Norwich supporting world mental health day

[cambridgeshire canary 7,932]

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[Robornio 131]

A lovely gesture and credit to Lotus, too.

i just hope the actual logo is centralised. It’s playing absolute havoc with my OCD!

[Capt. Pants 5,152]

Yes well done Lotus, nice gesture.

[canarydan23 4,823]

I didn't even know this was a thing until work emailed saying we can take the day off, so I'm now a strong advocate.

[daly 556]

36 minutes ago, canarydan23 said:

I didn't even know this was a thing until work emailed saying we can take the day off, so I'm now a strong advocate.

No wonder the country’s in a mess

[canarydan23 4,823]

4 minutes ago, daly said:

No wonder the country’s in a mess

Yep, I think you've gotten to the bottom of it. 🤦‍♂️

[daly 556]

13 minutes ago, canarydan23 said:

Yep, I think you've gotten to the bottom of it. 🤦‍♂️

Dan you’re not an MP are you??

[canarydan23 4,823]

18 minutes ago, daly said:

Dan you’re not an MP are you??

Nope, but you should be with your unrivalled level of ability to establish just what is going wrong with the UK.

I mean, most people thought it was Brexit, the war in Ukraine, 12 years of Tory government including the election of demonstrably moronic PMs, an underfunded NHS and a productivity crisis with the workforce.

But actually, it's me getting a day off on Monday.

[cambridgeshire canary 7,932]

1 hour ago, canarydan23 said:

I didn't even know this was a thing until work emailed saying we can take the day off, so I'm now a strong advocate.

Raising awareness that the leading cause of death in men in the UK under 50 is suicide is a good thing. Hope they do more.

[canarydan23 4,823]

15 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Hope they do more.

2 days off?!

[daly 556]

2 hours ago, canarydan23 said:

Nope, but you should be with your unrivalled level of ability to establish just what is going wrong with the UK.

I mean, most people thought it was Brexit, the war in Ukraine, 12 years of Tory government including the election of demonstrably moronic PMs, an underfunded NHS and a productivity crisis with the workforce.

But actually, it's me getting a day off on Monday.

Probably right on most

[Naturalcynic 817]

In common with many others including friends and family, I’ve had my share of bouts of depression and severe anxiety necessitating medical care, so I empathise fully with mental health awareness.  But as I’ve said in relation to other causes and NCFC, cut the virtue signalling and focus on the football.

[nutty nigel 7,963]

It's not virtue signalling.

If it is then so are the poppies.

[cambridgeshire canary 7,932]

19 minutes ago, Naturalcynic said:

In common with many others including friends and family, I’ve had my share of bouts of depression and severe anxiety necessitating medical care, so I empathise fully with mental health awareness.  But as I’ve said in relation to other causes and NCFC, cut the virtue signalling and focus on the football.

Not too sure how raising money for a charity that helps people deal with mental health issues amidst a global suicide epidemic (Number one cause of death with all men aged between 25 and 50) is "virtue signalling"

17 minutes ago, nutty nigel said:

It's not virtue signalling.

If it is then so are the poppies.

i woud not advise bringing that up given that it seems that those who go on and on about how "awful" virtue signalling is seem to always be the type who as soon as it hits November 1st start shouting at everyone to wear poppies and demand stadiums have a minutes silence and decorate the entire place with poppies etc etc which is all very amusing given that wearing a poppy is pretty much the best textbook example of virtue signalling

[littleyellowbirdie 3,148]

I think it's really sweet of the club to make a gesture like this in support of all of the  'supporters' struggling with their mental health who are 'tortured' by us doing so well with the 'dross' on display game after game. Do you think they can set up a support hotline for them?

Edited October 7, 2022 by littleyellowbirdie

[Capt. Pants 5,152]

It amazes me that what the club are doing seems to invoke a negative reaction from some people. 

Mental health still has a stigma attached to it. I wonder if we would be having this conversation if the club had Big C on their shirts.

[essex canary 631]

6 hours ago, Capt. Pants said:

It amazes me that what the club are doing seems to invoke a negative reaction from some people. 

Mental health still has a stigma attached to it. I wonder if we would be having this conversation if the club had Big C on their shirts.

Absolutely. Whatever issues we have with the Club they deserve our wholehearted support on this issue.

[SwearyCanary 1,368]

11 hours ago, Naturalcynic said:

In common with many others including friends and family, I’ve had my share of bouts of depression and severe anxiety necessitating medical care, so I empathise fully with mental health awareness.  But as I’ve said in relation to other causes and NCFC, cut the virtue signalling and focus on the football.

