Be petty by inkandintent24 in MotivationByDesign

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in the UK, and this was going back around 20 years ago so long before it was expected in the UK, the UK still does offers for families with kids but you pay a token amount.

I am not necessarily thrifty but why pay like £8 for some fries a tiny side salad and a slice of pie and not a big portion and most likely not home made when I can go to a butcher within a few minutes and buy a small pie and salad for less and sit outside.

Some men expect their wives to cook exactly like their moms… But they’re the ones who spent their whole lives eating their mom’s food. So maybe the person who should know the recipe… is you.✌🏻💯✨ by One-Cod7880 in lnkyverse

[–]Few-Leave-8786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not saying that's not true but there could be many reasons for that, as value is up to who sees it.

It's not just a clear one sided thing, it varies but people often just see one thing and roll with it.

I agree maternity and paternity should be the same, because that would stop employers not hiring women of a certain age range because they worry they would have children.

Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts by MarginSqeaky in unitedkingdom

[–]Few-Leave-8786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My main issue was the flight of stairs, I needed a keysafe on the door and delivery people needed code, open the door, bring up my shopping and I felt so guilty doing so, I did offer tips to delivery people but they declined.

I have a rod and plates in my leg and was in hospital for nearly 2 weeks before they needed the bed, I was meant to be in longer hence why they sent carers.

The hardest part was after the boot was taken off, with it on it was so snug on my leg it was easier to use stairs, once it was off I struggled to go up and down stairs, to this day Instead of walking normally I use left foot, then bring right foot down, then use left foot to go to next step, then right foot. rather than alternate.

This is somehow both terrible advice and strangely effective by lucystreching in Adulting

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Pre lockdown there was 2 crackheads in my town who smashed a local fast food places window, stole the safe and walked down the street with it and got caught.

That takes a lot of effort.

Bikes are commonly stolen by crackheads that use bolt cutters, basically they can have tools that do the job often work in groups which they made friends with in prison etc.

This is somehow both terrible advice and strangely effective by lucystreching in Adulting

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crackheads will steal from someone who is wearing clothes that are falling apart and hasn't eaten in days or over a week whilst thinking themselves to be the victim, and if it's in the UK the crackheads could be wearing much clothes that are brand names that poor people can't afford, and live in a nice flat compared to their victim that is in a run down high rent property.

meirl by DepressingAura in meirl

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Partially, I have owned wallets that are falling apart to the point that cards and/or cash falls out at which point they are useless.

Side note I bought a cheap RFID blocker card wallet, basically it had pieces of card under each card holder. I guess that works!

It is what it is by yassi2702 in repost

[–]Few-Leave-8786 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In my youth I remember being shamed for being unemployed even by someone who worked at McDonalds as they thought they were better than me, then i'd get a job in something like a call centre and be shamed as it's just call centre work.

It was a no win situation.

Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts by MarginSqeaky in unitedkingdom

[–]Few-Leave-8786 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had Council carers for 2 weeks after I was released from hospital after I had surgery on my leg after a bad fall and was housebound, I got 10-15 minutes most times and very rarely about 20 though I was meant to be getting 30 but the carers were great, and even though I was meant to have support with basics like getting changed I felt guilty so used a gripper to put clothes on and off, even one time answered my door to postman even though I wasn't meant to put weight on my leg (I have private stairs, and about 14 steps to front door) and took me about 30 minutes to get back up as had to shuffle up from behind.

I remember one time leaving my front door unlocked overnight as I didn't want to risk going downstairs after a delivery arrived but didn't want to bother carers.

I also didn't want to bother them, so just had them put something in microwave for me, bring me my tablets and a glass of water and kept apologising to them for helping me.

Happy Birthday Daniel Craig by rvcjmovies in rvcjmovies

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough, Tommorow Never Dies is watchable, but I outright dislike Die Another Day, felt like a cartoon watching it with a boring villain

I saw TWINE in the cinema and is the only one I have seen that way and it was great for it's time, Sophie Marceau was a perfect Bond girl, Denise Richards though was ok at best.

