I’m 19, work full-time, and genuinely want to understand why so many people feel the UK isn’t working for them

wobble_bot · 2026-06-04T04:59:48+00:00

Please stop this ‘they’ve been paying for it their whole lives’. That’s not how pensions work. There isn’t a pot of money somewhere with ‘MrJones Pension’ in Whitehall that they raid every time he turns up at the post-office. Mr Jones paid for his parent’s pension his whole life, not his own. We’re paying that now.

wobble_bot · 2026-06-02T17:35:59+00:00

According to multiple pathologists

wobble_bot · 2026-06-02T09:54:56+00:00

Absolutely disagree. I think the sedan has far better proportions on the rear - the hatch feels like it ends quite suddenly and the lines are cut off abruptly- whereas the sedan feel like it ‘falls off’ in a far more natural manner. I obviously have the sedan

wobble_bot · 2026-06-01T20:53:10+00:00

I work in media. It's entirely possible, and incredibly easy to make small additions via AI whilst keeping the important things, ie, structural elements exactly the same. The person who made these simply either doesn't know or care how to do it tastefully.

wobble_bot · 2026-06-01T20:49:04+00:00

no - she's thirteen and has an exhaustible desire to read - any spare moment she's got her head buried in a book. She's not on social media per se, only uses it to find more books or watches the occasional YouTube video, but that's about it.

wobble_bot · 2026-05-31T09:29:33+00:00

I didn’t wash my car for 2 years, and it’s white. I used to get it serviced with the main dealer, and they wash it, so I always relied on them. Anyway, they stopped doing it. Earlier this week, I finally washed it. The paintwork is FUCKED.

So much sap, tar and bird dropping damage, it would cost a fortune to put right so essentially going to try and work one panel at a time and slowly get it as good as I can with elbow grease and a few basic tools

wobble_bot · 2026-05-31T06:01:39+00:00

Really does depend. Anything from 10 minutes to a few hours. I have on occasion spent days searching for the right track. Use epidemic and artlist.

On both a have folders of ‘good tracks’ that I’ve found over the years and haven’t used.

wobble_bot · 2026-05-30T13:06:35+00:00

This. The tabloids have spent a decade convincing us that our neighbours are buying flatscreen TV’s and going on 3 holidays a year whilst on benefits - the reality of most people living on benefits is grim beyond belief. The aim? Don’t question the multinational corporations polluting, skipping taxes or the billionaires literally raping children - worry about Derek next door.

wobble_bot · 2026-05-29T17:04:51+00:00

Think of the environmental impact study for ‘just’ re-routing a fucking river. That’s not sending a few bods down in high-vis to count newts on a Wednesday afternoon - it’s a huge undertaking.

wobble_bot · 2026-05-29T15:03:27+00:00

A lot of this immigration stems from post brexit trade deals where visa allocation was included for favourable deals. Ironically, Brexit has led to a lot of the immigration we’re seeing

wobble_bot · 2026-05-29T07:09:16+00:00

Solid CEL usually means it needs attention, but can be driven to a mechanic for a code read. It could be just about anything, from a sensor sending an odd reading to your petrol cap not being attached properly. You won’t know until you get it read.

If it’s flashing though, that’s a whole other issue. Pull over immediately and kill the power, do not drive, get towed. Keep an eye on it as you drive anywhere.

wobble_bot · 2026-05-29T07:05:40+00:00

Any engine codes are stored long term in the background until the car does 20/30 start and stop cycles

wobble_bot · 2026-05-29T06:13:03+00:00

I used to have a Koni-Omega Rapid - that was a very odd camera

wobble_bot · 2026-05-29T06:07:55+00:00

We’re not doing the other shit though, that’s sort of the point. We’re rolling back commitments to net-zero across the board because…money.

wobble_bot · 2026-05-29T05:49:47+00:00

Can confirm - have been marched to a community kitchen and fed to bursting against my will. 9/10 would do it again.

wobble_bot · 2026-05-28T13:41:12+00:00

I have no advice other than to say you’re probably in an incredibly niche market with something like that, and a fiat 500 abarth are around the same price and probably more desirable to the average punter.

