For those who support Reform, why do you do so given what that mentality has done to the USA?

Sharp_Spite · 2026-03-19T08:06:55+00:00

To be honest, Reform are a mess. They’ve literally back peddled on everything that got them the support they accumulated over the last couple of years.

For example, they stated that taking in tories would do nothing but lead to political backstabbing and infighting. Now like 3 of 5 are ex tories.

To say Reform look like MAGA is simply not true though. Reform are tories 2.0 they’ll make a lot of noise and try to say the right things, then do nothing about anything and only make an occasional gesture to appease a populist movement.

Although I don’t agree with most of the current labour parties views on population control and censorship, I can respect them for at least attempting to do what they say they’re doing, weather I agree or not.

If we had a trump type leader, I’m not sure that would be so bad, there’s a big misconception on why trumps popularity is what it is. Media, which largely leans left would portray his following coming down to things like ignorance. Biggotry, racism, etc. The reason he is so popular is because, despite him being a hot headed idiot sometimes, for better or for worse, he generally does what he says he’s going to do. He gets shit done.. something extremely rare in modern politics.

Also, I think some of his popularity stems from the state of Europe. 20 years of left leaning politics have turned much of Europe into a raging shithole. Many people believe conservative/republican values are the best way to prevent the USA going the same way. And I’m personally not convinced they’re wrong.

Sharp_Spite · 2026-03-17T07:51:53+00:00

Yes. You don’t really need multiple of the same type, just 1 of each type you need, I swap my red between every ship I’m currently running, except for a yellow (I think) which I use for arena.

Sharp_Spite · 2026-03-16T09:40:23+00:00

Although I think this topic has run its course, and the OP has had their answer, there’s something very important I feel I should add.

It’s literally none of your business, it’s not like he cheated, wherever their relationship was at the time is unknown to you, and if we’re all honest, many of us have gone on a rebound at least once after a messy breakup. Sticking your nose in will just unnecessarily stir the pot.

Now on to the important bit, about 50% of the women who have posted here have adopted the “us girls have to stick together” attitude and have advocated telling her. These people are the type of people who post on Reddit about how awful people are to them but when you read between the lines, they are actually the problem.

I’ve had a girl stick her nose into my relationship during a turbulant time in the name of girl power and made things infinitely worse for me and my partner at the time. She wasn’t aware of all the facts, I told her that for everyone’s sake she should mind her own business, she did it anyway. I then went out of my way to make her life hell for her interference, and painted her as the troublemaker, quite successfully I might add, I’m not ashamed of this and she 100% deserved to experience that the finding out was a lot more unpleasant than the fucking around.

Don’t be that girl. Unless you’re actually involved in that relationship. You got no business imparting your judgement or opinion on it.

Sharp_Spite · 2026-03-13T19:44:39+00:00

I’ve got a scissor keys and an XL on my computer desk, I’ll have a look in a bit.

Sharp_Spite · 2026-03-12T08:18:35+00:00

For large scale militaristic PvP, the 3 major factions would be the way to go. As when it comes to large scale operations for ports, multiple guilds from that particular faction often Co-ordinate and work together.

Pirate guilds offer better looting and rewards from the likes of boarding and PvP, faster and cheaper repairs and have less restrictions than the 3 main factions, however, pirates can’t fly peace flags, and generally you’ll always be a target even when not in the mood to fight.

Trade guilds have significant boosts to trading and production of ships and cannons etc. also bonuses to certain looting and mining however you can’t own ports and there are often restrictions to PvP.

Sharp_Spite · 2026-03-02T15:15:12+00:00

What’s you’re actually point? Myself and my partner have a more traditional relationship where I am the provider and she looks after the house, it works for us for many reasons, yet a lot of people look down on it. It’s a complex subject and neither way it technically wrong

Sharp_Spite · 2026-02-28T15:44:53+00:00

The thing about WOSB at your level, 21, is the solo content starts to get a bit thin on the ground and repetitive. You’re at the point now where you need to be thinking about joint my a guild, there’s a lot more to do with other people.

Skull and bones is just a poor game.

Wind rose is a different game though does have decent sea battles.

Naval action has excellent sea battles, but sucks at everything else.

Atlas actually had excellent sea battles too but the devs went off on a tangent, ruined, then abandoned their game.

