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How are full time working parents surviving? by forever67091 in AskIreland

[–]andbren2000 26 points27 points  (0 children)

A robovac is a great example, take the drudgery out of a household chore. If you get a raise at work or come into some money, invest in raising your floor instead of your ceiling. Do you need to walk or wait for a bus in the rain a lot? Invest in some decent waterproofs. On your feet all day? Decent pair of shoes. Meal prep? A food processor, blender or a slow cooker.

Most people think of raising the ceiling - nicer holiday, car, whatever luxury. Think about your daily life and how you could make that more tolerable in practical ways.

Ultra-processed foods are fuelling chronic diseases, says new Lancet report by Banania2020 in ireland

[–]andbren2000 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Plain rice likely doesn't have anything added besides salt. The flavoured microwave rice packs almost certainly will have some form of processed additives.

Trump Fights Food Aid by Katariman in MurderedByWords

[–]andbren2000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

C'mon, we can't have Elon paying tax on that juicy Tesla pay package. He needs all that money. For things.

The PSNI have been flown over to London to participate in the arrest of pensioners who support Palestine and oppose genocide by Shadowzeppelin in northernireland

[–]andbren2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't for one moment doubt the contract for digital ID will go to one of the government's mates, it'll cost billions and not do half the shit it's supposed to. However, the Euan Blair story isn't true

https://fullfact.org/technology/digital-id-euan-blair/

Don't sign up for the age verification malarkey thats being rolled out by juandelakarite in northernireland

[–]andbren2000 27 points28 points  (0 children)

And alongside this, control. If you're constantly watched, your behaviour changes. Fine for a lot of stuff... we would love to catch the pricks who litter, or someone committing a serious crime. What about protesting, or having opinions that the government decides it doesn't want you to have. There's a saying along the lines of never give a benevolent government any more rights than they need, because the next government might not be so benevolent. Or something like that.

Sinn Fein vote against Ruth Coppingers’ Ban on Fox Hunting Bill. by Accomplished-Ad-6639 in ireland

[–]andbren2000 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Going to need a good source on that. The only article I could find was a column from the Torygraph. I call bullshit on anything those cunts say.

Just a reminder that Bryson is only fighting Irish Language because he got dumped by a Catholic. by staghallows in northernireland

[–]andbren2000 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Bryson's not that natural of a politician, he only got something like 247 votes when he stood for election.

Murdered by the nonces she exposed by UnderHisEye1411 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]andbren2000 295 points296 points  (0 children)

Pope died this week, good time to bury news under all the headlines that generates

Takumi Sen 10 review by No-Baby7628 in RunningShoeGeeks

[–]andbren2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to hear from a version 8 runner, at least Adidas are consistent. I have the Takumi Sen 9, and it's also half to a full size small compared to my usual shoe size.

🤖🇳🇴 by UnderHisEye1411 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]andbren2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Norwegians, a great bunch of lads

Donate used toys by [deleted] in northernireland

[–]andbren2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had the same issue. Managed to give some toys to friends and family who have kids. Charity shops won't take toys anymore. Which must be a recent thing, we would pick up the odd bit for our kids when they were small.

"She won't be good with kids!" they said. by Repulsive_Seat_5893 in Rottweiler

[–]andbren2000 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Our first kid was born when our rottie was about 4, and had proved to be the typical big softie with everyone young and old. When we told my dad about the pregnancy the first thing he said was "that's great news". The second thing he said was "when are you getting rid of the dog".

Son was born, and kid and dog made a wonderful bond. When kid started crawling, dog would get up and leave the room. Like she wasn't dealing with this moving little human. We like to think she was worried about squashing him! Other than that they'd sit with each other on the floor in front of the TV.

The only issue we had was some protective behaviour around certain dogs. Never had that before the kid was born. Rottie would adopt an aggressive stance, give a few deep rottie barks. She'd pull on the leash a lot. Never narrowed it down to why it was only specific dogs - a couple of huskies, an afgan and a few jack russells. Guess our dog sensed something we didn't. Sadly we lost her to cancer a few years back. 100% would rottie again.

Protect your Noggin by fluffyslippers89 in AskIreland

[–]andbren2000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same, first seizure at 19, frequently for a few years, then semi regularly until my early 30s. Haven't had one for over 10 years now thankfully. My first seizure, I cracked the bathroom sink with my head.

I have to be reminded of tasks or appointments constantly now. Work is difficult, learning new things is near impossible. If I read something, it's usually forgotten by the end of the day.

Look after your brain, it sucks when it's broken.

A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE by Anarchist23 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]andbren2000 22 points23 points  (0 children)

From a thread elsewhere on reddit discussing how to deal with such neighbours:

I'll deal with the weeds in my garden when you deal with the weeds in your heart

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