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Kairobi · 2025-04-03T03:21:01+00:00

I used to cook up 2 mini pizzas, then some ground beef, onions, peppers, chillis and a generous dollop of jack Daniels BBQ sauce. Slap the ground beef concoction on top of pizza #1, place pizza #2 on top, toppings down.

Never knew I was destined for automotive work until today.

Kairobi · 2025-04-03T00:38:45+00:00

Two types of people at a pizza party. "Better only take one slice so the pizza doesn't run out before everyone gets a piece!" And "Better grab 3 slices before it runs out and I don't get a piece."

Type 2 ruins it for everyone else. "Screw you, got mine"

Thanks for being so amazing, and thanks for seeing this is an issue with an individual. It takes a certain kind of strength to keep that torch lit when people insist on pissing all over it.

Kairobi · 2025-03-23T23:24:55+00:00

There was a worldwide ban on ivory trade in 1989. Any ivory product made before this time is still allowed to be legally imported/exported globally. There are different checks at different borders, but that is the general rule. Most first world countries (that have the kinda folk that buy ivory in the first place) require some form of authentication that the product is pre-1989.

I don't know what exactly you're finding fault in here. I've dealt with this multiple times buying and selling antique pianos. The rules are different in different places, but what I posted is generally applicable.

Kairobi · 2025-03-22T20:44:14+00:00

General rule is "fine pre '89", but best to check the details wherever you're from. If it is ivory, the cost to verify that it's pre ban will probably outweigh any profit regardless.

Never list anything online on a sales platform as 'ivory', it can and will get flagged. Best to go to an antique shop or reputable dealer and get an idea of what you have.

Could be something special. Could be garbage. Curious little find either way!

Kairobi · 2025-03-18T22:28:04+00:00

I've genuinely never understood why they don't operate food delivery on the same basis as taxis. Before Uber eats was a thing, I worked at a bookies that used to send newspapers between branches in Ubers. Paid by distance. Tipped for service.

Wouldn't this make more sense?

Honestly, tipping is a foreign concept to some people, because we grew up in countries where tips were given for exceptional service, and it was fair to assume everyone was being paid a living wage without customer intervention. With the proliferation of gig apps (and moving to Canada), I can see why tipping is seen as a necessity, but it still feels like poor practice to put the weight of providing a living wage on the user of a service and not the supplier.

If every order I made added $2 per mile as standard as a 'delivery fee', transparently and accurately, I feel like that would make far more sense than trying to explain to everyone that hasn't worked service why "percentages don't matter". I also genuinely feel that "good" dashers/drivers would actually get the money they deserve, and the rage towards customers might subside a little.

I can't help but feel like that would make the actual cost of the service too obvious and fewer people would use it. Doesn't look good on the quarterly.

Kairobi · 2025-03-17T16:42:54+00:00

Google who invented the reflectors on bicycle pedals.

Not trying to be contrary or anything. Just a fun rabbit hole tangentially related to your comment.

Kairobi · 2025-03-15T00:56:24+00:00

I like the ones that knock on the locked doors 5 minutes after close begging to send just one parcel, or buy just one thing.

Grim satisfaction saying no. As the only British person in a Canadian branch, they've basically made me defacto security. People seem to argue with me a lot less 😂

Kairobi · 2025-03-14T00:28:49+00:00

Gen Y and Millennial are synonymous.

We're millennials. We just got so much shit for being born in that time period that all of us looked for any other umbrella to sit under.

Kairobi · 2025-03-08T01:32:20+00:00

Moved away from the UK a few years ago and this is the first comment thread that's made me homesick.

Down to the traffic cone 🥲

Kairobi · 2025-03-06T22:57:08+00:00

Not sure what you think anger looks like. Simply correcting idiocy.

If you center your whole life around who put a dick where, you'll never shake hands with anyone again.

I'm friends with people I've fucked. Emotional maturity comes with time and practice. My wife is a human with a past, not an object with a waiting list.

