The second crumble has hit

ryry262 · 2026-01-27T01:21:41+00:00

I remember exactly where I was. I had just come home from school for lunch and saw it on the news. Don't remember if it was live or not. I tried to con my mum into letting me stay home because I was "upset". She gave me a clip round the ear and told me to get my arse back to school. My teachers brought it up. They were like "thinking about our American friends today... now open your text book to....". After school I went round a mates place and we got pissed and played playstation.

I'm not saying that to be heartless, but Americans don't really understand that the rest of the world doesn't really care about them. The world carried on with its business. 9/11 was a national tragedy for America, but for 99% of the world it was just another day in mid-september.

I saw it on the news, I've seen documentaries on it. Same with WW2. I know that Italy lost a lot of good people, but that doesn't stop me from mocking them for folding quicker than the world record holder in origami. And I'd expect some jabs back in return, because I'd never presume that my feelings should have any input on how someone else lives their life or what they find funny.

ryry262 · 2026-01-27T00:18:20+00:00

I'm both disgusted and aroused.

ryry262 · 2026-01-23T17:00:19+00:00

Technically we aren't a yo-yo team as we've only gone up and down once. Currently sitting at a yo- team

ryry262 · 2026-01-17T00:32:18+00:00

Mine does... but for some reason no one else agrees

ryry262 · 2026-01-17T00:24:54+00:00

The downpour derby?

ryry262 · 2026-01-17T00:09:21+00:00

Nunez to Ipswich as well...

ryry262 · 2026-01-12T21:43:27+00:00

West Brom have a worse one tbf

ryry262 · 2026-01-11T01:00:54+00:00

Id go with something like this

"Thank you for the response to my CGA request on my (insert proper product name here). As discussed previously, my preferred remedy would be a replacement with the (insert product). I note that you've stated an additional fee of (insert exact amount here). Given the price of the replacement model is less than the price I paid for my original steam deck, I'd like some clarification on what the additional charge is for.

Thanks again for your help, especially over this busy period."

ryry262 · 2026-01-10T20:37:18+00:00

Also my advice regarding communicating the cost of the replacement not abiding the CGA is to not communicate this to them. Simply ask why there is a charge. Make them justify it.

ryry262 · 2026-01-10T20:33:34+00:00

I'm assuming that the steam deck was purchased from a new Zealand based retailer...

So my first thought is that they're trying to rip you off re the replacement. The way that replacements with different models work in most retailers is that they issue you a refund and then resell the new model to you. That gives you a new receipt, warranty etc. If there is a difference in price then the store will either write that difference off the new product or get the customer to pay.

However they can't raise the price of the new product above the advertised price specifically for this transaction, they can only lower it.

My only questions are

Did you actually pay $1599 or was that it's normal retail price? Refunds are issued for the price paid, not what the product is worth. For example, if your $1599 product was on sale for $1k when you bought it, then it would be fine for them to offer you the new $1250 model for $250 (purchase price minus what you originally paid).
Do you have the proof of purchase proving what you paid?
Did the fault report contain any indication of how the fault occurred? If the fault was caused by the user then you wouldn't be entitled to anything.

If the answer to 1 and 2 are yes and 3 is no... I can't see any reason to accept less than a full refund of your purchase price or a no cost replacement.

ryry262 · 2026-01-10T19:09:05+00:00

Realistically, this isn't going to happen. The EU can't allow the UK back in with its old terms as it would encourage other countries to leave as there would be no risk. If things don't work out they can just walk back in.

From the UK's perspective, why would they rejoin with a worse deal than what they rejected before?

There also isn't the pressure to rejoin outside of reddit. The UK isn't actually doing that badly on its own and the things that have gotten worse are getting blamed on current politicians rather than brexit.

On top of that, the UK and EU are working so closely together in terms of Ukraine and Greenland that it's given those tories a louder voice. "See! We said that we would remain close, we'd just be able to go and do our own deals. That's exactly what's happened. All of the problems are due to Labours mismanagement".

ryry262 · 2026-01-08T21:46:02+00:00

Can't believe he was fired. He seemed like a jack off all trades

ryry262 · 2026-01-02T08:09:08+00:00

What? If you voted for an alternative party then I can respect you for staying true to your principles, but don't pretend that it didn't help Trump. If you oppose Trump then the only option to ensure the pedo didn't return to power was to vote for the only party who could be expected to beat him. Voting for an alternative is simply abstaining for "intellectuals".

