"How much we take for granted that everything just works. That things like a global supply chain just work. That an average joe like me can, in the dead of winter, reliably expect to see oranges in the produce aisle. How much we now rely on others as a society. We rely on manufacturing from around the world. Food grown around the world. They rely on our purchasing things.
"And how we didn't realize how fragile that was, or how intricately everything connected. When this all started I didn't care about toilet paper or food for myself. I only cared about one thing: was I going to be able to feed my cats? They are broken and spoiled. They have special dietary needs. Would I be able to get a reliable source of d/d venison and green pea? Or hydrolyzed proteins. Or chicken I can boil for my dude who has a sensitive tummy, AND no teeth. Would the pet stores have enough stock of wet food that he could tolerate?
"And it humbled and awed me to see an orderly line in front of the vet’s office of people maintaining social distance. I never thought, one guy, hollered, that I would ever be worried about finding food for my dog." — mygrossassthrowaway