>>437887
I actually removed telly from my life a few years ago due to autism, but that reminds me - how to ebay shit efficiently?

Like I have a 32" tv that's displaying stuff with some problems sitting in a box and taking up space, because if I tried to sell it the shipping would probably cost more than the TV and well no one I know wanted it.

Two pairs of socks and a jumper before you decide to put the heating on.
Pay as you go phone with limited use (proper PAYG not these £10 a month for X calls/texts/data).
Library/free wifi for internet.
Radio and DVDs instead of TV license and Netflix.
Turn off your fridge freezer or atleast use it only seasonally (hang your milk out the window).
Charity shop clothes and a sewing kit.

You generally get to learn the cheaper places to shop and come to notice some of the pricing tricks supermarkets use to fleece your wallet. Always check the price by weight before picking up the promoted items 'on offer'. Don't be afraid to use the weighing scales to compare fresh fruit and veg with the packaged varieties.

These days it's not poverty, but comparative poverty. Atleast where I'm from - though i'm outside of the major population densities so i might have it easier.

>>437887
I was so glad to see that place shut down on my highstreet. It was there for maybe 6 months and i never saw a person in it.

>>437888
You can list as "collection only" on ebay. If the TV has problems though, I'd recommend using gumtree instead because ebay has the dispute system which almost always favours the buyer. If someone picks up your dodgy TV, then cries to ebay about it not being perfect, chances are you'll lose your money and the TV.

If you have an Aldi or Lidl nearby, shop there - it's decent quality and the lack of expensive branded products makes it hard to overspend.

Eat a decent breakfast, because you can set yourself up for the day with something cheap and filling like porridge or toast.

Stock up on cheap staples. Pasta, rice, tinned tomatoes, eggs and cheese will make a meal out of anything. Plan out some cheap and simple meals and stick up a list in the kitchen - often the hardest part of cooking is just figuring out what to make.

Most local libraries are closed at the moment, but make good use of yours when it re-opens, especially in winter.

If you need to, don't be too proud to visit a food bank. You'll usually need a referral voucher, which you can get from Citizens Advice (0808 2082138, 10am - 4pm Mon - Fri). It's probably worth speaking to Citizens Advice anyway to make sure you're getting all the benefits you're entitled to and you should definitely speak to them if you've got any debts.

Moneysavingexpert.com has tons of useful information on, well, saving money - budget planning, the best deals on household utilities that sort of thing.

Prescot is an absolute shithole right now, but it's on the cusp of major regeneration. They're building a £20m Shakespearean theatre which is due to be completed in 2022; they're also putting £14m into a new train and bus station. You can get a modern two-bed flat for less than £80k, which I reckon is a safe bet with considerable potential upside.

>>7936
Property investing allows for leveraging. £20k in equities in ISA doesn't look as attractive when it's compared to being used as a deposit on a ~£100k house.

>>7938
>£20k in equities in ISA doesn't look as attractive when it's compared to being used as a deposit on a ~£100k house.

I've never known an ISA to need an emergency plumber or tenants kicking out. If you're leveraging that kind of investment then you need a good wash and putting in the cupboard because you're a mug.

>>7934
I know lots of people who have moved from the South to the area because it is affordable. Lots of areas around Merseyside are very decent places to live.

We've got the best organised crime outside of London. Try Seascale instead.

>>437878
I tried Googling 'Britfa.gs Discord' but it was primarily the expired link in the /e/ thread that came up.

The domain going down is easy to deal with, I could simply run a cron job to resolve the IP every day and if it ever throws NXDOMAIN I could simply reirect e.g. shedchan.uk to the latest IP address. The trick would be having people remember to use shedchan or whatever if britfa goes down.

If the server itself goes down / sets on fire / gets held hostage by the popo then that's a whole lot harder to deal with.

Years ago I used to archive this site with a set of basic python scripts and it wouldn't be that hard to start back up again. The problem there would be if people started using the cloned site and then a week later the real site came back up.

I guess I'd actually have to install Discord (whatever the fuck it actually is) and hash it out with the mod lads in the case of an actual TEACON1 "purpz dropped the server in a giant glass on vegan wine" situation.

Sage for addled rambling.

>>437880
Someone suggested Twitter in the other thread, if someone has a spare mobile number to set up a teacon account with that the mods have access to that would work. Just have a visible link to it somewhere on the site so we all remember it's there and what to search for when it's needed.

>>437881
Why is a mobile number needed?