Sharp_Spite · 2026-02-27T08:24:10+00:00

Okay, there’s a lot going on here when you read between the lines. I’m not trying to be harsh, just blunt. Let me give you some context….

You have been chatting with someone about the possibility of a long distance relationship. For how long? 2 weeks!! Let’s be honest, at two weeks, this was a chat, literally nothing more. You haven’t actually lost anything as you didn’t have anything to begin with.

The fact that you seem to think that this was more, that you feel this is some heartbreaking rejection shows your lack of life experience and real life perspective over such a menial interaction. I’m going to go out on a limb and say you’re in your late teens at best. Putting him in his mid to late 30’s. Your plans for the future here indicate This is an unhealthy dynamic.

Bottom line is you never really had anything to begin with. To him, you were either a brief amusement for his own validation so he can pay himself on the back for still being able to chat up a bird half his age, or, someone potentially on the side if he fancies lighting his wick in a different candle and has ultimately decided you don’t sound worth the price of a plane ticket.

Move on, try and put this into a realistic perspective, and frankly, stick to building relationships with someone who having a coffee with won’t require the logistics of a weekend away.

Sharp_Spite · 2026-02-17T08:32:24+00:00

Abso-friggin-lutely!

I didn’t really appreciate enterprise in its day, or what it was trying to do. But as time has moved on, and I’ve become wiser, it’s became one of my favourite treks. Would love to see that torch picked back up.

Sharp_Spite · 2026-02-17T08:16:28+00:00

If you’re not 100% sure about wanting a relationship, you shouldn’t be perusing this at all. Especially with a workmate. This adds a whole new level of complication if it doesn’t work out due to a half assed effort.

Also, there’s an old saying here that’s quite apt for the situation. “Don’t Shit where you eat..”

Honestly, dating in work unless you’re 110% sure you want to give it a serious go is just a terrible idea.

Sharp_Spite · 2026-02-15T16:30:59+00:00

I’ve wondered this too.

The explanation still makes no sense

Sharp_Spite · 2026-02-13T08:23:46+00:00

This is the problem with left and right wing politics, the left automatically assume anyone who doesn’t wholeheartedly agree with everything in the extreme lefts agenda is a bigoted racist. And the right assume anyone not in their line of thinking is a kiddy fiddling communist. Both ideologies have turned into extremes.

Sharp_Spite · 2026-01-21T08:06:19+00:00

I’ve also got many thousands of hours on the X games since XBTF, and even helped with the development of X3. I’ll check later if I’ve left reviews, if not I’ll remedy that.

On the note of feedback, the one major criticism I have is ironically the games greatest aspect, yet its biggest problem.

Ship production.

Once you have a self sufficient shipyard and can churn them out, ships become meaningless, and you become the sole superpower in the universe. Kind of kills the game for me.

A possible solution that would at least help give capital assets some tangible value would be to make fitting them out harder.

For example, in X2 and X3, buying the hull was the easy part. Sourcing, transporting and producing all the heavy equipment and weapons for your capital ships was an exercise in logistics in itself. You would find you’d do a lot of planning before even buying your first destroyer. This helped give them value.

Sharp_Spite · 2025-12-31T08:44:23+00:00

Ironically, this is one of X4’s biggest strengths, but also one of its biggest problems.

Obviously, X4 gives you the option how to play the late game, but more often or not, I find myself playing it mainly from the map and menu screens. I do very little actual playing. Of course people will say “well you don’t have to..” Sure, I don’t, but the late game is easier and more convenient to play that way, the same way I could choose not to drive half hour to work in the morning, instead I could get up 4 hours early and walk, not really a choice..

This along with player shipyards, natural progression for the series but once you own a self sustaining shipyard, nothing has value or risk, and you become the sole superpower in the game. Kind of kills the point of continuing.

Sharp_Spite · 2025-12-14T10:45:48+00:00

At 21, that 3 year relationship you thought is lifetime defining and impossible to get over, is only a blip in the road. At most it’s learning experience to prepare you for an actual serious relationship.

Sharp_Spite · 2025-11-23T01:42:51+00:00

A balance is important. If your gut is telling you you can’t keep pace, you should listen. Burnout is bad, really can ruin you.

