Have people become too soft?

cheesyboy · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:24

Dis86 said:
Yet we've seen massive increases in suicides and mental health issues. We're certainly not all getting by.

Suicides were 18% lower April to July 2020 compared with the previous year.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...hatoccurredinenglandandwales/aprilandjuly2020

VincentHanna · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:24

Freddie1980 said:
Really? Who are Britain's? Where an amalgamation of the toughest and badest warriors the world has ever witnessed - Romans, Vikings, Celts, Saxons, Normans et el. We have nothing to worry about.

We are on of the laziest nations on earth IMO

Dis86 · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:24

cheesyboy said:
Suicides were 18% lower April to July 2020 compared with the previous year.

What about after that, when lockdown had fully kicked in?

uber soldat · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:25

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Dis86 said:
I mean the first thing that page says is they don't have the stats! Curious though, not saying you're wrong. Articles and headlines around around start of lockdown indicated and increase but that could have levelled out as the lockdown progressed.

Around around indeed, but could this possibly be a case of you see suicide everywhere just like you see nazis everywhere? (Anyone who doesn't read the Guardian)

Terminal_Boy · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:25

Soft times make soft people.

cheesyboy · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:26

Dis86 said:
What about after that, when lockdown had fully kicked in?

We'll have to wait to see. Those figures were only published by the ONS at the start of September

BUDFORCE · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:27

Freddie1980 said:
Really? Who are Britain's? Where an amalgamation of the toughest and badest warriors the world has ever witnessed - Romans, Vikings, Celts, Saxons, Normans et el. We have nothing to worry about.

I dunno mate, many people won't even eat chicken on the bone....

Jono8 · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:27

Why do you think we need to be hard/tough?

Uther · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:28

Dunno, not my nation. They still shoot at each other occasionally in mine.

Dis86 · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:29

cheesyboy said:
We'll have to wait to see. Those figures were only published by the ONS at the start of September

No doubt heavily delayed due to covid. However curiously you guys could (seem likely to) be right. Definitely more mental health issues recorded though. What an interesting paradox!

Hades · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:39

Hard times make strong men
Strong men make good times
Good Times make weak men
Weak men make hard times

Russinating · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:49

Isn't this just same old? As in, old people saying "In my day...", "kids nowadays..." etc. What would progression be if things got harder?

Add to that the fact that individual voices are more heard now than they ever were. For all you know there were a load of softies in the 50s but they just didn't have a comms channel.

Get on and live your life and stop moaning about how you can't act like you used to or say what you used to etc. And just ignore those that annoy you, life is too short.

LabR@t · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:54

Hades said:
Hard times make strong men
Strong men make good times
Good Times make weak men
Weak men make hard times

Very good, tough times ahead it seemx.

Tefal · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:58

Hades said:
Hard times make strong men
Strong men make good times
Good Times make weak men
Weak men make hard times

Except its not really true at all is it?

sigma · 15 Oct 2021 at 18:59

Russinating said:
Isn't this just same old? As in, old people saying "In my day...", "kids nowadays..." etc. What would progression be if things got harder?

Add to that the fact that individual voices are more heard now than they ever were. For all you know there were a load of softies in the 50s but they just didn't have a comms channel.

Get on and live your life and stop moaning about how you can't act like you used to or say what you used to etc. And just ignore those that annoy you, life is too short.

Shock, as ocuk forums harbour bitter manbabies who are afraid of anything that doesn't conform with their view of the world. GD should be renamed as DK, d-kruger.

Dis86 · 15 Oct 2021 at 19:03

sigma said:
Shock, as ocuk forums harbour bitter manbabies who are afraid of anything that doesn't conform with their view of the world. GD should be renamed as DK, d-kruger.

The irony is strong with this one.

sigma · 15 Oct 2021 at 19:05

Dis86 said:
The irony is strong with this one.

Am I the one who started the thread?

Deleted member 77746 · 15 Oct 2021 at 19:08

Like a hot knife going through cheese.

Dis86 · 15 Oct 2021 at 19:10

sigma said:
Am I the one who started the thread?

Nope but you're the one whose main contributions recently have been nothing but complaining about other posters in GD.

a1ex2001 · 15 Oct 2021 at 19:11

Dis86 said:
I mean the first thing that page says is they don't have the stats! Curious though, not saying you're wrong. Articles and headlines around around start of lockdown indicated and increase but that could have levelled out as the lockdown progressed.

They have the provisional stats for the first lock down and it shows no significant increase this is unlikely to change when the stats are finalised. Domestic violence however did increase much like it does during every England appearance at a major tournament.

Dis86 · 15 Oct 2021 at 19:13

a1ex2001 said:
They have the provisional stats for the first lock down and it shows no significant increase this is unlikely to change when the stats are finalised. Domestic violence however did increase much like it does during every England appearance at a major tournament.

Yeah, I'm very interested in the paradox. More mental health issues but less suicide.