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Has anyone else noticed a real shift in the climate over the course of their lifetime? I know I certainly have

Posted by eternallyfree1@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 441 comments

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yes. I rarely needed to wear a coat in November. I live in North Wales. I'm from Epsom. I should be nesh and cold, and instead I'm wearing a wool jumper like it's September.

Do you think everyone born in the Uk could pass a Life in the UK test?

Posted by lisa_noden@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 515 comments

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18/24 Worst pub quiz ever. Actually that would be the best test of Britishness. Pint, Pub quiz, confidently getting a bunch of simple questions wrong, loving it because youre out with your mates.

How much is everyone saving each month?

Posted by G-Beans@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1205 comments

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Me and the Mrs save between £300min and £850max a month. We earn household income c75k, have 1 kid and live in a small 3 bed semi with a big garden just over the border in Wales. It's a lovely village but half the people here seems to think it's not for some reason. We have 2 cats and 5 chickens. Basically, the answer is remote jobs and small mortgage.

Is it possible a bird could’ve caused this hole in my window?

Posted by sherbetsweets@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 266 comments

What’s a hill you’re willing to die on, no matter how stupid it is?

Posted by GainsAndPastries@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 2951 comments

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When you see Cornwall, Devon, Norfolk, Northumberland, Scotland, North Wales, South Wales, parts of Kent, Warwickshire and north Yorkshire, Yeah it's one of the most beautiful countries in the world, tons of holiday destinations, tons of amazing city breaks.

As a country what are we still the absolute best at, no questions asked?

Posted by Whosentyounow@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 2275 comments

Is any of this authentic British food? What would be worth trying?

Posted by JustinRRN2@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 6455 comments

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Tim Tams are Australian but otherwise that foods legit af. Yorkshire tea, with a splash of <3% milk, and dip a chocolate digestive in it. Then bite each end off a Tim tam and suck tea through it then eat the Tim tam. Thank me later.

Non brits living in UK, what's one thing brits love that you'll never understand?

Posted by ah__there_is_another@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 3376 comments

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As a Brit, I can confirm I fully hate this. I like the German method where they're perfectly kind and courteous whilst being refreshingly honest and transparent. And then telling you not to muck about if you muck about.

What should be banned from advertising?

Posted by travel_girl_10@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 862 comments

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Oh there was one where I used to live, opposite a block of flats. Couldn't have been more than 50m away. Took about 2 months for someone to put a sledgehammer through the transformer. Got fixed, got broken again. If I'd lived in those flats, I'd have done the same.

In A Perfect World, Would You Do 7-3 or 9-5 and why?

Posted by ArtisticVisual@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 685 comments

What’s a dead giveaway that someone is secretly really privileged/rich?

Posted by Least-Push-1140@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 2649 comments

Why are you awake at 7am on a Sunday?

Posted by 10642alh@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 931 comments

If you had a millions tasks that were complexity O(1), it will still be 0(1)?

Posted by band_in_DC@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 87 comments

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Constant complexity is constant complexity. It will take the same amount of time regardless of the length of the input, every time, to complete a pass. So yes, it will still be O(1) when the input is 1 million.

Why are so many places in the U.K. so dirty?

Posted by starwars011@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 818 comments

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Barbaric, but effective. Combine a couple of finger snippings with encouraging people to call it out when they see it, and as the others suggest, fines and community service, sorted. But what would we do with all the fingers?

What is the most disrespectful or stupid question you have been asked in a job interview?

Posted by jc201946@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 507 comments

What is the most disrespectful or stupid question you have been asked in a job interview?

Posted by jc201946@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 507 comments

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And give it 6 months and they'll all have forgotten about it and no one will be policing it anymore because it's a ballache and it doesn't make a difference.

What is the most disrespectful or stupid question you have been asked in a job interview?

Posted by jc201946@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 507 comments

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I'd love to know what you told them. This is one of my biggest current bugbears. Some of us actually work way better at home. Last time I was in an office, I'd say I got 50% or less work done on site than at home. On the flip side, I get there's a small requirement just to get some social time in if that's what the company want but they'd have to accept, productivity takes a plunge on those days. I just don't understand how any desk jobs that don't need serious security clearance require 5 days in the office at all. I looked at a job at the office of nuclear power or something recently, even they were like "2 days in the office max per week".

How many of you legitimately never iron?

Posted by Craft_on_draft@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 2650 comments

How much do you drink?

Posted by Greggers1995@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 762 comments

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Currently transitioning into a more healthy relationship with drink. Last year I was putting away a bottle of wine and a large scotch 3 times a week on average. I'm now trying to move that to 2 glasses of wine 1-2 times a week, or less, or just a scotch. I'm doing a part time degree and that level of drinking has absolutely fucked my study.

When did school leaving proms become a thing in the UK?

Posted by DrH1983@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 365 comments

Why is British food constantly criticized?

Posted by Southern_Wasabi7901@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1055 comments

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So it's obviously a sarcastic reductionist take on Italian cuisine. On the other hand, I wouldn't necessarily put Italian food on the top 5 Mediterranean food countries.

Why is British food constantly criticized?

Posted by Southern_Wasabi7901@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1055 comments

Why is British food constantly criticized?

Posted by Southern_Wasabi7901@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1055 comments

Why is British food constantly criticized?

Posted by Southern_Wasabi7901@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1055 comments

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British cheese and beer is the best in the world by a massive margin and I'll die on this hill Even Cheddar shits over most cheese in the world, and for a balance of flavour, diversity of uses and longevity it's an absolute winner. Don't even get me started on which European country has the best sausage...

Why is British food constantly criticized?

Posted by Southern_Wasabi7901@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1055 comments

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Best pasta I've had was in Croatia That pasticada is to die for. Best pizza was Florence. Best curry, of any type, I've had was in Birmingham. Furthermore it was a Bangladeshi.

