do you clap for carers?

with workmates? bad enough having to go to the actual pub w them

it's quite terrible. not improved by a lousy broadband connection which makes everyone look and sound like Max Headroom

I've been saying that if you wanted to make some cynical money, you should sell "I clapped" badges - people want to make a difference of course and to stand with others, but they are also aware that a fair health system is not what they have, and (whether they voted for it or not) they on some level want to nudge karma in case they need it.

you could argue that it's in the nature of big empty gestures to be co-opted by anybody cynical/blinkered/gormless enough.

is the feeling that people are clapping for the system rather than for the people slogging it out within that system?

it's an amorphous mob, the feeling is it can be used as a symbol by whoever wants to

I’m surprised people are saying this is a conservative thing. I have been doing it; it seems like a way to show support for nurses, doctors, paramedics and other people working in hospitals.

Sorry trees, but you're in way over your head in this current conversation.

Conservative... notice the big C?

Also there is good New York solidarity to it. A woman in my building is some kind of burlesque performer and at 7 she goes on the fire escape and sings New York, New York and it’s a whole thing. The city often feels cold and alienating so this is nice.

All the nhs people I know seem to take the position “the time to support us was December 12, fuckos”

I guess in the UK there is a different subtext to this?

you can scroll up a little if you're interested in learning more...

(xp) To say the least.

Not at first though, I thought? Now yes

All the nhs people I know seem to take the position “the time to support us was December 12, fuckos”

― Microbes oft teem (wins),Friday, 17 April 2020 12:56 (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

This is kind of me

Particularly irked by people attempting to get my colleagues killed by assembling on Westminster Bridge in a fucking throng though

definitely seems to be big in suburban tory england. noted left twitter scold keir starmer was complaining abt clapping as an empty gesture

He was also out there on his doorstep clapping. As were many of the people who have actually had the power to ensure the health service was properly resourced over the last decade and did nothing, for whom it really is an empty gesture at best and actively concealing their own culpability at worst.

sure, clapping is clapping, the other stuff is what counts

Gosh that was uplifting 👏

— Kate Andrews (@KateAndrs) March 26, 2020

Lock thread.

In fairness, a full hour of clapping shows her dedication!

tbf she's now a respectable writer for a right-wing nazi apologist shit-rag rather than the face of a right-wing think-tank that is out to destroy what is left of the NHS! She's got fucking nerve though.. kudos tbf!

Coldplay turning up to Glastonbury doesn't make Glastonbury inherently bad... or something.. I dunno. Clap if you want

all those years the BBC was inviting Kate onto every panel nearly every fucking week, knowing her whole shtick was to undermine and discredit the concept of the NHS. I blame them more than her.

wow just like cis-het men to police how kate andrews feels

I'm playing for applause!

Can we deport her back to America when all this is over?

as long we deport all the news/politics dept of the bbc with her. i'm sure Fox Networks could use them.

We can deport her to the Gaelic Alliance when that takes off, she can snipe at the NHS from the comfy environs of Wrexham

Branwell, I didn't mean to tell you you were wrong, I told you when it would happen so now you won't find it spontaneous or unpredictable as it genuinely has become a scheduled public display.
I also agree that the noise can be upsetting.
I'm sorry for upsetting you further.

I find it really jarring, personally. The first night I heard it I was out walking the dog and was passing an apartment building when the whole place erupted in noise, and even though I know what it's for I can't help having this instinctive raised-hackles reaction. Especially as a lot of it seems less like applause and more like just indiscriminate hooting and hollering.

The night John Prine died I put my speaker on the balcony when the clapping started and blasted Fish and Whistle, but the rest of the time I have refrained from joining in.

There is no effort to encourage clapping around here, so none happens unless it is spontaneous and individual. I'm stuck at home and they'd never know it anyway. Didn't vote, cuz it would skew the results.

i clap for careers. if carers want a clap, they can get a career. if you don't have any money, you are worthless. get a career!

a - always
b - be
c - clapping for carers

two black suvs were driving down the street honking frantically nonstop and they had signs about positivity and gratitude and their kids were waving and yelling

I figure it’s just like all the extreme extroverts going nuts not being able to extrovert everywhere all the time

sorry if I offended any UK people

clapping has become somewhat popular in Seattle. I hate it and I hope people get bored soon.

what about... post for carers

np brimstead that’s just what we assume the usa is like all the time

Just people screeching around in stupidly large cars firing off assault weapons and shrieking “have a nice day” while cringing passersby thank them for their service

lol

honk if you're horny for carers

Also there is good New York solidarity to it. A woman in my building is some kind of burlesque performer and at 7 she goes on the fire escape and sings New York, New York and it’s a whole thing. The city often feels cold and alienating so this is nice.

― treeship., Friday, April 17, 2020 7:55 AM (seven hours ago)

every single night?!

scrolling this thread made me really happy to be in canada

v torn between excelsior and truth bomb for that wins post

It feels like laying a claim to their valor. Extroversion overflow yes. They need to accept that these folks are risking their lives and they aren't and there's no way to close that gap. Feels to me a bit like people who insist on holding the door open for you when you're still a long way away, making you hurry toward the door so they can feel good. Really done for themselves.
Now, off to eat some cookies in support of health care workers, and then take a shit in support of health care workers, and then watch TV in support of health care workers.

I'm clapping for Public Health England and the UK govt after the former just directed NHS staff to re-use PPE where possible, great work all around lads.

My missus is a maternity nurse and the clapping made her bawl the first time so I'm good to continue with it (while continuing to call out Tory cunts for their hypocrisy).

every single night?!

scrolling this thread made me really happy to be in canada

― dip to dup (rob), Friday, April 17, 2020 12:57 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I live in Canada and the applause thing is happening every night

I don't bother my arse

désolé