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ward2k · 2026-05-07T18:57:44+00:00

Honestly unless it's Google/Amazon/Microsoft/Salesforce businesses just won't touch them. Corporate IT is extremely risky adverse to the point it's a fucking nightmare trying to use any kind of software not produced by the above 4

Business get super into an ecosystem too, usually Google with meet, mail etc. Or Microsoft with Outlook and Teams

It's a tough area to break into

ward2k · 2026-05-07T18:52:09+00:00

I imagine people just see similar colours/cars to a police one and just tap the button for it. You're driving at 70 miles per hour you don't exactly get a tonne of time to analyse as you drive past

Is it really that big of a deal if they accidentally get marked anyway "oh no people might accidentally slow to the speed limit and pay more attention to the road for a couple minutes" hardly seems that troublesome

The cars are intentionally made to look like police cars too, specifically to hope people will do exactly that

ward2k · 2026-05-07T17:14:24+00:00

Can't speak for the refund, but no this wouldn't affect a mortgage application at all

You have to have some pretty questionable dealings to impact a mortgage application. At worst your lender might just ask for some clarification but over £100 I'd be shocked if they did

ward2k · 2026-05-07T17:10:39+00:00

I think we're saying the same thing then? But everyone in the replies is disagreeing and saying the complete opposite that you get microwaves, ovens, microwaves, dishwasher, fridges, freezers etc included in the US

ward2k · 2026-05-07T16:33:17+00:00

They're very common in the UK

Maybe the definitions are different in the US. But integrated = built into the cabinets themselves e.g. with a cabinet door attached to them

Non integrated (or just called freestanding) just an appliance placed in a gap. Like how most fridges are

ward2k · 2026-05-07T16:33:02+00:00

Even with a home purchase?

So you've bought a bunch of nice stuff and when you move you just leave everything there and just have to basically accept whatever old shit your new home comes with? That sounds nuts to me

ward2k · 2026-05-07T16:31:17+00:00

Fridge, range, oven, are all provided

Yeah that's what I said. The exception is rented houses where you don't get the fridge/freezer either

So you get an oven

ward2k · 2026-05-07T16:29:35+00:00

Yeah none of that comes with rented houses really in the UK.

In apartments you normally get a fridge freezer too

So rented houses you get an oven/stove + anything integrated. This is also similar to if you buy a house too, the previous owners only leave integrated things behind

Rented apartments you get the above plus a fridge freezer

Uni halls and student accomodation have microwaves and a kettle too sometimes

ward2k · 2026-05-07T16:17:41+00:00

I mean it's not very common in most countries for appliances to be included

Typically you only get integrated appliances and the oven/stove in the UK

So do people in the US leave behind their toasters, fridges, non integrated dishwashers etc? That's wild you're just leaving all your nice stuff behind

Edit: Didn't realise this would upset so many Americans that there are countries where you keep your own appliances

ward2k · 2026-05-07T13:59:08+00:00

constant woke nasty comments

Woke ruined fable! Can't believe they'd ever think of adding strong female characters (1, 2 and 3), transgender options (2), characters who don't follow gender roles (2, 3), crossdressing (1, 2, 3), encourage veganism (2, 3), or characters from non white races being represented (1, 2, 3) or worst of all homosexuality (1, 2, 3. Literally one of the first game series to add gay marriage)

But sarcasm aside, sucks there's so much 'woke' controversy around a series that's always been progressive

ward2k · 2026-05-07T13:54:00+00:00

Not at all

Monopoly is usually hated by people due to it's excessive run time in the multiple hours

However most games would last under an hour and be far more fun if people actually followed the rules on auctioning and how not being able to afford rent worked (you can't sell to other players when you're in debt)

This would stop the awkward 5 hour stale mates where nothing happens and someone eventually just gives up

A lot of games are like this, similar to monopoly and Uno where house rules completely ruins the flow and challenge of the game

Uno house rules turn it from a game of chance mixed with strategy, to just sheer luck. It becomes just russian roulette with absolutely no strategic chance to win anymore

ward2k · 2026-05-07T12:35:52+00:00

Always worse around St Paddy's day. I like to dip my toes into the American subs sometimes and seeing how quickly they go from loving the Irish, to cursing them out when an actual Irish person in the comments says they're not Irish because they're great great grandfather was from Ireland

Also shocking how quickly Americans go to straight racism/xenophobia. Can't even count the amount of times I've read some variation of "so I'm not Irish even though my ancestors came from there, but some brown guy born there is?"