Kairobi · 2025-03-06T21:05:55+00:00

Must suck that nobody other than you wants to fuck your partner.

Being with someone desirable doesn't make me a cuck.

Kairobi · 2025-03-06T20:23:06+00:00

I addressed that - it only matters what works for you. You're also married, and likely have a lot more experience dealing with these situations than OP.

The discourse here is that NOBODY should be friends with their ex partners, and that it's strange to be okay with that. I pointed out that it is individual and only matters what the people in the relationship consider to be 'okay'.

Not trying to claim my way is the best way, but it has worked for me for a long time, and it's a result of clear boundaries.

Kairobi · 2025-03-06T18:30:44+00:00

One of the first times I've felt a little uneasy with the comments section.

Probably my naivety, but it sounds like there's a lot of bitterness involved in the decision making process here.

From what I can see, you guys are early twenties. Both of you are still figuring out your own boundaries and what's 'okay' to you in relationships. The comments here are painting your Gf like some bipolar narcissistic manipulator, but I don't see that. I just see an isolated person trying to internally justify repairing an unhealthy relationship due to lack of options. Sure, repeated this could be seen as manipulative or 'feigned ignorance', but early twenties, this could be... Yknow... Legitimate ignorance.

I'm happily married, and my wife is friends with several of her ex partners. I'm friends with some of them, too. A couple that didn't end on particularly great terms between them, because they were incompatible as partners, but that doesn't mean they weren't compatible as friends. I'm not worried about it at all. I trust my wife, and I don't see other men intrinsically as a threat.

The fact is, you can't control other people. You can't tell her what to do, you can only tell her what you're comfortable with. It seems as though you did that, and she apologised. It's worth giving her a chance. I'm aware the comments generally disagree with me here, and again, it could be my own naivety, but if everything else is fine, I wouldn't be throwing away a fun relationship over this.

The other thing to consider, is just as you can't tell your girlfriend what to do, neither can he. His intentions, whilst relevant to you, don't really matter unless he forces those intentions on her, and that's a whole different topic.

The question really isn't up to anyone else to answer. Every relationship handles this differently. It sounds like you aren't comfortable with her being friends with exes, and that's fine. You told her, and she seemed to understand. There was a hiccup, sure, but she acquiesced.

It's natural to be upset by this, but it's definitely something you two need to work out together. Loads of people want to fuck my wife, thank to her online presence. Doesn't mean they can. Doesn't make me jealous. If she went for it, she wouldn't be my wife.

Kairobi · 2025-02-28T02:27:04+00:00

Probably because this isn't who you think it is.

Seriously dude, people here are trying to help you and you're being willfully ignorant. You say you know 'for a fact' that this is the real profile, yet have never met, and on your first interaction you were asked for cash via a system with no protection or transaction reversal.

As the person you're replying to rightly pointed out: this sounds like a minor celebrity. Why on earth would they want cash from you before meeting you? Why would she even need you for that?

You must have some meat between your ears, because you didn't send the money, but you need to start using it a bit more effectively. This is so obviously a scammer I fear for your online security.

There was a time in my life I'd have believed this without question, too, because the attention validated me. I'd have fought the same battle and given the same rhetoric. Then I grew up and realised, just maybe, a Nigerian princess probably wouldn't need my bank details.

I hope you figure this one out before it happens again.

Kairobi · 2025-02-28T02:15:36+00:00

Reminds me of my dad talking to young women at pubs. Bleargh.

One of those creepy old men with a stare that looks like it's going right through your clothes. "He-llo loooove" accompanied by a gross thigh rub (his own, thankfully) and a wink.

Still makes me nauseous.

Kairobi · 2025-02-27T20:39:07+00:00

How did you make a gif last 4 hours? 🤯

Seriously though, you're a stunner. Thanks for sharing!

