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What sport do you feel is vastly overrated?

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AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Yeah F1 is just so tedious these days. Incredibly predictable parades that barely involve any actual "racing". There's so many more exciting versions of motorsport that it really baffles me that F1 is the most popular just because the cars are the fastest. Touring cars for example is miles more entertaining but just doesn't seem to be able to generate enough of an audience to support a full international competition on the same scale as F1.

What sport do you feel is vastly overrated?

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AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Golf is similar for me. I am not a big enough fan to actually sit and watch it for very long because of the time taken between shots but there is something incredibly satisfying about seeing a well hit shot.

People who don't drive, what does your commute to work look like?

Posted by MyLilSkullThrone@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 419 comments

What sport do you feel is vastly overrated?

Posted by poweredbyabot@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1573 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Live cricket is a fantastic day out too. A sunny day at the test match is just a brilliant time. Nice and chill in the morning, everyone having a beer and relaxing watching some sport. The by the evening session when everyone has sunk a few pints and the match is closely balanced the atmosphere is incredible.

What sport do you feel is vastly overrated?

Posted by poweredbyabot@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1573 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Yeah there's just something soooo hypnotic about the "thud, thud... thud" of darts hitting the board too. *"Thud, thud..." Two darts in the treble 20, camera zooms in... "Thud", Oooooof just outside the wire for a single. Lets see if the other guy can do better....* And before you know it you have watched an entire match.

What sport do you feel is vastly overrated?

Posted by poweredbyabot@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1573 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

I like ODIs because even in the shorter format the game still has time to develop and evolve. The way the ball and the pitch degrading over time and the weather conditions changing becoming a key part of the tactics of the sport is part of the attraction for me. You still get a bit of this in ODI but T20 just doesn't last long enough for it to really become a factor. And the less said about The Hundred the better

What sport do you feel is vastly overrated?

Posted by poweredbyabot@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1573 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Yeah I used to hate it as a kid when for 2 weeks during Wimbledon all of the good TV would get cancelled for Wimbledon and even when it was meant to finish in the evening it would end up massively overrunning and cancelling even more shows.

What sport do you feel is vastly overrated?

Posted by poweredbyabot@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1573 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

I see what you are saying but for me 5 day cricket can be one of the most tense sports to watch. The way a match can change course so many times over 5 days and still come down to the wire is what I like about it. A drawn match is usually a very tense affair because the nature of how draws come about when a game does reach 5 days is usually from one team really having to battle to hold on to stay in the game. The weather thing is just unavoidable due to scheduling.

What sport do you feel is vastly overrated?

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AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

I don't know what it is that makes darts so weirdly compelling to watch. It seems to be one of those sports where I put it on just to check the score and then before I know it I have been drawn in and have watched the entire match.

What sport do you feel is vastly overrated?

Posted by poweredbyabot@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1573 comments

What sport do you feel is vastly overrated?

Posted by poweredbyabot@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1573 comments

What is actually happening with the UK's "downfall"?

Posted by Low-Ice-3534@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 51 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

>We have one of the largest numbers of emigration amongst high earners at the moment globally. This is completely factually untrue. We rank 27th globally for net migration per capita. Out foreign born population doe not even rank in the top 10 within western Europe.

What are some good ways to hide your wealth from your spouse?

Posted by SafetyImmediate5436@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 37 comments

Hey AskUK, should I drop out of college to work in sales?

Posted by Technical-Taro960@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 32 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Thats why I said "generally". There are good sales jobs out there (but only for people who are suited to them). But I very much doubt that this is one of those if they are hiring college drop-outs. Most decent sales jobs would require some kind of specialist industry knowledge of whatever is being sold.

What made you think that you’re old now?

Posted by WilsonSpark@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 485 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

The day I was watching TV and an advert came on for a compilation CD of all the pop-punk and emo bands I used to listen to as a teenager. It was promoted as "The perfect gift for fathers day". That was 10 years ago.... I am 37 now.

Hey AskUK, should I drop out of college to work in sales?