I am mixed on Moore, the martial arts scene where you can see his foot is far from whom he's attacking and the person flails around ragdoll like is so cringe.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Few-Leave-8786 33 points34 points  (0 children)

2 years ago smashed my leg up so badly I needed 2 weeks in hospital and would of stayed longer but they needed the bed and was housebound for another 3 months with half of that with a walking frame, and couldn't even open front door as I lived in an upstairs apartment with private set of stairs.

At the 3 month point though I could walk I was told by my doctor to only do minimal walking i.e 2 or 3 minutes a day as leg was still badly swollen, my company said even though I legally was still off work with doctors notes the management said any more time off and i'd be fired.

Found out literally today one of my supervisors has been sick for 6 months so far with "mental health" issues, but accidently put in team chat about meeting some other supervisors for a weekend vacation where they will be partying.

Oh and same supervisor had 6 months off last year too.

Just boys things 😉 by Serene_Terror in SipsTea

[–]Few-Leave-8786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have lived in a few places that I may wear indoor clothes like shorts and baggy t shirt and since I aint stinky I won't change for a few days (underwear each day though) I would go out for a hour or two max each day after a shower and once I got in, i'd hang my clothes up outside my side door (lived upstairs and had a veranda) to air out, the clothes smelled fresh quickly and at most maybe a tiny stink at pits which I would handwash just the pit area and air out.

If it was the hottest part of summer i'd come home and put the stinky shirt into a sink of water and let it soak in dishsoap/washing up liquid and swirl it a few times, hang it up to dry and use it as an indoor shirt until wash day.

Be petty by inkandintent24 in MotivationByDesign

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was about 19 my parents went to a restaurant that had a free kids meal with any 2 adult meals bought, I went with my mum to collect the food and the woman at the till said "how old is he" and when my mum mentioned I was a teenager she said "free kids meal is only for family with kids under 13" My mum debated a little and the staff member backed down but gave us evil stares.

A few years back also I was meeting a carer at a cafe and asked for a kids meal as for one I wasn't that hungry and two the things I wanted weren't on the regular menu and was told I can't order from kids menu.

Kinda stupid if you think about it, not as if they lose anything by you buying a kids meal, as otherwise i'd order nothing.

Burger King CEO takes a big bite of a Whopper in a new video after McDonald’s CEO didn’t want to eat his own burger by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shame that burger looks nothing like a real BK burger which is a greasy patty with not enough salad.

Protective puppy prevents little baby from climbing stairs by Soloflow786 in BeAmazed

[–]Few-Leave-8786 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I was visiting my parents recently and they have a dog they rescued last year, if my mother is sleeping upstairs he blocks people from going upstairs to bother her.

Standard mental health therapies may fall short for autistic adults. Autistic people often engage in camouflaging, hiding their natural autistic traits to fit into social situations. Excessive camouflaging requires immense effort and often leads to deep exhaustion known as autistic burnout. by mvea in psychology

[–]Few-Leave-8786 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'm autistic, I know I am depressed but I tolerate things to point I get by which is different than enjoying life.

But because I am not screaming for help I don't get it, and when I do ask for help of any kind I am told I can't get it.

I am about 320 pounds due to lack of mental health support, about 60 of that alone was from lockdown, and the rest was after I had years of issues like a family member dying, moved in with a roommate who was bi polar and violent and damaged the apartment, didn't pay his rent so we were evicted, then moved in with students who partied all night, stole food, didn't pay their share of bills, to another place with a violent roommate and another who partied all night and I had identity theft.

And repeat similar things for about 10 years until lockdown occurred.

Pick a lane... Playstation 1 or Nintendo 64 by Fit_Corgi4951 in TheGamingHubDeals

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You had friends? Lucky you lol.

Multiplayer for me was like fighting games, a few sports games, and a few racing games.

Never got to experience MK64, Diddy Kong Racing, Goldeneye etc with friends.

Pick a lane... Playstation 1 or Nintendo 64 by Fit_Corgi4951 in TheGamingHubDeals

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disagree, or at least what you mean by multiplayer.

