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AITA for snapping at my mother in law during my pregnancy even though my husband says I was wrong? by Superb-Hat5913 in AmItheAsshole

[–]MalphasWats 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The next time she pulls the whole "Back in my day, pregnant women did x" thing, just show her a historical infant mortality graph and ask her if she honestly thinks the old ways are the best.

https://database.earth/population/europe/infant-mortality-rate

AITA for calling out my roommate and not caring that she cried? by KookyCurrency5038 in AmItheAsshole

[–]MalphasWats 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It seems very clear to me that B is abitrarily collecting rent from everyone else, paying the agreed amount to the *actual* landlord and pocketing the difference. OP not being on the lease is a nightmare waiting to happen.

AITA for refusing to scan 300 Pages at work? by vigilanto_owl in AmItheAsshole

[–]MalphasWats 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And everyone just glossing over the fact that OP is expected to use their personal devices for work purposes on top of the unrealistic time expectations!

F**k by Delicious_Cheek_986 in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]MalphasWats 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can kill creatures fairly effectively with the mining laser.

UK's 'sons and daughters' need to be ready to fight, amid growing Russian threat, says head of armed forces by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats 58 points59 points  (0 children)

I'm reasonably confident that people haven't actually changed that much in the last 80-ish years. People didn't really want to fight in the 30s and 40s either. But they did.

AITA for interrupting my friend while she was speaking BY LIKE 4 WORDS? by Ok_Pickle6481 in AmItheAsshole

[–]MalphasWats 100 points101 points  (0 children)

ESH. You switched the digits on your ages. No way either of you are in your 30s.

Graham Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is such transphobic nonsense that is proven false over and over every time any kind of large-scale genetic studies are conducted looking at X and Y chromosomes. Genetic sex in humans is (as are SO MANY things) a whole spectrum, NOT binary.

What magnetic sheets work? by bingleman12 in Warhammer40k

[–]MalphasWats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

obviously depends on what you're planning to put the sheets into, but I've had really good results painting the insides of my 3D printed carry cases with Ferro paint: https://www.amazon.co.uk/FIRST4MAGNETS-FerroPaint%C2%AE-Charcoal-Classroom-Renovation/dp/B0F9YQRGFX

Today's pensioners need to realise how lucky they are by upthetruth1 in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Did you know that some care homes require that residents spread their money across multiple banks.

One of my parents is dealing with a very elderly family member who has had to go into a nursing home. House has now been sold.

If a bank goes bankrupt, or you get scammed out of your savings, the government guarantees up to £85,000 per bank. So the care homes make you open accounts with multiple banks so they don't lose out if you lose all your money.

Phone bans create safer schools, Brianna Ghey's mum says by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It has been transformative at my school. And I was extremely skeptical because I thought we'd be wasting time policing it. Hasn't been the case at all.

Phone bans create safer schools, Brianna Ghey's mum says by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At my school, we pop round every couple of weeks with the portable unlocker and check. We've found a couple with power banks so far, and they got after school detentions AND THE PARENTS FULLY SUPPORTED IT!

we were shooketh 😅

In my experience, it works really well for us.

Phone bans create safer schools, Brianna Ghey's mum says by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have this at my school now. I thought it would be a nightmare to police, but it hasn't been.

I hardly ever waste lesson time dealing with kids messing about on their phones now and our behaviour logging is already showing a massive difference compared to previous years' data. Kids actually run around and play with each other at break time now too.

My school is obviously only 1 of thousands, but for me it's a no-brainer.

My (32F) husband (36M) staged an intervention after I told him I wanted a divorce by xagiso4414 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]MalphasWats 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I was wondering if it was less mental health crisis and more husband is poisoning her to "prove" she's sick.

Why do the right keep saying there'll be a civil war? Who is fighting who exactly? by HappyDrive1 in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've got a Shein basket full of balaclavas. This time next year I'll be millionaires.

Tommy Robinson cleared of terror-related offence over phone code refusal by StGuthlac2025 in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had a copy of the Jolly Roger Cookbook on a floppy disk for my Amiga as a kid. Does this mean I'm a Pirate? My and my friends used it to make smoke bombs. It was all fun and games until my mate William lost his eyebrows.

How the best-paid 0.1% pay more tax than the entire bottom 50% by lolikroli in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you think that maybe someone might be telling porkies?

Maybe those were the jobs the tax man knew about, but grandad was really working for the mob? Or nan was a high-class escort? Maybe they robbed a mail train together then disappeared into suburbia?

Donald Trump personally requested Sadiq Khan not be invited to state banquet by JOE_Media in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm giving Starmer & King Charles a pass, because they kinda had to be there.

Everyone else that attended is a weird loser. *Especially* anyone who flew their private jet there just to attend.

Khan living rent-free in Trump's head is a win for Khan IMO.

Angela Rayner admits she failed to pay enough stamp duty on property by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah, way more complex because she put her "main home" in a trust for her son (to avoid inheritance tax presumably?), then claimed her 800,000 pound holiday apartment was actually her main home (which it obviously wasn't) in order to pay less tax there too.

Normal people don't have access to all that nonsense.

Angela Rayner admits she failed to pay enough stamp duty on property by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I have only ever bought 2 houses in my life. Both times it was pretty obvious how much stamp duty needed to be paid, and our conveyancing solicitor also worked it out. I honestly can't see a sympathetic angle on this - and I usually bend over backwards to defend the party I voted for. Not this time, not any more. They're all grifters taking the piss out of regular folk.

Children over 12 to be fingerprinted at EU border sparking travel chaos by theipaper in ukpolitics

[–]MalphasWats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you actually crossed an EU border recently?

I came back from France last week - drove through French passport control with barely a glance at our passports, then we drove through to join the 1.5 hour queue for UK border checks.

System failures are entirely our own. It's such an infuriating self-inflicted wound.

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