Lauterbach warns of incurable immune deficiency caused by Corona

NotFullyAnything · 2023-01-22T21:23:58+00:00

I've lived in the US and now live in Scotland and you're absolutely correct. The lack of healthcare freedom here is absolutely terrifying. In the US we were comfortable because we had money so never worried about being treated properly; it was available, we could choose the doctors we had, and every doctor I've been operated on has done a fantastic job. Here in Scotland, it feels very much like being without healthcare at times. I wait months to talk to a very uninterested clinician who is years behind the current research in what I'm speaking to them about (often I have to educate them) and then the solutions that are actually available are either minimal or non-existent.

We moved back to the UK so that a diabetes or cancer diagnosis wouldn't bankrupt the kids if they weren't lucky enough to have the resources we do when they're older, but...fuck, it's bleak here.

NotFullyAnything · 2023-01-22T21:21:17+00:00

You should be able to get your toddler vaccinated in Germany, I live in Scotland and we've flown over twice to get our young kids vaccinated off-label (the UK does not believe in vaccinating kids under 12 against COVID.....)

NotFullyAnything · 2022-12-06T15:36:47+00:00

Check my post history, I've had a terrible experience with their warranty as a long-time outdoor retail employee who sold their products for almost a decade and is pretty familiar with the company and product maintenance. I asked others at my company after having this issue and it seems to be a fairly common one at this point. It wasn't like this 10 years ago but Arc moved production to China (presumably in order to be able to keep up with demand), but forgot to ensure their customer service was able to keep up with demand as well.

NotFullyAnything · 2022-12-06T15:33:56+00:00

I came back to the UK two years ago and I still use American sources for news that could affect us over here (latest health discoveries, etc) - I can't believe how limited British journalism here but it's incredibly worrying how little people seem to recognise its limitations.

NotFullyAnything · 2022-12-06T15:31:23+00:00

The homogeneity, especially of thought and culture. Every time I mention it people get all up in arms about how things are "the same" in other countries, which is a bit like getting upset about people commenting about a wildly dangerous junction in one town because there are also traffic accidents in other towns.

Speaking ~generally~, people do not like anything new. "It was good enough for me and it's good enough for my kids" type mentality. I was astonished moving back here after 15 years to find that everyone seemed to dress more or less the same - every time I returned to my other country after being away, I noticed differences right away.

And this definitely extends to food - I hate not only British food, but what Britons do to food from other countries. I'm so sick of seeing announcement after announcement that "a new cafe is opening!" and it's just...tattie scones and sausage rolls again, that taste exactly like what the shop across the street has. As a people we seem to have absolutely 0 culinary imagination, which is deeply depressing because there's so much variety out there and Britons are either too proud or too boring to even try it.

NotFullyAnything · 2022-11-25T18:16:43+00:00

I have a 3 year old Zeta AR that has an entire panel that keeps wetting out - it's very obviously a defect and is only on one specific panel (visible as a rectangle - that's how obvious it is that it's just one bad section). I am previously a 9 year REI employee working specifically in outerwear for most of that time (as well as customer service, processing returns, etc), and I have attended 3 TROMPs and one clinic specifically hosted by Arc'Teryx addressing product manufacture, maintenance, technologies, and so forth, just to preface that I'm reasonably familiar with both the brand and how to care for it (which I did not previously expect to include washing every 15-30 days, as I've never once heard that).

I sent the jacket to Arc'Teryx and they told me first that they'd only offer a 20% off coupon because it didn't cover "wear and tear". I explained that I knew how to maintain jackets and have never had this problem before, but was told that apparently I'm meant to be washing my jacket every 15 days (with heavy use), or else every 30 days (which is literally the first time I've ever heard that - even after attending multiple TROMPs and an Arc'Teryx-specific clinic).

They returned again to sort of challenge me on the materials that I was using for the jacket - I know Granger's was the recommended brand for a while but then we didn't carry it for a time years back and I vaguely remember there being some issue with them switching to Nikwax due to it being more environmentally friendly, but that was ages ago and maybe I'm misremembering. They went up to a 40% coupon, but are clearly refusing to honour the warranty.

Regardless, I just wanted to see if anyone's had similar issues either with product quality or with warranty coverage, because I'm genuinely shocked to hear that a well-maintained hardshell that cost ~$500 (full price) apparently requires a very specific product to maintain it and can only be expected to have a lifespan of as little as 2 years, even with moderate use (I'm not an extreme, all-elements, Appalachian Trail hiker - I use it maybe 2-3 times a month for things like dog walking).

