>>471483
When will I accrue that much debt? Mortgage aside, never. I should say it's not just one card.

Why does a large unused limit seemingly offend you? Nobody said it was a status symbol. My intent was to suggest that regaling us about how mama and papa bestowed you with the knowledge not to take out payday loans was not as necessary as you seemed to think.

A credit card is not an expensive loan. It could be an expensive loan or it could be a cheap - the cheapest - one. It all depends on what your credit history is and what offers are extended to you. You can definitely approach 1-2% APR almost indefinitely. It's like you've never even heard of stoozing.

>>471484

>about your little humblebrag morality fable of having middle class parents who teach you how to not be daft with money.

I don't see how it was about any of that.

Some people have it better growing up, while others get there through the work of their own hands in adult life. So what. Same route, different stops where you get on. My story was just meant as a counterpoint to the idea that young people can't handle credit or borrowed money.

My apologies if it offended somebody's working class sensibilities.

I recently got my first passport and to test the travelling waters just booked 20 days in Thailand. Thought I'd save a oner by flying Air India with an eponymous layover.

People tell me I'm supposed to plan, develop an itinerary and shit. Beyond working out commission-free money at the interbank rate and locally priced phone data, I don't really see the point. Surely I can arrange for a "holiday girlfriend" to show me around anyway.

>>471487

Your holiday "girl"friend will be able to show you some things I have no doubt.

>>471487
I think if I went to Thailand I'd have to fuck a lady boy.

Otherwise it'd be like going to Italy and only eating McDonald's.

>>471489

>Otherwise it'd be like going to Italy and only eating McDonald's

Right. You'd also want to try their sausage.

>>471489
One of the classics...

https://efukt.com/21671_When_in_Thailand.html

Why do so many women and girls nowadays have so many tattoos? I feel as though about one in five are absolutely covered in them, the situation is spiralling out of control I tell you.

>>471492
Have you unwittingly ended up in Hebden Bridge?

>>471493
I don't know where Hebden Bridge is mate, I'm absolutely convinced that the crisis has spilled out far and wide across the country, perhaps deniers would like to think that it's safely contained in a few towns, but mark my words, it will reach your very doorstep sooner or later.

I'm somewhat interested in checking out Brit.Net, the new isolated internet service coming 2035. Sounds nuts but we could finally make use of a constituency noticeboard, forum and real time. Police would obviously be the moderators.

>>471498
Is this one of those high-concept posts we were talking about getting here? I like the idea that if we can make a sufficiently local Internet, we could also have weather forecasts for the area it covers. And our /x/ threads would all have different women, based on whoever presents our local news on Rebbrit and Britter. Yes, Kelly Foran is doing BBC North-West Tonight again and that's what gave me the idea.

>>471492
I like it because if they have tattoos it means they're at least 18, and if they're at least 18 I can find them pretty without feeling bad.

Just got up and my shoulder hurts. Must have slept on it wrong.

Spending the morning looking up headphone repairs like I'm not just going to buy a new pair. What a worm.

>>471492

Because at some point tattoos obtained a similar status to jewellery and makeup, they became a vapid fashion statement anyone can use to give themselves more aesthetic appeal, without having to put in all the effort it might require to figure out how to dress better, or you know, going to the gym and eating more healthily.

Of course in a way they were always that, but the difference is that at least before, they came with the trade off that they marked you out as a bit of a weirdo, many jobs found them objectionable so you had to live with that choice, they were the domain of alternative fringe types or those just less concerned with "fitting in". There was at least something meaningful to the decision of having tattoos, then, as opposed to just any fashion accessory. The problem started when they slid into normality enough for everyone to be able to have them without having to make such considerations.

This is a cynical take but for me, it was all but confirmed when I started noticing it's always fat birds who are all out covered in them, as though they think it camouflages the lard.

Hope my therapist noticed how thin I look.

>>471508
Getting very catty in your middle-age.

>>471508

You've phrased it harshly, but I basically agree. Part of the significance of tattoos is that they required some long-term commitment. Tattoo removal used to be painful and/or expensive, but that's gone out the window with the introduction of widely available laser surgery, sometimes even covered as part of someone's healthcare. As if to prove the point that any sense of permanence has disappeared, there's even a market for ironically shit tattoo designs.

