Today is the day that Tinder users will have to provide proof of vaccination in order to meet in a Boston restaurant (NPR). From there, they can decide whether it is time to go to the marijuana store (“essential” and, therefore, never shut down, unlike the Boston schools, which were closed for more than one year) and then to have sex (also perfectly legal at all times since March 2020, unlike indoor tennis, which was banned by Covidcrats at various points due to the filthy germ exchange that is inevitable during backhand strokes (consider the swearing/shouting!)).
What should our young lovers talk about after they’ve exchanged health records? Following a traditional family Christmas dinner at Singing Bamboo Chinese Restaurant, I received the following: “A beautiful person is with you, confide your problems.”
I’m not in a position to try this out in a dating situation, but I tried it within our household. The results were not promising except with Mindy the Crippler, our golden retriever.
- Boston is the Cradle of Liberty (TM) and we fought to escape high taxes and tyranny imposed by what is today the U.K. How are things over there in tyranny-land? Taxes for entrepreneurs in the UK are at a total rate of 10 percent (compare to about 29 percent for federal, Obamacare, and Massachusetts state tax on long-term capital gains!). Boston forces 12-year-olds to take a non-FDA-approved (experimental use authorized only) medicine, against a 2.25-year-old version of a virus that kills old people, to get a meal (5-year-olds will be forced starting in March and they’ll get an experimental drug against a 2.5-year-old version of SARS-CoV-2). The UK is not the Florida Free State, but anyone can eat in a restaurant and there are no vaccine requirements for those under 18 (over 18 need vaccine papers to get into nightclubs and music venues with over 10,000 seats (BBC, 12/16)).
mandatory non-FDA-approved mRNA vaccines and proof of vaccinations would be better first date conversation material than say the theory and practice of custody and child support law. Or double down and work both into romantic first date conversation.
Paul: You raise a good point. Certainly one way to avoid infectious disease is to refrain from W-2 labor and, at least for one participant, that first date could also be the start of a lifetime of financial independence and stay-at-home security from respiratory viruses. http://www.realworlddivorce.com/ChildSupportLitigationWithoutMarriage
[Trigger warning: This post may contain harmful references to outdated gender roles. Please contact the CDC for scientific information.]
I’d say that for men this advice is a trap akin to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign
For women it may work. If she talks about an unattainable male or ex-boyfriend, she just wants sex and you can go straight to the Netflix-and-chill phase.
Apropos of this conversation I was listening to “50s Gold” on Sirius Sat. this afternoon while schlepping a blower motor resistor to a UPS store so it could be shipped back for a refund (I bought the wrong part – of course I need the more expensive, complex module from a Lincoln). Anyway, this song came on and I can confirm that it’s wonderful advice for Tinder users who have overextended themselves and are looking for something a little less stupid and more permanent:
“Cross Over the Bridge” – Patti Page, 1953.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0mbdgPn5yU
We don’t have songs like this in Pop music anymore, but we should, just for the musicianship and singing.
@Philg: And BTW I know the feeling with Mindy the Crippler and Golden Retrievers in general. Sometimes they are the best friends we have in the world, and seem to understand more than they possibly can.
Indoor tennis?? Our fairly conservative PA town closed the outdoor courts for months. While experts have of course made it known that fitness is not a priority, we were still noncompliant, and fortunately we were able to find a less enlightened town nearby that neglected to take proper containment measures.
Remind the lion kingdom about the 15% federal + 10% state capital gains tax it owes for being too poor to invest in a primary residence or be offered a retirement plan at its tiny startups.