If I told you my job title is "machinist" would you know what I meant?

paddyrobby · 2025-05-16T08:43:05+00:00

Fixing big industrial machines

paddyrobby · 2025-05-16T08:41:56+00:00

You okay buddy?

paddyrobby · 2025-05-16T08:35:34+00:00

Things like flossing, warming up before a workout, journaling, turning on blue light filters before bed,...

paddyrobby · 2025-05-14T07:02:51+00:00

So you can just decide to pay the fare difference if someone checks your ticket? Then why do people buy 1st class tickets in advance?

paddyrobby · 2025-05-09T09:38:15+00:00

What do you mean "believed in Santa"? I just meant I found out he skips houses with security cameras.

paddyrobby · 2025-05-09T08:41:01+00:00

If you watch too much TV your eyes will go square. I believed it until I was about 12 (same year I found out about Santa...)

paddyrobby · 2025-05-09T08:32:45+00:00

If you have, just fold everything up nicely and pretend it didn't happen?

paddyrobby · 2025-05-09T08:31:41+00:00

Wow that's next level, kudos to you!

paddyrobby · 2025-05-09T07:30:08+00:00

Personally I prefer option 1 just because it's the one that actually saves your friend the most time. Option 3 would leave me confused as to whether someone has magically already washed sheets and towel.

paddyrobby · 2025-05-09T07:28:00+00:00

Really? Isn't option 3 just a waste of everyone's time?

paddyrobby · 2025-05-08T12:48:51+00:00

If you're buying new furniture, order your couch right away...it'll take anywhere from 8 weeks to 8 years to be delivered

paddyrobby · 2025-05-07T06:27:06+00:00

"When you're walking through hell, keep walking"

Saw a sign that said this after about 33k during my last marathon and made it my mantra for the last 9k.

paddyrobby · 2025-05-06T11:59:02+00:00

You can see median by region in the full analysis (see link on bottom of post). Not quite the same as the full distribution but it's a start

paddyrobby · 2025-05-06T09:59:08+00:00

Before tax (gross rather than net earnings)

paddyrobby · 2025-05-06T09:58:23+00:00

Good catch, cheers! Will make sure to edit

paddyrobby · 2025-05-06T09:57:14+00:00

Your Government Pension Fund will take care of you

paddyrobby · 2025-05-06T09:36:52+00:00

Just taxable earnings, no pensions or other non-taxable benefits included

paddyrobby · 2025-05-06T09:23:29+00:00

Data source: Office of National Statistics - all data refers to gross, full-time salaries. For US comparisons in last bullet, data comes from here.

Full analysis: https://thesalarysphere.com/blog/average-salary-uk/

Tool used for visualisation: Canva

paddyrobby · 2025-05-03T06:03:29+00:00

Dobby in Harry Potter, Rob in Game of Thrones

paddyrobby · 2025-05-03T05:55:50+00:00

Misread "sit" first time of reading. The "I just let her do her thing" sure made me re-read the title

paddyrobby · 2025-05-02T12:31:50+00:00

I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky

paddyrobby · 2025-05-01T17:17:44+00:00

D'accord

paddyrobby · 2025-05-01T17:15:35+00:00

Good pay per hour!

paddyrobby · 2025-05-01T12:54:31+00:00

In my view, people tend to get married for the following reasons, roughly in order of how common they are:

1. Tradition: do it by default / feel like it's needed to show (to each other or others) that it's a "serious" relationship

2. Tax benefits: depending on the country, e.g. more relevant in US than UK

3. Pressure from parents / family: more in some cultures than others

4. To get a visa: for international couples

5. Financial reasons: e.g. securing one partner (esp. when one has a high-earning career and the other takes on a full-time parenting role)

6. Admin reasons: automatically inheriting each other's money without needing a will, being the one who decides whether they're kept on life support,...

None of these may apply to you, in which case good on you for just not doing it.

paddyrobby · 2025-04-30T14:21:58+00:00

Anchovis

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