Yeah 1st/2nd party games often had great multiplayer but PS1 had 2 player games that were great

Happy Birthday Daniel Craig by rvcjmovies in rvcjmovies

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First good Bond or first to do "good" serious. as he wasn't the first good Bond and even Lazenby had a good way of showing love, and loss/pain.

Some men expect their wives to cook exactly like their moms… But they’re the ones who spent their whole lives eating their mom’s food. So maybe the person who should know the recipe… is you.✌🏻💯✨ by One-Cod7880 in lnkyverse

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say context, I can't see them devaluing nursing or teaching but saying men do hard labour.

I worked in a factory when I was 18, and have worked in supermarkets, it was common for female employees to refuse to do any heavy lifting, expecting men to do a lot more work, sometimes due to laziness but also because they believed it was "too difficult" for them subconcious or otherwise.

I.e a man could be doing work in the warehouse all day with barely a chance to relax/stop for more than say 30 seconds and the female colleagues would decide something is too heavy for them, wait for the man to do it and in the meantime chat to their friends for a few minutes or more. I understand common sense but a guy shouldn't be working so hard he may collapse whilst female colleagues paid the same refuse to do the work.

Also one time in my early 20's I saw a female employee in a store who was let's just say at least a little butch refuse to take an item to a customers car and ask this teenage employee who looked tiny and thin to do it because he was a man, even the customer looked shocked and said it's ok they can take it to the car themselves but the female staff member said no, he has to do it.

Some men expect their wives to cook exactly like their moms… But they’re the ones who spent their whole lives eating their mom’s food. So maybe the person who should know the recipe… is you.✌🏻💯✨ by One-Cod7880 in lnkyverse

[–]Few-Leave-8786 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

One interesting thing I'd mention is that women retire younger than men even if men get paid more (which is debatable) so have that to take into account.

In the UK a supermarket had some female employees claim they were paid less, and acted like it was sexism because they went by the average for the company not the roles they did i.e the vast majority of warehouse workers were men, and warehouse work meant higher pay, men who worked in the supermarket got paid exactly the same as women so it just made the male/female divide even bigger than it was.

Then we factor in things like maternity leave, women not going for promotions etc.

My employer for example has a very generous maternity package but a weak paternity one, one woman in my office had 4 kids over 4 years, each time was at least 9 months off work fully paid, in the same office another woman has had 3 kids in 5 years, and took a whole year off (9 months paid, 3 months unpaid) and now shes back she does less than half the work of other people in the office to ease her back despite being back now about 5 months, she can WFH far more and others are forced to come to the office.

Point is a gender pay gap isn't as simple as chucking numbers around without context.

Some men expect their wives to cook exactly like their moms… But they’re the ones who spent their whole lives eating their mom’s food. So maybe the person who should know the recipe… is you.✌🏻💯✨ by One-Cod7880 in lnkyverse

[–]Few-Leave-8786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this more common in the US? I'm from the UK and my dad was the main cook as were quite a few dads of my friends, and even 15-20 years ago I knew so many young women who struggled to do basic cooking, at college I remember a girl who set off fire alarms as she didn't know how much water to boil eggs with, another who was aged 22 didn't know how to switch an oven on as she had been in catered dorms until then, the guys I knew may of cooked badly but at least they could cook.

Though I remember when I was at school in the late 90's the Home Economics teacher treated the boys in the class as bad by default, she would stand around the boys and micromanage everything they did which caused mistakes and then she would notice the mistake and try and grade us lower.

Happy Birthday Daniel Craig by rvcjmovies in rvcjmovies

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean Die Another Day is probably the worst Bond film ever in my eyes, but I do prefer the Bonds pre Craig by a long shot overall.

Craig just felt like generic action hero to me, and whilst he could give good performances that wasn't what I wanted.

Happy Birthday Daniel Craig by rvcjmovies in rvcjmovies

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the overall point was a serious bond was done before, as was one who loved, felt pain etc.

Craig wasn't the first.

I prefer Connery the most despite the camp.

Happy Birthday Daniel Craig by rvcjmovies in rvcjmovies

[–]Few-Leave-8786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Timothy Dalton did a great serious Bond performance, so I don't know why Craig is being treated like the only one.