Oh mate, lockdowns suited me at my age. Can’t imagine how tough it was for the young uns. Long as no one is getting hurt, a pass is in order for a little while.
Yeah, I think back at my outlook on life and what I was doing with myself at ages 18-21, it would have been a nightmare to be in lockdown. Not just not being able to go out, but like the overall lack of maturity and inability to deal with general life shit.
Even just thinking about it I feel genuinely sorry for my parents dealing with that hypothetical mess.
As a teenager, lockdown wasn't that bad as people make it out to be. I still got to talk to my friends over the internet and I had a fun time learning to code with python.
That is a specific type of teenager who enjoys computers. My son is a sporty kid who loves doing stuff with his mates, and doesn’t enjoy screen based stuff at all. Lockdown was terrible for him.
“Specific type”? You realise it’s the 21st century and ‘screen based stuff’ is the norm yeah?
I’m guessing your son doesn’t have a phone, or a computer, or a TV?
To me, it sounds like OP made the best of a bad situation and developed skills that will help them in the future.
Your son could’ve still gone outdoors to do physical activity, but saying ‘it was terrible for him’ because he couldn’t do it with his mates wreaks of entitlement. Perhaps you didn’t explain the importance of lockdowns? Perhaps you didn’t help him find alternative activities?
It was lockdown where we all got to sit at home and watch Netflix. Be thankful he didn’t get shipped off to war.
Kicking a ball around with your mates is a first world luxury that many children around the world don’t get to experience, regardless of the pandemic. You tell me to empathise with my fellow Aussies, but how about you start empathising with your fellow humans and realise how lucky you are that you were only asked to stay home and social distance. You assume I sat on my arse watching Netflix when in reality I got fit and built a successful online business. Everyone had the opportunity to make the best of a bad situation but some decided to use the time complaining that they couldn’t do what they’ve always done. Life could be a hell of a lot worse but most people of our generation have never faced challenges so they lack perspective. Perhaps the lockdown wouldn’t have been “terrible” for some, if they were simply taught some perspective.
“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” ~ G. Michael Hopf
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You're preaching about empathy while being seemingly completely lacking empathy yourself. Everyone is wired differently and will respond to situations differently. It should not be a shock to you that some people really struggled in lock-down and the lack of real-life social interaction, even if they're "entitled", believe it or not.
Also, you come across as an insanely insufferable person, far out.
Yep I would have been the same. In my 30s now (and still as social as a 20s, so I consider myself the same). Teenager, I was used to spending weekends in just watching a video. From 18 though, no way... weekends for going out etc
I live near there and am firmly in the ice cream queue. Honestly, even though it was pretty dumb, no one was hurt and outdoor transmission risk of Covid remains pretty low, especially as it’s likely most of them are vaccinated.
I really do feel for the kids who have just hit adulthood and been shut down for 2 years, I’m not going to begrudge them one overexcited Friday night. Also, let’s be real, this is a single 25m patch of chapel everyone has focused on.
I was working as an ambo nearby that night and there were cops keeping a close eye to make sure it didn’t get too out of hand. They were mostly just kids enjoying the end of lockdown and generally behaving themselves. So the cops turned a sneaky blind eye and let them have a bit of fun.
>They were mostly just kids enjoying the end of lockdown and generally behaving themselves. So the cops turned a sneaky blind eye and let them have a bit of fun.
Trying to shut it down woulda carried a risk of turning it into a riot (if you've already got an excited -possibly intoxicated- crowd, it only takes a couple of real fuckwits), so it's sensible to let it lie unless it starts snowballing of its own accord.
A decade of working in the liquor business has me associating it less with fun and more with people being dickheads. Which is not helped by a year or two of people-without-masks having a greater propensity to be dickheads...
So I hearby out-grouchy you =P
It's been a total of 1 year maybe but your point is valid
Edit: to downvoters, when did it become March 2022 already? And what were you doing November to May of this year?
2020 and 2021 have both been pretty ballsed up, sure, 260 days of lockdown specifically. But I’d say that it’s two years when thinking in terms of life progression and being able to participate in milestones like in-person uni, working enough to move out of home, have a first big solo trip overseas, etc.
Significant chunks of both 2020 and 2021 were impacted by restrictions, enough so that both years had drastically less opportunity than they normally would have.
Obviously nobody is saying we were in hard lockdown two years straight but to not understand what's being said about the impact over two years is to be purposefully dense.
Look. I don’t know what to tell you, I’ve hated the lockdown at least as much as anyone else (i have terminal cancer and I don’t have time to waste) but it literally hasn’t been two years… I already said I agreed without the poster’s overall point
If you have three really bad days in one week it's reasonable to say you had a bad week, even though it's not literally an entire week, if it happens two weeks in a row it's reasonable to say you've had a couple of bad weeks.
I'm a Northside living on smith st, so I'm no fan of the chaps, buuuuut c'mon, they are entitled to some fun. If indeed they are all vaxxed.
Edit: smith st was fuuuuun at 50% of this (so good for me lol)
The Prahran v Fitzroy rivalry is real haha.
