So what are the positives surrounding the Covid19 coronavirus?

the purple tin · 19-03-2020 04:05PM

America's weekly mass-shootings have been cancelled.

jester77 · 19-03-2020 04:08PM

the purple tin wrote: »

America's weekly mass-shootings have been cancelled.

Wait until Marshall law is brought in

whisky_galore · 19-03-2020 06:13PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

The SJW agenda is very likely to be completely suspended, people don't have time to indulge the concept of multiple genders etc during times of real crisis

Completely silenced, likewise the vegan agenda has closed down. Eat whatever and shut up.

Kivaro · 19-03-2020 06:37PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Completely silenced, likewise the vegan agenda has closed down. Eat whatever and shut up.

And adding to the positive, I am reducing the size of my meals, and reducing the amount of fish/meat in these meals.
After a few days of doing this, my gluttonous past is a distant memory.
And I feel a lot healthier for it.

orchard farm · 19-03-2020 06:48PM

Yurt! wrote: »

This will definitively reveal what jobs are nonsense and have no real value function internally in an organisation or for society at large. *I'm looking at you HR and marketing*

People like teachers, childcare workers, nurses and retail workers might get a bit more respect.

And farmers who product the food that keeps us alive,treated like a third class profession for too long.

feargale · 19-03-2020 07:18PM

GM228 wrote: »

Biggest (and realistically only) positive of all this thus far is the drop in oil prices.

In the short term maybe. Forty years ago I travelled around southern Netherlands, northern Belgium and Aachen in Germany. In all those places at the time the smell of petrol fumes in the air was sickening. Pardon the cliché, but we need to get away from oil, for several reasons, political, healthwise, limited resource, but above all for the survival of the planet.

the purple tin · 19-03-2020 08:03PM

The stars have been really bright this last few nights. Has anyone else noticed this? Look up tonight and you can see them beautifully bright and clear, could this be because of the lack of air pollution?

whisky_galore · 19-03-2020 08:06PM

Kivaro wrote: »

And adding to the positive, I am reducing the size of my meals, and reducing the amount of fish/meat in these meals.
After a few days of doing this, my gluttonous past is a distant memory.
And I feel a lot healthier for it.

Thanks. I'm not the faintest bit interested in what you eat.

Carry · 19-03-2020 08:12PM

No more (my most hated) question at the hairdressers: "Going somewhere nice for your holidays this year?"

Assetbacked · 19-03-2020 08:13PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Completely silenced, likewise the vegan agenda has closed down. Eat whatever and shut up.

Not being vegan has very likely resulted in this pandemic.

A positive of it; The pandemic is opening more people's eyes to the hypocrisy of condemning China's diet consisting of most animals while they themselves are paying for the gratuitous slaughter of cows, chickens etc. in the West. People at home watching Netflix are likely to end up in the pro-plant based documentaries section.

Mad_maxx · 19-03-2020 10:06PM

orchard farm wrote: »

And farmers who product the food that keeps us alive,treated like a third class profession for too long.

Doubt it, the Cap budget will need to shrink, gargantuan budget required to deal with the fallout of this

Dr. Bre · 19-03-2020 10:15PM

Saw on the news less fishing happening . A respite needed for the over fishing that’s been going on

growleaves · 19-03-2020 10:19PM

Changed my perspective on things, bringing important things into sharp focus.

(Possibly has) Brought more people to Jesus Christ (...yes, I know people hate hearing that - I'm saying it anyway)

Snow Garden · 20-03-2020 09:38AM

growleaves wrote: »

Changed my perspective on things, bringing important things into sharp focus.

(Possibly has) Brought more people to Jesus Christ (...yes, I know people hate hearing that - I'm saying it anyway)

You can read this in 2 ways you know

jester77 · 20-03-2020 09:41AM

One of the bigger positives is that now that I have to work from home, I don't go out for lunch every day. So eating lunch at home which is a lot healthier.

wakka12 · 20-03-2020 10:46AM

I've saved sooo much money not getting coffee everyday !

My whole family now watch a movie together every night which is nice. We havnt really done it in a while, usually just on Christmas or a special occassion. We the kids are 24, 21 and 18 yo

fryup · 20-03-2020 11:22AM

No GAA

thequarefellow · 20-03-2020 11:28AM

fryup wrote: »

No GAA

Saturday radio free of English soccer updates.

Eric Cartman · 20-03-2020 12:08PM

fryup wrote: »

No GAA

thequarefellow wrote: »

Saturday radio free of English soccer updates.

both of these, the proliferation of stupid sports has decreased to a lovely level. I hope the pubs open before the sport starts back so I can get a few days away from screaming jersey clad morons while enjoying a pint. Be it bog ball or British. I don't have an issue with sports, they're important, but the behaviour of GAA and British soccer fans is just downright rude at the best of times and disgustingly animalistic at the worst.

Agricola · 20-03-2020 12:17PM

Anyone reckon coronavirus will reset this social media driven / fake news laden information age we now live in. Will emperors like Trump and Boris finally be seen by the masses to have no clothes? Could we soon begin a new age of integrity and decency?

Nah, me either.

Lavinia · 20-03-2020 01:22PM

thequarefellow wrote: »

Saturday radio free of English soccer updates.

how is this positive lol

i miss PL and all that jazz..

btw positive is defo saving on petrol going to work and back..

Firefork · 20-03-2020 02:41PM

My mate has shut up about chemtrails

pgj2015 · 20-03-2020 03:14PM

no news but just want to say this is the best thread on boards at the moment. fair play to the op for starting it.

blade1 · 20-03-2020 03:58PM

Lavinia wrote: »

how is this positive lol

i miss PL and all that jazz..

btw positive is defo saving on petrol going to work and back..

That poster must be a Man U fan.
I know if I was I'd hate getting updates on the radio too

Truckermal · 20-03-2020 04:07PM

Loads of positives for me, less traffic on the road so I'm home a hour earlier every day now. My wife is working from Home so more time together plus my dinner is ready every day unlike before when I done all that stuff.

We can ditch the second car as she can do the School run when they return as the working from Home is such a success her boss wants it to continue!

Harry Palmr · 20-03-2020 04:16PM

the purple tin wrote: »

The stars have been really bright this last few nights. Has anyone else noticed this? Look up tonight and you can see them beautifully bright and clear, could this be because of the lack of air pollution?

Northern airflow which is always cleaner.

maxsmum · 20-03-2020 04:20PM

Truckermal wrote: »

Loads of positives for me, less traffic on the road so I'm home a hour earlier every day now. My wife is working from Home so more time together plus my dinner is ready every day unlike before when I done all that stuff.

We can ditch the second car as she can do the School run when they return as the working from Home is such a success her boss wants it to continue!

I'd love to read your wife's thoughts on this!

TheValeyard · 20-03-2020 04:46PM

I'm spending a lot less money since I'm working from home.

paleoperson · 20-03-2020 04:46PM

Less chance of dying in a traffic accident.

freshpopcorn · 20-03-2020 05:01PM

I noticed shops are packaging there bakery products.
I hope it continues. I hate stuff being out on display for everybody to touch.

So what are the positives surrounding the Covid19 coronavirus?

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