'Seems that I was busy doing something close to nothing
But different than the day before'
'Met a dwarf that was no good, dressed like Little Red Riding Hood'
'Now you're unemployed, all non-void
Walkin' round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd'
Not even that, actually. I just think we need to have an adult discussion about just what size of long-term hit to our way of life and standard of living we as a society are prepared to take relative to the threat posed by this disease. And by ‘adult’ I mean ‘not immediately hijacked by people accusing others who are trying to take a coldly dispassionate view of the likely outcomes of being heartless bàstards who want old people to die’.
Saying that, we had an electrician in a couple of weeks ago and as we were discussing the developing situation he said "You know, in a funny kind of way, I hope my old ma gets it". We asked him why, assuming he'd tell us that she had severe dementia or some other condition that had left her with a terrible quality of life. Imagine our surprise when he coldly replied, "I f*cking hate her".