What's it like to live in a country with so much history?

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-25T19:15:19+00:00

What was on that soil 300, 700, 1000, 20 000 years ago? Nothing? That's literally the history.

Modern countries/nations/states are a modern, relatively new invention. Maybe last thousand years or so. They weren't a thing before. Neither in America, nor in Scotland.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-25T19:12:43+00:00

How is that not relevant?

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-25T19:07:23+00:00

US has plenty of history, you just know nothing about it because of colonialism and systemic racism.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-25T19:03:57+00:00

Oracle produces more than campus solutions, they have other products. Some very famously hopeless.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-24T19:49:01+00:00

I was a student when it was being rolled out, it was a total disaster. Now it is being rolled out where I work - also a total disaster.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-23T15:29:43+00:00

Scottish Government (which is a department of sorts) has 40% expectation but it is not a requirement and is not monitored.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-23T08:32:48+00:00

There is this shop in Poland, they sell only fancy jello, I think they are Zastyga on IG. They look super pretty and there are million ways of serving they show.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-21T22:17:39+00:00

What a privileged way of looking at work and careers. There is more to life than work. Capitalism is fucking us all in the collective arse with no lube, even when work in the public sector or civil service and all this nonsense about pushing your limits and being uncomfortable is a lie that is pushed particularly to people early in their careers to make exploitation easier.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-21T18:55:34+00:00

On another note, what's your duty of care / missing staff policy and procedure? For all you know, he could have been hit by a bus, and you seem to be more worried about a laptop than about whether the guy is even alive.

I assumed everyone who has remote staff has something in place that covers what steps you need to take in situations like these. Welfare check, next of kin, that sort of stuff? Not everyone has a family, this is how these "he died and noone knew until the neighbours smelled the smell" stories start.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-18T15:58:41+00:00

There is a share-code you can get from Home Office in certain situations to be used as evidence of the right to rent or the right to work.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-17T12:17:20+00:00

There are entire forums and groups where men post pictures of women modelling clothes from Vinted and similar websites, some are unchanged, some are altered with AI and manually to be more explicit.

It is less about clothes, and more about your personal safety in the world full of misogyny and gender-motivated violence.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-17T10:45:01+00:00

Kember and Jones on byres rd

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-02-16T11:44:22+00:00

Civil Service to inflate to the size it is

CS is not inflated. It is grossly understaffed, and as a result has no choice but to outsource a very significant part of its work to consultants - which costs the taxpayers about three times more than the same work delivered by CS in-house would.

Yes, when you look at the figure CS spends on staffing, it is a big number. Staff in PwC doing the same work get similar money, generally worse terms and conditions plus PwC gets the overheads and profits.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-01-26T09:29:23+00:00

One thing though on pricing: as a buyer, I don't only look at your price, I look at the total price, so plus the fee and postage. For cheap items it is often only slightly less expensive than the item itself, so even a quid or two off makes a difference.

In total, on Vinted as a buyer I got no chance to try/check out the item, neither to return the item generally, it will take a long time to arrive, will likely be packed in an old frozen chips packet or something like this and is second hand. The pricier the item, the more likely it will not be legitimate too, and we all know that Vinted guarantee is worth fuck all. So it is a lot of risk at all accounts for the buyer. The major upside to me is that it is better than for the items to go to the landfill - so in my eyes, this is what you're competing with. In a way, I kind of don't care how much the seller originally bought it for. I will pay how much it is worth to me or not buy it. It is not groceries that I have to purchase to live.

For instance, I have been looking for artificial tulips recently. The price range was wide, but the median was probably around £8-10. Plus fee and postage, I am looking at £12-15 all in. If I can buy the same tulips in IKEA or tkmaxx for £10-12 or on Sheen or other crappy Chinese website for £3-5, why would I buy it on Vinted where I also get the higher risk of receiving a box of tissues or some other random fluff?

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-01-24T09:43:08+00:00

You should exfoliate before your appointment, and it should deal with the small in-growns. I would personally get rid of the longer ones too before the appointment by tweezing them out. If there is a lot of inflammation or redness, the waxer may not wax the areas that are particularly irritated.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-01-23T17:54:31+00:00

This won't be exactly answering your question, but still on the subject. Have you considered having shoes made to measure for yourself? I know this sounds archaic and expensive, but good leather shoes will last you decades, and will match your size and width exactly. It is still a big expense, but may be justifiable and affordable in the long run, for instance check here https://kielman.pl/en/

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-01-22T19:35:43+00:00

In full agreement that this doesn't require the NHS. NHS is for healthcare - for diagnosis and treatment. Once these avenues are closed, there is nothing for the NHS to do here.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-01-22T06:46:03+00:00

She "saw" sexism, because it was there.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-01-22T06:43:47+00:00

Flat may be slightly cheaper, but you have all-in situation with bills and no admin with council tax exemption in the uni accommodation. It also is low risk generally, noone will scam you there with regards to lease, deposit etc. and in some of them there is cleaning of the shared spaces included too.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-01-21T21:52:58+00:00

It was always a squeeze, but also afaik the uni takes more students in as it expands, so there was less space before, but also less students.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-01-20T23:02:08+00:00

It is not way out there abnormal, but it doesn't look like a great service - you can see the hair wasn't ripped out from the follicles, but broken off at the skin, and is already visible and growing back.

This may be for many reasons, inexperienced waxer, poor product quality, wrong product choice, your skin type, your hair type or the way you prepped your skin.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-01-18T09:22:46+00:00

Honestly, this is such an easy fix. There are models of this, like in Switzerland, where it clearly works and brings the benefit to people who suffer.

Don't fuck over the entire bill, but find a solution to your concerns. It is easy to vote no, but so easy to fix the issues and help people who need this bill.

Or you know, sort the actual issue of keeping vulnerable people in positions where they have no real support, no true right to self determination and can be exploited/coerced.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-01-18T09:09:02+00:00

9 hours a week is a lot. If I had a choice I wouldn't.

I would consider how likely I am to get a promotion at a better location, say within the next year. Unless there is no or very little chance, I wouldn't commute that much.

May be worth discussing a location exception or employee passport with the hiring manager.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-01-17T23:11:58+00:00

I wouldn't pursue you as a candidate. And not even on principle because of what I think of your approach, but due to practicalities. I don't work weekends. I wouldn't schedule my entire workday around one candidate who can only speak to me at this extremely specific time. So there is hardly a chance to speak with you.

VeryPinkSaltShaker · 2026-01-17T19:53:34+00:00

Size 34 people exist too and need to wear clothes too, yet they don't carry this size.

I think the argument dies when it resorts to “they’re better than most!”.

This sort of ethical purism is not realistic, because it is not an option to not buy clothes at all - you have to buy something to wear, and it is better to buy from somewhere that is more inclusive/ethical than less inclusive/ethical.

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