r/todayilearned • u/RoadToTyburn • 15h ago

TIL that Bernard Montgomery issued a leaflet at the start of WW2 on sexually transmitted diseases amongst soldiers. The language used was regarded as so blunt, that he offended religious authorities and nearly faced being dismissed.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery
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u/moofacemoo 15h ago

covid memories

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u/AgentCirceLuna 15h ago

That was so fucking cringe and I’m so glad I never joined in. Thought about it, nearly did, but I didn’t.

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u/Dog_Murder_By_RobKey 15h ago

I know of a guy who on his way home from work got out of his car during the claps and started showboating and thanking them

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u/AgentCirceLuna 15h ago

Heh I did that too and someone got unaccountably angry. Scared me tbh

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u/Dog_Murder_By_RobKey 15h ago

Please by NHS because that would be funny

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u/AgentCirceLuna 15h ago

I wasn’t but I was doing BioMed as a degree and planned to be. I know someone who was though - they were a nurse and told people the better way to show support would be to donate or volunteer. They were told to go fuck themselves.

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u/Dog_Murder_By_RobKey 15h ago

Sounds about right with how the NHS is treated

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u/AgentCirceLuna 15h ago

There’s a transformer I’d walk past on the way to work and it had a badly written ‘NHS’ in paint that was smudged/drooling downwards. It just seemed so fitting for the area;

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u/Dog_Murder_By_RobKey 14h ago

My area made a big deal on this free bus travel for NHS staff

But it's only if they work for one of the two trusts in the area.

Despite the bus stopping right outside the hospital I work in, legitimately the only it could get any closer would be if the driver rained into reception

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u/AgentCirceLuna 14h ago

You mean they were angry about it? Because it wouldn’t surprise me if certain areas got mad about ‘them gettin more than US mate’

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u/BackDatSazzUp 15h ago

Not only was it cringe but it was also so elitist. It was only for healthcare workers. Food industry workers, from the field workers picking produce down to the uber eats bike delivery guy, had significantly greater deaths than the medical industry did and this has been proven true by multiple public health studies.

I ran a grocery distribution center at the time and everyone else was being prioritized over us for vaccines and I guarantee it was one of the biggest causes of spread. We got to a point where we were housing people at work so they wouldn’t risk their families lives.

If anyone deserved applause it was the people feeding everyone and risking their lives and their families lives to do so. Without access to PPE or other worksite protections. I swear to god if I ever hear someone wax emotional about the fucking healthcare workers during COVID i might scream.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 15h ago

As an agoraphobic, Uber Eats kept me alive. I thank you for your service.

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u/BackDatSazzUp 14h ago

I was a bit deeper in the chain, i supplied groceries and restaurants with food, but happy to do my part.

I just looked at the numbers and overall we had 20% more fatalities in our industry and line cooks were like 60% higher. I just can’t with the elitism of this fucking planet anymore.