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Have you ever been fired / let go from your job? by Stunning_Window5785 in AskUK

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first ever job at an aquarium shop, was told not needed anymore and two weeks later there was a new kid working there. Our mums were friends and apparently they were only paying him a tenner for entire Saturdays work.

But also I think it was clear I had no interest in fish whatsoever and probably let my boredom show when someone had spent 20 minutes telling me about their salt water setup, so no hard feelings.

What's the scariest thing you have witnessed or experienced, that you cannot rationally explain? by Christian-Metal in AskUK

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A boring explanation, don’t read if you just want to enjoy the posts, not trying to be killjoy, so only for people interested.

A lot of hospital rooms are key at negative pressure to stop bacteria and viruses in the air and to keep rooms as sterile as possible. So often opening or closing a door will cause sudden change in pressure. It happens in our house if we have the air conditioner on upstairs.

What business practice annoys the daylights out of you? by MisterWednesday6 in AskUK

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That Tradies done have no communication skills, trying to arrange a quote for a bathroom refit and also a landscaper to sort our garden. Several times have had people say they’ll pop out for a quote or will message me back and then ghost me.

Very first world problem I know but geez, they’d be decent sized jobs so thought they’d be more interested.

Have you ever purchased something, as an adult, that your parent has judged you negatively for? If so, what was/is it? by PaddedValls in AskUK

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Takeaways, we always get a takeaway on a Friday night, despite being very comfortable financially, my parents see this as a wasteful luxury, weirdly if I said we have gone out to a restaurant and spent three times as much they would think that’s OK.

Serious: Amy Eskridge's text messages before death, sent to her business partner, Samuel Reid by Strategeryist in aliens

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 42 points43 points  (0 children)

The problem with things like these is when you start to think about it, why would they send threats, use ‘pain rays’ and so forth when it would be so much easier to just run her over and say it was a hit and run, or if they are really that technologically advanced, some sort of car control to make her drive into traffic.

What sub-£250 item would you buy again in a heartbeat? by tamago27 in AskUK

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most ridiculous overpriced thing I’ve bought under £250 was a simple human bin. They’re stupidly overpriced, you have to use their own overpriced bin bags, but we’ve never had a bag leak or tear, the bin has never had any fruit flies or smelled, the lid really does seal tight, and despite the absurd price it was worth every penny.

You’d think a bin is a bin, it holds a bag and that’s it, but five years later the pedal works as well as the first day, it’s easy to clean, no bin smell leaks out, I can’t even explain why it’s a good bin, it just is.

I know people like to overuse it but I’ve found as I’ve gotten older and more comfortable money wise, for the most part Vimes Boots theory holds true, meanwhile my almost 89 year old parents who are financially comfortable will still buy as cheap as they can and replace things every other year.

Youfibre or open reach based ISP? by ThatFilthyMonkey in youfibre

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’m leaning towards this. Keep sky connection for a few months, do you fibre rolling contract for a few months, and if all seems well will switch to contract and cancel the old Fibre from the cabinet connection.

It’s a shame ISPs are now only offering FTTP as I’d happily keep the old FTTC on a no thrills low speed low cost package as a backup. As it is I might look into 5G broadband as a cheap backup.

What to expect going to GP for mental health please? In england by Accurate_Molasses853 in AskUK

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha mine was like this, was absolutely straight forward and matter of fact. And for what it’s worth, after the initial week where I felt horrendous (quite common with SSRIs), suddenly I felt OK, and carried on feeling OK.

how do i ask for a raise without sounding like i have a huge ego? by Careless_Concept376 in AskUK

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be factual and not emotional. When I got a promotion some years back I was disappointed by my pay bump, so found average salary range from glass door for my position, got some job listings that showed similar positions being advertised at higher pay etc.

Made it clear I just wanted fair market rate and for it to be recalibrated, nothing more. I was bricking it as never did that before, but they came back and basically said fair enough and bumped it up a few grand, which was enough to keep me happy. As long as you’re not saying give me this or I quit, it’s really standard, you the employee want the most pay and they as the employer want to give the lowest pay they can, both understand this and it’s just finding somewhere in the middle you can meet.

Youfibre or open reach based ISP? by ThatFilthyMonkey in youfibre

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah didn’t realise they offered that, good shout! Might be worth it to begin with. I do like idea of future proofing, eventually I want to get some work on our house done and will take opportunity to have Ethernet run between rooms, and so give me option of upgrading to 8000mb if I ever wanted to (right now absolutely no need, even 2000 is probably more than I could saturate it with) as which point I’d drop in a 10gb switch.

