# I'm pitting spring breakers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 20, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858 "2020-03-20T02:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/1 "2020-03-20T02:12:04Z")
I’m having a “get off my lawn” moment here. What the fuck is wrong with these kids? > **['Ain't that serious': Miami spring breakers party on](https://news.yahoo.com/aint-serious-miami-spring-breakers-074801407.html)** > > It's one of many public health questions facing the United States: how to convince party-hungry spring breakers to take the coronavirus seriously and opt for social distancing, instead of the beach. In Miami, bars, restaurants and nightclubs will... > **[Young people ignoring social distancing is ‘irresponsible’, says one MD](https://news.yahoo.com/young-people-ignoring-social-distancing-221824000.html)** > > Government and health officials have warned Americans to avoid group gatherings of more than 10 people in recent days in an effort called social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus. But a lot of young people have defied these orders. “If I... > **[People Are Absolutely Not Stoked On The Viral Spring Breakers Video](https://uproxx.com/life/spring-breakers-social-distancing-coronavirus/)** > > Stay home! > **[Spring Breakers Were Asked What They Thought About Coronavirus & Hoo Boy,...](https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/spring-breakers-coronavirus/)** > > CBS recently interviewed some Miami spring breakers about the coronavirus pandemic and, honestly, I don't know know whether to laugh or cry. > **[Spring Breakers Party on Beaches Despite Social Distancing Orders](https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/18/twerking-spring-breakers-party-south-florida-beaches-despite-social-distancing-orders/)** > > Young people defied orders to practice social distancing as coronavirus concerns steadily increase, congregating on South Florida beaches. “If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I’m not going to let it stop me from partying.” “It’s really messing up with my spring break. What is there to do here other than go to the bars or the beach? And they’re closing all of it. I think they’re blowing it way out of proportion. I think it’s doing way too much.” “What they’re doing is bad, we need a refund. This virus ain’t that serious. There’s more serious things out there like hunger and poverty, we need to address that.” “We’re just living for the moment.” “The only corona here is the one I’m drinking. It’s not worse than other flu viruses. Bird flu and swine flu killed more. It’s a way for the government to trick people… Young people today have the immune system of an ox.” You have to wonder how many of these idiots will be attending a family funeral in the next six months because they had to go get wasted on a beach. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/2 "2020-03-20T03:53:43Z")
Don’t worry - no spring breakers will be posting here. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/3 "2020-03-20T06:10:00Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You have to wonder how many of these idiots will be attending a family funeral in the next six months because they had to go get wasted on a beach. I’m wondering how many of them will be the guests of honor at such a funeral. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/4 "2020-03-20T12:46:43Z")
I’m sure they are going out of their way to find the absolute most appalling quotes, and I think that’s a great idea.It makes people who violate self-isolation look like the worst–selfish little bratty kids. That’s exactly how we want people thinking about people that don’t self-isolate: with self-righteous scorn. No one wants to be them, and that’s all the more reason to stay home. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/5 "2020-03-20T12:57:19Z")
Did you have a problem with people who didn’t self-isolate during flu epidemics, too? All of the same arguments apply there. Different people have different standards of what risks are acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/6 "2020-03-20T15:32:27Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Did you have a problem with people who didn’t self-isolate during flu epidemics, too? All of the same arguments apply there. Different people have different standards of what risks are acceptable. Wait, what?? What?? This is the pit…I can’t believe I’m pitting Chronos… The worst possible things anyone could do now FOR SOCIETY is to fly to another state or country (just BEING IN AN AIRPORT for a few hours is bad enough), then hang out for a week in close contact with a large group of people from all over the US, then return to their hometowns. Please tell me you were joking. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/7 "2020-03-20T15:46:14Z")
ETA: Chronos, your post can only be explained by one of four things: 1. Ignorance; 2. Breathtaking selfishness; 3. Trolling; 4. Joking. I hope it isn’t #1, since you are a long-time moderator on a site explicitly dedicated to fighting ignorance. I’m hoping it’s #4 (“joking” can include “a mocking parody of morons,” and I’m a victim of Poe’s Law). I’d be disappointed to find it’s #2. I really doubt it’s #3, and I’m certainly not accusing you of that. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/8 "2020-03-20T16:28:46Z")
I was gobsmacked when I read that reply also. Reread several times, in fact. I’m sure it’s mockery and it went over our heads for a moment. **Chronos** , honey, use your rolley eyes when you make a joke like that! ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/9 "2020-03-20T16:30:09Z")
How old are these videos? I think it’s worth remembering that the messaging on this has changed at lightning speed. If these students began their break on, say, Friday, March 6th, what people were being told at the time was basically “wash your hands a lot, self-isolate if you have symptoms, and be really cautious if you’re older or immunocompromised, otherwise don’t worry too much.” California announced yesterday that it was going on full lockdown. _One week_ before that, on March 12, it hadn’t even banned large gatherings. My mom, who is not by any means in the reckless-spring-breaker demographic, traveled to San Diego and attended the first day of a big writer’s conference before they shut it down. This has moved incredibly fast, and a lot of people are not really plugged in to the latest news and messaging, particularly if they are on vacation. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/10 "2020-03-20T16:31:46Z")
