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Clap for NHS has lost the spirit.

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Lemonslices · 28/04/2020 07:56

Please don't come for me and be nasty.

The first clap for NHS and others was so amazing and I can't believe everyone did it, I thought it would be a yearly thing or an NHS day each year.
(I made a decision to donate some money each year to them

I think the clap thing has lost the meaning and its seems silly to stand outside and clap. It's like a song that's been over played,

And after seeing the idiots clapping on the bridge has made it a joke.

Does anyone else feel the same

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1066vegan · 01/05/2020 12:08

@Susiesoap7 Balloons to hold up? Fucking hell! That really is taking performance clapping to a whole new level.

ghostmous3 · 01/05/2020 12:11

My mum ended a phone call with me last night because she was frantic to get out and clap. She said she would get talked about if she didnt and was shocked I didnt clap.

I think that's really really sad.

1066vegan · 01/05/2020 12:57

@ghostmous3 That's so sad for your poor mum. I choose not to clap but have no problem with anybody who chooses to clap in appreciation of the NHS.

But choice is key. The celebratory look-at-me stuff is cringy and irritating, but the social pressure in some places, the 1984/East Germany mentality is abhorrent.

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