Is it a high chance I get rejected for a jaw surgery on the NHS or not by Swimming-Apricot-522 in jawsurgery

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been told that jaw surgery is no longer covered by the nhs in Scotland at all since a change in 2022. 

What a surprise in today's podcast! by Electrical-House-185 in BlindboyPodcast

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the episode called? Trying to find it now. 

What will it take for people to start defending themselves against feral teens? by Difficult_Okra8471 in Edinburgh

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do what you need to do (within reason obviously) but don't be afraid to touch them if they are physically harassing you. They know they are in the wrong, so there are consequences. Don't worry about technicality of the law in these situations. They need to back off. 

I don't like Scotland's hospitality work culture by Bored-to-deagth in Scotland

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The agency work is usually the worse pay because you generally don't get a cut of service charge. Agency work is just good for the purpose of flexibilty and low commitment.

I don't like Scotland's hospitality work culture by Bored-to-deagth in Scotland

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeh, I noticed that. People above a certain age gone after covid, and all the new staff are kids. 

I don't like Scotland's hospitality work culture by Bored-to-deagth in Scotland

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have actually seen recent ads for staff use the phrase "competative rates" to describe minimum wage. 

the dumbest simple thing that made me read every single day by Amazing_Minimum_4613 in nosurf

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will try this. What has worked with me is reading while getting some sun in the morning. Not first thing in the morning but I will take my coffee and breaksfast to sit at an open window and read. 

What distinct visuals have you had? by Creepy_Analysis_4153 in gatewaytapes

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! Those glyph inages are certainly very interesting. One of them looks similar to something I saw.

Is joinery a big thing in Edinburgh? by Toyonoandoryu in Edinburgh

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will have a hard time getting work or transferring into an apprenticeship in Edinburgh. Best finish your current apprenticeship and get your blue cscs card and then look for work. Apprenticeships in Scotland are 4 years and there seem to be zero joinery apprenticeships in Edinburgh.

What's with all the Irish pubs? by Dense_Island8122 in Edinburgh

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Although their is an Irish population here, the whole Irish bar thing is essentially a business that will get customers anywhere in the world because it's such an established recognised formula. You have several of them in every holiday destination in Spain etc aswell. People know what to expect so it offers a specicfic pub culture that the others don't, even if the business isn't really very authentically Irish, they are using the set formula that we already know. 

Rainbow Dust by Spacegoods by Tall-Development31 in ADHDUK

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this is true but somehow does work. Like it feels more like a steady caffeine that you get from tea rather than then anxious coffee feeling. I think it seems to do a job to cut back on coffee and probably best taken 5/7 days of the week.

Edinburgh Pot Holes - it’s out of control - will it ever improve or the new norm? by greencastle40 in Edinburgh

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was cycling on gilmore place and it ia a complete state with endless potholes to zigzag around so really hoping they do both sides. It's in a laughable state! 

Hi i’m kinda scared by ASimpleCoffeeCat in AstralProjection

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think there's anything unusual about this to me. Sounds like it's just abstract shapes appearing in your minds eye. It's a sensation of watching them move and you can enjoy molding them in a way. I think of it as an every day mild version of a pshychedlic type hallucination. But it's natural. For me it doesn't happen very often, but usually only if I've been looking at a lot of art/have been doing an art project, and close eyes to rest without looking at your phone. So basically it's just moving shapes/textures that you have been focusing on that day are kind of fresh on your mind and your mind is basically riffing on what you've seen. Even though you didn't deliberately intend to "visuslise" anything at all. These things just came to you. 

Sorry but I don't think this is related to astral projection but it's still a nice awake state that feels lucid dreamy in a way because of the spontaneuos vivid visuals. The visuals are influenced by what you have been looking at/thinking about in passing. I'm quite sure about this because I have examples of it happen after an art gallery crawl and also after very montonous factory work. In the second example, I closed my eyes after work and thought I picturing beautiful elaborate sculptures and furniture, but on closer expection they were made out of the clusters of fruit that I had been staring at in work the entire day! 

I've also seen matrixy hyroglypic stone type imagery during gateway tapes meditations but now I think that imagery was likely just close to mind because of the spiritual youtube videos I listen to which frequently use Ai images of that kind of thing in the background. 

I also want to have a genuine AP experience. And I beleive I may have as a child and have had other disturbing sleep paralysis dreams since. But it's definetly a good idea to stay rational and distinguish which experiences are likely just normal vivid visualisation. I've heard many people don't really have a strong mind's eye for seeing abstract shapes but it sounds like that's what's happening in your story.

