Clapping Banned at Manchester University Student Union Events

linktoinsanity · 2 Oct 2018 at 14:14

lol.

That is all I can say at this point.

DaleTheWhale · 2 Oct 2018 at 14:14

Zatoichi.uK said:
I'm sure most young people find it equally rediculous. Well I hope so.

We do

Mason- · 2 Oct 2018 at 14:24

adidan said:
If people look about for the actual story rather than just trigger responding it looks like it's just for Student Union events and in line with BSL to be more inclusive.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...ing-banned-jazz-hands-university-15223965.amp

The ease at which people lose their collective over non-stories is hilarious.

Looks like plenty have been reeled in, you lot are funny.

It makes 0 sense. The idea that you do jazz hands instead of clapping is because what? Clapping makes a sound which they can't hear? So we do something visual instead by waving our hands, except clapping does have the benefit of the visual movement of the hands and the noise? It's completely ******* pointless. This reduces the applause it doesn't add anything.

Marky · 2 Oct 2018 at 14:33

ttaskmaster · 2 Oct 2018 at 14:38

Mason- said:
Clapping makes a sound which they can't hear?

It's because most audiences clap low down toward the lap, which isn't very visual. The obvious answer would be to clap above the head, making it highly visual but retaining the noise for those who can hear it.

But I'm sure there will be those with arm-raising impariments or one hand, or something, who will be championed by the Students...

chroniclard said:
Bring back caning, casual beatings and coal mines, country was so much better back then.

Doesn't work. Makes it worse. Everyone turns evil. Scientists have proven, studies have shown, blah blah blah. Evidence all posted in the other thread.

Mason- · 2 Oct 2018 at 14:41

ttaskmaster said:
It's because most audiences clap low down toward the lap, which isn't very visual. The obvious answer would be to clap above the head, making it highly visual but retaining the noise for those who can hear it.

But I'm sure there will be those with arm-raising impariments or one hand, or something, who will be championed by the Students...

It's completely ******* stupid. Do jazz hands, because deaf people can't hear clapping, even though they can see it. Except now you've ****** off blind people because now not only can they not see the clapping, they can't hear it either because now everyones doing jazz hands.

These people running the union are morons.

ttaskmaster · 2 Oct 2018 at 14:44

Mason- said:
Do jazz hands, because deaf people can't hear clapping, even though they can see it.

Again, low down, can't see.
Suggestion for improvement already made, but if you'd rather just rant against whatever then the Student Union is still accepting members...

Mason- · 2 Oct 2018 at 14:47

ttaskmaster said:
Again, low down, can't see.
Suggestion for improvement already made, but if you'd rather just rant against whatever then the Student Union is still accepting members...

Deaf people can't see people clapping their hands? What are they doing it in their pockets? If you're standing up people usually bring there hands together at chest level, pretty high. And if everyone's seated it's in their laps, which again everyone can see. It's such a farcical argument.

What about blind people, or are you just going to conveniently ignore that point that now jazz handing alienates them?

ttaskmaster · 2 Oct 2018 at 14:58

Mason- said:
Deaf people can't see people clapping their hands?

No more than visually unimpaired people can read forum posts...

Mason- said:
If you're standing up people usually bring there hands together at chest level, pretty high. And if everyone's seated it's in their laps, which again everyone can see. It's such a farcical argument.

At a concert, movie or theatre, in the dark - Most people in the audience wouldn't see that anyway, and if you're on stage with the lights in your face too, all you'll see is a bunch of silhouetted heads and shoulders in rows.
So no, not farcical in the slightest.

Mason- said:
What about blind people, or are you just going to conveniently ignore that point that now jazz handing alienates them?

Yes, I'm going to ignore it just like you already ignored what I already said to cover that.

Mason- · 2 Oct 2018 at 15:21

ttaskmaster said:
At a concert, movie or theatre, in the dark - Most people in the audience wouldn't see that anyway, and if you're on stage with the lights in your face too, all you'll see is a bunch of silhouetted heads and shoulders in rows.
So no, not farcical in the slightest.

Yeah all those things that go on in a student union, the only thing dark in my student union was the night club. And it's a nightclub good luck regulating peoples behaviour in there.

Also clapping above your head at the theatre. Yeah sounds like a great plan. lol.

Also how does your clapping above the head account for the people who get anxiety from loud noises?

Or here's the most sane option. Stop trying to cater for absolutely everything because it's impossible and just go with the universally accepted thing that anyone who can hit something against something else can do, which is clap.

adidan · 2 Oct 2018 at 15:23

Whether people think it pointless or not it's official BSL.

There's no story here.

fez · 2 Oct 2018 at 15:26

I'm more outraged at the single man on the University of Manchester Exec Team vs 7 women. Should be 8.

djshauny1 · 2 Oct 2018 at 15:30

Oh no lol

antijoke · 2 Oct 2018 at 15:31

adidan said:
Whether people think it pointless or not it's official BSL.

There's no story here.

Then why ban clapping? Are you on the board at the uni? You seem eager to downplay this.

DXP55 · 2 Oct 2018 at 15:39

Duh !!! clapping - University - I was thinking of the wrong Clap. :rolleyes:

adidan · 2 Oct 2018 at 16:08

antijoke said:
Then why ban clapping? Are you on the board at the uni? You seem eager to downplay this.

Lol no association with them or BSL.

I just save my energy and not lose it triggerhappy over pointless things that don't affect me.

But, please, carry on. Knock yourself out. It's all highly amusing.

mmj_uk · 2 Oct 2018 at 16:22

It's alright, we'll all be under a brutal Russian rule within a few generations if the British people have become this soft because we'd have to immediately surrender to any declaration of war to avoid triggering the mentally weak.

bowey · 2 Oct 2018 at 16:30

mmj_uk said:
It's alright, we'll all be under a brutal Russian rule within a few generations if the British people have become this soft because we'd have to immediately surrender to any declaration of war to avoid triggering the mentally weak.

Its a scary thought though isn't it? Imagine been forced into war and you're surrounded by fairies and people who cry at getting called nasty names. Jesus christ. It's like that type writer dude in saving private Ryan.

Mason- · 2 Oct 2018 at 16:55

adidan said:
Whether people think it pointless or not it's official BSL.

There's no story here.

It's BSL to ban everyone from clapping? **** it let's just ban people from talking and everyone has to use BSL for everything.

easyrider · 2 Oct 2018 at 17:01

chroniclard said:
Bring back caning, casual beatings and coal mines, country was so much better back then.

Yeah before Thatcher destroyed it.