Monzcarro

@Monzcarro@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I love my steamer. It’s easier to use than an iron and less damaging. You can’t fuse beads with it though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember when she fucked up the economy⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Another one I think should be added is that she presided over the selling off of large amount of council housing (homes owned by local authorities and rented at controlled to people who needed them or for free in the case of some benefit claimants).

  The scheme is called Right to Buy and was lauded as a way for everyone to own their own home, as they were sold to the tenants at way below market value.

  However, housing stock was not replenished, as local authorities did not get all the money from the sales, and were further restricted from using what they did get to build new housing.

  What we’ve been left with us severely depleted council housing. Where I live and work, we have a huge list of applicants, and only those with the very highest level of need can get a council property, leaving others to pay extortionate private rents or become homeless.

  Furthermore, the rules around resale weren’t strict enough so you see ex council housing on property websites where people have made tens of thousands in profit on selling them. Many of these are now in the hands of private landlords.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disabled man dies in poverty and squalor after DWP removes his benefits, just as Labour cuts PIP by £4.5bn⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if he had been able to return the forms, there’s a chance he wouldn’t have got it.

  I used to do a load of reconsideration and appeals for work and the ignorance of the decision makers is staggering.

  One claim was denied, among other reasons, because my client could play a guitar. Another client, with epilepsy, was told that he didn’t need supervision when showering, as he should just sit down in the shower to mitigate injury from seizures.

  I found they ignored what we put in the form so frequently that it wasn’t worth doing more than the bare minimum and instead putting the work into the reconsideration.

  This poor man had nobody to fight for him, but the system should not be set up so that so many people have to fight. I don’t believe anyone with any cognitive or learning impairment, or mental health condition, would be able to go through the application process without support; it’s that difficult.

  And I would put money on them reinstating it after hearing of his death. The shit I have seen them pull, I think it’s likely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Po-tay-toes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would really love to try the Quebec type. Hopefully one day I will fetch to Canada to have the real stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Po-tay-toes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fantastic advice, thank you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Po-tay-toes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are cheese curds easy to make? I would really like to make pouting but I won’t be able to get the curds round here. Or is there a good substitute that’s easier to acquire?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introverted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s so exhausting!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let me tell you something, I haven't even begun to peak.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And when I do peak, you’ll know. Because I’m gonna peak so hard that everybody in Philadelphia’s gonna feel it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't have to worry about saying the wrong thing when I'm alone in the basement.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This was me for years. I probably have undiagnosed autism. But I’ve learnt the rules for most interactions now and know how to appear normal, how much eye contact is ok, what to make my face do, etc.

  I do slip up sometimes, and I do wish I could be me around people more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate it when that happens⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, why are 5 nouns and the 6th is an adjective (or past tense of a verb)? I hate that DEDICATED is there more than ASSASSIN. Also, word art is naff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just shut up⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I work with someone like this but it’s over Teams.

  Last time she called, I had an idea. I said “I know you’ve got lots on, and I can go on a bit, so I’ll be quick.” It didn’t work.

  She’s lovely and I don’t want to hurt her feelings, but I’m swamped so having a long conversation about stuff that’s not work isn’t an option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Posture is important⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know right? Really annoying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Posture is important⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha sorry, I realise I missed out pertinent information! They have it set to auto-rotate and I can’t turn it off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Posture is important⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My work laptop/ tablet thingy doesn’t give me permission to control rotation, otherwise I would be doing this. Chronic pain and fatigue means I sometimes just need to lie down during work. Luckily I can use speech to text.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In a message directly to them, and referencing having come out as gay, he said: “I know it’s not easy being a trans kid in our country today, the trans community is at the wrong end of all of the statistics for mental ill health, self-harm and suicide."

  I just wanted to quote this bit of the article, as I feel this is often used in bad faith arguments such as: “I don’t hate trans people, I just want to protect them from the bad outcomes that come with being trans.”

  Do these people ever stop to think that it may be the way that trans people are treated, talked about, and denied essential medical care that contributes to poor mental health outcomes? Maybe if we didn’t treat people shittily, they wouldn’t feel shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy birthday, peon⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  1, I used to work for this company when I was young and had no idea what my rights were. They very much took advantage of this, such as calling me in on an hours notice on my days off.

  2, The Raw Egg Nationalist is a right-wing twat. …org.uk/…/egg-sposed-we-reveal-the-identity-of-fa…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Poll reveals the amount of Brits who would take weight-loss jabs for free on NHS⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just speaking for myself here, so not saying this is true for everyone or even many people, but the cost of the gym isn’t the biggest barrier for me.

  I like what you say about expanding availability - there isn’t a gym within (reasonable) walking distance of me. I think facilities being in communities makes a difference.

  However, one of the biggest barriers to me is childcare. Somewhere where I could take them to do their own activities while I worked out would make it far more likely that I use it, and I suspect this is the case for others. My partner works long, unpredictable hours, so I can’t sign up for the weekly classes (that I did before having children) as I don’t know that he’ll be around to look after them.

  I also have chronic health issues, which don’t prevent me exercising all the time, but there are days where I cannot leave my bed because of migraine, so again, committing to something regular is difficult. (Again, persoal to me, but I’m not alone in having a chronic condition.)

  I tend to walk everywhere I can as accessing formal exercise has too many barriers for me, so I do have an acceptable level of fitness, but I miss doing classes as I found these really motivating.

  Sorry for the long reply - I don’t disagree that price and access are issues, but there are more besides that I think need to be addressed. Stress and available time being factors in additional to the others I mentioned.

  I also think there are issues with the weight loss drugs besides cost, one of those being the need to stay on them longterm. That’s not even getting in to using weight ad the sole metric of health.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tweety. I like stretching⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s so weird - I heard about, for the first time, and looked up this ice-cream only this morning. There was a failed petition to change the name, which generated a number of counter petitions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Magic Mineral⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Our house is about 150 years old and we dug down to the dirt floor in one of the downstairs rooms. We found suspicious white bits, and had to send a sample off. Luckily it came back clear. It was unlikely anyway, as asbestos wasn’t in widespread use here in the 19th century.

  However, we do have corrugated asbestos roofing on our “scullery” but it’s in one piece so can be left until we renovate that part, then disposed of safely. It’s pretty common to find it on sheds and outbuildings here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The devil will walk on earth⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, you don’t like bonfire night? Fireworks too loud? /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Units of measurement⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Delists Sites Providing DIY Hormone Therapy at Behest of UK Government⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for sharing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨puns⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There is also a good You’re Wrong About podcast episode on this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My friend on social refuses to see how this is a pyramid scheme⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I seen stuff like this before, and I think I know how it’s supposed to work.

  The “stranger” recruited the person who posted this to OP’s friend as one of 6 people. Each of those 6 people recruit 6 others, who send the books to the stranger (their friend’s friend), hence the 36. OP’s friend will be asked to recruit 6 people in turn, and each of those recruit 6, who then send books to OP’s friend.

  I think it’s a bit dodgy that they’re being asked to buy new, but I’d be more concerned that these kind of schemes can be used to feel out who’s likely to fall for more sinister scams, as people feel they’re getting a lot back for very little.

  Plus, it only takes a few levels (13 if my maths is right) before there are more (far more!) recruits needed than people on earth.