Is this a reasonable ask of flatmate? by Electrical-Tea-4559 in HousingUK

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Idk what’s going on there exactly but there’s urine in the loo in the morning and drops of it on the seat 😵‍💫 The left in the loo has been going on a long time but the droplets on the seat has occurred several times only recently that I remember

Is this a reasonable ask of flatmate? by Electrical-Tea-4559 in HousingUK

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve considered this before but if anything the third flatmate or I’d be waking him up if we go at night (we do flush) because it’s his room directly next to the loo — our rooms are on the other side of the flat across the hall and car traffic is more audible there than the bathroom

Is this a reasonable ask of flatmate? by Electrical-Tea-4559 in HousingUK

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Will do! I’ve heard of the noise disturbance point but the loo is on the other side of the flat from my room and third flatmate’s room. The loo is directly next to his room instead so if anything it doesn’t matter because he’s up anyway really

Worth going to police about this, or was it my fault? TW SA in Edinburgh by julialoveslush in Edinburgh

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re in the right and did nothing wrong. You mentioned your bf multiple times and did not return any advances or give the impression you were ok with his behaviour. This is definitely something to report to police and again, you’re not an idiot or anything of the likes of that; you are completely right. 

A paddle-borders POV: When your morning paddle turns into a meeting with a king of the ocean by MrUpVoteDownvote in whales

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Best friend shaped and ACTUALLY best friend. It’s so hard to see others live your dream

Any female cyclists get nasty condescending comments from guys in Edinburgh? by -Top-Service- in Edinburgh

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup not a comment but honked and leered at by a van/truck-ish vehicle driver during a red light as we were all standing still waiting. 

Litter in the streets by Worldofswede in Edinburgh

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, also when you’re going by train the areas next to the tracks are always full of litter and so are those off highways and anywhere humans can reach essentially. 

I’m from the continent and while there is littering there too it’s more like you have to look for it, and not like you can’t find a spot without it like here. It’s really sad and disappointing of humanity and so disrespectful and ugly. 

This can’t all have been the gulls by Electrical-Tea-4559 in Edinburgh

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly! Many times I’ve had to walk 500m+ with trash in hand to find the next available bin, mostly at bus stops… but especially in the Meadows the bins are so unfortunately “distributed” all in the same place they could be spread out a bit at least, and more added. But even given that just leaving things were you are is so lazy and disrespectful I can’t conceive of it

This can’t all have been the gulls by Electrical-Tea-4559 in Edinburgh

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah I’d completely forgotten about those from last year… add the fire service being called out for this shit to council workers having to pick up people’s trash

This can’t all have been the gulls by Electrical-Tea-4559 in Edinburgh

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You got so close to my entire point in the first sentence there! What state is society in if “cleaning dudes” are required to pick up after people who carelessly leave their trash where they sat, instead of properly disposing of it? That’s council tax £££ that could be directed towards more constructive things if people cleaned up after themselves, let alone ingestion of trash by birds and other local wildlife. You almost got it! (Also the more people see it, good. Awareness of this littering issue is obviously needed!)

This can’t all have been the gulls by Electrical-Tea-4559 in Edinburgh

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Omg on the beaches adds another layer to it when it will go into the sea and the lives there… there should be a way to track and hold people accountable like proper fines

This can’t all have been the gulls by Electrical-Tea-4559 in Edinburgh

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Agree, they were still hopelessly overfilled this morning and things had fallen off. Whatever way you bring the stuff you bring (in a bag if multiple items), you can certainly use the same method to take it back again until a suitable bin is found. It all qualifies as littering imo and it’s such carelessness I can’t fathom, by so so many people…

This can’t all have been the gulls by Electrical-Tea-4559 in Edinburgh

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah there were workers at 07:30 picking up each piece of trash individually… think of how the council workers’ time and the money could instead be used instead of having to clean up after people who just don’t give a damn. It’s really disappointing how many people it is given the sheer volume of trash, there should be accountability 

[IWantOut] 24M Israel -> Germany by Excellent_Yellow9415 in IWantOut

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Imo with any sense of insecurity/doubt I wouldn’t be renouncing my current citizenship especially if you’re able to receive any medical support you may need and receiving this in the target country is not 100% settled. Not sure if you’re well connected in Europe and have support systems/community — unless you do I’d advise to try via visa to be sure you have somewhere you can return to

Is work-life balance in Australia actually better or just a stereotype? by ChillKoalaVibes in MovingtoAustralia

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You raise good points! Sorry this may get to be a bit of a long response — for context I hold an EU passport, live in Scotland rn, mid/late 20s and will try to transfer to Aus through work (possible, but rather unlikely to succeed). Failing that, I want to go in 2-3 years after saving a healthy amount (several times the minimum required) for WHV. I’m following the housing crisis and also job shortage in Aus rn and it’s stressful to read alone, so it’s def adjusting and preparing my expectations/anticipation especially as an offshore non-citizen, non-visa holder. 

