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Paul Roth | #VEDA 2020 12 - Not Zooming by @paulidin [OC] #WithMe #QVEDA @paulidin | Uploaded April 2020 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
"Remember in the first season of The Flash when the big bad guy was Professor Zoom? So much has changed since then, but now he's back! Kind of like a lack of vaccines.
Hello PaulTalkers and other viewers,
Between 2013 and 2016, I became pretty well known for doing Hangouts On Air interviews on my channel. Among my friends, I would often do private Skype sessions, and at work I would do google hangouts with folks at the office.
As COVID-19 swept through the world, many folks on the internet started using the Zoom video conferencing software - at this point it's so widespread there are even memes of the gallery view showing lots of people conferencing together!
But I ... have not been video conferencing with anybody. If you're one of my friends and wondered why I didn't video chat with you during this time... Well, here's my answer.
It's too real.
When I am distanced from people because of my door or because of time or because it's just text, I can pretend it's just another everyday thing.
I can pretend life is still the way it was before COVID-19 and these are just the in-between interactions I can have with people before I see them again face-to-face.
When I think about video chatting with someone and seeing their face and reactions and hearing them in real time, even though I've done it before, at this time it seems like it would be solidifying the new normal of this pandemic life.
I can logically accept that I'll need to self-isolate for a year or more but I haven't been feeling it yet. The thought of interacting with a friend that I would have no ability to see in person or hug for all that time... wrecks me.
At some point, I'm sure I will, but I think the first time I might crumble into tears. So, not yet. This month, maybe. Just... not yet.
Are you video chatting with friends or family during the pandemic? Is there a thing you think might be the breaking point for you in all this? Please let me know in the comments below. And also leave me a request for a future vlog! I can do requests!
And let's hope tomorrow is better."
Find me @paulidin most places except youtube where it's youtube.com/PaulRoth
Recorded using a Google Pixel 3's front-facing camera.
Scripted using Google Docs
Open Captioned with AutoCap.
Edited with Quicktime
Theme song: it's Minor Swing / I Will Survive by The Bitter Dose Combo with permission from Matt Henry
Title Card photo taken by Paul Roth, 2019
"Remember in the first season of The Flash when the big bad guy was Professor Zoom? So much has changed since then, but now he's back! Kind of like a lack of vaccines.
Hello PaulTalkers and other viewers,
Between 2013 and 2016, I became pretty well known for doing Hangouts On Air interviews on my channel. Among my friends, I would often do private Skype sessions, and at work I would do google hangouts with folks at the office.
As COVID-19 swept through the world, many folks on the internet started using the Zoom video conferencing software - at this point it's so widespread there are even memes of the gallery view showing lots of people conferencing together!
But I ... have not been video conferencing with anybody. If you're one of my friends and wondered why I didn't video chat with you during this time... Well, here's my answer.
It's too real.
When I am distanced from people because of my door or because of time or because it's just text, I can pretend it's just another everyday thing.
I can pretend life is still the way it was before COVID-19 and these are just the in-between interactions I can have with people before I see them again face-to-face.
When I think about video chatting with someone and seeing their face and reactions and hearing them in real time, even though I've done it before, at this time it seems like it would be solidifying the new normal of this pandemic life.
I can logically accept that I'll need to self-isolate for a year or more but I haven't been feeling it yet. The thought of interacting with a friend that I would have no ability to see in person or hug for all that time... wrecks me.
At some point, I'm sure I will, but I think the first time I might crumble into tears. So, not yet. This month, maybe. Just... not yet.
Are you video chatting with friends or family during the pandemic? Is there a thing you think might be the breaking point for you in all this? Please let me know in the comments below. And also leave me a request for a future vlog! I can do requests!
And let's hope tomorrow is better."
Find me @paulidin most places except youtube where it's youtube.com/PaulRoth
Recorded using a Google Pixel 3's front-facing camera.
