tommers
Fuck it, it's fine.
Jesus christ. What a dickhead. Are you all ok?
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Jesus christ. What a dickhead. Are you all ok?
Yeah, all fine thanks just irritated. Pretty low levels of infection down here just annoyed by the complete ignoring of social distancing especially when with a kid. She has only been out about 6 or 7 times since March. She's quite hard and not aware of the virus much beyond us saying there are more germs than usual but it would of upset some of her friends.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Wasn't 100% sure until I examined the background, but there's something about the people that tells you immediately that you are in Hebden.I knew this nutter would be out in town spreading his vileness. I dont know if you're on Twitter lazythursday but I thought you wouldn't want to miss him
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Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
Who are these pillocks?I knew this nutter would be out in town spreading his vileness. I dont know if you're on Twitter lazythursday but I thought you wouldn't want to miss him
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Rainbow Ralf and his friends. Rainbow Ralf lives in Hebden Bridge and for as many years as I can remember, he walks around town offering Free Hugs. I have made it very clear that if he ever tries to hug me he'll get my knee in his bollocks. The people with him must be his happy band of followers.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
I can assure you that I look nothing like those people.
I think they had their day in the 70's and just can't let go 
ska invita
back on the other side
Re: Lockdown breaking
I think theres a clear pattern from government here, of deliberatley saying one thing, then enacting the opposite. Its a ramping up of the Tories so called nudge unit, and its based on Johnsons personally philosophy: "Have Your Cake And Eat It". That was his position in relation to Brexit, its how he treats women, how he sees the world, and its how he treats this crisis.
www.politico.eu
They know they cant be seen to ease lockdown at this moment, but like all governments wanting to keep capitalism on track they want lockdown eased as soon as possible. So what do they do? The feed the press the story lockdown will be eased on Monday:
That didnt happen by accident, it happened by designed.
Then literally the next day they say "Lockdown mustn't be eased, carry on locking down".
People get the message loud and clear, lockdown is easing and act accordingly.
Tories wipe their hands and say,"we've been saying it must carry on, its not our fault", then don't put any pressure to reprimand people for not following it as strictly.
Its manipulation, and its cake and eat it: they achieve both positions:decreasing lockdown and increasing "herd immunity strategy", whilst being able to hold their hands up and say we are maintaining lockdown.
A similar two faced approach summarises their position in the early months of this. People knew they should lockdown and did so of their own accord, while the government could keep it business as usual as long as possible.
I think theres a clear pattern from government here, of deliberatley saying one thing, then enacting the opposite. Its a ramping up of the Tories so called nudge unit, and its based on Johnsons personally philosophy: "Have Your Cake And Eat It". That was his position in relation to Brexit, its how he treats women, how he sees the world, and its how he treats this crisis.
A brief history of having cake and eating it
How an old expression became one of the key phrases of Brexit.
www.politico.eu
They know they cant be seen to ease lockdown at this moment, but like all governments wanting to keep capitalism on track they want lockdown eased as soon as possible. So what do they do? The feed the press the story lockdown will be eased on Monday:
That didnt happen by accident, it happened by designed.
Then literally the next day they say "Lockdown mustn't be eased, carry on locking down".
People get the message loud and clear, lockdown is easing and act accordingly.
Tories wipe their hands and say,"we've been saying it must carry on, its not our fault", then don't put any pressure to reprimand people for not following it as strictly.
Its manipulation, and its cake and eat it: they achieve both positions:decreasing lockdown and increasing "herd immunity strategy", whilst being able to hold their hands up and say we are maintaining lockdown.
A similar two faced approach summarises their position in the early months of this. People knew they should lockdown and did so of their own accord, while the government could keep it business as usual as long as possible.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Except Glastonbury.
You'd see similar at loads of places in the south-west tbf
bimble
floofy
I’ve been wondering about this too, definitely agree it wasn’t an accident that the press were given the story that we’d all be ‘liberated’ on Monday but I don’t know if it’s really herd immunity by stealth think it might just be them testing the waters to see what way the wind is blowing & then after the backlash of wtf are you doing they decided to stick with things as they are for a bit longer. The pm after all is the man who wrote those 2 articles one against one for brexit then picked which to publish at the last minute when he judged which would be the winning or most expedient side.Re: Lockdown breaking
I think theres a clear pattern from government here, of deliberatley saying one thing, then enacting the opposite. Its a ramping up of the Tories so called nudge unit, and its based on Johnsons personally philosophy: "Have Your Cake And Eat It". That was his position in relation to Brexit, its how he treats women, how he sees the world, and its how he treats this crisis.
A brief history of having cake and eating it
How an old expression became one of the key phrases of Brexit.
They know they cant be seen to ease lockdown at this moment, but like all governments wanting to keep capitalism on track they want lockdown eased as soon as possible. So what do they do? The feed the press the story lockdown will be eased on Monday:
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That didnt happen by accident, it happened by designed.
