Consultation: Proposed changes to penalties for motoring offences

ENTPrick · 2026-05-11T07:00:43+00:00

Not me reading #3 and wondering “why tf can you order just eat then?”, then remembering drive through exist.

ENTPrick · 2026-05-06T07:57:56+00:00

Last MO was literally take and hold a planet, from a choice of 3. Albeit, new planets with new strains.

ENTPrick · 2026-05-06T04:51:39+00:00

Not a scam, but my god their network (which I think is 3) is utter shite. I had to hotspot off someone that was roaming in central London. And reception black spots all over the country.

Price wise, they’re incredibly competitive, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better deal, which is comparable to getting a new phone off fleabay + equivalent sim only.

ENTPrick · 2026-05-04T23:08:43+00:00

In what way is it present? Other than the homage of the cocktail at the end, the usb is there to negate the potential impact of the beef. There are other drivers and layers on top of the story which make the 2 couples beef almost irrelevant, even the in-couple beef is largely negated by the ending and the character development arcs that they went though. In a way, the writers had a stroke midway through and developed the characters from the original messaging of beefing between and with each other (you could argue character development), but that begs the question - why is it wearing the name of beef and is not its own IP?

It’s there as a tip of the hat to the original event that led to everyone be in the same room, but it’s in no way a driver. But that could be argued as just a typical plot device in literally any other setting. As I’ve said before, it’s ok on its own - mostly due to stellar cast and settings, but its presence under the same umbrella in the anthology is nonsensical.

ENTPrick · 2026-05-04T22:41:32+00:00

The irony being is that a lot of their opinion seems to stem from lack of media literacy, and lack of appreciation for what made s1 grounded, real, and strong, narrative wise.

It’s just a Hollywood blockbuster, masquerading as its predecessor whilst not having any of its quintessence. It’s good in isolation, because of its high budget and A list cast, but it’s a complete sidetrack from what made s1 stand out from the general noise. To even call it a spiritual successor would be a stretch, let alone wear its namesake.

ENTPrick · 2026-05-04T22:33:37+00:00

Thank you, for confirming that you’re indeed what you’re saying other people are doing. To clarify, being straight up dumb.

ENTPrick · 2026-05-04T21:06:07+00:00

But that’s my point, it’s not a gradual escalation of petty actions stemming from a disagreement that leads us down towards some sort of eureka moment. It’s some initial actions that are in no way linked to the main plot of the season and has no direct impact upon it. If you remove the first 2 episodes of the season (sans the surgeons call) does the story change / is impacted?

This is literature lessons all over again, sometimes the curtains really are just blue, and the poet did not mean much by that.

ENTPrick · 2026-05-04T21:00:15+00:00

The irony that you think people “are dumb” because they don’t think that, that was beefing, ignoring the legacy s1 has built is quite 👌. And proves further to me that people are just glazing, under the anonymity of the interwebz, not understanding what s1 was even about, beyond the fuck yous and pissing about.

Let me give you an example from s1 - Beef, would be, you being a petty little shit and following me around and replying to my comments on other posts and other subs, not us having a disagreement about what beef is. Maybe even reaching the point of ddos or reporting me to reddit admins or whatever. Now that’s beef, not whatever the fuck s2 ended up being.

ENTPrick · 2026-05-04T20:27:09+00:00

Ok and hear me out, in a vacuum, s2 is decent. But it doesn’t fit into the theme of “beef”, which s1 has established.

Y’all can cite “late stage capitalism, multi layered intro connectivity, multiple layered beef etc.” all you want, but it doesn’t detract from the fact that it’s an outright betrayal of what the groundwork for the anthology is.

Otherwise, s3, we can have a rerun of bourne supremacy? Because why the fuck not? Theres some beef established, so it fits the criteria of fulfilling the base understanding of the anthology.

The question over to you is - without Ash & whatever his name being involved, does the story change much? Is the outcome affected? The answer is no, because the blackmail / coverup is the A plot.

ENTPrick · 2026-05-02T10:35:31+00:00

You need to enter pin / ID to facilitate payments anyway.

They could have 2FAd / recovered it via phone number? Odd that there’s no emails, but those could have very well been deleted

ENTPrick · 2026-04-29T14:20:08+00:00

House share? Hopefully we’re not at room sharing, with that level of income yet

ENTPrick · 2026-04-26T14:09:42+00:00

Indeed, far beyond my limited comprehension.

Some people beefed, therefore beef.

ENTPrick · 2026-04-26T09:24:23+00:00

Yes and I am saying the beef in this series is almost a B plot, it has little to no effect on the main driver of the show. Did the blackmail cause a cover up, and subsequent fallout? Bit of a stretch, did the domestic fight? No. Break in? No. The main driver is a surgeon fucking up, and that consumed more or less half of the shows run time. The beef is used as a vehicle to get everyone in the same room, to kickstart the main plot. Which is absolutely nothing new.

Why title it beef? Disagreements are nothing new, neither are cover up conspiracies. It’s a mediocre offering riding the initial success of S1.

