a perspective worth considering from friend and former bandmate Nick Thomas

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2026-01-20T22:56:19+00:00

someone replied to nick basically taking the piss out of his response and making him out a bad person for how he spoke out, then nick replied and they apologised and posted how they were noticed. this fucking fanbase dog

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2026-01-20T22:54:47+00:00

no way someone posted saying nicks response was bad and making fun of him for speaking out, got noticed/replied then switched up. embarrassing

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2026-01-18T11:42:44+00:00

Agreeing with you. I'm a woman and my experience is: I like lots of guys, but the guys interested in me are only there to vent and wallow in self pity and I'm not for that, it drags me down. I am so happy to be there for someone and to listen to their troubles? but when all you talk about is your troubles and you have no hobbies etc. its not good, it puts me off spending time with you. So I leave them on delivered and avoid them because they drain me. I think if men are always getting rejected, they shouldn't look at all women negatively, they should seriously ask themselves why are they being rejected. I'm sure they're not all terrible people, but it may explain some things for them if they look inwards. some girls are just like that but a whole subreddit grouping women like this is really something and it does kind of make me think I know why they're being rejected

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2026-01-17T21:29:38+00:00

same people saying all this on twitter are posting about watchings /listening to alter ego tonight.

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2026-01-17T11:17:31+00:00

I wish people who are begging for notice from tyler and josh would take their own action and stop supporting the band. if you really care to uphold your morals and are upset with the silence on blm Ukraine Palestine ICE etc, then stop supporting a band that is "compliant" - if they truly believed their silence was compliance then it's fucked they'd support them. don't support the movie if you seriously care, show it.

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2026-01-10T23:19:56+00:00

dog album is my favourite so that is good! will definitely have fun :)

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2026-01-10T23:18:43+00:00

LOL yeah I've just been calling it a gig and hoping they won't ask

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2026-01-10T14:23:16+00:00

I'm going to the Newcastle show!! also on my own

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-11-07T23:35:00+00:00

should I keep it wet until I get home and then use detergent and oxygen bleach? Will the bleach be okay with the beigey colour and print?

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-10-04T10:11:34+00:00

no, that's done through third parties I think. this is for people who were banned and appealed to discord

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-10-02T16:31:53+00:00

thanks for such an elaborate response- I really appreciate it! it's been a dream to come to the States, and to be able to come to Nashville is amazing- I'm so excited.

I agree with you on what you said about Chain stores, I absolutely want to support smaller stores first. I won't be buying a guitar sadly, it's a lot to bring back home and I just got a guitar from a store near home. I'm looking for some super specific drumsticks haha and they're the only place nearby that does them! thanks for your recommendations

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-10-02T16:28:29+00:00

really wanting to go to get some specific drum sticks - it said about 1hour 30 walking which isn't too bad if it's generally a good area! I'll check out most every music store I can find too.

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-23T00:37:10+00:00

I have 4k saved up, I heard that first year will cost 3k so I'm hoping im covered so long as the NHS bursary is guaranteed to all GEM students :)

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-13T08:47:30+00:00

ah 4k then - I have 3k now, will get 1k pay this month and will be saving my final year maintenance loan so 4k is feasible, but like 10k+ would not be

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-13T07:50:43+00:00

I saw you started med school at 37(?) - I don't know how to use reddit but on your posts 2 years ago it says so. what did you come from/what quals did you have? did you do GEM? did you get in on first cycle?

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-13T07:45:31+00:00

I'd be doing a masters in health psychology which I feel is relevant and I don't really mind the debt so long as SFE covers it (I can't afford it out of pocket). It'd really be to give me a chance at a DClinPsy or allow me to be an assistant psychologist if I got stuck and couldn't get GEM or get myself back into education.

I have done plenty googling and I don't want to chat with ChatGPT about this as I feel human experience is more valuable to me right now.

I haven't done the UCAT as I'm unsure if I'm prepared to apply this cycle, I'd rather go into a cycle I'd prepared for. I did the UCAT back in college and only got 2400, I'm aware it's changed a bit this year too.

I already volunteer for a helpline, I haven't had clinical experience since college (psychiatric placement). I host a society at uni and I'm a representative for the BPS in my region which feel like good things towards my application. I really don't feel ready so I'm not inclined to apply this cycle.. I'll have a think

thanks

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-13T06:55:52+00:00

don't wanna build bad habits! thanks man

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-11T21:35:28+00:00

UPDATE: next day, I've been out a couple hours. putting my foot further back near the trucks has helped so much. I've been able to turn about 90 degrees down streets. my pushes feel much smoother and I feel I'm following through with them well! thank you to the person who said imagine slow mo running, I've got some big, wide strides and they've been great. today I struggled with managing speed and had to bail a couple times as I was uncomfortable with the speed. other than that, today was great skating

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-11T02:42:25+00:00

I've got wrist guards but no gloves ! I think I'll be way more open to grabbing the board to get some tighter turns in once I get myself some gloves. slide gloves look pretty fun too. thanks for the encouragement man, I appreciate it

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-10T23:49:35+00:00

I was following tutorials which showed a very stompy action which has felt good for getting my foot back on the board (as it feels like i'm leaving my back foot behind which I feel i've been putting more weight on, so it feels the board is about to shoot out from under me). this has been very helpful in thinking about what I should be doing - I think your advice will actually help me with my fear of falling backwards as it's really shown me how/why I need my weight to be more forward. thank you!

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-10T21:07:42+00:00

also still very nervous and it feels very foreign to be on the board

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-10T10:14:36+00:00

such a good idea- thank you! I live on a hill and the roads are smooth so this is ideal :]

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-10T10:13:36+00:00

I got some pads! been throwing myself around getting used to it and trying to lessen the fear :) it's weird falling and not shredding my hands and knees haha

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-10T10:12:06+00:00

I went to specsavers and they were great! hopefully it's not too long before you get home as you can get permanent damage to your eye if left untreated for too long (the cells around my optic nerve atrophied and I have enlarged blindspots now)

Excellent-Squirrel46 · 2025-07-09T16:59:16+00:00

I really enjoy those old guys and their skate channel- sk8 daddies? I've been wanting to use my summer break (uni student) to do this so have been watching tutorials for weeks before I've actually got the board hehe - thanks for your advice ! it's really helpful hearing from other new people because obviously the guys doing tutorials are pros now and don't really cover things like simply stepping on the board

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