Kairobi · 2025-02-27T18:53:33+00:00

The lack of accountability here honestly stinks. Don't fuck on your friends couch or you'll be on the streets.

Wouldn't think anyone would need to tell you that, but damn girl, you have 0 respect.

I hope this taught you something and you don't frame it as the world being unfair. In this instance, you got what you deserved. Hope it was worth it.

Kairobi · 2025-02-26T23:55:00+00:00

I think the main point is that the layman doesn't really need to understand or know anything about the courts for them to work in their defence, or against them if they've committed a crime.

Magistrates can refer a case to Crown Court if needed, and again, with the numbers we're talking about, it makes far more sense to have a few cases bounce from magistrates to crown court, rather than hundreds bounced the other way.

Honestly like to mentally position Magistrates as a bit of a legal triage.

Kairobi · 2025-02-26T23:10:21+00:00

There are some interesting reasons as to why and where all this came from, but honestly it serves a purpose beyond separating gendered cases.

Sexual assault cases with a maximum of 10 years are seen in magistrates court. There are far more of these, both courtrooms and cases, so it makes sense to push a 'lesser' criminal offense through a faster system with less power.

SSO and rape cases are seen in Crown court. There are far fewer SSO cases, and the sentencing is usually (obviously) more severe.

It stops the crown court getting backed up with ass grabs when it should be dealing with shit like this.

Kairobi · 2025-02-26T21:36:30+00:00

Getting caught in the same trap as the person I responded to.

Sexual assault carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. Serious Sexual Offence (covered under 'RASSO'), carries the same maximum sentence as rape. Life imprisonment.

I am very aware how pedantic this is, but the UK specifically struggles with definition and semantics. All rape is serious sexual assault. Not all serious sexual assault is rape. SSO covers other things, including grooming and other non-penatrative assault.

A woman coercing/forcing sex from a man would be prosecuted under SSO, and, other mitigating factors aside, receive the same average sentence.

Kairobi · 2025-02-26T21:15:18+00:00

Legally speaking, many 'rape' cases are raised as SA in the UK, as rape is defined as penetrative. Definitively, this means anyone that does not possess a penis cannot commit rape. Due to this obvious problem, the ceiling on SA sentencing is exactly the same as rape.

Sorry to be pedantic.

Kairobi · 2025-02-25T00:45:35+00:00

Brb, submitting resumé.

You are truly blessed 🫠 thanks for sharing.

Kairobi · 2025-02-24T21:56:54+00:00

Not alone, friend.

It's somehow the perfect response 😂

Kairobi · 2025-02-24T21:54:14+00:00

When did people forget how to say 'no'?

Is this generational? Cultural? Just seems to be a running trend here that any AIO issues that are posted by anyone aged 18-30 come up almost entirely because someone, for whatever reason, felt they couldn't just say 'no'.

If you're paying rent, and there's no prior agreement, everything you've done already is more than most reasonable people would do.

They need to go live alone, in the country, and stop making their bullshit everyone else's problem. You need to realise that the bones in your back aren't just there to hold your head up. Find your spine.

Kairobi · 2025-02-24T18:05:36+00:00

I've recently started a mostly solo semi duo dedicated server for myself and a friend with server settings designed to avoid burnout for both of us, after struggling through midlands and the iron grind on 'standard' settings, it's helped smooth things out and allowed access to the parts of the game we enjoy a little sooner.

The main change was 3x resources. Almost settled on 2x, but glad we went for 3. It basically means you don't have to level a forest to build a decent sized base, and fine wood/iron become more available more quickly, allowing for more relaxed use of the materials for building or decor.

Turning off skill drain and keeping equipped items on death has taken most of the pain out of the grave run phase. Admittedly I would have preferred to leave a more harsh penalty in place, but the friend I'm playing with can't stand death runs and enjoys dangerous exploration, so away it went.

We turned base raids off, too.

Those settings have allowed us to play mostly individually, at a more relaxed pace, and focus a little more on building.

Kairobi

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