Scripted using Google Docs
Open Captioned with AutoCap.
Edited with Quicktime
Theme song: it's Minor Swing / I Will Survive by The Bitter Dose Combo with permission from Matt Henry
Title Card photo taken by Paul Roth, 2019
![#VEDA 2020 12 - Not Zooming by @paulidin [OC] #WithMe #QVEDA](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QFqlTC8Wipw/hqdefault.jpg "#VEDA 2020 12 - Not Zooming by @paulidin [OC] #WithMe #QVEDA
Remember in the first season of The Flash when the big bad guy was Professor Zoom? So much has changed since then, but now hes back! Kind of like a lack of vaccines.
Hello PaulTalkers and other viewers,
Between 2013 and 2016, I became pretty well known for doing Hangouts On Air interviews on my channel. Among my friends, I would often do private Skype sessions, and at work I would do google hangouts with folks at the office.
As COVID-19 swept through the world, many folks on the internet started using the Zoom video conferencing software - at this point its so widespread there are even memes of the gallery view showing lots of people conferencing together!
But I ... have not been video conferencing with anybody. If youre one of my friends and wondered why I didnt video chat with you during this time... Well, heres my answer.
Its too real.
When I am distanced from people because of my door or because of time or because its just text, I can pretend its just another everyday thing.
I can pretend life is still the way it was before COVID-19 and these are just the in-between interactions I can have with people before I see them again face-to-face.
When I think about video chatting with someone and seeing their face and reactions and hearing them in real time, even though Ive done it before, at this time it seems like it would be solidifying the new normal of this pandemic life.
I can logically accept that Ill need to self-isolate for a year or more but I havent been feeling it yet. The thought of interacting with a friend that I would have no ability to see in person or hug for all that time... wrecks me.
At some point, Im sure I will, but I think the first time I might crumble into tears. So, not yet. This month, maybe. Just... not yet.
Are you video chatting with friends or family during the pandemic? Is there a thing you think might be the breaking point for you in all this? Please let me know in the comments below. And also leave me a request for a future vlog! I can do requests!
And lets hope tomorrow is better.
Find me @paulidin most places except youtube where its http://youtube.com/PaulRoth
Recorded using a Google Pixel 3s front-facing camera.
Scripted using Google Docs
Open Captioned with AutoCap.
Edited with Quicktime
Theme song: its Minor Swing / I Will Survive by The Bitter Dose Combo with permission from Matt Henry
Title Card photo taken by Paul Roth, 2019")
![#VEDA 2020 14 - 2 Facts 2 Funs by @paulidin [OC] #WithMe #QVEDA](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QHrcEaJ-nzg/hqdefault.jpg "#VEDA 2020 14 - 2 Facts 2 Funs by @paulidin [OC] #WithMe #QVEDA
Ive been rewatching Doctor Who and the death of Grace made me think of what I want my last words to be when I die. So I got that going for me!
Hello PaulTalkers and other viewers,
Welcome to my second Facts and Funs video for QVEDA!
Lets start with the bad news, shall we?
Fact 1: Global confirmed cases of COVID-19:
Fun 1: John Krasinski, made famous by Jack Ryan and A Quiet Place but probably best known as Emily Blunts husband has started a YouTube channel called Some Good News, which I have linked in the description section: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOe_y6KKvS3PdIfb9q9pGug - it is sweet and delightful if you like that sort of thing
Fact 2: US confirmed cases of COVID-19:
Fun 2: Trolls World Tour is now available for streaming on the internet, like Birds of Prey and a couple other new release films before it. Some studios are trying to push back movie releases in what I think is a foolish attempt to get theater money after the pandemic dies down without really understanding this could be a year or more!
But anyway, Trolls World Tour is very fun, has lots of good music, and theres a scene where a character voiced by a white woman who tries to say all Trolls are the same gets schooled by George Clinton and Mary J. Blige that in fact people are different and the differences need to be recognized.
