pandemic | Retro Active Lifestyle https://retroactivelifestyle.com/tag/pandemic/ Do Less. Live More. Sat, 12 Oct 2024 06:21:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/retroactivelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Retro-Active-Lifestyle-Icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 pandemic | Retro Active Lifestyle https://retroactivelifestyle.com/tag/pandemic/ 32 32 181518531 Our Collective Memory Wiped Clean https://retroactivelifestyle.com/our-collective-memory-wiped-clean/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-collective-memory-wiped-clean https://retroactivelifestyle.com/our-collective-memory-wiped-clean/#respond Sat, 12 Oct 2024 06:21:00 +0000 https://retroactivelifestyle.com/?p=1755 Just four years ago this package of toilet paper could have fetched a premium online. Now it lies damaged and sullied in the gutter. How quickly we forget.

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]]> How quickly we forget. Just four years ago, toilet paper couldn’t be found for any amount of money. The aisles were bare. People hoarded toilet paper for vague and mysterious reasons that were never fully explained.

A woman holding sanitizing wipes in a grocery store in front of bare shelves during the 2020 COVID Pandemic

Now, look at toilet paper’s status: From precious commodity to unceremoniously discarded without use. I’m sure the toilet paper probably prefers this way, though, dumped in the street without being dragged across a filthy asshole first.

A package of toilet paper lying in the street after having been run over by a car tire.

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