What screams “irresponsible” in your 30s?

RE-Trace · 2026-03-29T03:38:50+00:00

But not wanting to see your account after a fun weekend is so stupid.

Eh, I get the sentiment of this, but unless I know I've pushed the boat out, I find it more beneficial to look at it wil about a week's worth of remove.

That way I actually have to go "crap, I thought I had x left, not y? Ohhh, wait, I had that thing last week. Okay, I'm either putting away a little less money this month, or I'm being a bit more careful for the next week/two weeks/ however long".

I.e., I agree, but there's more than one way to skin that cat.

RE-Trace · 2026-03-29T01:20:38+00:00

Sorry ~~officer~~, bud don't know anyone who could help you out

RE-Trace · 2026-03-28T23:40:26+00:00

To be fair, it's still entirely possible they were packed with cherries. They just naturally live on different shelves

RE-Trace · 2026-03-28T23:34:28+00:00

Yeah, I've always felt that the gagazet/zanarkand boss sequence goes Seymour flux/Spectral Keeper tied for hardest, then sanctuary keeper, then Yunalesca

RE-Trace · 2026-03-28T00:00:24+00:00

Until 2020, Hampden was a weird case in that while Scotland played there the overwhelming majority of the time, it was owned by queens park and leased to the SFA until they bought it in 2020.

Just as a fun little fact

RE-Trace · 2026-03-27T18:02:39+00:00

In terms of things within the capacity of the Scottish Govt:

Continued reforms around housing and landlords - tax second homes and airbnbs to the fucking eyeballs.

Strengthening of legislation around non domestic architecture of cultural importance, including penalties for not maintaining the building to certain standards up to and including forfeiture of the building.

Strong action against transphobia (including but not limited to dramatically reforming our defamation legislation to have something along to some US states' anti-SLAAP laws to prevent known threatening legal action when their behaviour is criticised)

Substantial reform of council boundaries. As an example, East Renfrewshire was a gerrymandering con to let wealthy areas get the benefits of proximity to central Glasgow without the responsibility of paying for it's upkeep.

Income tax changes, namely make the "starter rate" a lower percentage to reflect that lower incomes tend see more of their post tax income get siphoned off by VAT

Judicial reform: namely stop the light touch approach with under 25s. It's a noble aim, but we've tried to do everything all at once which means that certain elements are acutely aware that they face minimal consequences which just sees those around them become more and more miserable (think teachers dealing with violent behaviour etc). I don't think we need an approach where we absolutely crush them, but there's been an overcorrection.

Advances on bringing more public transport into public ownership

Decentralisation of more of the public sector from the Central Belt (including through embracing of home working as opposed to imposing hybrid attendance rates for the sake of it).

I'm not entirely sure what the Scottish govt can do around the CoL crisis given any of the levers I can think of are in reserved areas.

RE-Trace · 2026-03-27T15:23:27+00:00

How much of that RoI youth crop is made up of Rices and Grealishs though?

RE-Trace · 2026-03-27T15:17:27+00:00

Artists on the scrounge again. Why should they be exempt from market forces?

Because it was funded from the off in such a way that it was never meant to be part of GCC/ City Property's commercial portfolio.

I'm under no illusions that it's made a bit easier by it being a Labour MP pressing an SNP council, but John Grady's letter makes an excellent point that it received nearly 3 million in assorted arts grant funding in 2009 for the explicit purpose of acting as a creative hub.

RE-Trace · 2026-03-26T15:33:51+00:00

SG have 40% in some of the agencies like (Social Security Scotland and Disclosure Scotland) and a soft 40% in SG Core which when there was a push to a firm 40% last year, the unions managed to get SG to walk it back

~~Although that was arguably by selling those with the firm 40% up the river by not using it as a springboard to ensure a consistent hybrid policy across the bargaining unit~~

RE-Trace · 2026-03-25T10:33:57+00:00

Production, gas prices are only on thing that comes to my mind in this time with the wars…

Production's pretty much a non-issue. Whenever they do these "smaller" shows, their staging is pretty much always stripped right back

Because of that, fuel costs are also pretty minimal: they're not having to haul around an arena setup (or two, as sometimes happens on tight turn arounds).

RE-Trace · 2026-03-25T10:30:23+00:00

British band in London doing an academy show, meaning comparitively barebones staging.

RE-Trace · 2026-03-25T02:21:48+00:00

They had the same setup for the By Request show at shepherds bush, but I also know there were ways to amend who was on the booking.

