WE HAVE TALKED ENOUGH

[peter]

Just out of interest ,since the title of the post is we've talked enough, what did people actually do with regards to the lock down mandates during covid?

 

 

Me personally I refused to play their silly games ,I never wore a mask I refused to get vaccinated, I didn't sign in anywhere, and I went where I wanted. First I spoke to the QLD government 3 times to clarify the law I was going to use ,to get around it and I had the relevant government departments phone number in my wallet. I even walked into the local police station with no mask  and didn't sign in when both were mandatory. Of course shit broke loose  so I gave them the relevant gov dept number and told them to ring it, guess what they didn't bother because they knew I was right and within the law(I walked out laughing my head off). Maybe if everyone grew a back bone  instead of cowering under the bed and doing what their told, shit like that wouldn't happen   

[Captainlove]

7 hours ago, peter said:

Just out of interest ,since the title of the post is we've talked enough, what did people actually do with regards to the lock down mandates during covid?

 

 

Me personally I refused to play their silly games ,I never wore a mask I refused to get vaccinated, I didn't sign in anywhere, and I went where I wanted. First I spoke to the QLD government 3 times to clarify the law I was going to use ,to get around it and I had the relevant government departments phone number in my wallet. I even walked into the local police station with no mask  and didn't sign in when both were mandatory. Of course shit broke loose  so I gave them the relevant gov dept number and told them to ring it, guess what they didn't bother because they knew I was right and within the law(I walked out laughing my head off). Maybe if everyone grew a back bone  instead of cowering under the bed and doing what their told, shit like that wouldn't happen   

I was like you did none of there shit other than wear a exemption card. Because i have a short temper and would of lumped someone if they challenged me. People were like sheep and hardly no-one stood up masks everywhere. I felt like so kind of superman for walking into Tesco's with no mask.

[peter]

6 hours ago, Captainlove said:

I was like you did none of there shit other than wear a exemption card. Because i have a short temper and would of lumped someone if they challenged me. People were like sheep and hardly no-one stood up masks everywhere. I felt like so kind of superman for walking into Tesco's with no mask.

If it was the cops I would say ring this number, if it was a member of the public I would say I must have left it at home in the box ,you know the one  it's marked mind your own f..king business. I used to play a game when I went into shops ,I went into a post office and there was this big bloke behind the counter and was instantly pissed I wasn't wearing a mask  every thing he said I just said sorry and made him repeat himself and told him to stop mumbling, after a few minutes of this I said look I'm a bit hard of hearing you would have to speak up. I could see his face going red and his veins in his forehead starting to pop and he raised his voice so every one in the post office could hear. I said look I have to lip read a bit as well you will have to take you mask off. So he took his mask off  and said very loudly and slowly where is your mask, to which my reply was ,shit mate there's no need to yell. at that point he realized I'd been f..king with him and he got a lot louder and a lot redder ,I just laughed and walked out. Other times I would point out that by wearing a mask you are increasing the carbon dioxide levels in the blood ,reducing the oxygen levels to the brain ( therefore reducing your ability to think clearly) increasing the bacterial and particle  load in the lungs ,but you have to do it because your government cares so much about you.( I would do it loudly so everyone in the shop could hear) You might have noticed I have a shitty sense of humor.

What pissed me off the most wasn't the people that were afraid and  fell for the scam ,it was the ones that knew it was bullshit but didn't want any trouble so went along with it  

Edited January 17 by peter

[Captainlove]

38 minutes ago, peter said:

If it was the cops I would say ring this number, if it was a member of the public I would say I must have left it at home in the box ,you know the one  it's marked mind your own f..king business. I used to play a game when I went into shops ,I went into a post office and there was this big bloke behind the counter and was instantly pissed I wasn't wearing a mask  every thing he said I just said sorry and made him repeat himself and told him to stop mumbling, after a few minutes of this I said look I'm a bit hard of hearing you would have to speak up. I could see his face going red and his veins in his forehead starting to pop and he raised his voice so every one in the post office could hear. I said look I have to lip read a bit as well you will have to take you mask off. So he took his mask off  and said very loudly and slowly where is your mask, to which my reply was ,shit mate there's no need to yell. at that point he realized I'd been f..king with him and he got a lot louder and a lot redder ,I just laughed and walked out. Other times I would point out that by wearing a mask you are increasing the carbon dioxide levels in the blood ,reducing the oxygen levels to the brain ( therefore reducing your ability to think clearly) increasing the bacterial and particle  load in the lungs ,but you have to do it because your government cares so much about you. You might have noticed I have a shitty sense of humor.

