CAN WE AUDIOPHILES DO OUR PART?


So we're all tired of hearing about nothing but Covid-19 (or, as I term it, the C-Plague). What can we do, as audiophiles, to help with all this.
I was amazed, and delighted, when I went to the Cardas website to see that they are doing their part. Go to their website and you'll see their director, Angela Cardas, wearing a mask. If you click on the Cardas Nautilus logo in the upper left corner, you'll see pictures of people there in the factory making masks with sewing machines. I called the company to congratulate them, and spoke with a woman named Darla, who said it was their way, during this economic slump, to keep their employees working and also their way of trying to "do our part."
I'm not writing all this to advertise Cardas products. They are a very good company, but trust your ears, not anything I write, when it comes to buying their products. They do get credit, however, for helping me come to a realization that pushed me in the right direction. I called a woman I am friends with, who is 85 years old and is a good seamstress, to suggest she start making masks. She already was--and is. By phone she has organized several other women to do the same, and right now they are needing more material and elastic. I managed to gather about 50 pounds of material and am starting to gather elastic while also getting more material. But I don't sew. I can't help out with that. Any ideas as to what we--all of us who are good with our ears and focused with our budgets--can do to help out in other ways?

I realize this is an odd topic to bring to an audio forum, but it was a very socially responsible audio company that got me to thinking about it, and frankly I believe I should be socially responsible enough to do what I can to get other people to thinking about it. While also being open to other people's ideas about ways someone like me who is "just an audiophile" can help.

Thank you, in advance, for any and all ideas on this.



baumli
(If you don't recognise that 'handle', ask around....)

I've had enough of this and others for the night....
We're being trolled. Are you having fun phd? I was right from the beginning about you. I am no longer reading any of your posts. While some of the things being said on this thread are pretty outrageous, for the most part the people seem sincere in their beliefs. I have no problem with that. But you, phd, are just jerking us around for fun. Nobody can honestly believe some of the nonsense you are writing. I know I said I was not going to be insulting, but I don't like it when people mislead others for their own amusement. Anybody agree? A guy named mahlman did the same on a thread about who should be called an audiophile. Got a lot of people believing he was serious. Millercarbon even came to his defense. He was just jerking people around for his own perverse pleasure. Is that you mahlman?
phd, I'm sorry to say that you are wasting your time attempting to enlighten some. As Yogi Berra said: "There are some people who, if they don't know already, you can't tell 'em". I'm afraid some people still have their eyes glued to the mainstream news TV despite what the President constantly warns against. Fake News. Folks!! 
Our personal world views are laid bare in these posts. On one side there are people who are driven by emotion, mostly negative, and their deeply imbedded prejudices. Many white males in this country are angry because they believe their country is being taken away from them by the changing demographics. But I have yet to hear one of these angry white men explain in a non-emotional, fact-based, prejudice-free way what exactly they are angry about. As a white American male I am well aware that I have enjoyed white privilege my entire life. These angry white men either; are in denial of the advantages they have had, or believe that that is the way it should be.  On the other side we have posters who share the view that all people are human beings deserving of respect and dignity. We believe that to live up to the ideals put forth by the founding fathers in the creation of this great experiment called the United States, there should be a level playing field for everyone residing in the country. That has historically not been the case. Treat ALL people with the respect they deserve as members of the human race and give everyone equal opportunity. That's all I'm saying. It seems pretty simple to me when you take it logically. A little Paul Simon influence there.