Tattoos used to be notorious because of their association with gangs, prisons, and the military. Having them on your body used to indicate belonging to a particular tribe, and not always a desirable one. It has largely lost that association, as with many things moving from a social signifier to an individualised form of expression.

You could put a more positive spin on it and say that a once-niche artform has broadened, but much like rock and roll, its diversification has led to everything from the most interesting to the blandest imaginable results.

I generally see tattoos as a massive turn-off now. You're not wrong that they've become more of a means to cover up and accessorise, but I actually think you're onto something a bit deeper; it's a kind of instant gratification.

>>471514
What's the Britfa.gs equivalent? The underweight lad who couldn't find a fat lass of his own?

>>471512
Speaking of which, I just walked up to a car window and shouted aggressively in a dude's face in Morrisons car park after he beeped at me and quipped "the road is for cars". I did intentionally walk in front of his path to make him slow but that at least was justified because he had not thirty seconds previous forced me and perhaps one other driver to park at the far end of the car park by obliviously and repeatedly stopping in and blocking the road to prioritise his text conversation.

I probably should wind my neck in because no doubt there are plenty of greying men in their late fifties that could give me a hiding if they wanted. I should have been ready with a snide retort but that level of naked hypocrisy sublimates my shit.

>>471513

> Tattoo removal used to be painful and/or expensive, but that's gone out the window with the introduction of widely available laser surgery, sometimes even covered as part of someone's healthcare.

Yes, and no. Tattoo ink is easier to remove the darker it is. In short, as with many wavelengths of light, the darker something is, the more it absorbs light energy and converts it into heat. The heat is what then breaks down the pigment particles to where they eventually get absorbed by the body. You can usually remove black tattoo ink completely, but red, green and most lighter inks very often leave a permanent trace.

But even getting there can be quite painful, and most larger tattoos need a good number of sessions because it would be too stressful for your body to do them in one. And people who have undergone laser removal usually say that it was far more painful than getting their tattoo in the first place.

>>471514

I've got tattoos myself, though. So no.

I quite like tattoos, myself. Sure they can be intimidating, even on creative types, but they lend insight into the character of their wearers more significant than clothes and accessories that can simply be taken off. We all know what we'd be talking about to that fat goth lass from >>/x/43972 (she's probably sick of it, tbh).

What I don't like about tattoos is lack of consideration in their design. If you just 'want a tattoo' and end up cycling through a samples book, just don't bother. Make it a milestone in your life to measure development.

>>471525

>If you just 'want a tattoo' and end up cycling through a samples book, just don't bother. Make it a milestone in your life to measure development.

Or say fuck it, and get a tattoo off your tits in Magaluf.

>>471526
I'd count that as a milestone, of a sort.

I've been hearing and seeing variations of "speak to the organ grinder, not the monkey" everywhere lately. Including in my dreams. I might ask if I were a more unhinged man what the universe is trying to tell me or if I'm being subtly programmed by nefarious forces, who is this organ grinder and what will it take to make the voices stop?

Maybe I need to speak to the organ grinder, not the monkey.

>>471492
I feel like this has been a problem since at least the 00s. Each to their own I guess but it's always annoyed me that people just get common tattoos for no real reason and they end up looking like shit and binding you into the commitment of both getting the tattoo redone and inevitably getting upsold more tattoos.

Okay my real problem is that I just find them distracting on lady bodies. I don't need to see an ironic tattoo of Jeremy Paxman's face every time I see a naked woman and I'm worried about what that would do for my mental health.

>>471498
I foresee it either descending into the madness of Britchan complete with e-riots or becoming one of those godawful /brit/ threads that pop up on every board on otherchans only with the addition of pensioners with more time than sense on their hands.

>>471528
I thought that phrase recently, and it stuck out to me because I hate it as a phrase. Who grinds an organ? That's completely the wrong word. But nevertheless, I was thinking last week about how nowadays, society (or possibly my job; I forget) is all monkeys and there are no more organ-grinders now.

I got a new bed - 2 small flat mattresses sold as dog beds at Pets At Home. Much better than my wonkey sofabed that was distoring my spine. Only feel mild hip discomfort now, but only when I sleep on my sides.
Being on the floor I was hit by the drop in temperature quite heavily, so I'm eventually gonna have to raise it somehow. A couple of modified pallets will probably do it.