What pissed me off the most wasn't the people that were afraid and  fell for the scam ,it was the ones that knew it was bullshit but didn't want any trouble so went along with it  

My own sister was one of those people that new it was wrong but yet wore a mask all through. Never could understand that.

[JONJAY79]

On 1/17/2025 at 7:15 AM, peter said:

Just out of interest ,since the title of the post is we've talked enough, what did people actually do with regards to the lock down mandates during covid?

 

 

Me personally I refused to play their silly games ,I never wore a mask I refused to get vaccinated, I didn't sign in anywhere, and I went where I wanted. First I spoke to the QLD government 3 times to clarify the law I was going to use ,to get around it and I had the relevant government departments phone number in my wallet. I even walked into the local police station with no mask  and didn't sign in when both were mandatory. Of course shit broke loose  so I gave them the relevant gov dept number and told them to ring it, guess what they didn't bother because they knew I was right and within the law(I walked out laughing my head off). Maybe if everyone grew a back bone  instead of cowering under the bed and doing what their told, shit like that wouldn't happen   

During covid-19 I had a facebook group going before I was banned from social media called cumbria awakening had over 4000 members. 

Refused to wear a mask constant shouted at by supermarket staff and members of the public for not wearing mask and intentionally going the wrong way down supermarket one way aisle  .

 

Had people screaming at me because my son was using a park to play on the swings and angry neighbours said he's not allowed until next week because irs dangerous covid-19 is about .

 

Turned alot of people into idiots. 

[RobinJ]

5 hours ago, JONJAY79 said:

During covid-19 I had a facebook group going before I was banned from social media called cumbria awakening had over 4000 members. 

Refused to wear a mask constant shouted at by supermarket staff and members of the public for not wearing mask and intentionally going the wrong way down supermarket one way aisle  .

 

Had people screaming at me because my son was using a park to play on the swings and angry neighbours said he's not allowed until next week because irs dangerous covid-19 is about .

 

Turned alot of people into idiots. 

They made cv into the ultimate boogeyman,and, because so many adults are stuck at child level intelligence, or live life with such a big fear of death, they fell for it.

Its often easier to obey than stand in your truth.

[peter]

14 hours ago, JONJAY79 said:

During covid-19 I had a facebook group going before I was banned from social media called cumbria awakening had over 4000 members. 

Refused to wear a mask constant shouted at by supermarket staff and members of the public for not wearing mask and intentionally going the wrong way down supermarket one way aisle  .

 

Had people screaming at me because my son was using a park to play on the swings and angry neighbours said he's not allowed until next week because irs dangerous covid-19 is about .

 

Turned alot of people into idiots. 

We have a bottle shop chain called Dan Murphy's ( I find it strange that alcohol was deemed an essential service during covid) anyway I went in  and they had these green dots all over the floor 1 1/2 meters apart with pictures of feet and the words stand here , there were about 30 of them. Of course I had no mask  and I asked to see the manager, he came out and said where is you mask ,I said I had an exemption  OK then what seems to be the problem he said, I said look mate I don't want to be a pain but where the hell do you actually want me to stand, he looked at me for a second then started laughing, at least someone else could see the absurdity of it all  

[Grumpy Owl]

On 1/17/2025 at 7:15 AM, peter said:

Just out of interest ,since the title of the post is we've talked enough, what did people actually do with regards to the lock down mandates during covid?

