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    Fleecehold

    Whole idea of leaseholds just seems like a scam, especially for individual houses (ie not flats where there's an excuse that some other party might need to be responsible for the whole building, even though other management arrangements seem preferable). My house is a leasehold, fortunately an...
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    Titanic submersible confirmed destroyed with loss of all five souls onboard.

    Cleary 'Eirry' = from Eire, so I presume it sounded a bit like Riverdance
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    So err, What’s Happened to the Princess of Wales?

    It is a bit weird... Louis's right hand looks AI generated as well as the obvious photoshop to Charlotte's left hand. The more I look at it the more Kate's overall proportions just don't look right either.... I don't really have a conspiracy theory as such but it does seem weird to me that they...
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    Hideo Kojima forced to quit over 99 sexual allegations

    Some Hideo-us allegations. I also heard he put fetuses inside little portable containers and used them to detect evil souls which is pretty messed up.
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    Bought this phone on eBay, does this look like "brand new condition not a scratch on the phone…" to you?

    Yeah it's really annoying how inaccurate condition descriptions are these days. Have had similar issues with non-electronic stuff too like books where it's described as 'very good' and arrives looking like a dog's chewed it. I think they must do it because so many people don't complain. If...
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    Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

    Second time in a row that a test fire has failed from one of our boats though - and I expect people said the same thing back in 2016 when they covered up the failure (although it sounds like that failure mode was different so they may well have solved whatever problem caused that)... 190...
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    Is this a misleading antenatal/pregnancy related HR policy?

    Yeah the policy definitely doesn't fit with needing to use annual leave to cover an appointment. Also I would be asking data protection questions about why they need all the information from you about a medical appointment, your relationship with a third party, and medical advice they have...
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    top tip. don't drink lime scale remover!

    I knew someone that made the same mistake once. Knew.
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    Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

    Completely true, but Europe seems to duck a lot of criticism which is also due. There's no reason that Europe couldn't collectively supply enough financial and military aid to Ukraine to significantly improve their position regardless of what the USA does. The USA might have the deepest...
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    Men only clubs

    I don't see a problem with men only clubs, just like I don't see a problem with women only clubs. If people want to join a mixed sex club then there are plenty of options. Objecting on the grounds of equality seems a bit rich considering how exclusive membership seems to be anyway. The vast...
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    Woke Judges?

    Weren't the police officers retired at the time of the 'offences'? And even if they weren't it would seem that disciplinaries from their employer would be more appropriate than a court. Being riled up in a mob doesn't sound like a very good mitigation to me either.
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    Lost Bitcoins Man is still trying

    Sounds like he should be suing his partner for £275m rather than the council, for all the good it'll do him. I do kind of sympathise, but at the same time... just give it up man.
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    Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

    Good job we were so measured with military aid to Ukraine to avoid escalation with Russia. Sure the war may have rumbled on indecisively and Putin's regime may have developed in the direction of a more extreme end point, but at least Russia isn't putting nukes in space or anything.
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    Payraise.. how much do you expect? how much did you get?

    Public sector, got about 6% this year following stagnation before that. Idk what to expect next year. An interesting consequence of how they've defined 'higher earners' is that the gaps between some lower grades have really shrunk, meaning there's very little incentive for moderately...
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    Alligator snapping turtle found in Cumbria

    Looks like some kind of demon. Wonder how long it is until a colony of them gets found somewhere on a major river and snapping turtles become just another one of those things destroying the environment.
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    YouTube AI content?

    I've not seen any like that, but I sometimes get AI generated 'factual' videos about something like a particular technology or scientific discovery etc, presumably because I do watch some non-AI videos on those topics. Must be a great low effort enterprise for the originator once they work out...
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    Rent increase question

    I'm not sure requiring a licence would really help... big companies can be just as bad as a malicious or negligent amateur landlords. If anything they might be worse, as they know how exactly to play the system and stay just the right side of the line that the tenant doesn't have a leg to stand...
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    Anyone into knives?

    Expecting OP to start a 'spec me a chest freezer' thread any moment now
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    Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

    Yeah unfortunately I don't think this is much of a secret now. I spoke to someone in the forces last month who had some second hand stories about the training programme and some limited first hand experience with them. From his experience the recruits are indeed getting older, and the attitudes...
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    RTX 3090ti RMA'd, B Grade 4070ti offered as a replacement

    The initial offer was pretty poor, and it's a shame that they won't be able to either repair or replace it on the same terms it was bought for... however the partial refund which they have now offered seems fair to me, even if it's still a hassle.
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