Richard Ayoade On The ‘New Normal’ | The Last Leg 

i turned the car inside out the other looking for one, no luck.

I have dozens of the cloth ones...mostly from people who drop them on the ground. I keep a ziplock baggie in my bag - put the mask in, rinse it with soap and boiling water, then toss it in the washing machine...

I would comment to express my agreement, but i'd prefer to avoid the interaction. But seriously- I'm as happy as a dog with two tails. It looks like christmas is cancelled too! Sweet, blessed relief!

I never hugged anybody anyway.

I'm an introvert and l like hugging people

Or shake their hands, one of humanity's dumbest concepts.

Yes! I've been saying this for months! Finally close-talkers are receiving the social ostracism they so richly deserve! 1.5m distance is not far enough.

Even for science it's just a guessing game. Shut down or people will die. Don't shut down or more people die. Those in power are laughing behind closed doors deciding what stupid rules they can come up with next.

No I don't I miss seeing family and I don't like the constant anxiety

Same. My work has remained open the whole way through, I've had things like groceries delivered since way before the pandemic (because of chronic illness/disability), and my social life is minimal. Really no change whatsoever for me, except wearing a mask a few hours more a day than I was already.

@@alliem8700 I hope you’ve been keeping well and happy enough anyways ✌️

Roadkill's more entertaining

People wanna make eye contact in the supermarket? Why? WTF

So the world going to hell makes you feel better? You need to see a therapist about your jealousy

@Lena Wagenfuehr Wow. Way to judge another person's experience of life. How did I contribute to the world going "to hell" that you feel the need to say this 2 years later? Btw I think fomo is closer to social anxiety than jealousy.

Unique and fresh? Haha I don't think so.

@@elricosuave great to see I'm not the only one who doesn't like the uptight bore

He lost weight

I miss seeing my family but I guess it's different for everyone.

Kevin is great, Richard sucks

this is from last Friday's episode

And they take breaks intermittently… This is effectively a new season

This was the first episode in 4ish months x

@@HattielyEverAfter1995 Yippee - I've watched so many UK re-runs.

Adan kept going home and having to quarantine...

it is not

😱 the dull uptight snot is NOT funny? Noooo

You know, I don't think that phrase means what you think it means... Calling something "the new normal" doesn't mean it's better than the old normal, it just means there's a new way of living or experiencing something, often as a result of something happening that forces change which then people adopt because of the circumstances, which then become normalised through repetition and time. So, for example, when smart phones became affordable and accessible in richer nations, owning one (and, to a large extent, becoming shamefully reliant on them) became the new normal for many people. There's pros and cons to this, but nonetheless it is considered "normal" to have a smartphone, whereas 10 years ago it wasn't. With Covid, it is now considered "normal" to wear a mask in public, or at least to see other people wearing masks in public, whereas this time last year, in the UK at least, you rarely saw anyone wearing one other than on Halloween. No implication that that is "better" (although some might argue, and indeed many have, that it is safer) unless you are someone who personally likes wearing masks, but it is an adaptation to our lifestyles based on events beyond our control, namely a particularly unpleasant airborne virus with no known cure. Once we get a cure, we'll be back to the old normal in no time at all. Although that might, by that point, be a newer normal. And then where will we be?

@@peterclarke7240 I dislike the phrase the new normal because.. this isn't a new normal! It's a bit of weird before we go back to normal.

@Roland Roland Here's hoping. The poor old bugger was looking pretty fucked before. I particularly liked the images from the early days of Lockdown 1.0, when sheep invaded welsh villages like a low budget British version of "I, Legend" :)

I know, right?!