Is the UK suffering from mass hysteria?

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The Queen's passing is sad and seismic and the funeral will be a special occasion.

However, people genuinely seem to have gone mad.

@BogRollBOGOF

We don't get an annual release such as 17th March, 4th July, 14th July, so we intermittently go for it when an excuse comes up, go full pelt and then shuffle around looking slightly embarassed until the next excuse occurs.

fair enough

The media's obviously highly motivated to the people most enthusuastically paying there respects, but it's also fed by the official pomp and ceremony too. It's a strange combination of tradition and novelty. Most people have a mild interest. The enthused people are a curiosity in their own right.

This is the problem though. The media - the BBC above all else of course - has a duty to remain calm and carry on. And report the NEWS. Not make out like the Queen’s death one week ago is the only thing that is of any consequence to the lives of 65 million people. It’s a serious breach of duty - understandable to a degree for most of the media which are profit motivated, but less so for the BBC.

I think that's the exact point. It was 70 years ago. We've moved on and times and customs have changed. For example, we no longer have our nearest and dearest in the parlour at home in an open coffin with all and sundry coming in to have a look (well, most of us don't. My inlaws are the exception.) Most people just can't understand why a very tiny tiny percentage of the population want to do this for someone they never knew.

The least they could have done would be to have the coffin open

The BBC is off it's head.

There seems to be some snobbery by some on this thread. Referring to mourners as gammon, and not having full lives etc. I find the sneering unpleasant.
I say this as someone who isn't a royalist in the least; and it wouldn't occur to me to travel to London and join 'the queue'. But each to their own. I actually find 'the queue' fascinating; and watching it live online has become my guilty pleasure 🤭 It seems to be comprised of an eclectic mix of souls, including David Beckham! I haven't seen much hysteria. But I will admit some of the expressions of grief have certainly been eye opening! But, if it makes them happy, and they're not harming anyone, who cares...

Unfortunately it IS really difficult to ignore. I’m on another bloomin country on holidays and I still cannot ignore it! It’s all over socials and when I turn the hotel TV on as I get ready to go out, it’s STILL bloody on. I’ve ended up watching the French equivalent of BBC World 🙄

so really rather challenging to ignore, even when doing normal life things. Fortunately I brought some good reading material - Brutish Museums anyone? Perhaps some of the nicked in the name of Empire artefacts can finally be returned!!

People who either want to pay their respects or who want to say they were there. Generally, it’s just a need to be part of something.

What, that people become hysterical?

Yes, in real life I've not witnessed anyone showing signs of mass hysteria - it's just the media and the usual virtue signallers. I've noticed some of the people locally who went from NHS signs in their gardens to Ukraine flags have now gone onto Union Jacks at half mast.

Yes.
Just watching the queue filing past the coffin and have seen so many people exaggerating their responses whilst also looking to see if a camera is on them.

Hands on chests??? When did that start to be a thing? Exaggerated genuflecting???

who want to say they were there. I think this is the main reason that people do it, no matter what they profess to be doing it for.

Not the people of the UK but the bloody media is. Surely one news outlet could have a go at covering something else? Enough, thanks.

I get it's history and all that. And that is interesting. It's not everyday a Queen pops off. But I do think it's become a circus now, led by the media.

Yep.. the whole thing is a fucking joke!

Yep. Bowing and scraping to unelected ejits.

I just see people showing respect and thanks. No hysteria . 🤷🏽‍♀️

Are you being deliberately argumentative?
I’ve watched many hours of scenes on tv of queues and the calmness and orderliness makes me proud to be British. NO mass hysteria apart from yourself!

There are people queuing with small children. Mine can't cope with the queue in Lidl.

GreenClock

and then the same nonsense from the next gammon in the queue.

Using the insult "gammon" says so much more about you than you realise.

@GreenLunchBox
A woman was being interviewed and the reporter asked "how many times have you been round?", like it's a ride at Alton Towers

With a bit of foresight they could have sold a limited number of Fast Pass tickets. Would have been a good way to raise a decent sum for a charity or two. Or just charged the overwhelmingly middle class queuers a tenner or something.

Exactly. I am paying no heed. Each to their own.

Definitely. Twilight Zone sorta stuff.

Yes. It's utterly ridiculous and a distraction from the very serious real problems we are about to face in this country.

Personally I think coverage is over the top but it hasn’t inconvenienced me, a bit of uncertainty last Friday, a day off next Monday, I don’t work Mondays anyway, if others want to watch or see the coffin that’s their choice.

There was a funeral of a little girl this week that was a billion times sadder than the Queens will ever be.