AIBU to wonder why so many SNITCHES on here?!

[GinDaddyRedux]

This is not a joke thread. What is it with all the "AIBU to report..." at the moment?

I can understand the febrile atmosphere due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus. I too was angry when I read the Cummings story and the subsequent reinterpretation of the lockdown rules by no.10 - for a containment strategy to work, people need to trust Government and voluntarily sacrifice to contain the virus.

However... there are just so many scenarios where someone is keen to report a neighbour, friend or individual for suspected behaviour. They won't confront that person and ask them why. They won't gain much if anything from the reporting. But they just have to report... because anything else would mean they're locking down and someone else is gaining an advantage, and that won't do.

I wonder aloud if this will continue post-Coronavirus. Will we remain a tell-tale society where people immediately report like primary school on people they can't stand and want to be punished?

AIBU for being a bit fatigued by all the ratting and telling going on?

[Rosebel]

But it will affect you if you catch the virus or someone you love catches it. If people keep breaking the rules the rate of infection and death goes up it's likely you will be affected but a lot of people don't seem to understand that.

[RainMustFall]

I've come to the assumption that they live boring, empty, little lives. The stasi would have been thrilled to have this many informers.

[chrislilleyswig]

Snitching, dry or not.

Why a surprise it's gindaddy

Obsessed

[Sparklingbrook]

What would wet snitching be?

[SharonasCorona]

What would wet snitching be?

Harry Potter putting his Snitch in his mouth?

[Sparklingbrook]

[VirginWestCoast]

What would wet snitching be?

It'll be listed on a fetish website somewhere.

[chrislilleyswig]

Ask OP what wet snitching is.

Something to do with rubber wellies or something?