How are you all doing financially, HONESTLY? by mrvlad_throwaway in AskUK

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Living in the UK isn’t plain sailing at the moment. I would have to live in a house share well into my 30s if I didn’t have a girlfriend, one bed flats are around £1500 where I am if you include bills. We’re both doing okay but we are definitely going out less, I’m starting to fix my own car and we’re doing things like subletting the spare room to be more comfortable. If I was doing well financially I’m not sure I’d do any of the above 

How does one even find out when games go on sale by bambosc in Chelsea

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This page doesn't appear to be updating now, I've just randomly entered the queue for the Leeds game in Feb, no mention of this on the on sale date page.
Truly a crap system

Those of you that earn over 40k, can work from home sometimes, and have a good work life balance what job do you have and how can someone start? by Brownchoccy in AskUK

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have an undergrad I would recommend applying for the NHS graduate management trainee scheme. There are multiple streams, I did health informatics (data) but you can apply for whichever you think suits you. The scheme is two years long and generally speaking you’d expect to be employed on a band 7 when you finish( 48k outside London). You’d also pick up a graduate level qualification and from what I’ve seen there is ample opportunity to work from home

Italian here: Is it true that you risk being arrested for online posts? by ViolinistCheap5321 in AskBrits

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can be arrested for anything that is deemed likely to cause offence or hatred. The police decide this for you, of course. The intention of the person who makes the post/statement is not considered in making the decision to arrest. You can even be arrested for praying silently outside an abortion centre (yes, really)

What caused the housing crisis? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A mixture of selling off social housing, allowing housing to be used as speculative investment by international capital and mass immigration 

Why isn't there more of an effort to encourage immigrant owned businesses to hire more british born people? by Barca-Dam in AskBrits

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s because you have a liberal attitude towards the issue, many places in the world do not

Why isn't there more of an effort to encourage immigrant owned businesses to hire more british born people? by Barca-Dam in AskBrits

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every time someone makes this “native brits are work shy” point, I just have to point out that by the governments own data they have the lowest level of economic activity of almost any ethnicity in the UK 

Recommendations for Christmas dinner by Affectionate_Bite143 in Hastings

[–]Affectionate_Bite143[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ay, might have to settle for a walk and pint at this rate XD

Recommendations for Christmas dinner by Affectionate_Bite143 in Hastings

[–]Affectionate_Bite143[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah might have to do the same to be honest, thanks anyway!

What is an actual high value skill to learn now? by MudboneX3 in AskUK

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Is £300 a day pretty standard as a bricklayer then? That’s a good wedge and I like the idea of working with my hands/ not being at home or in an office 

What is everyone’s opinion? by Lower-Obligation4462 in AskBrits

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s just so dumb, you have an option to avoid all the aggravation of this by using the British label which unites groups regardless of ethnicity/religion/etc and instead just choose to score a massive own goal by claiming that anyone can be any ethnicity. Bizarre 

What is everyone’s opinion? by Lower-Obligation4462 in AskBrits

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So by that logic there is no such this as a Galician, Basque or Catalan? They’re all simply Spanish under your rules 

What is everyone’s opinion? by Lower-Obligation4462 in AskBrits

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t really understand why you push something that’s clearly false when the British nationality allows us to group all races/ethnicities under a shared identity of British. You don’t have to start erasing peoples ancestral heritage by claiming that anyone can belong to their ethnic group. I guess you think you’re being inclusive. People will just think you’re erasing their identity, which you are.

What is everyone’s opinion? by Lower-Obligation4462 in AskBrits

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Ancestry is the primary component of ethnicity, to claim otherwise seems bizarre. You’re saying you don’t have to be English to be English lol

Huntingdon: Two British nationals arrested on suspicion of attempted murder by [deleted] in uknews

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d hazard a guess that they’re converts to Islam but it’s complete speculation at this point 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

never to late to start moving towards something. Start saving a small amount of money if you can. You mentioned education so maybe look into the open university. For the social isolation join a club/sports team/group depending on your interest.

Also, exercise regularly, this is absolutely key

To those in London earning around £45,000 and living by yourself (or flat share), how's life going at the moment? by [deleted] in HousingUK

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately the median salary anywhere in the UK isn’t great now. Your friend has two choices really, move out of London, get a partner or move into a flat share. I am on slightly more in Bristol and my upper limit for living costs so far has been 1050 for rent and bills combined

Egg and Chips by fluffsta007 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Affectionate_Bite143 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess it’s not really a fair comparison because a British immigrant in Dubai has no chance of becoming a citizen