Random Irritations

[Leftitshort]

Oh yeah.... just you carry on like the other thoughtless prats.

Good to see you’re accepting of a contrary view. Only an opinion never proclaimed as fact. Well done, carry on?

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Random irritation:
Lack of a breathalyser on the forum. Reading this thread tonight, I suggest some shouldn’t log in if they’re getting, as Private Eye would say, tired and emotional!
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[drdel]

You don’t get it do you

We all know the negatives of what is going on in hospitals, we see it every single day in every single media outlet - always concentrating on every single negative outlook in regards the virus - that just drags people down even further

So when people try and look at some of positives aspects at the moment the last thing people want to see if someone just throwing cold water over it - even more so when it’s not a direct comparison- yes we know your single hospital is at a certain level but that doesn’t mean lockdown isn’t working and people can’t see a light at the end of the tunnel - it was clearly just a post you made to try and pour scorn on positive news

Allow people to think positive and look forward to better times. It’s depressing enough for many people at the moment - small beacons of hope are what is needed for people.

I think that is a bit insensitive. Reading his posts is not compulsory.

 

[Imurg]

Its hard to be positive about anything at the moment.
Yes, infections are down but we're still losing a lot of people.
The weather is crap, golf courses are closed and everyone's miserable.
But if there is a chink of light, a small positive that can steel the hearts of those most affected by it and give them a bit of hope...well, I'm all for shouting it from the rooftops.
Just the fact that case numbers have dropped significantly in the last week is one of the things that's keeping me going.
If we were still up in the 60k a day region, well, I'm not going there....we're making progress - why not salute that?
Cheering the drop in case numbers is not disrespectful to anyone in my view, certainly not viewing things through specs of any tint.
It's a positive and, let's face it, we haven't had much to be happy about since September have we.....

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Its hard to be positive about anything at the moment.
Yes, infections are down but we're still losing a lot of people.
The weather is crap, golf courses are closed and everyone's miserable.
But if there is a chink of light, a small positive that can steel the hearts of those most affected by it and give them a bit of hope...well, I'm all for shouting it from the rooftops.
Just the fact that case numbers have dropped significantly in the last week is one of the things that's keeping me going.
If we were still up in the 60k a day region, well, I'm not going there....we're making progress - why not salute that?
Cheering the drop in case numbers is not disrespectful to anyone in my view, certainly not viewing things through specs of any tint.
It's a positive and, let's face it, we haven't had much to be happy about since September have we.....

Wholeheartedly agree?

 

[PhilTheFragger]

But we all know that - it gets told to us every single day by the media , we know people are suffering both physically and just as crucial mentally, we know that it’s not just going to vanish and people will suffer for a long time and our NHS is going to stretched

These are things that are constantly fed to us every day by the media - there provide no level of anything positive or anything to look forward to - the mental dark cloud is hanging right above us and there is nothing more frustrating when someone is trying to find even just the small level of positive news like - the lockdown is starting to work , the cases are dropping , millions are getting the vaccine to allow people to even look forward to something in their life at the moment whether that be a round of golf or a hug with a parent - we need to read or listen to the fact there will be better times ahead - we don’t need to read someone just totally stamp down on any level of positive news , we already get that every single day from the media.

It’s time we started to look forward to brighter days ahead - that doesnt mean we forget that people are still struggling and the virus is still around but there are millions out there who need to see a small light at the end.

I don’t disagree with you Phil, having had my own mental health demons I am fully aware of the need for positive messages.

BUT this forum is also a place for people to vent, to share when they are down and for the forum to rally round and support.

Homer may not be an ICU medic, but he is working there, is surrounded by the sick and dying and is undoubtedly suffering as a result.
He has a right to the support of the forum same as any member and I will not have his views and experiences belittled or dismissed out of hand

Please put your petty feud to one side

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I think that is a bit insensitive. Reading his posts is not compulsory.

His post was a direct reply to something I posted - I then posted a random irritation with no names mentioned to which he once again responded.

The virus right now is a huge black cloud over us all and it would be nice for people to be allowed to post or think of some positive areas to look at to give a bit of hope. The negative news is across every single media outlet there is

 

[Leftitshort]

I don’t disagree with you Phil, having had my own mental health demons I am fully aware of the need for positive messages.

BUT this forum is also a place for people to vent, to share when they are down and for the forum to rally round and support.

