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UK based subreddit for non-political news, commentary and discussion.

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Monday: General chat thread
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Thursday: Complaints thread
Friday: General chat thread
Saturday: General chat thread, Crafts thread
Sunday: General chat thread

Monthly scheduled discussion threads. Click the links to see a summary of previous posts on these topics:

Mondays: Life skills/DIY
Thursdays: Book discussion, Fitness/Wellness, Hobbies, Family life/Parenting
Sundays: Pets

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Following a conversation with a friend yesterday, would you pay a little bit more for your cinema ticket for a strictly enforced No Phone policy with a member of staff present in the whole room for the duration of the film.

For me, yes I would.

I hate people on their phones during a film. The anxiety of wondering if someone will get their phone out also ruins the film experience for me as well.

We were wondering how popular specific No Phone screenings would be if they had a member of staff present to enforce it.

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2024/11/02
07:47 UTC

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Cakes and kids' birthday parties

What is the protocol for birthday cakes nowadays? Is it still considered acceptable for kids to blow out candles and potentially get saliva over the cake? I know some people don't care but I'm really not sure what's best to do.

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2024/11/02
07:30 UTC

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Happy Saturday, everyone! What's happening for you today? Tell us here!

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2024/11/02
06:53 UTC

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To the redditor here who had baked potatoes for tea but one of Their kids was gonna go hungry - 🤣

5 Comments
2024/11/02
01:57 UTC

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Body Lotion WTF?

Why oh why do boys needs body lotion as an option when washing their hands after draining the main vein?

9 Comments
2024/11/02
00:00 UTC

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So what's the best album you've ever heard without missing a track?

Mine is Free All Angles by Ash Free Angels

58 Comments
2024/11/01
23:53 UTC

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Anyone know any decent carboots north/mid wales happening this Sunday?

Just wondering anyone know any decent car boots happening around that part of the UK. Know it's a bit late in the year but still given out good weather.

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2024/11/01
23:21 UTC

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Just won a prize.

I entered a survey from an AA email and just won an emergency car kit worth £99! It's the first time in my life I have won anything. Has anyone here won anything, even a gold fish? (They don't still do that, do they?)

141 Comments
2024/11/01
23:09 UTC

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It's Late Thread [ 01 November 24 ]

Alright? Its Friday night and the night is young, is the party just getting started? Are you off to bed? Watching some questionable late night TV or doing a bit of stargazing?

It's the late night chinwag thread.

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2024/11/01
23:00 UTC

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How do you avoid stressful situations ?

I work as a manager for A/e so due to the unpredictable nature of the role I found myself always stressed out, at work, and outside work. As the service still runs when I’m not working, I’m constantly checking my emails, checking staffing etc, cause I’m worried about the performance.

I try my best not to but sometimes it’s unavailable, I’ll have emails that require my input in real time etc and I just feel guilty if I ignore it.

I’m currently looking for another job, but this stresses me out too as I’m not getting anywhere…

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2024/11/01
21:20 UTC

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Help me settle a heated debate with my GF

Do you pull your trousers to your knees or all the way down to your ankles when you shit?

She thinks im mad for being an ankle guy but I think she cant get the job done properly with her lackadaisical technique.

Edit: Found out she scrunches the paper instead of folding it. Nightmare.

256 Comments
2024/11/01
20:46 UTC

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Whatever happened to liver sausage?

I used to love a really thick cut liver sausage and mayonnaise sandwich on white bread, now I cannot find it anywhere. Tried the big 3 supermarkets, nothing.

I had to settle for pork luncheon meat, which is a poor, poor substitute.

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2024/11/01
18:41 UTC

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17-year-old Rowan Atkinson, electrical engineering student at Newcastle University, 1972.

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2024/11/01
17:57 UTC

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Guess where I come from based on the cities I can name

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2024/11/01
17:55 UTC

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Made a curry.

Made a curry, bought some beers and planned a chilled night on the couch with the wife. (Asleep by 9:30)

She's just informed me that's she's actually out tonight....

So, after I've put the little one to bed....and plated my curry, cracked a beer...I fancy a scary film, any recommendations?

167 Comments
2024/11/01
17:48 UTC

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Paying 50p to get into the youth club on a friday

45 Comments
2024/11/01
17:18 UTC

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The sky pink, or purple?

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2024/11/01
16:51 UTC

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Has anyone ever been given the wrong change by a self-service machine? They seem too accurate to be true to me.

I don't think I've ever got the wrong change. I thought I had once in an ASDA at 10pm and I went and told one of the staff and he just tittered and went "Oh yeah?" and then I counted it up again and realised I couldn't do maths.

