Are we, as a nation, becoming hysterical?

[Captain Willard]

As I get older, it seems that the Country is losing its traditional stoicism and becoming hysterical, endlessly baited by the media and lurching from one emotional crisis to another. With hindsight its obvious that the petrol shortage was entirely psychological (supplies are back to normal without anything actually changing apart from people stopping panic buying) and this morning I read a climate change activist acusing the Government of "genocide and killing our kids". We used to be sensible stoic grown ups, now we seem to be emotional teenagers. Is this just a UK phenemona ? 

[VladimirIlyich]

Wrong forum.

[Red Phoenix]

There's no need to be hysterical, Ole's at the wheel.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

11 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

As I get older, it seems that the Country is losing its traditional stoicism and becoming hysterical, endlessly baited by the media and lurching from one emotional crisis to another. With hindsight its obvious that the petrol shortage was entirely psychological (supplies are back to normal without anything actually changing apart from people stopping panic buying) and this morning I read a climate change activist acusing the Government of "genocide and killing our kids". We used to be sensible stoic grown ups, now we seem to be emotional teenagers. Is this just a UK phenemona ? 

Gary Neville is hysterical.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Nah, it's just you.

[Tony Moanero]

47 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

As I get older, it seems that the Country is losing its traditional stoicism and becoming hysterical, endlessly baited by the media and lurching from one emotional crisis to another. With hindsight its obvious that the petrol shortage was entirely psychological (supplies are back to normal without anything actually changing apart from people stopping panic buying) and this morning I read a climate change activist acusing the Government of "genocide and killing our kids". We used to be sensible stoic grown ups, now we seem to be emotional teenagers. Is this just a UK phenemona ? 

Repped for GF on the FF.

[Bjornebye]

59 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

As I get older, it seems that the Country is losing its traditional stoicism and becoming hysterical, endlessly baited by the media and lurching from one emotional crisis to another. With hindsight its obvious that the petrol shortage was entirely psychological (supplies are back to normal without anything actually changing apart from people stopping panic buying) and this morning I read a climate change activist acusing the Government of "genocide and killing our kids". We used to be sensible stoic grown ups, now we seem to be emotional teenagers. Is this just a UK phenemona ? 

I think if anything we aren't being hysterical enough and a revolution needs to happen. Fuck the tories

[Rushies tash]

Or do we have a government that is more willing to use the media to whip up panic, hatred and division to achieve its own ends, regardless of the consequences?

[Lee909]

A good day to be hysterical 

The anniversary of our bowmen given the French upper class knights a good shoeing. We did lose the war mind

[Tony Moanero]

Rep retracted.

[fredo49]

H.L.Mencken "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the population alarmed-and hence clamorous to be led to safety-by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."

 

The subject of our hysteria has been debated at length. It certainly seems to be characteristic of the Anlosphere right now...

[mars]

1 hour ago, Captain Willard said:

As I get older, it seems that the Country is losing its traditional stoicism and becoming hysterical, endlessly baited by the media and lurching from one emotional crisis to another. With hindsight its obvious that the petrol shortage was entirely psychological (supplies are back to normal without anything actually changing apart from people stopping panic buying) and this morning I read a climate change activist acusing the Government of "genocide and killing our kids". We used to be sensible stoic grown ups, now we seem to be emotional teenagers. Is this just a UK phenemona ? 

 

Do you honestly think we should be stoical about this?

 

I think any government would hope and pray for a stoical population as that would get them off the hook if their performance was inadequate. 

[Section_31]

Dunno if it's a national thing or a generation thing, possibly the latter. Old people are tough as old boots, they're the same the world over.

[Mook]

A lot of it is social media.

 

When you talk to people in the pub, it completely different to what you get on Facebook, Twitter or any other platform. People tend to pick a side online and go completely overboard about it.

[Captain Willard]

1 hour ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Wrong forum.

Yes fuck, apologies 

[Section_31]

3 minutes ago, Mook said:

A lot of it is social media.

