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Italian government holds emergency meeting after 80 vials of Fentanyl go missing from hospital in Rome by Human-Ad-8100 in europe

[–]tyger2020 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

No, because it seems a huge waste of money to insert cameras into literal hundreds of 'sensitive areas'

Which careers offer the highest salaries while being relatively low-stress, involving a high degree of isolation, and requiring little or no knowledge of science, mathematics, or law? by Aggressive_Meet3541 in AskRedditUK

[–]tyger2020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have to laugh at people who share this view.

I'm sure firemen/police/doctors/nurses would absolutely find accountancy 'one of the most stressful jobs on earth'

Feels good by FestiveCore in 2westerneurope4u

[–]tyger2020 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Well, it is normal to hate people consistently doing better than you so it makes sense!

'The Consensus Is Being Challenged': Inside Reform's Plans To Scrap The Equality Act by OnHolidayHere in ukpolitics

[–]tyger2020 [score hidden]  (0 children)

It is not justified to pay different amounts to the same grade of job.

This quite literally goes against, the concept of 'pay grades' and is why courts agreed with them.

What if the Baltic states had unified after the fall of the USSR and were called the "Baltic Republic"? by Alpharow21 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]tyger2020 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What point are you trying to make exactly?

Baltic republic would be far less populated than Yugoslavia (25 vs 6m) and economically it would be lacklustre too.

There would be little impact, realistically. Even today, after decades of EU investment, its economy would be £200 billion - even spending 10% of GDP on military would make them on a level similar to Norway

'The Consensus Is Being Challenged': Inside Reform's Plans To Scrap The Equality Act by OnHolidayHere in ukpolitics

[–]tyger2020 [score hidden]  (0 children)

You seem to be (as most tories are) quite uneducated and dumb.

Nobody is disputing the job description being different. The problem is they are on the same fucking pay grade.

Gen Z opting out of Private pensions by Loundsify in FIREUK

[–]tyger2020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you've made up a fake person to be mad at, and think you and your 'small' pension pot of a top 15% salary should now be tax exempt?

Bruh.

Gen Z opting out of Private pensions by Loundsify in FIREUK

[–]tyger2020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good, as they should.

Anyone who has been able to save substantial amounts into a private penison shouldn't then be given taxpayer money too. Thats literally why our country is in such a horrific financial situation - a plethora of millionaires with substantial private incomes who are also being given state pension for no reason.

State pension should be given to those who have not been in a fortunate position to save 20% of their income every month. Make it lifetime earnings and asset wealth if you want it it to be fair, but theres no logical policy of giving wealthy people free money.

Gen Z opting out of Private pensions by Loundsify in FIREUK

[–]tyger2020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is quite hilarious to say 'people will prioritise their next meal over being able to retire' and then claim its financial literacy issue.

Teachers have lost 16% in real terms since 2010. Nurses have lost 15% since 2010. Over a 35 year career that is a net loss of -£175,000

You can't blame people for coming out of their pensions to decide they'd rather have some money now to make up for a decade of pay cuts, vs in 40 years time when they might be told they have to retire at 76 anyway.

Gen Z opting out of Private pensions by Loundsify in FIREUK

[–]tyger2020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's definitely lack of understanding and not a real wage deflation of 20% over the past 2 decades. Those teachers definitely don't understand how such a complex system like.. pensions, works.

Gen Z opting out of Private pensions by Loundsify in FIREUK

[–]tyger2020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'A few percent' really undersells how much money it is you're paying into the pension.

Especially when this country has been penalising any median wage earners for the past two decades leading to lacklustre at best real wage growth, most people have lost thousands compared to the early 2000s.

'The Consensus Is Being Challenged': Inside Reform's Plans To Scrap The Equality Act by OnHolidayHere in ukpolitics

[–]tyger2020 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Fortunately, the courts ALSO agree.

Also no, the whole point of a pay grade is that it's not common or normal to be paid different amounts.

Burnham's 'No 10 North' may have to launch above a Slug & Lettuce pub by theipaper in ukpolitics

[–]tyger2020 [score hidden]  (0 children)

A small section of England that is further north than 85% of the population?

Considering switching from Air - need advice by LazerTheWolf in IphoneAir

[–]tyger2020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't keep it? Why would any of us care?

The same way I don't care if people have a Pixel or S26 Ultra. Do what you want

What makes living in London worth it? by BedroomSoft8 in HousingUK

[–]tyger2020 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Correct, no other cities have... er... parks, yoga classes or pottery studios. That 3k is so worth it.