Why is British food constantly criticized?

Posted by Southern_Wasabi7901@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1055 comments

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Italians taking food seriously? National dishes include: Garlicky cheese on round toast (Variations of) Egg noodles and (variation of) tomato sauce Tripe

Technical support

Posted by _alextech_@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 6 comments

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Thanks, that's really helpful yeah. I'm thinking something in IoT but not sure what tbh. I guess it depends on the job market around me!

Technical support

Posted by _alextech_@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 6 comments

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I think it might be the typecasting I'm somewhat concerned about. Thanks for your input, I think that helps me understand, I should probably be looking for something "software-y" that isn't dev first, and go from there. Progression is a weird thing to try to quantify. Thanks for the help.

I think I'm too stupid for programming

Posted by Silver_Individual_96@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 182 comments

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Dude this is so super helpful right now. I'm currently doing an Algorithms and Data Structures module at uni and mate, it's so hard. I could follow up to and including implementation of some data structures from abstract data types, but it's getting into some pretty out there stuff now. At this point I'm just going to take your advice and learn to understand the answers, instead of killing myself working out the answers on my own when I can't do it. I think it's going to really help with my overall morale.

Why is the default position in offices that you MUST drink?

Posted by Accomplished_Tea6130@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 858 comments

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I'll be honest - I usually ask if there's a reason, but that's just because I'm interested (read:nosy) Health, and Don't Like It are the most common reasons.

Coding is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life

Posted by StormyRadish45@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 312 comments

Coding is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life

Posted by StormyRadish45@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 312 comments

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A class is the abstraction of the object, the object is the instantiation of the class. Or like, the class defines what the object has, and the object defines all the instances and instance variable etc of the class. So a wheel with 35mm tread is part of a Car, and Car is the abstract of the wheel. The wheel might also have a 40mm tread idk I'm not a mechanic or a programmer (yet) but this is what I think the answer to your question is I'm ready to be corrected.

What is a good thing happening in the UK right now that people aren’t aware of?

Posted by mikegays@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1276 comments

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9 months, I think it's like, a reverse psychology type thing, because it's on a really busy high street - people must just assume they won't have any availability.

What is a good thing happening in the UK right now that people aren’t aware of?

Posted by mikegays@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1276 comments

What is the joke that you can't tell people, because you die of laughter?

Posted by Less-Wind-8270@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1181 comments

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A horse walks into a bar. The bartender says "why the long face" The horse replies "because I was born into a life of servitude and when I die my feet will be melted to make glue"

What programming languages do programmers use in the real world?

Posted by manthankatalkar@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 275 comments

If you were asked to resit your driving test tomorrow what would you fail on?

Posted by LemursCanSing@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 250 comments

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Calling people cunts. That fucking prick in a white Audi who's further up my bum than a proctologist, for example, is one such cunt. They're everywhere in Wales since the speed limits changed

Why are some programmers so arrogant and mean?

Posted by Potential-Oil-7005@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 746 comments

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It's called overcompensation. People who make these comments don't want you to learn at all, because they're insecure in their own abilities. I've seen it in every job, but for some reason it really gets bad in technical jobs. The correct response to these people is "I can quit my job tomorrow if I want to, but you can't learn to like yourself overnight, and I'm not going to fluff your diminished ego by being your whipping boy. You cunt."

What are suitable horror movies to watch with a very brave (11yo f)?

Posted by nadiestar@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 472 comments

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Genuinely though, if you can get to the theatre production it's well worthwhile. One of the best in town, there's a reason it's been on for well over 30 years. I still love that UK school English department attitude is to scare the shit out of a bunch of 12 year olds then ask "describe the use of epic theatre devices in the play you just shit yourself at"

My mum puts the toaster away, am I alone in thinking this is insane?

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

Reasons for a separate work-provided cell phone.

Posted by booger-bag@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 119 comments

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You tell them you jailbroke your personal phone to run android Nougat because you prefer it but it's unfortunate that it's no longer security supported. Or that you don't have enough memory to partition it. Or buy a £10 burner and tell them that's your phone now.

What doesn't owe you a penny?

Posted by ondiperkins@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 232 comments

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Legend of Zelda games, The Witcher 3. TW3 cost me £20 in a steam sale, I think I've clocked 450hours over 2 playthroughs, so that's about 4p an hour. It's a better economy than Netflix by about 8x.

What are you a snob about?

Posted by Craft_on_draft@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 2043 comments

As a Brit, what's some British code words we use?

Posted by Mistyheart_@reddit | AskABrit | View on Reddit | 676 comments

As a Brit, what's some British code words we use?

Posted by Mistyheart_@reddit | AskABrit | View on Reddit | 676 comments

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This is precisely why we say 'Alright' and the appropriate response is 'Alright' Because I'm alright, you're alright and we needn't discuss that any further.

Do you know the phonetic alphabet?

Posted by konnekting@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 982 comments

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Yes, all the way through. It's useful if you work in any profession where you need to take details accurately over the phone. And saying s for sugar is unforgivable lol

If your mortgage/rent was £2500p/m what would you want your combined income to be?

Posted by heyho2023@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 215 comments

Can I eat for a month on £30?

Posted by gawge_@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1080 comments

What's an insult that just feels 100% 'British'?

Posted by ThisIsTonte@reddit | AskABrit | View on Reddit | 6132 comments

Work “banter” or is this plain inappropriate?

Posted by wagaurmama@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 389 comments

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Not normal. Extremely inappropriate, not "banter" (shit banter maybe) but your HR dept would be very interested by this wee chat. If ever asked this stuff by management I'd do an Aristocrats on that bunch of sleazebags.