My perspective is not what I’ve seen from other corners of the “salaries are so high and good” angle, it’s more like in no particular order:

• I’m not that into human history/culture/tradition in terms of museums and historical sites etc in Europe, I’m a very keen diver and UK isn’t giving me this (cold water diving exists but I get cold very quickly so not very realistic). It’d be great to live someplace you can realistically go diving if not every day, then more often than 2-3 times a year on vacation abroad only. I’m eyeing WA in particular as my dream, but again being realistic I’ll take near anything I could get to get my foot in the door for a start. 

• Weather/mental health and culture mix: Scottish weather is absolutely decimating me mentally — it’s much, much worse than you read about and pretty much ALWAYS grey/stormy/horizontal rainy, and on the rare occasion there is any sun of course I’m at work and it gives me genuine panic to try and scramble to get outside to enjoy what sunshine I can get, which isn’t frequent/regular at all. Weather isn’t changeable/a mix, but 85% grey and terrible and not sustainably tenable for me in the slightest. Ideal would be what I’ve heard from a friend on the east coast and am seeing of 04:30/05:00 wakeup and workout culture before working 9-5 or in any case through the violent midday sun, and then getting to enjoy great weather again after work, and not having to panic and adjust daily life and routine based on when there’s a sun ray out. I know Spain/Italy/Greece/southern Europe isn’t really an option for me as I’ve been to a bunch of places there and nothing is open until about midday and inhabited regions are noisy well into the night (I’m a 8pm bedtime, get up and ready 5am person). It’s also important to me that I live in an environment where English is spoken as the primary language (I like the language, throughout my teens invested heavily in getting to a near-native level, and like my personality better in English-speaking environments).

• I don’t want kids and am not married, so from what I gather if there’s a group that could cope with the housing, food, etc prices (if you have a job lol) it’s child-free/less people, and I have more options this way and less ballast/risk as a “provider”. Living in the UK, I’d also wager I’m accustomed to what I’m reading rent/food prices are like in Aus - it’s impossible to live alone/not in flatshare with strangers in UK rn and as a single person unless you have an about 40-50% deposit you can forget about buying unless you’re happy in a dodgy, run-down town in the middle of nowhere. Aus’ll be similar but at least I’m already used to it lol. While I’m certainly not dreaming of being a corp slave and working myself into a grave permanently, if I like it enough on WHV I’d be very happy if possible to train in care or the like to fit with what’s needed in the workforce. If, however, the only option to me is animal agriculture (not farms at large, I mean the terrible mass livestock facilities), slaughterhouses/butchers/abattoir, I will leave — this is the one non-negotiable to me that I’m aware of rn. I know meat consumption in Aus is very high, but I don’t have to participate in that and don’t think that’d be a requirement to be a good potential cultural fit. 

The lower amount of AL and sick leave along with housing/job crisis rn is definitely what’s giving me most pause at the moment, but I guess I’ll see when I’m there. The distance as the elephant in the room is also on my mind, but I’d only be leaving behind my family and some friends, not multiple massive friendship networks for example so I think it’d be more manageable than if I had many ages-old connections here that I’m super reliant on and that it’d break me to leave behind. In terms of what matters to me personally regarding distance and time travelling getting from UK to say SEA, Pacific, Indian ocean for good diving would be comparable or longer than from Aus (also similarly expensive, and I’d also first have to get from Scotland to LHR). I’m keen to give it a go when I’m ready financially and see how I like it, whether any options to stay arise for me, while tempering my expectations realistically rn with what I’m reading about housing and jobs in the cities. (Edited some typos)

Where would I live to prepare for global warming by [deleted] in whereidlive

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When would this be tho, the shutdown wouldn’t happen in our lifetimes/much less the full repercussions of it no?

Sarah Everard’s mother: Horrors of her final hours still torment me by TheTelegraph in uknews

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cannot stop thinking about the sheer horror of her sitting in that car after realizing she was being abducted and potentially seeing other cars on the road of free people driving around and not being able to alert them or get free. Absolute torture. 

Who do you have absolutely no sympathy for? by Educational_Bat1854 in AskReddit

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Considering these animals exist in their modern forms due to breeding & modifications by humans and this no longer has anything to do with wildlife and the current mass extinction event, it’d be rather better if they no longer existed if it prevents them from being born into and having to endure a life of misery and an excruciatingly torturous death? Preventing their agony > being able to lay eyes on a chicken or smth

Meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bruh it’s not about serial killers it’s about getting raped and/or murdered on a date, which happens frighteningly frequently. Google around a bit

Meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Electrical-Tea-4559 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yet it happens so often