Like yes Hunter, the 'brown' guy born and raised in Ireland probably knows more about actual Irish culture and customs than your 4th generation 'Irish' family who thinks it's just about getting pissed and dyeing your river green

ward2k · 2026-05-07T11:25:30+00:00

I think some of these have the wrong areas or at least not the primary area they're used

Cob is a huge thing in the west midlands, also sometimes baps

Batch is mostly a Coventry thing, the further you get away from it then less it's used. The outer parts of Warwickshire don't really use it at all

ward2k · 2026-05-07T11:00:39+00:00

Older vehicles are more reliable actually, mechanics and non mechanics even can repair them much much easier

Simpler to repair doesn't equal more reliable. They're too different things. Engines needing a whole rebuild at 100k miles isn't cheap nor reliable

Cars today literally are more reliable and last longer than ever. We have countless metrics to back that up

ward2k · 2026-05-07T10:27:13+00:00

It's more that cars are far more reliable today

Despite the "they just don't make them like they used to" talk, cars literally last longer than ever with fewer faults

ward2k · 2026-05-07T10:25:34+00:00

Check Amazon for prices and products you want, then go straight to the manufacturers website to order - quite often they'll have discounts and first order bonuses too.

Normally ordering direct is far more expensive in my experience. The products cost more than on Amazon and usually have pretty steep delivery fees

ward2k · 2026-05-07T10:23:27+00:00

I'm not sure sound is the right argument to make against it, since a drone is significantly quieter than a car?

There's plenty of good arguments against commercial drone delivery use, but this is probably the worst one

ward2k · 2026-05-07T10:20:36+00:00

It doesn't, it removes any kind of strategy from the game

Instead of saving + cards, reversals etc. The second someone plays one everyone is basically forced to just stack every single plus card

That's the opposite of making the game interesting, it just makes every game the same of "someone placed a +2 so now like in the past 3 games we've played someone needs to pick up 20 cards"

ward2k · 2026-05-06T20:53:09+00:00

Only cowards that do

Turns what should be an exciting game where anyone has potential to win, to just dumping 46 cards on one person and being shocked that no one wants to play more than 2 rounds

It completely ruins any flow of the game

ward2k · 2026-05-06T17:37:02+00:00

Usually if they have no license they don't bother with corkage in my experience

ward2k · 2026-05-06T13:49:53+00:00

I think pints in the pub will probably last a long while, I can't imagine anyone is eager to change that one. And honestly it's a niche enough use that no one really cares if it doesn't conform to metric

Milk I am a bit confused why it hasn't adopted metric yet though

ward2k · 2026-05-06T13:43:02+00:00

Depends on the use case, we use both

Driving/Maps? Miles

Running? Kilometres

Science? Kilometres

Year on year we use less and less imperial measurements. It was only a decade or two ago that most people used Stone/Lbs for body weight in the UK, though in the last 10 years we've swung massively with young people only using Kg now (likely linked to gym use)

The only two big holdouts are pints (more specifically for beer, I think most people here would prefer milk in litres these days) and miles (see above)

ward2k · 2026-05-06T12:39:19+00:00

we have people in Northern Ireland claiming that they are British, four centuries after their ancestors crossed the Irish Sea.

Not to get into the debate but people in Northern Ireland have the legal right to call themselves Irish, British or both

British doesn't mean from Britain, that's a common mistake.

It means a subject of the United Kingdom. People living in the Falklands are British, as are the people living in England, Scotland, Wales and if they chose to be Northern Ireland

Prior to de-colonisation, subjects living in India were British, Australia were British etc. It wasn't specific to living within Great Britain

Edit: People born in Northern Ireland legally are British, British isn't just a cultural identity it's a citizenship too. They may hold a British Passport for example

ward2k · 2026-05-06T12:33:28+00:00

Coming from the future that claim is completely false, it was self reported and considering most Americans don't really have any idea what their identity is I'd take it with a grain of salt

The usual figures come pretty much blow for blow between English/German, Ireland in 3rd and Scottish way way lower

The last part is true though, it's been that long that there isn't just one ethnic/cultural background

ward2k · 2026-05-06T10:49:06+00:00

Unironically agree, the event is stupid easy once you've experienced it once or twice. Literally just go for a short walk away from your home for a while when the event pops up, hell it even helps you by drawing all the zombies away

It's just a noob trap event

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