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- Khurram1
Welp, they all laughed at me when i told them i was going to SE Asia when all this WuFlu shit kicked off back in January... not laughing now are we???
Feel pretty safe sipping my fresh roast at a co-working space in Tokyo, reading the news/family messages of the chaos in England/Canada. Bwahahaha, can't stop laughing. The japs are running a tight ship: NO problem with supermarket supplies or test kits. You don't even need toilet paper. The toilets wash and then blow dry your ass automatically! Hands-free!!
Best of all, I have the whole country practically to myself. Hotels at DIRT cheap prices. No tourists! Just me!
Hhahahahahahahahahhaahah
- Cool humble brag brahutopian
- https://www.youtube.…********
- What's the matter utopian, ran out of toilet paper?? LOLzKhurram
- not sure what chaos in canada you're talking about.pango
- Parliament shut down, prime minister in isolation. It's all relative though, right? Those two are my "home countries" that's why I'm mentioning them.Khurram
- But I'm just being facetious. I know this is no joke. The economic impact of this is terrifying. Already my business is suffering. Haven't heard from customers.Khurram
- in two weeks and assuming they're not working (B2B customers) so won't expect any orders for the business anytime soon. This will hurt, me and everyone.Khurram
- On Thursday I was in Manila. The day Duterte locked the city down. I've never experienced an atmosphere like it in my life. It was something to beholdKhurram
- Millions of people trying to flee the city en mass, queues around the blocks to enter your own hotel, adverts, print, TV, constant barrage of corona-informationKhurram
- Police, army on a war footing... But then I landed in Tokyo, and this city is a sea of calm and normality. Everything is in order. People are calm, shops are..Khurram
- ..stocked. Museums and schools and certain events are closed, but that's ok; there's art spaces and exhibitions still happening, bars still popping. TheyKhurram
- know what they're doing. So relatively I was epxressing that. But it was a joke, right? You're allowed to be humorous in the "blog" right? If you didn't laugh,Khurram
- you'd cry :) So please stop getting triggered by me all the time, pango. I used to like you. :(Khurram
- I find this post really reassuring that we don't need to get mad over this virus thing, life still goes on, enjoy it without fears********
- hmmm? really? i think you're just uncomfortable when people have different opinions.pango
- overall society is still functional. that's why i'm unsure what you mean by chaos. even 2 days ago i went to buy toilet paper effortlessly :/pango
- i don't see panic. people are still going about their life. with a pinch of caution is all.pango
- sure the prime minister is in quarantine. but tbh i really dont care much for him. shit can still be done remotely.pango
- is allpango
- and all i said was i wasn't sure what you were talking about, since i'm currently at the location you mentioned :/pango
- No i think you missed the irony and decided to challenge me on what was a joke.Khurram
- wut? in that case i guess i did miss the irony and the joke. still don't know what chaos you're talking about tho :/pango
- i mean if you're having a good time, by all means, keep doing it.pango
- eh, maybe i'm overreacting to you. Irony being, my family warning me not to travel and i arrive in Japan and see the news empty store shelves in Yorkshire -Khurram
- my sister had to drive miles to get painkillers for her kids, they're only allowing people to buy two packs of toilet paper - no pasta, no rice etc.,Khurram
- Similar stories my friends in Ontario/Quebec freaking out telling me everyone is having to work from home, same issues with essential suppliesKhurram
- asking me how i am in Japan, and i'm like, its like a picture of tranquility. People working, train runnings on time to the second. Store shelves fully stockedKhurram
- And the complete lack of needing to panic about toilet paper, because of the ass-washing toilets... That irony :)Khurram
- It's all relative though yeah? And it's less of an issue here in Japan, than it is in Canada/UK/US/Europe etc. And i was being facile, cos i'm having an amazingKhurram
- time! dirt cheap hotels!! hardly any tourists! Whole country to myself! Gonna take some amazing pictures of the sakura, can't wait until they bloom xxKhurram
- if i don't go broke by then because all my customers who were funding this trip have gone quiet; economic meltdown, no one spending money, aiiieeeee!Khurram
- ya seems like there are pockets of area worse than others. if everyone be diligent and less selfish, there are still enough supplies to go around.pango
- In other news, once gritty, nasty New York eateries are completely empty and squeaky clean.robotron3k
- I'll step up and say i'm jealous, Khurram. I was rather hoping Germans would hold on to their otherwise infinitely sensible pragmatism, but no.Continuity
- Bog roll cleaned out of my local supermarket, shelves emptying, people seemingly buying for the apocalypse. Sigh.Continuity
- A lot of people seem to think the Japanese government is trying to downplay the outbreak b/c they don’t want to have to cancel Olympics.yuekit
- OTOH at least in Japan you can do pretty much anything without human contact. Need a beer or lemonade with 15% alcohol? Just use a vending machine lolyuekit
- So you‘re laughing at your family who might die or suffer from this virus? (Hopefully not)NBQ00