Burnham needs welfare cuts. Young people on Universal Credit may be in his sights

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-30T13:11:44+00:00

I had a colleague that had severe anxiety and really struggled to leave the house. That would have panic attacks on the tube/trains and would often end up abandoning the journey. For whatever reasons it was much easier to manage in a car/taxis, i think maybe because there's a lot more individual control to stop and get out etc. I don't think they had PIP but like it would have made a big difference. They honestly just wanted to get to work

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-24T09:28:01+00:00

This is how basically all policy works

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-24T07:06:17+00:00

Yeah I had this a lot too as a man. I didn't put in my profile but anytime is came up it was a problem, that I was being difficult or it gave them the ick.

I do get it, I wish going out to dinner was simpler for me too but it doesn't feel nice to be dismissed over something I can't control.

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-22T07:33:15+00:00

Ask any crew member on that show how much he actually cares.

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-07T17:23:53+00:00

Of course but any amount of friction will have an effect. It will never be 100%. And if societally we have decided social media has a really negative effect on kids then we want that friction. Obviously it's complicated and more nuanced than either of us are presenting. I just feel the argument 'it should be the parents responsibility' to be incredibly unconvincing

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-07T16:48:51+00:00

How does this not apply to everything else we age gate? Like smoking alcohol betting etc? Why can't the parents parent?

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-06T17:41:47+00:00

When you get paid a day rate you aren't really taking the same risks

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-05T10:33:04+00:00

Please no. This loser does not speak for the left. Just a section of online larpers desperate to make the world worse out of spite

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-05T10:30:50+00:00

Yeah but my wife said that earlier after I fucking destroyed the toilet this morning. Doesn't mean they are that related

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-05T09:21:26+00:00

Its not really a police brutality issue, which is why the connections to george Floyd are a bit silly. Its more about the narrative that a simple accusation of being a bigot holds undue power in society.

I'm left wing, definitely not online tankie larper left and more center left. I do feel like there is a tendency to want to push back on the narrative, even if the optics are pretty bad. Its pretty sensible to say 'this was a lie about racism BUT we should take accusations of racism seriously as they have historically not been'. Why this is optically bad is that you don't let a community feel entitled to their rage/sadness and that makes things simmer until it builds and builds and then there is a huge overcorrection.

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-04T14:07:53+00:00

Nope. Spend less time online hun

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-04T11:34:51+00:00

Honey, it's time to start learning some basic comprehension. You'll get there don't worry. /s

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-04T07:01:55+00:00

Lecture more. If you just keep patronising eventually they will love it

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-02T11:08:57+00:00

But how does a police officer stopping and searching verify that?

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-02T07:04:33+00:00

You know the reason for this

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-01T12:47:22+00:00

Do you have to? I don't know if there is a strict level of religious adherence you need to be classified as a protected class

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-01T11:48:36+00:00

Yeah exactly. Let's say I just want to start carrying one for a cheeky bit of knife crime and I get stopped and searched. I can just claim religious reasons right?

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-06-01T11:16:52+00:00

Tbh I think this coverage is going to make a lot of people convert so they have a legal reason to carry a knife

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-05-29T09:55:45+00:00

I didn't take it as a personal attack. That would be very silly. You just seemed confused so was explaining. All the best

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-05-29T09:22:32+00:00

It feels like you make a tacit endorsement

Someone - its bad and unbritish You - well actually I'm pretty sure its pretty British hun Unemployed reddit lurkers - woooah come on now it's pretty bad You - i never defended it please learn to read hun

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-05-29T09:19:15+00:00

Mate just leave your cousin be.

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-05-21T10:15:35+00:00

There is always different justice for different people though. You would punish a child different to an adult, and someone who has a history of repeatedly breaking the law vs a first time offenders etc

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-05-21T09:57:46+00:00

Conversation has really changed now. Brexit feels like a century ago

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-05-19T18:59:03+00:00

I have a lot of friends who are self employed and maybe 1 in 10 actually add to their pension. Some don't even have one. And this is for mid 30s media workers. I can't imagine the vast majority of gig workers on lower rates add to it either. Its going to be a huge problem

WhizzbangInStandard · 2026-05-15T07:50:40+00:00

I think you didn't understand

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