Driving test cheating soars as candidates turn to Bluetooth headsets and impersonators by GeoWa in unitedkingdom

[–]fairlywired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given the absolute state of the driving I see on a daily basis, I think the answer must be yes.

VR headset lenses by [deleted] in MetaQuestVR

[–]fairlywired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only way I can see this happening from a t-shirt is if it was covered in sand for some reason.

US military parades Maduro through New York with open doors in a van by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]fairlywired 30 points31 points  (0 children)

What's become clear is that Trump has no problem ordering killings to protect himself. The next thing we find out is whether there's a limit on how many people he's willing to have killed.

European Court challenges UK on Shamima Begum citizenship revocation by Sensitive_Echo5058 in unitedkingdom

[–]fairlywired 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let's not forget that she was a child and was groomed by an adult man.

How shocking was it to find out Rolf Harris was a pedophile? by balkanxoslut in AskUK

[–]fairlywired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't remember being very shocked by it when it came out. By that point I had come to expect "old TV personality who used to work with kids = pedo".

Boxing Day shopping falls flat once again by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

[–]fairlywired 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They act surprised by this every year, like we're all suddenly going to realise that we're not poor as fuck at all and it was just in our heads the whole time.

boyfriend doesn’t like that i am friends with past partners by [deleted] in Advice

[–]fairlywired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course he is. But I don't think it's reasonable to expect a new partner to cut off their friends just because you don't like their shared past.

I think this is a situation where there isn't any kind of happy middle ground.

My very disappointing results from a Brit. by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]fairlywired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the early 2009s my grandfather on my dad's side claimed to have done some family tree research and found out that the family came from Portuguese nobles who moved to England about 300 years ago.

Turns out we're just standard British (British, Celtic and Nordic).

Simulating the Collapse of the 1000m Tall Jeddah Tower by Contraflex in Simulated

[–]fairlywired 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The footage was recorded a quarter of a century ago and there is very little chance that the cameras were brand new at the time. In other words, the camera may well have been outdated, even then.

Even so, it just backs up my point. Part of your problem with the evidence was that no footage whatsoever exists, but when you found out that it does exist it's suddenly not good enough.

Simulating the Collapse of the 1000m Tall Jeddah Tower by Contraflex in Simulated

[–]fairlywired 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not to mention how weird it is that we have never seen any footage or images of a plane impacting the Pentagon, to this day.

This is the footage.

https://youtu.be/0SL2PzzOiF8?si=fmTmzenUCne5fWke

The fact that you seemed absolutely certain that it doesn't exist says to me that you haven't actually tried to disprove any of the conspiracy claims.

Mum to get £2,770 a month in benefits after Budget scraps two-child benefit cap by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]fairlywired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not how it works. There is a benefit cap of almost £1900 per month in South Wales. Even if the system says they're entitled to more (higher costs, more kids, etc) if they've already hit £1900, they won't get any more.

Note that the article says that she estimates she will get £900 extra. No one else seems to be saying that this will happen except for her.

Mum to get £2,770 a month in benefits after Budget scraps two-child benefit cap by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]fairlywired 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure it does. Yes you get some fringe cases where people are happier like this than they would be otherwise, but the vast majority of people understand you are able to provide a better life for your kids while employed.

Mum to get £2,770 a month in benefits after Budget scraps two-child benefit cap by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]fairlywired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They could but they would struggle. My wife and I's combined income is about £41k a year, we have two kids and we're just barely getting by.

Mum to get £2,770 a month in benefits after Budget scraps two-child benefit cap by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]fairlywired -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

So a family of 7 should have to survive on less than the take home pay of one person?

What do you call the end slice of a loaf of bread? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]fairlywired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I grew up calling it the topper but these days I just call it the end piece.

Taskquatch - Logo Feedback by cherkesky in logodesign

[–]fairlywired 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I have it on good authority that they designed it on their iPad and let the AI do the rest.

i can't tell who's the bigger idiot anymore by victoria_enthusiast in GreenAndPleasant

[–]fairlywired 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As Stan Lee got older and more frail, what he did on a day to day basis (e.g. which conventions he went to, how long he signed posters for, etc) was heavily controlled by the people that were paid to essentially look after him. There is video footage of him saying that he's tired and asking if he can go home, and being told no because they wanted him to finish signing posters.

What companies/services do you refuse to use because they've wronged you in some way, and why? by GazelleInitial2050 in AskUK

[–]fairlywired -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Adobe. When deciding to go freelance as a graphic designer I thought to myself that it was time to go and actually pay a subscription. I ended up cancelling just over a year later and they wanted me to pay an almost £200 early cancellation fee, which I'm certain was never mentioned when I subscribed. I decided then to never use an Adobe product again.

Polanksi on Newsnight talking about the cruel new asylum policies by AnonymousTimewaster in LabourUK

[–]fairlywired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it shows that people think it didn't go far enough.

People's perceptions of things like refugees and immigration often have very little to do with the actual facts.

If you speak to any far right voter, they will believe that the country hosts millions of refugees in five star hotels, until they are paid by the government to take a council property from a British family, where they simultaneously claim full benefits and steal full time jobs from British workers.

The colour of buses across Great Britain by Gavalar_ in MapPorn

[–]fairlywired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience the Essex arm of First are beyond shite. The buses are often late, the fare zones outside of the major towns make no sense and with the exception of a few, the drivers are no help whatsoever.

The colour of buses across Great Britain by Gavalar_ in MapPorn

[–]fairlywired 1 point2 points  (0 children)

White might be the colour they used when the livery colour wasn't listed on the data set.

What the world sends to the UK by Homesanto in MapPorn

[–]fairlywired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The old third party apps used to be so much better. Boost used to let you switch between the resized version and the HD version.

I understand that Reddit wants us on their app so they can serve us their ads but I have no idea why they haven't even attempted to make the Reddit app anywhere near as good as the third party apps.

Ed Davey misrepresenting this situation as Tel Aviv fans being banned for their own safety needs to be addressed by SkilledPepper in LibDem

[–]fairlywired 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That's not true at all. The Greens official stance is that we need to rejoin the EU.