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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a Christmas miracle! 😉

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fun⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought this was c/justdudesbeingdudes (or something like that) but I’m not sure it exists here. That was a great sub.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coroner tells DWP to act on universal credit safety after claimant’s suicide⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The DWP ignored reports that linked the suicides of 600 disabled people to them failing “capability assessments” in just a 3 year period.

  And yet Jeremy Cunt and the rest of the tories are targeting the sick and disabled once again with their “back to work scheme”. Fuck those arseholes so much. I used to say I wouldn’t wish lupus on anyone, but Tory politicians might just deserve it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't let your gift wind up at a shelter 3 weeks later⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  C/foundsatan

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never start vaping, says 12-year-old girl with lung damage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I returned it to the supermarket and the checkout lady put it straight in the normal bin in front of me! I was referring to the packaging more though - a box, a leaflet, a sealed plastic bag thingy, plastic labels that have to be removed, a little plastic stopper for the mouth piece. You’re meant to get 600 puffs per vape but every one I tried died after 2 days. That’s a huge amount of waste compared to the one bottle of juice I recycle each month and the coil I throw out every two-three months.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never start vaping, says 12-year-old girl with lung damage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I vape, it’s how I quit smoking. I’d prefer to smoke, but it is the lesser of two evils, and I would encourage anyone who smokes cigarettes to switch. I recently went on holiday, smashed my vape and couldn’t find a replacement. I ended up buying the disposable kind from a supermarket for the first time and I was honestly shocked at how wasteful the are - so much unnecessary plastic that goes straight into the bin. But I was more shocked by how clearly geared towards children the disposable kind are - the bright colours, the flashy lights, the super sweet flavours, the high nicotine content. The one I bought was called YOLO ffs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never start vaping, says 12-year-old girl with lung damage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You see this way of thinking about poor and disabled people too, as if being unfortunate enough to require government assistance means you lose your agency too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨England and Wales judges told not to jail criminals -including rapists- as prisons full⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t the government just announce longer/more custodial sentences for shoplifters?! Free the rapists but lock up the petty thieves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you currently handle Covid infections?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had 6 covid vaccinations and I’m still not protected. It’s not a case of “having the chance to get sufficiently vaccinated” if the vaccines don’t work on your immunosuppressed body, or if you can’t have the vaccine at all.

  It’s unbelievably selfish to go out when you know you have covid. How hard is it to stay home for 5 days or so when you test positive ffs?! The fact that you don’t think staying home for a few days is “justified” when you literally risk killing someone vulnerable by not isolating is frankly shameful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nottinghamshire Police officer hit by train while helping man dies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I could have sworn his injuries weren’t deemed life threatening when this was first reported. Doubly heartbreaking for his family.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some of my old post images have disappeared?? Any Info or cause?? Will they fix it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If ever there was a good a reason 🫥

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a reason I should donate a kidney to a stranger now, rather than just waiting till I die, at which point both kidneys will probably be donated to strangers anyway?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Good for you! My grandad had some rare blood type that was good for newborn babies (I’m a bit hazy on the details, he’s long dead now) and he gave blood as often as he could as soon as he found out. My mum told me he was a superhero who saved poorly babies when I was a kid and I believed her wholeheartedly!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a reason I should donate a kidney to a stranger now, rather than just waiting till I die, at which point both kidneys will probably be donated to strangers anyway?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Not a direct answer, but if you’d like to do something now to help someone while you’re still alive (and you’re under 30) you could sign up for bone marrow donation. And of course, give blood as often as you can. Regular blood donors are straight up angels.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Government calls on councils to allow pubs to open earlier for World Cup final⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That might be the worse website I’ve ever tried to open. Even in reader mode it was impossible!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Covid booster jabs to be approved for sale to UK public⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the price for the US I think. It doesn’t give a price for the UK. Google tells me that flu jabs in the US cost around $70 without insurance. Like you said, flu jabs here are £10-15 for those not eligible for free ones. If the covid jabs follow the same pattern they shouldn’t be more than £20. At least I really hope that’s the case, £100 a shot will surely out-price 50%+ of people that pay for flu jabs.