Should Clapping Be Banned?

What about inclusivity for the blind?

Snowflakes upset by clapping should be banned from the USA.

Ship them to Venezuela where they will be happy with the socialist policies AND constant gunfire!

She's British.

People that delicate should stay home. How can they even navigate a city to get to the theater if they’re that sensitive? Forcing everyone to conform is a power move, nothing more, nothing less.

This song was written for her...

What is this, this like 0.02% of the population? They'll have to take the loss. Sucks for them but you can't always get what you want, no one can.

One Australian school made the ban 3 years ago.

Australian school bans clapping in assemblies. A school in Sydney has banned clapping at assemblies in favour of "silent cheering", "excited faces" and "punching the air". The rule was introduced to respect a teacher with a hearing condition that causes sensitivity to noise, said New South Wales education officials.

R7

Sure fire election strategy! Thanks for the tip!

This is modern day Britain in a nutshell.

I'd like quieter clappers and LESS microphones in the audience.

Lots of those TV talent shows have more microphones in the audience than on the singer.

So I have to sit in the dark for the rest of my life?

I'm an anxious little snowflake and even I think this is absurd. Cover your ears ffs if it bothers you that much.

Its confusing because arent we practically always clapping at a sound filled performance? A concert, a play, a speech etc. Anyway sounds like she should just sit at the back.

She needs to have her ears boxed instead.

WTF is going on in the UK? They have all these special snowflake rules, trans rights, etc. ; yet somehow they elect Tory politicians who have done almost as good of a job of destroying their middle class as the GOP has in the US?!

Jesus Fucking Christ.

R15, they’re too lazy to get to the polls.

Quakers do this. Assumed it was because silence is so important to them...? But they are definitely concerned with inclusivity so maybe that’s why.

Such bullshit.

Miss Bonnie will have NONE of that, thank you very much!

I would ban the horrific loud "music" in the subways, along with the screeching preachers and homeless beggars in the subway before clapping. Because that shit actually gives me anxiety and makes me nervous. To ban clapping is just exposing the lunacy of our next generation. If you're that sensitive, don't leave your mother's basement.

You would think that evolution would have taken care of members of a species that are so delicate and incapable of functioning.

Instead, it appears that the species is becoming less adaptable and less able to cope with our environment.

If you're too delicate for clapping in a theater due to "sensitivity to loud sounds," I'm betting the decibels arising during the show should also be too much to handle - thus proving you're not sensitive, you're a nutjob and so emotionally stunted that society would be better if you didn't participate in it.

R12---Seriously! Earplugs, head phones, cotton balls...all available to accommodate people who cannot tolerate clapping/noises. People won't stop clapping after thousands of years, however stupid a gesture it may be. Humans clap naturally. Observe a baby.

Woo Woos and whistling should be banned on pain of death.

If someone is so triggered by people clapping then they shouldn't be outside the house.

We should ban people with anxiety.

"Clapping back" should be banned.

Think of the children with no hands. They can’t wave, snap or do jazz hands.

R28, you moved me to tears.

And what about all the little dead children? What about THEM?

No one should have clap.

These students think people with anxiety need protection against clapping but think women who experience anxiety about transwomen like Jessica Yaniv and Alex Drummond following them into toilets are raging bigots.

Is there an over-the-counter cream to get rid of the clap?

How do DLers with no hands post?

Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Fine, but can you still hoooooller (at the top of your lungs) "Bravoooo! Bravissimaaaa! ENCOOOORE! ENCOOOOOORE!" at the opera house?

If everyone simply applauded the proper 'mannered dandy' style, this existential conundrum could have been avoided.

FUCK NO. If applause is a problem for you, stay home.

I'm bemused, because these people who can't stand the sound of clapping, etc. are the same ones with social media bios calling themselves "fierce warriors" and saying "Will. Never. Give. Up."

Give.Me.A.Break.

Don't you feel bad at curtain calls where some people receive more applause than others? With no applause we can avoid this kind of judgmental harassment.