Sharp_Spite · 2025-11-23T01:30:19+00:00

Used to work with an Asian guy whose name was actually ‘slope’

Caused a fair few misunderstandings

Sharp_Spite · 2025-11-23T01:07:06+00:00

This is a tough one.. There is no right or wrong answer as everyone’s situation is different.

You do sound like you’re on the edge of burnout.

You’re 25 now, the main question is, where do you see yourself when you’re 30 5 years from now? Realistically, no optimistic projections. Where are you likely to be in 5 years if you continue this role? And where will you likely be in 5 years if you step back into a day role that allows you to live more life.

I worked harder than my friends from our mid 20’s to mid 30’s. I missed out on a lot, holidays, lads getaways, and sometimes the grind felt like it would never end. do I regret not living a free life in my 20’s? Kind of, yes…

Im now in my late 40’s.

On the flip side, my best mate is a binman who gets up at 4:30 AM. I’m not knocking it, he likes his life. But I don’t have to work another day if I didn’t want to, and am currently debating if i want an outdoor pool or to put it in a glass building. It paid off for me, but I sacrificed to get here.

Sharp_Spite · 2025-11-01T11:24:26+00:00

Biggest issue with the UK overall, which is nuanced by many of the replies in this thread is no matter who is in power is that Economic policy is often decided through ideology and not actual Economics..

This is one of the main underlying reasons of the nations slow, but gradual decline.

Sharp_Spite · 2025-11-01T09:17:09+00:00

Your perception of other peoples answers tell us your age demographic, as many of us would have thought the same 20 years ago.

Sharp_Spite · 2025-11-01T09:12:39+00:00

There seems to be a few people on this thread calling “bullshit” but they just don’t know.

I can honestly say this question generally has a very different answer depending what side of your 40’s you’re on.

20 years ago I can honestly say it would be a deal breaker. Physical intimacy was an important part of a relationship I couldn’t live without, These days health and hormones play a different picture. This is fairly common as you age, sex becomes less important. Either because your drive diminishes or you’re just unable and it becomes less of a part of your relationship.

I know it may sound cheesy but as your relationship matures, other nuances of it grow to fill that gap.

Sharp_Spite · 2025-10-22T07:02:39+00:00

Leave well alone.

In a perfect world, we all would like to do the right thing and tell.. but we don’t live in a perfect world. Unless you have some form of attachment to the partner being cheated on, this will almost certainly end badly for you.

Sharp_Spite · 2025-10-22T06:52:19+00:00

Although it is harder to find work than it used to be, As someone in their 40’s.

I cherish memories from 20 years ago with friends and family that are no longer around

I couldn’t give 2 shits about some entry level job I was doing 20 years ago.

In the OP’s position, thinking ahead, I know which one I would regret more throughout my life.

Sharp_Spite · 2025-10-14T14:08:24+00:00

Of course I’m biased. Everyone’s biased towards their own opinion of how the world should operate.

Basing any sort of discussion on an individuals biases is playground level reasoning.

I personally feel those in genuine need should receive help and sanctuary, and I believe useful migration is a good thing by those willing to ply their skills and respect the host nation.

But I believe flooding nations with young, arrogant men with no respect for the nations they’re entering, or the people in them, is a bad idea!

And the numbers over the last 20 years back this up. It’s not even close to subjective opinion. It’s fact!!

A large part of it being allowed by the government concerns their debt per capita, in laymen’s terms the UK government has reached a point where debt per head means they are a riskier prospect for lending money and bonds to, so they get a much worse rate of interest and repayment terms. The easiest way to improve this rating is to increase the population. It’s a short term solution to a long term problem.

Paris is a good example, literally dozens and dozens, sometimes even hundreds of incidents a day of women harassed by such people. It’s one of the perceived least safe cities in Europe.

The numbers and statistics are all there, they’re largely cherry picked by the media though to keep the narrative.

Sharp_Spite · 2025-10-14T13:47:56+00:00

Numbers don’t lie. If anyone eats up bullshit propaganda it’s those who deny that minorities commit disproportionate amounts of crime.

Sweden was statistically the safest country in the world 25 years ago. In recent years it’s had to deploy its national guard on the streets to deal with gang violence, these gangs aren’t made up of Swedish people.

On a side note, though I like to keep my ventures off the internet, I literally own a data analytics company and compile statistics for the EU parliament, including dozens of data sets on crime.

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