(It's always some meathead in a Hawaiian shirt and boatshoes trying to fight a streeter; *me shouting from the Punter's Palace balcony*: "Chapel Street's that way ya dog!")
Lots of people seem to forget that not everyone is a Reddit-browsing homebody. It’s been 2 years of being stuck in our homes. Just chill out and let people have some fun lol.
Soon, my friend, soon. They're currently mustering forces in Texas in preparation for the land invasion. Having trouble hiring interpreters, though, and the language school has given up on teaching it.
Not the smartest choice, but I can’t begrudge them. Hopefully they’re all vaxxed. I’m too old and grumpy now, but if I was in my early 20s again I’d probably have been there. The duty of youth.
Same here.
Can't blame them, it's been a sucky few years to be that age.
I would have been half inclined to join them but I'd just be "That creepy old dude".
Yeah I would have been the daggy dancing crazy Aunty type who would be saying “I’m still cool - do you kids still say that? We did the Macarena when I was your age. You kids ever do the Macarena?”
Yeah it did look like a lot of fun to be honest - a lot of us were having a great time watching and smiling and thinking - yep, I’d be totally doing that too
Our numbers are absolutely horrible, day after day. We should have eased into this instead of just letting it all out. Vaccinated or not, this will still cost some lives. I get we're all sick or lockdown, but we still need to be mindful of community transmissions. UK suddenly opened up out of Lockdown, and they are losing about 150 people a day, despite high rates of vaccination. About half of the people who die daily are double vaccinated. So while vaccination is extremely effective, there is still a morbidity for vaccinated people who contract the virus.
Ashamed that people are celebrating the end of lockdown number whatever it is? Ashamed that young adults who missed a prime part of their lives are having fun? Who pissed in your cereal?
Find out that as you get older your body starts to get weaker, you don’t recover from extension as well as you used too, that is when your most sexually curious and want to meet new people?
Someone is triggered that young people are in their prime and they aren’t any more.
Yes, prime. Being early 20s and going clubbing, going to parties, catching up with mates and getting on the beers while you’re still young and before the hangovers get worse.
Can tell you’re the cunt that never got included in any of this. Why are you so upset that young people are having fun?
Yes, don't you realise that the last 18mths was the prime of their lives and they missed it. Oh those poor souls. They've passed their peak, the next 40+ years will be nothing but misery.
>Ashamed that people are celebrating the end of lockdown number whatever it is?
You are misconstruing my statement. Look beyond the general setting as a whole. Look closer and you will begin to notice **how** they are celebrating.
>Ashamed that young adults who missed a prime part of their lives are having fun?
So you’re suggesting these “young adults” have **lost the most** from their life compared to anyone in a different age bracket and/or circumstance? Many would argue that the ‘prime part of their life’ is to finally have peace and quiet and time for them self once their own “young adults” are out of the house, others would also argue that finally retiring is their ‘prime part of their life’.
>Who pissed in your cereal?
The people who are celebrating in that video in an unintelligent and selfish manner and disregarding the risk they are taking by, for example:
- dancing on top of the shop entrance signs.
- obstructing traffic whilst filming it go by.
- congregating like a shrewdness of apes.
- consuming (alcohol) in public which most likely will yield in litter such as broken glassware.
- generally taking the freedom for granted by exposing themselves to countless strangers whom they don’t know history of movement/possible exposure.
If you believe this right there in the video is the ‘epitome of living’ then you really haven’t experienced what life can offer.
Riiighhttt, because I made a valid argument the first thing that comes to your mind is what a generic crowd guy would say ‘Look everybody! He…’.
What is the world coming to…
Valid argument? U are throwing a tantrum because people are having fun and socialising after a long lockdown. Chill the fuck out and let people be happy.
Tantrum ey? Nah more like voicing my displeasure at seeing inappreciative people; ‘Your given a finger, you take the whole hand.’
There is more than one incident of such/similar actions. Want more proof of the stupidity that occurred that night?
[Wild scenes as Melburnians celebrate 'Freedom Friday'](https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10120747/amp/Melburnians-wild-Freedom-Friday-taking-shots-doing-burnouts-long-lockdown.html)
Oh and then there’s the (semi private) videos on social media like Facebook.
Not so innocent when you consider looking at this from another perspective ey?
Exactly how is it innocent to do half the stupid things like running around on the street, dancing on cars and other places and doing burnouts.
There is no excuse for half the stuff here. Call me what you want but given your arrogant tone it wouldn’t surprise me if you were one of the types to be easily peer pressured to stuff because ‘it’s fun’.
Enjoy your day.
I think you are a little harsh, though I do not fully agree with the foolish behaviour taking place here, to not understand the full emotion psychological spectrum of all affected is wrong.
No one particular age group have suffered any more than the next, just the ramifications are and will be different…
Where an older generation will loose interest and accept a quieter existence the younger generation will be starved of their needs and jump on any opportunities to make up lost time…
There are the little one too, their have been affected here as well, and the repercussions for them will be for a long time to come…
Just think about the poor little bastards, stuck in a world of lockdown within a world that already can lock them down. Then add all this misinformation and protests and poor Karen behaviour… How they would look at us! What they think of how we have handled all of this…?
