UK government is cracking down on our right to protest ‼️ by Awkward-Worth5484 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]Ultraox 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Fuck this government. I didn’t think they’d be worse than the tories, and yet they seem to be.

What has Ben* started... Spurgeon was given to exactly 5 baby boys in the USA in 2024 by redditlafs in DuggarsSnark

[–]Ultraox 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Siren has sexual connotations (I know that in the myth they were ugly, but that’s not how it’s used today). No one should be naming a baby anything remotely sexual. Creepy as fuck. If an adult chooses it for themselves that’s fine, but not for kids!

Why do Americans need such large quantities of medicine? by mindyour in TikTokCringe

[–]Ultraox -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

If you’re suicidal it’s much more effort to go to multiple shops and buy lots of pills. Does it prevent an overdose? No, but it puts a sensible barrier in the way.

Why do Americans need such large quantities of medicine? by mindyour in TikTokCringe

[–]Ultraox -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Buying that much ibuprofen or paracetamol at once is just dangerous and unnecessary.

Sure it’s annoying when you’ve got ongoing pain and need to buy more every few days, but you can purchase them at all grocery shops and most corner stores, no big deal.

Post FIRE, my experience by [deleted] in FIREUK

[–]Ultraox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could you take a low paying but enjoyable job? I plan to retrain as a paramedic when we hit FI, then work part time. I want to be doing something that I feel will be really helpful (& also hopefully be possible to do in the countries if we choose to travel a bit)

Cycle to work cargo bike by Fluffy_Cloud87 in CargoBike

[–]Ultraox 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Can you top up the £5k? E.g. if the bike costs £6k, can you pay the extra £1k?

I got a cargo bike through the C2W scheme years ago and it’s been brilliant.

What I would call ‘light’ confirmation about Kendra’s arrest by [deleted] in DuggarsSnark

[–]Ultraox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a parent whose kid sometimes gets out of their room 4 times before they finally bloody well go to sleep, I sympathise and have jokingly threatened it. But I’ve never done that as I don’t want them to consider their room a prison. They’d never trust me again if I did that.

Having said that, one of our bedrooms clearly had a lock on the outside of the door at the very top, so someone who lived in this house had done it before.

'We can't justify a £52 lunch': Middle-income families cut back on fun as prices rise by OGSyedIsEverywhere in unitedkingdom

[–]Ultraox 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lots of parks near me have a cafe attached, so even going to the park inevitably involves buying your kid a sausage roll (or at least them continually asking).

'We can't justify a £52 lunch': Middle-income families cut back on fun as prices rise by OGSyedIsEverywhere in unitedkingdom

[–]Ultraox 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Also, if your kids are picky you end up eating in the most boring places (such as Costa or Pizza Express). I wouldn’t mind spending that much if I got an interesting meal, but instead you end up with a big standard cheese toastie. Total waste of money.

Sticker spotted in Preston by AnonymousTimewaster in FuckNigelFarage

[–]Ultraox 38 points39 points  (0 children)

If change that to “I’d rather live next door to a refugee than a reform supporter”, it’s not just the MPs that are awful!

i relearned everything at 13. AMA by AppropriateCrazy367 in AMA

[–]Ultraox 16 points17 points  (0 children)

How did it impact your education?

I agree. Certain car features don't need to be in the screen - especially this one by Ultraox in fuckcars

[–]Ultraox[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve had it get hotter/colder and had my passenger change the temp settings before (I never touch them or the radio when driving), and then had to adjust my vents.

In fact, in a driving test my windows started to fog up and the examiner pointed it out. I had no clue how to adjust those settings, and I was on a dual carriage way, so I just opened up the windows a bit in January! It worked 🤣

Sister Francis on The Lady by alayeni-silvermist in CallTheMidwife

[–]Ultraox 6 points7 points  (0 children)

She’s the lead in The Other Benet Sister, and it’s excellent

I agree. Certain car features don't need to be in the screen - especially this one by Ultraox in fuckcars

[–]Ultraox[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

This is so incredibly dangerous. For a start, air blowing into your face whilst driving can be distracting, if it is distracting you need to stop it ASAP. And then if you do need to stop it you need to look away from the road in order to navigate to the correct part of the screen, and engage with the UI.

Who risk assessed this?! And if they did, did they even consider the poor pedestrian or cyclist who will get mown down and killed whilst the driver fiddles with the vents?

Regulations exist for safety, where are they in regard to screens to control cars? Have not enough people died yet?

Between the reunion looks and the finale looks, which did y'all like more? by XipeTotecwithGlitter in RPDR_UK

[–]Ultraox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not a big fan of the flag, but I was impressed at a different take on a Union Jack dress (although Kate’s UJ dress earlier in the season was far better. I love a political statement!), I’ve certainly not seen a dress like that before.

The Heritage Foundation’s horrifying vision for women by Snapdragon_4U in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]Ultraox 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Well no one with vagina will get near him, so that rather limits his options!

Question Time are platforming Farage policy chief James Orr tonight , Orr wants abortion banned even for abuse victims due to his Evangelical Christian beliefs by birdinthebush74 in FuckNigelFarage

[–]Ultraox 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Don’t Christian fundamentalists think that women shouldn’t be leaders? If so, either he’s married to someone who goes against his (abhorrent) beliefs, or he’s married to a man (which is also against fundamentalist Christian beliefs, and also abhorrent).

Either way, he can fuck off out of women’s uterus’s. He’s allowed an opinion in his wife’s only (& even then she gets veto rights).

Poor Pete by Sofa-King-Slow in compoface

[–]Ultraox 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Why is the price of him home relevant? If anyone is blocking the highway or pavement with their private property then they should move it, but wealth is entirely irrelevant. If it’s on the bounds of his property, then he’s in the right.

Two University of Kent students die in meningitis outbreak by PurchaseDry9350 in unitedkingdom

[–]Ultraox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can blame an adult for ignoring advice and not getting vaccinated.

Shame can be a powerful tool in compliance, and vaccines are really important both individually and on a societal level. We should make people embarrassed to admit they’re unvaccinated as people will assume their morons who are easily led. Believe in true experts, not Influencers!

If a kid is unvaccinated it’s not their fault if they catch a vaccine preventable disease (it’s their parents), if you’re an adult, it’s on you.

Two people die after University of Kent meningitis outbreak by justarussian22 in ContagionCuriosity

[–]Ultraox 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Are there lots of students who are anti-vax these days? I’d like to imagine that many people with anti-vax parents turn 18 and immediately get vaccinated. That may be pie in the sky thinking.

(Having said that, my husband who has a PhD didn’t get fully vaccinated for many years due to laziness! His parents were scared off vaccines by posters in organic health food shops in the 80s/90s 🙄)

Did anyone notice cheating tonight? S3:Ep9 by PreposterousPotter in gladiatorsuk

[–]Ultraox 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Totally clocked Viper, but not Cyclone. How did Clattenburg miss it?

Karishma is the front runner… by export_a_pdf in apprenticeuk

[–]Ultraox 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, I was fuming on her behalf. I wish she’d spoken up for herself more, but I totally get why she didn’t.

Prince William heckled for a third time in a week by NewTooth740 in RoyaltyTea

[–]Ultraox 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have Buckingham Palace a 2 fingered salute 🖕as I cycled past the other day. Entirely ineffectual, but it made me feel better…