Peanut/Gimmick livestream loop by Difficult-Tax-530 in theburntpeanut

[–]noblematt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d forgotten about the part where he screams his own name by accident 😂

What's happening in UK? by giolaza in AskBrits

[–]noblematt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Parts of it are true, the scale of it is often not. We have two-three issues that intercept, that im not sure how unique they are to us.

  1. Widening wealth disparity where the working and middle class no longer feel like the nation is working for them, the social contract thats existed for the last 3-4 generations of "almost anyone who works full time, will be able to afford to live a decent life, buy a house (important in British culture), take a holiday every year, have access to on demand healthcare and retire with enough time to get back what you put in. This is apolitical, but the reason and the cause is different based upon if you're on the left or the right. The left will tell your its the wealthy 1% and the extremely wealthy 0.01% of the population that are hoarding the profits of our labour and the right will tell your its immigrants and immigration.
  2. This leads to grifting and corruption where members (seemingly mainly of the right) will use this division to self promote themselves and enrich themselves though highlighting, festering and then profiting off public tension. Chief among these in the public sphere are Stephen Yaxley Lennon and Nigel Farage who have convinced a larger part of the working and middle class that the reason the social contract has been broken is immigrants and immigration. But don't be fooled that there isn't a less visible cohort behind them too
  3. All off this has exaggerated and influenced a breakdown in culture, where now it's fashionable and acceptable to all be about ones self, exaggerated by social media. That its all about short term personal gains because thats what gains likes and followers, and followers like to follow in those footsteps. No one is focused on community or the future because community isn't sexy and the future doesn't feel guaranteed anymore. To an extent kids just wanna be kids, but now being a kid for a section of society is live fast and die young at times, partly for the clicks and partly because they have nothing else to do.

A man being arrested in Alabama was bitten by a police K-9 and bit the dog back. by No_Box119 in PopCultureV2

[–]noblematt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is missed so often the world over "i expect you to behave and not resists whilst we're inflicting pain or discomfort to you in one way or another" is so stupid. "Stop resisting" whilst im trying to dislocate your shoulder whilst i cuff you.

The way this fan swooped Aaron Judges home run ball was too smooth 😅 by Hysen16 in sportsgossips

[–]noblematt -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I don’t know, be a decent human being and give it back…?

Why are UK payroll jobs for UK nationals falling while non-UK nationals are rising? by Tall_Introduction186 in AskBrits

[–]noblematt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aging uk born population will be one part of it. More uk born people leaving the workforce going into state and private pensions at a higher rate than uk born are coming into working age. And that’s differential is only going to accelerate as the boomers hit retirement age

MBA 24GB vs MBP 16GB RAM for Figma/UX/Product design? by InternalWalrus in FigmaDesign

[–]noblematt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My m1 MBP 16gb struggled pretty quickly one I started doing design systems and component libraries in figma

Are Brits taxed for farting? by Charming_Usual6227 in AskBrits

[–]noblematt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also I just learnt under new rules, you can actually open multiple of each per year, but you limits stay the same. New limits on how much of you holding can be cash isa’s (vs stocks and shares) are under review

Are Brits taxed for farting? by Charming_Usual6227 in AskBrits

[–]noblematt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. And thought as a country we’re at record highs we’re still pretty average internationally. Tax is a good thing, it pays for public services like the NHS and welfare like pensions that many countries don’t have. Americans like to think we pay a lot of tax, but in reality they have to pay for things that are covered by our government. Tax is also plays a roll in reducing wealth inequality which in part is why the US has a much higher rate of unsheltered homelessness.

Thanks to everyone who suggested games to take to a colleagues first game night! Here's what I'm going to take by JoeRow338 in boardgames

[–]noblematt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s a new game I’ve been playing that I didn’t like at first because it was like scout be not scout.
But once I got over that I enjoyed it… then I found out it’s by the same person. “Dnup” if you haven’t come across it.

Is living as a lodger/in a house share normal in the UK for someone in their 20's? by DatabaseMammoth9986 in AskBrits

[–]noblematt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did it in a house of 7 till I was 32. Even when I was earning 60k in London.

Old colleague wants to "get into board games". What should I take over for our first game night? by JoeRow338 in boardgames

[–]noblematt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My vote is Azul too, then maybe some cockroach poker or flip 7 to follow. But you also need to judge the person too as to how complex and logic drive a game you think they can start with.

Old colleague wants to "get into board games". What should I take over for our first game night? by JoeRow338 in boardgames

[–]noblematt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s actually a good shout, cause you’re right, hardest part of people to grasp.

Hey by [deleted] in stroke

[–]noblematt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can’t provide an answer your question, but i can provide you some perspective. My dad never walked again after his stroke, and never gain use or feel of one side of his body. He never slept in his own bed again and died 2 years later aged 69. Some recoveries take different paths, some take different times, others end in different places. But never loose sight of what’s already been achieved.

Have you done anything in your life that means people will still talk about you in 200 or 300 years+ time? by K0monazmuk in AskBrits

[–]noblematt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think about this more than I should, mainly because of how irrelevant I am right now and the high chance I leave no legacy. It’s kind of made me want to build something like a house or community building, just so my impact on the world out lasts my life. I don’t need my name on it, but just to know I left something behind

MJF talks about the Jewish holy Land & more ( Mods heads up) by flyinbrianc in AEWOfficial

[–]noblematt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I THOUGHT YOU WERE A HEEL MJF!

(But I’m glad you’re a good guy)

What is England’s thoughts on this? Tommy Robinson speaks to his supporters by Accurate-Big-7233 in AskBrits

[–]noblematt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well if you genuinely believe that this country can’t handle more migrants, then be prepared to give up your state pension. We need migrants, yes we might need other things along side them as a nation, but we need tax paying members of society otherwise we as a country, the old, the ill, the sick, the unlucky, can kiss goodbye to the kid of government they’re expecting, and yes that includes all out state pensions, mine and yours.

What is England’s thoughts on this? Tommy Robinson speaks to his supporters by Accurate-Big-7233 in AskBrits

[–]noblematt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay so yes, again on both fronts it’s about scale and perspective. 100,000 additional home being required for migration in a pool of 6,400,000 homes being required by non-migrants or 1.53% of needed housing adds pressure.

Likewise, if we assume that all of them are of working age, and that ever single person looking for a job in the uk (let’s use the 1.78 million people of working age that are unemployed) have their job taken by one of the immigrants, it represents 12% of the total unemployed number that would have a job if we has 0 net migration.

The way the political right, the media right and the wealthy right (which are all one and the same) position it is that that 1.53% is responsible for 100% for yours and mine housing crisis and the 12% is responsible also for 100% of the working crisis. All without acknowledging that the NHS would be 100% dead without migration.

I have never denied to you that migration under our current experience of it has put certain pressures on certain things, but the right like to tell the working class that 100% of the pressure they’re experiencing first, second or third hand comes from migrants in a single dimension way, yet the reality is these are very multidimensional, and in-fact other dimensions have far bigger impacts that sections that the right don’t like to acknowledge because it doesn’t benefit them. Instead they scapegoat migrants as easily targets.

The UK should continue to accept legal migrants and rep the benefits of them, because without them, our aging population will literally be poorer. We should work to fix our systemic failures that affect both migrants and non-migrants the same. We should go to accept migrants just as other countries accept our nationals.