Corona Virus - Should we be worried?

[scaryclaireyfairy]

I think any of us are capable of saying something offensive to some degree or other. Even if it's just accidentally swearing in front of someone's mum or something. But you apologise and everyone moves on. Defending your right to say m*therf*cking c*ntbiscuit in front of your best mate's nan is silly. Or being deliberately provocative.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

10 minutes ago, Cooter said:

don't worry, you are not the devil in human form.

I agree.

10 minutes ago, Cooter said:

Yes it was a bad taste joke but in your defence you were only adding to the very unfunny disease ridden Glasto poster that someone else posted.

I too found the original poster to be unfunny. However, I found Chicken Bob's post to not only be unfunny (the very requirement for a joke to be a joke), but very much wandering in to the field of being cretinous. I guess, if I'm honest, it's this later point that disturbs me most.

[stuartbert two hats]

28 minutes ago, Cooter said:

Heh Chicken Bob, stop reacting and don't worry, you are not the devil in human form. Yes it was a bad taste joke but in your defence you were only adding to the very unfunny disease ridden Glasto poster that someone else posted.

Chill!

The poster was actually funny.

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, whitehorses said:

Lol 

I wondered how long it would be before a story like this surfaced.

Its weird. I've spent a lot of today with a headache and a few pains, which I would usually be comfortable dismissing as just problems with my sleep causing me troubles the day after and agitation at my brother for taking too long to get ready before going to work. But its really enough to put the fear of God into you when the news and pop culture is full of scare stories about a flu-like virus fucking stuff up everywhere and you spot some stuff in the ballpark.

I'm guessing its not given I've not been to a quarantined area - or indeed out of the UK since March last year, although given UK community transmissions have been reported in Surrey, it is still enough to be a little terrified. Maybe that's the new normal in the face of this.

[H.M.V]

2 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

I agree.

I too found the original poster to be unfunny. However, I found Chicken Bob's post to not only be unfunny (the very requirement for a joke to be a joke), but very much wandering in to the field of being cretinous. I guess, if I'm honest, it's this later point that disturbs me most.

I personally don't like deleting things from the internet. I also didn't want his comments to be like a bat signal in searches for more of the same. Twitter has enough of that. Thanks for backing me up. I know we don't always agree which makes it even more appreciated. X

[Chicken Bob]

5 hours ago, Superscally said:

Eeee. I wanna know what it was!

Inbox me. I’ll tell you. 👍🏻. It’s not actually as bad as these sensitive souls are making out. They’re getting “offended” for offended sake. 

[Chicken Bob]

2 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

I agree.

I too found the original poster to be unfunny. However, I found Chicken Bob's post to not only be unfunny (the very requirement for a joke to be a joke), but very much wandering in to the field of being cretinous. I guess, if I'm honest, it's this later point that disturbs me most.

You’re allowed to find it unfunny. That’s your opinion. But just because some people didn’t like it that means I have to be silenced ?? You can’t like everything everyone says. We don’t live in that sort of world do we ? But I guess it’s one rule for one and one for another with you lot isn’t it? 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

11 minutes ago, H.M.V said:

I personally don't like deleting things from the internet. I also didn't want his comments to be like a bat signal in searches for more of the same. Twitter has enough of that. Thanks for backing me up. I know we don't always agree which makes it even more appreciated. X

Hello H.M.V.

The deletion of the post does bother me a little, I must confess. That said, where would we be without any moderation.

I'm not getting the bat signal in search for more of the same bit. I think that I understand, but am not 100% sure. I'd be obliged if you'd put me out of my misery, by letting me know?

No problem backing you up.

Yeah we had a right proper fall out at one point. On reflection I'd say that we were both right to take our stance on that one. Strangely enough that all boiled down to a vow I made to my wife that I wouldn't spend a night away from her. Then the issue of me having a Glastonbury ticket came up, so I never went to it. The thing is we have since spent time apart. It all started with my wife deciding not to go to the Equinox Festival. This meant that I HAD to go without her. The reason for this was that we were due to go with a friend, and it wouldn't have been fair to have let him down. 

[Chicken Bob]

29 minutes ago, H.M.V said:

I personally don't like deleting things from the internet. I also didn't want his comments to be like a bat signal in searches for more of the same. Twitter has enough of that. Thanks for backing me up. I know we don't always agree which makes it even more appreciated. X

Who makes you the chief of content control ??

Edited February 29, 2020 by Chicken Bob
Mistake

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

1 minute ago, Chicken Bob said:

You’re allowed to find it unfunny. That’s your opinion. But just because some people didn’t like it that means I have to be silenced ?? You can’t like everything everyone says. We don’t live in that sort of world do we ? But I guess it’s one rule for one and one for another with you lot isn’t it? 