Homer may not be an ICU medic, but he is working there, is surrounded by the sick and dying and is undoubtedly suffering as a result.
He has a right to the support of the forum same as any member and I will not have his views and experiences belittled or dismissed out of hand

Please put your petty feud to one side

That’s not what it read like. Homer reacted to Phil’s ‘positive’ post.

 

[andycap]

Nobody likes bad news , but we need the negatives as well as the positives in order to really understand what is going on and where , suppressing news to just give one side of a story is no good to anybody , and if our national media did that it would be propoganda

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Its hard to be positive about anything at the moment.
Yes, infections are down but we're still losing a lot of people.
The weather is crap, golf courses are closed and everyone's miserable.
But if there is a chink of light, a small positive that can steel the hearts of those most affected by it and give them a bit of hope...well, I'm all for shouting it from the rooftops.
Just the fact that case numbers have dropped significantly in the last week is one of the things that's keeping me going.
If we were still up in the 60k a day region, well, I'm not going there....we're making progress - why not salute that?
Cheering the drop in case numbers is not disrespectful to anyone in my view, certainly not viewing things through specs of any tint.
It's a positive and, let's face it, we haven't had much to be happy about since September have we.....

Spot on

And the whole reason why I’m just concentrating on anything positive that happens now.

 

[Imurg]

As Andycap says, you need balance in the news.
Of course we need to know the bad stuff but we need to know some good stuff too.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I don’t disagree with you Phil, having had my own mental health demons I am fully aware of the need for positive messages.

BUT this forum is also a place for people to vent, to share when they are down and for the forum to rally round and support.

Homer may not be an ICU medic, but he is working there, is surrounded by the sick and dying and is undoubtedly suffering as a result.
He has a right to the support of the forum same as any member and I will not have his views and experiences belittled or dismissed out of hand

Please put your petty feud to one side

But that’s not what happened? Homer was the one to react to my post in regards the positive moments and also reacted on here and not once did I belittle anything he is doing in regards his job

 

[Bunkermagnet]

But we all know that - it gets told to us every single day by the media , we know people are suffering both physically and just as crucial mentally, we know that it’s not just going to vanish and people will suffer for a long time and our NHS is going to stretched

These are things that are constantly fed to us every day by the media - there provide no level of anything positive or anything to look forward to - the mental dark cloud is hanging right above us and there is nothing more frustrating when someone is trying to find even just the small level of positive news like - the lockdown is starting to work , the cases are dropping , millions are getting the vaccine to allow people to even look forward to something in their life at the moment whether that be a round of golf or a hug with a parent - we need to read or listen to the fact there will be better times ahead - we don’t need to read someone just totally stamp down on any level of positive news , we already get that every single day from the media.

It’s time we started to look forward to brighter days ahead - that doesnt mean we forget that people are still struggling and the virus is still around but there are millions out there who need to see a small light at the end.

Whilst I agree to a point on wanting a glimmer of hope, we all know that if we follow the rules we will help speed things up and help us to overcome it along with the vaccine.
However do you not think that instead of things to help "our" minds how about we ask those dealing with it on the front line what they want and what from us. Everyone needs that soemthing to look forward to, but lets get our priorities right.
Those at the very sharp end need the help, support and eveything we can give them int he fight. If that means not complaining about what info is being given out, so be it.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Maybe time for a separate thread where people can spread a bit of hope.

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[Deleted Member 1156]

Biggest irritation for me right now is the amount of total crap posted on social media by conspiracy theorists and anti vaxxers that think Covid19 is just a big hoax and hospitals are empty.

 

[andycap]

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But if we only read the good stuff we only learn half of it , in essence the coronavirus thread should give that balance of information but it keeps going pear shaped

 

[SaintHacker]

So it’s a time to just keep on keeping on and when restrictions are eventually lifted, there’s going to be one hell of a party.

I'll probably just have a quiet night in if im honest...

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Maybe time for a separate thread where people can spread a bit of hope.

Done ?

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I'll probably just have a quiet night in if im honest...

Well it’ll just be full of people telling you what’s wrong with it anyway...no point going

 

[ColchesterFC]

My new scales giving me different readings depending on where on the floor I put them. Weighing myself weekly as I've started Couch to 5k and the first week the scales said I'd lost 1.3kg. Weighed myself again this morning and the first reading was that I'd lost 400g. Moved the scales and tried again, weight had stayed the same. Moved them again and it said I'd put on 300g. Tried them in two places in the lounge as well and there was 2.6kg between the two readings. I'm going to give up weighing myself and just do the running.