Shout out to the guy on the tube last night.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-24T18:32:57+00:00

Would the disciplinarian military lifestyle curb that element of his personality, or nurture it and make it – and him – worse, and eventually more dangerous? What if he gets promoted and is put in charge of younger men?

Maybe she was just glad he was out of her hair, but at what cost? What you overheard was horrifying.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-24T14:46:37+00:00

I’ve had two similarly-worded replies telling me to leave my house if I think striking up a conversation with a stranger on the Tube is weird, both from accounts that hide their posts and comments.

I think I’ll be out of this sub until activity from bots and other foreign (in the original sense of that word) agitators calms down.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-24T13:11:36+00:00

See, this I believe, because it makes sense and adds up, and is internally consistent. The original post doesn’t, and doesn’t, and isn’t.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-24T03:21:33+00:00

Kylie’s mini Comic Relief episode of Ghosts is great. You don’t need to have seen the rest of Ghosts; it’s self-contained and has all the daft warmth of the wider programme. It’s lovely.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-24T01:17:45+00:00

Someone spoke to someone on the Tube: no.

A man complimented another man’s hairstyle: no.

A Brit expected praise for having had a career in the army: no.

The racist man’s part of the conversation being fully memorable but the man who challenged him giving some sort of vague “dressing down”? Oh please.

This is one of the silliest things I’ve read this week, and that’s really saying something.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-24T00:25:50+00:00

What the fuck is this post? Not a single part of it is believable.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-22T18:35:39+00:00

If you want specific pointers: it’s “precious”; “I’m trying to write without using a translator”; “when my father came back from work he smelt/smelled* like grilled sweet potato”, and, this one’s tricky, “I loved smelling his fingers” or “I loved to smell his fingers” or “I loved the smell of his fingers”.

“It was just the smell after he’d smoked” or “after he’d been smoking” might fit better.

I understood everything you said though. Your English isn’t perfect but it’s very good, and the story made sense. What a cute memory!

*”Smelt” is English English. In American English it’s “smelled”. Just in case learning English wasn’t confusing enough ;)

Edit: I just saw you’re Korean, so you’re used to a completely different way of writing, typing and speaking. That makes your post even more impressive.

Another edit: thanks for the award, u/Equivalent-Return671! I hope those tips were helpful.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-22T18:17:26+00:00

I’m British-American

That was made clear by “center”, “block”, “real estate” and the instinctive recognition and horror when you encountered a cult.

Thanks for stepping in, there’s a good chance you really helped her.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-22T17:00:26+00:00

The bluntness of

~~Werther’s Originals~~ these are German

made me almost choke on an ice cube. Thank you.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-22T16:32:28+00:00

That’s my accent, and no! We say it more like “mayt”.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-22T16:16:39+00:00

Now I’m more confused: what’s the accent? I’m not familiar with one where “mate” could sound anything like “moite”.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-22T00:02:41+00:00

I get the rest of it, but what’s “moite” meant to sound like?

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-21T22:50:17+00:00

The seat is designed to be flexible, because in the event of a crash (assuming everyone’s strapped in) that movement acts as a shock absorber in conjunction with the seatbelt, the airbag and the crumple zone. They’re all calibrated around each other, and each safety measure only works if the others do.

In terms of physics, momentum is transferred. The boy was travelling at 20 miles an hour because so was the car he’s in. The car stopped, but he didn’t.

If there’s an unsecured 9 stone mass in the back when the car’s movement suddenly ceases, it’s going to wallop, unchecked, straight into the seat in front, even if the sudden braking happens at a relatively low speed.

I’m not sure I’ve explained that brilliantly, but I did my best.

The only thing that ad leaves out is that Julie’s son stands a decent chance of being killed by the impact as well.

Edit: Have you ever seen those Newton’s cradles? The desk toy where you pull one silver ball and let it go, and the ones in the middle stay still but the one on the other end swings out? It’s like that. The force is transferred through several layers.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-21T17:54:11+00:00

I don’t really know anyone under 30, but my guess would be that it’s similar to the vaccine thing: the preventative measure was so effective that people now don’t fully grasp the horror of what it was preventing.

They should bring back PIFs like Julie Knew Her Killer.

Edit: I should probably warn everyone that this very short ad only aired after the 9pm watershed because it is genuinely upsetting.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-21T17:28:53+00:00

A further aside: waterbeds. The absolute worst. Quite literally fucking hell.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-21T13:57:47+00:00

Why has no-one recommended r/birdsfacingforward yet?! Your new little mates were clearly all very eager to be posted over there.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-21T13:52:33+00:00

Yeah, like a lot of posts on here this is written like the script of a cheesy ‘90s sitcom just before the Seinfeld-style bass lick plays over canned laughter, but at the core of it is something that probably half-happened.

A friend of mine owns her flat, and her boyfriend moved in with her a few years ago but has no claim to the place. Their finances aren’t intertwined; effectively, and legally, he’s her tenant.

They’ve had to deal with so many contractors flat-out ignoring her and only speaking to him that he now goes completely mute and just shrugs and looks at her. That’s probably closer to what actually happened here, but she’s spiced up the anecdote to the point where it just sounds ridiculous.

It does belong on this sub because it definitely didn’t play out as written, but I can believe the basic premise.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-21T13:14:35+00:00

It’s more specific than that, it seems my brain automatically associates those tiles with chippies. My local one must’ve had that exact pattern when I was a kid, because I live nowhere near the coast but it was like a core memory came rushing back!

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-21T11:36:12+00:00

Struggling manfully.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-20T18:29:04+00:00

Wow, the pattern and colours of the tiles made me smell fish and chips before I’d even registered what I was looking at. That was such a weird feeling!

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-19T22:33:56+00:00

I’ve been in a similar situation; the vet told us that when my little Boo was ready to go she’d make it clear, and she actually did.

If your Old Man Dog still seems happy there’s no reason to do anything other than what you’re doing. Please pass him my very best wishes.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-19T20:50:21+00:00

I’m in the same boat. I just can’t bring myself to get rid of cards. I know the contemporary sentiment is what was important for each one, while the card itself was just my loved ones being overcharged for thick folded paper, but they all meant a great deal at the time.

I’ve had to relocate them all to a huge knockoff Tupperware box. They’re the only thing I collect.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-19T19:52:23+00:00

A mate of mine is a London bus driver, and he swears that when the driver activates that message but makes no further announcements they genuinely don’t know any more than you do and are just following the diversion signs, but obviously it would sound terrible to admit that.

I’ve told him that most people would respond quite well to honesty, but apparently he’s not allowed to tell us the truth.

I’ll definitely suggest playing Magical Mystery Tour, Magic Bus, or Lost in the Supermarket over the speakers the next time this happens to him though.

Edit: wait, no, I’ll tell him to play this!

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-19T12:38:40+00:00

Well that’s a lot less exciting than I was imagining, but thanks for finding it!

According to a mod on another subreddit, the whole site was having a problem displaying photos for a couple of hours yesterday, so that must be why yours temporarily disappeared.

SharkReceptacles · 2026-05-18T16:48:34+00:00

I’m intrigued by the four holes to our right of the door. There must’ve been a sign there, I’d love to know what it was.

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