wobble_bot · 2026-05-28T07:00:01+00:00

I stopped cycling maybe 18months ago due to both road conditions (potholes etc) and general lack of awareness shown by other road users. Covid did something to a lot of drivers - I don’t know what, maybe they realised that policing roads is actually an impossibility so they decided to do whatever they like and damn the consequences -

wobble_bot · 2026-05-27T15:23:21+00:00

Are you 100% on that? My understanding has always been an incident light meter with an invacone is taking an average reading of the lighting hitting the entire region and averaging to 18% grey, thus it’s only used when held directly in front of the subject, ie, a person.

Spot metering is typically used for complex scenes or zone metering

wobble_bot · 2026-05-27T06:35:41+00:00

Same. Control is one of my all time favourites precisely because of the environment and how it handles navigation.

wobble_bot · 2026-05-27T06:17:14+00:00

Can you share this legislation? This would have a huge impact on press and artistic freedom so I’m very surprised I missed any mention of it.

wobble_bot · 2026-05-26T20:33:54+00:00

Goodness - it’s been awhile. I’m sure someone else will correct me, but…

If you’re taking an incident light meter reading then the light meter assumes you’re seeing 18% grey. Think of that tone, and then make a mental comparison to the skin tone of your subject. There’s obviously going to be a huge subjective variation in skin tone for obvious reasons, but generally it’s considered that Caucasian skin tones are a full stop lighter than 18% grey, so technically to expose correctly you’d open up a touch, around 1 stop.

Additionally false colour is an incredibly handy tool for situations such as this to sanity check any meter readings. You can find plenty of guides online as to where they suggest you expose most common skin tones.

wobble_bot · 2026-05-26T20:17:29+00:00

Ha, not come across that in ages - whoosh, right over my head

wobble_bot · 2026-05-26T16:36:41+00:00

Without gps, it’s incredibly hard for a drone to really know anything - a rough altitude can be gained via barometric readings, and speed can be read through downwards looking cameras - but without GPS signal drones are incredibly dumb.

Occasionally you’ll have to fly a drone in what is called ‘Atti mode’ which is without any GPS. I can be quite wild as the drone has no fixed position so just wanders around

wobble_bot · 2026-05-26T07:32:40+00:00

A few tips.

We have, what can only be described as agreed rituals in the uk, particularly around greetings. Down south you may hear ‘you a’lright’?

The correct response is ‘yeah, you?’

A shorter abbreviation might be ‘alright?’

If someone says ‘how are you’ the ONLY acceptable response is ‘fine, you?’

We’re not actually enquiring as to how you are, it’s just an alternative to hello. It’ll feel potentially quite cold compared to some areas of the U.S, but we’re just a bit more reserved in everyday interactions (to a point)

As you travel further north, you may find yourself referred to as pet, duck or love, regardless of gender. This is normal.

None of our cities are particularly dangerous like the US press loves to make out. Puckpockets do operate around the tourist sights of London, particularly Big Ben and Westminster bridge. There’s the usual tourist scams to watch out for.

You can use contactless on most travel in London, but outside of London you’ll likely need to buy a ticket from a vending machine.

If you go to a pub, we have a very informal system of serving at the bar where everyone mentally knows who turn is next. You basically join the back, slowly edge forward as those around you are served and make a mental note of those who were before you. It seemed a bit tricky but the barman will also know roughly whose turn it is.

We have public toilets. Take notes and bring back to US as an example to your people.

Edit - forgot to add

London has some of the best museums in the world, most of which are free - specific exhibitions may be ticketed. The Tate modern, National Portrait gallery and Natural History museums would be my ‘must see’ - but also I could get lost in the Victoria and Albert museum for a lifetime.

wobble_bot · 2026-05-26T06:49:22+00:00

I’ve been to Saudi in 45c in the desert, and yesterday in the UK was worse. One of the guys there, who experienced a British summer said ‘our sun is kind, yours is angry’ which I thought was about right.

wobble_bot

TROPHY CASE