applies to everything

saw this little graph making its rounds around social media, i must say it has to be rather true for the most of us sitting at home doing mindless surfing:

 

or even if you aren't doing mindless surfing, this exponential graph still likely holds true. see, you only take 2-3 seconds on the simple graph before you swipe to the next image; or move on to the next piece of news.

therefore, if you were to check covid stats 10 times a day compared to your daily update back in january (if you even did check anything), that qualifies as exponential, kind of..?

can't think of what other exponential graphs one could be looking at - although what did occur to me are the number of exponential graphs i could plot after lockdown.

first is the time i spend on social media. i think that goes without saying. for any amount of time that you spend in bed alone and awake (so exclude sleeping, rabak and seks), you're most likely to be surfing some random chit or watching videos. 

lockdown = a lot (read: exponentially) more time at home

exp. more time at home = exp. more time in bed

exp. more time in bed = exp. more time on social media

there i've solved it. 

second is the time i spend on runs. it's so far an untold secret that i'm becoming the asian eliud kipchoge. while he now only takes a leisurely "jog" every morning according to some interview, i have been doing serious training and running my arse off every other day.

some qualifications though:

- his leisurely jog is still probably faster than my "running my arse off"

- my "serious training" is the only physical activity i get. other 23.5h i'm immobile.

- only reason why this is an exponential graph is because of the pathetic time i've put into running in jan/feb.

my trusty strava app showed that i did 77.7km in april, compared to 40km in march and something like 10km in february.

granted it's not a lot, but it's still exponential.

third is the time spent cooking. i doubt i need to launch into any lengthy explanation for anyone to understand this.

so i'll stop here. i think the point is made - this can apply to everything.

still, exponential graphs don't last forever. there is a limit at the top because at some point, finite resources dictate that the line does not run to infinity. if i already spend 20 hours a day wasting my time on social media (p.s. i don't, i also waste my time on dota), the next exponential step could be 80 hours and we all know nobody has 80 hours in a day.

unless you're doing MLM and borrowing others' hours for yourself ahem.

anyway, what this means is that the insanity has to stop somewhere. for one i think most of us have stopped looking at covid stats, because they are just rising numbers that reveal unpleasant truths. what's the point even if you know that x country has y cases a day? unless you run a slightly sadistic covid betting game (i can totally imagine), there is no sense to monitor the situation that feverishly.

hmm... btw >500 pays 1.2, <500 pays 6 any takers?

similar to the time spent on exponential graphs situation...

i'm gradually finding that every social media article is becoming the same (trump says this, expert virologist says that, random singaporean overseas says f**k this shit).

i'm getting muscle fatigue and frankly all this running around the same area is becoming boring. (and smells of army, see previous post)

i hate cooking with a vengeance and have now resorted to eating bread with cheese and ham for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

you see the trend. they are all tapering off. we can therefore project that in may, all exponential graphs applying to all situations can follow this trajectory:

and hopefully, the covid situation as well

you might ask, so what is the point of knowing this?

well i don't know, i'm still trying to figure it out. if knowledge is power and with great power comes great responsibility... i need to assume this great responsibility of thinking of how to convert this information to money.

brb.