ALiteralCabbage

@ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Only if their mothers were as well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gig economy firms warned by UK government they may be operating illegally⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You need to make more donations to the party in government my dude 😎

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Isn't EU's "VAT" a regressive tax? Why do they have that, instead of something like, taxing the rich?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I really enjoyed it, although I do wish it wasn’t so “draw the rest of the owl”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Isn't EU's "VAT" a regressive tax? Why do they have that, instead of something like, taxing the rich?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  We get a tax free allowance of £12,570 annually, and then it’s banded from there: Income from £12571 to £14876 is taxed at 19% Income from £14877 to £26562 is taxed at 20% From £26523 to £43662 is taxed at 21% From £43663 to £75000 it’s 42% £75001 to £125140 it’s 45% And anything north of that is 48%

  This is calculated on income after any deductions from pay are made, like national insurance contributions, pension scheme payment, salary sacrifice schemes, student loan repayments and so on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Please fill out this survey about how we didn't hire you."⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair enough - I didn’t realise it was for visa requirements until I read the rest of the comments; my bile got the better of me…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but, how can you squeeze profit from that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Please fill out this survey about how we didn't hire you."⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve worked for Fraser Group (in a very different capacity) and you absolutely have dodged a bullet; they’re an absolute shit show and are responsible for a large amount of the enshittification of the UK’s high street.

  The owners are shitbags and the rest of the hierarchy takes notes and shit downstream.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Isn't EU's "VAT" a regressive tax? Why do they have that, instead of something like, taxing the rich?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In the UK we don’t pay any vat on “essential” goods. And we have a raft of tax relief for lower earners.

  Not that it helps much, but it’s better than a poke in the eye.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The used to be - I had a flat that used an old style fused breaker. Fun times trying to replace a fuse when it had blown…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Gary always comes across as a bit of a grifter - couldn’t say what exactly it is about him, but he makes me uneasy reading stuff by or about him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A nation which legislates against fathers fucking their sons?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Benefit cheats could lose driving licences in anti-fraud drive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Never mind a lot, it’s most of the country.

  Unless you live in a large city you’re basically screwed without a car. The public transport here is atrocious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is an engineer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As originally conceived, the engineer’s iron ring rubs against the drawings and paper upon which the Engineer writes and even in modern times, serves as a reminder when working on a computer.

  Think it’s intended more for the design engineer than the construction engineer.

  But that said you can get some decent silicone rings that won’t de-glove you if they get caught these days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is an engineer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  North American engineers sometimes wear an Iron Ring, apparently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is an engineer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They might not be American - I don’t think anywhere else does the iron ring thing…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2025 is set to bring a ‘manager crash’ after all that burnout and lack of support adds up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I got offered low level management or redundancy.

  Took the “promotion”, with a slight pay hike, and now I’m spending the extra money on counselling for stress and anxiety.

  All while watching the industry I work in spiral downwards after an artificial COVID years high.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Twice the end, doppel the fun⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bike shops are awash with innuendo. Part of the fun of working in them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kate Nash and Lily Allen on OnlyFans should be a wake-up call for the music industry⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  young women are taking up sex work for financial stability when they shouldn’t have to.

  This is true, and depressing.

  But I think Kate Nash and Lilley Allen pros have other options to raise cash here - I doubt OF is a last resort for them. It is, however, a headline grabber for the British gutter press and will generate a lot of cover for two artists who really don’t have a huge amount of space in the public consciousness these days.

  For what it’s worth, there are also some sex workers who do it because a)they enjoy it and b)it’s a faster way to make money than other avenues available to them. Nash and Allen both seem to fallm under this bracket.