Love In A Covid Climate dating site forum from the Lockdown Sceptics website
Oh.
This afternoon.
Seeking a rebellious mate?
Following criticism at the launch of a dating section on his ‘Lockdown Sceptics’ website…
…site founder Toby Young writes:
After I was contacted by the Evening Standard asking me to comment on the “adverse reaction online”, I had a chat with the Forum moderators.
Should we abandon the whole idea?
Would it be too much work to constantly weed out the pranksters, particularly if “Love in a Covid Climate” attracts a bit of publicity?
They heroically concluded it would not and set to work tidying it up. I can’t promise that no hoaxers will get through from now on, but we should be able to spot them fairly quickly.
Since we cleaned it up “Love in a Covid Climate” appears to have taken off, with plenty of legitimate users now posting messages. And I’m happy to weather the Twitter storm if readers think it’s a useful service.
The most common barbs revolve around the fact that lockdown sceptics are more likely to have the virus than other people, making them extremely unappealing as potential romantic partners.
I even got an email from a reporter at the Guardian asking me to respond to the charge that the forum could spread coronavirus and harm the individuals involved…
FIGHT!
Love In A Covid Climate (Lockdown Sceptics)
Meanwhile….
“I don’t want a sterile world.”
Cheryl, a photographer from the Cotswolds, England asks covidly: how do you survive ‘without meaning’?
it wouldn’t surprise me if ’56 year old lady in hampshire’ was our very own charger.
Ah stop
(๑˙❥˙๑)
How come this poster is allowed have multiple usernames?
Same email login & avatar
Back in the day of whole-time Frilly
T’was changed according to the mood / weather
i.e. Frill the 8th, Campaign for Frilly etc
Login email was always the same, like the same user account
And the occasional swap out of avatar was most likely flagged anyway
Everyone knew who t’was
Including Mods
Same for Vanessa,
Of the Telly, The Holy face of etc
Same email for all V/ Vanessa stuff
And again Mods are well aware
And just in case you’re still worried
I announced not here that I was no longer posting from the Frilly Keane base email account
That’s why you see funny avatars on old posta
Remember when you were ABM? and dirty Mani? The best was when you were Mick Flavin and you drew those class pics for a tenner..
Happy Days!
And your good self Scottie
Funny thing is, when I mentioned to Jimmy earlier that I was reopening the ‘Frilly Files’ kinda dunno yet
He said
Why not?
You already have a ready made army of trolls!!
What could go wrong???
Go for it
Jx
That’s our Frilly; check out the Bake Off posts; the forensic accounting and much more to boot. A valued member of the (sadly much diminished) original BS community.
Ah ya dote Lush
Just thinking there now
You know that @ireland Account on the Twitter?
The one that gets ‘curated’ by someone famous – Irish famous?
Not Rhianna stuff
Anyway I reckon we should take turns to be ABM, Mani, and of course Rotide
Maybe even Memes
he’s on his holibops
OkStupid
V. good, that man :)
Reddit didit first.
Eat, drink and make love before the apocalypse lays you.
And, of course, everyone’s taking Toby’s attempt at playing Cupid very very seriously.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ee_XYoPXYAEVvDr?format=png&name=900×900
https://twitter.com/search?q=lockdown%20sceptics%20dating&src=typeahead_click
Toby Young’s memoir ‘How to Lose Friends and Alienate People’ was LOL funny.
If you read about 1918, none of this behaviour is unusual.
Or don’t and be mean to them online
No difference either way ( prove me wrong!)
:)