Fact 3: The FDA has authorized the first saliva test to help diagnose coronavirus. Apparently its supposed to be a good alternative to the back-of-the-nasal cavity swab test, which does not sound fun.
Fun 3: Dr. Jennifer Delora has started offering free ASL Zoom lessons via her facebook page called Club ASL, which will be linked in the description: https://www.facebook.com/ClubASL
You may not get in and I dont know if your brain is in the right place for it. (Mine isnt quite yet) But if you can and it is, check it out and learn a skill that will open up a whole new world of communication for you!
Thats it! I dont know if the fun things were fun enough or the fact things were factual enough, but you know. Its a pandemic!
Lets hope tomorrow is better.
Find me @paulidin most places except youtube where its http://youtube.com/PaulRoth
Recorded using a Google Pixel 3s front-facing camera.
Scripted using Google Docs
Open Captioned with AutoCap.
Edited with Quicktime
Theme song: its Minor Swing / I Will Survive by The Bitter Dose Combo with permission from Matt Henry
Title Card photo taken by Paul Roth, 2019")
![#VEDA 2020 21 - Return of the Facts and Funs by @paulidin [OC] #WithMe #QVEDA](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RfPiB4S1aL8/hqdefault.jpg "#VEDA 2020 21 - Return of the Facts and Funs by @paulidin [OC] #WithMe #QVEDA
I ordered this slice of vegan carrot cake over the weekend but I didnt want to eat it until now so I waited and today Ive been eating it a fork full at a time. Its nice.
[music: Minor Swing]
Hello Paultalkers and other viewers!
First of all, Im putting together a video of a specific Steven Universe Movie song for my last day of VEDA. If you would like to join me in that video, please let me know!
It is my third Facts and Funs video so lets get to the bad stuff:
Fact 1: Worldwide coronavirus cases
Confirmed 2,531,804
Recovered 665,458
Deaths 174,336
Fun 1: Tonight is the peak of the Lyrids Meteor Shower in the northern hemisphere. I dont know much about it but apparently the peak will be around 6am Greenwich Mean Time (11pm Pacific time). Please stay home though and look up from there if you can.
Fact 2: US coronavirus cases
Confirmed 810,276
Recovered 73,923
Deaths 44,234
Fun 2: The old Disney Afternoon suite of cartoons from the early 90s is kind of getting a revival in the rebooted Disney DuckTales series. They started off with just the Duck family, then added Gummi Bears, Gizmoduck, and Darkwing Duck. In the current 3rd season, they just brought back the Rescue Rangers and Goof Troop! If you have access to Disney shows and like those old cartoons, check out rebooted DuckTales!
Fact 3: This is a long one. When people get sick from some viruses, their immune systems develop antibodies to prevent them from getting re-infected for some period of time.
But we dont know yet if strains of COVID-19 fall into that category. People who get sick and recover may get sick from it again. Or COVID-19s mutation rate may be so high that even if you do gain immunity to 1 strain, you may still catch others.
For these reasons, at the time of this recording, it is unsafe to rely on herd immunity to protect any community from the coronavirus.
Feel free to search for coronavirus and herd immunity and you should find that for every one or two who think its the way to combat this pandemic, there are around 500 scientists who think it is a bad idea.
Fun 3: Today is my birthday. I am 45 years old. These things are facts and Im not great today, but Im going to say them in the fun section because why not?! Its a pandemic.
Lets hope tomorrow is better.
Find me @paulidin most places except youtube where its http://youtube.com/PaulRoth
Recorded using a Google Pixel 3s front-facing camera.
Scripted using Google Docs
Open Captioned with AutoCap.
Edited with Quicktime
Theme song: today, Happy Mistake by @RKVCinsta
usually Minor Swing / I Will Survive by The Bitter Dose Combo with permission from Matt Henry
Title Card photo taken by Paul Roth, 2019")
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