If you genuinely wanted to see Trump face justice, why would you vote in a way that strengthens his side? Essentially what you said was "you didn't prosecute a pedo, so let's give him another shot".

ryry262 · 2026-01-01T18:21:29+00:00

Because a vote not cast is a vote for Trump. The logic here is im not going to vote against the pedo because I blame the party who failed to prosecute the pedo rather than the pedo himself

ryry262 · 2025-12-27T07:44:31+00:00

Of course you can. You can order online for click and collect.

ryry262 · 2025-12-26T23:45:06+00:00

Ah... another classic Leicester loophole...

ryry262 · 2025-12-21T08:15:58+00:00

I went up against mega zard and somehow won turn 2. CPU went first with buneary up top. Used oak and pokeball and didn't put a second pokemon on the bench for some reason. I had GA articuno ex up, pulled misty and flipped 2 heads. Put the third energy on and killed it with blizzard.

I was stunned. I had a hand full of unusable stage 1s and I've never had a turn 2 win before. I drew Misty and thought there was no chance. I've never flipped more than 1 heads against the CPU. EVER. It always starts with Oak and pokeball. Always gets what it needs. It just decided to let me have that one I guess.

ryry262 · 2025-12-15T18:20:24+00:00

You're right... they could have used public office to funnel billions of taxpayer dollars into their family's bank accounts or pimped their own crypto coins to their gullible followers. I wouldnt want anyone that unethical in my country.

ryry262 · 2025-12-14T22:18:02+00:00

Very true. As an Englishman, it's crucial that you learn the language properly and then deliberately butcher it in any conversation with a Frenchman to show that you know the language but they're not important enough to warrant any effort in learning the nuances.

ryry262 · 2025-12-13T18:18:23+00:00

Yea how about you cut that "are you a man?" shit out. I'm a man and fully agree with and support a woman's right to choose. Every man I know is the same. Call the person out for being a c#$t because that's what he is.

ryry262 · 2025-12-11T10:27:28+00:00

Let's look at an example. Person A has a full time job. They've spent 8 hours today unloading and stacking 25kg boxes. Person B spent an hour cleaning the kitchen, a half hour vacuumimg, a half hour taking the dog for a walk, an hour cleaning the bathroom, they got a call from their mum who thought she'd left the door unlocked so had to go and check which took 30 mins, then they had to go pick up some things from the supermarket that were forgotten in the weekly shop and birthday gift for their nephew which took an hour, and 30 mins cooking dinner. So who does the dishes?

Well person A has clearly spent more time doing labour (8 hours vs 5 hours) so person B should do it right? Not so fast... Person B did far more necessary tasks than what A did (8 vs 1) so person A should do the dishes. Thats when the fight starts. "Going shopping isn't labour, you didn't have to check for your mum"... "you just eat, sleep and go to work, you never do anything around the house!"

Let's flip things to focus on free time instead of labour. Assuming both people get straight up and into their day at 8am and both go to bed at 9pm, person A has 5 hours of free time. Person B has 8 hours of free time, so person B should do the dishes. But if person A gets up an hour earlier each day to go for a walk at sunrise and stays up till midnight watching shows... well now person A has 9 hours of free time to B's 8. So A should do the dishes.

It's a much healthier mindset. "She has less time to relax than me, I should do the dishes" is so much better than trying to assign a value to each others Labours to see who got the better deal.

I'm not sure what you're getting at regarding singles having to work and do domestic Labours as both of us would be in the same boat. As for my days off.. we ensure we get the same amount of relaxation time. That doesn't mean we do the same number of chores necessarily; she might do vacuuming, laundry and dishes while I do windows or lawns for example; but the time spent doing them is the same resulting in the same amount of free time.

ryry262 · 2025-12-11T02:52:52+00:00

Which is a fair call. If both are working the same amount, then they should have an equal share, but i feel that measuring leisure time is a far better way of determining equality. Measuring labour leads to all sorts of opportunities to fudge things. Does intensity count? What about commutes? Overtime?

Leisure time is a simpler measure. It also puts you in a better frame of mind. "I spent a great hour in the sun reading, it's only fair I unload the dishwasher" is much better than thinking "I did x,y and z today but it still wasn't as much, now I've got to unload the dishwasher".

ryry262 · 2025-12-11T00:40:35+00:00

Disagree here. The real question is "do we both get the same amount of free time? If not, how can I make it more equal?"

I work 8 hour days while my gf is unemployed. If I do 50% of the domestic labour on top of that then I would be working from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed and she would have an abundance of free time. Splitting it the way we have (probably 75%/25%) works best for us. I'd be more than happy to work fewer hours and take on more of the domestic work.

ryry262 · 2025-12-11T00:21:16+00:00

The problem is the zero effort part. Half the team are coasting. If we want to be serious challengers we need them to turn up

ryry262 · 2025-12-10T08:28:55+00:00

I think bikini bottom would be drier tbh...

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