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

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Just that really

I’ve just seen a friend change her profile frame to the “Proud to work for the NHS” one.

I had no idea she worked for the NHS, so I looked at the, “I didn’t know you worked for the NHS hun” comments and replies,

She’s volunteered to be a check in and chat person, so have I but ffs.

I've avoided social media entirely since this started. I can imagine the vomit inducing crap on linkedin and the shameless bragging on Facebook - yuck yuck yuck.

I haven't RTFT but although I agree it can be annoying, there have been studies showing that seeing others do a charitable act makes people more likely to do one themselves, so those virtue signallers will probably be helping to raise the overall amount of charitable giving, etc. Just look at things like the ice bucket challenge a few years ago - so much money raised, just through peer pressure.

God yes op, I hear you loud and clear. Playground mentality is alive and well in Tory Britain. It’s making me despise a lot of people.

I found the whole #clapforcarers hashtag full of hypocrisy too.
BoJo and Rishi clapping like seals when the Tories have decimated the NHS. BoJo even said after 2 minutes “is that it?” before scurrying inside. Next day he announced he had the virus.
The NHS don’t need our claps, they need funding and appropriate clothing and equipment. They deserve huge pay rises too, do you think the Tories and the Tory voters will remember that?
So save your moronic hashtags and self-serving “I’m so good I’ve done this”.

My partner grew up in a Soviet Republic. One of the things she remembers from her childhood, was the willingness of some villagers to go running to the local Commisar over any divergence of the rules. They took pride in it. There was no grey area, no common sense, the rules were there to "benefit" everyone and to be followed exactly to the letter.

Recently I've come to realise that alot of Mumsnet would have thrived under a Soviet regime.

Some will argue, "but the rules we are being placed under are in place save lives!". Absolutely, but people back then would have been told the same thing.

As for the virtue signalling, the majority of people always seem to need validation of some kind. It happens continuously, so it's hardly surprising that it's going into overdrive now. You're not obligated to give it to them, but if others choose to then so be it.

This thread, whilst anonymous, was basically intended to be a circle jerk for people who are "above all that nonsense", so how is it really any different? Person A gets to feel good because they baked some bread for the neighbours and got some internet plaudits for it. Person X gets to feel good because they sneered at Person A and got some internet plaudits for it. Awesome, everybody can be happy.

That's absolutely right, @changeforazog. And, whatever the intention behind posting - if it triggers more donations, or inspires others to volunteer, or offer help to neighbours ...then the outcome is good. It's sad there's so much moaning negativity here - and it's only the end of week 1 of Lockdown!

Yanbu. Can't stand it.

@FrothyB Totally agree.

Couple of weeks and they’ll know about it!

You sound like you can't wait

Some bloke took photos of loads of people in Skegness last weekend. Shamed them on Facebook. Saying how they were all out. Said he didn't care if they tried to sue for taking pictures....

I was thinking and there you are also out and about with a fecking camera following crowds of people.

1. Delete social media accounts
2. ????
3. ????
4. PROFIT!!!

I've seen a particular post in a group saying along the lines of:

"my boiler has broken down, I'm NHS. Does anyone know of any engineers still working?"

Can't work our yet why the NHS part was needed?

"This thread, whilst anonymous, was basically intended to be a circle jerk for people who are "above all that nonsense", so how is it really any different?"

Absolutely. And the sneering at receptionists and cleaners is beyond despicable.

My town is a Tory stronghold yet people were all for clapping the NHS, seeming to forget many of them had voted for the cuts.
And some people wanted to clap Boris. "Let's stand behind him"

Yes, the hypocrisy and/or political naivety is breathtaking. The only reason I'd stand behind Boris Fucking Johnson would be to kick him into a ditch, if there happened to be one handy.

They've just said on the news that he's sending out 13 million letters. Which will be handy if you've run out of bog roll but is otherwise a complete waste of time and money.

@AngelicaKauffman what's that from? I recognise it but can't remember and it's doing my head in!

Another weary refugee from SM here...... can I also add the round robin chain messages via Messenger sending me random hugs, patently false anti CV19 measures, pleas for donations etc.

I'm quietly looking after my terminally ill already housebound Mum who doesn't like a fuss and I am guarding her from unnecessary exposure, ditto by shopping for my equally vulnerable Dad and Step-Mum. I am a known quantity taking every precaution to keep them fed until grocery deliveries means I don't have to run the Sainsbury's gauntlet once a week. The suggestion that I should be hooking them up with 486 random volunteers instead who are better placed to focus on the completely vulnerable boggles my mind - if I am struck down I will then seek alternative support., because I am capable of doing that too. My Mum doesn't want strangers while she is already distressed. I appreciate the probably genuine motivation from all this but it's very difficult to say we're coping fine at the moment thanks without hurting people's feelings.

Also if we all give money, food, charity willy nilly, and this goes on for a dog's age, we might run out and be in dire straits if we are already struggling. Often those with the least are the most generous and pressure to be unselfish might end up being counter-productive. The financially secure are free to be altruistic - guilt tripping those who are teetering already is rather unkind.

I dunno. It's nice that people are trying to be nice, but the way to hell being paved with good intentions has never been such a truism......

This is what happens under Communist dictatorships. The sort of society that so many middle class people have been agitating for over the years. It's easy to take freedoms away but not so easy to get them back.

People can always delete their social media accounts if they are sick of other people? I suspect when we're weeks / months down the line this wouldn't be such a good idea... 😄

@MaggieAndHopey knowyourmeme.com/memes/profit

thank you!

YANBU.

I'm fed up posts saying "STAY AT HOME!!!" Is there anyone who has missed this message from the news, the radio, the papers, the internet, the text messages, the road-side gantry signs and so on? If so, they're almost certainly living so remotely as to not be part of the problem. We all bloody know and we don't need your "public service" announcements.

I'm fed up of the scare story posts. Some people - me included - can come up with horrific worst case scenarios for virtually anything, faster than you can say "catastrophise". We really, really don't need to see even more scary stuff every time we turn to social media for a bit of human company/pictures of cats/a funny meme to make us laugh. I get that some people cope by wanting to know the worst case scenario but for others this will just make us even more petrified and it achieves nothing. Please share responsibly.

I'm fed up of the hair-shirt brigade who are doing far more than they need to or who seem to think that we should all be living a dour puritan existence, and who sanctimoniously announce on FB that they aren't going to put people at risk by going out for a walk and those who do are selfish bastards. It's OK to laugh at something. It's OK to go for a walk. It's OK to do things that aren't banned, as long as you're being sensible. Sometimes it even makes more sense to do something slightly outside the guidelines to make a lower overall risk (e.g. driving 5 minutes to somewhere you can cycle to avoid cycling on a busy road to get there). Almost everybody is trying their best in incredibly difficult situations so no, you don't get to judge what other people are doing or bully those who have - within the law - made a different decision to you.

Social media can be an important lifeline. Please don't drive people away from it.

Like a couple of pps said I thought I was the only one feeling like this, so its great to see a thread where I'm not alone.

I couldn't agree more with 'The financially secure are free to be altruistic - guilt tripping those who are teetering already is rather unkind.' Well said.

I love you @BrightYellowDaffodil.

1 thing that is reallllyyyy grating on me is the term 'key worker' no betty, your a cleaner for the water board, you are not a "key worker" (true story) In my eyes only the emergency services and hospital staff are key workers hmm

DP is pissing himself because he's been designated a "key worker". He's a payroll manager, ffs, he just happens to manage the payroll for one of the emergency services.

He asked if this meant he could have a blue light to go on top of the car, if he was so indispensable.