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I often see Bombay sapphire for sale at supermarkets. I once saw an unopened bottle someone had in their house but I've never in my life seen anyone drink it.

Has anyone else?

At my GP I'm told to put only one thing in the form to book appointments, and the meeting is generally guided to be as perfuctory as possible. But tomorrow I'm heading to a walk-in. There's honestly so much wrong with me and I don't think they're touching the surface in the usual appointments, so if i can just kill several birds with one stone it would be nice.

To put it into perspective: the US has what’s known as the “Selective Service System” where it’s mandatory for every male citizen to register within a month of their 18th birthday for conscription. Now, Trump is considering on making the process automatic by December.

In their case, the current system works under mandatory registration which isn’t automated. Not only does it apply to citizens, but also residents, aslyum seekers and immigrants. Now, imagine the same thing happening in Britain, instead with Starmer imposing that...

The scenario is like this: suddenly the UK government in London refers from the database on where every British male who possesses BRP's, photo ID, driver’s license or passport by putting their names onto a draft lottery (where they'll be piled onto the MoD's database).

It would mean, in some time: you can be called up by the British Army saying you have to serve when the circumstances deem it necessary (failing to comply results in imprisonment) and they are not excluding those living in Jersey, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Scotland & etc.

Even if it were to occur or be discussed, what would be the response towards that from the public if out of nowhere the government is like: "all men ages from 18-25 are automatically subjected to conscription, no exceptions" under the guise of "for the king & country".

I remember an assignment we had was reading Chavs by Owen Jones, and based on that book it seems like sociologists agree that chav was never a subculture, it was the upper classes taking ordinary working class young people fashion and turned it into a made up, monstrous delinquent subculture to paint the working class people as bad or something. Owen Jones said it was not a subculture and nobody unironically identified as a chav. It was purely a classist insult.

For people who aren't in the know, "chav" is this mythical, evil subculture the upper class journalists made up specifically to demonize and mock the poor. It's a gross caricature of working class people. It never was a subculture. These people are terrified of seeing men in tracksuits because the chav is depicted as dressing in one. I've seen Reddit posts where people will claim they crossed the street after seeing men in tracksuits because they "don't want to be beat to death by chavs".

Basically, these people are seeing normal working class fashion trends and thinking it's what amounts to a drop bear.

Not saying that there aren't bad people who dress in that extremely popular/default fashion style (streetwear), there are, just like how you get bad people in any other clothes style, but the subculture they're so scared of doesn't even exist. I find it kind of hilarious, like a grown adult being scared of a boogeyman hiding in their closet.

I mean, have you ever received a summons from the courts that you've been assigned as a potential juror (as in you have to respond and appear when being called, usually you're given a number and asked a bunch of questions) however is the chance on being selected low as being part of the 12 jurors at a trial? Does the overall pay depend on the type of case whether it's low or high profile?

For example back in 2020, in Minneapolis: George Floyd was killed by a white cop which sparked a worldwide protest regarding the BLM movement. That was a high profile one. However, before that: there are cases of "black kid gets shot for holding toy gun" or anything equivalent.

In Japan, there are basically no security tags attached to the devices (at their apple stores) basically iPhones can he held normally without being attached to anything. Since it's built on mutual trust and the expectation of "stealing is bad, you should know that" type of mentality along with the shaming culture. But, can you do the same in Britain?

In my early twenties. I live on a council estate and walking outside in a trackie, some Nikes and a baseball cap is just the most popular fashion amongst the working class population. The Chav thing, from my understanding, is a twisted caricature of that plus there was this narrative that said twisted caricature of popular working class street fashion was this bad subculture. In reality there’s no Chav subculture and it was a myth to scapegoat the working class. But I am wondering now, do people still see people like me and assume we are Chavs?

Like, what’s the point of its existence when that denomination is difficult to come by since ATMs don’t disperse them. I mean, will they still refuse a £50 note when paying for a £45 purchase? They go full counterfeit detection mode just because an individual has it despite that being the real one (not fake). Also, why does the Bank of England keep printing more of that when they know people barely use it anyway?

The important word here being "free".

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43906664

Just one example of many and another off the top of my head

I do remember while there were some cases of teens killing people in the 2000's, they were few and far between, now it's like you got to watch out for teens rather than adults and there's a very potent hazard of being killed by a pack.

What happened? it doesn't seem to be affecting one area of the UK either but most places of the UK at once. what's going on with British teens?

Ok, this seemed like a simple one, but damned if Google / Youchoob will give me a straight answer...

I'm putting up a greenhouse in a clay soil garden, so I want a nice concrete foundation (ring, like for a house, not a slab)

What mix do I need for that base, assuming it'll be underground / water and I'll put a row of block on top for the base to screw in to?

And... if it's easier than dragging stuff through the house, can I get away with just bags of postcrete?