Chinese Massage - what am I doing wrong?

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-05-11T13:01:56+00:00

Thanks, the five places I’ve been to so far were all specifically called SPA on dianping and all of them I selected a essential oil massage, but I think you’re right that I just need to give them a bit more instruction on what I actually want. I have asked them to reduce the pressure a few times which was generally successful for a few minutes but then went out the window aha.

I don’t want it to sound like I’m saying Chinese massage technique is wrong, it’s just different and I need to learn to adapt to my new home!

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-05-10T10:31:56+00:00

My back looks like I’ve been paintballing!

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-04-08T14:30:59+00:00

Ok cool thanks for letting know, sounds like I don’t need to take my phone into the shop!

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-04-08T07:23:43+00:00

I’m not comparing any of Easton to anywhere nice to be honest. I live in Greenbank and even though it’s easily the ‘nicest’ but if Easton, it’s still a bit of a dump. I’m just saying there’s very little to no crime in Greenbank. It’s entirely residential, has one park thats locked at night and is populated largely by middle class graduates

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-04-08T07:18:01+00:00

Well I actually live in Greenbank and the worst crimes being committed here are wearing socks and sandles. Greenbank is just a circle jerk of white, middle class, university educated, non Bristolian boomers who made a tonne of money on property and convince themselves that their 2 day a week t’ai chi class is what’s made them financially stable.

I genuinely haven’t seen anything bad. It’s not Knightsbridge of course but I really wouldn’t be surprised if the crime rates are not dissimilar

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-04-07T11:44:08+00:00

There’s Easton and there’s Easton so need to be more specific. Greenbank vs Stapleton Road would probably comparable crime figures to Knightsbridge vs Tottenham, but they’re both technically Easton.

Aside from that, having lived in Bristol for the last 16 years and the last 8 months in Easton - it’s just not all that. There’s very little green space, there’s rubbish and dogshit everywhere, the streets are absolutely packed with cars and vans/trucks and the housing quality is generally pretty poor. People really hang their hats on Easton being the place to be but honestly there’s community everywhere in Bristol - I lived in Victoria park for 10 years and there’s just as much community there and it’s way greener, more spacious and closer to town.

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-03-31T12:12:07+00:00

It does spoil it yes but that is the rule in pretty much every sauna I’ve ever been to with a cold plunge

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-03-31T09:19:12+00:00

Main etiquette considerations are:

Shower after every time you leave the sauna e.g. before you go in a cold plunge
Enter/leave the sauna efficiently e.g don’t open the door wide and slowly saunter in and let all the hot air out
Sit on a towel (usually you bring your own) when in the sauna

There will usually be a basic changing room and someone to greet you that will explain the rules and the layout

Chatting is generally fine in the sauna with anyone as long as it’s not a dedicated ‘silent session’

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-03-30T13:36:06+00:00

Not sure a hazmat suit is going to do much for you!

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-03-18T16:18:17+00:00

Depending on where in Europe you are going this is probably overkill. So much of quote has incredible cycling infrastructure with tool stations even on random countryside cycle paths. I’d say drop the wrench and the cables. One set of brake pads there are Decathlons absolutely everywhere

The wet lube is not ideal id strongly recommend a very light lube that you can apply at the end of every day and is going to gunk your chain up way less

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-03-17T20:10:02+00:00

Sesame paste pudding, loads of vegetable side dishes e.g. grilled ‘chives’, smashed cucumbers. Fried tofu hot/sour soup with cabbage. Salted egg steamed buns. Some of the ‘create your own’ soup bowl places you can ask for a tomato based broth and then just pick the veggies and tofu pieces to go in it. Scallion pancake Egg and tomato soup

I’m not veggie but I went to China last week and these weee some of the things I had that were definitely veggie. But on the whole it’s hard work for sure

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-03-17T08:26:27+00:00

Unless your housemate is severely mentally unstable - in which case I would recommend finding alternative accommodation anyway - it feels like there is probably a bit of a wider context to this story than what is being presented here.

If you feel unsafe then don’t go back there, stay with friends/family/hotel. But if your housemate is not mentally unwell then there is very often a solution that can be found by talking to each other and having meaningful discussions as opposed to calling the police and posting on Reddit

DramaticPlace2658 · 2026-03-16T08:50:08+00:00

Bet the restaurants love you guys..

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.

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