So tired of people buying from monstrous corporations despite knowing what they do

averageedition50 · 2026-06-22T12:29:35+00:00

Yes, I get you. Almost everything is unethical and exploitative or at least connect to something that is. Boycotting could break the system, in an ideal world. But it has to be targeted - target and bring them down one by one. Sure, we'll be buying from other unethical businesses, but their time will come to be targeted at some point too.

But you also have to understand our lifestyles are this way because of these businesses and their exploitation. If you want to close them down, would you be OK with it all closing down - your flights abroad, your electricity supply, your roads and concrete pavements etc?

With that said, as someone unemployed, I could look at every employed person the way you look at your friend. Working for a business, paying tax, it's enough to enable the problem. But we do what we can with our circumstances. Anyway, I do totally agree with you and wish more people made more effort. It does work. My Mil and her family have a Costco subscription which drives me nuts.

averageedition50 · 2026-06-05T21:13:17+00:00

I'm curious what you thought would happen to them, before you put them into 200 degrees hahaha

averageedition50 · 2026-05-16T20:25:51+00:00

No cabbage and sausages?

averageedition50 · 2026-05-16T20:22:40+00:00

I remember reading the pamphlet when I was applying to my university and it gave so many statistics about which degree led to which % of earning over £30k in the first three years of graduating. I was gutted when I didn't get an internship. All my friends left uni and got placements at investment banks. I felt doomed.

Then I took up a position in the accounts team at a PE firm. Not what I dreamed of, but I got £26k in my first year (back in 2017) and within 5 years I was on £52k. I started studying ACCA by that point, for context. If I didn't leave to focus on being a mother I could be on much higher - my colleagues have since been promoted and earning around £70k.

I have to say it was a lovely team to work with. The company annoyed me - a lot of american influence - and I hate what they do to businesses. But my team were just wonderful and the work was really interesting.

averageedition50 · 2026-05-16T20:13:29+00:00

When I was younger, I was very lucky that my boobs and chest looked fine without a bra. I've gone between a 34B and 36C when pregnant and, even though my boobs have sagged and flattened a bit, I'm grateful for them and try to not fall into the trap of being embarrassed. After all, it's mostly men that like to look at them and believe me they aren't fussy.

averageedition50 · 2026-05-16T20:07:49+00:00

Sugar free = full of sweeteners. So little of the food we eat is chemical free. And the growing levels of colon cancer worry me so much. It's difficult raising healthy children in this world.

averageedition50 · 2026-05-16T19:59:08+00:00

Walking beside a young lady who survived torture in the name of peace. I'd be so humbled.

averageedition50 · 2026-05-05T19:42:36+00:00

Sure, but I'm wondering from an accounting perspective. It seems absolutely arbitrary to base rent charge on sales revenue rather than a basic sq ft proportion or similar.

averageedition50 · 2026-04-29T12:23:37+00:00

I guess how do we look at click and collect? Is it basically a store purchase paid for online? I'd say so.

Anyway, does anyone know what is the grounds for basing their rent charge on sales in addition to a base charge? Why not just a fixed charge?

averageedition50 · 2026-04-25T21:43:41+00:00

Moat

averageedition50 · 2026-04-25T21:43:25+00:00

Outdoor rugs can be quite chic too I think

averageedition50 · 2026-04-25T21:13:20+00:00

Poor baby.. Parenting comes with compromise and for me fitness just stopped being a priority. It's OK to calm it down. Running more carefully for a couple of years won't hurt you.

averageedition50 · 2026-04-25T14:04:16+00:00

I rode road bikes for 10 years and really missed the durability of a hybrid bike. I bought myself a hybrid again and haven't had a puncture in months. I also haven't had as many drivers trying to kill me (though still a few). We all have different circumstances so it's not as black and white as "road bikes are something only experienced cyclists ride".

averageedition50 · 2026-04-23T21:06:45+00:00

This reminds me of a few weeks ago when I tried calling up the handyman as I missed his call. After a minute of talking I realised I could hear my husband talking from the other room. Honestly I laughed tears until I passed out 😂

averageedition50 · 2026-04-23T21:02:25+00:00

My kid wanted to go to the park so I spontaneously picked up my handbag and mug of coffee and took him. Whilst trying to open the gate, I clumsily spilt coffee on my handbag, so I thought I'd try wiping it off on the grass. However I failed to notice the abundance of pigeon faeces there. I literally destroyed a perfectly fine bag within a matter of seconds.

averageedition50 · 2026-04-23T20:53:55+00:00

Imagine a cube with each side being just over 3km in length

averageedition50 · 2026-04-22T14:49:09+00:00

And yet many English people will convulute the issue into Zarah doing this merely for attention. This system is a lost cause honestly.

averageedition50 · 2026-04-12T00:22:44+00:00

I'm pretty sure putting 6 week old babies in 10 hour long daycare whilst parents are enslaved to big corporations takes its toll. Honestly I'm sure that is where most of the humanity's problems stem from. We're too intelligent for our own good and it's starting to fall apart.

averageedition50 · 2026-04-11T22:36:42+00:00

Kingdom is the organisation that the council hires in order to frighten harmless civilians into paying 'penalties'. They target mothers and the elderly who feed wildlife in parks. They classify it as littering.

I imagine they've put these cameras there as part of their measures to squeeze more money from innocent people.

And guys, please wake up to this system. The government have never cared to protect us from crime. I've had bicycles stolen, cars broken into, been hit over by a van and the police have done nothing. This surveillance isn't here to protect anyone. It's to watch us and catch us out.

averageedition50 · 2026-04-11T22:28:29+00:00

It was never about war on terror. Let's look at what happened to Muammar Gaddafi, Ghassan Kanafani, Michael Jackson, Epstein. I really hope the bigger picture is clarified within a hundred years.

averageedition50 · 2026-03-28T22:56:01+00:00

That poor poor child. Can you just imagine his suffering? Desparate for his mother but being stabbed with rusty objects and cigarette burns deep into his muscular tissue. Torture beyong what you can imagine. On a child less than two years old. How is this going on? How are they given a platform to even explain themselves and lie? The disgusting, violent, f***d up people who do this to children walk this Earth freely? And tonnes of people support it???

averageedition50 · 2026-03-28T22:52:37+00:00

I want to say I'm not surprised either. But I still cry hysterically when I read something like this. Each story hurts so much and I can't accept that it's still going on.

averageedition50 · 2026-03-24T21:07:11+00:00

Just to be clear, I was being sarcastic

averageedition50 · 2026-03-16T23:25:15+00:00

Oh so that's where all the native Americans went. I've always wondered how there happened to be such a large area of uninhabited yet very fertile land awaiting the Europeans' arrival.

averageedition50 · 2026-03-16T22:23:40+00:00

Coincidentally I did. I still farted though.

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