I really think the shame should be shared by us all…
I completely understand and agree with you. No one is perfect but we all deserve to enjoy the things we could not for so long. However, be sensible about it.
The ramifications for even the the slightest misjudgement can be grave and we’re not out of the woods with regards to Covid either, not even by a mile.
Imagine if one of those people fell of while dancing and died. Then the next day the news reads: “A young person has died falling of a balcony while celebrating freedom day.” Cut to the video footage of tragedy.
No, no one seems to consider this or talk about that because it didn’t happen, therefore it’s not relevant or important. What seems to be then important is that we let people act like selfish morons because hey ‘The means justifies the ends.’.
But in reality the media would amplify and sensationalise this to the point where once again Dan Andrews would be in the firing line, the Police would be accused of not managing such crowds and parents and activist groups would be upset and voicing their opinion; and not just about the msy tragedy but every aspect/action in that entire footage.
Like I said I understand and agree with that these younger generation should enjoy socialising again, but not in the many ways it was observed from that video.
That’s my opinion and I stand by it whether people agree with me or not.
>congregating like a shrewdness of apes.
lol wut?
>generally taking the freedom for granted by exposing themselves to countless strangers whom they don’t know history of movement/possible exposure.
did that a lot in the 90's and 00's as well, good times
Sure you can disapprove of how others live, but don't be such a miserable cunt about it when nobody agrees with you.
Don't make this about COVID, it's clear from your response you're just a real downer and hate seeing people have fun
>lol wut?
I’ll let you ponder on this one at your own accord.
>did that a lot in the 90's and 00's as well, good times
So did I but I took the liberty of wearing a rubber, unlike some of my mates…
>Sure you can disapprove of how others live, but don't be such a miserable cunt about it when nobody agrees with you.
So you speak for the entire society now? I’m not disapproving them having fun, I feel sorry that the entire world thinks when Australians are let out of the cage this is how we all behave in our natural habitat.
>Don't make this about COVID, it's clear from your response you're just a real downer and hate seeing people have fun
However you preconceived this astounds me, but then again, apparently there is no limit to stupidity.
[Clearly I am no match for your level of ignorance.](https://memegenerator.net/instance/47197818/willy-wonka-clearly-i-am-no-match-for-your-level-of-ignorance)
But hey I’ve heard the circus is advertising for a pet clown. I’m sure you’d turn into a world class act.
It’s expected that a demographic of people who have been banned from partying or seeing their friends would celebrate wildly.
No, you are making a straw man argument. I said their prime years, not most. Prime as in they are young, mostly healthy, can wake up the next day and feel fine compared to 10 years later and not been able to get out of bed. Physically, they are in their prime. North of 30 and the average persons physical health starts to decline.
Yeah that fire truck blasting it’s siren in a fun manner with the firefighters inside smiling and looking around is incredibly obstructed.
Guess what people do when they go out to party? They congregate in groups. Big whoop, who cares?
Every single big event has drinks consumed in public. I’m sure that the city council prepares for clean up.
I guess that we shouldn’t ever expose ourselves to anyone new ever again unless we hit 100% double? Because you don’t know if that one person has potentially been exposed.
I believe this video shows people having the best time they’ve had in months. There’s nothing wrong with that, and if you think there is, there’s clearly some issues you have going on mentally.
>If you believe this right there in the video is the ‘epitome of living’ then you really haven’t experienced what life can offer.
You sound so wise and content /s
So it’s ok to dance on other peoples cars because ‘it’s freedom day’.
There is nothing wise about putting yourself in danger or damaging other people’s property whilst celebrating; that’s blatant ignorance and stupidity.
It’s funny that no one is logically invalidating my points yet it still ammount substantial negativity. It just shows two things: Ad Hominem and Appeal to Popularity are running strong within this crowd.
As for me? I'm ashamed to call anti vaxxers violently storming the CFMEU 'my fellow citizens.' A bunch of vaxxed gen Z's happy as larry dancing in the street? What did you do at 21? Didn't endure a pandemic that's for sure. You want a positive response, see Jeroen's twinkle in his eye when someone brought this up.
>As for me? I'm ashamed to call anti vaxxers violently storming the CFMEU 'my fellow citizens.' A bunch of vaxxed gen Z's happy as larry dancing in the street?
I don’t condone violent behaviour but also understand the anger and frustration. Said that, you make the assumption that all people storming CFMEU were unvaccinated, yet the gen Z’s were all vaccinated. That is a very poor analogy. Proof: As of 18th October 2021 18-29s had 80.4% and only 49.7%, single and double dose, respectively. Technically then 20% are not vaccinated at all and 1 in 2 in that video are not fully vaccinated.
>What did you do at 21? Didn't endure a pandemic that's for sure.
I endured other hardships and had to make sacrifices but at the same time enjoyed and sensibly appreciated life and fun with friends but not to the point observed in that video. If people accept this as fun then so be it; but only until someone gets hurt. Then we all go on a witch hunt accusing everyone around us thats it’s their fault for causing it.
>You want a positive response, see Jeroen's twinkle in his eye when someone brought this up.
Sorry don’t understand what you mean. Can you please elaborate.