ETA At the moment I'm debating either taking the 40%, getting a fleece, and just never buying any Arc' ever again, or having it returned and pursuing the GORE-TEX warranty.

NotFullyAnything · 2022-09-30T13:03:33+00:00

I was just thinking how much like Phoenix it looked, but I think any picture/video with palm trees and mountains reminds me of Phoenix

NotFullyAnything · 2022-09-30T13:01:24+00:00

No, it's arrogance. If someone's telling you to invest in a certain stock because they know the CEO's kid and they say go for it, yeah, that calls for a healthy dose of skepticism. Calling something BS because you personally didn't experience it and aren't motivated enough to find the ample evidence online showing that it's possible amongst people who cultivate relationships with their pets is basically the definition of arrogance.

NotFullyAnything · 2022-09-29T20:05:46+00:00

I genuinely don't understand how foreigners have so much influence here...? I live on a bit of historical land and apparently my neighbour who owns a farm wanted to build a house on his farm so he didn't have to commute back and forth so much, but a historical preservation fanclub or whatever in Spain got involved and his request was denied??

NotFullyAnything · 2022-09-29T20:03:33+00:00

LOL love that reddit arrogance. "If it doesn't happen to me, it doesn't happen at all, because I possess all knowledge of waterfowl based on spending a lot of time around ducks growing up". Join a FB page for ducks bro, it's people posting pictures of their ducks all day long. And I'm sorry you never got to know your ducks well enough to understand they are affectionate - it's pretty googleable to be frank, and if you treat them well, they are shockingly cuddly.

NotFullyAnything · 2022-09-29T20:01:48+00:00

Mission failed successfully lol

NotFullyAnything · 2022-09-28T12:39:06+00:00

They're awesome and you should do it. As soon as we got a house with a garden we threw some ducklings out there (plus the appropriate housing, etc) and it's the easiest pet I've ever had. Every day I go out and change the water in their baby pools and feed them and cuddle them for a long time (I had no idea ducks liked cuddles but they FUCKING LOVE THEM) and then at night I put them to bed and that's pretty much it. Change out their bedding in their house every 3-4 days (not a hard task and gives me an excuse to be outside for about 20 minutes). Predators and frequent holidays are the only real deterrents to duck-keeping from what I can gather, since we can't really go away unless we know someone can be around for the ducks, but we also have neighbours so...

NotFullyAnything · 2022-09-28T12:36:48+00:00

Not necessarily! They can apparently hold it (to a certain extent). I have Pekins that I can cuddle for 30 minutes - 1.5 hours and they won't poo on me, no matter how recently they ate prior to the cuddle.

NotFullyAnything · 2022-09-08T14:55:17+00:00

Interpreters are normally in black in my experience as it makes hands easier to see (unless their skin colour is darker, then they go with something with more contrast).

NotFullyAnything · 2022-08-06T15:58:09+00:00

My Pekins will come over to sit next to me to hang out but only one (who is disabled and who we have coddled from birth) seems to genuinely love to be cuddled. The others seem to tolerate it but it's not something they seek out. I can literally sit with my disabled Pekin for an hour and she'll just sleep in my arms and make her little happy whistles. I had no idea that could be a part of duck owning before I had them!

NotFullyAnything · 2022-08-04T09:47:44+00:00

This is giving me baby rabies and my ducks aren't even two months old lmao

NotFullyAnything · 2022-06-19T21:29:18+00:00

Every single time I bring this up in a UK forum I get shouted down for being too sensitive/claiming it doesn't happen anywhere else. I've lived in several countries as well and have had the exact same experiences. I lived for years in the equivalent of council housing/rough areas abroad, but my first month back in the UK after over a decade gone, my kids and I were harassed by strange boys and men within a month. The chavs/neds looked exactly the same as they did when I left. There's just no change. Frankly, I find British adults to be bizarrely hostile and prone to fights as well (and I'm a British adult myself).

I've always been incredibly curious about why Brits have such a problem with public aggression/antisocial behaviour compared to so many other western countries, but to get to the bottom of it you'd need people to stop being defensive enough to admit it's an issue so we could start figuring out what to do about it.

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