ADs against the ‘’ current abnormal ‘ and ‘ antisocial distancing ‘...Gather here 👍

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Hello Girls..it’s me again.

Hope your all out and about enjoying this glorious Saturday.

The fear of catching one illness has lead to people neglecting themselves, & in some cases with awful consequences. Covid could lead to severe illness. So can numerous other diseases. I totally agree with this. I know many health centres have put out the word to their localities to persuade people not to neglect themselves. It is really important people check out symptoms. I had minor tooth pain which I could have coped with but I went to the dentist, as it really is better to nip anything in the bud and get it looked out.

As someone else rightly points out, things like sepsis, whilst difficult to spot, get serious really quickly. And hospitals are really very safe with all the precautions that they have taken.

@IceCreamSummer20 noone here is breaking any rules. I think if you scroll through you'll find people (anti)socially distancing, wearing masks, complying. You won't find me being filled with joy about doing so but I'm doing it. This thread is about support and finding glimmers of joy in a life which at the moment can feel joyless and for some quite desperate. Not joy found by going on a murdering spree, but through little things in life, or by the mutual support that strangers can give each other

Blackberry brandy does sound like a nice idea - I think I might this year try again making chistmas pudding - it does work our pricy but nice. We always do christmas log and sometimes ginerbread houses.

I'm thinking scary ginger bread house for Halloween - make it a real family effort if I can.

@Drivingdownthe101 Okay thanks for explaining a bit. Could you consider changing the title? It does seem to indicate that you are anti social distancing - which could encourage some people to walk closely to that little old lady who then gets coughed on...

Just saying!

@IceCreamSummer20

I think this thread is very confusing from the outside.

I’ve not read all of @jaxhog’s posts but the one here seemed polite and made a point.I don’t think it is OK to tell them to F off. I think it is personal and against MN guidelines.

I am all for joy in these days of frustration and hardship. I am fully on board with attempts to find joy with the rules.

But is this thread about making fun of the rules and saying it is OK to break them? Genuine question.

And what about the peaceful protests. What are they for?

No. This thread is not about making fun of the rules and saying it's ok to break them.

It's a group of people who are fucking fed up (mostly) but supporting one another, not judging, but listening, empathising, helping. It provides light relief. It helped me to realise I was not, in fact, going mad.

The post about peaceful protests was a simply a question of whether anyone was attending. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Have you any more questions? Should we create a leaflet? A poster? Should we write in big fat caps lock on every single post a disclaimer about what this thread is about?

I'm sorry to be flippant but it's been explained enough bloody times today.

I’ve not read all of jaxhog’s posts but the one here seemed polite and made a point

To be fair, she did say we were going around condemning people to death. Which seems a little harsh.

[quote PinkFondantFancy]@IceCreamSummer20 noone here is breaking any rules. I think if you scroll through you'll find people (anti)socially distancing, wearing masks, complying. You won't find me being filled with joy about doing so but I'm doing it. This thread is about support and finding glimmers of joy in a life which at the moment can feel joyless and for some quite desperate. Not joy found by going on a murdering spree, but through little things in life, or by the mutual support that strangers can give each other[/quote]
Makes total sense! I get that.

[quote IceCreamSummer20]@Drivingdownthe101 Okay thanks for explaining a bit. Could you consider changing the title? It does seem to indicate that you are anti social distancing - which could encourage some people to walk closely to that little old lady who then gets coughed on...

Just saying![/quote]
Title has already been changed. ‘Antisocial distancing’ is referring to the fact that distancing yourself from other people is the very opposition of ‘social’. It’s ‘antisocial’.

[quote IceCreamSummer20]@Drivingdownthe101 Okay thanks for explaining a bit. Could you consider changing the title? It does seem to indicate that you are anti social distancing - which could encourage some people to walk closely to that little old lady who then gets coughed on...

Just saying![/quote]
Could you consider minding your own business perhaps?

@TheOrchidKiller I have such an abusive relationship with aperol. There's not a lot nicer than an aperol spritz on a summer's evening but the hangover it gives me is absolutely cracking. I think it's the luminous orange colouring...