Posted by Technical-Taro960@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 32 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Sales jobs with commission generally suck and quite often the commissions are not that great. I worked in sales for 4 and a half years and hated it despite being good at it. The basic salary will stay low and every year your commission will likely decrease because whatever you are trying to sell will get more expensive and the people you are trying to sell to will have less money to spend so you will be working harder and harder getting fewer sales every year. In the age of the internet people are even less open to being sold to by salesmen than ever. No matter how good your sales pitch is they are going to go away and do their research online and even if they then decide they do want whatever you are selling the chances are you are not getting the sales credit when they return because they will pick up the phone or come into the office and it won't be you they interact with the second time around.

Do you wash everything at 30°?

Posted by woodpigeon-blues@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 191 comments

My place of employment has new owners - are my and my coworker's rights being violated?

Posted by GillsGarlic@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 51 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

All of the staff immediately need to adopt a strict work to rule stance. No extra hours, just doing the contract hours as they are set on the rota. Only do what is contractually required of you. Make sure that the hours they give everyone fall within UK working time laws and refuse to work any hours outside of this even if they fall within your contracted hours (it's the responsibility of the employer to set a rota that complies with working time laws and provides all staff with the minimum required breaks and rest time between shifts). If they try and sack anyone as a result they should be able to immediately file an unfair dismissal claim. Whilst an employer can in theory dismiss somebody for failing to adapt to new working practices, those practices need to fall within working time laws and they would also be expected to follow a formal disciplinary procedure and provide re-training where appropriate.

What important cultural objects should be returned to their homelands immediately?

Posted by Inhuman-Englishman@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 36 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Exactly. If hire removals men to take your stuff away to be put in storage and then it came back damaged you absolutely wouldn't pay the removal and storage fees and would be absolutely entitled to be compensated. In this case Britain wasn't even asked to remove anything. They just rocked up, helped themselves and then damaged the goods. Absolutely batshit delusional to suggest any kind of storage fee.

To those who are unemployable how do you get by?

Posted by throwaway991976@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 49 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Unless you have severe physical or mental disabilities nobody is unemployable if you are willing to work and if you are willing to set your standards and income expectations low enough

What important cultural objects should be returned to their homelands immediately?

Posted by Inhuman-Englishman@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 36 comments

What do you usually do with 1p coins?

Posted by flatquasarmayonnaise@reddit | AskABrit | View on Reddit | 164 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

I have a massive jar that all lose change goes in. Everything from 1p to £2 coins. When it gets full it gets taken to the bank and dumped into the coin machine that pays it all on to my account. I used to be able to save up about £500 a year from it but as I barely pay cash for anything these days it has been sitting at around the £70 level for about 4 years.

Do you think car headlights have become far too bright and should be regulated better?

Posted by Archtronic@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 302 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

As somebody with an astigmatism it's become a nightmare trying to walk home from work during rush hour in the winter. Walking along a main road I can barely see where I am walking because all I can see is hundreds of dazzling car lights.

What do you do on weekends as a single person?

Posted by lanakane55@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 363 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

I am not single but my gf has had this ongoing chest infection for the past 4 weeks and hasn't basically been sleeping between wfh shifts so I have been left to my own devices at the weekends. I haven't made any specific plans each weekend in the hopes she would start feeling better and we might be able to do something. Last weekend went to see a band on Friday night on my own (was meant to go with my gf). Then on saturday met up with a mate in the pub for a couple of pints in the afternoon - this was a last minute plan when his weekend plans fell through. Went home in the evening ordered a takeaway and watched a movie. Sunday woke up late and had a cosy day to myself. Spent the afternoon drinking tea, listening to music and reading.

What are your plans for the weekend?

Posted by shaneo632@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 27 comments

Would you tell people if you won the lottery?

Posted by LordPrinter@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 592 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

You realise that many businesses are publicly traded, right? And there will always be a demand for rental homes. I never said I was going to be one of those landlords who rips off his tenants. If I was that rich I could afford to rent them out at well below market value, it's not like I would have mortgage costs to cover if I bought them outright.

Got given a £50 note. Why are they so rare?

Posted by andy_c_c@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 258 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Used to work at a tourist attraction and one day some American guy showed up with a bunch of old style £50s and was absolutely outraged that we wouldn't accept them. First he thought we just wouldn't take 50s, then he tried to assure us they were not fake because he got them when he last visited here 10 years earlier. He simply couldn't comprehend that the entire country had switched to new notes in that time and his were no longer valid. Then he decided to start blaming that on the attraction staff, like it was the fault of a bunch of minimum wage workers that the bank of England had issued new bank notes.

