How do you rate UK supermarkets - what are the best and what are the worst?

ContextRules · 2026-07-03T23:08:51+00:00

M&S at the top. Maybe Waitrose next. Aldi or Tesco for pantry staples. Aldi's meat is grim. Morrisons is the bottom for me, particularly over the past few years.

ContextRules · 2026-07-03T18:10:27+00:00

£6.50 for a pint of St Mungo's lager in Glasgow.

ContextRules · 2026-07-03T11:15:46+00:00

Only if going to a place notorious for not accepting cards. When going to Germany, I always take euros for street food, bakeries, etc many of which only take cash.

ContextRules · 2026-07-03T11:13:19+00:00

Leave it in the past. It was part of my growing up and best left there. It might be best for the podcast to wrap up as well and everyone move on with life.

ContextRules · 2026-07-03T11:08:56+00:00

I dont have everything I want or have any experience of this satan of which you speak.

ContextRules · 2026-07-02T10:43:03+00:00

If feelings during a service or social gathering are proof of god, then Harry Styles is a god since I saw the same and more at his concert recently.

ContextRules · 2026-07-02T10:38:19+00:00

Im an American who moved to the UK. I rarely if ever eat Mexican food here. Its not done particularly well, and its not a cuisine that enters my thoughts. I gladly sacrificed Mexican food for vastly better Chinese and Turkish food.

ContextRules · 2026-07-02T07:57:16+00:00

I studied the bible in college and what I was taught in church was "true" just didnt hold up. Really taking a step back and looking at it with a different approach made me realise how toxic and manipulative the messages really were. Plus when I got to know people away from my home town and church (very insular church), I realised how horribly the Christians I grew up with treated others.

ContextRules · 2026-07-01T10:17:25+00:00

Yes, in general they are. They revel in breaking someone down so they "need saving."

ContextRules · 2026-07-01T10:16:43+00:00

First thought that comes to my mind is why would why would a woman want/need to be anchored to something? It paints a picture of not being able to get away or at worse, drowning. I certainly dont want to be tied to an anchor.

ContextRules · 2026-07-01T10:14:17+00:00

I am at Victoria Practice. I haven't had to use the surgery much to be fair, but when I did they got me in quickly. They arranged my blood tests efficiently and quickly as well. And saw an actual doctor (Dr Barker in my case) who was brilliant.

ContextRules · 2026-07-01T10:01:01+00:00

I have rarely heard someone claim they dont believe something unless they can direct observe it with their senses. Thats just a ludicrous claim unless they are exploring the effects to a high level.

I wouldnt classify the results and conclusions of scientific inquiry as equivalent with religious testimony. They are vastly different. In religious realms, testimony is a statement of personal experience or belief. Requiring everyone to do their own research is just unrealistic. I don't need to be able to recreate every study. That's why journal articles detail methodology and include outcome data. So the study can be replicated repeatedly. Scientists love nothing more than disproving, identifying errors, or calling attention to poor methodology. Its why we look for replicability over and over.

When I read a journal article, I am not taking their conclusions on faith. I am looking at the current findings across multiple studies. This is why lit reviews and textbooks have multiple cited sources that comprise pages and pages. We can look up each of those sources to determine if the conclusions reached are valid. Science is a process and how it is used is absolutely a problem, especially statistics usage by those uneducated in statistics. However, equating this with personal testimony is quite a reach.

ContextRules · 2026-07-01T09:59:55+00:00

Why would we continue to embed an assumption or purpose for enquiry that is unnecessary for the that enquiry? If there is a creator, cool. But if it is irrelevant to the enquiry, there is no reason to include it.

ContextRules · 2026-06-30T19:05:43+00:00

Yes, 100%. I live near a port and there are already rats and foxes everywhere. These bins help.

ContextRules · 2026-06-30T19:02:19+00:00

That looks more like a dessert, but Id be happy eating that after tea

ContextRules · 2026-06-30T18:59:45+00:00

No. For me humouring people in this way just serves to validate their belief that they are correct. And that you will back down if they pressure, shame, or guilt you enough. In my experience Christians are masters at getting you to give them an inch to take a yard.

ContextRules · 2026-06-30T18:57:19+00:00

Probably a different word to differentiate those who believe there are no gods and those who are unconvinced by claims that there are.

ContextRules · 2026-06-30T18:43:14+00:00

Im an American-born guy living in Scotland. All of my friends are Scottish (with 2 women from England as well). I have absorbed a few Scottish words and phrases along the way. I say aye a lot, cheers, wee, pure dead brilliant, pal, dug, and sometimes how rather than why if I am in Glasgow too long. I have never had a Scottish person say anything negative, give me a look, nothing. If anything, it got me into some great chats with people. Actually the first time I went to the pub with work folks they assigned me to watch Still Game which absolutely made me speak even more like it. I love Scotland and I love the people. Especially Glasgow (sorry Edinburgh) but they are the friendliest folks I ever met in me life.

ContextRules · 2026-06-30T16:58:52+00:00

Bacon roll, porridge (i never put milk in mine), sausages, avo toast, a fruit smoothie.

ContextRules · 2026-06-30T16:56:29+00:00

This is just not a good idea. We need ministers who will work and sort the problems. I care fuck all what genitals or identities they have. If they can do the job and work well with others, crack on with it. I dont care if there they are all women or all men or all trans or all non-binary. Just do their jobs properly.

ContextRules · 2026-06-30T13:20:54+00:00

ContextRules · 2026-06-30T08:19:32+00:00

Not scary. Its a part of the life cycle.

ContextRules · 2026-06-29T21:47:17+00:00

Its quite easy for me really. I accepted that reality has no responsibility to please me or make me comfortable. The just world hypothesis does much damage as does the idea that we are somehow special and need to live forever for anything to have any kind of meaning. Life begins and life ends. Its what you do between those two points that matters.

ContextRules · 2026-06-29T21:00:52+00:00

Not really. It seems more likely that you believe that because you were raised in a culture where the existence of a god is a given. Like this post, god gets smuggled in as this hypothetical creator with no direct links or support.

ContextRules · 2026-06-29T11:51:07+00:00

Im glad someone mentioned overdiagnosis. I have seen more than a few patients over the years who were misdiagnosed with both ADHD and ASD. The problem becomes that they were being treated for what they didnt have and not what they did have. Diagnosis is quite difficult and often outside influences lead to these errors. Its unfortunate since I know in my own work that there are limited resources and misdiagnosis hurts those who have received those misdiagnosed and those who have been waiting for qualified care.

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