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What was life like after 2008 financial crash compared to now?

Posted by Desperate-Drawer-572@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 199 comments

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We still are, vast swathes of the public sector are still told every year that there isn't as much money as last year but it we just tighten our belts one more time it will all be fine. What they think there is left to pare off after 18 years is beyond me. Government both local and national has been doing it for so long that they have forgotten how to do anything else but stop doing things and claim it's good because it 'cuts waste'.

What assumptions about the UK annoy you?

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British people who moved to Ireland (and vice versa), did you experience culture shock and if so, what?

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Irish person living in the UK, the number of people who think it's the height of comedy to just repeat back anything you say in a stupid exaggerated Irish accent is is far too high. Think the "Oh, you IRISH!!!"" guy from that theatre episode of the IT Crowd, it's very much a thing. I believe Scots have to suffer this one as well.

How often do you stop to ‘let people go’ when driving?

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I try to do it where it's obvious the vehicle is being driven by someone who is at work. Delivery drivers, Police etc., they probably need to get ahead more than I do.

What’s a job in the UK that people massively underestimate?

Posted by No_Nose_3849@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 399 comments

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I agree, a good manager makes a huge difference. There seems to be a belief among the public that having no manager at all makes the same positive difference, or even more so.

What’s a job in the UK that people massively underestimate?

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NHS admin in general are doing important necessary work that just happens to not involve directly treating the patient. But that treatment doesn't happen without them. The public perception of highly paid non-job managers twiddling their thumbs for a fat salary is a nonsense, but it's popular enough that you can claim you're 'creating efficency' by having less people to do the administrative tasks and calling it 'cutting red tape'. People applaud it because they think they are 'getting rid of all the managers'. Fun fact, the NHS has less managers per head of staff than almost any organisation of its size in the world.

What’s your ‘I can’t believe you’re paid more than me’ story?

Posted by GeorgiePorgiePuddin@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 352 comments

Has anyone ever been mocked or looked down on because of their job?

Posted by Jealous-Lake5700@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 402 comments

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I work for the NHS in an administrative role and the number of people who have heard this and launched into a lecture about why my job isn't necessary because the papers told them so is a lot. Apparently large organisations don't require a bureaucracy to function because 'matron knows best', even though they can never expand on what that is supposed to mean.

Which celebrities are posh and which aren’t?

Posted by Aikiman@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 75 comments

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A quick way to tell is Wikipedia - go to the Wikipedia page of any actor, look at the section that lists their family, and see if one or both of their parents has a Wikipedia page of their own. You'll be surprised how many do. It's largely because if you're gonig into the arts, you have 5-10 years of shitty work for no money to get through before you get notable, and only people with rich parents can do that without ending up destitute. That and the nepostism, the BBC in particular is a bit of a circlejerk for giving jobs to people who have enough friends who work there.

When the TV show "Black Adder" aired, was it a hit?

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I always wondered why we never saw Brian Blessed return after season 1, so many others came back to play different roles throughout its run.

Why are companies pushing The Grinch merch so much this year?

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Elf on the Shelf is more fun if you swear to the kids that you can't see the elf and there's nothing there. Hey, they're my brother's kids, I won't have to pay for the therapy.

Where does "Good mow-ning" come from?

Posted by Wide-Landscape-3348@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 396 comments

What’s something every Brit quietly agrees on but never says out loud?

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Does the enterprise D have a swimming pool a gym and a shopping mall?

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Are there any comedians you DON'T like? Why?

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I saw John Bishop just before he started making it big. Absolutely top tier comedian. Only 6 people showed up for the gig and he still did a brillaint show, even bought a round for the whole audience. 😂

USS EXCELSIOR NCC-2000 appreciation post

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"Geordi, tell me about... Tasha Yar."

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"I used the 10 seconds my eyes worked to tell her how beautiful she was but she blanked me, so I started beaming fleas into her underwear drawer once a fortnight"

What brands would you never use and why?

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Lynx. "Spray this on and women will immediately turn their brains off and become slavering sex monsters who can only be sated by your tumescent member." I'm wearing deodorant because I want to smell a bit less like a wet dog if I exert myself. Don't talk to me like I'm a dribbling idiot with questionable ideas about consent.

Which band/act would you choose to represent the UK in Eurovision?

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What's likely to give away an American writing in British English?

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The most common ancestry among white Americans is English, and when I say most common it's way out in front. They will have a family tree that is overwhelmingly English, but at some point someone will have married an Irish or Scottish person and they latch onto that.

What used to be cheap and cheerful but now crazy expensive?

Posted by LordSoyBoy911@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1338 comments

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Absolutely, the amount the lower end of the scale has gone up is the one that shocks me most. I saw that Republica were playing at a local venue a couple of weeks ago and I was really interested until I saw it was 40 quid a ticket.

Why does all hold music sound like it's being recorded through the wall off the neighbour's dismal 1980s sound system, and they're in turn listening to some dodgy distant AM pirate radio station?

