from people hoarding PPE and necessities just so they can jack up the prices on them, to hospitals cutting the salaries of doctors and nurses because they aren't bringing in enough money from non-COVID19 patients (but still expecting the staff to work 12-18 hour days), to politicians refusing to believe that this is a real threat because they don't personally know someone who has died from it, every day it seems like the human race is letting its true nature out: we are garbage.
Yes, I know that seems super bleak and nihilist, but I'm done for now trying to pretend that it isn't that way.
Oh, and then you get the scammers trying to take advantage of peoples' fear and confusion, sending emails about helping with "free" tests or help with your unemployment (the one I got today wasn't even from a .gov address, and they used my email name as my name; GTFO you assholes). And yes, I know this is one of those times where common sense helps, but if you have no money coming in because you're laid off from work and your bills are piling up and you're desperate...well, desperation leads to some dumb decisions sometimes.
What really cracks me up is the people who still create fake social media accounts to try and get money outta you (or personal info, if you're really naive), cuz it doesn't take much to do a reverse Google image search to see whose pictures they're actually using on those accounts. I used to play a game, where I would see how long it would take for them to tell me they love me and then to ask me for money (the one I just blocked yesterday waited 2 weeks to do both, about average), but I realize that now it's not fun anymore. And part of that is I'm so damn lonely; yes, I know this person on the other end isn't really interested in me or anything, but it was nice for 2 weeks to have someone to talk to every morning and throughout the day, to at least fake like they were interested in me and what I was doing.
So yeah, we're a garbage species who is only dominant through dumb luck. And even if we survive all of this craziness, that's not gonna change, and that's what really got me feeling defeated :'(
