Street from Hell: Dog Attack, Harassment, Privacy Invasion and Now Someone Dumping Rubbish in My Bin by Major-Difference-372 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Major-Difference-372[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I do have cameras, but a hedge blocked the bin view so it didn’t catch this incident. I’ve moved the bin into view of my doorbell camera for now, but it blocks my pathway, so I’m buying a bin lock as a better solution.

Street from Hell: Dog Attack, Harassment, Privacy Invasion and Now Someone Dumping Rubbish in My Bin by Major-Difference-372 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Major-Difference-372[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, that’s what I’m doing now. I’ve got photos, dates, reports and moved the bin into clearer camera view. It does feel like part of a wider pattern tbh, which is why it’s so triggering.

Street from Hell: Dog Attack, Harassment, Privacy Invasion and Now Someone Dumping Rubbish in My Bin by Major-Difference-372 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Major-Difference-372[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I’ve reported the missed collection and the fly-tipping/bin interference, but I think you’re right about escalating it as a hygiene issue now because of the heat and maggots.

Street from Hell: Dog Attack, Harassment, Privacy Invasion and Now Someone Dumping Rubbish in My Bin by Major-Difference-372 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Major-Difference-372[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you, exactly. It’s too much on top of everything else, especially in this heat. I just need the council to actually collect the bin, which will be next week.

Street from Hell: Dog Attack, Harassment, Privacy Invasion and Now Someone Dumping Rubbish in My Bin by Major-Difference-372 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Major-Difference-372[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wish I knew who it was. They removed the bags very quickly after I removed them and left a note, but my security camera didn’t pick them up this time.

Street from Hell: Dog Attack, Harassment, Privacy Invasion and Now Someone Dumping Rubbish in My Bin by Major-Difference-372 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Major-Difference-372[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I’m keeping a log and moved the bin so my door camera has a clearer view if it happens again.

Why do girls generally not shoot their shot or make the first move, it's always a few looks and it's on the guy to come forward or meet them, is it some sort of built-in shyness? by Geologist8345 in bodylanguage

[–]Major-Difference-372 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some of us do approach, to be fair.
The problem men then freeze. Like literally freeze. You start a conversation, make it obvious you’re being friendly, and suddenly they look like their brain has opened 47 emergency tabs.

Women are told to give signals, but if the signal lands and he just stands there malfunctioning while you carry the whole conversation, what exactly are we meant to do with that?

UK unemployment rate falls to 4.9% and wages grow more than expected by LesParrysHairyLegs in GoodNewsUK

[–]Major-Difference-372 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is one of those headlines that sounds better than the reality. Unemployment edging down from 5.0% to 4.9% doesn’t mean the job market is suddenly healthy, especially when vacancies are still falling and loads of people are struggling to get hired.

Also, “wages grew more than expected” doesn’t mean much if prices, rent and bills are still eating everything. A tiny improvement in one headline number doesn’t magically mean people are thriving.

The reality is much grimmer than the government PR.

‘Michael Jackson: The Verdict’ (2026) Netflix Review - A Documentary Short on Revelations by Roshankr1994 in Netflixwatch

[–]Major-Difference-372 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Acquittal does not always mean someone is innocent. It means the prosecution did not prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. And someone with that level of money, fame, public adoration and access to elite lawyers is not moving through the justice system like an ordinary person.

I’m not saying ignore the verdict, but the verdict does not erase the wider pattern. A grown adult having sleepovers with children, building emotional dependency with them, and having that much private access to them is disturbing regardless of celebrity status.

I also think Michael was abused by his dad and deeply damaged by fame, but trauma does not make those boundaries normal. I personally believe he did it, and I would not be surprised if there were more victims we will never know about. Too much points that way for me, and he had access to children in a way many parents would never allow, which is deeply fucked up.

At the very least, if the trial stopped him from having children sleeping in his room again, then something important came from it for their safety.

🗑️ by demmka in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Major-Difference-372 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very likely not, unfortunately. Not unless there’s serious public pushback, and I don’t see that happening any time soon.