 

 

Me personally I refused to play their silly games ,I never wore a mask I refused to get vaccinated, I didn't sign in anywhere, and I went where I wanted. First I spoke to the QLD government 3 times to clarify the law I was going to use ,to get around it and I had the relevant government departments phone number in my wallet. I even walked into the local police station with no mask  and didn't sign in when both were mandatory. Of course shit broke loose  so I gave them the relevant gov dept number and told them to ring it, guess what they didn't bother because they knew I was right and within the law(I walked out laughing my head off). Maybe if everyone grew a back bone  instead of cowering under the bed and doing what their told, shit like that wouldn't happen   

 

When the 'mask mandates' came in here in the UK, I recall being given a big handful of those silly surgical masks by my gaffer at work, because he knew that I had to travel in by bus. For the first couple of days, I did wear one in all honesty. And I did feel it was all a bit ridiculous, sitting by myself upstairs on an otherwise empty double deck bus!

 

Once I found out about the 'exemptions', I did print myself off a card kindly provided by Transport for West Midlands, and then I never wore a mask again. I must admit I felt emboldened by getting on a bus without a mask, and to be honest there were only ever one or maybe two occasions when I got any grief from the bus driver but there was nothing they could do while I waved my 'exemption' card at them. Interesting that no other passengers ever gave me any grief or abuse.

 

And it was the same whenever I went into my local independent shops. Hardly any of the staff wore masks, and those that chose to do so never said anything to me about why I didn't have one on.

 

During the lockdown, I continued to travel to work as normal, I just needed to adjust my hours of work because my local bus reduced from every 20 minutes to once an hour. At the weekend when I wasn't working, I still went off for walks to my local parks, and it amused me how other people would do their best to keep well away from me, the proverbial 'hedge-divers' and road-crossers etc.

 

With regards to the vaccinations, I refused to have any, but the only thing I feel bad about is lying to my family and work colleagues about having done so. I don't like lying or being dishonest, but at the time it did feel like the right thing to do. But I don't have any regrets. No-one has ever asked me to prove my 'vaccination status'.

 

To this day I do still wonder how many other people may have 'dodged the jab' and lied to others about it.

[pi3141]

So I've been thinking about card payments.

 

Looking for a Barber's the other week I found one with a chalk board outside his shop. It said please pay cash if possible because the cost of operating the card payment machine is equal to the cost of the junior's salary - per day.

 

Why?

 

Lets think about someone starting a Pick your Own Strawberry farm. The farmer plants the seeds, tends the plants, the rain and sun make the plants grow. I then turn up and spend an hour or so picking my strawberries. When I go to pay I whip out my card - now the banks get a cut of that transaction, and every transaction that farmer make in the day.

 

Why?

 

What has the bank input into the business to justify taking a cut of the transaction?

 

Did they plant the seeds, did they make it rain, did they make the sun shine, did they pick the starwberries, did they do anything at all to help that business?

 

No.

 

But they take a cut on it regardless.

 

Why?

 

They are literally charging us to use money, every time we use it.

 

Why?

 

When I was younger, before Chip and Pin, if I was going out, shopping, socialising etc I would have to withdraw cash. I would have to estimate how much I needed. But I don't know exactly how much I need, so I better take out and extra £10 or £20 just to be sure I have enough.

 

So I think I'm going to spend about £10 but actually I spend £11. So I need to take out £20 to be sure I have enough and after the transaction I got £9 in change in my pocket that I don't need.

 

That money is now not in my account.

 

It gets to bill time and I realise there's not enough funds in my account to cover outgoings, so now I've got to go to the bank with my change to deposit it.

 

This is inconvenient.

 

If I use a card, when I come to pay, I only pay exactly the amount required, the change is left in my account, not in a jar or my wallet, so I have enough to pay bills without having to go to a non existent bank branch and queue up to put money back in.

 

This is convenient.

 

It also prevents fraud, it gives a receipt or record of the transaction.

