Comment on The Digital Plague: When World of Warcraft Accidentally Simulated a Pandemic (my article!)
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 3 days ago
I dont know how well that mirrors. I knew when I died there I’d come back. So I just stood in org and shit helplessly healing panicked noobs before I died myself. I didnt do that in the real pandemic, I just wore a mask and had a tool for touching public surfaces like door handles.
wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
There were other “healers” during the pandemic, like those who would 3d print face shields and such for emergency workers. I also remember seeing shitheads do things like spitting on and licking items in stores for the social media shock.
jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
My neighbor was a shithead. There were lots of places where masks were mandatory, so she got herself a “protest mask” which was a decorative mask - almost like a thin chainmail - that didn’t actually do anything. Stupid people are assholes.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I remember seeing videos of people licking ice cream and putting the lid back on. I’m so glad I never ran into one of them in real life.