All the best reactions to THAT viral video of the Cardiff safety net lecturer

Social media has been an absolute whirlwind the last 24 hours, after a video went viral of a lecturer at Cardiff University mocking students for wanting a safety-net policy and calling them ‘idiots’.

Dr. Helen McCarthy, a senior lecturer at the School of Biosciences, and one of the staff members responsible for awarding extenuating circumstances, was seemingly unaware that Panopto continues to record the main room when students have been sent into breakout rooms. The video was later uploaded onto the student portal, Learning Central, for everyone on the module to see.

The video, which was sent to The Cardiff Tab yesterday, has received over 100k views and over 1.5k retweets so far.

Actual footage of a Cardiff lecturer calling her students ‘idiots’ for wanting a safety net policy, joking they’re starting an ‘uprising’ and calling them ‘ridiculous’ for sharing petitions pic.twitter.com/dkSIgBsLnf

— Maddy Mussen (@midmaddo) January 11, 2021

People are rightfully upset about the comments made, but that hasn’t stopped them from laughing about the situation. In true student fashion, Dr. McCarthy has become somewhat of a meme in the last day, with numerous pictures, videos and comments popping up on social media, in particular the Cardiff student page Overheard at Cardiff University.

We’ve taken it upon ourselves to round up some of the best reactions to that viral video:

Is impeachment on the cards?

The latest season of Educating Cardiff looks wild

Gogglebox would have an absolute field day with that video

An intelligent Karen could destroy the world

Ah, the academic equivalent of the Karen: the Helen. https://t.co/FxwY1mwI3J

— Cait Heath (@katier992) January 11, 2021

It’s times like this we need to come together as a community

The whole world knows!!

I mean… did they lie?

“How do you think we all got here” probably by sitting your exams when it wasn’t illegal to leave your house???? https://t.co/x2qtZcicOW

— burgess (@_burgesss) January 12, 2021

The strikes last year seem to stick out for people

To sit there and say this after last year’s mid term strikes. All the while we’re still paying 9.25 k for e-learning access and zoom calls. The audacity https://t.co/zR4rqdGlXS

— Eugene Vatsaloo (@EugeneVatsaloo) January 12, 2021

And finally:

So while we’re all clearly shocked and horrified by the comments made, it’s good to see that the student community has come together to make light of the situation. If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that you should always be careful with online classes!

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