Amazing that there's no word for just hanging out, outside. Existing out of doors. Sitting on a bench enjoying a coffee, for example. Half-reading a book while people-watching. "Loitering" is the best we've got.

Yes, I'm missing being outside.

— Greg Shill (@greg_shill) May 5, 2020

The Norwegian word “friluftsliv” means something like the “joy of being outside” or “love of doing (anything) in nature and/or appreciating the outdoors/being outside.” It’s an extremely general term used very, very widely that applies perfectly to the use case Greg is discussing. And it is not that hard for English-speakers to pronounce.

Want a word, ask a language nerd. I started looking at Norwegian a bit because of Aurora, to see if I could learn enough to understand her live interviews. I could, some. Norwegian is an easy language.

No. This is all wrong and moronic.

None of this goofy-ass shit will happen. Or nearly none. Mask-wearing might persist for a while. These bizarre assertions all extrapolate from the present temporary state of affairs. All pandemics dwindle and end. The 1918 pandemic isn’t completely instructive as society was vastly different then, but the Roaring ’20s were the Roaring ’20s for a reason. Something similar will happen again as SARS-CoV-2 mutates to become less virulent or we create a vaccine (or both).

Liberals like to say there is no human nature. But of course there is. One component of this nature is that we like to be around other people, generally. Virtual, no matter how similar to the real, is and maybe never will be a replacement. And it certainly fucking won’t be in the next five years.

The future will be nothing like this dude claims. Nothing.