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Thank you and great quote, @Daisys and Diamonds !!!Stay safe Kipari
i read this thing recently that we elect the govt to make the unpopular descions we don't want to mske ourselves
Thank you and great quote, @Daisys and Diamonds !!!Stay safe Kipari
i read this thing recently that we elect the govt to make the unpopular descions we don't want to mske ourselves
Our first lockdown in March was this, the same as France. Everything closed, even the Dentists. It was really hard & I cried for my kids. It was for 12 weeks, but still here we are.
And the ridiculous 'relaxing' for 5 days over Christmas is now, as predicted, biting everyone on the arse. Including me & my very large family, who all did the right thing & met over Zoom as we decided the relaxing was a stupid idea. But stupid is what stupid does & we all pay the price. Urgh!
This 10000000000000 times!!!!
The problem is @Daisys and Diamonds that the Govt rely on people to comply and act sensibly. THAT’S the mistake, not necessarily that they should’ve done this then, or that then, it’s that they think that people will actually comply. You know the saying about giving someone and inch and they’ll take a mile? Yep, when you tell people they can mix with their bubble, the morons take that to mean, OK, I can go out and have a party, mix with as many people as I want and act like a complete and utter selfish butthole. The Christmas bubble was supposed to be that after having a hard year not being able to see your loved ones, this was an opportunity for you to ensure you were careful before seeing your loved ones, still practice distancing on the day, washing your hands, and taking all necessary measures to keep you and them safe. How the morons take that to mean do whatever you want is beyond me.
Thanks @missy for the song !
I had 2 teenage boys (probably between 18 and 20) standing hard up behind me in a line at my local diner today, without masks. I told them they needed to step back and asked them to put their masks back on.
One of them told me to calm down and suggested that I shouldn't leave the house if I was so at risk.
I told him to shut up and f*ck off and come back when he knew anything about anything, which he clearly didn't. I told him he was just the type who'd be asymptomatic, spreading a virus around, while other people died. And that that would be his contribution to society.
They went somewhere else to eat.
My DH, who was standing next to me, gave me that "They messed with the wrong old lady" look.
ETA Pls excuse the language - but that really was what I said. And, frankly, I'm so over these idiots, they're lucky that's all I said.
Did I hear right that all exams were going to be cancelled this year? And if so, where does that leave your son? Do they get to sit them at a later date, or do they get predicted grades?? My heart is aching for all the kids. Big hugs to you & your son.
Thanks @Alex T
Honestly @Daisys and Diamonds, the problem then and now has been because of people who still think this is all a hoax. Just last week an ER doctor was leaving one of the big London hospitals after his shift, and there were hundreds of unmasked morons outside shouting that it’s all a hoax. I honestly don’t know how you get through to people like that.
I simply cannot understand people who won't wear masks. Even if you're a selfish so-and-so who doesn't care about the vulnerable, why wouldn't a person do everything they can to avoid getting such a nasty bug? Who in their right mind doesn't care if they get this thing? Even if you recover, it still sounds horrible, and we don't know what the longterm effects are.
As for people who think it's a hoax, they must be breathtakingly stupid or worse. If you could study a group of hoaxers, I wonder if they'd show any commonalities, like being in the early stages of dementia (seriously - that would explain a lot), or would show exceptionally low IQs, or would score high on measures of paranoia and such. I cannot believe that anyone who falls within broad regular ranges of intelligence and physical-and-mental health could possibly think that this virus is a hoax.
The number in our city are climbing daily. I go to the store once a week and it kills me, I see families 4-6 people shopping, why does the whole family have to go to the store, give me a break. Then of course there are people who refuse to wear a mask and give you dirty looks for wearing one. People right upon you in the checkout lane, nobody keeping distance. When will they learn? Perhaps when they have lost a family member.
Whoa, Alex T., that's insane!
ETA: I wonder if taking such an "out there" view correlates to measures of narcissism. As in, the subconscious thought process would look something like: "I believe quite differently from the vast majority; I can see something that others can't [i.e. that moon landings are fake]. This confirms that I'm special."
It sure would explain a lot of what's wrong with Trump!
Either this or paranoia. I just can't believe that anyone who's firmly anchored in reality could think the way the man in the example above does.
<clutching at straws> any chance it was ironic or an "in joke"? I wouldn't be able to help myself asking the mutual friend.
If he was serious -->
No - she called him out on it later down the comments & it seems he was deadly serious. They agreed to disagree in the end!