Have you any more questions? Should we create a leaflet? A poster? Should we write in big fat caps lock on every single post a disclaimer about what this thread is about? With all respect I think your title and initial OP post could be clearer. Then I wouldn’t have had to ask!

Anti social distancing = being against distancing from others.
Antisocial distancing = social distancing but with a more accurate name.

Dammit, I like both aubergines and sewers. Though not together...

I've had mastitis twice - one bout for each DD. First time I put off calling a gp until it was too late, they were closed, and 111 referred me to an out of hours place. I was so ill I could barely walk in the door, all in less than 24 hours. Took a week to recover to the point I didn't need help (mil came to stay), antibiotics took three days to even make a dent in to whole terrible mess I was in. And still no one mentioned sepsis!!

With dd2 I was on the phone to the GP straight away. Had to insist a few times that it was definitely mastitis, but there was no way I was ending that call without a prescription.

@IceCreamSummer20

Have you any more questions? Should we create a leaflet? A poster? Should we write in big fat caps lock on every single post a disclaimer about what this thread is about? With all respect I think your title and initial OP post could be clearer. Then I wouldn’t have had to ask!

With all respect I’m not sure anyone cares how clear the title is. It’s a long running support thread and people are welcome to scroll on by.

@IceCreamSummer20

Have you any more questions? Should we create a leaflet? A poster? Should we write in big fat caps lock on every single post a disclaimer about what this thread is about? With all respect I think your title and initial OP post could be clearer. Then I wouldn’t have had to ask!

With all respect it's a long running thread and none of the titles make any sense unless you've participated. Hth.

@TrustTheGeneGenie No I won’t ‘mind my own business’ because this is an open public forum and your do have a responsibility. Or do you just not care if anything that you say could be taken by others as license to not socially distance?

To be fair, she did say we were going around condemning people to death. Which seems a little harsh.

It is a strange world we live in where accusing people of murdering others is now considered polite behavior.

I'm thinking scary ginger bread house for Halloween - make it a real family effort if I can.

We accidentally did a scary gingerbread house one Christmas. The icing was a bit wet so there was a serious case of subsidence. The colour on Father Christmas' coat ran into the white icing on the roof.

"Ugh!"said DD, who had pestered for the house in the first place. "I'm not eating that, it looks like blood in the snow!"

It is antisocial to distance from people. People think they are doing it out of kindness to vulnerable people but we will soon learn that we can't live in fear all the time. Being social is what makes us human. I do social distance but I think it's cruel.

[quote IceCreamSummer20]@TrustTheGeneGenie No I won’t ‘mind my own business’ because this is an open public forum and your do have a responsibility. Or do you just not care if anything that you say could be taken by others as license to not socially distance?[/quote]
To be honest if someone reads a thread title on Mumsnet and thinks that gives them license to ignore government guidance, that’s their lookout.

[quote IceCreamSummer20]@TrustTheGeneGenie No I won’t ‘mind my own business’ because this is an open public forum and your do have a responsibility. Or do you just not care if anything that you say could be taken by others as license to not socially distance?[/quote]
We don't have a responsibility at all whatsoever.

Everyone needs to take responsibility for their own actions. If someone is so easily swayed that they're prepared to stop social distancing based on the title of a thread in the chat section of fucking Mumsnet then they are beyond help imo. I won't take responsibility for that no. I'll take responsibility for my own actions and that of my small child, nobody else.

Help! I’ve seen a thread about shoes and I think they’re fugly. Shall I just go tell them? I fear they’ll get bunions.

@IceCreamSummer20 if someone takes a thread title on mumsnet and uses as their gospel moral compass of how to live their lives, I think they've got bigger issues than if they accidently cough on a granny.....

@MaxNormal

Anti social distancing = being against distancing from others. Antisocial distancing = social distancing but with a more accurate name.

If you have to explain it, it is still not clear. I know that regular posters here will understand, however this is a very well used public forum, and antisocial distancing would mean to me and most other people - ‘don’t socially distance’

@InsaneInTheViralMembrane

Help! I’ve seen a thread about shoes and I think they’re fugly. Shall I just go tell them? I fear they’ll get bunions.

It is very school girlish to just put someone down for making a valid point.