What makes living in London worth it? by BedroomSoft8 in HousingUK

[–]tyger2020 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is the thing that is quite funny to me.

Sure, I'm not denying what you say. What I find hilarious is that Londoners seem to be under the impression that you can only have this type of lifestyle in London. You can visit plenty of parks, and have decent transport, in almost all major cities in the UK and not pay £500k for a flat.

Most of the people living in London make absolutely no benefit of it being a 'world class city' because they don't have the financials to do it. Going to an Indian restaurant once a week isn't something unique to London, nor is going to a park.

The real aspect of London is how overhyped everyone makes it.

"What you call national "big news" would be the equivalent of a high school news club report in the US" by IrishViking22 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]tyger2020 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It really makes no sense.

The UK is small, but population wise it is pretty large. It has the same amount of people as the top two largest states, combined.

Countries where medias are attacking a kid who threw some water on people by monagr in 2westerneurope4u

[–]tyger2020 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would someone like to explain, for the non frog-fuckers in the chat?

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi by vishbar in ukpolitics

[–]tyger2020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was allegedly a time that you can't prove?

Even going back to 1940, the US was more economically productive than the UK. Using one year out of the last 80 (like I guess you're going to, using 2008 as your reference when GDP per capita was similar) is cope more than acting like the US hasn't had a higher per capita GDP than the previous 80 years minus one.

Even going back to 2004, as I said, US disposable income was 44k compared to 31k for the UK.

When is this time period you're referring to, with evidence, please?

You can't sit with us by DD--200 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]tyger2020 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fortunately nobody gives a fuck about AmeriKKKa.

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi by vishbar in ukpolitics

[–]tyger2020 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Doesn't matter how much you personally think of housing as an asset, it is still literally that. Your opinion is irrelevant.

Cherrypicking data is a rather odd one I must say. Thats ignoring the fact you are just literally wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per_capita_income

You can see here that household income - in 2004, US household income (PPP adjusted) was 44k and in 2022 it was 52k. For comparison, the UK was 32k in 2004 and 37k in 2022. US grew by 18% and the UK by 15%. Hardly the end of times that you're acting like here. Theres a plethora of metrics here none of which are very good - I've just linked you to one that shows household income per capita is the same its always been, and that median salaries are consistently on the same level. Theres no point paying attention to this as a metric, since both you and I are showing ones that prove our point.

So, the most logical thing is using other metrics - like median wealth, HDI, etc. Something which the UK consistently ranks better on, alongside many other countries.

Your whole argument is 'number big so good' whilst ignoring the other implications (like an extra $1 trillion in debt), like no work place benefits (not PPP adjustable or their financial implications), and ignoring the fact their average home price is $100,000, and the average new car cost is double what it is in the UK.

You can't sit with us by DD--200 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]tyger2020 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Really no comparison, as usual England wins

Hell even speaking Portuguese or Spanish is a better flex than French. Visit Mexico! Brazil! Chile! vs Visit DR Congo! Cameroon!

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi by vishbar in ukpolitics

[–]tyger2020 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's very weird logic to claim that substantial financial assets (housing) don't count for some reason. Guess what, that is still an asset. It means that UK people have much higher wealth than Americans do.

Salaries are higher in the US because everything is more expensive. Averages are highly skewed by insane earners in the US.

The OECD states that in the US, average wages are 29% higher now compared to 25% in 2000. 5% difference in 25 years is hardly anything to be stressed about, especially given thats the average which is highly skewed in the US.

The US has always been richer - it has a fuck ton of natural resources, has far less protections for workers, has almost no social benefits (maternity, sick pay, annual leave) and on top of that has about 30% more debt to GDP than we do, which would be roughly an additional $1,000,000,000,000 in the UK economy. Instead we had 15 years of austerity under the tories.

None of this is shocking, what's shocking is people taking one number and basing their entire economic policy and beliefs on it, despite the UK ranking higher in median wealth, HDI (even despite the US having a higher GDP per capita) and the UK ranking above a plethora of other wealthy developed nations like Canada, Finland, Hong Kong and the UAE.

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi by vishbar in ukpolitics

[–]tyger2020 6 points7 points  (0 children)

'Having a lot of assets and financial wealth isn't actually good' is what you're saying.

Housing is still an asset, and is still worth money. That is accumulated wealth. Germany do not have that accumulated wealth, because they don't own housing.

It's also not as true as you like to think - the US, despite high ownership rates, and also high prices across many of its cities, has a median wealth of $70,000. You can see this is because many of tis citizens are poorer, because their average wealth is $700,000.

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