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I was in school so when that was put on hold I essentially played video games like it was a job. I remember vividly playing Grand Theft Auto IV in one sitting for the Liberty City Minute achievement and I'm pretty sure I played through Master Chief Collection.

Do you look back on any aspects of it nostalgically?

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[–] viking@infosec.pub 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Worked from home, luckily I have a large terrace and live in a very green and walkable neighborhood. There's a botanical garden across the street that shut down for the public, but since I go there for a jog nearly every morning, the guards let me in regardless. Had the whole thing to myself.

Watched a ton of Netflix, perfected my bread baking skills, and grew a big beard.

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[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Work, and watch some clients die (especially old, rude and stubborn ones).

iT iS noThinG, THe GoVernMent mAdE tHis uP.

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Learned to cook. I'm fortunate enough that my field remained busy enough for me to have job security throughout, and used the extra time to pick up a creative hobby

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The creative hobby being cooking or did you get into something else?

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Cooking, yeah

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

I started playing League of Legends

Now I'm level 450

Oops

I built a computer and a wood shop.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago

It suuuucked. Trying to drag my kids through their schoolwork. Anxiety about income. Anxiety about precautions. Cancelling plans, not seeing family. No fucking third spaces, not even second spaces.

[–] Chai@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

That's weird, I can barely remember how things went down. My cell and laptop went kapult at the start at the pandemic and I didn't have a streaming stick or smart tv yet.

I ended up borrowing a relative's phone to keep track of the news, do online courses, watch videos and chat.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Everything was pretty much the same for me, I still had to go into work every day, I just ate a lot of takeout and my husband made me wear gloves everywhere even in the dead of summer which was pretty funny looking back. I had no pandemic downtime at all.

[–] HarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Essential worker but not in the way you think, still had a lot of free time. We have a three year old now. Child of the Quarn born in December 2020.

[–] dandroid@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I just worked from home. The main difference was when I was in pointless meetings that I didn't need to be in, I just played Animal Crossing.

I don't really feel nostalgic about it because it was so recent, but maybe I will once more time passes. It still kind of feels like yesterday right now.

Hell, it still feels like yesterday that I was in college, and that was 10 years ago. 😬

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] dandroid@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

That's how the question was worded.

[–] Sekrayray@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Worked in the ER.

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