ADs don't want the greater good, give us our crusty jugglers!

[ISaySteadyOn]

Here you go all, thought it might be my turn again.

@ISaySteadyOn

Wasn't planning on it. Here is something I learned today: baby owls sleep on their tummies cos their heads are too big. How adorable is that?

It’s why I sleep on my head.

Hmm about the SW. We have single figure numbers in Bath so our R would go up and down week to week. Out of 180,000

We all sleep so much not sure if healthy... Teen DS doesn't get up till noon most days.

I've realised why I'm so angry about the "we want to keep you safe" narrative.

I am already pretty safe, considering my age, health, weight etc etc.

By keeping me "safe" the government have brought my anxiety back even though ive been fine for years. They've isolated my child. They've sent women's lives back to the 50s overnight. They've ruined the economy, I nearly lost my job, income, and then eventually home. Luckily I didn't but many will. They've stopped me getting married and who knows if well even be able to do that next year.

I've never felt less safe in my whole life. I don't feel safe being looked after by a government who don't know their arse from their elbow. I don't need looking after by people who couldn't successfully look after a goldfish. I don't like being controlled.

@Allflightscancelled

Headline in the BBC news today is 'more than 2m vulnerable can now leave their homes for the first time since lockdown began'. Infuriating. As if it's the law, and it's morally (or even practically) right and possible to force people to stay in. It was guidance only, and should be represented as such.

I hate the way people keep saying they 'aren't allowed'. Because that's such insidious wrong thinking. Of course we're allowed.

All the 'vulnerable' that I know got pissed off back in late May/early June and ignored the roolz since then.

Ugh, had a sore streaming eye since last night's storm and it was crusty and blurry when I woke up this morning. Need to muzzle up and brave the chemist for some drops.

I agree; whenever I hear 'keeping safe' I just feel very mistrustful because I know the risk to most people is small.

@TrustTheGeneGenie

I've realised why I'm so angry about the "we want to keep you safe" narrative.

I am already pretty safe, considering my age, health, weight etc etc.

By keeping me "safe" the government have brought my anxiety back even though ive been fine for years. They've isolated my child. They've sent women's lives back to the 50s overnight. They've ruined the economy, I nearly lost my job, income, and then eventually home. Luckily I didn't but many will. They've stopped me getting married and who knows if well even be able to do that next year.

I've never felt less safe in my whole life. I don't feel safe being looked after by a government who don't know their arse from their elbow. I don't need looking after by people who couldn't successfully look after a goldfish. I don't like being controlled.

applauds wildly Spot on.

@NothingIsWrong

My children are home from two weeks in Wales. So good to have cuddles again. Took the boy for a long walk this morning, ended up being out for 2 hours and we got Costa half way round. Semi normal.

I'm just desperate for schools to open again. We have a new classroom being built, starting 17th August, so we can increase our numbers and stay financially viable. I hope I haven't put all the effort into the design, quotes, planning permission, funding, etc for it to be no use whatsoever. We are an academy so this is self funded with some support from our MAT, hence governors (me) have done all the work.

I can't believe it's 2 weeks since you said they were going.

Another negative about every day being the same as the one before, time just slips away and before we know it the summer will be over.

Maybe the tin foil hats are right? Given the timing and method of the arid cancellation announcement, Perhaps civil unrest is the goal of all this?

I’ve also noticed that the more cosmopolitan friends and people I mix with From large cities are the least dementoring and most pissed off with government. The more rural people I mix with from small seaside towns are much more dementoring and only pissed off with the government for not bringing in a harsher lockdown. It is amusing that both dementoris and anti dementors are both pissed off with the Government. I had a local telling me how bad a certain city was, apparently within the city we had been rioting at the start of lockdown and sadly dying in the streets. This whole thing has made me realise how powerful social media and propaganda can be.

My local facebook group has started mask-shaming, posting pictures of bare faces, so I've left the group. I so want to contact them and tell them why, but they might share my message with the group, saying "here is a Covid denier". And I don't want to face trial by social media, because that might affect my job. So I am effectively being silenced.

