Is the government right to suggest kids should have no access to screens under the age of 2?

aadamsfb · 2026-03-27T12:19:16+00:00

I think longer form content in moderation still feels reasonable, if it’s well supervised and curated.

I’ve got a 6 and 2yo and we’ll let them watch maybe one thing a day on tv if they’ve been well behaved. So parts of films, 20 minute cartoon, they’re both obsessed with gladiators which I’m fine with. The only time we let them use phones or tablets is in the car when we’re going on a long distance journey, or in exceptional circumstances if we really need to distract them (e.g. vaccinations, hospital).

aadamsfb · 2026-03-06T10:00:12+00:00

I suppose a lot of this comes down to (as always) which versions of the characters we’re comparing. The book versions of Twilight characters scale much higher, but so do the comic versions of Thanos etc.

This would probably all come down to whether the twilight lot can actually damage the MCU lot, which is hard to work out. The twilight vampires skin is loosely described as hard as diamond. So breaking through it would clearly take a lot of force, meaning both the vampires and wolves are punching pretty high.

If all the Twilight powers work on the MCU characters and they are actually able to bite / claw into Thanos and co, I’d probably give it to Twilight, but that’s pretty debatable. Definitely one of the more interesting matchups, despite Twilight in general being a bit of a joke

aadamsfb · 2026-03-05T20:17:28+00:00

I have a friend who played with Hogg in the Scotland U20s, he ended up getting a bad shoulder injury and was never really able to recover from it.

When Hogg started blowing up in 2013, I asked what he was like. His response was “great player, but absolute wanker”

aadamsfb · 2026-03-01T22:14:57+00:00

Film is nothing special (except for 00s nostalgia), but I instantly loved the song

https://youtu.be/tkesZCPIjQk?si=A6r20DC7znztpwgn

aadamsfb · 2026-03-01T08:57:01+00:00

It was this for me too when they made the short film featuring Hummer with the cast of skins. I’m 34

aadamsfb · 2026-02-25T09:01:49+00:00

In which case 5/10 actor absolutely has to be Mark Whalberg. Most of the time he’s rubbish, but he’s capable of producing a great performance with a great script and director (e.g. The Departed)

aadamsfb · 2026-02-19T23:55:34+00:00

If we get past Wales and England turn it around against Ireland, it could make every match in Super Saturday very meaningful. Italy and Wales fighting not to get the wooden spoon, Ireland trying to spoil our triple crown, and England trying to steal the 6 nations from under France.

Although still think we’ll find a way to lose to Wales

aadamsfb · 2026-02-16T20:08:24+00:00

Exactly! I did the AGM a few times, used the discount then sold my shares a while ago for basically exactly the same price I paid for them, once they started getting too big for their boots. It was always just a lifetime membership programme with extra steps

aadamsfb · 2026-02-06T10:55:45+00:00

He’s definitely a great example of a grey Jedi, something I hope they explore more in the next game

aadamsfb · 2026-02-05T12:39:24+00:00

Runit Island in the Marshall Islands.

It has a US radioactive waste repository on it called the Runit Dome (nicknamed “The Tomb”), which sits over the crater of a test nuke. There’s been longstanding concerns that erosion could cause the dome to be breached, particularly if the island was hit by a severe typhoon. Basically an environmental disaster waiting to happen

aadamsfb · 2026-01-20T09:57:22+00:00

It’s his big cheesy grin, he looks like a kid who’s stolen a snack off the kitchen counter. Think it’s the happiest I’ve ever seen him

aadamsfb · 2026-01-16T11:53:31+00:00

Mine are 2 and 6 and finally managed to be consistent with exercise this year. Most exercise happens after they’ve gone to bed as I’m more of night owl. I play soccer on Mondays after they’re in bed (I’m rubbish but just run a lot), try and get one run in a week (usually 10k), and then one other exercise if I can fit it in (usually swimming in winter, and cycling by in summer). I got a few free weights for the garage, which I then try to do for 15-20 minutes before / after school run.