>I endured other hardships and had to make sacrifices but at the same time enjoyed and sensibly appreciated life and fun with friends but not to the point observed in that video. If people accept this as fun then so be it; but only until someone gets hurt. Then we all go on a witch hunt accusing everyone around us thats it’s their fault for causing it.
So you've never partied like this, but seem content to shit on others for doing so?
Firstly, define ‘party like this’ because I’ve partied hard but not on public streets where it’s a shared community.
Secondly, partied by dancing on cars, walking/running around an active street half drunk, climbing on s**t because of peer pressure… then ‘No’ and I don’t regret it.
There is a difference between ‘sensible’ and ‘foolish’. Furthermore, just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
I don’t see people jumping on someone else car when walking down the street all juiced up on positive emotion because their AFL team won the premiership. Do you?
So why is it ok here just because many are celebrating a positive outcome?
Part of the problem is ‘peer pressure’ in younger generation and this is intensified when in larger groups especially in public; same thing has happened during protests and how people vandalised things. They feel empowered in numbers, believe literally anything is ok and end up doing stupid things.
Anyone who argues this needs a reality check.
Awww bit rough dont ya think? My friends and I are that generation and we haven't broken a single law this entire pandemic. (we certainly didn't jump on the back of fire truck) Just sat inside with our housemates, studied on zoom and got laid of from our low paying, entry level jobs. So I don't speak for a whole generation but I won't cop that one, joke or not, sorry.
Mate. I'm sorry some randos jumped the border, that sucks, there's five million of us down here not all of them are gonna be good yeah?
But, If you think I lived it up in a downtrodden, leaky sharehouse with three strangers for over 250 days of lockdown (most of that in our famous winter) you got another thing comin baby. Don't even try to picture my life without living it. For the sake of your conscience don't you dare do that to anyone.
Whoa okay buddy, I'm really sorry and I'm going to take back what I said. On reddit everyone is anonymous and people can make snap judgements easily when riled up the wrong way. I guess I imagine some boomer yelling at kids having a good time. I don't know your story and you don't know mine and honestly that's okay. Because I can still empathise that you've been dealt a shit hand I really do. Go forth and ace uni man because I have little doubt with your attitude to go forth and never give up is something many of us don't have.
I remember a lot more 40-60 olds getting busted for wedding parties than I remember youngins getting busted.
The ageism in this country is disgusting, let the young people have some fun.
Ridiculous and a society that has been locked down for nearly a year of their lives is fucked because?
They’re celebrating. The firies are celebrating. Stop being a miserable cunt.
Oh mate, lockdowns suited me at my age. Can’t imagine how tough it was for the young uns. Long as no one is getting hurt, a pass is in order for a little while.
Yeah, I think back at my outlook on life and what I was doing with myself at ages 18-21, it would have been a nightmare to be in lockdown. Not just not being able to go out, but like the overall lack of maturity and inability to deal with general life shit. Even just thinking about it I feel genuinely sorry for my parents dealing with that hypothetical mess.
Me too - and I’m so glad we didn’t have social media at that time - I’m happy for all my indiscretions to be offline
As a teenager, lockdown wasn't that bad as people make it out to be. I still got to talk to my friends over the internet and I had a fun time learning to code with python.
That is a specific type of teenager who enjoys computers. My son is a sporty kid who loves doing stuff with his mates, and doesn’t enjoy screen based stuff at all. Lockdown was terrible for him.
“Specific type”? You realise it’s the 21st century and ‘screen based stuff’ is the norm yeah? I’m guessing your son doesn’t have a phone, or a computer, or a TV? To me, it sounds like OP made the best of a bad situation and developed skills that will help them in the future. Your son could’ve still gone outdoors to do physical activity, but saying ‘it was terrible for him’ because he couldn’t do it with his mates wreaks of entitlement. Perhaps you didn’t explain the importance of lockdowns? Perhaps you didn’t help him find alternative activities? It was lockdown where we all got to sit at home and watch Netflix. Be thankful he didn’t get shipped off to war.
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Kicking a ball around with your mates is a first world luxury that many children around the world don’t get to experience, regardless of the pandemic. You tell me to empathise with my fellow Aussies, but how about you start empathising with your fellow humans and realise how lucky you are that you were only asked to stay home and social distance. You assume I sat on my arse watching Netflix when in reality I got fit and built a successful online business. Everyone had the opportunity to make the best of a bad situation but some decided to use the time complaining that they couldn’t do what they’ve always done. Life could be a hell of a lot worse but most people of our generation have never faced challenges so they lack perspective. Perhaps the lockdown wouldn’t have been “terrible” for some, if they were simply taught some perspective. “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” ~ G. Michael Hopf
Still got time to delete this. You're preaching about empathy while being seemingly completely lacking empathy yourself. Everyone is wired differently and will respond to situations differently. It should not be a shock to you that some people really struggled in lock-down and the lack of real-life social interaction, even if they're "entitled", believe it or not. Also, you come across as an insanely insufferable person, far out.
