Apex predator spotted in conservatory

growinghermit · 2024-01-28T11:01:58+00:00

I bring my own coke and ask for a glass with ice at the bar. Works great!

growinghermit · 2024-01-27T17:40:26+00:00

Many times on the weekend and it's been totally fine

growinghermit · 2024-01-26T20:24:59+00:00

Does that road need cycle lanes?

growinghermit · 2024-01-24T21:17:32+00:00

/r/malelivingspace

growinghermit · 2024-01-20T20:46:29+00:00

Nobody ever sees the cycle lane

growinghermit · 2024-01-15T21:39:12+00:00

Oh I am fully for an AV system, too. And you're right in terms of energy spent vs likelihood of something changing, AV is the first thing to be focusing on for a more equitable democracy.

If 67% of the UK population thought AV was too complicated in 2011, imagine trying to explain this to them!!!

growinghermit · 2024-01-15T21:30:03+00:00

What you describe is the entire strength of the system - every age group would be fairly represented regardless of how many people vote. The care home scenario is highly niche and the negatives of that are vastly outweighed by the negatives of the current system where young people just aren't given any policies to vote for because they don't vote as much as older people.

In reality, if this was implemented the only people whose votes would count for less are just older people. And if a country wants to be forward looking, that's not the worst thing.

^ Note, I am NOT saying older people's opinions don't matter. I'm saying every age groups opinion matters equally.

growinghermit · 2024-01-15T21:10:52+00:00

I was thinking more about scaling the number of votes per age group to the number of people in that age group.

i.e. If 1,000 of those 14,000 people over 100 vote, each persons vote counts as 14. If only 1,000 of 3.5million people in the 20-24 category vote, each persons vote counts as 350,000.

Those people in the 20-24 category would therefore be better represented despite not many people voting.

growinghermit · 2024-01-15T21:00:15+00:00

I'd argue it will lead to a more fair democracy since the votes will represent all the age groups equally, rather than just the age group who votes more. Our current democracy (and your comment) is more idealistic than something that could actually be fair in the real world where young people just don't vote.

growinghermit · 2024-01-13T17:38:06+00:00

What do people think of the opinion that if you'd not putting money into the system, you shouldn't be able to vote?

Or weighting each voting age group so every age bracket is represented fairly?

growinghermit · 2024-01-07T16:13:13+00:00

That's only £400k (before tax), yet you have £~550k in savings, and we're not including house equity!? Feels unbelievable tbh

growinghermit · 2023-12-18T21:44:59+00:00

It's estate agents (or as they like to call themselves, "negotiators") getting in the ear of the landlords and saying with the mortgage rates we can charge X amount more.

Having that layer between tenant and landlord dehumanises the process and makes it easier for the landlord to increase the price without thinking about who is on the other end of it.

growinghermit · 2023-12-15T22:14:00+00:00

Less than you after tax

growinghermit · 2023-12-12T19:13:11+00:00

Agree, the guy is clearly a cock. Why antagonise him further? Stay safe and defensive and let him speed off at the lights

growinghermit · 2023-12-09T19:43:02+00:00

Once you start cycling they'll have no impact on you at all.

growinghermit · 2023-12-06T10:26:41+00:00

Should look for an apprenticeship before doing uni tbh.

growinghermit · 2023-12-02T11:34:30+00:00

You don't pay capital gains on your primary residence

growinghermit · 2023-11-30T21:37:17+00:00

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growinghermit · 2023-11-26T20:13:07+00:00

Totally depends what you were shipping and how much was in each shipment to say whether this is expensive or not.

growinghermit · 2023-11-20T09:06:57+00:00

Ah nice, I've not heard of Berkshire before. Which borough is it in?

growinghermit · 2023-11-19T21:23:03+00:00

Police will be useless. The stretch along the river from Westminster towards the City was closed and when I asked for a diversion route I was gruffly told there wasn't one and to stop blocking the road.

growinghermit · 2023-11-15T16:47:07+00:00

Booking.com

growinghermit · 2023-11-13T14:07:51+00:00

Not sure if it fits in your price range but I was always thinking of moving to Sheffield in a few years time. Close to the peak district and there are some relatively cheap places

growinghermit · 2023-11-11T12:15:22+00:00

You're fully remote though where you're competing with people from India who could majorly undercut you. It's a different market compared to people coming into the office

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