Even if it does enough to save one life? Or signpost someone to get help sooner? Or make people feel it’s ok to talk about because it’s being explicitly advertised? 

Honestly can’t understand why anyone would be against this?? 

[Naturalcynic 817]

5 hours ago, SwearyCanary said:

Even if it does enough to save one life? Or signpost someone to get help sooner? Or make people feel it’s ok to talk about because it’s being explicitly advertised? 

Honestly can’t understand why anyone would be against this?? 

I’m just fed up with seemingly every match being used to promote or commemorate some worthy cause, and that includes poppies which has gone way beyond a simple and poignant act of remembrance at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month.  Whether it’s a message printed on the shirt, a pair of coloured laces, a symbolic action of support for something before the game, a minute’s applause for something or someone (particularly when it’s during the game which must be enormously distracting for the players), or whatever.  Barely a week goes by when there isn’t something and because it’s too commonplace it’s losing all meaning and significance.  The only thing I genuinely feel football, along with everything else, should observe is something of truly national significance such as the death of the Monarch.  That said, football’s clearly gone too far down the track to row back on all of this now so I suppose we’re stuck with the corporate virtue signalling.

[SwearyCanary 1,368]

9 hours ago, Naturalcynic said:

I’m just fed up with seemingly every match being used to promote or commemorate some worthy cause, and that includes poppies which has gone way beyond a simple and poignant act of remembrance at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month.  Whether it’s a message printed on the shirt, a pair of coloured laces, a symbolic action of support for something before the game, a minute’s applause for something or someone (particularly when it’s during the game which must be enormously distracting for the players), or whatever.  Barely a week goes by when there isn’t something and because it’s too commonplace it’s losing all meaning and significance.  The only thing I genuinely feel football, along with everything else, should observe is something of truly national significance such as the death of the Monarch.  That said, football’s clearly gone too far down the track to row back on all of this now so I suppose we’re stuck with the corporate virtue signalling.

Death of a young local fan trumps death of a monarch any day of the week. Applause distracting the players?? Maybe at Carrow road where their not used to much noise. 

Supporting good causes shows a club trying to promote positive values as part of a community. Long may it continue, and if it annoys some people enough that they are put off coming then all the better for those that game and opportunity to come in and fill the seats if the grumpy ‘I hate virtues’ brigade 

“won’t someone please think of the football!….” 

Edited October 8, 2022 by SwearyCanary

[TheGunnShow 7,470]

This is one way a club can positively get behind what happens in the community of which it is part, and become more enmeshed within it as a process.

If a cause is worthy, why not promote it via the club?

[Naturalcynic 817]

30 minutes ago, SwearyCanary said:

Death of a young local fan trumps death of a monarch any day of the week. Applause distracting the players?? Maybe at Carrow road where their not used to much noise. 

Supporting good causes shows a club trying to promote positive values as part of a community. Long may it continue, and if it annoys some people enough that they are put off coming then all the better for those that game and opportunity to come in and fill the seats if the grumpy ‘I hate virtues’ brigade 

“won’t someone please think of the football!….” 

Fair enough, but I hope you’d also be tolerant enough to accept that others are entitled to their views, even if they differ from yours.

[SwearyCanary 1,368]

14 minutes ago, Naturalcynic said:

Fair enough, but I hope you’d also be tolerant enough to accept that others are entitled to their views, even if they differ from yours.

Depends if those views try to impinge on my own freedoms. 

[Naturalcynic 817]

13 minutes ago, SwearyCanary said:

Depends if those views try to impinge on my own freedoms. 

I doubt that my views have any bearing on your personal freedoms, even if they do differ from yours.  Surely an outstanding teacher would welcome a diverse range of opinions being expressed and discussed and would also recognise that it’s a healthy thing in a functioning democracy.

Edited October 8, 2022 by Naturalcynic

[SwearyCanary 1,368]

1 hour ago, Naturalcynic said:

I doubt that my views have any bearing on your personal freedoms, even if they do differ from yours.  Surely an outstanding teacher would welcome a diverse range of opinions being expressed and discussed and would also recognise that it’s a healthy thing in a functioning democracy.

You’re right, they don’t, but I disagree that good causes shouldn’t be prompted by football clubs. Just my opinion. Not sure what relevance me being an outstanding teacher has on this,  other than for you to try and shoehorn it into the conversation as a weird way of trying to somehow weaponise it. Also not sure this topic is worth linking to a wider debate about ‘healthy democracy’. I guess you’re just trying to be provocative to distract you from all the good causes the football club is ramming down your throat. 

I’ll leave you to it.