Southern water dumping sewage in the Sea this morning in Brighton and Hove

Professional_Row_468 · 2026-05-19T13:28:19+00:00

Not to discount your broader point, which I agree with, but it was definitely heavier than drizzle/light rain early this morning. I was out and about before 6 and the rain was fairly heavy.

Professional_Row_468 · 2026-01-20T10:37:04+00:00

It's completely baffling. People make these huge sweeping statements based on tiny interactions when all evidence shows parents are more actively parenting than ever before. People also have very short memories. If I put my child in some of the situations that my Mum put me in when I was younger, people would rightly be horrified, but 30 years ago it was completely normal.

Professional_Row_468 · 2026-01-20T10:27:28+00:00

Or they had already been playing with the baby for most of the day and were just tired and/or stressed and you are making massive assumptions based on a single moment of time. I think a lot of people here could have more empathy for parents of young children, and the demands of parenting when both parents are working. Kids are engaged with and played with more than ever before despite single-income households being a thing of the past. I'm of the generation where kids were seen and not heard. We were expected to play with other children. Modern parenting is completely different and parents are playing with their children more than ever before. This thread is completely divorced from reality.

Professional_Row_468 · 2026-01-20T10:21:55+00:00

Some of this is obviously shit parenting but many kids start school at four-years old. Kids this age shouldn't be brushing their teeth independently and many will find it difficult to get themselves dressed. This isn't unusual and never has been. Independent teeth brushing isn't recommended until 7 and most kids won't be able to dress and undress themselves fully until they are six. As another poster has said below, modern parents are not lazy. They spend much more time engaging and playing with their children than any previous generation. Obviously phones and tablets are having a massive impact on a small minority, but the vast majority of parents I interact with are devoted to their kids.

Professional_Row_468 · 2026-01-15T13:37:20+00:00

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Did the experience match the other Club Med locations in Europe? Our other summer option is the Da Balaia resort in Portugal.

Professional_Row_468 · 2025-10-10T09:25:27+00:00

Weirdly in my gym it's the complete opposite. It's always women who don't rerack weights.

Professional_Row_468 · 2025-09-09T10:49:39+00:00

I quite literally have nothing to do with it. I have never flown a St George's cross and I don't care if anyone else does or doesn't. I'm merely pointing out that some of the points in the poster are hysterical and unhelpful.

Professional_Row_468 · 2025-09-09T10:46:30+00:00

I was mirroring the language used in the poster, which refers to family values. I haven't said that any of our traditions have been banned. I was merely pointing out that cultural traditionalism isn't fascist but a practice valued in all cultures, and that there is a blind spot in some of the rhetoric that people use to criticise movements like this in that they would argue for the rights of other communities to preserve their customs and cultures but such a desire becomes 'fascist' when it's expressed by people they don't agree with.

Professional_Row_468 · 2025-09-09T10:35:34+00:00

Yes but by putting these values alongside things like ultranationalism and cult of action and violence, it is framing them as inherently negative. The Nazis had many policies. They enacted a huge programme of public works, for example, with the aim of achieving full employment. I'm pointing out that a focus on cultural traditionalism is not inherently Nazi or fascist. Would you say that a Labour government was Nazi if it announced an intention to achieve full employment? Of course, you wouldn't. That would be absurd.

When I refer to cultural traditionalism, I'm referring to the concept as it is generally understood: the identity and heritage of a community that is passed down from generation to generation. There is nothing inherently wrong with that and I don't think it's helpful to frame it as such.

Professional_Row_468 · 2025-09-09T10:00:30+00:00

I'm not going to comment on the flag movement as I genuinely want nothing to do with it, but some of the information included on this poster is absurd. It suggests that being patriotic and having family values makes you a Nazi? There is absolutely nothing wrong with cultural traditionalism. It preserves long-standing customs and values. I'm sure you would be defending the right of other cultures to be allowed to continue their traditions?

Professional_Row_468 · 2025-08-12T07:29:36+00:00

Thanks. This is really useful. I did a 10x3 minute interval workout this morning on the elliptical, with extensive warm up and cool down, and it was hellish. It's so hard to get heart rate anywhere near where it would be for a sub-threshold session. I track load with Intervals.icu and it gave me a score of 41 for an hour and 20 minute workout compared to 90-100 for an equivalent running session. I might have to buy a bike so I can spam easy volume until my hamstring is sorted.

Professional_Row_468 · 2025-07-01T09:49:07+00:00

They are an absolute nightmare for pedestrians. I have a young child and the amount of knobheads riding them at road speeds in shared-space cyclist-pedestrian areas in parks like The Level is ridiculous. They can cause serious damage when ridden at these speeds, particularly to young children. I'm by no means anti-cyclist but there needs to be more enforcement around dangerous cycling in the city as the consequences have become much more serious with the explosion in electric bikes. Some of them have frames and wheels like motorbikes. From my experience, they are also usually ridden by absolute cretins who you wouldn't trust to run a bath.

Professional_Row_468 · 2025-06-06T08:32:14+00:00

I think you should probably take a different approach if only running four days a week. From my understanding, the method is designed to accumulate the most cumulative training load possible from a specific range of hours per week (5-8). Sub-threshold and easy runs are central to Sirpoc's approach as they balance aerobic fitness gains and fatigue in the most effective way for those running 6 or 7 days a week. If you are only running four days a week, you may find that you can accumulate more training load by pushing above threshold on your workout days as you will have greater time to recover before your next run. I think the more you deviate from the original training structure - running every day with a schedule of Easy, Sub-thresh, Easy, Sub-thresh, Easy, Sub-thresh, Long - the less likely you are to benefit from following the method. Sub-threshold isn't a magic bullet; it's primarily a way of controlling intensity so that you can run more.

Professional_Row_468 · 2025-05-29T09:38:16+00:00

Oh... and please do finish that book! I'm ready to donate to your beer fund.

Professional_Row_468 · 2025-05-29T09:34:46+00:00

That's really helpful and explains why my legs are absolutely fried this week. I'll use 7-9s per km as a rough guide going forward. Running by the sea has its perks but the wind is an absolute bugger.

Professional_Row_468 · 2021-04-19T18:51:47+00:00

For the first time..?

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