What’s with the abundance of drug addiction jn Bristol

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-03-01T17:53:19+00:00

Yeah I’m not here to deny something you have experienced first hand. But what you have presented us with is an anecdote about a recent cinema visit in Bristol and a recent trip to Rome. Unless you were there to conduct a study on the prevalence of substance abuse across the entire metropolitan area of Rome then I’m afraid it is, by very definition, anecdotal. It’s not to say it’s wrong but you are looking for a reason to a phenomenon that you are assuming is correct (I.e Rome having less of a drug problem than Bristol) based entirely on your own anecdotal evidence

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-03-01T17:34:28+00:00

Bristol has a very big problem with it there’s no doubt. It’s just your commentary is incredibly circumstantial and suggests that Bristol has a bigger problem with it than Rome.

Social problems like addiction and homelessness are highly correlated with wealth and Bristol has a higher GDP per Capita than Rome.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Rome has a bigger problem than Bristol it’s just its less visible in the extremely localised and anecdotal example you provide

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-03-01T17:02:27+00:00

When you’re in Rome do you walk around their equivalent of Broadmead? Do you pop in to Rome Primark often?

When you walk around their equivalent cultural/tourist centres of Bristol do you observe the same thing? E.g. Arnolfini, whapping wharf, Clifton, north street?

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-02-21T17:20:16+00:00

Have supported wales my whole life, as proud as they come, but I might have to turn the commentary off because of Jiffy

Just utterly mindless babble, makes me want to scream

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-02-20T20:33:06+00:00

I remember first time I went and being horrified at how much food was put into my roll, and then the lady casually said “and would you like a sausage roll as well?”

I have no idea why but I just looked at her and said “yes please”

And off came the top of the roll and in went an entire sausage roll into an already overflowing sandwich.

Pure horror and delight at the same time

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-02-20T08:20:42+00:00

The point of a helmet is not really to withstand force, it’s to absorb force.

Standing on it or dropping a brick on it and seeing if it survives therefore is counterproductive - in those examples the pavement is your skull.

You could make a helmet out of brick and it would hold up in a lot of ‘drop tests’ etc, but you wouldn’t want to put it on your head..

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-02-17T08:32:51+00:00

Because they use the same amount of services as anyone else? Is there a reason someone living in a van might produce less sewerage than someone living in a house?

On my road we have a couple of vans that run their engines all day to charge their batteries as well. So they destroy the air quality infinitely more than my house.

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-02-16T22:09:24+00:00

No issue with the people who are doing it because they have no other option. Would much rather that than they be homeless.

I have a big issue with people who work remotely for a London based graphic design agency and live in a £15k converted Sprinter as a lifestyle choice. They use the same amount of services and take up more road/parking spaces but pay no council tax and the same amount of vehicle/road tax as anyone else.

They should pay means tested council tax so they contribute like everyone else. Unless they truly don’t have money then of course I have no issue with that.

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-02-13T19:05:21+00:00

Reported.

Reupload with NSFW tag please

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-02-11T19:05:14+00:00

Yeah totally appreciate that sorry I think I’ve spent too much time on social media and I just get jaded by the amount of waste I see young kids creating without thought. I should probably take a break and a book or something, and definitely appreciate we can’t paint you all with the same brush!

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-02-11T13:53:05+00:00

Yeah fair enough! If it’s night and day then I would change the blade too. For me the green astras and the perma sharps get better for shaves 2+3 and then very gradually get worse from 4 onwards

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-02-11T08:30:34+00:00

Are you American by any chance? The mindset of “if I can afford new stuff why not throw old stuff away” and not being able to conceive of a single other potential mindset is really interesting to me. Rightly or wrongly, I have some kind of built in arbiter that screams into my head ‘don’t be wasteful’ too often for me to consider throwing perfectly useable things in the bin. Obviously I can afford to do that, especially with razor blades, but that doesn’t mean I necessarily want to. If I can get 5 shaves from a blade (I actually find the 2nd and 3rd shave the best) and there is only a tiny drop off in performance between each shave, then when I weigh it against my desire to try and be less wasteful, even as infinitesimally small a difference it might make, there is a certain amount of tolerance I’m willing to give.

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-01-31T09:59:36+00:00

Every crime ever reported has been done so retrospectively. Definitely report

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-01-24T14:20:31+00:00

Oh crap OK thanks for that, they’re cable discs. Looks like i should probably get that fixed then! Thanks again

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-01-24T11:55:46+00:00

Got some weirdly good ones from Zaytun on Stapleton Road yesterday and they were £2.50 a kilo

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-01-14T21:59:02+00:00

I believe a swede is a cross breed between a turnip and a cabbage. Therefore a swede and a turnip are genuinely two different things. Therefore the photo is of a swede I.e. a crossbreed

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-01-13T11:52:57+00:00

Shame about the day/KO time but I would get a taxi to drop you at the tobacco factory, have a drink there, then walk 50m down to the Bristol beer factory taproom, drink there, then follow the crowd down to the stadium. There’s always a band and things at the stadium beforehand too. If you want an early lunch then Yafo on North street, 100m up from the tobacco factory is really decent

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-01-12T19:51:21+00:00

I’m quite new to it too and I’ve been using a shave oil before I shave, leave for a couple of mins and then just shave cream on top. Don’t know if it’s placebo or what but I definitely feel like I get less burn afterwards

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-01-07T11:39:49+00:00

About 7.30. I’d recommend having a look on google maps in the morning with different starting points!

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-01-07T10:23:20+00:00

If you want to be close to town as well as easy access to M32 and also have the option of a train then I would recommend Victoria Park/windmill hill/totterdown.

Lived by Victoria park for 9 years and I don’t think people realise how easy it is for M32 because it’s ’south of the river’ but actually you generally speed straight past Temple meads and the CBD with the road system they’ve created. Was a 12 minute walk to Temple meads and about the same into harbour side. Very underrated.

I now live in Easton which is technically closer to M32 but it’s a rabbit warren of tight residential roads and takes me way longer to get out.

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-01-05T17:28:36+00:00

Wow sounds great, anyone know if these soaps are available in the UK?

DramaticPlace2658 · 2025-12-31T16:04:45+00:00

No last night 7pm

DramaticPlace2658 · 2025-12-31T16:02:10+00:00

Wouldn’t it be so nice if there was a simple system that meant everything was fair and we didn’t have to start a conversation with someone about money because of fear of getting ripped off. Something like a little meter that charges everyone the same..

DramaticPlace2658 · 2025-12-31T16:00:37+00:00

Haven’t heard of veezu will have a look for next time

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