 

During Covid, they waived the cash machine fee's, it was free to use your card. I did not realise they had started charging again. I've been very happy carrying my card in my phone case because I don't have to carry a wallet and I always have ALL of my money available to me at all times and I only spend exactly the amount I need to spend with the remaining money left in my account to cover my bills.

 

I was very happy. Until I found that when I buy a bacon sandwich at a cafe, the cafe loses some money, now I know that its a drain on their business.

 

Again, what has the bank done to help that business buy, cook and produce my sandwich?

 

Nothing, nothing at all.

 

So why should they get a cut?

 

I was reading that a lot of OAP's are refusing to use Self Checkouts. They think, correctly, that Self Service checkouts take jobs away from people. Some say that the interaction with the cashier is the only human interaction they have in the day. An 80 year old said he lives alone, no one visits and a brief conversation with a cashier brightens his day.

 

So I'm thinking of going back to cash.

 

Its inconvenient, but it allows small business's to be successful, and It means the banks don't take a cut of every transaction I make.

 

They are literally charging us for using money, they are taking a cut of every business transaction where they have done nothing within that transaction to justify taking a cut.

 

I wonder, should we withdraw all our cash on payday, except what’s required for bills, and keep our money at home, spend cash on every transaction possible and avoid self service in all forms so as to protect jobs and help small businesses by lowering their costs to operate?

 

Its a small change, but if everyone did it..... it would screw up their economic model. 

[Mr H]

@pi3141

 

Yes I've had long periods before in isolation and it was always good then to chat to the cashier at the checkout. I always try and use it if I can, jobs for humans.

 

Barbers, in many cases are actually wanting cash because the majority of these new ones are drug money laundering operations.

 

Although I don't like using cards and prefer cash. The reason why shops are going that way, is because it usually does save them money. Firstly on the opportunity costs of having to cash up and do the accounting. But mainly saving on security costs and risks associated with cash storage and transport.

[pi3141]

14 minutes ago, Mr H said:

@pi3141

 

Although I don't like using cards and prefer cash. The reason why shops are going that way, is because it usually does save them money. Firstly on the opportunity costs of having to cash up and do the accounting. But mainly saving on security costs and risks associated with cash storage and transport.

 

The last cafe owner i spoke with said not only do they charge per transaction but they also put VAT and taxes on it.

[Mr H]

Just now, pi3141 said:

 

The last cafe owner i spoke with said not only do they charge per transaction but they also put VAT and taxes on it.

 

Yes. I think the benefits really come into effect the larger the business. Your Starbucks type operation...

 

When I was in Latin America, some countries the charge to vendor is something ridiculous for visa, like 20%. They pass the cost on if you decide to do it. They still use cash pretty much over there.

[webtrekker]

I'd rather I was paid in cash. Back to the good old days, when you had a weekly, or monthly pay packet, and always knew where you stood.

[pi3141]

6 hours ago, webtrekker said:

I'd rather I was paid in cash. Back to the good old days, when you had a weekly, or monthly pay packet, and always knew where you stood.

 

 

Yep, do you remember the little brown envelopes with the corner missing and the notes poking out so you could check it was correct? 

[pi3141]

Just seen a TV advert by Nationwide,  they pledge to keep branches open until 2028.

 

Why would they say that?

 

2028

 

Not just, as long as we can, but until 2028?

 

I'm sure we all know the answer. 

 

If we got a cashless society by 2028, we won't need branches anymore.

 

 

[webtrekker]

6 hours ago, pi3141 said:

 

 

Yep, do you remember the little brown envelopes with the corner missing and the notes poking out so you could check it was correct? 

 

Yes, I do remember them, but had forgotten until you reminded me. Thanks!

[Mr Crabtree]

On 1/17/2025 at 2:52 PM, Captainlove said:

I was like you did none of there shit other than wear a exemption card. Because i have a short temper and would of lumped someone if they challenged me. People were like sheep and hardly no-one stood up masks everywhere. I felt like so kind of superman for walking into Tesco's with no mask.

