Jabbawacky

joined 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Well that's a bit shit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Well, we are lucky here in that unless you live in a real rural area, most of the time you can get rid of your car and live just fine. I walk everywhere, sold my car a year ago and never looked back. Everywhere here, at least south coast, is walkable for pedestrians. All grocery stores do home delivery. Trains are going through strike action constantly it seems, but they do exist and work fine most of the time, bus network is actually good in my area.

I have an almost unbroken pedestrian walk for a full 20 miles stretch - and that's just walking past the main towns, not including time in them. And these towns contain buildings from the 1500s - didn't have cars back then, and a load of the old town layouts are still present in my area. No cars were around back then, and they're just as walkable now.

Not like America where jaywalking exists and you literally can't walk anywhere in car-centric places

Edit: didn't even mention the other thing we have here - bike hire, everywhere. I can bring up the app on my phone and see where the nearest bike/electric bike/electric scooter is, walk there, tap its panel with my phone to unlock and off I go. I do that when I'm being lazy. I've just checked and there are six bikes available down my road in the nearest bay.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

When the older generation who steadily support them through everything finally die off.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

My mate got to be on the show, lucky git

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Kid looked just like pat sharp

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Actually, he's not voting at all. He's abstaining with the view of 'theyre all the same now". Which makes no sense, but it's better than a Tory vote in my mind.

My other grandparents are, oddly enough, labour voters despite being even richer, and even donators from what I last heard. It's a weird place to be in, between both extremes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He needs to get in.

I'm still dismayed by the ref result, but he needs to get in first and then enact change. This is gonna take time, and it sucks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Aw fuck

Please stay away from Nintendo.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

My grandad is a hardcore Tory. There's no changing the guy, he's 83 and stuck in his ways - and ridiculously rich.

However - he did say one thing this week, which is he disagrees with this policy change. He has no idea why we are now moving backwards when everyone else is moving forwards. I mean, it's not a unique issue when it comes to the Tories but cars is finally one he can understand on a personal level

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yep, it's just a bit frustrating really. All they need to do is throw in some extra keycaps into the box.

I just cannot do ANSI. there is no reversing 30 years of muscle memory.

Edit: I mean, I can do ANSI. and other layouts - I have an original Famicom keyboard I love. But for daily use, especially work...no.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Same, plus no UK ISO layout options.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I can't stand listening to them. 99% of people doing these videos, any videos, on YouTube have no concept or idea of how to actually talk properly to an audience. I don't want to have to skip through someone fucking mumbling in an indecipherable accent to find what I need.

Give me written instructions/guides. It's faster, I can re-read easily at my own pace (fast!) and I don't get annoyed by someone's nasally voice. Yes I'm an older one too.

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