It has to have happened at least once, right? And if it did happen how would you prove it happened?

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2024/11/01
16:28 UTC

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Baked potatoes for tea tonight. One kids going hungry.

58 Comments
2024/11/01
16:20 UTC

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Do young people still do this?

In the 80s/90s, when I was being Comprehsively schooled, there were kids who decided to 'become' comedy characters off the telly. One lad adopted the persona of Kenny Everett, for example. Another spent over a year talking like Vyvyan from The Young Ones. Robin Williams and Eddie Murphy were also in my year. Even my sister morphed into an impressive Queenie from Blackadder II.

Others became Harry Enfield, people from the Fast Show etc.

I get it - adolescents can be under-confident, unsure of how they are perceived etc. So I'm not having a pop; I myself hid behind a passable Bill Bailey for a bit.

Is this a thing of the past? Like when the girls' loos flooded or Mr Hurghada left at lunchtime in a police car?

84 Comments
2024/11/01
15:46 UTC

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Brands that really should update…

So I was in Vision Express yesterday. I remember when they had a lab in there and they would make your glasses in under an hour. Now it takes up to 3 weeks to get a pair of glasses from them. Express? Express my arse.

What other British brands have changed but kept their old name which is now wildly inappropriate.

258 Comments
2024/11/01
15:43 UTC

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Barbers - how do I politely request no small talk?

I struggle with small talk and I'm perfectly happy just sitting there.

However I get most barbers want to be friendly and strike up a conversation. I'm always polite and tip but I'd be happier not having to make small talk.

How can I politely and cheerfully request no small talk? Is it that simple? Or will I be seen as some sort of freak?

Let me know!

115 Comments
2024/11/01
13:22 UTC

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We need a holiday inbetween Halloween and Christmas to avoid everyone jumping to Christmas from November 1st, but what should it be?

32 Comments
2024/11/01
13:19 UTC

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How do you guys cooked your baked beans?

Recently I've been informed that my method of low heat and stirring frequently for 15 minutes is "revolutionary" and it dawned on me that the method of boiling the shit out of them for 5 minutes and calling that a day may be wrong. But I often have very unsatisfactory beans, so I feel my way would have been the norm and unfortunately isn't. What do you do?

235 Comments
2024/11/01
13:14 UTC

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Best place to view London to Brighton Veteran Car Run

Hi all, I am asking for ideas on where to best watch the car run on Sunday. I live near to Croydon and am keen to take lots of photos as well as enjoying the atmosphere. Ideally somewhere away from buildings that will have trees or fields as a backdrop. Does anyone know of any good places to stand? I'm guessing somewhere south of Purley. Thanks in advance.

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2024/11/01
13:13 UTC

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Has anyone been too late to put their socks on etc?

I have a colleague who comes to work straight from his main job, and is usually about five or ten minutes late, which doesn't particularly bother me, as he works pretty much all day and barely has chance to get showered and ready from that shift - which leads me to the question above. The last two shifts he's been running so behind at his other job that he's come to work with no socks on lol.

I just find it a little funny that one could be so behind that they think they don't have the 30 seconds it takes to put on a pair of socks. I can understand if you're using the bus or other public transport - I know from experience that those 30 seconds could be the difference between being on time and being half an hour to an hour late. Just last week I missed a bus by seconds because I decided to go for a wee before leaving, as I didn't think I'd make it anyway, but the bus was apparently already slightly behind as well. But this isn't the case as he drives to work.

Maybe I just don't have that sense of urgency and should live by his example? I remember a similar situation where a girl who was covering my break rocked up in the middle of winter without a coat and freezing her proverbials off because she "didn't have time" to grab a coat on the way out. (Although in this case, I think it was a weird method of trying to gain sympathy, but that's a different story)

Have any of you been in such a situation where they've been in such a rush, they've actively decided they haven't the time to grab something like socks or a coat as they're preparing to leave? Fire alarms/drills don't count.

EDIT: Sorry, should have clarified, he had a shower between shifts. His day job is as a farrier, and works in a pub evenings so a shower is pretty mandatory

EDIT 2: More clarification: I didn't call him out on not wearing socks, I didn't even realise he wasn't wearing socks, he had trousers on. He just mentioned it. I also don't particularly care if people don't wear socks lol.

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2024/11/01
12:18 UTC

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Couldn't they just plant a tree?

Thinking about it I wonder how long it would take a real tree to remove all the carbon produced to make this fake tree

148 Comments
2024/11/01
12:06 UTC

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