I don't believe that I said that you should be silenced. 

[Chicken Bob]

3 hours ago, Cooter said:

Heh Chicken Bob, stop reacting and don't worry, you are not the devil in human form. Yes it was a bad taste joke but in your defence you were only adding to the very unfunny disease ridden Glasto poster that someone else posted.

Chill!

Hi

i am perfectly chilled thanks.

[Chicken Bob]

4 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

I don't believe that I said that you should be silenced. 

You didn’t say that I should be silenced but that’s irrelevant because I was already silenced by that point. 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

7 minutes ago, Chicken Bob said:

You didn’t say that I should be silenced but that’s irrelevant because I was already silenced by that point. 

But you haven't been silenced, because you are still here discussing it / defending your view point. I guess the controversial post was silenced though.

[H.M.V]

You said something in the guise of a joke that was hideous. I've already said my piece. I don't like things being deleted however I also don't believe you have the right to inflict such hurtful comments in the name of free speech. As has been pointed out you are not free of consequences

Edited February 29, 2020 by H.M.V

[Chicken Bob]

8 minutes ago, H.M.V said:

You said something in the guise of a joke that was hideous. I've already said my piece. I don't like things being deleted however I also don't believe you have the right to inflict such hurtful comments in the name of free speech. As has been pointed out you are not free of consequences

Hurtful ?? I didn’t hurt anyone. You’re overreacting. 🙄

[Bryanrebe]

We've had one case in New Zealand, confirmed yesterday, and shit like this is already happening. 

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/119915529/coronavirus-stock-piling-customer-demand-forces-auckland-supermarket-to-close-its-doors?cid=app-android

[eFestivals]

12 hours ago, Ddiamondd said:

Hey, maybe it won't be so bad after all?

the bit you missed that'll mess that up is that Bernie is a prime target for cororna virus death.

(me too  ) 

[eFestivals]

5 hours ago, Chicken Bob said:

Who makes you the chief of content control ??

the same person who makes you it. No one at all.

Me, I've got better things to do than be playground monitor to morons. Perhaps bear that in mind?

[yehbutnobut]

Panic buying has begun. Wife popped into Aldi yesterday late afternoon and said it was absolutely manic, and apparently the lady at the till said it had been all day. She was blaming it on  Corona, Jorje and Brexit (still 🤷‍♂️) apparently. 

 

[Ayrshire Chris]

only in Britain would this be a headline!  Looks like it could be spread by nut sniffing, 

as long as @deebeedoobee keeps our weather dog safe we will be ok! 

Edited February 29, 2020 by Ayrshire Chris

[Hugh Jass]

9 hours ago, scaryclaireyfairy said:

I think any of us are capable of saying something offensive to some degree or other. Even if it's just accidentally swearing in front of someone's mum or something. But you apologise and everyone moves on. Defending your right to say m*therf*cking c*ntbiscuit in front of your best mate's nan is silly. Or being deliberately provocative.

You’ve clearly never met my best mate’s nan.

[deebeedoobee]

25 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

 

only in Britain would this be a headline!  Looks like it could be spread by nut sniffing, 

as long as @deebeedoobee keeps our weather dog safe we will be ok! 

I need to source a feckin large face mask.

[Madyaker]

23 hours ago, Old_Johno said:

Artists could easily be done on a case by case basis. Plus they don’t really mingle. 

 

A handful of people who might have travelled overseas compared to hundreds if not thousands who definitely will have isn’t pointless, it’s a significant reduction in risk. 

It’s not discriminatory to cancel tickets of people who will be travelling from high risk areas... if you tried to ban all Italians regardless of where they lived it might be? 

You know there’s already cases in the uk? The affected area of Italy is basically on lockdown anyway.

Its a nonsense idea that glasto won’t entertain. The festival will either be cancelled or go ahead as usual. 

[AlexOvd]

If Garden Beats in Singapore is going with all China and South Korea exploding close to them, how Glastonbury can be cancelled? 

[bamber]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

the same person who makes you it. No one at all.

Me, I've got better things to do than be playground monitor to morons. Perhaps bear that in mind?

Genuinely no idea what went down recently re: Chicken Bob's "joke", but it would appear that censorship has happened and that allways bothers me. That said, I've put some pretty errant posts up here from time to time and nothing's ever been removed, so it must have been bad. 

The Internet is a cess pit. This place is one of very few beacons of hope in the grand sphere.

Gentle censorship is acceptable (for me) therefore.

Love you all, roll on June, Covid-19 free hopefully