I had 2 teenage boys (probably between 18 and 20) standing hard up behind me in a line at my local diner today, without masks. I told them they needed to step back and asked them to put their masks back on.
One of them told me to calm down and suggested that I shouldn't leave the house if I was so at risk.
I told him to shut up and f*ck off and come back when he knew anything about anything, which he clearly didn't. I told him he was just the type who'd be asymptomatic, spreading a virus around, while other people died. And that that would be his contribution to society.
They went somewhere else to eat.
My DH, who was standing next to me, gave me that "They messed with the wrong old lady" look.
ETA Pls excuse the language - but that really was what I said. And, frankly, I'm so over these idiots, they're lucky that's all I said.
@MillieLou @Daisys and Diamonds Outrageous, isn't it?!!
I have an acquaintance who's a conspiracy theorist too. Very nice woman before Covid. Liberal leaning and a bit naïve, but nice.
She shares conspiracy cr*p on FB all day long. I need FB for one specific activity only and whenever I log on, the feed shows her whacko links.
Totally insane. Her DH seems to be into it too. He's a mathematician . She's in my home country, so I don't have to deal with her personally. Our mutual friends all went NC after she started attending (unmasked) protest marches. That's not only annoying, that's downright dangerous. She doesn't care.
I have an acquaintance who's a conspiracy theorist too. Very nice woman before Covid. Liberal leaning and a bit naïve, but nice.
She shares conspiracy cr*p on FB all day long. I need FB for one specific activity only and whenever I log on, the feed shows her whacko links.
Totally insane. Her DH seems to be into it too. He's a mathematician . She's in my home country, so I don't have to deal with her personally. Our mutual friends all went NC after she started attending (unmasked) protest marches. That's not only annoying, that's downright dangerous. She doesn't care.
This is rambling ....Sounds like a friend of mine too. The stuff she posts is down right dangerous, not to mention bizarre - I have started to report most of her stuff because i can do it anonymously. Wacko stuff. She's had her Twitter account suspended 3 times since Covid & is always complaining about the Facebook Mafia taking down her posts. Perhaps she needs to think about why rather than banging on about the prevention of free speech.
You and your husband: my new heroes! You for confronting the idiots and your husband so clearly backing you instead of being embarrassed by the confrontation!
@minousbijoux -
The truth is - I had just come from the hospital where I'm currently being checked out for 2 new, growing lumps that have developed since I had cancer last year. I was beat, hadn't eaten anything yet that day, and just wasn't up to making anything at home. My diner does simple, clean food, so we went there for respite. The boys just picked the wrong day. But I can tell you for nothing - don't tell a woman who has been through as much crap as I have over the last 2 years and only leaves the house to go to hospital - not to leave the house. If I could 'not leave the house' - if that was an option - believe me, I'm currently so wrecked, I'd be at home 24/7, 365. Telling me I should calm down and not leave the house - YA THINK? Thanks for that, genius.
Altho, let's be honest - it's about 10 years since I was actually any sweeter than that. The privilege of age is that you really do cease caring what people think of you.
You're right, tho - my husband is awesome. And just because he deserves it - I'm putting this photo up here again: this was him standing outside my hospital window before my last cardiac surgery last May during covid, when he couldn't come in and be with me when they took me into the OR - or at any other time during my 8 day stay. Man's a champion.
No - she called him out on it later down the comments & it seems he was deadly serious. They agreed to disagree in the end!
@minousbijoux -
The truth is - I had just come from the hospital where I'm currently being checked out for 2 new, growing lumps that have developed since I had cancer last year. I was beat, hadn't eaten anything yet that day, and just wasn't up to making anything at home. My diner does simple, clean food, so we went there for respite. The boys just picked the wrong day. But I can tell you for nothing - don't tell a woman who has been through as much crap as I have over the last 2 years and only leaves the house to go to hospital - not to leave the house. If I could 'not leave the house' - if that was an option - believe me, I'm currently so wrecked, I'd be at home 24/7, 365. Telling me I should calm down and not leave the house - YA THINK? Thanks for that, genius.
Altho, let's be honest - it's about 10 years since I was actually any sweeter than that. The privilege of age is that you really do cease caring what people think of you.
You're right, tho - my husband is awesome. And just because he deserves it - I'm putting this photo up here again: this was him standing outside my hospital window before my last cardiac surgery last May during covid, when he couldn't come in and be with me when they took me into the OR - or at any other time during my 8 day stay. Man's a champion.