[mejarc]

One aspect of the 2020 COVID lockdown I found distressing was the complete shutdown of my usual spin classes.

Most of us regulars were on a first-name basis, but did not meet outside the gym: it sufficed to see each other at class. This casual sociability didn't return when the gym restarted the classes. The new attendees aren't as friendly with each other.

The 1991 film _Danzon_ has a poignant narrative about trying to find an acquaintance who has vanished.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danz%C3%B3n_(film)

[AbstractH24]

The death of weak social connections has been the worst thing about the 2020s for me.

Lockdowns were the catalyst, but still not sure if it was that, social media, work from home, or just moving from my 20s to 30s.

Certainly wasn’t the Sars-CoV2 virus itself