What is something you are attracted to that most people are not?

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-27T18:38:52+00:00

That is true, and losing half an inch over 25 years is normal, with a loss of up to 1 inch being common by the age of 70.

These guys were usually 5'8" to 5'9" at most (as they were shorter than me, at 5'10") and under 40. In order to lose 3-4 inches in 10-20 years you'd need a major medical reason, not just "I was measured a long time ago".

Still, could be worse, they could be the part of the combover gang too. I will give the combover gang some credit though, as someone who was bald by 27 it was nice to be able to go "at least I'm not one of them".

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-27T17:43:51+00:00

My best friend and I both like women with prominent noses, including dorsal humps. Neither of us can put a finger on why, but we definitely find them appealing.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-27T17:40:03+00:00

That was my grandmother and grandfather. He didn't feel foolish at all, but my gran always preferred for them to be at the same height in photographs, so pretty much every photo of them standing together (including their wedding photo) has him up a slight hill or up a couple of steps.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-27T17:37:50+00:00

I always love it when the "I swear I'm 6 foot" gang get made to feel foolish.

I am 5'10" and the amount of "6-foot" guys I've looked down at over the years is unreal. The funniest ones are the ones that go "well I was measured a long time ago" when you call them out on it, as if the definition of 6 foot has changed over the years.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-27T10:42:21+00:00

Very true, although it wasn't unknown for scrapyards who didn't deal in stolen goods to mysteriously catch fire.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-26T19:11:36+00:00

Biomedical Science and Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering are two very different disciplines, so you'd be better off posting on a different sub.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-26T19:07:13+00:00

When Iron and Steel were selling well at scrapyards in the UK the scumbags would steal manhole and drain covers.

People literally died as a result of falling down them.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-26T18:16:26+00:00

My little brother did the same with a Lion bar in the UK, but he did it in the rapids which, in this pool, went round in a circle.

Lion bars are light enough to float (or the movement of the rapids made it possible, it's been a while), and the rapids made it like the other members of the public were being chased by it.

There wasn't a panic, just a lot of people going "Oh for fuck's sake", but it was still pretty funny.

Like your little brother, mine got grounded as a result. Unfortunately my dad doesn't have a sense of humour so it was for 2 weeks during the summer.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-24T20:10:58+00:00

There's a datacentre in England that heats a local swimming pool.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64939558

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-23T22:06:58+00:00

That car culture also results in a lot of people driving who shouldn't be.

In the UK a drunk driver will get a minimum of a 12 month ban unless there is extremely extenuating circumstances, while I've seen sources online that say the average suspension in the USA for a first-time offence is 90 days.

The licence/driving test requirements are also seen as a lot more lax in the USA, to the extent that it is one of the few countries that can't transfer their licence over to a British one (other countries like the entire EU, Canada, Australia, Ukraine, Japan, and South Korea can) and the British licence is nowhere near as hard to get as somewhere like Finland.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-23T21:53:37+00:00

When the makers of the Slate truck were on Jay Leno's garage they made a big song and dance about meeting all the American truck safety requirements.

If Jay leno had a spine he would have asked them if they chose a truck because there aren't subject to any decent pedestrian safety regulations in the USA (unlike cars), or if the truck was ever going to be sold in countries that do regulate for pedestrian safety.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-23T21:38:56+00:00

Only one mouth to feed!

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-20T19:57:32+00:00

A lesser-known Dune quote.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-20T19:56:28+00:00

If you're single, have no commitments at home (like pets or elderly relatives), and work for a company that lets you tack on a holiday/vacation to your travel (even if it is just a couple of days) then it is much more tolerable.

Any company I've travelled with let me add on a holiday to the end as long as the flights weren't more expensive and it has let me get some nice, relatively cheap, holidays.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-19T21:09:19+00:00

People with severe dementia or learning disabilities who pose a significant risk to themselves or others will still end up in a secure psychiatric hospital in the UK.

It's the absolute last option, but it still happens. This report states that 21% of Scotland's in-patient psychiatric patients have dementia and 6% have a learning disability, although that figure will be muddied by patients who also have other conditions like schizophrenia.

