So my SLF's side gig is helping out at an Asian nail salon (she's Vietnamese). She is a super patriot and of course has had lots of um differences of opinion with coworkers and clients the last 3 years.
I asked today if there's been a change in tone, like with gas prices, are people coming around that used to hate Trump now hating Biden etc, and she said it's actually almost everyone, dramatic and near-total reversal. People can't believe how dumb they were, how bad it is, how bad Biden is, they were wrong to hate Trump etc. She said even hard leftists that she's argued with are admitting things.
I find this report super-encouraging as it seems like so many normies just aren't getting it or you can't tell, but people have to be waking up without letting on is what I think is happening - in an environment like that they feel comfortable blabbing (there's probably a name for this, I can't count how many rather personal things I've heard in a neighboring barber chair for example).
And it wasn't just the report but when I asked the question it wasn't just like "yeah" but "OH YEAH. EVERYONE."
I have a group of lady friends that meet for dinner once a month. I’ve known them from church for 15 years, and most are fairly liberal. We are all in the late-50’s to mid-60’s age range.
When the Corona bullshit hit, they all ran and got vaxxed. I would skip about every other meetup because they were all parroting the MSM bullshit.
We gathered last week. One is wondering about seeing a neurologist for the low grade headache and brain fog she’s been experiencing for 6 months. One has had several fender benders due to brain fog (can you say VAXIDENT?). However, they brought up how fishy the Uvalde event was, and then talk turned to the food plants catching fire.
This was a huge indicator to me that the info dam is breaking. Folks are slowly waking up and the fact that this group is becoming aware (even slightly) is a step in the right direction! This group is my normie barometer.