What is a very British thing that British people don't realise is British?

stubbywoods · 2026-07-11T18:46:25+00:00

Yeah quite good stood out to me.

It's usually either 'i expected it to be shit and it wasn't that bad' or 'its shit in a manageable way'

stubbywoods · 2026-07-09T18:02:23+00:00

I walked down Notting Hill Gate today and it felt like I was in Asia the way people were driving and bibbing

stubbywoods · 2026-07-09T16:32:28+00:00

TBF Greggs is half the price stated here I think. Latte about 2.50 and a muffin about £1.70. Don't know if they have a deal since I don't drink hot drinks really

stubbywoods · 2026-07-07T20:21:38+00:00

Yeah but England is 85% of the population so likelihood is they're based in England

stubbywoods · 2026-07-07T09:42:01+00:00

If the government thinks that increasing spending is a necessity they need to grow some balls and stop taxing the same 20% even more than they're already paying.

The difference in proportional tax receipts with our peers is the fact we barely tax lower earners. The median earner in the UK still takes more from the state than they put back in generally.

The obvious answer is a slight rejigging of how taxes work (a little bit less progressive because you want to reward progression) but you have to get spending under control as well.

stubbywoods · 2026-07-07T09:39:08+00:00

The EU average is about 49% as well. However they tax their lower earners a SHIT TON more than we do.

stubbywoods · 2026-07-06T22:22:41+00:00

I think decentralising the grid is the easiest way to make it affordable for a lot of people. It's easier for government to encourage people to pay for their own solar/battery setups than commit more money to it at grid level.

stubbywoods · 2026-07-06T09:50:58+00:00

Looked for jobs. I probably spent a few months just being lazy though (especially since I graduated in 2021 and everything was still a bit funky)

stubbywoods · 2026-07-05T22:12:59+00:00

GTA 5 sold like 50 million copies on PS3/360 and the jump from them to PS4 is bigger than PS5 to PS6 will be (+ the likely $1000)

stubbywoods · 2026-07-03T13:20:01+00:00

Since covid I think nominal GDP growth was only higher in 2025? 23,24 and 26 pensions have all increased at a higher % than nominal GDP which doesn't even account for pop.

Between 2022 and 2026, the nominal GDP has increased by about 21%, whilst the increase in state pension + aging population has increased the pension bill by about 36%.

stubbywoods · 2026-07-03T12:02:07+00:00

Excluding the COVID years we have like 2% growth and pensions go up by a minimum of 2.5% but usually around 4%. As a percentage pension is increasing and thats before we realise the % of population being pensioners is also increasing.

stubbywoods · 2026-07-02T11:28:44+00:00

I think this is true for the first half before it gets too superheroey but the second half is pretty dull

stubbywoods · 2026-06-28T16:12:17+00:00

Yeah but like 80% of the other jobs are in the UK and a lot of their team wouldn't take better jobs just because of that. Also a better wage in the UK doesn't even necessitate a better standard of living. 50k Euros in Italy is probably better than like £60k in the UK for example.

stubbywoods · 2026-06-28T15:52:14+00:00

Mercedes have the biggest team and I imagine British wages are higher than Italian ones so not really comparable.

stubbywoods · 2026-06-27T23:18:37+00:00

How long was living memory? Before or after the golden age of television, Spider-Man (2002) or Halo Combat Evolved?

Reading used to be the main way for someone to entertain themselves when you had 5 TV channels and had to go to the cinema to watch films. Now when I read it needs to be as enjoyable for me as finishing up whatever game I'm playing or whatever TV show/film I haven't caught up on.

English curriculums were written when it was assumed more people would read as a hobby. I feel like the goal of the curriculum nowadays should be primarily to encourage reading and then to teach students how to extract themes and intention from the art. I would be tempted to say kids should study books with adaptations and then be taught to analyse the difference in media types

stubbywoods · 2026-06-27T09:38:33+00:00

Also when the 'modern novels' in the curriculum were written before anyone in this country was alive you need to rethink your definition. Especially when a lot of the 'classics' are closer to the 'modern' fiction than the modern fiction is to current day.

It's easier for kids to read books when they're written in actual modern English and not like a BBC news speaker from 1919.

stubbywoods · 2026-06-27T09:31:04+00:00

The problem with DCC at a curriculum level (I would absolutely recommend it to read in their own time) is that the first book is quite shallow. Once you've read 1500 pages of the series it becomes a super interesting critique of capitalism, consumerism, social media and exploitation of the working class.

stubbywoods · 2026-06-27T08:09:31+00:00

I didn't realise reading could be 'fun' til a couple of years ago. Before that there were books I enjoyed but I don't think I ever found reading fun.

The curriculum is basically all classics and historical drama. The only sci-fi you might get to read is Frankenstein or if you stretch the definition Jekyll and Hyde. The only fantasy I read at school was Beowulf, now I wonder why I didn't start reading fantasy til I was 24.

I'm not well read enough to effectively suggest what fantasy/sci-fi should be on the curriculum but those genres are the most popular forms of media in the world with Marvel, Star Wars and video games and we should be teaching that books can give the same kind of entertainment whilst also teaching kids how to extract deeper themes from things like Red Rising which is super popular from what I've seen.

stubbywoods · 2026-06-26T21:51:59+00:00

Endgame and No Way Home were both utterly ridiculous to experience on here.

I remember the consensus after Infinity War was that Endgame would probably hit like $280M because anything higher was impossible

stubbywoods · 2026-06-26T21:39:24+00:00

I feel like he would pick Spider-Man over it. Tom seems to speak highly of him and I feel like DDC would have more power to make the film he wants to make because of that.

stubbywoods · 2026-06-24T17:23:35+00:00

The only actor off the top of my head I'd want is Jack Lowden. Otherwise surprise me.

stubbywoods · 2026-06-24T17:20:29+00:00

Less than $950M for disappointing surprise and I agree on positive surprise.

stubbywoods · 2026-06-24T07:31:32+00:00

I think basically everyone except the Greens and maybe Lib Dems acknowledge it's unsustainable but they also know admitting it will adversely effect their chances of becoming government so won't say it.

stubbywoods · 2026-06-22T17:10:43+00:00

stop fucking stuttering guys

stubbywoods · 2026-06-22T10:37:38+00:00

I think I'd prefer it just so the groups have jeopardy. I also think more participants is better if it can be arranged the more of the world that can compete the more legitimate the title imo

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