[Football] 3.01 pm kick-off. Time for some more preaching

[Dick Swiveller]

I am not at all sure that you can possibly be in a position to make such a statement - the issue of laughter was cited as one possible source of help, not the only one, was it?

You are standing up for a bigoted troll - you may want to reflect on your life choices.

 

[goldstone]

Wow, just when we think we ight getting somewhere in educating people. I suppose you think casual racism and homophobia is a load of old nonsense. Lets take a guess at who you voted for.

No, actually I didn't vote Labour.

 

[HH Brighton]

One of the problems in life right now is being forced to listen to someone else’s message. I’m sure the address from the DoC will be educational, informative and positive to many people, why does everyone else have to hear it? Before I get flamed, let me digress......

Yes, those who do want to be preached to can stay at the bar, but why should they have to? Maybe they themselves have had mental health issues in the past and do not want to be reminded of them. Anyway....

My boss was regaling a story today about poor diets. It seems here in Oz if you are working away from home the employer is duty bound to provide you with all of your meals. So, a sales rep working away from home one week in four sent in his expenses receipts to be reimbursed. His lunchtime snack regularly include a big bar of chocolate and a sugary, fizzy drink. Not as an extra but as his main course. Now, whilst weird it is not illegal. My now boss, after some discussion, informed him that he would stop the company from paying these expenses as it might leave them open to future problems on ‘his’ watch.

Just another example of opinion being forced upon others. It should stop.

Awaits the usual self appointed know all’s to show up.

Moron of the day award goes to

 

[dazzer6666]

I am not at all sure that you can possibly be in a position to make such a statement - the issue of laughter was cited as one possible source of help, not the only one, was it?

It's nothing to do with the laughing comment. The OP thinks all illnesses are 'equally deserving'. Of what ? This is about raising awareness and encouraging people to consider their MH and speak up........

 

[Hastings gull]

You are standing up for a bigoted troll - you may want to reflect on your life choices.

Fascinating and revealing response from you. When faced with a post you don't like, you resort to the bigot line, yet you demonstrate with this that this applies to you.

 

[Wozza]

A short film narrated by the Duke of Cambridge will be played at FA Cup matches to encourage football fans to look after their mental health.
The film will be played in stadiums just before kick-off at every FA Cup third round match this weekend.
Kick-off for all 32 fixtures will be delayed for 60 seconds to prompt fans to consider their well-being.

What a bunch of extreme bollocks. Is anyone REALLY going to consider their well-being for one minute before a football match because they're prompted to? We're football fans going to a football match. Stop assuming we all need help. And if we do, then a football match is not the time or place. Everyone's fecking virtue signalling. Oh, aren't we great, we're pretending to be interested in mental health … two weeks ago it was rainbow laces. Open a frigging church next door to the Amex so that folks who want to be preached at can go in there before the game. Rant over. Well, this one anyway … for the moment.

Just imagine if you can if this had been done before a game at the Goldstone. Everyone would have fallen about laughing … and this would be the correct reaction tomorrow.

Thanks for brigning this to everyone's attention. Awareness is key.

 

[Hastings gull]

It's nothing to do with the laughing comment. The OP thinks all illnesses are 'equally deserving'. Of what ? This is about raising awareness and encouraging people to consider their MH and speak up........

But I am fully ware of the issue of raising awareness, You stated that he has no idea of the complexities of mental illness, to which I responded, but now you go off on a tangent about the issue of being deserving.
The fact that he thinks all illnesses are equally deserving is good, surely. What he is concerned about is that if this will become a regular feature and thus lose its awareness.

 

[happypig]

As someone who has suffered from stress in the past and has, after several months, admitted that I have been depressed* since retiring, I welcome the DoC's film and if it helps someone else to recognise that they are suffering from MH issues then it's worth it.

*Not seriously, but enough for my family to notice.

 

[wellquickwoody]

That’s a crap analogy as we are talking about a one minute video and not someone’s interpretation of legislation. As an aside it sounds like an urban myth anyway.

I digress.....if a one minute video (playing in the background) can affect you so much how do you get through the day when there’s adverts being, no doubt to you, “rammed down your throat” via the tv, radio, billboards, newspapers, magazines, internet, shops etc etc? Oh my god, there’s a McDonald’s ad....aaaaaaaaRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH.

No urban myth. First person related experience.

 

[BadFish]

I hope that this idea reaches someone that needs it, one person helped would make it a worthwhile minute.

I also hope that those on this thread who are adversly affected by this minute make it through the ordeal.

I must admit to rather enjoying the irony of the OP banging on about virtue signaling while creating a massively virtue signaling thread.

I hope this thread gives you the attention you need/crave.

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[Swansman]

A lot of the more spotlighted issues in society is aimed at very few people. "Don't do monkey chants" etc is only aimed at the 0,1% Neanderthals. This however affects more or less everyone directly or indirectly. I see no reason anyone would laugh at it.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Fascinating and revealing response from you. When faced with a post you don't like, you resort to the bigot line, yet you demonstrate with this that this applies to you.