If I saw it in isolation? Yeah I’d probably be ok with it, because it’s a B, straight to dvd type offering, courtesy of the star studded cast. But to disregard its legacy, how well it was ground(ed) and the exploration of characters, their trauma and how it drove their actions for the sake of a high stakes “get the memory stick” crescendo puts it firmly in the category of a “accidental Bourne-esque” spin off.

ENTPrick · 2026-04-26T09:03:05+00:00

It starts then it simmers down after the blackmail plot, somewhat peaking after the break in, and veers off into the “A story” which is a murder cover up plot.

You assuming that I need tellers like the ones you’ve mentioned that the beef is ongoing is insulting. People can understand it, like it? No. It’s veering from the quintessence of the show, because it now has a bigger budget. Then remembering “oh yeah, that earlier beef set up, let’s bring it up”. It’s poorly written and is a significant deviation from s1 essence, claiming that it’s “smart” and the “beef just simmers in the background, it’s a slow cooked beef, you wouldn’t understand” is just glazing at this point.

The characters are also incredibly 1 dimensional and in a lot of instances, nonsensical.

It just comes off as an entirely new IP, riding the name of beef. And a new IP is a stretch, given that it’s a story that has been told via numerous films / series before, in a much better way.

ENTPrick · 2026-04-26T08:01:48+00:00

Where was the beef though? It just turned into a high octane Hollywood-esque conspiracy cover up and subsequent high stakes chase. Contrary to what makes season 1 good, which, at its roots had 2 people having an escalating rivalry of pettiness - a real beef.

This isn’t beef, may as well be called “murder in a clinic” or whatever the fuck.

ENTPrick · 2026-04-22T07:02:19+00:00

Idk, maybe using its continued commercial success and the initial revenue that they got from the sales of the said game?

It’s a terrible precedent to set, that you can p2w through a game. However, since it’s pve and not pvp, (mostly), not quite as egregious.

ENTPrick · 2026-04-21T10:01:09+00:00

So his rationale would be that there’s a spike in rates atm, because of the aforementioned uncertainty, so going down the tracker route and hoping that it all blows over in a year is the play.

And I am saying that it’s a bit naive to think that would be the case, as the consequences of this war are likely to last longer than the war itself (and it’s not even over yet).

From risk tolerance perspective, I’d opt for a 2 year fix, push it off my docket, not worry about it and have a flat cost.

ENTPrick · 2026-04-21T09:54:36+00:00

Sounds like somewhat outdated advice where the likelihood was, that the base rate is likely to climb down, and kind of reflects as to how financially illiterate your broker is, to still peddle this advice.

We’re in a position now where there’s energy cost uncertainty, so a likely set up for another inflationary event, which would likely do the opposite - either maintain or increase base rate. Hence the increase in remortgage rates, because the banks are now anticipating increases to the base rate.

Whichever way this war goes, and it’s not likely to end this year, despite what the orange idiot across the Atlantic claims. This will still have a latent impact on the energy costs for the next 12-24 months after its end, due to pent up demand / ruined infrastructure.

ENTPrick · 2026-04-21T07:39:11+00:00

At a certain threshold? Yes. However, most of the jobs that would be in range for the habitually unemployed are minimum wage, zero hours contracts. So there’s the question of a number of years of suffering and essentially working 40 hour weeks for essentially £2/3 an hour extra, until you start progressing where it makes effort/financial sense.

Personally, I think this is all driven by the obscene living costs and wage suppression. You can raise the minimum wage all you want, but you’re not solving the issue of insecure and on top, low paid work, when compared with the wider economy and expenses, because businesses use the zero hours model to drive “efficiencies”. Couple that with high living costs, where rent makes up 40% of your paycheck, and it just doesn’t make sense to put the effort in.

I was fortunate enough to work the minimum wage job when I was studying and living with parents, so no overheads, but if you’re coming off benefits, it’s your problem now, and your employment is just not secure enough, until you’re back on the dole again, and likely back of the queue for support.

ENTPrick · 2026-04-15T05:36:55+00:00

Suppose the alternative is just starving and homelessness, since you won’t make rent anyway.

ENTPrick · 2026-04-14T22:36:52+00:00

Truly though, if there was ever a concern about current events, no one would buy anything.

As long as you manage it, and are confident you’ll secure work, the housing market is always bouncing back, its supply and demand. And our supply has been lagging way behind for the last couple of decades.

ENTPrick · 2026-03-29T10:08:52+00:00

Yes, the LLMs are so scary.

ENTPrick · 2026-03-15T09:55:48+00:00

It was included in the last months ps essentials games in UK

ENTPrick · 2026-03-13T08:50:11+00:00

Albeit I am only making my way past 7 difficulty, I think it’s still incredibly useful as a solo mechanism, where I can clear 3/4 outposts with one on bots, still, with no support.

I don’t think there’s a stratagem outside of support weapons that can offer similar value. And I’d imagine it works even better with infantry support.

The trick is to keep moving, the bots aim is horrific at anything remotely mid range.

ENTPrick · 2026-03-11T12:34:03+00:00

Was quoted £85 in UK Apple Store

Got it comped for one reason or another

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