@thenightsky I am delighted to hear it. So they should, if they want to. My mum's a total rool follower, I'm sorry to say. And her friends make her look reckless 🤣

That's awful @wanderings. What bullies. Wonder how they would feel to be described as a bully? Do they actually realise their behaviour is bullying?

My goddaughters sent me this and I applaud Essex Council for it.

How can people on your fb group not realise that they might be shaming a vulnerable person? Despicable behaviour.

@incognitomum unfortunately not. The flat it's in belongs to us and no one else has a key. It's times like these we wish we'd given the neighbour one, but we were warned off by the other residents. Apparently she goes through your stuff 🤣

twitter.com/ProfKarolSikora/status/1289488508386553857?s=20

Hope this works, I struggle with links on my mobile.

The comments are interesting.

DH has been spectating on FB this morning. (He's on it, I'm not). An old acquaintance is becoming more batshit over time. It seems they think covid is all made up. Interesting, because a couple of months ago they were posting how it was real & was being spread by 5G. They always have these things on "good authority", & they are "facts". DH does not engage.

@Worldgonecrazy "a local telling me how bad a certain city was, apparently within the city we had been rioting at the start of lockdown and sadly dying in the streets"

This isn't a new attitude though. I used to work in a rural area. The locals frequently told me that if I stepped foot in the nearest city I would be shot or stabbed instantly. I live in that city, of course those crimes go on, but not to the extent that other people fantasise.

Same people, including extended family, told me all Londoners were cowering in their homes too scared to ever come out again after 7/7. They seemed to forget I had family living & working in London, who were shocked & wary at first, but generally getting on with it.

There's nothing like egging up other people's (non) dramas.

@TheOrchidKiller

You are right. I’d forgotten about when we had actual riots. The city dwellers turned up the next day with brooms to tidy up and do their bit to support the shops. Those from nearby towns were convinced the riots were still taking place and the city centre was a no go zone.

"Please keep your ignorance invisible" is phrase of the day.

Can we get invisible ignorance in the new thread title? Pretty please??

It's fabulous isn't it @orchidkiller?

@TrustTheGeneGenie

I've realised why I'm so angry about the "we want to keep you safe" narrative.

I am already pretty safe, considering my age, health, weight etc etc.

By keeping me "safe" the government have brought my anxiety back even though ive been fine for years. They've isolated my child. They've sent women's lives back to the 50s overnight. They've ruined the economy, I nearly lost my job, income, and then eventually home. Luckily I didn't but many will. They've stopped me getting married and who knows if well even be able to do that next year.

I've never felt less safe in my whole life. I don't feel safe being looked after by a government who don't know their arse from their elbow. I don't need looking after by people who couldn't successfully look after a goldfish. I don't like being controlled.

Absolutely..

and they keep talking about a rise in cases - and have been for weeks in some places but not mentioning a rise in Intensive Care beds in use or deaths. If they are happening we are not being made aware. I know deaths rates run a couple of weeks behind cases - but there doesn't seem to be a corresponding rise in deaths in Leicester.

Also, I side effect of the local lockdowns. If I got mild symptoms now I wouldn't be getting a test because I wouldn't want to contribute to local lockdown.

I know they can't wait until deaths go up to put in extra restrictions but if the rise is all in young people, all asymptomatic or mild and they are recovering surely that is a good thing - building towards herd immunity.

What made me raise an eyebrow the most was that many of the people who were telling me that London was so dangerous had never even been there.

Karol Sikora has some good stuff on his Twitter feed about no of cases v no of hospital admissions and deaths. He also has a good chart showing rates of infection in Leicester (spoiler, they’ve come right down again).

I came back from the uni holidays to find that the owner of the convenience store less than 100m away had been murdered by his nephew in a family feud.

6 months later, my housemate and I came home one night to find our house was within the outer cordon of a load of police tape. We were allowed in to our house. 5 doors down, someone had been murdered over drugs.

As I neither do drugs nor have family feuds, I still felt safe. This was the "nicest" of the city's student areas.

I'd be healthier now without lockdown. Half a stone lighter and half marathon fit like I was in February. Surely that makes me less safe than I was in the name of being safe

That's such a good message, @Ibake yes, people do need to keep their ignorance invisible. Society in general would benefit from it.