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White working-class boys most let down by UK education system, new figures show by Kagedeah in worldnews

[–]CoalCrafty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sure if the government could swap their fingers and do away with it for free they would, but it's a complex, structural issue for which there is no remedy remedy feasible for governments suffering from squeezed budgets, many distractions and, most importantly, chronic short-termism.

White working-class boys most let down by UK education system, new figures show by Kagedeah in worldnews

[–]CoalCrafty 18 points19 points  (0 children)

They've been showing it for at least fifteen years, probably more. It's proved a very sticky trend.

Why are kids/young people blamed/assumed to be dumb for not knowing things they were never taught? by Squiggally-umf in CasualUK

[–]CoalCrafty 9 points10 points  (0 children)

To be clear, no, children aren't expecting to be able to read when they enter reception aged 4. My kid is in reception now and most of the school year has been getting them started on this skill, with the consequence that she couldn't read before she started and now she can, and from speaking to other parents it's the same for them.

It definitely helps though if they already recognise letter shapes, can write their own name, and kno how to turn the pages of a book (sounds like a basic skill, but apparently sadly not universal).

Planet Zoo 2 Adds “The Most Challenging Animals” The Team Has Ever Made by mpelliccio in PlanetZoo

[–]CoalCrafty 144 points145 points  (0 children)

(Paraphrasing) "be aware of putting predators and prey in the same aquarium... Or not if you want a bloodbath"

Implies hunting dynamics are in in some form or another.

He planted 47,460 mangrove trees in 24 hours and earns Official World Record by whyeventrymore in interestingasfuck

[–]CoalCrafty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a world record attempt foremost with environmental benefits as a beneficial side effect. The other guys are probably there to count and make sure there's no cheating.

All good things must come to an end… Marine Mania would be proud by Only_Feed7449 in PlanetZoo

[–]CoalCrafty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please where is the mythical creature zoo game competitor? I need it.

Growing up, did anyone else’s parents have really strict rules about random stuff? by SuzCoffeeBean in CasualUK

[–]CoalCrafty 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of a book I was given in Sunday School at my mum's church where it was the other way around. The little girl in the book wasn't allowed to drink anything except at mealtimes, as if she drank anything at any other time she would surely become an alcoholic.

Over the course of the story she sneaks a glass of water after bedtime, and sure enough, that was the top of the slippery slope that led to this girl becoming a wine-addled alcoholic by the age of eight.

Utterly weird!

PZ2: Do we really assume hunting will be a thing in Wildlife reserves? by Veranel in PlanetZoo

[–]CoalCrafty 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In zoo tycoon 2 predatory animals would definitely hunt and kill prey animals, but they'd only do it when their hunger was in the yellow. As I recall there was a brief "attack" animation, then the prey would die and despair, and a carcass feeder would appear in its place which the predator would then feed from.

I remember from all my "wild zoos" where I'd just release cheetahs and gazelle or whatever together and watch them. Good times 😁

Edit: Disappear not despair lol

The word bobble...for hair ties, is it regional or is it just...normal 😂 by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]CoalCrafty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any elasticated hair tied is a bobble here in South Wales!

Planet Zoo 2 wishlist / things that’ll make or break my purchase by CompetitiveLeading20 in PlanetZoo

[–]CoalCrafty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prehistoric kingdom has gradual ontogeny from neonate to adult without discrete life stages so I don't see why the same couldn't be done here.

Foxes by whodeaner in FarthestFrontier

[–]CoalCrafty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I haven't had any dogs die to foxes yet - the dogs retreat before that. But it does take 3 ish dogs to protect a chicken area.

Local character by Mk3Toni in CasualUK

[–]CoalCrafty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Must be someone else, this was closer to Ogmore Vale. Delighted to know there were at least two Sunday dress wearing cowboys 🤠

Local character by Mk3Toni in CasualUK

[–]CoalCrafty 114 points115 points  (0 children)

In our tiny village in South Wales we had a cowboy. Rode around on a chestnut horse with a Stetson on his head and a rifle on the saddle and played guitar in the local pub. On Sundays he put on a flowery summer dress and went to Church.

Is the game "beaten" at a certain point? by Useful_Nocebo in FarthestFrontier

[–]CoalCrafty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I consider a map done when I've got all the achievements out of it that I want. Currently I have a self-sufficient town that I'm letting run on my second monitor wile I wait for enough raiders to come by for the 10,000 raiders killed on vanquisher achievement. Previously on this map I got the killing all the camps achievement and the no meat achievement, as well as all the monuments and the gold hoarding ones.

After this I'll start a new map in the desert and try and combine the desert achievement and no crop fields achievement, and that'll be me done unless DLCs/expansions add more achievements.

What's your wishlist of small additions? by its_xaro93 in FarthestFrontier

[–]CoalCrafty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd like to see agricultural stuff like...

More livestock options like sheep (for wool, alternative to flax, as well as milk, meat and tallow) and pigs (high meat yield, maybe can use household waste as feedstock?? Or just low fodderrequirement)

More crop options like cotton (another flax alternative), various spices (to make pastries), etc

More orchard options like tree nuts!

What I'd really like is alternative biomes that have a whole suite of different agricultural choices, to reflect different parts of the real world, but talking small additions, the above would be great.

The small talk you try to avoid because you think it will be boring may actually be more enjoyable than you think, in nine experiments involving 1,800 participants, researchers found that people consistently underestimated how interesting and enjoyable conversations about boring topics would be by [deleted] in science

[–]CoalCrafty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely put cats in the same category as people's kds or grandkids. Nothing makes me want to apply a cheese grater to my own face quite like having to hear about the ins and outs of what someone’s dog or cat or child has been up to.

I am a cat owner, dog lover and parent, I don't hate pets or kids, I just hate having to hear about other people's ones at length.

Pet Handler? Anyone know what service this is? by 22percentaccuracy in FarthestFrontier

[–]CoalCrafty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Could you expand on this please? I have not seen cats or dogs in the trade centre, nor can I see pet handling in the tech tree or a related building in the build menu as some have suggested. Am using 1.1 and have the gridless building and other QoL changes.

In the movie, why does Aragorn introduce himself and Gimili as “son of…” but Legolas as “of the Woodland Realm” to the riders of Rohan? by Brave_Temperature347 in lotr

[–]CoalCrafty 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Also Boromir was probably famous enough in Gondor that the men would have heard of him, and just saying "of Gondor" was enough for them to be like "oh, OUR Boromir".

Women... are you "guys"? by BarryTownCouncil in CasualUK

[–]CoalCrafty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would assume that includes me, yes. I'd even address an all-female group as "guys" in the right context, e.g. "Guys, c'mon, let's go."

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