 hour movie if each ep is only 20 min with 10 min commercials (which is a FUCKTON). And 2 hours is a decently long movie
So why do Miniseries seem to have smaller budgets?
Why don't they show Miniseries Episode by Episode in theaters? People would pay for that I bet!
Why not give a Miniseries Feature Film treatment, and deploy it in cinemas week by week/month by month? Everyone makes a fuckton of money, and people can get amazing serialized films
In the end, there's no "back" to go back to. My area, even before the pandemic, treated healthcare as optional, so I've been staying away for a year. Now that my vaxx has been finalized as of today, I'll be going out but still with a mask. It...may be a while before I feel brave enough to go back in a public building that isn't my mailroom/laundromat.
Why do you cling on to the mask?
@@buttikk For the same reason every American soldier clung to the ground in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam in 1965 for ten minutes after being told it was safe to finally get up...I'd rather not find out I was wrong the hard way.
I like masks. I made a game of whether the pic of me I did it before or during covid since it's the same for me.
It certainly doesn't help with consistent and trustworthy messaging that the local, state and sadly federal government seem so hell-bent on declaring victory that they're speeding reopening along for largely political reasons instead of the well-being of their own workforce. My local govt is bringing their employees back into the office next month not based on any public health evidence but because they want to celebrate victory by July 4th. There are plenty of medically vulnerable (though vaccinated) staff who are not exactly thrilled about full exposure to a disease not yet eradicated just because the guvnor wants to take a victory lap before the pandemic is actually over.
I'm in an area with good mask mandates and vaccinated, but I've been working essential retail for this entire pandemic. My mask is staying put, at least until I'm not dealing directly with the public on a near daily basis. I'm just not mentally prepared to go without right now.
Veteran of the retail industry myself here...good on you. Do whatever you got to in order to protect yourself. You can always get another job. Unlike video games, life and health are harder to come by.
I am happy for you. But keep in mind, the rest of the world isn't as lucky. Because a few countries hoard vaccine, the vast majority of countries haven't seen a single dose (zero, null, 0) of a covid vaccine.
There's another Purge movie? Huh. How about the show?
Canceled.
@@arvidp.247 Really? Huh.
It’s a leftover from last year.
I hate to break it to you Bob, but now that Trump is gone from office, his supporters seem to be doubling down on fascism.
Things are about to get worse here in the U.S. a lot worse.’
You mean like trying to kick their opponents out of the senate while covering up lots of needless deaths and refusing to take action while helping dismantle important institutions in various places?
MovieBob, you should start essays with your the last sentence.
In bob we trust :)
So saw we all (in this comment section).
Cool video!
... and then there is brasil
commenting to feed the algorithm
In what context can people unmask now? The only thing the CDC says is ok for fully vaccinated people is hanging out inside with other fully vaccinated people. Any other time where you should have masked before you still should.
A very well made video, Bob. Any chance we could get a 'What if' pitch for Bad Dudes?'
Ontario: still in lockdown, still unvaccinated.
It sucks here.
i'm keeping my mask on solely because it does amazing things for my seasonal allergies.
I'll keep masking in stores. In crowds. Going to the Peachtree Road Race in Altanta, oh yeah, I'm masking on Marta. Going to DragonCon, yes I'm masking. Not getting ConCrud every time would be AMAZING. However, I'm going back to movies after Tuesday with a giant popcorn, nachos, and ICEE. Yes, I'm going to the Renn Faire. But, I'm a big guy, so crying whiners tend to avoid me.
As I've said before on this here TH-cam channel: this was nature's warning shot. The next one might be smallpox 2.0. We might not get a chance to fight it before 20% of the population is dead. We have to be smarter. Sadly, so many of our "leaders" are just narcissistic sociopaths, so they won't do anything because they're protected by power and riches.
I've wanted to go to DragonCon for 10 years. But I live in NY, and having the extra money to fly there, get a hotel, etc isn't in the card. At least my transportation costs is about 100 bucks for NYCC train tickets to and from.
I wonder what end up doing the whole "Actually you have to start into the office despite your difficulties" once the pandemic ends
Are you going to start reviewing movies anytime soon?
Oh I am certain there are people who have those concerns but they are probably people who had an underlining anxiety disorder anyway.
Is that your reason for ignoring people with a need? Not a smart argument.
Is it just me or is there a huge silent section in tgis video?
Keep.your ignorance of the legal and political landscape of the US out of your videos please.
You generally make good content. But your complete ignorance and lock stepping with the mainstream media propaganda machine is a major turn off.