Then literally the next day they say "Lockdown mustn't be eased, carry on locking down".
People get the message loud and clear, lockdown is easing and act accordingly.
Tories wipe their hands and say,"we've been saying it must carry on, its not our fault", then don't put any pressure to reprimand people for not following it as strictly.
Its manipulation, and its cake and eat it: they achieve both positions:decreasing lockdown and increasing "herd immunity strategy", whilst being able to hold their hands up and say we are maintaining lockdown.
A similar two faced approach summarises their position in the early months of this. People knew they should lockdown and did so of their own accord, while the government could keep it business as usual as long as possible.
kalidarkone
Bringing YOU round.....
Don't get me wrong, I've met some people in Hebden who don't even own a dream-catcher. But I don't reckon you'd see that group of people together anywhere else on earth.
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belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Traffic is definitely up in the last couple of weeks here in Bristol. I live on an A road. Educated guess says this is people going to work as yesterday morning, I was pleasantly surprised again as it was quiet, at least early on.
There are peple out shopping, walking and stuff but obviously I only know that because I'm one of them. Some peple do seem to be a bit blazay about the whole thing, chatting in the street, hanging about but again, I guess I wouldn't notice the rest just quickly going about their business.
A nearby flat sounds like they're having a party at weekends.
A few moans on local FB page about people not keeping their distance, joggers etc. e.g. Look at all these people here in this crowded place where I went to take my bike ride and got off to take a picture.
Busses are quiet.
City centre streets are quieter than the local ones simply because the bars and cafes are shut.
TL;DR there are some ignorant fuckwits who don't care or are too thick to understand but most people are doing what they're meant to. I don't reckon they're particularly British trates.
I have sympathy for anyone working in shops though. The fuckwits barging about, blocking isles, hanging around are going to stand out and wind you up.
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Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
What about Totnes?
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Mrs Q is half-Filipina, whilst our quarter-Filipina daughter (who is a nurse) has inherited Asian hair and eye colouring, she has fair skin (though she tans easily like her mother) combined with the fact she is only 26 has resulted in her mother clinging to this research like a drowning man clinging to a piece of flotsam.
maomao
普費斯
Hope your daughter's okay mate. Can imagine how stressful that must be.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
She is so far, we haven't seen her (in person) since beginning of March, I do suspect though that she censors what she tells us for fear that the mother will react in the way that she almost certainly will do. (not that I am blaise about it either)
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I knew this nutter would be out in town spreading his vileness. I dont know if you're on Twitter lazythursday but I thought you wouldn't want to miss him
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Some people might think these people are just harmless fools, but what they're actually doing is standing there spitting in the faces of all those who have suffered from this virus, or lost loved ones to it. I've met loads of people like this, and the happy-clappiness is thinner than a coat of paint. As soon as you mention the idea that they might in some way not be able to do whatever the fuck they like, because other people exist, the shitty entitlement that makes up 99% of their worldview boils over.
The importance of prolonged and multiple contact for transmission. I’d be interested in the views of elbows and others on whether this sounds as if it’s on the right track.
eureferendum.com
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The article refers to this twitter thread:
EU Referendum
eureferendum.com
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The article refers to this twitter thread:
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I've played gigs all over Cornwall to crowds just like that.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Nope they're self-centred loons who whilst they aren't dangerous in the way a velociraptor might be are still dangerous in a more subtle way.
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
The importance of prolonged and multiple contact for transmission. I’d be interested in the views of elbows and others on whether this sounds as if it’s on the right track.
EU Referendum
The article refers to this twitter thread:
I don't know the qualifications of that EU Referendum blogger but they appear to just be cherry-picking studies that support their statement of the obvious while completely ignoring the phenomenon of super-spreaders.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
The importance of prolonged and multiple contact for transmission. I’d be interested in the views of elbows and others on whether this sounds af it’s on the right track.
EU Referendum
The article refers to this twitter thread:
That conclusion does not follow from the evidence presented IMO. Less important maybe, and there are quite possibly lockdown-easing measures that would increase only those negligible risks from passing contact, while bringing significant benefits. The same thinking should also be justification to stop any non-essential high-risk activities still ongoing, namely any where large groups of people are regularly gathering together in close quarters. Construction sites are not a requirement for public health or mental wellbeing. Closing them could buy us enough wiggle room to remove some of the restrictions that are hurting people the most, without increasing the R number.
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
The importance of prolonged and multiple contact for transmission. I’d be interested in the views of elbows and others on whether this sounds as if it’s on the right track.
EU Referendum
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The article refers to this twitter thread:
This North bloke, who wrote the above, is a climate change denier. It doesn’t mean he has to be wrong on everything, but he needs to be read with extreme caution.
Yes, fair enough.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I didn't particularly like the look of the website I have to say. But I thought I'd try and take the content as I found it. He's not wrong that there has been too much weight given to factors that aren't actually related to epidemiology.
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