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minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down6·6 months agoThe hysterics were always overblown, but it would definitely have been much worse had there not been so much work done.
minus-squarebane_killgrind@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up22·6 months agoIt wasn’t overblown- lots of transportation and infrastructure systems needed to be updated If it wasn’t done in advance that would have been chaos for weeks
minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoI mean the “society will collapse, I’m going to stock my bunker” people were overblowing it
minus-squareHeartyBeast@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16·6 months agoIt’s not easy to contradict yourself in a single sentence, but you nearly managed it :)
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoNot sure overblown is the right word. Like did you see how people reacted having to wear a mask for Covid. Imagine they couldn’t use their banks or pay for things people are wild and don’t would be rioting.
The hysterics were always overblown, but it would definitely have been much worse had there not been so much work done.
It wasn’t overblown- lots of transportation and infrastructure systems needed to be updated
If it wasn’t done in advance that would have been chaos for weeks
I mean the “society will collapse, I’m going to stock my bunker” people were overblowing it
Doesn’t matter, has bunker
It’s not easy to contradict yourself in a single sentence, but you nearly managed it :)
Not sure overblown is the right word.
Like did you see how people reacted having to wear a mask for Covid. Imagine they couldn’t use their banks or pay for things people are wild and don’t would be rioting.