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Clap for our Carers : Tonight 8pm
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Same numbers round our way last night, definitely not as loud as it used to be though so i think the novelty has well and truly worn off.
Baker lite
Banned
As per usual, marvellous turnout in BN13, an eclectic mix of key workers and retirees in our street, the novelty has not worn off at all here, wonderful neighbourhood.
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Durlston
"You plonker, Rodney!"
Some good clapping and my Pot Noodle horn blown at the same time. 
There's a sweatie up the road that plays the bagpipes every Thursday night apparently. Must admit though - he's not bad at it and means well!
There's a sweatie up the road that plays the bagpipes every Thursday night apparently. Must admit though - he's not bad at it and means well!
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
I forgot about it last night tbf but have done it every time previously and, if I remember, will do it again. Forget the media obsession with it, none of the public thinks it's a massive thing do they? It was nice for the kids to paint rainbows, it's nice to remind the kids and us all the importance of a good health care system and it's a reminder to the politicians that they should not have stripped it and in future they should be careful what they do with it or they'll be ousted.
Can't understand why some are so judgemental about it, clap or don't clap, it's not really a big deal.
nicko31
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Maybe he was a Junior Doctor in 2016 when the usual suspects in the Right Wing press wanted them all sacked?
Virtue signalling
Dr Bandler
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My opinion is that it has served it's purpose and it is time to call it a day. It was subdued and with less numbers around here last night. Given that it actually achieves nothing concrete, it's only purpose can be to raise morale of key workers or those clapping. Given that is a questionable outcome, what is the point?
There is also the risk that it becomes virtue signalling. We missed last week's as we were out on a walk and didn't get back in time; at least one neighbour commented that we were not there. Humans are capable of turning anything into unplesant pressure, which is not on.
There is also the risk that it becomes virtue signalling. We missed last week's as we were out on a walk and didn't get back in time; at least one neighbour commented that we were not there. Humans are capable of turning anything into unplesant pressure, which is not on.
Yep, spot on. Next door neighbours still standing on their wall and whooping and hollering like they've won the FA feckin Cup. It's almost like they want the whole street to see them.....
ATFC Seagull
Aberystwyth Town FC
I don't think it does any harm and each to their own, but last night was the first time I gave it a miss, partly after a friend of mine who is a doctor shared the above Guardian article.
I feel it's gone a long way from what it started as - inspired by the footage of people doing it in Italian and Spanish cities as a simple, low-key genuine sign of appreciation for overwhelmed health workers putting themselves in danger of the virus whilst most stayed at home, in countries that were very scared. I think it started off as a similar grass-roots movement here and the first couple of weeks I actually found it very emotional. However the politicians and the BBC getting hold of it, all the supermarkets uploading footage of their staff doing it, and all the people turning it into a little concert by them or their kids outside their house - it's all missing the point a bit for me now.
As I said, it doesn't do any harm (although some might argue that perhaps it does), just not for me any more.
I feel it's gone a long way from what it started as - inspired by the footage of people doing it in Italian and Spanish cities as a simple, low-key genuine sign of appreciation for overwhelmed health workers putting themselves in danger of the virus whilst most stayed at home, in countries that were very scared. I think it started off as a similar grass-roots movement here and the first couple of weeks I actually found it very emotional. However the politicians and the BBC getting hold of it, all the supermarkets uploading footage of their staff doing it, and all the people turning it into a little concert by them or their kids outside their house - it's all missing the point a bit for me now.
As I said, it doesn't do any harm (although some might argue that perhaps it does), just not for me any more.
First couple of weeks I applauded from my back garden unobserved by the world. By the third week it had turned into a "who could make the most ****ing din" competition. Everybody trying to out-noise their neighbours. Pathetic.
Gave up then and now close my windows and doors at noise o'clock.
Gave up then and now close my windows and doors at noise o'clock.
Baker lite
Banned
You would say that wouldn’t you.
I like to think it’s an opportunity for the street to show it appreciation for NHS heroes and all other key workers, it’s also but of a moral boost for the people that sadly don’t have anyone, love to see them waiving and chatting.
I suppose some of us are just wired differently.
Being a key worker in a particularly risky field I think it's nice people clap. If they want to. I don't clap and I don't care if anyone else does. But as a morale booster and a community activity, it seems to have worked. Kids seem to enjoy it.
Come now, it's been that from the start! Otherwise why the need for fireworks, bagpipes and whatnot. Don't really need my daughters woken up every week. It's a bit like the garish, diamond-encrusted poppies some celebs have started wearing in November.
nicko31
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Aside of supporting the key works I think it has increased community cohesion in difficult times. I've met neighbours on the street I didn't know and shopped for some old folk over the past few weeks
Would I?
Even the ones that don't want it like the doctor in that article? What about the key workers who are so modest and mild they can't bring themselves to say what it is they do on internet forums?
Do you Facebook shame the ones who are wired differently to you?
Baker lite
Banned
Zzzzzzzzzzz
All I said was that I quite like taking part in the weekly clap for carers and key workers, you said it was virtue signalling. At no point have I said what I do for a living.
You and your ilk could start a fight in an empty house.
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BBassic
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It's f***ing bollocks.
It's always been f***ing bollocks.
And it will always be f***ing bollocks.
Just my (and my key worker girlfriends) opinion
No skin off my nose if people want to clap. But in my house it's just a reminder that it's 8pm on a Thursday.
It's always been f***ing bollocks.
And it will always be f***ing bollocks.
Just my (and my key worker girlfriends) opinion
No skin off my nose if people want to clap. But in my house it's just a reminder that it's 8pm on a Thursday.
That’s not at all what you said and I didn’t ask what you did for a living.
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