Coronaqueens

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This crisis seems to have brought a certain mentality to the fore. Criticism of anyone perceived to be less locked down than others. Competitive "this is a disgrace" online accompanied by photos of people outside. Scouring websites looking for people vocalising discontent re the lockdown to patronise with the inevitable weapons of "WW2/toughen up/whataboutthefrontlinenhsworkers". Where I live there is a group of very middle class people who've formed a sort of local militia practically tripping over themselves to be seen virtue signalling, policing anyone suspected of breaching the hours exercise rule, posting incessant poems about forbearance while they sip Pinot Grigio in their Summerhouses.

I agree, it is somewhat sickening

Where I live there is a group of very middle class people who've formed a sort of local militia

It’s probably less funny irl than you make it sound

Dying to know where you live...

There isn't even an hour's exercise rule to breach.

Oh it's so boring....

Only water and dried oats are essential foods. To require anything more and you are just breaking the rules!

Shop every six months and poke one toe out of your back door for exercise and shoot anyone who gets within 20 feet of you

I hate the poems people are writing and sharing, fecking terrible shite.

I find the social media competitive virtue signalling a bit much. Some people seem to be revelling in the misery of the situation and using it to big themselves up. A bit like the people who express outpourings of grief when someone they barely knew dies.

Every second thread on here is full of them.

Curtain twitchers are loose across the land.

Depends. Some people might be overzealous but others are simply concerned and scared. A large proportion of the population is at increased risk from Covid-19. Underlying conditions including obesity and a smoking history are very common. People don't want to die. They don't want their loved ones to die. They also don't want to end up like France or Spain. Confined indoors the whole time with no daily walk because too many people ignored lockdown rules. Some people are taking the piss with it. My neighbour is having a party today. Several car loads of friends round.

You forgot to mention the endless posts from people complaining about the people complaining about people breaking the rules

You forgot to mention the endless posts from people complaining about the people complaining about people breaking the rules
You can go around and around with this can't you. What have you done other than make a snide remark about someone calling out the virtue signallers making this worse than it already is?

I want to hear from the actual Queen tomorrow. Y'know, the one who has lived through worse than this.

It's virtue-signalling to call out the virtue signallers
You made this thread to get a pat on the back for being Very Special and seeing right through people who try to police the lockdown. Even though there have been a zillion threads almost exactly like this one already. Sad.

I think the whole situation has brought out more negatives than positives

Tbh I think some of it is a lack of outlet for all the ordinary real-world interactions we might normally have outside our bubbles, the whole spectrum from good-humoured reflection on the behaviour of our selves and others (particularly when you work in a public facing job) to the more cynical bitching/complaining/judging that we’re all guilty of to some extent. Some people’s whole existence is curtain twitching/trolling/living vicariously online, but right now it’s many more of us.

I also think a lot of us are used to being able to “do” something to help. Since the advice in this case (for most of us) is to help by not doing anything, we start to compare how well we are not doing things, how enthusiastically we’re clapping etc.

(Not trying to make excuses, but to understand that we’re all a bit discombobulated and it doesn’t always come out in helpful ways)