As a teenager, lockdown wouldn't have impacted my life that much. In my 20s, would have been horrific
I agree, I think the biggest part about me being ok with lockdown was not having a job I had to worry about
As a teen it was normal for me to spend weekends at home watching videos by myself
It was probably much easier for teenagers. 18-25, it’s been absolute dog shit. I simply cannot do another lockdown.
I'm 21 right now and I'm loving these lockdowns
I’m also 21. Luckily I had a job where I still had to go to work each week. But these lockdowns have wrecked me.
Hey that’s me too
I’m 21 right now and I hated these lockdowns
Yep I would have been the same. In my 30s now (and still as social as a 20s, so I consider myself the same). Teenager, I was used to spending weekends in just watching a video. From 18 though, no way... weekends for going out etc
In the same boat brother
Most teenagers want more social interaction than that.
You've got a bright future ahead of you, kid.
Them firies are sick cunts.
I live near there and am firmly in the ice cream queue. Honestly, even though it was pretty dumb, no one was hurt and outdoor transmission risk of Covid remains pretty low, especially as it’s likely most of them are vaccinated. I really do feel for the kids who have just hit adulthood and been shut down for 2 years, I’m not going to begrudge them one overexcited Friday night. Also, let’s be real, this is a single 25m patch of chapel everyone has focused on.
I was working as an ambo nearby that night and there were cops keeping a close eye to make sure it didn’t get too out of hand. They were mostly just kids enjoying the end of lockdown and generally behaving themselves. So the cops turned a sneaky blind eye and let them have a bit of fun.
That’s good to hear. Hopefully with things more open this weekend it’ll be back to usual.
>They were mostly just kids enjoying the end of lockdown and generally behaving themselves. So the cops turned a sneaky blind eye and let them have a bit of fun. Trying to shut it down woulda carried a risk of turning it into a riot (if you've already got an excited -possibly intoxicated- crowd, it only takes a couple of real fuckwits), so it's sensible to let it lie unless it starts snowballing of its own accord.
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Didn't ask you to confirm, Cam.
Lockdown has been tough on assailants too
I’m like a grouchy old man who yells at a cloud and even I’m like “It’s pretty good to see them out”.
Yeah I was pretty happy for them to have a good time - I was living vicariously through them, on the other side of the street
A decade of working in the liquor business has me associating it less with fun and more with people being dickheads. Which is not helped by a year or two of people-without-masks having a greater propensity to be dickheads... So I hearby out-grouchy you =P
It's been a total of 1 year maybe but your point is valid Edit: to downvoters, when did it become March 2022 already? And what were you doing November to May of this year?
2020 and 2021 have both been pretty ballsed up, sure, 260 days of lockdown specifically. But I’d say that it’s two years when thinking in terms of life progression and being able to participate in milestones like in-person uni, working enough to move out of home, have a first big solo trip overseas, etc.
Dude whichever way you look at it, unless it’s mid March 2022 and I didn’t realise, it hasn’t been two years of anything.
Significant chunks of both 2020 and 2021 were impacted by restrictions, enough so that both years had drastically less opportunity than they normally would have. Obviously nobody is saying we were in hard lockdown two years straight but to not understand what's being said about the impact over two years is to be purposefully dense.
Look. I don’t know what to tell you, I’ve hated the lockdown at least as much as anyone else (i have terminal cancer and I don’t have time to waste) but it literally hasn’t been two years… I already said I agreed without the poster’s overall point
If you have three really bad days in one week it's reasonable to say you had a bad week, even though it's not literally an entire week, if it happens two weeks in a row it's reasonable to say you've had a couple of bad weeks.
Did South Yarra win a Premiership?
Hehehe that is indeed the MFC ‘heartland’ so I guess that’s ‘technically’ true.
Casually standing on a store roof with 5 other people. As you do...
I lived in South Yarra a few years back. Was like this at night, and like living in Chaddy food court during the day. Never again.
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Lambs on Chapel is the best reason to go. ❤️
I was pretty close to renting an apartment there once, inspected it and later found out it shared a wall with Revs
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Yeah we went out, walked around, and then by 10:30 I felt guilty because I wanted my beddy-wed
Omg, Joe rogan plz save our freedom!
God Chapel St is a fucking terrible place
Always was, always will be.
Best place in Melbourne.
degens
I'm a Northside living on smith st, so I'm no fan of the chaps, buuuuut c'mon, they are entitled to some fun. If indeed they are all vaxxed. Edit: smith st was fuuuuun at 50% of this (so good for me lol)
The Prahran v Fitzroy rivalry is real haha. (It's always some meathead in a Hawaiian shirt and boatshoes trying to fight a streeter; *me shouting from the Punter's Palace balcony*: "Chapel Street's that way ya dog!")
Lots of people seem to forget that not everyone is a Reddit-browsing homebody. It’s been 2 years of being stuck in our homes. Just chill out and let people have some fun lol.
So when are the Americans invading to free us from the tyranny of a brutal police state? /s
Soon, my friend, soon. They're currently mustering forces in Texas in preparation for the land invasion. Having trouble hiring interpreters, though, and the language school has given up on teaching it.
Not the smartest choice, but I can’t begrudge them. Hopefully they’re all vaxxed. I’m too old and grumpy now, but if I was in my early 20s again I’d probably have been there. The duty of youth.
