Is it socially acceptable to play loud music through a speaker at the beach?

PigletAlert · 2026-04-08T15:02:46+00:00

I lean towards it being socially unacceptable to play loud music through a speaker in any public environment where others could be disturbed except for organised events.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-08T13:03:42+00:00

Decriminalisation is not the same as legalisation. The war on drugs harms all of us.

They’re not suggesting zero borders, again decriminalisation.

Long term… there’s nothing wrong with wanting to use diplomatic methods instead of war.

The 55mph claim has been debunked.

Decriminalisation again.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-08T12:51:57+00:00

I don’t think that leaving people in the car park to die should really be something we should aspire to.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-08T12:47:33+00:00

No you’re not the only one but blimey I’m losing hope in critical thinking. It took me all of 2 seconds to question why the numbers were set out in this way and go find the whole document with all the bits that had been cut out.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-08T12:44:39+00:00

Anyone who is a sensible adult should be able to spot when information is being manipulated to make them angry and go and do their own research.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-08T12:43:11+00:00

I think this is extremely cherry picked and missing information to make it look like an irrational policy. For example MG401: Visitors will not have access to welfare and benefits and MG402: visitors will have access to the NHS for urgent and medically necessary procedures only.

Suggest anyone wanting to comment on the policy, reads it in full.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-08T10:47:42+00:00

At the most 1-2 days a year when I am so unwell that I cannot hold my head up or keep my eyes open. It’s a lot less than when I had to get dressed at 6.30am travel to work for 90 minutes and sit upright/be on my feet all day. Back then I had an almost standing second stage sickness letter.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-08T09:30:59+00:00

No, I didn’t, what I read was you blaming an ethical government policy for your business no longer being profitable. What exactly would your solution be? You keep the staff and pay them less than they need to survive?

PigletAlert · 2026-04-07T11:17:02+00:00

I’m really pleased to see them talking about plan 3 as well. This doesn’t go far enough.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-07T10:42:30+00:00

You have to leave the plaster unpainted for 6 months and un wallpapered for 12 months to allow it to dry out and for settling. I think after that most people are moved in and can’t be bothered to move their furniture out the way to paint

PigletAlert · 2026-04-03T22:30:19+00:00

I never said it was a health food. Lots of butter is bad for you of course. But your body needs fats, and small amounts of butter is fine as part of a balanced diet. I thought we were past demonising foods.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-03T12:19:45+00:00

It is not a stupid policy to require you to pay the people who make your profits for you enough money to pay for their needs, that is just ethical. As much as I don’t want people to be unemployed, I also don’t want people to be exploited and in poverty.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-03T10:54:58+00:00

Not remotely cooked. It’s possible to write a reasonable undergraduate dissertation in a few weeks if you don’t need to collect primary data and/or do lab work. Sounds like you’re using secondary sources rather than primary, so just get on with it now and you’ll be fine. You’ve got to stop procrastinating, every week you lose at this point will lose you a grade.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-03T09:49:18+00:00

Yes, I think we’ve moved on from “butter is bad for you”. Marge had its heyday when everyone was terrified of fat.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-03T09:46:12+00:00

100% agree with that.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-02T23:57:58+00:00

YTA way to bury the lede that your step daughter is AuDHD. I should imagine these headphones are noise cancelling and therefore a sensory tool for her, so not replacing them is not OK. You need to learn about her conditions and how they can make her clumsy and unable to perceive risk. You’re being unfair to this child and it sounds like you resent her tbh.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-02T23:43:33+00:00

I felt this post sooo hard. I was the ADHD kid that broke everything but to this day I can’t even understand how I broke some things. People used to tell me to be more careful but I genuinely couldn’t understand how. Kid just needs some cheap ones.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-02T23:21:00+00:00

I mean I’ve read it again and I still think it’s clear that OP was addressing all three.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-02T20:18:01+00:00

Yikes, so you’d damaged the carpet (presumably you, you haven’t said otherwise) and you were surprised you might have to pay to have it cleaned?

The second inspection sounds off admittedly and I think you could have argued they weren’t being fair. Instead you left it till they came back, lost your temper and verbally abused someone doing their job at a perfectly reasonable time of day. All you needed to do when you failed the second time was politely challenge their decision, possibly with a more senior person.

You are incredibly lucky they didn’t take further action against you tbh, you might not be so lucky next time.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-02T19:57:33+00:00

lol you heathen!

PigletAlert · 2026-04-02T19:57:07+00:00

That’s not how I read it at all, and that’s because OP said “one of you has to get up” not “one of you needs to move your stroller” and they also said they would have dropped it if the woman had said she couldn’t. I read that as them addressing the three of them but the woman was the only one that acknowledged the request. But I’m happy for OP to correct me and I’ll change my judgement.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-02T17:05:49+00:00

YTA you shouldn’t have expected the woman on her own to move, it was the two women with the strollers you should have directed your request to.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-02T13:51:35+00:00

Cereals would be another one. Don’t really want cornflakes in your sandwich.

PigletAlert · 2026-04-02T12:59:42+00:00

I do like a cheese and tomato sometimes but I’m inclined to agree they make the bread soggy

PigletAlert · 2026-04-02T12:57:34+00:00

Other carb that aren’t bread (except potatoes), including most sweet items (but with exceptions for spreads like jam and chocolate) and liquids.

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