It’s treating animals in a way that you wouldn’t treat humans because it’s wrong/illegal.
Keeping them as pets, breeding them, caging them (slavery)
Eating them, or using their products (cannibalism)
Wearing their skins (is there even a name for that?)
I came across it when I was young as a family member worked in animal activism and was horrified that I had a pet.
My old place was a cold, stone cottage and was a nightmare to keep heated.
The kitchen at one point was measuring 6°C and that was with the heating on in the winter.
We got out of there in December 2019 and I’m so glad we did, because with COVID, Brexit and the war, house prices went bananas, energy bills went through the roof and interest rates have increased massively.
We could never have afforded this place today. I really feel for young folks today, we bought our first home at 33 years old after years of saving and that was in the time of almost no interest - it would be impossible now.
Hahahah, imagine going to another country and trying to pay in another currency and being shocked they wouldn’t accept it.
I can’t even spend Scottish notes in England when it’s all Sterling, never mind trying to pay for a small shop coffee in dollars.
Mine always bites when she’s love drunk. Proper double edged sword.
This is innovation, and problem solving the small stuff is a very important skill in the modern day work environment.
Do I wasn’t to hand calculate an entire statistical analysis, no. I use excell.
It doesn’t make the work any more or less valid. If you can Google something in under a minute, don’t bother spending a tonne of time trying to remember it.
Absolutely… someone at work was like, grab a coffee, see you in 5. Dude, it takes at least 15 minutes to make a coffee in this house.
I’ve got a £1000 espresso machine and that the cheap one. We also have all the pour over shite - scales, grinder, gooseneck kettle, Hario… It adds up quickly.
During the Reddit protest I got a professional certification. It’s amazing what you can do when you’re not doomscrolling…
Every paper I write should have Makers Mark as a co-author…
I visited the Smithsonian air and space museum while over from the UK a few years ago.
I had a short space of time available, and all I wanted to see was the SR-71 blackbird and the space shuttle.
That was the day I found out there were two air and space museums.
Still haven’t seen either of them.
Yeah, all the parts are Renault branded. The car itself I believe is built on a Clio chassis.
This is me too. I’m in my late 30’s, working a full time job in a bank while completing a full time degree, trying to maintain my top-of-my-class-grade while also trying to keep the rest of my life from falling apart, and genuinely thinking - I’m going to do my masters at the top university in my country because fuck it, why not.
I’ve already bought a knock off car - the Dacia jogger is just a Volvo XC90 at a 1/3rd of the cost.
I probably do the same if not more work at home as I did in the office, but only “work” about 2/3 of the time.
I don’t have a boss lecture me on blockchain for an hour because they were near my desk, I don’t need to listen to Carla’s story about her flat tyre, I don’t need to get constantly distracted when I’m deep in an analysis hole because someone on maternity leave has walked in with their new baby.
The time spent caught up in boring distractions is used to put on some washing, set the roomba going, or put a pot roast in the oven freeing up more time to just chill out later on and I still get everything done.
Never mind the 2 hours a day of commuting time I get back.
I’m 37 and already broken.
My back is killing me, the sciatica makes sitting down hard. My ankle is fucked from too many injuries doing shit like tough mudder because when you’re young you’re invincible. Top that off with an immune disorder and asthma and it’ll be a miracle if I make it to 50 with a good quality of life.
Sounds like the one I quit in 2021
Bufty.
Heard it frequently 20 years ago and now it’s dropped off the face of the planet as casual homophobia has become a bit less prevelant.
I’ve worked in a founder led business and this is why I quit.
I’d spend forever working on a project to build a satellite site then suddenly we don’t want that anymore - bin the recipes we want a full main site redbrand.
Bye.
They drink in my local pub.
Aw JESUS!