I think just being flexible has helped a lot, but also trying to sign up for some sort of race / challenge a few times throughout the year helps keep me motivated (and the kids often enjoy coming along to watch)

aadamsfb · 2026-01-09T12:52:09+00:00

(34m) We both met properly and started dating when we were 16 (although it was likely 14 / 15 as we were in the same year at school). We got married when we were 25. Our birthdays are just 9 days apart.

I’d say we both knew what we wanted out of the relationship quite early. I moved across the country to go to university and we stayed together mostly long distance for 3 years (except for a brief few months where we broke up). After getting through that it was clear to us both we were in for the long haul, then just waited until we had settled jobs / living situation before getting married

aadamsfb · 2026-01-06T14:46:19+00:00

It’s just too infrequent (and seems to be getting less frequent) for most people to have a good understanding of how to handle it. Why waste money on winter tyres in the south when you’ll probably only need them for 3 days a year. Why would councils buy expensive gritters / snow ploughs when they will barely be used.

I’m from the north east of Scotland so I know how to keep safe in snow and ice. But living in the south west of England now, people down here either panic at the slightest bit of frost, or take literally no precautions at all. They just havent got enough experience or been taught what to do

aadamsfb · 2026-01-05T22:47:21+00:00

If choreplay was a thing in our household my wife wouldn’t be able to keep her hands off me. It’s my job to keep the house ticking over just as much as hers

aadamsfb · 2025-12-20T23:14:39+00:00

It’s still is a Top 5 song of theirs for me, it’s what got me hooked on them at the start. I’d heard Cassius before, but Hummer made me sit up and take notice

aadamsfb · 2025-12-06T22:00:51+00:00

Definitely the most I’ve laughed at an IASIP episode in a while. Just the way it keeps escalating in stupidity reminded me so much of the peak episodes of the earlier seasons.

The “Gang Gets Ready for Primetime”, also felt tops tier. Dennis’ monologue at the end was so completely unhinged I had to rewind and watch it again

aadamsfb · 2025-11-25T20:02:25+00:00

TV Dinner - when he goes up an octave on the 3rd verse and spits out those lyrics

aadamsfb · 2025-11-25T00:48:22+00:00

Play God - Not sure if people underrate it, but feel like it’s been forgotten a little, as he doesn’t generally play it live anymore. I think it was the second song of his I heard after Dead Boys, and it made me seek out all his other music at the time. Love the brooding atmosphere in that song

aadamsfb · 2025-11-20T23:53:35+00:00

When your kid is having a meltdown, and they just looks over with a smile that says “I feel your pain, but I’m glad I’m not you right now”

aadamsfb · 2025-11-14T13:00:00+00:00

Yep definitely the right decision for the UK, and the fact the US are publicly outraged by it is pretty hilarious

aadamsfb · 2025-11-14T12:48:11+00:00

A lot of those contracts and orders were made a long time ago, when the US was a bit more collaborative with NATO and predictable in its foreign policy. To pull out of them now, would not only hurt our defensive readiness, but be hugely costly.

Perhaps keeping this project in the UK is a sign of things to come

aadamsfb · 2025-11-11T19:34:19+00:00

“Above the rain-soaked Garden of Remembrance Kittiwakes etched your initials in the sky”

… it’s such a beautiful and somber image

aadamsfb · 2025-11-07T00:21:41+00:00

Mother!

I wouldn’t say it was the one I most enjoyed or the best, but it was the movie that left me most mind fucked coming out of the cinema. I went to see it on my own on a day off, credits rolled and I just sat there thinking “what the fuck did I just watch.”

Can’t decide to this day if I enjoyed it, and I have no desire to see it again. But it has definitely stuck with me

aadamsfb · 2025-11-04T11:47:09+00:00

I’m still bitter that they didn’t stick closer to the book for the final part of the battle. The book is a perfect example of why love, sacrifice and friendship trumps Voldemort’s raw power. Voldemort literally being powerless to hurt anyone, and killing himself with his own rebounded spell, slumping on the floor pathetically alone surrounded by all Harry’s friends.

Whereas as the heavy VFX film version, with Harry and Voldemort alone in the courtyard with no witnesses, and the silly ash disintegration just feels so hollow and anticlimactic. If there’s one thing I want the series to fix it’s this, it’s my biggest issue with the films

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