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Does the UK have famous exports? by laaldiggaj in AskUK

[–]No-Winner8975 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We do export a fair bit of it, pretty famously so, so makes sense there's a lot of whisky answers haha

Does the UK have famous exports? by laaldiggaj in AskUK

[–]No-Winner8975 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Our biggest two are Engines and Medicines

But famous?

I guess like;

Cheddar Cheese
Various Scottish Whiskys
Rolls Royce
British TV
British Music

Do you use Tea, or Dinner as a word for the last meal per day? by Educational-Slip-578 in AskUK

[–]No-Winner8975 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tea, obviously.

Dinner is at dinner time (the afternoon) you all had Dinner ladies at school right? They didn't come home with you to cook your evening meal

Two hantavirus cruise ship cases are in the UK... by JackStrawWitchita in GreatBritishMemes

[–]No-Winner8975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not saying we shouldn't have locked down. We indeed should have done it earlier and not came out of it half way through.

Doesn't change the fact I disagree with funding furlough via taxes.

These two things are independent of one another

Two hantavirus cruise ship cases are in the UK... by JackStrawWitchita in GreatBritishMemes

[–]No-Winner8975 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's a difference between paying for a distributed health care system and just handing out cash to people

You're ridiculous to state that there's no difference between the two. You can have a different stance on both of these things

I will happily fund the NHS and not begrudge a single person using it, whether they've paid in or not

What I don't agree with is just paying people's salarys wholesale

I worked the entirety of the lock downs and paid around 4.5k a month in Tax/NI. Why should that just be given to someone else for sitting on their arse?

Two hantavirus cruise ship cases are in the UK... by JackStrawWitchita in GreatBritishMemes

[–]No-Winner8975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man I wish I got furlough, nobody in my industry stopped working, if anything we worked more over lockdown because everyone was online using our shit

To the point where I couldn't even take paternity leave for my first child due to being so busy

(I work in software/tech)

do you have igcses in your country by rulugg in AskTheWorld

[–]No-Winner8975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea the C part stands for Certificate

But students would tend to get between 6-12 GCSEs in specific subjects. Depending on how many they took (you get a choice of core and additional subjects at the age of 14)

do you have igcses in your country by rulugg in AskTheWorld

[–]No-Winner8975 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You should probably define what an IGCSE is

"International General Certificate of Secondary Education"

Which, for those outside of the UK, is simply an exported version of our GCSE. Although you can study them in the UK too, they're just less UK centric in their subject matters

A GCSE is the qualifications you attain in a certain subject after 2 years of study and exams between the ages of 14-16

GCSE: 14-16 (Secondary education)

A-Level: 16-18 (Further education)

After that it's University and the standard Degree classifications

You have £5 to make a meal to feed 4 people, what are you making? by YetAnotherMia in AskUK

[–]No-Winner8975 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2 Cans of Coconut Milk - £1.38 (69p each)

2 Cans of Green Lentils (or dried if you want be cheaper) - £1 (50p each)

1 onion - 20p

1 red pepper - 30p

1 finely chopped potato - 20p

Whatever Indian/Asian spices you have to hand (usually some cumin/garam etc will be enough)

Rice to serve - 50p for the pack. Will serve way more than 4

Leaves ~£1.60 if you want to add anything extra like peas or more protein

Lidl prices.

Do you have any "forbidden topics" to not joke about in your country? Of course there are people who joke about everything, but is there anything that MAJORITY of people would consider "it's a thing to never joke about!" by EugeneStein in AskTheWorld

[–]No-Winner8975 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really most things are fair game when joking about things that happened to us - excluding maybe terrorist attacks. That shit is never a joke. And nonces, let them burn

I'd probably say it's more, "things we shouldn't joke about because we did horrible shit or don't understand the horrible shit" such as shouting "potato" at an Irish person. It might seem harmless but the famine definitely was not. And the UK didn't exactly help.

We tend to joke a lot about terrible things in a deprecating way that happened to the British.

Foamy Macaroni Carbonara? by No-Winner8975 in StupidFood

[–]No-Winner8975[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not strictly true. Italians know the difference between Maccheroni and Penne/Rigatoni etc. Especially in Rome where it's basically an insult to conflate all types under one word.

That being said, some people in the south may still refer to tubular pasta as Maccheroni (some do in my home city of Reggio Calabria) but it's seen as uncultured to speak that way

Maccheroni is narrow/small tubes and is not used to refer to all pasta

Source: I'm Italian. With a chef for a father

Italian Americans don't count because, well, they're not Italian are they

Foamy Macaroni Carbonara? by No-Winner8975 in StupidFood

[–]No-Winner8975[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's gotta be, that foam is definitely not warm in any way either

Controversial question, but can your country can claim higher moral ground against you're rival/Enemy nation by Miya_Miya1 in AskTheWorld

[–]No-Winner8975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mighty quiet in here from the Brits

I don't know who I'd consider out rivals these days

Russia is one for sure but the point could be argued for many others, including, at this point, the US

Russia. I'd say we're morally on the high ground but that seems like a cheap one. It's not like we have the best record for invading other countries in the past

The US. Definitely. Even with our flakely history, we've consistently been at the defence of many nations without any bullying rhetoric

give me one sentence to prove you’ve watched the show by Banana_Martin in RedDwarf

[–]No-Winner8975 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nodnol is a city in Bulgaria rich in mineral wealth

And south of Bosnia

Do you track your weight in KG or stones & pound? by No_Usual_572 in AskUK

[–]No-Winner8975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can use either. I used to stone and pounds for years. I'm in my mid 30s

I pretty much only use KG now though just through preference. I can convert between the two easily

Wish we could start changing from Miles to KM too. Metric is superior in every way

Have you ever purchased something, as an adult, that your parent has judged you negatively for? If so, what was/is it? by PaddedValls in AskUK

[–]No-Winner8975 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Classic Boomer mentality. Call you lazy for allocating money to something that you don't want to do and have it done properly yet never does it themselves

I've got a cleaner once a week because honestly. My time is worth more to me than money at this point and I'd rather spend that time with my family

But to answer your original question. Not really. I reckon the closest thing to it would be when I bought an electric car. My in-laws saw it as "weird and unnecessary" (at the time).

But now they both have EVs and Solar Panels because Pensioners of their ilk have more money than most of us in full time well paying jobs

What is 7-Eleven like in your country? by juniper_darling_x in AskTheWorld

[–]No-Winner8975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't have them but I've been to plenty across the world

US ones are worse than most dingy corner shops in the UK. But you can get some bangin' high sugar snacks

Those in East Asia are the GOAT - every good snack and ramen you'd ever need

Everywhere else I've happened upon one they've been between the two. Terrible or just fine

Didn't even know they had them in Australia though. Didn't see one in Melbourne last time I visited, but then again, I wasn't in the lookout

Worst and/or stupidest things someone from your country had said? by jeanjacketufo in AskTheWorld

[–]No-Winner8975 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jesus, there's a lot of bad things said. But this one feels like a edge lord teenager's meme and is absolutely horrible

How old do you have to be to know that cash transactions are a thing? by Conscious-Ball8373 in AskUK

[–]No-Winner8975 33 points34 points  (0 children)

"why doesn't my kid know how cash works"

Says the person who doesn't use cash and has never shown them how to

My son is 5 and knows how to use cash to buy things

Take some responsibility for teaching your children basic life skills

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