One’s ability to clap like a Nancy boy must be protected.

R15

Maybe it's connected. The snowflakes have so thoroughly alienated the working class in the UK, former Labour strongholds are voting Tory.

Judging from the election results, even people in the UK are fed up with this kind of shit.

This is anoyther reason SJWs are laughed at by the average person.

Oh Goo God! @EllenCScott is damn foolish.

Holy fuck. I am offended by people who are offended all the time. Seriously, enough is enough.

In r20's clip, at about 2:20 a man stands up to say "When I was eight..." and I would swear to God that's Sandy Duncan in male drag.

What a marvelshous swell idea! Jazz hands!!

I'm sensitive to morons and idiots. Can they all stay home?

What lunacy. We are not going to stop clapping. If you don’t like it stay home or wear earplugs. This is the same nonsense that has people announcing their fucking pronouns.

R18: I'm a Quaker, and I don't know what you're talking about.

If you're referring to our lack of clerics or what is called "silent Meeting," that has nothing to do with a ban on clapping.

Fuck this shit.

Out of sensitivity for R49, we should request the entire Trump family never go outside. Think of poor, sensitive R49!

Our local children's theatre has one performance each run that is "Sensory-Friendly," and I think it's handled rather nicely.

" * Magical Series - Sensory-Friendly Performances: All performances at the Children's Theatre are open to all attendees, with any special needs. On Thursday, February 6 at 4:30pm, will also limit the audience size, and modify the lighting and sound for the production to create a very sensory-friendly environment for our audience members who may appreciate a little more space, and more gentle lighting and sound transitions. "

I would be sad if clapping was banned, because I am a "clapper," who inspires others to clap, thus eliciting a more connected performance.

It's a tribal gesture that goes back thousands of years. Only the zombies of our inhuman age would object to it.

I’ll clap at that bitch’s funeral.

I agree. I hate clapping. I have sensitive ears and it’s too loud.

You wouldn’t miss it. It’s not doing you any favors either.

But I understand I’m in the minority and don’t usually go to functions like this. I’ve worn earplugs, but they’re not the greatest.

You’ll never know what it’s like until you become part of some minority.

The clapping sure was deafening as Boris Johnson and the Conservatives won the election in a landslide, right?

But you totally get it R58. You don't go to functions where there is clapping. We are all part of a minority at some point in our lives so we don't take part in that function that will cause us distress. If the sound of clapping hurts your ears you don't go to events where there is clapping. Do we now have distracting signing at all theatrical events because there might be deaf people who want to go? No because it will inconvenience overwhelmingly more people than it will help.

Maybe there should be Special Snowflake performances where it will be announced beforehand: "There Will Be No Clapping at this Performance Because Snowflakes Will Be Attending.'

It's the latest episode in the Everybody's-A-Victim-Utter Narcissism craze.

I’ve actually seen Millenials do this and had no idea what they were doing until I read this.

Finger snapping is also an alternative people use

Is pussy-grabbing still allowed?

That's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard.

[quote] Finger snapping is also an alternative people use

I despise that stupid finger-snapping nonsense. It seems beyond rude, arrogant, and condescending.

[quote]I agree. I hate clapping. I have sensitive ears and it’s too loud.

R58 Everybody's got something.

What you have to do is learn to be tolerant.

I don't expect you to accommodate my quirks.

Meanwhile, gluten free and religion gets whatever it wants.

And Pete has a signer at his events, and that’s wonderful. I jazz hand him.

How about soft clapping.? This isn’t medieval Notre Dame. We don’t have to be so boorish.

This goes along with a column I saw where a mother whose children are under 5 asks them if it’s okay before she hugs or kisses them.

She wants to tell the grandparents they have to start asking permission too.

I hate people, therefor all people should disappear to accommodate me.

All the Woolworths in my state now switch off all their lights between 1 and 2pm of a Tuesday and only have a dim blue light on, to cater for autistic people who are sensitive to light!

I’ll be clapping til I die. Thanks.