NHL – Diary of a Mad Millennial

Yo, this might not be the smartest or most profound observation at the moment, but shit be fucked.

Never in my life have I seen such a moment in history where the entire world seemingly shuts down. The closest thing I can equate this to is the immediate hours and days following 9/11. Growing up in a country where planes flew overhead every day, it took some getting used to silent skies.

It was brief, but it was unforgettable. The world hadn’t existed without commercial planes flying overhead since early in the 1920s, maybe the ‘30s. It was like living in a different time.

Like when deadly diseases ravaged weakened populations across the globe following humanity’s (first) nadir.

1918 – not just the last time the Red Sox won a World Series for 86 years, but more importantly, the last time the world faced such a contagious and deadly virus. The Spanish Flu nearly killed all who were fortunate enough to survive the Great War, eradicating even more generations out of existence.

Thankfully, dumbass world leaders notwithstanding, COVID-19 appears to be less deadly.

For now.

If we’re lucky (and let’s face it as a country we’re comparatively quite lucky), the virus runs its course and goes away in about a month. Of course, because the world’s most unqualified toxic gastropod with an anus for a mouth obliterated our country’s dedicated portion of infrastructure built specifically to combat a deadly viral outbreak, we’ll experience exactly what China and Italy are going/previously gone through. I’m praying that we don’t get a nationwide quarantine, but I’m not too optimistic.

The strange thing is knowing that we won’t have our usual entertainment to distract us. Movie premieres are being delayed across the world. Festivals, conferences, and concerts are getting bagged left and right.

Sports are effectively done across all walks of the sporting world. March Madness has officially become #MarchSadness. And without such daily respites from the cesspit that is the 2020 Election, we’re gonna be stewing in our own misery it seems. Well, maybe you won’t be. Lord knows I have been for weeks now.

I never thought I’d see the day where I wanted absolutely NOTHING to happen, just nothing whatsoever. Good, bad, cataclysmic, anything. Just one fucking iota of a break from the constant push and pull of calamity waiting to murder the Christ out of the world.

Anybody got any good shows to binge for an apocalyptic viral plague?

I’m all ears.