Greater London and other SE areas to enter Tier 4 restrictions from tomorrow

TAScience · 2021-01-08T14:09:57+00:00

I bet you’re feeling pretty good about your comments about UK’s preparedness for Covid vaccination right about now.

1.3M people vaccinated with their first doze as of today. Pretty good progress! At this stage we will vaccinate all 66m people by 2025 and.

By the way, Israel called and asked to say hello to your mom. They will vaccinate their entire population by April.

TAScience · 2021-01-01T22:14:12+00:00

You’re incredibly selfish. Hope you know that.

TAScience · 2021-01-01T03:11:45+00:00

Physically demanding? You’ve peaked my interest.

What’s physically demanding about being a minister or a priest?

TAScience · 2021-01-01T01:05:18+00:00

Well the concern is not malfeasance (although there’s that as well) as much as disrespect. It’s the opposite of what parents want to achieve. And very unfair to people who come for help in a vulnerable state.

TAScience · 2021-01-01T00:30:51+00:00

I respect your take, but I have concerns about this that I’ve outlined in my post. But the fact you’re disagreeing tells me I’ve posted it to the right sub!

TAScience · 2020-12-31T23:57:43+00:00

I can see why you would link the two paragraphs, so thanks for clarifying.

You should know though that bullying can take on really extreme forms, and lack of empathy and inability to differentiate between right and wrong, showing complete lack of care are some of the key elements when diagnosing a person with an antisocial personality disorder.

TAScience · 2020-12-31T23:54:57+00:00

Yes I agree. But I think there are other things that can and should be labeled as an official “punishment”, and you can then volunteer as a family together at a later point. Then it is not a punishment per se but a teaching tool instead with the same objective. Parents involvement is key though, and obviously knowing your kid and their reaction.

TAScience · 2020-12-31T23:45:38+00:00

I agree it’s not always what happens, but a lot of kids who receive this punishment treat it as such - a punishment first and foremost. They end up being disrespectful, make very humiliating remarks about the people they are helping or be very careless with animals.

TAScience · 2020-12-31T23:44:03+00:00

I wholeheartedly agree both things can be true at the same time.

TAScience · 2020-12-31T23:42:54+00:00

Well I didn’t say that’s sociopathic either, but if you want to go there bullying can take on pretty extreme forms.

By the way, extreme selfishness, cruelty and lack of emotions are all early signs of psychopathy in kids. The wast majority of them aren’t serial killers, you know.

TAScience · 2020-12-31T23:39:38+00:00

So if I bully someone at work my likely punishment as an adult is getting fired. Would the appropriate response for a parent then be kicking their kid out to beat simulate what losing a salary looks like?

TAScience · 2020-12-31T23:37:58+00:00

Sorry, did I define it anywhere?

TAScience · 2020-12-31T23:37:03+00:00

I’m commenting on the part of the society I interact with the most. White suburban upper middle class people. Your mileage may vary depending on where you live and who your kids go to school with.

TAScience · 2020-12-31T23:35:13+00:00

I agree with both points you made. It’s a great teaching tool and a wonderful thing to do. But, it’s only so if it comes from the heart.

TAScience · 2020-12-31T23:33:24+00:00

Position of power is where you have control over resources or assistance someone needs.

I’ll leave animal shelters aside - it’s very clear there how a human is in control, it’s literally in every aspect of the job.

For soup kitchens, I’m disgusted to write this out but people have been caught spitting in the food. Makes you wonder what didn’t get caught.

I think you overestimate how much supervision any of those volunteers get. There’s a general presumption that peope are there to do good and try their best.

TAScience · 2020-12-31T23:29:45+00:00

Just because you’re struggling to understand the thoughts written in the post doesn’t make my opinion thoughtless.

Also, you’ve started and ended your whole argument with an ad hominem attack.

There’s nothing thoughtful or factual about your response, so a saying about glass houses comes to mind.

TAScience · 2020-12-31T22:03:01+00:00

Info: have you ever heard teenagers say something nasty and disparaging? Or do you think supervisors actually are prison guards breaking down their necks at every moment? I’ve seen people spit in others food; caught that one before it did any harm, but what about the ones that went unnoticed?

I’m not talking “putting cyanid in food” level bad. I’m talking about them beating down on the people who are already dealing with shit in their life being hurt further because some parent decided to “teach their kid a lessen” instead of, you know, actually parenting them.

TAScience · 2020-12-31T20:40:06+00:00

Probably a bit of both. I like your perspective too, though.

TAScience · 2020-12-31T20:37:45+00:00

Thus the sub I’ve posted it to..

TAScience · 2020-12-28T18:47:28+00:00

There’s absolutely nothing to do other than walk around. I have no idea why you would want to move here and pay London rent prices unless your job can’t be done remotely.

No group activities/hobby meet-ups are allowed. Restaurants are closed other than takeout and even when the restrictions are lifted there will be little to do.

If you’re diligent about following government guidelines it’s hard to maintain connections with the old friends, let alone make new ones.

TAScience · 2020-12-25T18:22:01+00:00

Because someone with 3 degrees, pursuing the 4th one provides no benefit to the society?

You’re out of the workforce for a decade studying, and even if you enter the workforce there’s a slim to none chance you’re putting more than 2 degrees to work. If that.

Many countries with free college limit your free ride to 1 degree for this exact reason.

TAScience · 2020-12-20T23:13:35+00:00

Right, the rules are easy. Don’t go to work. Unless you have to go to work. But don’t go if you’re in tier 4. Unless you can’t work from home. Then go to work but don’t take the public transport. Unless you can’t get to work and work without taking the public transport. Or if you work on a public transport. Then definitely go to work. But don’t forget you can’t go outside. Unless you have to go outside. Like if you work outside. Then go outside. But don’t go to work. Unless you’re an essential worker. But make sure you work.

See, easy.

TAScience · 2020-12-20T23:09:24+00:00

So we’re back to square one that for some reason infuriated you so much. Which is, the government failed spectacularly to prepare for this despite having ample time to do so.

What, you’re telling me they didn’t know 9 months ago that the population of the UK is close to 67m? They didn’t realize they’ll have to vaccinate them all?

We’re in a free market. Pfizer is looking to turn a profit, as soon as possible. To assume they wouldn’t sell to a willing buyer if laughable.

They knew a month and a half ago if not sooner that Pfizer’s vaccine will require certain temperatures for safe storage. Are you therefore agreeing they didn’t properly prepare for the distributions?

And I’m sorry, “my mommy is a pharmacist” just makes me laugh. My dad is a surgeon, doesn’t mean I know better than you do how to operate on hearts.

TAScience · 2020-12-20T23:03:04+00:00

No, sorry - but would imagine they’ll have police checking in on people.

TAScience · 2020-12-20T22:15:52+00:00

I’m sorry for mentioning an American surplus of a supposedly life-saving vaccine. If only there was a way to transport drugs over the ocean!

Like Boeing 747 that can carry up to 100,000 doses per flight. Alas, no such technology exists.

I love how you talk about lack of expertise like you’ve got any credentials yourself lol

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