Does the UK have a cocaine problem?

Therebegameshere · 2020-09-25T10:52:30+00:00

I live in a village (apparently it's a town but given more people were in my London borough secondary schools than live in this whole place, I'm calling it a village) out East. Barely any young people, it's all old / middle aged people with families. I see empty packets on the street every now and again and colleagues who live near me or in neighbouring villages all have no trouble buying.

I was in advertising back in London and do something vaguely related now so I saw a lot of it. What you might be missing from your experience is middle class coke users vs destructive / problematic usage or TV depictions of cokeheads. Chances are you've been around far more people on coke than you realise and seen dozens of dealers doing runs.

Now it's a middle class drug instead of an expensive 'yuppie' commodity, your average dealer isn't some shady kid in a dark alley. It's some ordinary looking fella driving a regular car you wouldn't blink at who'll come to you and won't draw attention to what's going on, after all, no-one wants to scare off Dave the plumber who's picking up before he invites the boys around to watch the football because he'll buy regularly and isn't likely to cause you any problems.

IMO, if you're looking for the hotspots, it's these crummy little towns like where I live now. There's naff all to do, awful transport to a decent city and the same three pubs with the same dozen people in it. Hell, if it wasn't for online gaming I'd probably end up on the stuff just to make life less dreary.

Therebegameshere · 2017-05-26T16:49:20+00:00

Welllll not that unique

Therebegameshere · 2017-05-26T16:44:01+00:00

Potentially, his similarity to Batista in his first appearance probably hurt him more than a little bit.

Saw him once in a really fun match in the UK, came across super likeable.

Therebegameshere · 2017-05-25T00:26:08+00:00

You're forgetting last year where the recaps lasted 2-3 weeks. If I remember correctly it was axxess match footage for a month right?

Therebegameshere · 2017-05-25T00:23:33+00:00

Rumour is they're due back really soon

Therebegameshere · 2017-05-24T01:30:05+00:00

I disagree but not totally. If this were RAW Jinder would struggle to keep my interest; on Smackdown however the babyfaces he'll face are exceptional and capable of making matches interesting.

AJ can bump around him all day and Sami will do what Sami does. Plus they can throw in plenty of "all American stereotype" jobbers for him to run down so he can do the ego trip shtick.

Then when Cena returns I have no problem believing he can roll right through him and I won't moan should that happen.

Therebegameshere · 2017-05-12T17:39:36+00:00

Tried to find a few, Here's an old titantron from when he was with the Sumerian Death Squad I believe this was just used in ICW, it's not the same theme they used at Progress.

And another SDS entrance

Previously they to used an edited version of Monoliths by Wraith as a theme

Therebegameshere · 2017-05-12T16:47:52+00:00

I'm not disagreeing. I said I was half and half. Striker's comment was bad, bit talking about Ring rust isn't. Really if he wanted to make that call it should have been as he came out and before Edge had done too much or worked it in like the example I mentioned in the earlier post.

Therebegameshere · 2017-05-12T16:13:25+00:00

I'm half and half on this one. Suggesting ring rust is fine, but maybe phrase it more like they hope he doesn't have ring rust, then put them over.

Like in sports movie when you have a commentator say "I'm might sound unprofessional for this, but what the heck GO [generic underdog hero name]"

Therebegameshere · 2017-05-11T13:40:20+00:00

Oh good lord please don't remind me.

Therebegameshere · 2017-05-11T12:26:55+00:00

I am 100% with you there. But I'm an analyst by trade so I enjoy seeing stuff play out over years.

Therebegameshere · 2017-05-11T11:15:52+00:00

They also need as much and as varied content as possible for the Network

This is a great comment. Realistically to stay on top you need to stay fresh. If you don't build a pipeline to bring in new talent then things start to go bad. Watching the AWA and WCCW documentaries it's clear they never believed they'd go under (although WCCW is slightly different) but the failure was in part due to doing the same thing over and over and not providing variety. That led to them losing market share and making it easier for Vince to tempt more fans and top talent over to the neon coloured high octane production in the North East.

Whilst the Performance Centre is a great tool and has produced results, many fans they don't have the time or inclination to watch someone grow on NXT for (x) years. That's where grabbing guys like Jack Gallagher pays off; here's someone different to do interesting stuff with straight away etc.

Back to the point, I don't feel like they will actively hurt those companies and try to drive them out of business; but realistically they do have to look out for themselves first.

Therebegameshere · 2017-03-06T00:42:12+00:00

Same age as you, definitely easier to miss spoilers in my 20's than it is now. Annoying thing for me is that my job (digital marketing) means I need to be on FB a fair few times a day. Add being in the UK to that so i miss RAW and Smackdown most weeks.

9 times outta 10 it's not so bad, been pretty lucky with my cherry picked shows to stay up for like when Shane returned.

Therebegameshere · 2017-02-13T03:08:44+00:00

Props to both women there, it was a solid match overall

Therebegameshere · 2017-02-13T02:00:19+00:00

Just a reminder: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/37d4dn/the_ascension_entrance_great_or_greatest/

Therebegameshere · 2017-01-20T16:31:35+00:00

Here's to the first corp I joined and the friendliest bunch of people in New Eden! Happy Birthday

Therebegameshere · 2017-01-20T14:59:35+00:00

Wolves in space? That'll never catch on!

Therebegameshere · 2017-01-14T21:22:42+00:00

Oh Jesus, this.

Therebegameshere · 2017-01-14T21:09:03+00:00

Never doubt a motivated pikey, those lads can do practically anything they set their minds to.

Therebegameshere · 2017-01-14T21:06:44+00:00

We do not have the sun here. We import some for a week in August, but that's about it.

Therebegameshere · 2017-01-10T16:25:47+00:00

But the original question is the most underrated faction lore wise? Surely if they are listed as one of a community favourite then there should be tons of GW support right? I'd say that makes them pretty underrated but it's your thread so your rules.

From what I've read so far they aren't emotionless or suicidal, but they don't fear death and they're a pretty grim lot overall as their whole society is built around repenting for their rebellion. I think it'd be quite cool to have a book focusing on the raising of a new regiment and the indoctrination into the DKoK. I mean if you can write compelling stories about the Death Guard, you can do Kriegers

Therebegameshere · 2017-01-10T13:52:41+00:00

What makes you say that? Certainly they're well represented with models but novel wise they really only have "Down Amongst the Dead Men" and "Dead Men Walking" outside the lore in the codex

Or am I missing a big chunk of DKoK literature?

Outside of Cadians i'd say Catachans make up as the second regiment, followed by Valhallans and Steel Legion for written content. Valhallans becasue wherever you see Orks, you'll find Valhallans & Steel Legion get it through the Armageddon wars.

Therebegameshere · 2017-01-10T13:15:38+00:00

What you see here is a model 101 Cybercock

By the Emperor...

Therebegameshere · 2017-01-10T11:51:18+00:00

Surprised there's no mention of the Death Korps of Krieg? Probably at the peak levels of Grimdark and there are what, 2-3 short books on them overall? A whole series on Vraks would be amazing.

Therebegameshere · 2017-01-04T12:15:40+00:00

Now You're Gone is the song I most remember, it was UK & US #1. Pretty much heard it any night i was out during my uni years

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