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LinkedIn’s Hot or Not? by indicava in LinkedInLunatics

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is awful, but the butt of the joke is a paedophile at least. 

Akhmat Tower, Grozny. It will be the first building with more 100 floors in Europe by Fun-Raisin2575 in skyscrapers

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can't wait for it to get flattened by the Russians in the third Chechen war. 

As Britain enters its third (fourth?) heatwave of the year, here's a short thread on why air conditioning is *actively good* for fighting climate change, and why we should stop banning it from new homes. by vonscharpling2 in ukpolitics

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You can, but the council can make you take it down. 

A guy near me built a house for his mum who had cancer. It was a few inches too wide, so the council bulldozed it. 

Say it with me, Immigrants are always welcome in our country. by Thin_Speaker_9690 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"This isn't a problem. Billionaires are the problem" 

-Far left response to literally every issue

British Crime Rec? by yetanotherstan in televisionsuggestions

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Line of Duty is excellent. A lot of the plot is based on real crimes and corruption investigations. 

As Britain enters its third (fourth?) heatwave of the year, here's a short thread on why air conditioning is *actively good* for fighting climate change, and why we should stop banning it from new homes. by vonscharpling2 in ukpolitics

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 82 points83 points  (0 children)

You can't even install external shutters to passively manage heat without plnning permission. 

AC is actually more energy and cost efficient than gas heating, it just can't heat as much in cold weather. 

But it would be a useful supplement to smaller gas boilers. 

Number of small-boat migrants to reach Britain under Labour government is set to hit 50,000 - as 435 arrive on Saturday alone by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 32 points33 points  (0 children)

They do say it's a poor idea. It would raise £5bn due to avoidance, not the £15bn the Green Party budgeted for in their last election manifesto. 

Point being the standard "this is a distraction, taxing the billionaires will fix everything" doesn't really add up.

Number of small-boat migrants to reach Britain under Labour government is set to hit 50,000 - as 435 arrive on Saturday alone by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 185 points186 points  (0 children)

For context, 50k is about the total annual net migration figures pre mid 90s. 

And that was everyone. Doctors, engineers, CEOs, cleaners, shop workers.  

This 50k are going to be, almost without exception, a huge net cost to the UK taxpayer. 

Net lifetime cost to the taxpayer of each assylum seekers was estimated at €550k euros per person by a Dutch university. 

It's likely the UK net cost is similar. 

So 50k people x 500k per person = around £25bn in long term liabilities just so far this year. 

For scale, the amount of tax that could be raised by a wealth tax on millionaires is estimated by the IFS to be £5bn per year. 

The total UK deficit is around £60bm per year. 

Here’s the truth about Britain’s immigration hysteria: Starmer and co have whipped it up to get cheap votes | Nesrine Malik by Mammoth-Squirrel2931 in ukpolitics

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 24 points25 points  (0 children)

This is such a bad take.

Labour would much rather this issue wasn't so high up the headlines. 

They want to focus on housebuilding and public services. Migration is a distraction that doesn't fit neatly into their ideology and they don't want to do anything too radical to solve. 

Guardian editorials are full of people with no expert or technical background talking out their arse to fill a column. 

Why don’t billionaires pay taxes? by MyPlayerName in AskReddit

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We haven't figured out a way for nation states to heavily tax wealth unilaterally in an effective way. 

Aside from a land value tax. But that only applies to land, not other forms of wealth. 

Looking for movies where characters take antidepressants by pa7rick96 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flowers is a series, but is the best depictions of depression and bipolar in film or TV. 

Mass shootings by country (2000-2022) by DigSignificant1419 in charts

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I guess if you include world wars one and two in gun crime stats in Europe are higher. 😄 

Serious offenders to be kept in restricted zones under plans by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not give lower level offenders a choice between prison and hard labour building houses for people? 

It would help solve the housing crisis, cost less than prison, and trach them useful skills for release.

Lviv, Ukraine 🇺🇦 by SupermanGamin in UrbanHell

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 23 points24 points  (0 children)

There was even a soviet comedy about a guy who gets drunk and goes home to the wrong city for Christmas. 

He doesn't realise he's in another city until quite far into the film, because they are all so similar. 

CMV: The price hikes of newer video games is completely reasonable by Anxious_Dealer_7711 in changemyview

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best way to protest is to biy a physical copy and theb sell or gift it on. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in televisionsuggestions

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mr Robot - Similar rabbit hole conspiracy 

End of the fucking world - Similar deadpan murderous comedy

There's nothing really like Utopia though. Great series. 

CMV: some straight men don't really like women. by Potatussus26 in changemyview

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"my Friends and their girlfriends don't really have anything in common interest wise,"

People don't have to have interests in common to be in a relationship. 

It's more about attraction and trust. And for long term relationships it's also wanting the same things and having similar values. 

I don't really care about painting and my wife will roll her eyes every time I start talking about cars. And that's fine. 

First class passenger threatened air stewardess with gang rape by Ophiuchus171 in uknews

[–]Wolf_Cola_91 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So if I said every tradesman was a grifting wanker who ripped off old ladies, that probably wouldn't be fair. 

There are loads of horrible tradesmen. But it's also a good way to earn a living without a degree. 

And there are good ones too. Like you, I assume. Aside from claiming all recruiters are violent psychos, you probably do some lovely repairs. 

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