 

When you talk to people in the pub, it completely different to what you get on Facebook, Twitter or any other platform. People tend to pick a side online and go completely overboard about it.

 

True that, I've never met anyone in the real world who has any view whatsoever, positive or negative, about things like transgender rights, and only a passing interest at best in environmentalism.

[Bjornebye]

It's like when Boris Johnson or Priti Patel get asked a question they don't like and they give that look as if "How dare you question me stop moaning get on with it" 

[Tony Moanero]

4 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

 

True that, I've never met anyone in the real world who has any view whatsoever, positive or negative, about things like transgender rights, and only a passing interest at best in environmentalism.

I’ll have you know I was bang into recycling 40 years ago. I used to make some boss stuff out of old Fairy Liquid bottles and toilet rolls. I was a dab hand at potato printing, too.

[deiseach]

When was this time when the Brits were a nation of stoics? Before the 1990's, I'm guessing, when the nation had a collective breakdown over the death of Princess Diana or the fate of Deidre fucking Rashid.

[Guest]

Becoming? 

[Captain Willard]

2 minutes ago, deiseach said:

When was this time when the Brits were a nation of stoics? Before the 1990's, I'm guessing, when the nation had a collective breakdown over the death of Princess Diana or the fate of Deidre fucking Rashid.

I think the modern age of mass media induced hysteria started with Diana. I don't remember the brits being like this in the 1970s and 1980s despite massive social and economic problems. I'm not referring to legitimate opposition to the Government, more the way we are panicked by the media (e.g the recent petrol shortages) and hyperbole. For example, climate change is a real and global problem but to claim, as somebody did at this morning's protests that the Government is committing genocide against our children by not funding loft insulation is a good example of what I am referring to. We used to be stoical and realistic about problems, now we are hysterical.

 

p.s - Interestingly, the phrase "stiff upper lip" seems to be an Americanism that came to us via PJ Wodehouse. 

 

p.ps apologies again for the wrong thread, maybe Dave can move it

[Bjornebye]

4 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

I think the modern age of mass media induced hysteria started with Diana. I don't remember the brits being like this in the 1970s and 1980s despite massive social and economic problems. I'm not referring to legitimate opposition to the Government, more the way we are panicked by the media (e.g the recent petrol shortages) and hyperbole. For example, climate change is a real and global problem but to claim, as somebody did at this morning's protests that the Government is committing genocide against our children by not funding loft insulation is a good example of what I am referring to. We used to be stoical and realistic about problems, now we are hysterical.

 

p.s - Interestingly, the phrase "stiff upper lip" seems to be an Americanism that came to us via PJ Wodehouse. 

 

p.ps apologies again for the wrong thread, maybe Dave can move it

There have always been civil rights marches, riots etc. The only difference now is that media is far more accessible. Plus people are getting their opinions from two bob wank karen merchants instead of proper journalists. It's harking back to the "blitz spirit" discussion from the other week. People going on about it as if the people on the ground welcomed that shit, they didn't, they were terrified. 

[Gooch]

We already have but it's not just us it's a global thing driven by social media. It thrives on it. Everything is 'chilling', 'disgusting' etc and it ends up just dulling your senses to whats actually wrong in the world.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

23 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

I think the modern age of mass media induced hysteria started with Diana. I don't remember the brits being like this in the 1970s and 1980s despite massive social and economic problems. I'm not referring to legitimate opposition to the Government, more the way we are panicked by the media (e.g the recent petrol shortages) and hyperbole. For example, climate change is a real and global problem but to claim, as somebody did at this morning's protests that the Government is committing genocide against our children by not funding loft insulation is a good example of what I am referring to. We used to be stoical and realistic about problems, now we are hysterical.

 

p.s - Interestingly, the phrase "stiff upper lip" seems to be an Americanism that came to us via PJ Wodehouse. 

 

p.ps apologies again for the wrong thread, maybe Dave can move it

Don’t apologise it comes off as hysterical.

[Bjornebye]

"woke" everythings fucking "woke"