matelt
@matelt@feddit.uk
Noot noot!
- Comment on More than half of England officially in drought - Environment Agency 1 day ago:
Dammit we did so well to recover from last year’s drought and here we go again :(
- Comment on Blow to NHS as Royal Mail raises prices for bulk users by a third 2 days ago:
Exactly, you’re spot on. We decided in the end it was not the best use of our members’ money so we pivoted to self-serve, but it does highlight the unfair monopoly that Royal Mail has on letters.
- Comment on Blow to NHS as Royal Mail raises prices for bulk users by a third 2 days ago:
Yeah true, when their systems aren’t malfunctioning (they sent me the same letter 4 times in error when my local trust moved to a new system, despite having opted in for paperless correspondence, but that’s another can of worms).
I meant letters in general though, could Joe Public use any of those 3rd parties if they want to send, say, a few large letters? I recently tried to do a diy grassroot campaign with my union, we wanted to send badges to our members but the cost of stamps was prohibitively high and we could not find any 3rd party that would do it for us. And we didn’t want to open a business account for what’s likely to be a one off.
- Comment on Gran sells home to pay back £115k she stole from Norfolk charity 3 days ago:
The truth comes from the font of knowledge herself - thank you grandma.
- Comment on Gran sells home to pay back £115k she stole from Norfolk charity 3 days ago:
What, having great grand kids or stealing money? Both sound like a lot of faff I don’t have that kind of energy 😂
- Comment on Gran sells home to pay back £115k she stole from Norfolk charity 3 days ago:
Why do they insist on telling us she’s a great-grandma, is that supposed to elicit sympathy for her? She’s a person who used her position of treasurer to steal money, full stop, the fact that she reproduced does not bear any weight in the story.
Anyway that is such a shitty thing to do, but thankfully the vast majority of treasurers across the country are trustworthy and manage their funds well.
- Comment on Blow to NHS as Royal Mail raises prices for bulk users by a third 3 days ago:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but there isn’t alternative for sending letters is it? So essentially they have us by the balls.
- Comment on No rent control for you 6 days ago:
A thousand times yes, housing is a right, not a money-making vehicle.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
In the words of Nelson Muntz, HA HA
- Comment on Johnson government wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds 2 weeks ago:
Yes and we won’t see any of it clawed back. It’s exhausting
- Comment on I loved doing this as a kid 3 weeks ago:
I used to do that but I’ve noticed as I’m growing old, my phosphenes (those shiny squiggly things you see when you rub your eyes) aren’t as colourful and fun as they used to be :(
- Comment on O hi 3 weeks ago:
I did naht hit her!
- Comment on O hi 3 weeks ago:
Anyway, how is your sex life?
- Comment on Making public transport fully accessible ‘could boost UK economy by £176bn’ 3 weeks ago:
It would be nice to make public transport accessible just because it’s the right thing to do, not to try and extract money out of disabled people…
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
I can’t think of an example right now but I absolutely cannot watch French films with English subtitles and vice versa because I spend too much time raging at inaccuracies. Or I get caught thinking about how I would translate something myself and I quite literally lose the plot.
I get that translation cannot always be 100% accurate to account for cultural differences for example, but sometimes it’s just plain wrong.
- Comment on Royal Family to get a 94% surge in taxpayer-funded income whilst 'it's subjects' must expect less 4 weeks ago:
I’m not (and never will be) a subject yet the taxes I pay go towards the monarchy. How I wish there was a way to opt out!
- Comment on Hospitals in England declare critical incidents as machines and IT fail in heat 4 weeks ago:
It’s no wonder, my 8 year old PC’s PSU blew up last month when we had those 2 hot days, I can’t imagine the state of their equipment.
- Comment on Where would you out your life savings at on this one? 4 weeks ago:
Just a cacophony of echoing 'bwaaaah’s, I tell you hwat.
- Comment on Surviving a heatwave : Prison Edition 4 weeks ago:
I do a reverse hot water bottle, just pop a half-filled hot water bottle (or just any plastic bottle) in the freezer, it’s delightful to hold or use as a pillow.
- Comment on British Charlie Kirk wannabe beaten up debating people in Manchester 5 weeks ago:
It warms the cockles of my heart!
- Comment on porch of geese 1 month ago:
The Euskera guys bring the popcorn…
- Comment on Ninja! 🥷 💨 1 month ago:
Sha-sha-shaaaaa
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Instagram does the same. Makes me glad I quit.
- Comment on City of eternal winter? (Stable winter weather year-round) 2 months ago:
Longyearbyen in Svalbard, but you’d also have to deal with 6 months of permanent daylight and 6 months of night. Oh and the polar bears!
- Comment on Polanski calls for workplace temperature cap as Labour dithers 2 months ago:
Seeing that heatwaves are becoming more and more commonplace, it makes sense. I mean I’m an office worker and I felt like death was at the door Monday and Tuesday when it was really hot, so I cannot imagine what someone with, say, a construction job has to endure.
We can’t rely on bosses to do the right thing and send people home when it’s too hot, we need something in the law.
- Comment on Fact. 2 months ago:
Now you’ve gone and done it, I’m laughing and screaming
- Comment on 🐙 Octopus is Octopus 🐙 3 months ago:
my my my, what a cunning linguist!
- Comment on Game developer calls Bafta nomination 'massive honour' 3 months ago:
Oh wow I’m so glad, I really enjoy their games, especially the radio DJs with Sir Nigel Bickleworth being number one of course.
- Comment on Rhythm Heaven Groove launches July 2 3 months ago:
Woohoo I love that franchise!
- Comment on important announcement 4 months ago:
Meow.