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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    I only arrived in Australia at the tail end of the millennium drought, would you say the communal behaviour was similar to Covid?

    • jaybb3rw0cky@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      This is a great question! I reckon a little? But I would put it down to a couple of things - one is that I feel Covid’s sudden onset and danger was far better received from a “people need to sort their shit out” perspective. But also I feel like socially-speaking people are more altruistic compared with back then.

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        1 year ago

        That’s interesting you said that last line, given how many lament that society is even more prone to groupthink and less charitable compared to even 2 decades ago. It’ll be interesting to see how society reacts over the next few summers