Ms Adequate posted:

I have only clapped in the cinema at the end of the movie

NotJustANumber99 posted:

https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1263584694240604160?s=20

Don't talk such rot.

Jose posted:

He gets paid obscene money for this

https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1307933784776601600?s=19

Oodles posted:

I clapped when the plane lands, is that ok?

Pistol_Pete posted:

Was everyone in the thread last night drunk.

NotJustANumber99 posted:

https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1263584694240604160?s=20

Don't talk such rot.

Jose posted:

So loving poo poo

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1307799352417624068?s=19

Jose posted:

So loving poo poo

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1307799352417624068?s=19

Oodles posted:

I clapped when the plane lands, is that ok?

Dead Goon posted:

I clapped when the dude got the million-pound question right on "Who Wants To Be A... Millionaire a few weeks ago.

Comrade Fakename posted:

It’s a misleading headline. If you read the article it’s more about the Tories spunking shitloads of cash on poo poo like the track and trace app that goes nowhere. I.e. it’s a competence thing, and she then proposes more (better) spending.

Dogatron posted:

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Dead Goon posted:

I clapped when the dude got the million-pound question right on "Who Wants To Be A... Millionaire a few weeks ago.

justcola posted:

One thing about the track and trace app - if say my housemate went to a pub then a day later got a text saying he had been in contact with someone with covid-19 and to self-isolate for 14 days, then I had to self-isolate for 14 days too - would another text then be sent to everyone I had been in contact with (at work for example); if everyone had the app how does the system not just overload by texting person A connected to person B connected to person C etc. ?

I'm guessing it only contacts people who have been in contact within a certain timeframe, but if there was no lockdown and we were all mingling wouldn't the track and trace app propagate similar to a virus and we'd all be isolating anyway?

quote:

Pandemic practice: Horror fans and morbidly curious individuals are more psychologically resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic
Author links open overlay panelColtanScrivnerabJohn A.JohnsoncJensKjeldgaard-ChristiansendMathiasClasende
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110397Get rights and content

Highlights
• Fans of horror films exhibit less psychological distress during COVID-19.

• Fans of “prepper” films reported being more prepared for the pandemic.

• Morbidly curious people exhibit greater positive resilience during COVID-19.

• Morbidly curious people are more interested in pandemic films during the pandemic.

Abstract

One explanation for why people engage in frightening fictional experiences is that these experiences can act as simulations of actual experiences from which individuals can gather information and model possible worlds. Conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study (n = 310) tested whether past and current engagement with thematically relevant media fictions, including horror and pandemic films, was associated with greater preparedness for and psychological resilience toward the pandemic. Since morbid curiosity has previously been associated with horror media use during the COVID-19 pandemic, we also tested whether trait morbid curiosity was associated with pandemic preparedness and psychological resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that fans of horror films exhibited greater resilience during the pandemic and that fans of “prepper” genres (alien-invasion, apocalyptic, and zombie films) exhibited both greater resilience and preparedness. We also found that trait morbid curiosity was associated with positive resilience and interest in pandemic films during the pandemic. Taken together, these results are consistent with the hypothesis that exposure to frightening fictions allow audiences to practice effective coping strategies that can be beneficial in real-world situations.

Keywords
HorrorMorbid curiosityResilienceCOVID-19SimulationFictionEmotion regulation

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Jedit posted:

One should think hard before insulting a Scotsman for wearing a skirt and no knickers, because in Scotland the thistles grow waist high.

Necrothatcher posted:

While we're on this, if I have a housemate who is arriving from France and will be in quarantine here for 14 days, does that mean I also have to stay at home?

Jose posted:

He gets paid obscene money for this

https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1307933784776601600?s=19

NotJustANumber99 posted:

No. At least that's what I was told and did three weeks ago. Nobody ever checked they isolated not that that's the point.

Guavanaut posted:

What was with all the American preppers who had a doomsday bunker that could last 6 months going insane and storming government buildings with rifles because the hairdressers closed then?

Jose posted:

He gets paid obscene money for this

https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1307933784776601600?s=19

Jose posted:

lol

https://twitter.com/patrickkmaguire/status/1307941145301913602?s=20

Bobby Deluxe posted:

Peston perfectly exemplifies lazy journalism. "Hmm. Did Boris lie? Was he at the airport?" Hey how about we find out the answer to those questions and more by doing YOUR loving JOB.

Necrothatcher posted:

While we're on this, if I have a housemate who is arriving from France and will be in quarantine here for 14 days, does that mean I also have to stay at home?

Convex posted:

I don't get what's going on here. Am dumb?

Aidan_702 posted:

stev posted:

That was such bollocks. The last contestant of the series, whose brother recently won a huge amount, who Jeremy kept foreshadowing would do well. Coincidence yeah?

The fix is in lads, where's my million?

blunt posted:

On that sorta subject, having finally accepted that we're gonna be wearing masks for quite a while I made the effort this week to go online and buy a few 'nice' masks, as opposed to the disposables and freebies i've been using so far. Both new ones that I bought so far are super tight on my ears compared to the ones I've been using so far and for obvious reasons there's no returns, so that's frustrating. The quest continues.

Anybody wanna recommend any sellers? Just looking for nice plain cotton masks in different colours.

Convex posted:

I don't get what's going on here. Am dumb?

Necrothatcher posted:

While we're on this, if I have a housemate who is arriving from France and will be in quarantine here for 14 days, does that mean I also have to stay at home?

forkboy84 posted:

No idea what the rules say but if someone in your house is isolating then common sense dictates you should do. Just lol at this government if that isn't the case.

some website posted:

The people you are staying with do not need to self-isolate unless they travelled with you or develop symptoms.

Guavanaut posted:

What was with all the American preppers who had a doomsday bunker that could last 6 months going insane and storming government buildings with rifles because the hairdressers closed then?