What weird shit might happen?

[GreyishDays]

So far I’ve thought of:

Drug addicts that normally shop lift to get money, what will they do?

People living a double life, they’ll have to choose one family to isolate with.

Err that’s all I can think of, but surely there’s more?

Americans may start to get a bit too handy with their guns.

An awful lot of 'natural blondes' will suddenly start to struggle to keep up the pretence 😂

I'm wondering if kids will have to resit a year if they don't go back until September. I know there were always kids who had forgotten how to read over the summer holidays because there was no support from home.

@thecatneuterer @PyongyangKipperbang if people cared more about animal welfare, this would not have happened.

One thing I can confirm having been in A & E in the largest hospital in Dublin 4 times over the last few weeks. All the junkies and alcoholics are avoiding the hospital. It's great. Even got seen by a doctor immediately the last time. Also all the time wasters with sore fingers which have been sore for the last three weeks are nowhere to be seen!

Yes, I'm a mental health nurse and there has been a significant decrease nationwide of people reaching out to A&E departments with superficial self harm/overdoses and threats of suicide. Obviously there are the chronically mentally unwell who cannot time when they become ill but there is definitely a significant reduction in contact from certain demographics of our regular service user group.

Not a surprise Mlou. DH and I work in emergency services and there are regular time wasters who can end up being prosecuted. They seem to be otherwise occupied at the moment. 🤔

I think I've realised how few clothes we need. No point buying new stuff to work from home. I feel that bit is simpler, just deleting promotional emails. Less disposal fashion is less waste. Less vanity. I definitely think this is like a society reset.

@PicsInRed Yes although women are twice as likely to survive this virus.

Damage to our long-term Olympic potential. There are lots of elite gymnasts, swimmers, and so on whose regular training has been shut down indefinitely.

Also, at the grass-roots level, I am concerned dance schools and tennis clubs may go bust.

To the people wondering about where druggies will get their fix. Well my neighbors are getting more deliveries than Tesco 😆

I'm pretty concerned that the situation here in the US might boil over

All the car batteries will go flat.

Agreed @Marilynmansonsothereye

Maybe people will just want less stuff, and in turn save more money. There'll be less companies producing stuff, so less workers needed. So we can all work 3 days a week and live less consumerist lifestyles.

Maybe that's just me wishful thinking

@mrswarthog I reckon they’ll be okay as all the stuff they tend to eat is way more expensive than ‘normal’ food and people haven’t been panic buying it.

To the people who say lots of babies in 9 months time. Really? How selfish to plan a pregnancy right now.

You know not all pregnancies are planned right?

Domestic abuse. Already under the radar. Could escalate. And no escape for victims in current circs

Economic recession.
Rise in suicide rates.
Mental health concerns will rise.
Drains blocked due to babywipe use.
Abusive relationships/abuse of children will increase and child neglect .
Increase in relationship problems.
Increase in pregnancies (could go either way )...
Increase in bowl haircuts .
Increase in bush like disguises to go and get beer in like I've seen on facebook .

I now have an image of a rat piling up a transit van with his sofa and "moving out" to the suburbs
Apologies , I need to make my own fun ..

I'ld love to see that bush disguise!

Bats will become social pariahs

The need for instant gratification might die down

People might be more careful about frivolous overspending/living on credit to have the best of things and think a rainy day is a real possibility

I think that sadly a lot of divorces might happen in relationships where people got by through not seeing all that much of each other

Funeral Directors will be doing a roaring trade in X months, once we finally get around to checking up on all the singletons who haven't been seen since March 2020.

Either that, or there will be a lot of us emulating Peter Dinklage in 'I Think We're Alone Now'.

It's the crime I'm mostly concerned about really. The drug dealers and gang criminals will become much more organised and I do predict a riot of some sort.
I feel for the Grenfell victims and those recently flooded out : all seen to have been forgotten about.

How about rickets, bad teeth & fat unfit kids to add to the alcoholism, mental illness & DV.

Oh & the constant fucking sentimentalism & platitudes ... please no more - it’s shite enough without the bad poetry.

Increase in bowl haircuts