Social Distancing

Social distancing, a term that was nearly absent became a collective gauge in fighting against the pandemic.

Social distancing in a way is an oxymoron as you cannot be social by distancing yourself. But we know the term is re-coined to mean a different thing, a strategy to deal with the covid-19 pandemic.

I took this photograph during lunch break in my first day in the office after 11 months.

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Previously in this area there were bigger wooden tables arranged by a cafe. You could sit next to a stranger after exchanging a brief “may I, sure”. Regrettably the cafe went bankrupt and the mall management came up with this arrangement.

I like this picture because it shows our species’ sorry state in a satirical way. There is nothing remotely social about it. People are sitting on single chair tables, looking at their mobile devices, as if they belong to an alternative universe. A scene that would fit to a dystopian movie.