i'm pretty tipsy now so this is half-formed and badly thought but it seems to me that this situation is a huge stress-test on the way government and society works, and what we're seeing is mostly that "the system" isn't up to the task, fundamentally. the infantilisation of the relationship between people and authority, the supply chains, social welfare, some of the basic ways we interact with one another, the way we conceptualize the nature and function of the state.
that's all immaterial and drunky in the face of the pragmatics of trying to minimize a death toll but every stupid problem we're gonna come across comes out of that stew. global "society" - this is a wrong and inadequate word but i can't nail down the right word at the moment - has effectively had its head chopped off and the most likely, common response is "how can we get our head back on asap?"
this isn't a judgement or anything, these are probably questions that don't bear considering outside of academic contexts, but it's...interesting how fragile the mental order of things is, tho i'm sure power and sublimated violence and the very real desire for the safety of routine are gonna step in as hard as they can to fix the breach.
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2020 14:34 (four years ago) link
it can't be repeated enough just how relatively *feeble* an apocalypse it's taken for the "developed" world's wheels to loosen
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2020 14:36 (four years ago) link
Yes it's exposed the fragility of nearly all our existing structures, virtually everything will need to be strengthened or rebuilt differently. Whether that can be kept at the front of enough people's minds when life begins to return to a semblance of normality is a different question.
Central bank functions seem to be broadly doing when they're meant to but everything else feels like it's at breaking point.
The system isn't working because the system just isn't designed to be deliberately stopped, virtually in its entirety, for months on end. That doesn't even happen during a war.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 5 April 2020 14:46 (four years ago) link
Being pessimistic here but an oligarch-ish land grab feels like the more likely outcome than any kind of serious reassessment of the relationship between the state and the wider economy/society. There will be a lot of distressed assets out there in the private sector waiting to be hoovered up and the government itself will be desperate to be seen to be clawing some money back.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 5 April 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
yes, that's what i was trying to get at. my best guess is still a desperate push to return to the before times, but we'll see.
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
The Times published an article during the election with the words “the Muslim question” and Starmer makes his first address in the same paper— Aniqah (@AniqahC) April 5, 2020
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
he's certainly done nothing to assuage anybody's concerns in the last 24 hours
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
(official US-style response) HEY AT LEAST HE'S NOT BOJO RIGHT?
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:06 (four years ago) link
no self-respecting LOTO deals with Murdoch scum press, never mind doing it exclusively behind a Murdoch paywall. What a fucking waste of skin.
― calzino, Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link
remember he told the scousers he wouldn't do it and told the fabians the next day he would. fucking worthless melt.
― calzino, Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
I've actually got more respect for Boris than Starmer.
― calzino, Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:12 (four years ago) link
Nobody has any respect for Boris, be fair.
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:14 (four years ago) link
Point stands
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:19 (four years ago) link
at least Boris is a Tory Cunt in the Tory party
― calzino, Sunday, 5 April 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/bBaBTzXbvz— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) April 5, 2020
― calzino, Sunday, 5 April 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
time for the fuckin’ queeeeen
― bam! Free bees! (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 5 April 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
she didn’t eat a single baby, what a load of shit
― bam! Free bees! (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 5 April 2020 19:04 (four years ago) link
Mad props to her for using her personal wealth to pay for respirators tho
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Sunday, 5 April 2020 19:21 (four years ago) link
Thread:
hi @metpoliceuk, walking through finsbury park alone just now, taking exercise, i witnessed a woman being confronted by two police officers looking distressed. a concerned citizen, i stopped briefly - over 2 meters away - to see what was happening. 1/— michael segalov (@MikeSegalov) April 5, 2020
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 5 April 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
Doing more opposition than the Lab party, an ongoing series:
Wayne Rooney, nailing it. pic.twitter.com/pfrLhZlWp1— Jake Gallagher (@MatchoftheDave) April 5, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 5 April 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
Fuck anyone shouting right up in anyone's face right now especially in the name of protecting the public.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 5 April 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
FTQ
― megan thee macallan 18 year (||||||||), Sunday, 5 April 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
Boris in hospital!
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
fair play to the lad, he’s committing to the bit
― bam! Free bees! (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:17 (four years ago) link
This is a precautionary step, as the Prime Minister continues to have persistent symptoms of coronavirus ten days after testing positive for the virus. - Downing Street on PMs admission to hospital— norman smith (@BBCNormanS) April 5, 2020
― stet, Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
In for 'tests'. At least somebody's getting tested.
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
The rest of us don't get taken in on day 10 when still feeling grim, natch.
― stet, Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
oh my god if he died tho
― megan thee macallan 18 year (||||||||), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
Of course, we have to wait until we're virtually breathing our last.
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
Might say a prayer tonight
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
They are trolling us
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
take it on the chin, boris, but if you must die so that others can be dissuaded from sunbathing in the lark, then so be it
― bam! Free bees! (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
jfc UK twitter is absolutely packed full of cunts wishing well to BJ and dribbling over the queen, shit fucking country populated by cunts.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
oh well at least it will be a story he can tell all his kids one day ... or maybe not!
― calzino, Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
CaAL - quit twitter imo
― megan thee macallan 18 year (||||||||), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:34 (four years ago) link
barcode lad otm
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:35 (four years ago) link
tbf my twitter isn't full of either
― mark s, Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:35 (four years ago) link
I have gone through phases with twitter and have made it manageable through selective unfollowing and muting words - what I did wrong today was to click the trending topics.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
Looking at the BBC news twitter and it's pretty even between ppl laughing about it or not.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:37 (four years ago) link
my twitter is full of pregnant sonic the hedgehog splosh fetish fanart, as usual
― bam! Free bees! (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:37 (four years ago) link
what my twitter is full of:
Dying with your pants off— Deleted Wiki Titles (@DeletedWiki) April 5, 2020
― mark s, Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:38 (four years ago) link
This was the topic most full of cunts - https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Hope%20Boris%22&src=trend_click
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:39 (four years ago) link
“The pride in who we are is not a part of our past, it defines our present and our future.” The Queen speaks for the whole country and our determination to defeat the coronavirus. #QueensSpeech— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) April 5, 2020
i'd much rather this cunt died than boris tbh
― calzino, Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:43 (four years ago) link
why not all 3
― aaaaeeeeeeoooooooowwww (Left), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:45 (four years ago) link
Keir Starmer8 mins · Wishing the Prime Minister well and a speedy recovery.
― megan thee macallan 18 year (||||||||), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:46 (four years ago) link
but i thought only bad things come in threes?
― calzino, Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
Oh God that Queen tweet was awful. Sir Sensible
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:48 (four years ago) link
Look, telling the Queen to get tae fuck is the old politics
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:49 (four years ago) link
How does a flabby alkie do with the Rona generally?
― santa clause four (suzy), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:53 (four years ago) link
Dunno suzy I don't think I've caught it yet
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link