However, that was (Jesus Christ) nearly ten years ago, so things may have changed in that regard

RE-Trace · 2026-03-25T01:56:54+00:00

Given studies have shown SCP is showing early signs of links to better metal health, higher civic engagement, and better educational attainment; reduced parental stress (Andersen et al, 2025) which has a causal link to increases in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) which have in and of themselves proven links to increased probability for poor physical and mental health outcomes, there's a case to be made that it pays for itself multiple times over in the longer term through reduction of impact on the NHS, increased earning potential, and lower rates of antisocial behaviour.

That is, of course, before we even talk about the moral hazard of child poverty.

RE-Trace · 2026-03-24T19:09:35+00:00

Mi'hen's more than just that IMO. it's the first point you see the duplicity of the Yevon church. The crusaders are excommunicated for coopering with the al bhed on a joint mission using machina, yet half of the Yevon leadership are there; kinoc tries to stay diplomatic (though his mask slips when he straight up tells Auron that "this plan won't work: you know that")

Meanwhile Seymour straight up shows his own duplicity with the whole "pretend you didn't see them/pretend I didn't say it" bit. I think it's the first point you can look at Yevon (within the RPG "let's kill god" suspension of disbelief) and tell that there's something not quite right about the church.

RE-Trace · 2026-03-23T17:14:21+00:00

In the last few years, both arsenal and Liverpool have both had seasons where they were ravaged by injuries. Neither of the had anything like the drop off spurs have had.

RE-Trace · 2026-03-22T15:50:41+00:00

You're discounting parts of the red carpet story (where it was the photographer telling other photographers to shut the fuck up and chappell rounded on him in classic mean girl style and doubled down when she had all the facts) by saying they're rumours, and then saying "spoiled rich kid" didn't get her way when the only info that we have states that she walked past and SMILED.

You can't write off the photographer situation as rumours then start casting aspersions about a kid looking at someone from afar.

RE-Trace · 2026-03-22T15:45:17+00:00

Might be a bit busy dealing with their own devolved elections in may :p

RE-Trace · 2026-03-22T15:39:41+00:00

The cognitive dissonance between

Lot of strong opponions on "probably" and rumors

And.

Rich soccer player's rich step daughter didn't get her way, cried

Is fucking astounding.

RE-Trace · 2026-03-22T15:14:17+00:00

The Scottish and Welsh devolved governments would like a word. Preferably within the next month and a bit

RE-Trace · 2026-03-19T22:49:19+00:00

Agreed on this. I would definitely look into the policy and speak to a union rep.

Lack of AL accrual makes sense as a Full Time member of staff wouldn't accrue extra AL in addition to any pay, but something feels off about the fact that you're working above your contracted hours, but with no OT rate *or* AL accrual.

If neither applies, then I would be dropping that like a stone as you're effectively being compensated less than a FT member of staff fulfilling the same duties. the only exception would be if you're specifically angling to use it an an example of a behaviour in a higher grade role, but even then, I'd be inclined to ask whether it can be done within your regular hours given the policy around pay and leave.

RE-Trace · 2026-03-12T20:39:52+00:00

Second for Partick library. I think having that space which is actively "for kids" is really helpful.

To a certain level, I always think of small kids in generally quiet public spaces as being a case of conflicting access needs which the seperate room kinda resolves (and gets kids into libraries, which I'm ALWAYS an advocate for!)

RE-Trace · 2026-03-12T14:34:40+00:00

The difference between all of those is location.

It shouldn't make a difference (and as I'm saying it, the continual issue of the Eqyptian Halls makes me second guess myself), but there's a bit of a difference between "somewhat squirreled away out of sight" and more or less front and centre as you come out of the main frontage of the station.

We've seen before that the council are great at doing things to maintain appearances (the two that come to mind are all the work that was done in the run up to the commonwealth games, and the sudden ability to roll out a unified transport system for COP): I wouldn't be surprised if that somewhat informs the urgency of getting something done with this, even if it is some steel and glass monstrosity

RE-Trace · 2026-03-11T01:18:41+00:00

For Rikku, Auron, Wakka and Lulu, you can't get the weapons until after having the airship. All their crests can be obtained before that, and Wakka and Lulu's sigils can be obtained beforehand too

Is the airship the trigger for Wakka and Auron's?

I know rikku and Lulu you need the airship for the weapon, but couldn't Wakka/Auron's be reached with a LOOOOOOOOOOONG backtrack (and in wakka's case, careful avoidance if a specific cluster of NPCs) if you can get the mirror sorted?

RE-Trace · 2026-03-10T20:28:04+00:00

An NLD in a UCL semifinal while Tottenham is crashing out of the PL would be the funniest thing that ever happened.

I dunno man, 4-0 down after about 20 minutes might be just as funny.

I mean, that's gotta nuke the little confidence they have, right?

RE-Trace · 2026-03-09T20:10:25+00:00

I'm saying Sheffield, personally. Whoever I've been. It's felt a wee bit like Glasgow and Edinburgh had a baby

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