What will you acquire?
In this strange interregnum between pandemic and post-pandemic, without an Achille Bonito Oliva to put up the flags (so to speak), what will I acquire?
I will definitely gain weight, I haven’t done anything else throughout the pandemic. I will stock up – clearly not in bizarre ways like on mountains of toilet paper – but on consumer goods useful to have at home in situations of emergency. I’ve already started to buy a certain amount of batteries, toners for the printer, a couple of extra reams of paper, because these are now essential commodities. I will pay more attention, which I feel I’ve already been doing by avoiding places too crowded with people not wearing masks, for example. I will gain experience, which is somehow linked to the stocking up of goods, because it’s something I’ve had to do in the past and should the situation develop unpleasantly – which I hope it doesn’t – I already know what to expect and how to better deal with the emergency. I will also acquire a few futilities, because I’ve realised they are fundamental during a period of lockdown: I will therefore make sure I have stupid things, accessories for the phone as well as little electronic gadgets that had been bought and used for a while, and then put aside. They have started assuming an interesting, deeper dimension, and they have had the opportunity to be used again so yes, I won’t be without a reserve of futilities… I’ve never been.