Posted by DaveChild@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 28 comments

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As well as the aforementioned compression issues, you have to pay royalties for using a copyrighted audio recording. The royalties for playing a song over and over throughout your open hours would be expensive, so a recoridng that is out of copyright saves money.

Which British celebrities do you think have had inexplicably long lasting careers?

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Learning that there is a Masterchef Christmas special planned for this year made me so glad I gave up on the TV license and broadcast TV.

Which DJ do you find to be the absolute worst on UK radio?

Posted by OldGunnarSolskjaer@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 723 comments

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Radio X was born out of XFM, which was a really good band-with-guitars music station with bases in London and Manchester. They gave some exposure to some great artists and it was a place you could discover quite a bit of new music. Then it was bought and hollowed out almost entirely, the studio moved to the new owners' London base and Moyles was brought on to launch it as the morning host. It lost a lot of its old charm almost overnight and a lot of the comments on their social media reflected this, including what you mention about the massive reduction in music to allow time for him to verbally stroke one out. Anyway Moyles eventually gets sick of these comments and goes off on a rant about it one morning, and when reading one comment he says the person's name and then says "you will listen to this show forever now because I said your name". I just turned off and haven't listened since. People seem to talk about him like he's some legend of entertainment but everything I have ever seen or heard him do just left me thinking "this man is an absolute throbber."

What’s your thoughts on supermarket loyalty cards actually being a saving?

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I just took a picture of my mate's clubcard and keep it on my phone to scan at the self checkout. He gets whatever he gets from having one, I get cheaper prices without giving Tesco my data.

Hiring ‘Ninjas’ and ‘Rockstars’ was the workplace nonsense fad 10 years ago. What’re the 2024 cringey trends?

Posted by According_Sundae_917@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 501 comments

Who the hell watches Doctors on BBC1?

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What is the most messed up thing that happened on live TV?

Posted by Manky_Muppett@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1268 comments

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Drive To Survive cut that accident to make it look like he was burning for 20 minutes, when in reality he jumped out quickly, which you would.

1982 Pontiac firebrand trans am for 2k worth it?

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Brits are overly hard on themselves, but what are some things we either are good at now or were in the past?

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Have you known or met any of the most infamous UK figures?

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Which UK retail shop or company annoys you the most?

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Costco. Not because of the transplanted-straight-from-the-States layout, I can get on board with that as a different experience. It's the other customers; I don't know what it is, but the rudeness and ignorance of people at Costco is off the scale. And yes I'm aware that I'm also a Costco customer etc etc, but I just don't see people behave like this anywhere else to the same extent.

Does "thank you for your service" bother you?

Posted by TheDawiWhisperer@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1119 comments

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I'm not a fan, I think in the UK we favour actions over words and turning the act of appreciating veterans into a convenient catchphrase just seems a bit shallow to us. I am happy to allow the fact that someone has been willing to get shot at on my behalf to inform how I treat them. I'm not going to draw attention to the fact that I'm doing that by coming out with that tripe though, it would feel like patting myself on the back.

What off-brand or generic supermarket products are actually better than the real deal?

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What off-brand or generic supermarket products are actually better than the real deal?

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Legal experts - What do people get wrong about UK law?

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Is the "mens mental health matters" trope just bulls*it?

Posted by Large-Fruit-2121@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 90 comments

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Your friends sound like self-involved shallow pricks. Someone said to me once 'Never listen to criticism from someone you wouldn't go to for advice'. I think those might be words for you to consider.

Are you getting poorer?

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Same here. On a comparatively good salary, highest I have ever earned yet I haven't watched the pennies like this since I was a student.

Are potatoes 'badder' than usual in the UK atm?

Posted by Prestigious-One-8532@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 418 comments

What car will you never buy again?

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I had a Renault Modus and owning it damn near broke me. Failed its MOT on some lights not working which turned out to be a relay that had caught fire and melted itself, could only be fixed by replacing the whole fuse box. Then the headlight bulbs went and cost a fair few quid to have replaced as the only way to get to the bulbs was to take the whole front bumper off. Then the electric power steering started failing and making the immobiliser kick in while you were driving, cutting the engine. Turns out the immobiliser is wired into about 5 different systems which are all coded to each other, so if you replace one you have to replace them all. Got rid of it at that point, utterly hateful thing.

If you leave the UK where do you go to live?

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The American trend of hedge funds hoovering up new developments before anyone has a chance to buy has caught on there. Worse still, since the economic downturn a lot of those developments have been paused. There are countless nearly-finished new homes in Ireland, whole estates sat empty because that's better for someone's balance sheet at the moment.

What are life's little pleasures that don't instantly come to mind when asked?

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How many times did you angrily rip off the new Coke bottle lid before you realised it was supposed to be like that?

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What’s a tv show you couldn’t live without?

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Just finished rewatching it from the start, it's rare that your old favourites from childhood hold up, but Jesus that was a good show.

What’s the most depressing town you’ve ever visited in the UK?

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If head & shoulders didn't work for you, what product have you found that does?

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