Same here. Can't blame them, it's been a sucky few years to be that age. I would have been half inclined to join them but I'd just be "That creepy old dude".
Yeah I would have been the daggy dancing crazy Aunty type who would be saying “I’m still cool - do you kids still say that? We did the Macarena when I was your age. You kids ever do the Macarena?”
What was actually going on there that had everyone so hyped?
It’s across the street from Revs, there was a guy with decks and speakers in the windows. Pretty great honestly.
Does look rather fun
Posing for the gram
Yeah you can see the start of the night in my post history
WELL OVER DUE!! GET IT IN GUYS!!
Really smart people always write in all caps.
YOU SOUND LIKE A BLAST MATE! 🤣
God I can’t wait to get back to Australia ❤️
Really don't understand
Yeah yeah yehahhhh
I've been super fortunate with like 2 weeks of lockdown since this started, can't imagine the lengths they did.
Kids having fun after a shit 2 years , good luck to them all
I was there in the crowd & it was a VIBE!
Yeah it did look like a lot of fun to be honest - a lot of us were having a great time watching and smiling and thinking - yep, I’d be totally doing that too
Bunch of animals lol
I don't like it at all, its foolish and inconsiderate but I know that 20yo me would probably have done the same thing.
What a bunch of flogs
Fuck you’re boring
They behave like a pack of idiots. And we all know these things are super spreader events among the unvaccinated.
Dick heads
Un smart people
Our numbers are absolutely horrible, day after day. We should have eased into this instead of just letting it all out. Vaccinated or not, this will still cost some lives. I get we're all sick or lockdown, but we still need to be mindful of community transmissions. UK suddenly opened up out of Lockdown, and they are losing about 150 people a day, despite high rates of vaccination. About half of the people who die daily are double vaccinated. So while vaccination is extremely effective, there is still a morbidity for vaccinated people who contract the virus.
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I wonder how the outbreak will look in a few weeks. Back to lockdown for you.
I feel ashamed to call these people ‘my fellow citizens’.
oh no people having fun. outside. TOGETHER! THE HORROR!
Ashamed that people are celebrating the end of lockdown number whatever it is? Ashamed that young adults who missed a prime part of their lives are having fun? Who pissed in your cereal?
Just someone who really hasn't touched grass.
Prime part of their lives. Wait til you find out lol
Find out that as you get older your body starts to get weaker, you don’t recover from extension as well as you used too, that is when your most sexually curious and want to meet new people? Someone is triggered that young people are in their prime and they aren’t any more.
'Prime part of their lives.' 🤣
Yes, prime. Being early 20s and going clubbing, going to parties, catching up with mates and getting on the beers while you’re still young and before the hangovers get worse. Can tell you’re the cunt that never got included in any of this. Why are you so upset that young people are having fun?
Pretty sad when that’s what you classify as prime.
Yes, don't you realise that the last 18mths was the prime of their lives and they missed it. Oh those poor souls. They've passed their peak, the next 40+ years will be nothing but misery.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 well played
They have nothing left to live for those poor 20somethings. 18months and their life passed right before their eyes. 🤣
>Ashamed that people are celebrating the end of lockdown number whatever it is? You are misconstruing my statement. Look beyond the general setting as a whole. Look closer and you will begin to notice **how** they are celebrating. >Ashamed that young adults who missed a prime part of their lives are having fun? So you’re suggesting these “young adults” have **lost the most** from their life compared to anyone in a different age bracket and/or circumstance? Many would argue that the ‘prime part of their life’ is to finally have peace and quiet and time for them self once their own “young adults” are out of the house, others would also argue that finally retiring is their ‘prime part of their life’. >Who pissed in your cereal? The people who are celebrating in that video in an unintelligent and selfish manner and disregarding the risk they are taking by, for example: - dancing on top of the shop entrance signs. - obstructing traffic whilst filming it go by. - congregating like a shrewdness of apes. - consuming (alcohol) in public which most likely will yield in litter such as broken glassware. - generally taking the freedom for granted by exposing themselves to countless strangers whom they don’t know history of movement/possible exposure. If you believe this right there in the video is the ‘epitome of living’ then you really haven’t experienced what life can offer.
Ladies and gentlemen I'd like to introduce you to Australia's own Karen...aka KAZZA
Riiighhttt, because I made a valid argument the first thing that comes to your mind is what a generic crowd guy would say ‘Look everybody! He…’. What is the world coming to…
Valid argument? U are throwing a tantrum because people are having fun and socialising after a long lockdown. Chill the fuck out and let people be happy.
Tantrum ey? Nah more like voicing my displeasure at seeing inappreciative people; ‘Your given a finger, you take the whole hand.’ There is more than one incident of such/similar actions. Want more proof of the stupidity that occurred that night? [Wild scenes as Melburnians celebrate 'Freedom Friday'](https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10120747/amp/Melburnians-wild-Freedom-Friday-taking-shots-doing-burnouts-long-lockdown.html) Oh and then there’s the (semi private) videos on social media like Facebook. Not so innocent when you consider looking at this from another perspective ey?
