According to Hofmann: COVID culture for the next generation
I remember as a child being in my grandfather无毛视频檚 basement, perplexed at seeing all the mason jars full of canned food. There were jars filled with liquid and food items like green beans, peaches, peppers, tomatoes, Snickers bars无毛视频搚ou name it.
So, one day after choking down a vinegar-drenched Almond Joy bar, I decided to ask why he canned and stored food in his basement.
I learned two things that day. First, during the Great Depression, saving and storing food was something people had to do to survive during hard times, and that practice carried over to modern times. Second, even though it无毛视频檚 in the name, the Great Depression wasn无毛视频檛 that great at all.
Since then, I have been fascinated by trends carrying over to current culture from such hard times (along with a taste for canned vinegar-soaked candy bars).
Only recently, I noticed such budding practices with our current pandemic that will, for better or for worse, surely echo into the future.
I think the most obvious trend will come from the things that grew in significant value over the past several months due to supplies running short or running out.
Obviously I无毛视频檓 talking about toilet paper, hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes.
Right off the bat, expect to see those items to be well stocked to downright hoarded in many, many homes not even in the future, but in the present day.
I can picture my future grandson asking me why I have a room dedicated to toilet paper with tears in his eyes because I swatted his hand with a ruler when he tried to put his greasy little mitts on my precious two-ply mountain.
无毛视频淟isten, Cornelius,无毛视频� I无毛视频檒l say because I plan to address all my grandchildren as Cornelius无毛视频揺ven the girls. 无毛视频淢ay 19, 2020. It was a taco Tuesday in our house and while we had plenty of corn tortillas and refried beans, we only had half a roll of TP for the house to share. Never again!无毛视频�
Also, when it comes to hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes at Grandpa Hofmann无毛视频檚 house, you use them sparingly because you never know when the shelves will go empty.
无毛视频淒id you just touch your face, Cornelius?无毛视频� I无毛视频檒l scream at my granddaughter. 无毛视频淐ome here and get your three drops of Purell. When you无毛视频檙e done scrubbing your hands until they无毛视频檙e red, take this single disinfectant wipe and scrub everything you touched无毛视频搖se both sides of the wipe and don无毛视频檛 stop until the entire wipe is dry or totally stained in filth!无毛视频�
Yeah, I无毛视频檓 going to be an awesome grandpa because the filter between my brain and mouth will be totally disintegrated by that point. Plus, I无毛视频檒l take the grandkids to the virtual museum on occasion.
无毛视频淕randpa,无毛视频� Cornelius #3 will say. 无毛视频淲hat are people doing in that picture?无毛视频�
无毛视频淲hat?,无毛视频� I无毛视频檒l ask, confused because I thought I was standing in line at the virtual bank. 无毛视频淥h, that无毛视频檚 called handshaking. That无毛视频檚 what was done before elbow bumping and shoe slapping; it was a way to greet people, close a deal or slip money to a waiter if you wanted a good table next to crab legs at the all-you-can-eat buffet.无毛视频�
无毛视频淲hat无毛视频檚 an all-you-can-eat buffet?无毛视频�
无毛视频淨uiet, Cornelius! Grandpa needs his cry time.无毛视频�
But what I really can无毛视频檛 wait to see are all the Corneliuses (or Corneliui?) growing up, getting their online degrees and heading out into the work(from home)force.
无毛视频淗ow was your first day on the job, Cornelius?无毛视频� I无毛视频檒l ask.
无毛视频淵ou should know because you were in the same room the entire time, grandpa.无毛视频�
无毛视频淵es, but I was busy the whole time with grocery shopping, sleeping, buying toilet paper, catching a Broadway show, sleeping and doing my taxes and taking a quick nap.无毛视频�
Of course, we无毛视频檙e still in the midst of this pandemic, so I predict there are still more new practices and regulations that will carry over into the culture of the next generation and the culture of generations to come.
Let无毛视频檚 just hope they无毛视频檒l enjoy disinfectant-treated candy bars.
According to Hofmann is written by staff reporter Mark Hofmann of Rostraver Township. His books, 无毛视频淕ood Mourning! A Guide to Biting the Big One无毛视频nd Dying, Too无毛视频� and 无毛视频淪tupid Brain,无毛视频� are available on Amazon.com. He co-hosts the 无毛视频淟ocally Yours无毛视频� radio show on WMBS 590 AM every Friday.