‘Snowflake’ Oxford University students ban clapping and replace it with ‘jazz hands’ to stop ‘anxiety’

Zoomzoom · Oct 25, 2019

I find the American habit of clapping for every little thing anyone says or does annoying.

Just putting it out there.

satanboy · Oct 25, 2019

Why don't they just kill themselves, so that the rest of us can move on?

On second thoughts, I have moved on.

satanboy · Oct 25, 2019

Zoomzoom said:
I find the American habit of clapping for every little thing anyone says or does annoying.

Just putting it out there.

Like morons clapping (and cheering) in a movie theater. WTF

If the director or actors were in attendance I could still understand.

GreatWmR · Oct 25, 2019

GreatWmR · Oct 25, 2019

Jopie Fourie · Oct 25, 2019

satanboy said:
Like morons clapping (and cheering) in a movie theater. WTF

If the director or actors were in attendance I could still understand.

Zoomzoom · Oct 25, 2019

Jopie Fourie said:

LOL They totally HAVE to make it law to do jazz hands with that face from now on.

LCBXX · Oct 25, 2019

Jopie Fourie said:

Zoomzoom said:
LOL They totally HAVE to make it law to do jazz hands with that face from now on.

Fail. Mocking of jazz-hands is a micro-aggression. Trying to dodge that bullet by abusing a model of Asian decent is racist.

surface · Oct 25, 2019

Zoomzoom said:
I find the American habit of clapping for every little thing anyone says or does annoying.

Just putting it out there.

Is there anyone who doesn't annoy you? Asking for a friend.

konfab · Oct 25, 2019

I see the UK is taking trends from the US again.

Imagine if you set a firecracker off in front of these people. They would die of triggering..

flippakitten · Oct 25, 2019

Jopie Fourie said:
Uh yeah, but the Brits never was a war nation, nor were they good at war and most of the time they had to rely on the help of other nations. They were defeated by a small hand full of Boers in the first Anglo-Boer War. Although the Boers surrendered in the second Anglo-Boer War, 80,000+ of them were f**ked up where less than 3,000 boer casualties were reported. As for Normandy, most credit would have to go to the US and French soldiers. I think the Brits were somewhere in the back. So yeah, very traumatizing for the snowflakes.

What? English were very much a war nation and pretty good at.

Military history of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Voice · Oct 25, 2019

Jopie Fourie said:
Uh yeah, but the Brits never was a war nation, nor were they good at war and most of the time they had to rely on the help of other nations. They were defeated by a small hand full of Boers in the first Anglo-Boer War. Although the Boers surrendered in the second Anglo-Boer War, 80,000+ of them were f**ked up where less than 3,000 boer casualties were reported. As for Normandy, most credit would have to go to the US and French soldiers. I think the Brits were somewhere in the back. So yeah, very traumatizing for the snowflakes.

You mean the country that had the most powerful navy in the world? And the only one in Europe to successfully defend itself against the Nazis?

Nah, the British military (a few scuffles with the Boers aside) was peak. There's a theory, though, that after so many wars, where the physically and mentally strongest and fittest were the first to be drafted and, in large conflicts like WW1 and WW2, the first to die, the gene pool started slowly thinning out. The women, children, elderly and sick (physically and mentally) were all left on the island. 100 years after WW1, this kind of crap really isn't all that surprising.

Also, consider the fact that these students have had no major world conflict in their lifetimes - nor have their parents. They've been born into the most peaceful period in human history - they have all the rights and privileges they could ever want. They literally have NOTHING to fight for. So making up random bullshit to stand up for, while completely pathetic, actually makes sense.

Jopie Fourie · Oct 25, 2019

flippakitten said:
What? English were very much a war nation and pretty good at.

Military history of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In their own minds and writing too. In reality, well, not so much.

Jopie Fourie · Oct 25, 2019

The Voice said:
You mean the country that had the most powerful navy in the world? And the only one in Europe to successfully defend itself against the Nazis?

Nah, the British military (a few scuffles with the Boers aside) was peak. There's a theory, though, that after so many wars, where the physically and mentally strongest and fittest were the first to be drafted and, in large conflicts like WW1 and WW2, the first to die, the gene pool started slowly thinning out. The women, children, elderly and sick (physically and mentally) were all left on the island. 100 years after WW1, this kind of crap really isn't all that surprising.

Also, consider the fact that these students have had no major world conflict in their lifetimes - nor have their parents. They've been born into the most peaceful period in human history - they have all the rights and privileges they could ever want. They literally have NOTHING to fight for. So making up random bullshit to stand up for, while completely pathetic, actually makes sense.

Lol. You have a skewed sense of the UK's warfare ability. Over and above this, take a look at the news article again. These are the type of people the UK one day needs to send to war? Come on. Laughable at best. I see the following if today's Brits get into conflict -

flippakitten · Oct 25, 2019

Jopie Fourie said:
Lol. You have a skewed sense of the UK's warfare ability.

Can't be that bad considering you're posting in English and not German, Portuguese, Dutch or Spanish...

flippakitten · Oct 25, 2019

Jopie Fourie said:
Lol. You have a skewed sense of the UK's warfare ability. Over and above this, take a look at the news article again. These are the type of people the UK one day needs to send to war? Come on. Laughable at best. I see the following if today's Brits get into conflict -

Well... Let me remind you of:

Jopie Fourie · Oct 25, 2019

flippakitten said:
Can't be that bad considering you're posting in English and not German, Portuguese, Dutch or Spanish...

I have no problem with English or even the Brits for that matter, just saying they are a bunch of panzies drinking tea all day, that is all.

flippakitten said:
Well... Let me remind you of:

Well, yeah, that is how some people roll....

SoldierMan · Oct 25, 2019

Good golly miss molly, I haven't heard anything that ridiculous in a long time!
What a joke Britain has become.

Zoomzoom · Oct 25, 2019

LCBXX said:
Fail. Mocking of jazz-hands is a micro-aggression. Trying to dodge that bullet by abusing a model of Asian decent is racist.

Am in a relationship with an Asian so I'm allowed. Is it mocking if I was being serious? The expression is just awesome, totally completes the gesture in all its gloriousness.

Flanders · Oct 25, 2019

konfab said:
I see the UK is taking trends from the US again.

Imagine if you set a firecracker off in front of these people. They would die of triggering..

You beat me to it. Was just about to post this cracker of a clip.

‘Snowflake’ Oxford University students ban clapping and replace it with ‘jazz hands’ to stop ‘anxiety’

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