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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?

Do you have to answer the person spec points in order?

I'm after a professional job anywhere in the field of helping people. I'm mid 40s, when I was last job hunting it was really different.

How the fuck do I start?

When I was at school there were emos, goths, nerds. My school didn't have a dress code so people dressed however they liked. The nerds would often wear polo shirts. There were also the artsy kind of people who would draw anime in class and they were typically very shy and reserved but excelled in art class. Then there was this clique that looked like gangsters. I call them goldies, because they always wore something gold. Despite their gangster inspired look, they were incredibly goofy and nonthreatening. They were really bad students because they'd always play up, but were great lads overall. Got along with those the best

How cracking was the music to this little show?

Imagine having a whole damn brass orchestra at your disposal to punctuate your hobbies

Hey UK,

Many, many years ago, there was a group in (I think) London with a website about something they called anarchitecture. Had a lot of stuff about weird posters on city streets (we called it 'culture jamming' back in the day), repurposing public spaces, etc. Lot of early 2000s punkesque humour.

Does anyone recall this group and any details? Trying to track down the old website (e.g. mentions floating around in old articles with a link I can toss in Wayback, that kind of thing), but only really recall the term 'anarchitecture' and the fact that they had a project called NOT CRICKET (conceit was challenging MPs to a game of cricket in a government-owned outdoor space). Web searches have been less than helpful so far, mostly bringing up architecture businesses. Anything may help, even just recalling names used for other projects.

Edit: changed 'reality jamming" to 'culture jamming', which is the appropriate term and the one I think said group used. Another memory: one of the stunts was setting up desks and/or mini-parties in parking spaces.

Since manufacturers have swapped out spare wheels for tyre emergency kits, I’ve had three punctures. I’ve never gotten a foam repair kit to actually work. 3 attempts, 3 failures.

Has anyone actually got a success story with a foam repair kit?

I’ve bought a spare slim emergency wheel and put it in the wheel well now. Simply cannot be bothered trying and failing with another reinflation foam kit next time a flat tyre occurs.

I try to buy based on reviews. Not insta influence or amazon reviews. I like to hear real people’s opinions, and one that isn’t being paid for. And it needs to be something I can purchase local.

So I was thinking maybe we could pick some products maybe common stuff, hot items etc and maybe all chirp in.

It could be from reviewing tomato sauce from supermarket to supermarket, or let’s compare cardboard cutters.

Anyone fancy it?

Times are hard and what not. Anyone do paid surveys, cashback offers etc? Any good ideas?