Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion

[Artaxerxes]

Who's advert is this? Is it some hideous government back to work thing, or some misguided advert for something else (disinfectant?)

Dettol

MPs voted to give themselves another 11 weeks out of the office - working virtually until November 13th

Leading by example

Link?

 

[thismoment]

MPs voted to give themselves another 11 weeks out of the office - working virtually until November 13th

Leading by example

No ways! Surely they couldn’t have while telling everyone else to get back to the office

 

[Badgers]

Link?

Will this pic suffice?

 

[LDC]

Pretty damn low. I think you'd struggle to find any cases of people who had got it outdoors, keeping 1-2m distance and wearing a mask. I guess I worry about my friends getting into an unhealthy place with it. They're both quite depressive as it is.

I'm also wary of people only doing what they're 'comfortable with' or avoiding things that they find stressful. Down that road leads avoiding anything difficult and seems to exacerbate anxiety and depression for many rather than get rid of it.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Will this pic suffice?

I'm afraid I need full citations and documentation

 

[8ball]

I know someone who's got a terminal cancer diagnosis with a not very long prognosis and is extremely clinically vulnerable, and they've ignored all official advice after a chat with their oncologist and doctor and have gone about having loads of fun and seeing people etc. and tbh why the fuck not in their position.

The standard argument for why not is that they might spread it to others.

 

[LDC]

The standard argument for why not is that they might spread it to others.

Yeah, I do get that. But they're not ignoring social distancing and mask wearing etc. day to day. It's more in interactions with their friends and family who I guess have made an informed decision too.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

This has made me feel quite stabby:
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whoever wrote that has clearly never had a real job

That is quite something.
And as you say, clearly written by someone who has never actually had a job before.
I mean it's all pretty offensive but "Leaving early for a cheeky afternoon in the sun" ?? Who the fuck can do that??

 

[Badgers]

I'm afraid I need full citations and documentation

I am waiting for Disgraced Prime Minister Johnson to provide the data behind this statement of fact.

It was proposed by the cunt Mogg but not really opposed by any parties #shocker

 

[8ball]

Yeah, I do get that. But they're not ignoring social distancing and mask wearing etc. day to day. It's more in interactions with their friends and family who I guess have made an informed decision too.

Fair enough, I find the argument about risking spreading it to others a little tricky anyway (accepting certain risks generated by others would seem a precondition of any society, and the limits on this are undiscussed).

 

[8ball]

And as you say, clearly written by someone who has never actually had a job before.

Well, someone who has only ever worked in branding and advertising companies.

 

[Sue]

Yeah, I snorted coffee out my nose at the "second family" bit.

Proper bants.

Also the stuff about 'ccing' and 'bccing' because obviously those of us who've been working from home have been completely incapable of emailing and can only do so from the office. Idiots.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I mean it's all pretty offensive but "Leaving early for a cheeky afternoon in the sun" ?? Who the fuck can do that??

I remember doing that once, with a colleague, next morning the boss asked where we had been. I said, 'on the beach', which was true, but he just laughed, and Amanda piped-up, 'our last appointment over-run, we couldn't get back to the office before closing', he accepted that.

Well, someone who has only ever worked in branding and advertising companies.

Or, for a local newspaper's advertising department.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I'm also wary of people only doing what they're 'comfortable with' or avoiding things that they find stressful. Down that road leads avoiding anything difficult and seems to exacerbate anxiety and depression for many rather than get rid of it.

While many activites can help to alleviate depression and anxiety, they will only do so where people are able to choose to engage in them, rather than being compelled by economic or social pressures.

What would really help is some trustworthy, unbiased guidance on which activities are relatively safe. When you've got MP's filming 'go back to work' videos in their living rooms then people are likely to come to the conclusion that they're being bullshat and fall back on their own, possibly anxiety-inflected judgements about what they're able to do.

 

[Badgers]

 

[Orang Utan]

Another one!

 

[Artaxerxes]

"The Tube, its great in the morning isn't it?" said noone ever.

 

[Pickman's model]

This has made me feel quite stabby:
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whoever wrote that has clearly never had a real job

brought this to mind

 

[LDC]

TBH at least it's an advert, albeit a cringworthy one, it could have been some government 'get back to work for the bants it's ace' thing which would have been much worse.

 

[Pickman's model]

Another one!
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is 'tapping out' slang for suicide?

 

[Pickman's model]

TBH at least it's an advert, albeit a cringworthy one, it could have been some government 'get back to work for the bants it's ace' thing which would have been much worse.

 

[souljacker]

"The Tube, its great in the morning isn't it?" said noone ever.

'Getting a seat'. LOL!

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[frogwoman]

'Half reading a newspaper'

 

[Pickman's model]

boris johnson was going to be a guest on the bbc's 'would i lie to you'. until producers realised that it'd be no fun watching as all his statements would be lies.

 

[Pickman's model]

'Half reading a newspaper'

don't laugh. it's a serious problem in the johnson family as boris' brother jo can only read consonants while the other brother, leo, can only read vowels.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Another one!
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Fucking hell
Yeah tube travel. Absolutely amazing. Such a romantic experience day in day out twice a day during rush hour crammed in with 6 million other people.
I love it. We all love it. I miss it soooo much.
It's just like that. Just how they describe it.

 

[LDC]

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[Pickman's model]

 

[Orang Utan]