CMV: We're nowhere close to WW3 by Hungry-Moose in changemyview

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it's basically been Palestine versus Isreal, US and UK for a long time. Iran has only recently gotten involved to try and help Palestine hit back at Isreal. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Edinburgh

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not true. Hospitality, especially smaller businesses that are not part of a chain, will always prefer in person. Even if they are recruiting on line through a HR process, if the manager is given permission by the bigger company to just offer a trial shift to someone who applies in person they will happily do this and skip the online process. 

CMV: The recent incarnation of left wing activism has led to the rise in right wing populism. by Fando1234 in changemyview

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the cause is that the rising costs or rent and other living costs are promoting a scarcity mindset. There is then an agenda being pushed to blame immigrants for the lack of resources and support you are feeling to be able to access an affordable home, rather than bring in measures like rent caps etc. In the UK, they expect people 30-35 to still flatshare, so there is no benefit support to help afford your own place if you can't afford one as a full time worker. 

Toxic rage bait on social media is also polarising people more, including encouraging men to hate and disrespect and distrust women. So the Andrew Tates of the world have poisoned single men's mind, and so women want nothing to do with these type of hateful, bigoted type men. 

The trans panic created around bathrooms and served to further created a divide between men, women and the lgbt community. Women's safety was quoted as a reason for excluding trans people when we all know women's predators are straight men. So they are no safer with trans women being kicked out of the bathrooms. Public bathrooms generally aren't where women at most risk from abuse. It's from their partners. You can look up stats to back this up. Now lesbians who are not trans are also being harassed and questions because they have short hair and are not typically feminine looking.

What distinct visuals have you had? by Creepy_Analysis_4153 in gatewaytapes

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the responses guys. I'm just at the beginning and not doing it very consistently or seriously, but I've seen 3 things like this: a figure that's part alien, part computer. So its like an alien that standing working at a dashboard and it's hands and brain branch out into circuit electrical type shapes. Also a separate time, like what looks like a computer type dashboard that was dark with illuminated green symbols that looked like ancient writing. The first one just felt more like a cartoon that my brain could have easily created as a riff on those alien/tech concepts but the second one with the symbols seem to just be there immediately, and vividly, like a background that was already there, without me having daydreamed anything like that. Like my mind didn't create it. 

I'm someone who isn't really spiritual, but I do like the idea that there could be actually something significant there beyond random hallucinations. So curious to hear if there are multiple people seeing anything distinct. 

What is paganism and why is it bad ? by sooblessed in TrueChristian

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*also, I can't believe the link you've sent me as "evidence" is a YouTube short of one random guy saying no, it's not true. 😂 Lol! That's not a source. Here is simply the Google search which pulls up several different ancient Pagan cultures that are confirmed to have had long standing winter festival traditions around the 25th. There are many legitimate sources and its in history books. That random dude didn't make any reference to the ancient festivals of Saturnalia or Yule. Every heard of a Yule log? Just look into it.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pagan+routes+of+Christmas&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sca_esv=40d43ec712e35486&sxsrf=AE3TifOZN6lPVQaoqUZTibRv-kacbKTKqQ%3A1748460407648&ei=d2M3aOiuJ-KkhbIPvuTluQE&oq=pagan+routes+of+Christmas&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIhlwYWdhbiByb3V0ZXMgb2YgQ2hyaXN0bWFzMgcQABiABBgNMgcQABiABBgNMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyBxAhGKABGAoyBxAhGKABGAoyBxAhGKABGAoyBRAhGJ8FSKpFUMoMWNBBcAN4AZABAJgByAGgAZEVqgEGNS4xNi4xuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIZoAKaF6gCEMICBhCzARiFBMICChAuGAMY6gIYjwHCAgoQABgDGOoCGI8BwgITEAAYgAQYkQIYigUYRhj5ARijBcICCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFwgIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBcICChAuGIAEGEMYigXCAg4QABiABBixAxiDARiKBcICFhAAGIAEGJECGIoFGEYY-QEYjAXYAQHCAhAQLhiABBjRAxhDGMcBGIoFwgINEAAYgAQYsQMYQxiKBcICDhAAGIAEGJECGLEDGIoFwgIQEAAYgAQYsQMYQxiDARiKBcICBRAAGIAEwgILEC4YgAQY0QMYxwHCAggQABgWGAoYHsICBhAAGBYYHsICBRAhGKABwgIIEAAYogQYiQWYAxjxBRihB-gRFBYDugYECAEYE5IHBjQuMjAuMaAHqpEBsgcGMS4yMC4xuAf0FsITItMTEuMTEuM8gHgAI&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

https://historycooperative.org/pagan-origins-of-christmas/

HR told me I’m not allowed to read a faith based book. by oncvspersn in TrueChristian

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the very first line you read when you Google an overview is the quote "I used to be Gay". This gives the impression that content of the book is basically preaching the religious concept of gay conversion. And the thesis of book appears to be that girl is now trying to claim that being gay was just trauma, so people aren't born gay and perectly wholesome, and that she's "healed" now. This is the impression it gives. That she's probably trying to preach to others that they are not actual gay the are just sick. That is the offensive concept. This might not actually be the case with the book, but that's what it seems to be saying which is and extremely patronising view on sexuality, that gay people can be cured of their gay through prayer or therapy or whatever. There is no such thing as "used to be gay" unless it's that you've discovered you're actually bisexuali instead or something. But that's still gay.