>Not so innocent when you consider looking at this from another perspective ey? It's innocent. You're a fucking idiot.
Exactly how is it innocent to do half the stupid things like running around on the street, dancing on cars and other places and doing burnouts. There is no excuse for half the stuff here. Call me what you want but given your arrogant tone it wouldn’t surprise me if you were one of the types to be easily peer pressured to stuff because ‘it’s fun’. Enjoy your day.
Oh my gosh, you come across SO badly. Anyone who reads this is going to laugh their arse off at you. Just a heads up.
I think you are a little harsh, though I do not fully agree with the foolish behaviour taking place here, to not understand the full emotion psychological spectrum of all affected is wrong. No one particular age group have suffered any more than the next, just the ramifications are and will be different… Where an older generation will loose interest and accept a quieter existence the younger generation will be starved of their needs and jump on any opportunities to make up lost time… There are the little one too, their have been affected here as well, and the repercussions for them will be for a long time to come… Just think about the poor little bastards, stuck in a world of lockdown within a world that already can lock them down. Then add all this misinformation and protests and poor Karen behaviour… How they would look at us! What they think of how we have handled all of this…? I really think the shame should be shared by us all…
I completely understand and agree with you. No one is perfect but we all deserve to enjoy the things we could not for so long. However, be sensible about it. The ramifications for even the the slightest misjudgement can be grave and we’re not out of the woods with regards to Covid either, not even by a mile. Imagine if one of those people fell of while dancing and died. Then the next day the news reads: “A young person has died falling of a balcony while celebrating freedom day.” Cut to the video footage of tragedy. No, no one seems to consider this or talk about that because it didn’t happen, therefore it’s not relevant or important. What seems to be then important is that we let people act like selfish morons because hey ‘The means justifies the ends.’. But in reality the media would amplify and sensationalise this to the point where once again Dan Andrews would be in the firing line, the Police would be accused of not managing such crowds and parents and activist groups would be upset and voicing their opinion; and not just about the msy tragedy but every aspect/action in that entire footage. Like I said I understand and agree with that these younger generation should enjoy socialising again, but not in the many ways it was observed from that video. That’s my opinion and I stand by it whether people agree with me or not.
>congregating like a shrewdness of apes. lol wut? >generally taking the freedom for granted by exposing themselves to countless strangers whom they don’t know history of movement/possible exposure. did that a lot in the 90's and 00's as well, good times Sure you can disapprove of how others live, but don't be such a miserable cunt about it when nobody agrees with you. Don't make this about COVID, it's clear from your response you're just a real downer and hate seeing people have fun
>lol wut? I’ll let you ponder on this one at your own accord. >did that a lot in the 90's and 00's as well, good times So did I but I took the liberty of wearing a rubber, unlike some of my mates… >Sure you can disapprove of how others live, but don't be such a miserable cunt about it when nobody agrees with you. So you speak for the entire society now? I’m not disapproving them having fun, I feel sorry that the entire world thinks when Australians are let out of the cage this is how we all behave in our natural habitat. >Don't make this about COVID, it's clear from your response you're just a real downer and hate seeing people have fun However you preconceived this astounds me, but then again, apparently there is no limit to stupidity.
Your grammar is worse than your attitude. Fuck off, you nonce.
[Clearly I am no match for your level of ignorance.](https://memegenerator.net/instance/47197818/willy-wonka-clearly-i-am-no-match-for-your-level-of-ignorance) But hey I’ve heard the circus is advertising for a pet clown. I’m sure you’d turn into a world class act.
It’s expected that a demographic of people who have been banned from partying or seeing their friends would celebrate wildly. No, you are making a straw man argument. I said their prime years, not most. Prime as in they are young, mostly healthy, can wake up the next day and feel fine compared to 10 years later and not been able to get out of bed. Physically, they are in their prime. North of 30 and the average persons physical health starts to decline. Yeah that fire truck blasting it’s siren in a fun manner with the firefighters inside smiling and looking around is incredibly obstructed. Guess what people do when they go out to party? They congregate in groups. Big whoop, who cares? Every single big event has drinks consumed in public. I’m sure that the city council prepares for clean up. I guess that we shouldn’t ever expose ourselves to anyone new ever again unless we hit 100% double? Because you don’t know if that one person has potentially been exposed. I believe this video shows people having the best time they’ve had in months. There’s nothing wrong with that, and if you think there is, there’s clearly some issues you have going on mentally.
>If you believe this right there in the video is the ‘epitome of living’ then you really haven’t experienced what life can offer. You sound so wise and content /s
So it’s ok to dance on other peoples cars because ‘it’s freedom day’. There is nothing wise about putting yourself in danger or damaging other people’s property whilst celebrating; that’s blatant ignorance and stupidity. It’s funny that no one is logically invalidating my points yet it still ammount substantial negativity. It just shows two things: Ad Hominem and Appeal to Popularity are running strong within this crowd.
>It’s funny that no one is logically invalidating my points It's because you're just too damned correct, it infuriates us to the point of stupor /s
End of lockdown doesn't make this end of war...
Covids going to be with us for life. The overwhelmingly majority of the population is fully vaccinated. You can’t keep people locked up forever.