Would you tell people if you won the lottery?

Posted by LordPrinter@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 592 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

If I won the kind of money where I would be mega rich for life I would tell people I had won a much more modest amount (i.e a nice one time windfall but not enough that I am going to be attracting loads of false friends wanting handouts). I would then invest in some businesses that were already making a reasonable profit maybe a couple of rental properties and just tell people I am living off the income that generates for me. That would explain why I am not working a regular job anymore and am able to afford nice things without giving the impression that I am dripping in cash at all times.

Got given a £50 note. Why are they so rare?

Posted by andy_c_c@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 258 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

It's pretty much only tourists that ever spend them. They get them from the bureau de change in their own countries before they arrive in the UK. So touristy places see quite a lot of them but they just get banked rather than getting re-circulated because nobody is ever going to get given a £50 as change. Banks only tend to give them out on request when people withdraw cash at the desk rather than from a machine.

What Were Your Surprisingly Great Live Gigs?

Posted by Teembeau@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 154 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Electric Six played my local venue a few years ago and I wasn't expecting much aside from them playing Gay Bar and High Voltage but they were absolutely fantastic from start to finish.

Why do people believe that we are 'running out of space' when it comes to building new housing in the UK?

Posted by _Digress@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 257 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Depends on the kind of shop. Big warehouse stores in out of town retail parks obviously won't convert well into houses but they are generally not the ones sitting empty. The ones sitting empty are in city centres and often when they were originally built they included accommodation for the shopkeepers above them too so they were at least partially built with housing in mind.

Why do people believe that we are 'running out of space' when it comes to building new housing in the UK?

Posted by _Digress@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 257 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Loads of room to turn empty shops and offices into houses. The commercial high street is becoming obsolete. Once the boomers die out the majority of high street shops will no longer be able to survive as most people will shop almost exclusively online. People working from home will mean many office buildings sit empty. Convert all those empty shops and offices into council houses and it would be a massive step to solving the housing crisis.

Why don't you people living in these red bricked terraced houses use your gardens? (Leeds)

Posted by sternenklar90@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 177 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Tending a garden takes time and money. Something which for most people in the UK is in very short supply at the moment. Those houses were built for families at a time when the dad would go out to work and the mum would stay home and look after the house/garden/kids. These days most of those homes are house shares and student homes. The ones that are lived in by families will generally have both parents working full time. Gardening is primarily a hobby for retired people or middle class people living in posher houses. You won't find many working class areas populated by people with the time/money/interest to put into gardening.

Father in law uses a bucket in his bedroom to urinate. Is this normal?

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Father in law uses a bucket in his bedroom to urinate. Is this normal?

Posted by bonjajr@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 240 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Somehow I think knowing that my dads turds had been used to fertilise the tomatoes would make them seem very unappealing. Dump a load of animal manure on them and it seems perfectly fine, even fertilising them with actual human waste doesn't seem all that bad but for some reason the moment I know who that human is that has provided the fertiliser it's just "nope!"

What is the UK male equivalent of Proud Mary by Creedance Clearwater Revival/Tina Turner?

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Father in law uses a bucket in his bedroom to urinate. Is this normal?

Posted by bonjajr@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 240 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Also born in the late 80s and although we always had indoor plumbing the (unused) outdoor toilet still remained at the end of our back garden until the early 90s when we demolished it to build a shed.

Father in law uses a bucket in his bedroom to urinate. Is this normal?

Posted by bonjajr@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 240 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Normal now? No Normal in the 1950s when he was growing up? Yes. Indoor plumbing didn't become the norm for many in the UK until the 1960s and for some poorer areas even later than that. Many households would have a toilet in an outhouse (often shared with multiple other homes) and as such would use a chamber-pot kept in the bedroom if they needed to go to the bathroom in the night. Probably that's what he grew up with and has stuck with.

How many jobs have you had and what’s your age?