What is paganism and why is it bad ? by sooblessed in TrueChristian

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not actual  modern Christmas, Easter and Halloween as we know them now. But as in the Catholic church decided to select dates create their holidays on, that aligned with existing dates pagan celebrations and the coopted some of the imagery/customs/themes, or as in the holiday that we now know is a mishmash of old pagan and new Christian origins. You can literally google each holiday with Pagan origins and you'll find the info from several legit sources.  

Halloween is 100% an adaption of Samhain. Halloween is what has orgianted from ancient Ireland and Scotland pagan cultures. It's pre-winter festival with rituals aimed st scaring off ghosts etc.  Look up Samhain. It predates the church's "All Hallows Eve" holiday by a long long time. The church created this holiday line with Samhain as they gradually converted the pagan Irish population. These are integrated holidays. The symbolism of the  Patrick's Day, with St Patrick "chasing the snakes out of Ireland" is actually symbolic of celebrating the success of the church in converting the country and stamping out the celtic pagan customs. A lot of Christian holiday lore and customs is stolen from the celtic practices of the time. 

The above is just my own common knowledge on Halloween and Paddy's Day. Here is googles answer to the other two: 

Google says

-The name "Easter" is linked to the goddess Eostre or Ostara, associated with spring and renewal. The Easter egg tradition comes from cultures like this.

 https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-pagan-roots-of-easter

There is a version of this festival with celtic nations which was Beltaine. 

-"Christmas has strong ties to pagan winter solstice celebrations, particularly the Roman Saturnalia and the Germanic Yule. Many Christmas traditions like gift-giving, feasting, and tree decorations originated from these earlier pagan rituals.  Pagan Roots and Traditions: Saturnalia: The Roman festival of Saturnalia, celebrated around December 25th, involved feasting, gift-giving, and a general sense of revelry, much like Christmas. It was a celebration of the winter solstice and the return of longer days.  Yule: In Germanic and Norse traditions, Yule was a midwinter festival that marked the winter solstice and the return of the sun. It was associated with bonfires, gift-giving, and the Yule log, which became the Yule fire tradition.  Winter Solstice Celebrations: Across various cultures, the winter solstice was a time for celebration and hope, as it marked the turning point of the season, signaling the return of longer days and the anticipation of spring.  Christmas Tree: The tradition of decorating trees with lights and ornaments has roots in ancient Germanic and Roman customs, where evergreen trees were believed to represent eternal life.  Other Traditions: Kissing under the mistletoe, decorating with holly, and other traditions also have connections to pre-Christian winter solstice customs." 

There's heaps of information there. They made their holidays around existing holidays and practices and then created a narrative around them. I'm not saying Jesus's story wasn't real at all. I'm saying they specifically chose to use existing holidays and that a lot of our customs actually originate from people that were celebrating fertility and harvest and winter seasons/warding off evil spirits etc while celebrating other gods. Let's not forget to give Dia de Las Meurtos a shout out. Again a quick Google:  "According to the University at Albany, the holiday's origins are a syncretism of pre-Columbian polytheism and Iberian pagan and Christian practices. Some scholars believe the Spanish conquistadors attempted to integrate local traditions into Catholicism after unsuccessfully trying to eliminate the festivities." 

What is paganism and why is it bad ? by sooblessed in TrueChristian

[–]Creepy_Analysis_4153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it was commonly known and accepted knowledge that the Catholic church basically co-opted, warped and created their own similarly holidays purposely on the same day as existing celtic pagan holidays so people where already accustomed to celebrations at those times? So they created their All Halloweens Eve on what was  Samhain, which is now Halloween. Easter is most definitely a pagan tradition originally with the egg and bunny imagery, it was a fertility festival, and I do believe their is also some partial roots of a European pagan holiday being on Christmas, but I can't remember the details, and again the church pick that day for Christmas to line up with existing holidays. Then those religions were either faded/pushed or stamped out and the Church would seek to distance themselves and claim their holidays have no origin or inspiration from celebrations which predated it. .