When will this shit end?

[efcfanwirral]

1 minute ago, priest17 said:

pretty funny if you missed it

 

This cracked me up - and surprisingly everyone in the chamber laughed. A few months ago he'd have got heckled for that...

[km9]

2 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I wish you luck in finding a constantly-positive take on a global pandemic. 

You're twisting what I'm saying. This is a very informative thread, but it's got nothing to do with glastonbury festival 

[squirrelarmy]

5 minutes ago, km9 said:

I'm not suggesting deleting the thread, just not having it as top of the glastonbury chat topics. As I said a 'non-festival' area would be fine and nobody in here would even notice would they?

I think about 95% of the site traffic is in this section of the forum. If this particular thread is moved then a new one would just be created as most of the traffic is here. 
 

If the thread is too distressing you can always not read it. For instance the ban xmas songs thread has got far too festive and glittery for my tastes so I’m avoiding it now. 
 

There’s no obligation to read every thread on the forum. 

Edited December 16, 2020 by squirrelarmy

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, km9 said:

You're twisting what I'm saying. This is a very informative thread, but it's got nothing to do with glastonbury festival 

but it has, to the extent that everything about covid decides whether there's a festival or not.

I'll be happy to move it when Glastonbury is going ahead (or perhaps when plenty of others are).   Until that point there's very little to be said about Glastonbury that doesn't involve covid.

[eFestivals]

2 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

I think about 95% of the site traffic is in this section of the forum.

it's really not. Over 50% of site traffic doesn't get near any of the forums.

[Ozanne]

4 minutes ago, northernringo said:

I'd say a lot of people on this thread only visit the Glastonbury section of the forum.

This thread is a fantastic resource for all things covid (and Brexit).

Pretty much. Spot on. 

[squirrelarmy]

5 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

it's really not. Over 50% of site traffic doesn't get near any of the forums.

I think I need to spread my wings a little and see what else is on this site 😂

[xxialac]

18 minutes ago, km9 said:

I know that some will shout me down here, especially as I stopped commenting and even reading this thread months ago (as it's so depressing), but could this whole thread not be moved to another area? Maybe a 'non-festival' area? It's quite sad that anybody who stumbles across this looking for glastonbury chat is met with almost 2000 pages of negativity.

The situation is negative and quite rightly, it's the worst global health crisis in a century.

People on here are not negative, far from it.

You need to be able to distinguish between the two.

[Homer]

13 minutes ago, km9 said:

I'm not suggesting deleting the thread, just not having it as top of the glastonbury chat topics. As I said a 'non-festival' area would be fine and nobody in here would even notice would they?

No one ever goes in the news thread in the general section. So I reckon if you moved this, the hits would fall through the floor.

[efcfanwirral]

1 minute ago, squirrelarmy said:

I think I need to spread my wings a little and see what else is on this site 😂

I've got to say I've always been very interested in the traffic balance of this site (I work in SEO and spend a lot of time in Google Analytics and Search Console, so am a massive nerd for those type of numbers)

[topmarksbri]

Our lord and saviour ToiletDuck has been a consistent source of positivity for me in looking at the virus, vaccines etc. I dare say this thread does more to cheer me up that get me down.

[Homer]

13 minutes ago, SheffJeff said:

Its not all negative... sometimes it provide shit memes as well.

 

I also maintain that I said something that was almost funny about 5 months ago.

[Ozanne]

1 minute ago, Homer said:

No one ever goes in the news thread in the general section. So I reckon if you moved this, the hits would fall through the floor.

Or as Squirrel said a new one would be created here.

[Homer]

Who on here can honestly look themselves in the mirror and say haven't been guilty on occasion of failing to reflect on the positive side of the international killer pandemic?

[Crazyfool01]

18 minutes ago, km9 said:

I tried, I really did, but it's too negative. 

welcome to real life ....

[SheffJeff]

1 minute ago, Homer said:

I also maintain that I said something that was almost funny about 5 months ago.

Yeah, I vaguely remember that... thought it was out of character.😃

[km9]

8 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

welcome to real life ....

You have no idea.

 

[Ozanne]

4 minutes ago, km9 said:

You have no idea.

 

I hope you are ok.

[Homer]

Not quite sure what's going on here - but looks like it might be a talking point.

https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1339092502272466945?s=20

[km9]

15 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

I hope you are ok.

Yes thank you. My world is more than just this forum though. Thanks for your kind words. 

[mikegday]

Just popped down for my 3rd asymptotic test (Liverpool). Another negative. Going to partners parents for Christmas Day so going to remain as careful as have been all year. Over heard a woman saying to her child ‘doing another test aren’t we so we can see nanny on Christmas’ 

It’s not completely risk free, obviously no mixing is the only risk free option. But we are extremely lucky to have this option here and I urge everyone in Liverpool City Region to use the opportunity! 

[zahidf]

 

[Fuzzy Afro]

5 minutes ago, mikegday said:

Just popped down for my 3rd asymptotic test (Liverpool). Another negative. Going to partners parents for Christmas Day so going to remain as careful as have been all year. Over heard a woman saying to her child ‘doing another test aren’t we so we can see nanny on Christmas’ 

It’s not completely risk free, obviously no mixing is the only risk free option. But we are extremely lucky to have this option here and I urge everyone in Liverpool City Region to use the opportunity! 

Spot on. You can never reduce the risk to zero and you can never increase the risk to 100%, but if you take these steps then the odds of an infection are so infinitesimally small that you might as well see people. 

[steviewevie]

59 minutes ago, northernringo said:

I'd say a lot of people on this thread only visit the Glastonbury section of the forum.

This thread is a fantastic resource for all things covid (and Brexit).

I only come here for the negativity. Couldn't give a shit about Glastonbury.

[Fuzzy Afro]

Italy has overtaken us in deaths now, we are no longer the worst in Europe 🙂