I have already listed some of his previous threads in this vein. Go and look for them. Don't go and look for them. Whatever you want. But he is either a bigot or a troll posting bigoted things - the threads are still there.

 

[dazzer6666]

But I am fully ware of the issue of raising awareness, You stated that he has no idea of the complexities of mental illness, to which I responded, but now you go off on a tangent about the issue of being deserving.
The fact that he thinks all illnesses are equally deserving is good, surely. What he is concerned about is that if this will become a regular feature and thus lose its awareness.

No - we don't need to raise awareness of, say, lung cancer (picked at random so don't start a separate string on that) in the same way, so they're not equally deserving of this kind of action IMO (deserving is the wrong word really - more 'necessary').

 

[wellquickwoody]

Moron of the day award goes to

You?

Perhaps there should be a chat every game? Could cover topics such as drug abuse, cigarette smoking, use of alcohol, reduction in car usage, wearing of cycle helmets, reduction in gaming time for kids, LGBQTBDFKUP issues, improvement of literacy among the young, dental health promotion, canine rescue dogs instead of pedigree, how to break the invisible ceiling?

All laudable in their own way, but at football?

 

[goldstone]

So am I correct in thinking that the majority of posters on this thread believe that someone who is "a bit down" or is "having a bad day" actually has a mental health issue? No wonder there are so many people suffering with the problem. I seem to remember the time, not long ago (but it seems now that it may have been in a different galaxy) when people who hit a bit of a roadblock in their lives dealt with the problem without a lot of fuss, dusted themselves down, and got on with their lives. Now it appears that every problem that someone faces is labelled as a mental health issue and blown out of all proportion.

 

[Da Man Clay]

So am I correct in thinking that the majority of posters on this thread believe that someone who is "a bit down" or is "having a bad day" actually has a mental health issue? No wonder there are so many people suffering with the problem. I seem to remember the time, not long ago (but it seems now that it may have been in a different galaxy) when people who hit a bit of a roadblock in their lives dealt with the problem without a lot of fuss, dusted themselves down, and got on with their lives. Now it appears that every problem that someone faces is labelled as a mental health issue and blown out of all proportion.

You really are an unbearable troll.

 

[BadFish]

So am I correct in thinking that the majority of posters on this thread believe that someone who is "a bit down" or is "having a bad day" actually has a mental health issue? No wonder there are so many people suffering with the problem. I seem to remember the time, not long ago (but it seems now that it may have been in a different galaxy) when people who hit a bit of a roadblock in their lives dealt with the problem without a lot of fuss, dusted themselves down, and got on with their lives. Now it appears that every problem that someone faces is labelled as a mental health issue and blown out of all proportion.

No I don't think you are correct there. Most people in this thread appear to have a pretty good grasp of mental health issues.

You however....

Well if I were you I would start by watching the video before the game. If you can stop laughing of course.

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[LamieRobertson]

But I am fully ware of the issue of raising awareness, You stated that he has no idea of the complexities of mental illness, to which I responded, but now you go off on a tangent about the issue of being deserving.
The fact that he thinks all illnesses are equally deserving is good, surely. What he is concerned about is that if this will become a regular feature and thus lose its awareness.

I doubt he is genuinely concerned about anything ...Re the minute devoted to mental health is excellent..all for it ..will add to my day

 

[dazzer6666]

So am I correct in thinking that the majority of posters on this thread believe that someone who is "a bit down" or is "having a bad day" actually has a mental health issue? No wonder there are so many people suffering with the problem. I seem to remember the time, not long ago (but it seems now that it may have been in a different galaxy) when people who hit a bit of a roadblock in their lives dealt with the problem without a lot of fuss, dusted themselves down, and got on with their lives. Now it appears that every problem that someone faces is labelled as a mental health issue and blown out of all proportion.

No, no you're not correct at all.....................it does appear though, that you would be the type that tells someone suffering from clinical depression to 'pull yourself together' because the symptoms can be very similar to 'having a bad day' - just like one of my very close relatives did, and just prior to the other committing suicide.

 

[boik]

So am I correct in thinking that the majority of posters on this thread believe that someone who is "a bit down" or is "having a bad day" actually has a mental health issue? No wonder there are so many people suffering with the problem. I seem to remember the time, not long ago (but it seems now that it may have been in a different galaxy) when people who hit a bit of a roadblock in their lives dealt with the problem without a lot of fuss, dusted themselves down, and got on with their lives. Now it appears that every problem that someone faces is labelled as a mental health issue and blown out of all proportion.

Blimey. You really don't know when to stop, do you?

You obviously don't know, or have more probably ignored, someone with this issue. As for comparing it to other diseases like lung cancer.......

.....if my friend has lung cancer there's not much I can do to help. If my friend has mental health issues, then I might be able to save their life.

A 60 second film has an outside chance of making someone think about a friend and maybe recognising the issue and helping.

Unfortunately it appears some people are beyond educating.