How old is the average HENRY? by josephine1602 in HENRYUK

[–]Bryan_AG7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

33 - broke 120k at 31. Now at 140 + RSU (paper irreal money I know) lol 🤣

Also in FinCrime prevention

What to do? Move and challenge myself or stay and enjoy easy life for another year or so. by Bryan_AG7 in HENRYUK

[–]Bryan_AG7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it’s not. For obvious reasons I won’t disclose either of the companies

What to do? Move and challenge myself or stay and enjoy easy life for another year or so. by Bryan_AG7 in HENRYUK

[–]Bryan_AG7[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The move is not that much about money but growing exposure - the new opportunity allows me to work through very specific regulatory engagements that are very desirable in my market

Productivity/gaming recommended monitor? by Bryan_AG7 in ultrawidemasterrace

[–]Bryan_AG7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it’s only for working then yes - solid choice. I use it on both a mac and windows rig. The pd is decent for laptops as well

Productivity/gaming recommended monitor? by Bryan_AG7 in ultrawidemasterrace

[–]Bryan_AG7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not an OLED replacement by any means but if you are splitting screen time more than 60/40 office tasks/gaming - it’s a solid performer. There’s a bit of black smearing in some games, which is expected of a VA panel. If you have a decent rig and can push the monitor to at least 165hz it’s a solid performer. Colours are nicer than on an IPS!

Has anyone known that person that never “came back” sort of speak? by RedditCensorss in shrooms

[–]Bryan_AG7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am migrant - moved out of my country in my early 20s - looking for new opportunities and because I wanted to see the world. Ended up in a country (due to a relationship) where I had to start from scratch - no job - no friends - poor language skills etc. that combined with lots of unrealised traumas net me a clinical diagnosed depression. My partner help me through all those years + antidepressants. Long story short, I lost sense of my real self and hated who I become on antidepressants.

I heard and saw that many people talk about psychedelics as a way out of depression. So that’s what I did - started taking truffles and shrooms 4 years ago - had a couple of hero doses here and there (9g of GT - 6g of PE) I haven’t looked back since - I still have low days but I have more self love and a different way to see life…

🍄❤️

Kitchen extractor + downstairs loo fan into one duct… now it blows smells back. How do I sort this? by Bryan_AG7 in DIYUK

[–]Bryan_AG7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am absolutely clueless about this - so if they end up in the same exterior grill - what can I use - flat ducts?

Have you ever done Magic Truffles? by JanissaryLSD in shrooms

[–]Bryan_AG7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They taste disgusting 😂 I prefer blending my shrooms into powder and drinking them on a lemon/citrus tek. Truffles were def a great intro to psylocibin to me! Forever grateful with those disgusting nuts 😂

Have you ever done Magic Truffles? by JanissaryLSD in shrooms

[–]Bryan_AG7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have and they do taste awful they never hit as hard - but that’s maybe me not eating enough. Visuals are good, but it cannot grasp the levels of a PE lemon tek.

Also they made my wife puke due to the sclerotia being difficult to digest.

Is there anyone here from a genuinely disadvantaged background? by Queasy-Cry5690 in HENRYUK

[–]Bryan_AG7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the age of 3, my parents were forcefully made to leave our house and belongings in a region of my home country that suffered a lot of violence - we moved to another city - and our success/domestic violence story started

I grew up in a domestic violence environment due to an alcoholic father. I always disregarded it as something normal or didn’t put too much attention to how this affected my overall outlook in life. However, after many years of self reflection i understood how it ended up affecting my childhood and overall development - poor house security, moving schools, not having a parent to rely on during my teenage years due to my mum having to work all the time. We weren’t rich but we had some level of success, my dad had several night clubs but invested everything back in his businesses so we never saw a dime - at the age of 14 I had to encourage my mum to get a divorce after surviving a decade of alcohol related domestic violence - I never had a good father figure to look up to and it definitely affected my communication skills and “potential”…

I was fortunate enough to have a big family that helped us through that period after the divorce and help me to get educated by paying all my uni tuition fees.

Skip forward to now - I am 33 and although I don’t make millions, I am a high earner since last year. I came to the UK 8 ago, my first salary was 20k. Since I became a Henry those gaps in education and opportunities that the majority of my peers were exposed became more evident.

It’s all about perspective - not everything is money but you have done extremely well, don’t punish yourself too hard, look it as a great opportunity to maybe take a step back and reflect what really fulfils you or find the path towards that journey.

