I know youâre on some sort of evangelical, zen-based wind-up but itâs about a lot more than drink. People need something to look forward to. They need socialisation. Isolation is one of the most damaging things to mental health.
This can only go on for so long, regardless of cases. I fear the fallout will already be worse than the virus but, even if it isnât already, every day in lockdown brings us closer to that inevitablity
Its all the tourists coming into the country mate. I saw a texan walking through buttervant on a pub crawl
What do you think Paddy is going to do in June after we come out of a long Winter and level 5 hibernation? Do you anticipate he might go for hell for leather again or will there be some introspection for next 6 months and self appraisal of how he contributed to the mess we are in now.
Paddy doesnât do introspection. He just wants liquor.
He is of course a wind up. Once the novelty of his new house wears thin he will be baying for things to open up again and of course the small matter of paying for it.
Iâm alright jack
Thereâs no problem getting liquor. I could be drinking in a pub tonight if I wasnât doing dry January
Hospitals arenât the issue. Gav has cleared it up
You lads just need to let go⌠Let it all go. The internet certainly wonât solve your issues.
can someone remind me againâŚ
if someone under 80 gets this what is probability they will die?
is it even 0.5%?
and remind me again thereâŚwhy do we have here restrictions?
Cos Tony said so.
Sure heâs off meat, alcohol and socialising. He has moved to a higher plane of existence than the rest of us.
I dont know how ye do it lads.
After a while, theyâll realise, theres nothing to do
You should try being less worked up about this pal, it canât be doing you any good. I get agitating for more things to be open last summer, autumn. I thought far more things should have been open all through this myself. But weâre in a different position now, the place is riddled, weâre about the worst in Europe. And pretty much all of Europe is in lockdown as well. Youâre also not going to like this either but you may as well realise that the UK variant is a game changer that fucks us even further in terms of opening. The good news is that the end is actually in sight. The bad news is that no government wants to fuck things up by opening too fast and letting things go to shit when waiting another month or two could have kept a lid on it. The variants have raised the stakes too, if the vaccines donât work against them itâs back to square one. That means trying to make sure they donât take off (more restrictions) until we get a good shot of us vaccinated and or have an idea the vaccine works against these things.
Itâs nearly over, but there is also a good way to go in it yet. Youâd do better to accept that now. If youâre struggling with it and a lot of people are you could see about talking to someone through work or some other way.
We donât get a choice in this. The virus is in control.
What would you do now mate, what would you have done after Christmas?
Are you for a country without any restrictions, which ones are acceptable?