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AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

37yrs old and 19 jobs. That's largely because thanks to graduating uni right before the 2009 recession hit so spent several years working temp and seasonal contracts and often working multiple part time jobs at once. That's also counting jobs I have been promoted into.

Where would you move in Europe with a fully remote UK job&salary?

Posted by Spaceeebunz@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 190 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Personally I would probably go somewhere like Lisbon because it's already one of my favourite places in the world. Amazing city, great nightlife, good weather, slightly cheaper to living costs than the UK. Also no time difference from the UK so scheduling work calls etc will be simpler.

Why do we recruit healthcare workers from developing countries when it’s probably them that needs the better healthcare?

Posted by TheTabar@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 70 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Because people from our own country have many better employment opportunities that working insanely long hours in under staffed departments for terrible wages in the current NHS. Quite simply we can't get enough UK workers to fill the NHS However for many workers coming from overseas the wages are generally better than they will get back home.

Why doesn't the UK make cars anymore?

Posted by Garrett8319@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 340 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Unionisation would have been less of a factor if the product was actually any good. BL cars were notoriously poor quality and unreliable due to constant corner cutting.

Does the UK no longer have a sense of community?

Posted by tylerthe-theatre@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 285 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

If anything there is more a sense of community than ever. However that sense of community is no longer bound by local or even national proximities. People can be parts of very close knit communities made up of people from all over the planet.

What do you think the UK will be like in 100 years time?

Posted by cankennykencan@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1177 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Everything will be privatised. The working class will be forced into a workhouse style system where they will receive little to no actual salary but will be given accommodation, food and utilities in exchange for working 12+ hours per day, 7 days per week. The only "entertainment" they will have access to will be state propaganda television. People will work until they die because there will be no state pension and without a salary they won't be able to save for retirement. Life expectancies will drop dramatically as access to healthcare will be extremely limited (and out of the financial reach of the working classes) and the effects of climate change and increased pollution will have devastating effects on peoples health. Only the extremely wealthy will have access to clean air and water, the production of which will generate massive amounts of Co2 and pollution making the environmental situation worse for everyone else. Wars, racism, xenophobia and general bigotry will all be the norm because nobody has the time or money to actually travel or interact with anyone outside their immediate bubbles and the government will rely on encouraging people blame each other for their problems rather than blaming the government.

What's the easiest way for a young couple (26M 22F) to find a starter home in the UK right now?

Posted by JDBarz97@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 35 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Easiest way is to wait to inherit something tbh. EIther a house or enough cash for a decent sized deposit. Other than that stay living with your parents/family until you can save a deposit because if you get trapped in the rental cycle you will just be pissing away good amount of money each month that could be saved for a deposit.

What are your recommendations for Vegan/Veggie alternatives to Bacon, Sausages and Burgers?

Posted by Itallachesnow@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 140 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Cauldron vegetarian sausages are at least as good as any mid-range supermarket meat sausage. I have given them to non-veggies who have said they would have thought they were meat if they had not known. The vegan ones are not as good tho. Sainsburys Shroomdogs are decent too.

British Gas misled me to get me to switch back to them. What do I do?

Posted by sf91205@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 67 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

Honestly British Gas customer services are so bad that you should never go with them no matter how much of a good offer they make you. If there is ever a problem it will never get fully resolved by them.

Etiquette on what to bring to a hosted Poker Night?

Posted by Brooksee83@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 27 comments

What are the ramifications of giving a No Comment interview?

Posted by No_Rooster7278@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 41 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

It very much does depend on the circumstances. Best case scenario is the police don't have enough evidence to progress the case and you get away with it. Sometimes the whole purpose of the interview is to use what you say to draw out leads from your responses and by staying quiet you give them nothing. Worst case scenario is if they do manage to get enough evidence to bring you to trial then your prior refusal to co-operate instantly makes the jury think you are guilty.

What are some things you wish you were (or were not) taught in school?

Posted by ACautionaryTaleThrow@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 108 comments

AbsoluteScenes5@reddit

First Aid should be mandatory in all schools. And not just a one day course like you get in workplaces. Minimum a full term with regular refresher sessions every year until kids leave school. Knowing CPR should be absolutely ingrained in peoples minds by the time they leave school. It should be as commonly known as how to read and write.