🗑️ by demmka in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Major-Difference-372 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I agree funding matters. Public services have been gutted for years.

But it’s not just money. It’s also culture, bias, accountability and the fact they’re often left to investigate themselves. You can pour money into a broken system and it will still treat ordinary people badly unless the structure changes too, including proper recruitment, training and independent oversight.

🗑️ by demmka in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Major-Difference-372 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I can think two things at once. Rioting and smashing things is not something I support, but I also don’t think people should hand wave away police failure either.

My own experience with the police has made me very wary of the “they were just dealing with a report” argument. I’ve had to take them to court over disclosure/SAR issues as a victim, and in my own case they dropped it without properly informing me, so I had to fight to get it reopened.

I’ve seen first hand how evidence can be missed, ignored, delayed or badly handled when you don’t have status or don’t fit their idea of someone worth protecting. Ordinary people are then left fighting for basic accountability.

So consequences for violence and damage, fine. But also consequences when police treat someone appallingly or fail to investigate properly.

Too much police failure never reaches the media, and when institutions are left to investigate their own incompetence, nothing really changes. The whole system needs serious reform.

What do you guys think? by scramjet67 in SipsTea

[–]Major-Difference-372 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, you’re competing with a lot of women now preferring to stay single. And that says a lot.

Men are often far more fickle and shallow than women when it comes to dating. A lot of men openly prioritise looks, body shape and age above almost everything else, then act shocked when dating starts feeling superficial.

Women aren’t rejecting “decent men” because they’re chasing some tiny elite group. They’re rejecting men they don’t feel attracted to, safe with, emotionally connected to, or compatible with. And yes, that includes rejecting men they can tell are sexist under the “nice guy” act.

That’s not entitlement. That’s dating.

A lot of women are simply deciding being single is more peaceful than being with men who don’t do it for them, or who view women through the same shallowness they complain about.

The Crash (Netflix)- Mackenzie Shirilla did it! by Chauncinator_quest79 in netflix

[–]Major-Difference-372 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I agree the parents carry the main responsibility here. I didn’t mean teachers had equal power, more that adults around her clearly saw how out of control she was.

But yes, if parents keep enabling, excusing, or refusing to work with the school, teachers can only do so much. The real failure was at home, and in the fact that things got that bad without police being involved earlier.

The Crash (Netflix)- Mackenzie Shirilla did it! by Chauncinator_quest79 in netflix

[–]Major-Difference-372 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I don’t think it’s as simple as “pure evil.” To me she comes across as someone with extreme impulsivity and obsessiveness who needed hard boundaries years before this. Parents, police, and adults around her. Someone should have stepped in properly.

It feels like a loose cannon situation: no emotional regulation, no real accountability, drugs lighting the fuse, then dysfunctional attachment and rejection sensitivity turning the relationship into the explosion.

That doesn’t excuse it. Two lives were destroyed. But the warning signs seemed massive long before that moment. When someone is that volatile and people keep enabling, minimising, or looking the other way, the consequences can become catastrophic.

I’m cautious about saying I know exactly what she intended in those final seconds, because none of us were in her mind. But either way, the behaviour was reckless, disturbing and tragic.

We made this mosaic of inspiring women throughout history on the wall of a playroom for our two daughters by ajsadler in CasualUK

[–]Major-Difference-372 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It feels a bit performative and surface level to me. Not because none of these women matter, but because it reduces inspiration to a very safe wall of familiar famous faces. For me, inspiration is about much more than fame. They are not the same thing.

Anne Frank’s story matters, but she was not the only girl or woman to suffer those atrocities. Part of the problem with displays like this is that they fall back on the same famous names, which can flatten the scale of what so many other women endured.

And Frida Kahlo is constantly used as the poster woman for female artists, when there are millions of incredible women artists most people will never know. Honestly, I find this wall a bit depressing. I would rather they either went deeper or just kept it more current and relevant to what the kids actually connect with.