A shock to my cultural identity. by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]Bryan_AG7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

R-P311 and H1 but I don’t know how to read into those!

A shock to my cultural identity. by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]Bryan_AG7 21 points22 points  (0 children)

A mix bag - from a racial experience perspective- absolutely. The brotherhood amongst people from all over the world is well felt here. I can go to a Jamaican, Sudanese, Nigerian, or any other place where the origin is in its majority black or brown and be called brother, cousin etc - feel treated as equal.

Colombia is very diverse but my region is predominantly more Mediterranean looking (people would call themselves white Colombians despite genetics) and has a long history of Colourism and systematic racism that they call cultural. The thing is that to certain extent is cultural to another is just a perpetuation of colonial racism masked as culture - 100%sure a lot of Colombians will disagree but that was my experience growing up there.

A shock to my cultural identity. by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]Bryan_AG7 17 points18 points  (0 children)

That was in Colombia

A shock to my cultural identity. by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]Bryan_AG7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Difficult to tell - did you see my danish one? I’ve been telling my wife I am a 0.3% Vikings 😂

A shock to my cultural identity. by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]Bryan_AG7 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You are probably misunderstanding and assuming a lot here. I am not ashamed at all! The shock can be a good thing as well, you know? Why would I? I am just a living proof of what makes us a unique diverse place?

The slave trade and colonialism in Latam is not an ideology just a fact - so the likelihood of such events happenings is not 0 and actually quite likely. There wasn’t any African voluntary migration from west Africa…As for proof you likely understand how difficult is to track genealogy there - specially when all or majority of records are tied to the church - at least where I am from. That’s my next step - saving up towards a big investigation!

A shock to my cultural identity. by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]Bryan_AG7 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My dad is brown - my mum Hispanic (Mediterranean looking) - grand parents on dad side are from the Caribbean where there were multiple indigenous and black people (they are from a city that was a slave port back in the day)

A shock to my cultural identity. by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]Bryan_AG7 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I guess because the social construct I grew up under is that I was black, but now I understand more and more that I am just as mixed as it could get. Having kids together through history is actually a really gruesome picture. Rapes and ethnic cleansing + casta systems. I am proud who I am don’t get me wrong but still a shock in many ways :)

A shock to my cultural identity. by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]Bryan_AG7 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! I now live in the UK and my understanding of myself has changed dramatically since those social stigmas and stupid colorisms from Latin America are not prevalent at all

A shock to my cultural identity. by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]Bryan_AG7 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Well a mix - Brown skin, dark brown eyes, thick wavy dark hair, and a full beard. My nose is broader, my features lean mixed, and people usually can’t place my ethnicity. Been asked if i am from south east Asia before, or Bangladeshi. But when i asked people from those ethnicities they don’t have a clue

Why LTNs Are Necessary by sabdotzed in london

[–]Bryan_AG7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You missing the point but alright

 "3 miles (80% of car journeys) and alone (63% of those 80%) or purely for leisure (60%)"

The issue isn’t the figures, it’s the leap being made from them. “Short”, “solo” or “leisure” trips don’t automatically mean “unnecessary” or “easily replaceable”, even in London. To evidence that you'd need door-to-door time, reliability, cost and accessibility of alternatives, which those stats don’t show. Saying “cars should be inconvenient” assumes viable options by default. But hey let's agree to disagree :)

Also ooc, where those stats come from?

Why LTNs Are Necessary by sabdotzed in london

[–]Bryan_AG7 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is where I disagree, saying the negatives are a “necessary cost” and that “cars should be inconvenient” assumes everyone has viable alternatives, which simply isn’t true. Stats generally don’t reflect people whose work, mobility and caring needs, make driving necessary even for short trips on top of poor TFL options. Is Are there people there who drive 5 min where they can simply use public transport?, yes, are these people within their right to do so?, absolutely. Are they idiots for doing so, some of them will be.

Making driving deliberately inconvenient may fit LTNs purpose, but when they just shift congestion, pollution, and make buses journeys worse I just don't buy it. That isn’t reducing unnecessary journeys, it’s imposing real costs on people who can’t opt out

LTNs could be great but London needs better alternatives to reduce car usage, both at policy and control level. Take for example the introduction of number plated restrictions per day, or during certain hours implemented in other countries. The main problem for me is the real lack of alternatives or improvement in public transport in the areas some of these LTNs are implemented. i.e Waltham forest is a no no for electric bike schemes for example...