Covid was never about being a physical illness, it was more a mental illness that was being spread by the media via the compliance of the gullible sponge brains who hadn't got the ability to think for themselves and realise that 'covid' was merely a tool of manipulation and thus they became their own sheep dogs, herding one another by 'shaming' each other into submission!

[Mr Crabtree]

16 hours ago, pi3141 said:

Just seen a TV advert by Nationwide,  they pledge to keep branches open until 2028.

 

Why would they say that?

 

2028

 

Not just, as long as we can, but until 2028?

 

I'm sure we all know the answer. 

 

If we got a cashless society by 2028, we won't need branches anymore.

 

 

Spot on mate, these people are lower than a shithouse on a submarine and always go about things in a devious manner anyway, never call a spade a spade when they can coat it in a soft language that never fully explains that all it really is is actually a spade!

I'm 76 but still have all my faculties {I just don't remember were I've put them sometimes } but seriously I feel so sorry for some older people who can't understand this modern bullshit talk, and some bank people, and other 'professionals' who talk to them as if they were five years! I'm with Nationwide myself and to be fair a few of their tellers are absolute cunts at times!

[Mr Crabtree]

7 hours ago, Mr Crabtree said:

Spot on mate, these people are lower than a shithouse on a submarine and always go about things in a devious manner anyway, never call a spade a spade when they can coat it in a soft language that never fully explains that all it really is is actually a spade!

I'm 76 but still have all my faculties {I just don't remember were I've put them sometimes } but seriously I feel so sorry for some older people who can't understand this modern bullshit talk, and some bank people, and other 'professionals' who talk to them as if they were five years! I'm with Nationwide myself and to be fair a few of their tellers are absolute cunts at times!

I used to be with the CO OP bank until one of their bigwigs got done for embezzling money in the region of 100,000 from a friend / client of his bank! He was heavily involved in using rent boys, using and selling cocaine, Ketamine, and Crystal Meths! Paul Flowers was a former Methodist preacher and had the nickname amongst the rent boy fraternity as 'The Crystal Methodist'

I took  my money out of the co op and switched to Nationwide! Well why not? what if he'd have recognised me at one of his orgies? And what if he'd decided to help himself to my account? I couldn't afford to lose £20.35p just like that!

[Mazthehobo]

So I’m currently on a short UK vacation and staying in a hotel.

 

What amazes me is the TV. Now I don’t have a TV license so being able to watch the tv is always interesting…

 

So far I have read that AI has found two cures of diseases and that AI has also given voice back to someone who lost it because of another illness.

Also big piece on facial recognition and how it’s a good thing to keep people safe. They even mentioned the Southport attack as a reference to this…

And quite a bit on the women rugby tournament which I didn’t know was a thing.

And a story on how the right wingers are plotting to demonstrate outside every immigrant hotel since the latest court ruling to kick them out of a hotel in Epping.

 

Got me thinking about this thread. “We have talked enough.”

I genuinely think that if this brainwashing tv schedule is still broadcasting through peoples homes than talking will never be enough. 
It is relentless. Constant Pro AI, Big Brother crap. No real debate.

 

Anyway, that’s my brief experience back in the brainwashing world.

 

Ill share some holidays snaps later.

[RobinJ]

Isn't this thread supposed to be about positive ways to deal with stuff? Not just commentary.

[Mazthehobo]

On 8/22/2025 at 2:30 PM, RobinJ said:

Isn't this thread supposed to be about positive ways to deal with stuff? Not just commentary.

I didn’t know that….

 

So I’ll tell you what I do which I find positive. I talk to myself. Out loud. Or I just join in conversations with people I don’t know…

 

Like,  for example, I’m at the queue in lidl and a couple of people are in front of me talking about the covid jabs.  I’ll jump in and say “oh, after hearing about the dodgy contracts being dished out with the PPE and the misleading news reports I’m surprised anyone is still taking the jabs!”

 

Or, if I’m with my wife, I’ll just speak out loud to her “Yes darling, 9/11 was an inside job. People that believe building 7 just fell down are probably jabbed and are also the sort who believe Elvis is dead.”

 

If nothing else it makes me smile.