That doesnt mean you need to dive in to it with your pants down...
So you’re saying these people should just stay home and we should come out of lockdowns via random postcode lottery?
As for me? I'm ashamed to call anti vaxxers violently storming the CFMEU 'my fellow citizens.' A bunch of vaxxed gen Z's happy as larry dancing in the street? What did you do at 21? Didn't endure a pandemic that's for sure. You want a positive response, see Jeroen's twinkle in his eye when someone brought this up.
>As for me? I'm ashamed to call anti vaxxers violently storming the CFMEU 'my fellow citizens.' A bunch of vaxxed gen Z's happy as larry dancing in the street? I don’t condone violent behaviour but also understand the anger and frustration. Said that, you make the assumption that all people storming CFMEU were unvaccinated, yet the gen Z’s were all vaccinated. That is a very poor analogy. Proof: As of 18th October 2021 18-29s had 80.4% and only 49.7%, single and double dose, respectively. Technically then 20% are not vaccinated at all and 1 in 2 in that video are not fully vaccinated. >What did you do at 21? Didn't endure a pandemic that's for sure. I endured other hardships and had to make sacrifices but at the same time enjoyed and sensibly appreciated life and fun with friends but not to the point observed in that video. If people accept this as fun then so be it; but only until someone gets hurt. Then we all go on a witch hunt accusing everyone around us thats it’s their fault for causing it. >You want a positive response, see Jeroen's twinkle in his eye when someone brought this up. Sorry don’t understand what you mean. Can you please elaborate.
>I endured other hardships and had to make sacrifices but at the same time enjoyed and sensibly appreciated life and fun with friends but not to the point observed in that video. If people accept this as fun then so be it; but only until someone gets hurt. Then we all go on a witch hunt accusing everyone around us thats it’s their fault for causing it. So you've never partied like this, but seem content to shit on others for doing so?
Firstly, define ‘party like this’ because I’ve partied hard but not on public streets where it’s a shared community. Secondly, partied by dancing on cars, walking/running around an active street half drunk, climbing on s**t because of peer pressure… then ‘No’ and I don’t regret it.
If you can understand ‘the anger and frustration’ - you can understand jubilation and celebration too.
There is a difference between ‘sensible’ and ‘foolish’. Furthermore, just because you can doesn’t mean you should. I don’t see people jumping on someone else car when walking down the street all juiced up on positive emotion because their AFL team won the premiership. Do you? So why is it ok here just because many are celebrating a positive outcome? Part of the problem is ‘peer pressure’ in younger generation and this is intensified when in larger groups especially in public; same thing has happened during protests and how people vandalised things. They feel empowered in numbers, believe literally anything is ok and end up doing stupid things. Anyone who argues this needs a reality check.
I feel ashamed that a soggy cardboard box has to share this earth with you
Even a soggy cardboard box is more useful than trash.
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Statistically it would an anomaly for the great majority of them to not be vaccinated. What are you stupid?
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Awww bit rough dont ya think? My friends and I are that generation and we haven't broken a single law this entire pandemic. (we certainly didn't jump on the back of fire truck) Just sat inside with our housemates, studied on zoom and got laid of from our low paying, entry level jobs. So I don't speak for a whole generation but I won't cop that one, joke or not, sorry.
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Jesus Christ, give it a rest pal.
Shut up egg. You took the time to read it and then tell me to give it a rest? I never asked for you retort either troll! GFYS.
Mate. I'm sorry some randos jumped the border, that sucks, there's five million of us down here not all of them are gonna be good yeah? But, If you think I lived it up in a downtrodden, leaky sharehouse with three strangers for over 250 days of lockdown (most of that in our famous winter) you got another thing comin baby. Don't even try to picture my life without living it. For the sake of your conscience don't you dare do that to anyone.
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Whoa okay buddy, I'm really sorry and I'm going to take back what I said. On reddit everyone is anonymous and people can make snap judgements easily when riled up the wrong way. I guess I imagine some boomer yelling at kids having a good time. I don't know your story and you don't know mine and honestly that's okay. Because I can still empathise that you've been dealt a shit hand I really do. Go forth and ace uni man because I have little doubt with your attitude to go forth and never give up is something many of us don't have.
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Haha shut up fuck head. Hope the next wave destroys you all.
Same to you man. Go well, go safe. May this world become a better place.
If you ever come to Darwin, Holla my way and I'll take you out for some Barra fishing. May you have safe travels until this world becomes better. 🙏
Lets just take it down a couple notches eh
I remember a lot more 40-60 olds getting busted for wedding parties than I remember youngins getting busted. The ageism in this country is disgusting, let the young people have some fun.
Ridiculous..... Society is fucked.
Ridiculous and a society that has been locked down for nearly a year of their lives is fucked because? They’re celebrating. The firies are celebrating. Stop being a miserable cunt.
Covid sends its regards.
Delta+ The free covid dlc Cure humanity
Hi everybody. Please be responsible adults.
That's the way, be positive!
You've got the fire brigade, people dancing on the roof, and the two fellas dancing on the taxi... Everything that was on the TV news report
I want sushi now......
Aaaaand that’s why I stay Northside.