>>471530
Why not just get an actual bed?

>>471531
Space & privacy constraints and autism, mostly.
Every single mattress I can recall ever using longterm as a bed has quickly developed a considerable dip in the center. I really don't want to spend a whole load of cash on a new mattress that's going to be fucked within 3 years, on top of it being difficult to move and taking up 1/4 of my living space.
The dog beds cost £55 each and can be moved and stored with minimal effort. They're getting a bit squashed in the hip area but regular turning is helping to even that out.

Went to a Chinese restaurant with a friend tonight and got teriyaki sauce on my shirt without noticing. It was pretty much dried out to an almost tarlike consistency by the time I got home, at which point it was impossible to get out with a sponge and a bit of water. I've just put it in the wash, with some extra liquid detergent right on the stain, and I hope that'll fix it. It's my favourite shirt at the moment, so I would really be annoyed if it was ruined.

>>471533
Not even a Chinese dish, it's American-Japanese. You got fucked, I'm sorry.

>>471535
I know, my local's Korean chicken is a primo choice. I was just mucking about.

>>471534

>Not even a Chinese dish, it's American-Japanese.

It was part of a starter of spring rolls. Which also came with sambal oelek. Yes, sambal is Indonesian. I know.

It's not uncommon for Chinese restaurants to spread out a little, food culture wise.

>>471533
If it's oily, put washing-up liquid on the stain before you put it in the washing machine. Washing-up liquid dissolves fat and oil, and you're going to be amazed if you've never tried this before. It works wonderfully.

>>471538

It looks like putting liquid detergent directly on the stain had the same effect. The wash finished a while ago and it's now completely gone.

On my pure white T shirts, I usually just spray chlorine bleach on stains, which works well and then also has a whitening effect on all the clothes in that load. But obviously that's not an option when you've got a beige and blue tartan patterned button shirt.

I saw three separate foxes out on my route, and when I got back the vending machine gave me two wispa golds for free. It's been a pretty good day overall.

I'm fairly certain I have Covid. At least four people have had it at work this month, and I feel absolutely rotten now.

Credit to SoundCloud for, within a day, binning an obvious spam account I reported. I didn't actually expect fuck all to happen, but someone (or something...) sent me an email about it and everything.

Got my CD of Private Dancer by Tina Turner in the post today. If you are serious about collecting 80s mainstream pop, then that's one of the essential albums of the era. Among many others.

>>471546
I'll swap you my shiny Mewtwo for a copy of The "Manhunter" score.

Haven't eaten since my 8am breakfast, so I'm going to Asda now to get some four cheese pizza. Somehow I'm in the mood for that today.

The guy fitting my new kitchen has cut his finger off. I've spent the last couple of hours taking him to A&E, putting his tools away and cleaning up the scene. I feel sorry for the lad and I'm going to pay him full whack, but I am slightly annoyed that I need to find someone else to finish the job.

>>471549
All of them?

>>471550

Finger, singular.

>>471551

Still must've been brutal.

Stuff like that happens more often than you think. A friend of my parents was a builder, and while on a job site, he managed to saw into his kneecap with a handheld circular saw. I think he was cutting a wooden beam and then somehow slipped. Took the best part of a year to fully heal to where he could walk again properly. I think he then left his job and became a caretaker, or something.



Self sage for what otherlad is going to tell me again is a pointless story with no conclusion.

>>471549
That's dreadul. I just sliced into mine with a wee knife and I had it in a bandage for a week. I hope he can get back to work soon enough.

>>471552
But that is utterly horrific. I'd start sobbing anytime I saw a pizza cutter if something like that happened to me.

I'll be honest lads, I'm getting really fucking fed up of not having fresh, cool milk and tea. The Zojirushi is great for the things it can do, but keeping a pint for 24 hours in this heat is not one of them - and it's not even that hot right now, maybe humidity does something to milk?

I did entertain the idea of buying a freezer and decant frozen milk daily into a small jug (how, fucking chip it like ice?) but for now the I'm going to try a passive cooler made from 2 clay pots and a layer of sand.

>>471553
>Big stick
If we had that information you'd have to join the queue.