ENOUGH.

[Beccatheboo]

Simply, ENOUGH.

Feel free to fill in the missing words.

Enough is enough (is enough)
I can't go on, I can't go on no more, no
Enough is enough (is enough)
I want him out, I want him out that door now

Wondered where @Beaniecats had got to!

I forgot my ‘enough’ - Enough of my grey roots. I’ve missed one hair appointment, but have another booked for 6 weeks time. I thought I was being clever after being caught out in the first lockdown and booked two appointments ... I’ve got everything crossed, but am not hopeful. Been using a brown spray in thing. It looks okay, but is a bit sticky to the touch. Any recommendations? (Too chicken to try to do it myself.)

@ddl1

People die every day of many different things and we don't mourn them. Why is it different if they're dying of covid? Do no other deaths matter?

Of course they matter, but carrying on with your social life is in most cases not going to increase people's risk of dying of these other things. With Covid, it is. Actually during Covid, it may also increase the risk of dying of other things, if hospitals are overwhelmed, and/or if people with other conditions are too scared to go to hospital in case they get Covid on top of their other illness(es).

Actually I don't care about a social life because I don't have one anyway. What I care about is my primary age DCs mental health, about my adult DS losing his business because of lockdown and sinking into depression because he can't support his family, my adult DD going through her first pregnancy without me being able to help her, my elderly DM not seeing family day in day out for almost a year and who knows how many years she has left, my city looking like a ghost town and never recovering because so many places have now gone out of business.

So stuff your sanctimonious shit about a 'social life'. That's not what it's ever about for the majority of us.

Enough of “friends” dropping me because I’m disabled and too ill.

I think a lot of us have become a lot less tolerant because of lockdown. Its shown up some really ugly behaviour in my family and made me take a big step back to assess what I've been putting up with all these years.
Its been illuminating to see who's been kind and who's been cruel- because we are at greater risk of covid.
In the past I've given people the benefit of the doubt, but I wouldnt jump an ocean for someone who wouldnt even cross a puddle for me now.
No more one way relationships.
No more tolerance for abusive melt down phone calls. In future they will be told to calm down before I'll talk.
No more Mr Nice Guy unless its mutual
Enough.

ENOUGH of the idea that everyone is either Vulnerable or Invulnerable, Old or Young, with nothing in between. At least our existence is recognized by the vaccine planners (Phase 2 priority groups), but the idea that the Invulnerable Young are sacrificing themselves for people already at death's door, or that only a few hundred people have died 'under 50 with no underlying health problems' so the deaths of the rest don't matter. When 40% of the population have some sort of underlying health problem!

ENOUGH of the related idea that those who don't actually die can't have serious negative consequences. Many people are seriously ill; cannot work for long periods; may have to spend significant periods in ITU. Long Covid can affect anyone - the most severely affected person I know is 15 without known pre-existing conditions.

ENOUGH of the cuts and emphasis on 'efficiency' (i.e. doing things with as few staff as possible) which has decreased the UK's ability to cope, both medically and economically.

ENOUGH of the smugness of certain people who think that the pandemic and lockdown have taught useful lessons in evaluating one's life and what's important and becoming more 'creative' and 'resilient', etc. Tell that to someone whose relative has died; to a 'shielder' who hasn't been outdoors for nearly a year; to someone who's lost their job and livelihood and maybe even their home; to a 'key worker' under intolerable stress and often also high risk of Covid; to someone whose marriage has broken down; to someone trapped for months with an abusive partner or parent ... etc. etc,

Where is the resilience?

Your privilege is showing.

Enough of the Government and all their cronies making millions in this Pandemic,they are corrupt.

Enough of my own company.

Enough of not seeing my daughter,my son,my grandchildren.

Enough of being unable to swim daily.

Enough of the gross exaggeration in order to keep lockdown going.

Enough of it ALL.

So stuff your sanctimonious shit about a 'social life'. That's not what it's ever about for the majority of us.

I was quoting someone else's post mentioning social life. I know it's not just social life!!! My main point isn't about social life; it's about the idea that people with Covid are somehow being pampered in comparison with other people, and that if we stop taking precautions about Covid, then magically people with other illnesses will have more and better treatment. No, they won't; they'll have less treatment if Covid is allowed to run rampant.

I am one of the people with non-Covid health problems for which treatment has been largely put on hold due to the pandemic (including by myself as I don't want to get Covid on top of my so-called 'pre-existing conditions'); and I currently worry much more about dying or becoming chronically ill from other illnesses than from Covid. But if everyone throws caution to the winds about Covid, then the dangers from other illnesses are increased, not decreased. THAT is my main point.

Enough of judgmental people who don't know the facts.
If I am shielding because of private health reasons I do not have to tell anyone what those are and no one has the right to get angry with me for shielding .
The only mental exercise "some people" get is jumping to conclusions, running down their family, sidestepping responsibility and pushing their luck. Funnily enough, the most judgmental and critical ones don't even have their own shit together, so why they feel qualified to criticize anyone is beyond me.
I owe those people no explanation or airtime, but I'll give them LOTS of space because I've had ENOUGH.