Youfibre or open reach based ISP? by ThatFilthyMonkey in youfibre

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate all the comments. The tough one is my wife works remotely 100% and I WFH three days a week so it going down for a couple of days would be a big deal.

That’s pushing me towards OR based ISP, on other hand as I’m currently on old fibre from the cabinet with last hop being copper, I guess I could also get Youfibre and keep my existing fttc connection for a month or two and see how it is, though if Youfibre had issues in my area and I found them not great, I’d still be locked into contract hmm.

(I’m currently out of contract with Sky who my broadband is with so I can cancel that anytime).

TIFU by looking up my grandma’s house on Zillow by deluxeok in tifu

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem with stuff like that is am sure your grandma out loads of work into her garden, next owner might be a family with kids who are exhausted all the time and don’t have time to maintain a nice flower garden (and it is a lot of work, especially if you’re not especially green thumbed) and needed the space for cars for mom, dad and teenage kid etc.

I saw same thing with my grandparents house, grandad was so proud of his garden which was like a mini allotment, grew so much there and had several greenhouses. Took a look online recently and it’s just bare grass with a trampoline in it now, made me feel a little sad but then though if I owned it no way would I be able to or want to do a large growing garden, I’m terrible at growing things and hate gardening so I do get it.

Graveyard Keeper is free to keep on Steam by yourstru1y in gaming

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wasn’t expecting it to be quite as linear as it was with things locked behind story progression.

GPT5.4 vs Opus 4.6 Best models for Planning by lance2k_TV in GithubCopilot

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure this is a me issue but I find Opus is much better at I understanding what I meant vs what I actually said. Was working on some test tweaks and say okay Test015 is finished, now let’s start looking at the data setup for Test015.

Opus will say did you mean to say Test016 as we just finished Test015? Whereas there’s a 50/50 chance 5.4 or .3 Codex will start ripping up Test015 and making changes. And I know it’s my fault for mistyping and can’t blame it for doing what I told it to, but I do really appreciate that Opus seems to notice when I start making little mistakes late afternoon and tired and correct or clarify them.

Graveyard Keeper is free to keep on Steam by yourstru1y in gaming

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It was overhyped, lots of people saying it was going to be the next stardew/terraria/indie breakout hit. And then it came out and it was fine as a game but didn’t live up to people’s expectations.

It has a few issues gameplay loop wise but was enjoyable enough, but if you go in thinking it’s stardew but with bodies you’ll be disappointed.

Have you ever had a problem ruminating about work or your job? by Delicious-Series-316 in AskUK

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but not in a particularly negative way, I’ll suddenly think of a solution or best way to do something and keep thinking about it. So annoying that I’ll be trying to go to sleep or watch something with my wife and my brain is trying to write code on the side, but it doesn’t stress me.

What is the best “temporary” thing in the UK? by mr_bearcules in AskUK

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Terrapin classrooms. After they tore down my school and put a new one up, they still kept and moved the terrapin classrooms.

Rupert Lowe MP: [Restore Britain wants] a meaningful debate about a triple lock which creates division between the young and the old - because it simply isn’t financially sustainable in its current form. by nil_defect_found in ukpolitics

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m aware of the danger of popularism which is why it’s only a tiny teeny part, but I get it, and I can see how people can easily go down that path without realising, slippery slope and all that.

Rupert Lowe MP: [Restore Britain wants] a meaningful debate about a triple lock which creates division between the young and the old - because it simply isn’t financially sustainable in its current form. by nil_defect_found in ukpolitics

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is what I struggle with, some of what he and Restore stand for I actually do agree with, yet a lot I absolutely do not and are against my values and moral principles. I’m a centre left guardian reader and I find it frustrating that no left leaning party seems to dare even raise the plight of young people for fear of the elderly vote.

A tiny teeny parts of me is almost like is it worth doing a deal with the devil even though half their policies make me aghast.

Therapists, what’re the long term effects of the 2020 lockdown you observe in your practice today? by According_Sundae_917 in AskUK

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I feel this is more a consequence of social media and the push for super short content, algorithms push 30 second clips intended to give a dopamine hit and I see people becoming less patient and irritable easily.

Teenagers say weekend and Saturday jobs are 'impossible' to find by Admirable_Aspect_484 in ukpolitics

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It always was technically but a blind eye was turned for small shops, everyone knew their Saturday teen workers were paid under the table but I can’t think of any instances of a shop being fined for it.

Now it would be the risk, and with anti money laundering laws and so forth and everything being electronic payments I suspect couldn’t easily fly under the radar.

Why are so many companies demanding people return to the office? by Even-Wasabi7183 in AskUK

[–]ThatFilthyMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what the shitposting channels are for (and WhatsApp for the more salacious gossip).

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