The analogy at 1:20 is great
Where I live in Canada we are still under lock down. So it’s a long time tell we go back to normal, never mind theatres. I know I’ll have my mask for a long time after because I not only to feel safer with it but even after I get the shot(s) I still know it’s possible to carry COVID and until a more people get their shots I don’t want them to get sick through me. That “fuck you, got mine.” Attitude don’t sit well with me. Not to mention other variance. Until we hit Heard immunity, my mask stays on. I care about other people and I’m not apologizing for it or be shamed into not wearing it.
Also I hope it becomes a trend to where them when sick like in Japan.
It's unfortunate that we didn't actually learn the lesson about "Electing a blithering moron to run a country." Of course, that's more on BOTH major parties deciding to run "blithering morons" against each other in the same election twice in a row...
Oh, eff off! That's the kind of simplistic speak that enabled Mango Mussolini in the first place. Harlan Ellison said it best: Amazing how much shit you can get people to eat.
@@johnathonhaney8291 Did I say I liked Trump? I would be happy to vote for any candidate who is not a "blithering moron"... if one of the major parties would meet me halfway by NOT running a "blithering moron"!
@@chrisvossler8795 You mean YOUR definition of same, the same go-to defense for why you don't bother doing jackshit when you've got the opportunity to. You wanna be useless because changing things is just too hard? Stop making excuses and just SAY IT. That way, the rest of the adults will know never to rely on your deadweight for help.
@@johnathonhaney8291 So how's it going in Biden country with fuel shortages potentially coming, the wall still being built now, migrant facilities more overcrowed than in the Trump era with footage showing seemingly far worse conditions while the US military happily bombs other countries you were yet in wars with?
@@Dwavenhobble I wouldn't know. I'm surrounded by red-cappers who still think the Confederacy will rise again any day now...or was it Jesus?
I sat here wondering for a good while why there was a brain in the disabled signage, only to finally realize that *I'm* disabled due to a brain injury. Beautifully ironic in a not-actually-what-irony-means-at-all kinda way.
The only constant is change.
You better keep that in mind, Bob.
So what are you planning to change about yourself?
@@TheEvilCheesecake Everything, all the time
I think I might be first! :O
Not that that should get me some kind of medal or anything, it's just never been the case before that I would ever happen upon a TH-cam video that was posted literally 29 seconds before I showed up and I figured, "Well, might as well smile about it!"
@@erikpflueger7502 I think the secondary comment trying to explain yourself is more cringe than the comment saying first.
@@erikpflueger7502 That's why the whole "first" thing propagated. There's a sense of accomplishment! You're quickest to the draw! Congrats!
Grow up kid.
@@GreekDudeYiannis Totally conceded. I'm sure it's hardly the first cringe I've inspired...
MovieBob brings up politics because long political arguments in the comments raise his engagement stats.
I see you're helping him out eh
@@TheEvilCheesecake what can I say? I love disrespecting wingers. They just keep earning it.
The pandemic and restrictions were never going to end before vaccination. Greater adherence to cdc guidelines could have saved some lines, the exact number is uncomfortably larger than 0 deaths. Trump is not responsible for all us covid deaths which is something progressives put out there. Some deaths were always going to happen, in fact a lot were...
No, Trump couldn't have done it without all the self-loathing lemmings who decided that Jesus was going to save their aggrieved asses from a disease that does not care who it infects.
@@johnathonhaney8291 You mean like ol Cuomo just bung them in nursing homes doesn't matter if they have symptoms don't bother testing them either.
@@Dwavenhobble Funny you should mention nursing homes, as my small town in my blood red state had its biggest COVID outbreak courtesy of one. The chain is actually getting sued over that in another town, in fact. I repeat: the disease does not care about anything other than your availability to infection.
Sir, this is a comic/movie/video game/nerd shit show.......
First time here pal?
You’re clearly new here. Look up the American Bob playlist in this channel.
I’m pretty sure Trump will live in Bob’s head forever.
Reading all the other comments has just convinced me that suicide is the only option and that people will be saying "We are richer for having lost him."
You first i guess
So calling the other side "it" is somehow a not fascist option. Ok.
uhuh. You lot really are shameless you know that? I'm never fully decided on whether or not that's good or obnoxious.
Thank you, lonely Soul
@@Vaderi300 what "lot"? I just don't like dehumanization, no matter whom it comes from.
@@lonelysoul954 please provide the quote in context and we can discuss if you're forcing an agenda or not.
@@TheEvilCheesecake 4:33. "Is it armed right now?", "It's one of these" slightly earlier. Also it's a 10 minute video that I'm assuming you've watched.
Remember the days when reviews were free of political bias? Ah, the good ol' days.
"Free from political bias" just means supporting the status quo/conservative. Everything is political. You just don't notice when things agree with your politics.
@@guyunderwood2297 I disagree.
Bob has always been political, this is essay
@@laragallahue7127 OK
You must be new here.
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