I saw them. Selfish bitches. “Like, um, really, like I just wanna get drunk and fuck the world, yolo!” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/11 "2020-03-20T16:32:37Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > How old are these videos? “If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I’m not going to let it stop me from partying” appears to be from Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/12 "2020-03-20T16:37:02Z")
For years we’ve known that the risk-assessment part of the human brain didn’t fully develop until the early to mid twenties. This is some crazy-clear evidence for that. So on the one hand, yeah, these are a bunch of bratty entitled kids. On the other hand, it’s really foolish for the adults to leave it up to kids to judge the risks for themselves, and then get mad when they judge it incorrectly. It’s also evidence that we need clearer executive orders around isolation. Restaurant and bar owners have those fully-developed brains and are still staying open. Mayors have those developed brains and aren’t closing parks and public spaces. They’re the ones that really deserve pitting. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/13 "2020-03-20T16:43:03Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Restaurant and bar owners have those fully-developed brains and are still staying open. Responsible restaurants are open only for take-out or delivery. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/14 "2020-03-20T17:18:42Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > I’m sure they are going out of their way to find the absolute most appalling quotes, and I think that’s a great idea.It makes people who violate self-isolation look like the worst–selfish little bratty kids. That’s exactly how we want people thinking about people that don’t self-isolate: with self-righteous scorn. No one wants to be them, and that’s all the more reason to stay home. Yes, excellent idea, nothing works best at promoting the idea in a target group that they should pay heed to what society and the news tells them to do than having the news deliberately portray them in an exaggerated negative way that doesn’t reflect reality as they themselves can ascertain and promotes and directs hate against them by the rest of society. Extra doubly effective when it’s older people doing it against people barely past their teens. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/15 "2020-03-20T18:18:35Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > “If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I’m not going to let it stop me from partying” appears to be from Wednesday. Sounds like _all_ my Wednesdays. Except the corona part. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/16 "2020-03-20T18:44:21Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > “If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I’m not going to let it stop me from partying” appears to be from Wednesday. A Doper would never be that foolhardy. > [@Vegas, Baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegas-baby/849062/1): > > The wife and I will spend a few days in Vegas next month, assuming we’re let out of Hawaii – who knows what will be happening at that time? – and the coronavirus be damned. I’m not all that concerned with the coronavirus anyway, as I’m more of a Dos Equis man. Um, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/17 "2020-03-20T18:58:14Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > Yes, excellent idea, nothing works best at promoting the idea in a target group that they should pay heed to what society and the news tells them to do than having the news deliberately portray them in an exaggerated negative way that doesn’t reflect reality as they themselves can ascertain and promotes and directs hate against them by the rest of society. > > Extra doubly effective when it’s older people doing it against people barely past their teens. There have been ample polite advisories telling people they shouldn’t gather in unnecessary crowds. Reasonable people, including young college students, listened and took heed. The people we’re talking about here are the other ones. The ones who don’t listen to reason. These people need to have somebody shout at them and call them stupid. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/18 "2020-03-20T19:04:41Z")
Could someone take such risks even if they felt like it? I know someone who had a holiday in Venice booked for right now, but all that is very cancelled, and even if someone made it past the border police and lockdowns (or had anticipated them and travelled in advance) into town their vacation would consist of being stuck in a hotel room with severe penalties if they go out. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/19 "2020-03-20T19:34:33Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > Could someone take such risks even if they felt like it? I know someone who had a holiday in Venice booked for right now, but all that is very cancelled, and even if someone made it past the border police and lockdowns (or had anticipated them and travelled in advance) into town their vacation would consist of being stuck in a hotel room with severe penalties if they go out. [This](http://www.declanfinn.com/2020/03/i-have-returned-from-italy-part-1-oh.html) is the tale of a right-wing fuckwit who decided not to cancel his Italian vacation. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/20 "2020-03-20T20:21:36Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [This](http://www.declanfinn.com/2020/03/i-have-returned-from-italy-part-1-oh.html) is the tale of a right-wing fuckwit who decided not to cancel his Italian vacation. The ugly American root of the problem: > [@](#): > > We got to the gate at 6:15. The gate was EMPTY. Completely empty. We saw the plane on the tarmac, and it had a staircase going up to the plane. > > Okay, I figure we’re screwed. We’re going to be stuck there a while. > > Then my wife pushed off through the doors onto the tarmac. I followed. Maybe we’d be able to get on the plane after all. Maybe we’re not screwed. Yeah, imagine what would have happened to him in a US airport if he followed his wife through a closed door into a secured area. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858.md?page=2)