I'm done.
That's it. No more of this shit.
Can't go on.
I can't take anymore.
^
We have at least one of these per day.

If I close my eyes, twirl 3 times and say the magic word, this will all be over!
Nope.

@hopsalong

Enough fake altruism from people who are in fact just shit scared of getting and dying from a Covid. (I'm not saying there's not a lot of real altruism going on too. But poke under the skin of many ardent pro-lockdowners, and they're not Mother Theresa, they just can't understand a table of statistics).

Enough of the idea that the normal, averagely virtuous person can be expected to give up a huge number of things valuable to them, for an indefinite length of time, to save the lives people they don't know.

If human beings were that selfless we would be extinct! Natural selection doesn't give much of a shit about killing granny, but it gives a massive shit about making sure that our offspring thrive and go on to reproduce. Of course, we can use rationality to overcome genetic instincts. But there are limits.

100% with you on all of this

I have especially had ENOUGH of the fake altruism

Enough of the idea that the normal, averagely virtuous person can be expected to give up a huge number of things valuable to them, for an indefinite length of time, to save the lives people they don't know.

Yes this

'Enough of the idea that the normal, averagely virtuous person can be expected to give up a huge number of things valuable to them, for an indefinite length of time, to save the lives people they don't know'

How many times. It could be your family and friends, it could be mine. The collective effort was to reduce the strain on an NHS that has seen at least triple the amounts of critically ill patients so therefore any one of us should get a bed if needed.

This thread is like a very depressing covid bingo. Have we had 'sacrificing my bubz childhood to save 100 years olds!' yet?

@GetOffYourHighHorse

How many times....people are prepared to take that risk and there are other things going on in life apart from Covid

'How many times....people are prepared to take that risk and there are other things going on in life apart from Covid'

Oh well sorry to tell you but it's not up to you.

You see the thing is, all these brave people 'happy to take the risk' would naturally seek medical assistance if they got ill, with covid or anything. If they, say, broke a leg or had any old severe illness requiring hospitalisation (still with me?) if the wards were taken up sadly with massive amounts of people with covid then that is a problem.

Supply and demand if you like, to keep it simple for you.

How did you get so scared of everything @GetOffYourHighHorse?

Enough of fake friends and abusive family.

If the lockdown has taught me anything, it's that I've been abandoned by those I didn't expect and that I've seen the true colors of others. I've had the space to see through several deceptions and I don't want things to go back to the way they were.

I am putting time into my own self growth and am a lot less gullible I think.
Putting abusive family and fake friends, plus all one sided relationships IN. THE. BIN.!

ENOUGH

So many posts that just scream ‘me, me, me’. This just sums up the selfishness:

Enough of the idea that the normal, averagely virtuous person can be expected to give up a huge number of things valuable to them, for an indefinite length of time, to save the lives people they don't know

Who gives a fuck about others eh? Someones else’s mother or child or sister or..... What on earth makes someone feel this way? I have been through some awful times in my life, but I’m so glad I have never thought like this. Some people really are so selfish.

the idea that people with Covid are somehow being pampered in comparison with other people, and that if we stop taking precautions about Covid, then magically people with other illnesses will have more and better treatment. No, they won't; they'll have less treatment if Covid is allowed to run rampant.

I am so glad to see this point being made.

'How did you get so scared of everything'

Oh hamster don't be silly. I'm not 'scared' I'm just intelligent enough to understand restrictions in a pandemic are sadly necessary and no amount of 'I'll take me own risks thanks' will change that.

You do know Scotland, Wales, Germany, Spain etc etc all have restrictions it's not just Johnson picking on us don't you?

@SugarfreeBlitz

I think a lot of us have become a lot less tolerant because of lockdown. Its shown up some really ugly behaviour in my family and made me take a big step back to assess what I've been putting up with all these years. Its been illuminating to see who's been kind and who's been cruel- because we are at greater risk of covid. In the past I've given people the benefit of the doubt, but I wouldnt jump an ocean for someone who wouldnt even cross a puddle for me now. No more one way relationships. No more tolerance for abusive melt down phone calls. In future they will be told to calm down before I'll talk. No more Mr Nice Guy unless its mutual Enough.

I sympathize but I have in laws who do that to me :(

So sorry Hollanda40 I have a birth family that does it. I feel that after the enforced time alone, I will be less tolerant because I've had so much time to reflect and evaluate things.

I wonder if, in 2015 would a thread such as this have disintegrated into what it has become.
We have become a divided nation and shouting others' down has become the norm rather than respecting others' point of view.

A little empathy wouldn't go amiss.

In 2015 we hadn't seen how lies and misinformation would run rampant and fuck everyone over. Trump, brexit, Qanon and the 'plandemic' theorists have certainly destroyed my tolerance for mindless 'respecting others point of view'