To be utterly sick of all the social media virtue signalling right now

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Just that really

I agree 100%. I am very much of the mindset that if you do a good deed and feel the need to tell everyone about it, you probably only did it to show off.

I recently went for a daily lap of the park with DP and DD. Nobody was keeping the 2m rule, adults seemed to think any gap was fine and were letting their toddlers run amok. One bloke even stopped to let his kids play in the middle of the path so everyone had to squeeze past them either side.

I did something uncharacteristic and posted in our local group suggesting those with very small children (too small to understand the 2m rules) either take them for a walk in a pram or in a sling so they cant just run towards people.

I was met with the usual illogical virtue signallers; 'I just dropped a food parcel to a single mum of 2 in a flat, why shouldn't she be able to take her kids out?' (Firstly what has the food parcel got to do with anything, he clearly wanted to humble brag. Secondly I never suggested people shouldn't take their kids out )

Somebody else replied saying I was being 'judgemental' and that 'communities turning on each other is worse than the virus' (er, no it isnt. A community fb bicker never resulted in the deaths of thousands of people).

Finally someone else replied asking why a two year old shouldn't be running about (basically seemed to be under the illusion they cant catch/spread c19) and said I should wear a mask if I'm worried about people approaching me she ended her rant with a few personal insults and middle finger emoji before saying I was 'vicious' and to 'be kind' 🙄🙄🙄

What is 'kind' about spreading covid to potentially vulnerable people?!?!

I just despair, I really do.

Sorry needed to vent!

The current love for Boris. I don’t wish any harm on the man, and I hope he’ll be ok, but his new saintly status is worrying.

Shockers I completely agree. We should clap for him because he clapped for the NHS. Shame he laughed at the idea of funding the NHS (and other emergency services), and that his government didn't have a pandemic strategy in place, and that his government won't fund PPE... but hey, his halo is glowing apparently.

I hope he recovers but no way on this earth am I clapping him.

@BatshitCrazyWoman that post was brilliant!
This thread has made me feel better, was a bit down but I'm laughing out loud at some of the posts

@Shockers He seemed to have been given saintly status even before it was announced he had the virus. MN was hanging on his every word. "Boris says this, Boris says that..."

noone here clapped for boris, there's bickering going on about on Thursday should they sing Vera Lynn we will meet again or high school musical, you couldn't write it, the page is unexpected comedy gold.

Very few people clapped for Boris round here according to our local Facebook but we do have our own saintly nurse who is lapping up the admiration and somebody yesterday tied a blue ribbon round a tree and is wanting everyone else to do the same - is that the latest thing ? I’m afraid my trees will have to feel left out .

I live in a tourist area which has had an influx of holiday home owners daily in the last 4 weeks.

Locals up in arms at our usually sleepy roads and supermarkets getting busier and busier are being attacked by holier than thou's screaming that we shouldn't "other" them and they are our bread and butter and how dare we criticise these people!

I have had to stay away from sm since this began. I am a blow in to this area and yes, i can agree that it is a little cliquey but wtf! This is a totally separate issue where entitled assholes think it's fine for them to flout requests to stay the fuck at home and I guarantee they do not give a shiney shit about the health of the locals.

The city I live in has a Facebook coronavirus support group and it is THE WORST

Recently a lady had videoed herself stood in her front garden shouting ''keep it up lads, well done'' over and over again at some bin men. 10 minutes later she did the same thing to two police officers who walked by. The officers seemed a bit surprised at the sudden patronising screeching from this woman who could and should have just said ''hi, I really appreciate what you're doing at the moment, thank you''. Instead she chose to whistle and scream at them like she was watching a game of football and they clearly felt a very awkward.

She then went on to slag them off on this group saying awful it was that they didnt respond and they didn't seem grateful. I was confused

DSIL and her DH are forever putting posts on Facebook praising the emergency workers and NHS etc and getting responses from their friends about how kind they are. Not once have they called to ask if we are okay or need anything (DD is nurse DS doing essential work) biting my tongue not to make snide comments on FB

Of course YABU, come off social media, duh.