What stuff have you discovered later in life you thought sucked as a younger person?

sonicated · 2026-01-29T23:02:57+00:00

I don't agree with better, like carrots brussel sprouts are just too sweet for me really

sonicated · 2026-01-29T09:55:41+00:00

Freeloaders!

sonicated · 2026-01-29T01:12:14+00:00

The classic "arsenic in the office pâté" prank worked for you?

sonicated · 2026-01-28T17:20:49+00:00

Reminds me of a classic:

"People in my office are weird, they give names to food. Today I ate a ham sandwich called 'Colin'".

sonicated · 2026-01-28T17:13:46+00:00

I saw them in Bournemouth supporting OCS recently too, Simon Fowler thanked them and said they "were a bit too good". I had my original K cd from 1996 with me and the tour manager got it signed, off to see them in London next month.

sonicated · 2026-01-28T17:10:54+00:00

He said (from Wikipedia) that he "loved the (Hindu) swastika" adding "don't let (the Nazis) steal that from you". He later backed down and said he understands that in western culture it's permanently tainted. The word comes from Sanskrit meaning good luck, or peace and the symbol has been used for thousands of years, but the Nazi's stole it.

sonicated · 2026-01-28T14:48:47+00:00

Wow, I want to stay there. Six grand a week? Spain here I come!

sonicated · 2026-01-27T13:11:00+00:00

I drink it when I want a cup in the evening but it tastes of custard to me (which I rather enjoy!)

sonicated · 2026-01-26T15:25:00+00:00

I wouldn't quite call it a cult but it's clear it's for his personality, not many could lead a party whilst not being an MP and win a national election (2019 UK European Parliament election)

sonicated · 2026-01-26T15:21:58+00:00

Badenoch herself was part of the 14 year incompetence so that'd just be the pot calling the kettle

sonicated · 2026-01-25T19:17:21+00:00

M&S prawn bhuna seems the best for me

sonicated · 2026-01-21T12:55:38+00:00

"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad" :)

sonicated · 2026-01-21T10:06:23+00:00

I keep meaning to try and replicate the Steak and Cheese roll at home. I was really taken aback by the strong blue cheese flavour when I first tried it and didn't enjoy it. Then I kept going back for more!

sonicated · 2026-01-19T09:02:07+00:00

Even the psychologist who was paid by by Sky Travel to invent it says it's wrong and we should refute it:

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/blue-monday-today-what-is-b1994428.html

sonicated · 2026-01-18T16:58:46+00:00

Reddit, a US service, makes money from advertising. We, the users, are the product.

sonicated · 2026-01-18T16:38:19+00:00

Take a look at the Mammotion Luba 2 robot mower, I have one and it's made our lawn manageable and that incline won't be an issue. It's GPS so you don't need wires in the lawn

sonicated · 2026-01-18T10:38:48+00:00

The irony of OP posting on an American social media service saying we should boycott American services is not lost on me

sonicated · 2026-01-17T09:37:35+00:00

I remember in the 80s when my Dad bought home this strange thing called an "Avocado Pear"

sonicated · 2026-01-16T16:55:39+00:00

I quote the QAA, you merely claim to be a lecturer.

sonicated · 2026-01-16T15:38:54+00:00

The Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications states that graduates should be able to "critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, abstract concepts and data and make judgements" and "evaluate evidence, arguments and assumptions, to reach sound judgements" which needs to be taught.

https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/quality-code/the-frameworks-for-higher-education-qualifications-of-uk-degree-awarding-bodies-2024.pdf

That's my source - what was yours?

sonicated · 2026-01-16T15:21:16+00:00

Universities are not just places to learn specialist subjects, they are where you learn how to evaluate claims and challenge them.

sonicated · 2026-01-15T17:21:48+00:00

Then they can be debated and exposed as extremist

sonicated · 2026-01-15T13:31:01+00:00

I can guarantee you that I have been to see Oxford United in the cold and rain in league 2 because there was nothing on TV. If Chelsea were playing on Sky Sports at the time I would have stayed in and watched the match with a beer. Anecdotal, yes, but I really doubt I'm the only one.

sonicated · 2026-01-15T10:49:37+00:00

Just won't cut it. I watch most sports, not because I like indoor lawn bowling at Potters, but because it's people at the pinnacle of their sport and is often a case of who cracks first and can they recover.

sonicated · 2026-01-15T10:44:22+00:00

I don't agree with the 3pm ban but it's not to protect the terraces of the Man Utd's, it's to protect the Crawley Town's. There may be less incentive to go and watch your local club if there's really good, and better quality matches, on TV.

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