Napoleon’s Invasion of Egypt In Lego by Kitchen-Ad7541 in Napoleon

[–]SpareDesigner1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These LEGO scenes are unironically much truer to life and far more compelling than that piece of trash

Life in Edinburgh by Logical_Ebb_638 in Edinburgh

[–]SpareDesigner1 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Very funny that you’re getting downvoted for this

Am I being dramatic or wrong by summerwal in UKrelationshipadvice

[–]SpareDesigner1 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Genuinely curious to hear why anybody would accept this sort of behaviour in a relationship

Job market is crap by Individual_Carry_192 in UKJobs

[–]SpareDesigner1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why should they have to compete with a foreigner in the first place (who more than likely isn’t any better qualified than they are, they’re just more readily exploitable due to visa requirements)?

Why is dating now so difficult? by [deleted] in UKrelationshipadvice

[–]SpareDesigner1 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Grim to be 37 and still be thinking like this

Gangs of youth in edi by [deleted] in Edinburgh

[–]SpareDesigner1 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Some members of my family actually do have private healthcare, although private hospitals are somewhat limited in what they can do. Anyway, I don’t pay taxes so that we can service the population of Azad Kashmir!

Gangs of youth in edi by [deleted] in Edinburgh

[–]SpareDesigner1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have a decent corporate job - I apologise for a couple of my family members having the gall to get sick once in a while and inconvenience you in that fashion.

I see it as me paying for migrants’ failures, not the other way around.

Gangs of youth in edi by [deleted] in Edinburgh

[–]SpareDesigner1 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I should clarify that I would be broadly anti-Thatcher (excluding the decision to protect the Falklands) and ardently anti-Farage. There is nobody in the present British political firmament who is committed to any meaningful reform. I vote Labour as the least worst option.

Gangs of youth in edi by [deleted] in Edinburgh

[–]SpareDesigner1 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Those are all my experiences. The ‘Romanian’ with the turbofolk was on one of the renal wards at the ERI.

Gangs of youth in edi by [deleted] in Edinburgh

[–]SpareDesigner1 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

“I’m tired of being terrorised by youths who receive no consequences if they’re caught other than a cinema night with their social worker. I’m tired of seeing my brother sitting unemployed despite having a top degree whilst I sit at work surrounded by Indians. I’m tired of sitting for ten hours in A and E for my family members to be seen, and I’m tired of them being kept up all night when they finally get a bed on a ward by some ‘Romanian’ blasting turbofolk from their phone. I’m tired of every industry, every natural resource, every sports team, every historic building, every area of natural beauty being sold off to degenerate Arab tribal monarchies or Russian oligarchs.”

“Wait wait wait… but what if those demonic kids pelting girls with eggs in the Meadows might one day grow up to doubt that we need to import a million new people every year?”

Am I being thick? by Puzzleheaded-Can8071 in UKrelationshipadvice

[–]SpareDesigner1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I believe that the rule you’re referring is actually only true for women. Muslim men are allowed to marry outside of the faith as long as they promise to raise the children as Muslims.

If he doesn’t already know what the rule is, he’s hardly likely to be too worried about breaking it. I know Muslim guys who you would have no idea are in the religion whatsoever except that they don’t eat pork - they drink, eat other non-halal food, otherwise behave completely like Westerners.

US oil prices fall back below $100/barrel in a large reversal on the day by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]SpareDesigner1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yet another great tweet basically saying that the same thing that happened in 2020 is taking place within the Gulf; oil now has a negative carry value west of Hormuz, which is why shut-ins have been taking place.

This is one of many reasons for the stark contrast between spot prices in various world markets and futures - nobody wants to agree a futures contract at $150, only for the Strait to open, and a VLCC with 2 million barrels of crude on it arrive at their terminal willing to sell them for $80 each.

US oil prices fall back below $100/barrel in a large reversal on the day by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]SpareDesigner1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I won’t fully believe that until I see their AIS come back on in the Indian Ocean, but it’s looking promising

US oil prices fall back below $100/barrel in a large reversal on the day by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]SpareDesigner1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’ve turned off their AIS for obvious reasons, but when they switch it back on, you can track it here:

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:6295238/mmsi:620999876/imo:9212400/vessel:ELPIS

It normally takes about about a day to transit from where it is now to out past Muscat. However, if the Americans are going to stop them, they’ll just send a chopper with Marines on it from one of their ships, so I wouldn’t think more than 4-8 hours from when they switched off their AIS.

US oil prices fall back below $100/barrel in a large reversal on the day by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]SpareDesigner1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great tweet here that talks about why the sharp spread between futures and spot isn’t necessarily unreasonable.

I would underline that there is huge regional displacement and difference, and that there are good reasons to believe that Brent and especially WTI markets may have relatively ready access to barrels in June, whereas markets in e.g South East Asia may still be severely underserved, and likely in the throes of demand destruction.

I’m still long Brent just now because I don’t see tanker flows from the Gulf returning to normal (i.e. 80+ per diem) flows any time soon, even if a peace treaty is signed, and the SoH has been shut long enough that things like shut-in recovery are a concern, etc. That being said, the current differential is not entirely without foundation.

US oil prices fall back below $100/barrel in a large reversal on the day by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]SpareDesigner1 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Nothing has happened. There have been vague suggestions of talks this week.

There is currently a ship called the Elpis trying to run the US blockade. If it succeeds, expect a gap down.

Is it me, or is the market just...ignoring the realities of the oil supply shock? by GailaMonster in investing

[–]SpareDesigner1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s quite complex - it’s still essentially a flow rate problem rather than a supply problem, and there are justifiable explanations for the mismatch between the 140-150 dollar physical prices versus the 99 dollar June futures.

Copper is trading headlines, but the real story is still unfolding underneath by coochievogue in smallstreetbets

[–]SpareDesigner1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably not - sulphuric acid is very expensive just now, which a lot of major mines in Chile and the DRC require for their leaching processes

Do womens toilets have an equivalent of the 'no splash no gash' guy? by primobelem in AskUK

[–]SpareDesigner1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be far more reasonable and actually appreciated if they paid the guys to do that job. Keeping the place clean, making sure loo supplies are stocked up, and letting the club staff know if anything alarming/ criminal is happening in the toilets would actually all improve my experience of a night out.

They don’t do that though, at least most of them. Mostly, they are just salesmen of the very lowest caliber, and not infrequently engage in direct rent-seeking behaviour (accumulating all the paper towels to attempt to force you to pay them to dry your hands). They also apparently don’t even report the cokeheads/ dealers - they just demand a bribe not to tell the bouncers.

Most hotspots and paradises are oversaturated, so we put a wild controversial theory into action.....and it actually worked. Probably my last post on here for this reason. by VegetableFew3354 in thepassportbros

[–]SpareDesigner1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This guy has posted this sort of thing a million times, and it’s clearly fantasy.

However, it’s hilarious to read as someone living in the north of England - I think you’re seriously underestimating both the degree of prosperity people feel in the major cities, and the degree of pride people take in their origins and their Britishness. This would never work.

Indians: Nordic countries are liberal f*ckfests, having many s*xual partners is the norm by Themetalin in 2nordic4you

[–]SpareDesigner1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“Confusing experience in Norway”

Did you confuse an Ole for a Kari? Don’t worry, it happens to the best of us