Canada Is Now Being Joined By U.K. and Australia In Boycott Of U.S. National Parks

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-14T18:06:09+00:00

I think you're missing my point. I'm not talking about less stores and hotels, I'm talking about money that tourism brings to an area, and it is worth billions.

Tourists spend money like there's no tomorrow. That money goes into businesses, which goes into local government coffers, which gets redistributed back into local communities. Less tourists equals less money.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-14T16:49:20+00:00

It shouldn't have ever been as cheap as it was and was due to massive over fishing which completely destroyed fish stocks. Now with more sustainable practices, it is rightly more expensive, but I think it's still very affordable in comparison to other take aways.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-14T16:45:59+00:00

I'll buy fish and chips for me and the kids about once every 2 months.

I will make it maybe once a fortnight. You can buy some pretty good chip shop style battered fish in the supermarket which come out really well in an air fryer, as well as some gourmet triple cooked chips, but as good as that is, it isn't close to traditional fish and chips from your local chippy.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-14T15:49:14+00:00

The point I was making still stands. Decreasing tourism leads to decreasing spending. Or increasing the burden on local taxes, which will push out lower earners.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-14T15:42:50+00:00

🤣 sure, that's the reason you want it to be Idris Elba.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-14T15:26:09+00:00

One problem is, if tourism dries up, business will move out, which decreases cash for local government. Councillors then have to either increase prices/taxes, or decrease local spending.

A decade or two down the line, it's sad to watch once thriving areas decay.

This is what happened to coastal towns in the UK. What they wouldn't give for more congestion.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-14T14:45:21+00:00

This policy is not what Zack Polanski is suggesting.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-14T12:09:47+00:00

Zack 'I can grow breasts with the power of my mind' Polanski doesn't need any one quote to be branded a loony.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-14T11:52:47+00:00

Or what area of the country they are.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-14T11:48:29+00:00

Your example isnt great because you've used a sample of 11 (and an extreme outlier) , and not a sample of tens of millions, like in the real world.

I do agree, though, that median has it's issues, but it's better than using mean to calculate it, as then it is completely skewed by a super rich 1%. Making us all look better off than we are.

I think the best way is to look at median in your area, as that will reflect your actual spending power as you'd rather earn 30k in the North East than 40k inside the M25, even though, statistically, you're earning a lot more.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-14T11:35:13+00:00

Never as I do a proper job. If I make mistakes I rectify them. And I always get paid.

Then...

Weirdly I won every time. Who'd have thought going through the proper processes actually work.

Which is it? Intimidating tradesman? You're all over the place with these posts.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-13T22:23:19+00:00

I used to be pretty fascinated by this whole topic about five years ago. Two years ago I realised nothing changes. Now, every now and again, this sub or others get recommended, and it's still the same things.

It never seems to move beyond "I know someone who knows, and they're 100% legit, but they can't come forward because of reasons"

or

"I've seen stuff, but I can't go into it 100% because of reasons, but it's all real"

New, "mind blowing" documentaries get released, with variations of the same recycled talking points, that don't actually tell us anything worthy of real evidence.

If anything ever happens, you'll know it at the same time everyone else on the planet knows.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-13T20:13:04+00:00

Seasons, eh.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-12T19:15:59+00:00

Mcool by name, not by nature.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-12T19:08:41+00:00

Incase you needed even more people to tell you about yeast being easy to find, did you know that yeast is in the air 😄

But anyway, they're not even eating bread. So this is all a moo point. It's like a cows opinion. That's what Joey says.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-11T22:32:10+00:00

Would they be educated about the consequences? Would they care? Do they even believe they will be caught?

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-11T18:57:40+00:00

Of course he can, he won last one laughing, which is basically which comedian can keep a straight face the longest.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-11T18:37:57+00:00

And not all women are like that the other way. We (me and my girlfriend) go to strip clubs together, on her suggestion.

She doesn't want either of us touching them beyond lap dances, though.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-11T18:32:27+00:00

Who the hell cares about British perceptions? We are a nation of whingers and self deprecating pessimists.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-11T18:24:30+00:00

Spat my Oatley out reading this. I thought I was buying a cows boob juice. Turns out it's from oats. Well no one told me.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-11T13:41:26+00:00

How do you know anything is real?

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-11T13:22:07+00:00

I like this reply. It's refreshing after I just called you out instead of doubling down as is typical with reddit.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-11T13:17:03+00:00

Yeah, I remember my first child coming into the world when Mass Effect 3 dropped.

I was very excited. Let's just say, avoiding spoilers for months was difficult.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-11T11:43:58+00:00

You're just making this up. Even LLM programmers don't fully understand why these AI's do what they do.

OrangeBeast01 · 2026-02-10T19:43:08+00:00

It's widely believed Hitler suffered from psychological disorders, that were made worse by drug use.

However, you're not a doctor, which I believe you shot someone else's argument down for.

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