30 Things That Were Screwed Up By The Covid Pandemic Quite Severely And Possibly Irreparably

My faith in the general intelligence and common sense of people.

It ruined the phrase "avoid it like the plague" because it's obvious alot folks did not like to avoid plagues.

Everything, cost-wise. All companies use "supply chain" issues to drive up their prices and lower the quality of their items.

People. People are so outwardly mean, antagonistic, and proudly uninformed now. We’ve lost all sense of a social contract.

Masks. It used to be we could respectfully wear a mask while we were sick, making sure we didn't get anyone else sick. Now, here in Texas, we have idiots who will scream at you for wearing a mask. Dude...I'm trying to not get YOU sick. I'm trying to be considerate, but somehow we've made that into something political.

Covid ruined the tipping culture. Now I'm expected to tip everyone, everywhere. I'm so sick of having a tablet shoved in my face with tip choices at fast food places.

Conspiracy theories. They used to be about fun s**t like aliens and lizardmen. Now they’re just self esteem props for the dumbest f***s you went to school with.

My trust in the United States government.

The medical industry. So many got burnt out and left and the shortages are still a huge issue so healthcare is suffering. They deserve the break or need to leave but their absence is causing a huge void.

Edit: the replies to my comment make me want to write thank you notes to all of my doctors. I have a disability that requires a lot of them and while I’m thankful in person to them and their staff, maybe writing thank you in the portals would help - and cards for when I go in person. I appreciate all of you in healthcare for ALL that you do. We need to continue to bang our pots and pans and speak up for better conditions for you all - in every tier of the field in every country because this is universal. You are STILL the heroes.

People's trust in healthcare professionals thanks to rapid proliferation of misinformation and an explosion in the number of anti-vaxxers after the release of the vaccine.

Social skills. I strongly feel those have plummeted over the pandemic and everybody is okay with acting like a complete maniac sometimes.

Product quality is suddenly gone to s**t and companies don't care for it.

Virtual learning did a huge disservice to the youth. We're going to see the results of that very soon.

Everyone’s mental health.

Journalism.
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I think the decline in trustworthy news started before the pandemic, but boy did it aggravate it.

Everything, seemingly. I think the world actually ended in 2020 and we’re all in hell now but we haven’t figured it out yet.

Manners. No one seems to have any manners- restaurants have feral children running around, movie theaters have people talking through the entire movie.

24-hour stores and supply chains. Even today, more than four years later there's still things out of stock and hard to find.
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Not only was it 24/7 stores, but also stores that opened at 7am, and closed at 11pm. Now it's 9am-9pm.

Streaming services. The pandemic saw an influx of subscribers and thus and influx of profits. They are still chasing after those profits even though they no longer have the same number of subscribers. Also, the pandemic made every media organization think they should have their own service and as such you now pay more for less content or pay cable like prices across multiple services thereby negating the benefits of chord cutting.

A chance for a fair and reasonable life if you have a regular job.