Anti dementors flock together

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Gather here anti dementors

That's great trapped hope you get it

I went and read Stanley wipedia page - as I knew nothing about the man - chequered past and a product of his time in so many not so good ways but what a bad start to life abandoned then left to mercy of relatives and work house he managed quite a social rise.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

On the usually super neutral figures thread, that I have been avidly following even before anti-Dementors was a thing, someone is worried about the low deaths because they might be a bad thing psychologically. 🤯

So, you want more people to die so that people will continue to stick to the lockdown?

Pretty much says everything about the Dementor mentality.

Let's keep deaths high so we can keep lockdown going as long as possible

Oh dear,I've just joined your merry troupe and I may have to leave with my head held in shame.

My dh is taking a days annual leave and we were just discussing today's figures. I will say he is usually a very intelligent person, here's what was said.

"Ooh the figure today is only 55, that's such god news"
"It won't be in a few weeks, all those protestors squashed together"
"But everyone was saying that about VE Day, beach excursions and general park gatherings"
"They were far further apart"
"How do you know, were you there?"
"I saw it on the tv"

I'm going to have to LTB now because he's turned in to one of them

The reduction in deaths is terrible news for the dementors. They’re having to just rub their hands and wait for the “second wave”. They’ll be devastated if it doesn’t come.

I just saw that @Nihiloxica, I don't want to start a bun fight in that thread (as you say it's pleasantly neutral) but oh my god

Twitter is being hilariously dementorish over today's figures.

BBC Breaking News: "UK announces 55 more deaths of people with coronavirus - the lowest daily rise since before lockdown on 23 March"

Actual replies:
"Weekend counting, load of garbage"
"Absolutely calling bullshit on this"
"The calm before the storm"
(someone says "It's finally ending!") "It's only just starting, mate"
"This is the 'honeymoon period' the period where things are going well and progressing before the 2nd peak sets in."

@mightbealittlebitmad Mon 08-Jun-20 13:58:07
I do wonder how long it will be before we are actually allowed to go into people's houses to socialise. I feel like they should give us a date because people will start doing it and have. It's all very well and good sitting 2m apart in a garden but the weather is hardly a guarantee and 2m isn't exactly conductive to a proper conversation.

Do your own risk assessment and make your own mind up. Having 'permission' from the government isn't going to make it any more or less safe and we have access to more or less the same information as they do. The difference being that as an individual you make a decision regarding your own safety having a reasonable assessment of the hygiene and social distancing your friend or relative has done. The government have to allow for people who thing that CV will obey the 'roolz' and if the government say it's ok then there will no longer be any risk. regardless of handwashing, physical contact with people on the front line or any sort of social distancing. etc etc.
I stayed at my daughter's on Saturday night. We hugged when I got there (say 30 seconds) and stayed approximately 2 m away from each other most of the time, occasionally a meter but rarely less as we sat on separate sofas all evening. I slept in a spare room and hugged again in the morning.
Then I took her shopping in my car. Again against the roolz but far safer for her than having to get a taxi home which she has had to do when her shopping has been heavy.

God aren't people miserable bastards?

What's wrong with being a bit optimistic ffs?

@Thighmageddon my OH gets a bit dementorish at times, he gets the look from me to shut up. Then he straightens out and is more sensible again.

A friend of dp has just dropped something off and we had a very cheery conversation about he thinks this will be the way things are until there's a vaccine, 'in about twelve months'.

I mean, really? Is this really what our lives will be like? I find these conversations so horribly triggering.

@HauntedGoatFart
I always measure the 7 day average but when it comes out really really low it always gives me hope as that will help bring the overall average down (does that make sense?) I know mondays are low but that's a lot lower than any monday for a while.

Course the dementors are all "give it 3 weeks itll be shooting up again..."

If the Oxford vaccine really is ready by September, which is what they’re working towards, I am going to be a little bit pleased that it will, you know, save millions of lives worldwide and REALLY REALLY pleased at how much it will annoy the dementors

They'll probably just Dement about how unsafe it must be because they did it so quick

Had a quick chat with the headmistress when I picked DD up today. She’s optimistic that schools will be back to normal in September, just with increased hygiene measures.
Fingers crossed.

@Drivingdownthe101 oh I hope beyond hope she's right.

MrsArchchancellorRidcully she’s definitely a non-dementor. She says she doesn’t know what all the fuss is about!

(In terms of getting schools back)

I've arranged to go and look at wedding rings on 11th July, at least it's one thing that won't be cancelled. Even if we can't get married in December. It's ok though, I've only waited 8 years.

@Drivingdownthe101

Had a quick chat with the headmistress when I picked DD up today. She’s optimistic that schools will be back to normal in September, just with increased hygiene measures. Fingers crossed.

Not a teacher obvs but I think every sensible person thinks the same. School reopenings haven't caused a second wave across Europe, models increasingly do not expect them to, we still have 3 months of summer for cases to trend down and track&trace to be fully embedded. It's appropriate for government to plan for a worst case scenario rise in cases leading into the autumn and how to handle schooling given that we can't keep on suspending school altogether for months at a time, but based on current trends it looks like it won't be appropriate to execute that plan.

Feeling a bit flat and meh today. Glad that DS1 is finally back at work but I was supposed to have 13 days leave from Wednesday. The first 2 days were for DS2s wedding then 2 weeks to relax including a week in Pembrokeshire. There is a slight possibility that they may be able to have a minimal ceremony in early July so have cancelled my 13 days and booked 2 weeks from 29th. It's a narrow time window though as they leave the country on 10th.
I just hope there is something to do other than more flipping walks and gardening by July.

@AnxiousElephant77

I've arranged to go and look at wedding rings on 11th July, at least it's one thing that won't be cancelled. Even if we can't get married in December. It's ok though, I've only waited 8 years.

We were supposed to be getting married in July! We re booked for next July. Venue have emailed me to to say they will be in touch re numbers when the government confirms what's ok. FOR NEXT JULY.

@TrustTheGeneGenie Our venue have let us provisionally book the same date for next year in case we need it

It's just all so shit!!

Thank god for this thread!

@Drivingdownthe101 the HT of dd’s school isn’t a dementor either, he just calmly opened the school when instructed to who he was meant to.

My worry is dd moving up to secondary, it is a tough move anyway and it will be even harder if things aren’t back to normal 😟

I will be testing the Welsh embargo next week as I am there for work for 2 days and staying overnight!
Just about to test the Weston Super Mare localised lockdown by driving in to pick up my garden shredder from the repair place (WTF Dominic Raab, we aren't locked down in the slightest)
Pleased to hear people are doing OK job wise in the main.