In that case wouldn’t Brexit be just a second symptom of a common cause?

I can’t wrap my head around how people can ignore all those red flags. 2-3 days ago I just got a text from a random number about some parking fine. Not just that, but it said that that day was the last day I could get a 50% DISCOUNT on the fine. A fucking DISCOUNT! What’s next? I can use my Nectar card? Do I get a loyalty card with a stamp on it? But it’s not even the fact that I wasn’t contacted by mail, or there was no other contact given; I don’t even have a fucking car. Or a driving license in this country.

But… if there’s a consistent system along which magic works which can be studied/researched/formulated, then isn’t it just… science?

Once you flip it, everyone gets envious on the plane.

The guy is so bad I assume he is that guy of Newcastle. There must be other that guys in other cities - who knows, maybe several; but I would bet at least 15 pence (probably even 20) that if it’s Newcastle then it’s this guy.

Newcastle?

I’m saying I’d bet it was 🤌🤌

in Italy

Just gesticulates his discontent

Wait, I think I know how that looked like.

We are the plastic eating bacteria.

This reminds me a little bit of judging any kind of social (or ethnic?) group by the loudest ones. You don’t see the decent ones not leaving cig butts. On the other hand, maybe it doesn’t even matter if there are people who still leave them.

But similarly to the prohibition era, I don’t think this will make smokers quit; this will just push the users to smoke/litter in less controlled areas. I hope I’m wrong.

Now that you mentioned… you’re right, I always knew, even as a kid (I have only seen that in movies, though, which tend to make it super obvious anyway). In that case I didn’t use the best analogy.

I’m not sure how I feel about this, and I’m a non-smoker who hates cigarette (well, any kind of) smoke, and despite getting permanently nose-hit by CoVid, I can still smell cigarette smoke from miles away.

As much as it sounds lovely at first, this is restricting smokers way too much. If, as a European you find it ridiculous that you have to hide your alcohol bottle/flask/can with a paper bag in public in parts of the US, then this is even more restrictive. Apart from the dismissive answers to the question “Where should I smoke now”, the only typical answer is “at home”. Now, if these smokers live together with non-smokers then this is either forcing them to smoke under their nose or find the nearest place where it is allowed (good luck).

On the other hand, fuck yes. It is forbidden in bus/metro stops where I live, but not in the narrow, enclosed passageway leading out of the stop. Therefore, smokers get out of the train, start smoking as soon as they leave the stop (to be honest: right in the stop), and the two slow walkers right in front of me prevent me from overtaking, and the same is true behind me - so I have to inhale that shit while we walk along that long passageway. And not like it was much different on a busy pavement, in outside seating, etc.

You can tell them you’re not wasting any of it because eventually it will be used, none of it will get spoiled and people tend to actually need that bog roll within a week or two. Also, it’s a ONE time “double” buy, because from then on you buy everything once just the same; you just make sure you don’t end up spending even MORE when you run out of the 24 roll TP bag and have to quickly buy a less eco 6-pack.

Interesting, I know this one with beer.

Buying another box, bag, etc. of soap, toilet paper, tooth paste and whatever long lasting product before it runs out. It doesn’t expire (fast), therefore I always have a second, full bag as a buffer, and as soon as I have to open the second one, I put it on the shopping list so there is always a buffer bag and I don’t get annoyed if I still forget to buy one or it’s out of stock.

It’s been years since I had to use some weird substitute for toilet paper.

This just triggers this memory in me every time: https://youtu.be/BPNzbbXjJsQ?t=108

What makes it easier to get a gun license if I get a drivers license afterwards?

It took me a few seconds to process why 15 meters of walking would ever not be worth it.

Looking at his current one, I think they can do 2 of them every minute.

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