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Originally Posted by Mortal1
really difficult to guess what agenda you believe. I'm guessing college loan forgiveness, green energy at the cost of the middle class with no real science based end of the world if we don't get out of fossil fuels. Oh and perhaps school teachers should be in charge of what our kids are taught(other than reading, writing, math and science) and we need 3 million more illegal aliens because they need all of us to pay for their new life?
You must be right...I'm with the silent majority on this.
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The middle class in the US no longer exists. The US now has the greatest wealth disparity in the 1st world. There are a lot of reasons why people at a Village pool might want to keep to themselves and not be "chatty". We are just coming out of a Pandemic and a new surge in Omicron Covid is going on in the Northeast. The people in the Northeast often travel to Fl. Many people at the swimming pool may NOT be vaccinated at all and some may have decided to NOT get booster shots. Personally, I would not want to be shaking hands and coming close to people at a pool when I don't know their vaccination status. Outside is better than indoors and the new Omicron variants likely will ONLY make you sick like having a flu, but NOT kill or hospitalize you. But, why take that chance with someone you don't know and may not even end up liking.
........Another reason for not wanting to be a "social butterfly" is that society is still in a very polarized condition. People have hardened, strong feelings about what is going on in the nation and world. When I go to the pool, it is to get exercise and sun. The last thing I want to do is get into an argument about ANYTHING. I read a book and I swim.
........So, considering the social environment, I don't think that it is too surprising that people are keeping to themselves and their KNOWN friends at a pool or anywhere.