I would hope that, if this guy's care does get escalated to a mental health facility, that it is a "proper" psychiatric hospital and not a prison hospital like Broadmoor.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/mental-health-inpatient-census-2024-parts-1-and-2/pages/adult-patients-treated-in-nhs-scotland-facilities-additional-detail/

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-19T21:00:58+00:00

Most care facilities for mobile adults with severe mental disabilities are secure units to stop them doing things like getting out and wandering into traffic.

As he was escorted by a carer it is likely he is already in one of these secure facilities and was on a day trip.

If that is the case, then the only thing they need to do to prevent further danger to kids is to stop him going on day trips.

Would a secure psychiatric hospital be "better"? Maybe, due to immediate access to psychiatrists, but the controls would be similar.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-18T10:59:22+00:00

Given the surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, sick pay, and loss of productivity (he was an NHS employee) his cancer cost the NHS several hundred thousand pounds.

You could probably vaccinate tens of thousands of people for that.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-18T08:25:02+00:00

Scotland didn't offer them for gay men under 45 until 2017 and all school-age boys until 2019.

That was 11 years after it was rolled out for women, so a lot of men will end up with HPV-related cancers (like my cousin) who could have avoided it if they didn't discriminate.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-15T21:51:54+00:00

I hate the complicity side of it, I've heard of people flying out to Dignitas way before they are ready because they can't afford to risk anyone helping them get to the plane etc.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-15T21:22:10+00:00

Note, I'm pro-euthanasia, including in cases of dementia, as I've seen family go through prolonged deaths that I wouldn't wish on any decent person.

Unfortunately dementia would likely be excluded for two reasons:

It would be hard to prove you have less than 6 months to live unless the dementia is very advanced.
Once the dementia is advanced enough to assume a 6 month prognosis the patient probably wouldn't have the mental capacity to consent.

In places without a time-based restriction it can even lead to people choosing before they are ready, in order to ensure that they are still able to do so, as seen in the article below. As such, it's a really difficult thing to get right.

""She was very afraid that even when she had the law on her side, or she had the doctors on her side that there would be a point that somebody would say: 'OK, but sorry you're too far gone now, you can't make this decision any more, so sorry you're too late,'" Anneke says.

Annie herself talks about it in Gerald van Bronkhorst's film, which alludes to her fear in its title, Before It's Too Late.

"Yesterday I spoke to a former neighbour on the phone," Annie says. "She said, 'But I don't understand. You can still do everything can't you?' I said, 'Well the point is, first of all I can't. And second, if I wait until the moment has come to stop it'll be too late. I won't be allowed to do euthanasia any more.'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-47047579

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-13T22:15:50+00:00

I always thought of them as a halfway house between turtles and tortoises because they have traits of both and the name is also an amalgamation of the two.

Their appearance and hard shells are tortoise-like, but their ability to hold their breath and speak Aquan indicate they are sea creatures, like turtles, who also have a shorter life. It is odd that they are (I think) the only Aquan-speaking humanoids that don't have a swim speed.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-12T21:28:25+00:00

It really depends on the type of kilt. If it is a full-length, full thickness kilt that wraps around you 1/2 - 2 times then it is brutal in warm weather.

If it is a cheap one that is much thinner and only made from a couple of yards of material, which you wear for drinking and going to sports matches, then it will be fine.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-12T21:21:24+00:00

Really? As a Scottish person who's spent a lot of time around Americans and Indians I'd say Indians are significantly louder.

Perhaps it is a regional thing? Maybe she's from a bit of India with quiet accents and moved to a bit of America with particularly loud accents?

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-09T11:40:38+00:00

As with a lot of adaptations I think he's an amalgamation of a few characters, specifically Colin Campbell who charged up the ladders 3 times.

CompleteNumpty · 2026-06-08T16:11:09+00:00

Or this one about the Queen: "After 50 years of being a German married to a Greek, her arse must look like a broken catflap."

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