>>437892
Because Twitter has a habit of suspending accounts it thinks are bots based on fuck knows what criteria and the only way to un-suspend it is by setting up 2fa.

>>437863
That's been pretty much my experience so far. My mate says I wont start falling to bits until I hit mid 40s so I can handle a bit of hair.

>>437863
Once you hit 30 all you're really doing from then on is gradually turning into a bush.

I'm eyeing up a new guitar, but I feel like I shouldn't be splurging on an indulgence at a time like this. Intellectually I know it's good for the economy to be spending, but I have an instinctive sense that thrift is a virtue in hard times. I wonder if this mindset will stifle our post-COVID economic recovery, or if everyone will just forget about it and max out their credit cards.

>>437882
If you have money burning a hole in your pocket, spend it on something practical. A brewing kit, an oil press, tools, a shed. It's good to have a hobby but better to have a hobby that might save you money in the future. Music is great but by the sound of it you already have at least one guitar.

>>437882

I bought myself a new guitar last month, it was pretty worthwhile considering there was nothing else to do but stay at home hobbying.

Of course, as always with music gear, you move on to fancying something else almost immediately after you've got the last one. I've been getting into impulse response loaders, and I want a new amp and load box now.

>>90019
Can he really hold a government of lying, cheating grifters like this to account though? Other than their own cowardice, what's to stop them just lying?
They seem to be on the precipice of discovering that the public have lives and if they throw out some good sounding lies, the fact they've no relationship with the truth won't do them any harm. The papers will scream and howl, the opposition will be furious, but if you actually talk to the average person the issue will be totally muddled in their heads.
A forensic breakdown of why the government are liars and failures has the disadvantage of being long and complicated. Lying is easy: just say "That's wrong." Even the most half-listening member of the public can remember that.

Perhaps I'm too cynical. Maybe I just want to see them try it to find out what'll happen.

>>90017
Can't wait for him to win the next election and do the exact same policies and rhetoric as Johnson but with a red rosette.

>>90022

Don't be a spacker. It'll at least bribe the public sector with a raft of payrises and bigger budgets.

So that's all I care about frankly. Red Tories ftw.

STARMERED.

>>437756
I had the opportunity to in Year 9, may have been Year 8, at a party after I was pissed from too many alcopops. The girl I copped off with kept asking me if I liked her bra before dragging me into the bathroom; she pissed in front of me and I lost interested. She made me promise I'd meet up with her the day after and we agreed a time and a place, but I went around to my mate's house and played Smackdown on his PS2 instead.

>>437756

>If I wasn't such an idiot I'd have got my vI love everything about this, please continue. card taken about five years sooner than I eventually did

Most lads at my school who had their cherry popped early turned into smug teenlad cunts who thought they were suddenly sex gods, and who would rub it in any chance they got that the rest of us were still virgins.

I would have had the chance at 15, met a girl on holiday who lived in Cardiff, while we lived in Essex. Our sortI love everything about this, please continue. of long distance relationship then dragged on for a few months, until her parents invited me to spend the Boxing Day weekend with them that year, but I cancelled a week before Christmas. Realistically, what 15 year old will commit to a relationship with a girl living 200 miles away. Anyway, she gave me to understand that we'd do a few naughty things together over Boxing Day. But I cancelled partly because she lived 200 miles away and I saw no point in being with a lass that I'd only ever get to see every few months, but also because I felt I wasn't ready.

In hindsight, it was a wasted chance. I then didnt get to have my first time until I was 19. Probably would have made my teen years a little easier, and just for the price of reluctantly spending one weekend in Cardiff.

Probably being 12 getting drunk at my friend's for the first time, some kind of Japanese whiskey his mum had around (she shopped at Aldi and Lidl then, you see) and cupping my hands to knock a load back. Blimey and bloody hell. It's a favourite as I like alcohol and what it can do, but it is an evil. Probably about 4 months before my first wank which was indescribable.

My Henry hoover burnt its motor out today btw, I'm a bit annoyed >:-(

>>437807

>Japanese whiskey

You might be surprised to learn that Japanese whisky is consistently excellent.

I really don't recommend letting a Henry Hoover fall onto your head. Think I might have a mild concussion now.

>>8853
Stupid fucking greaseballs.

You can't even compare a black teammate to a cartoon character without people getting all uppity about it.

>>8856

Are you calling them greaseballs as a sign of respect, by any chance?

>>8858
Oh, absolutely. I hold those half-witted, spaghetti slurping, dago dickheads in the highest of regards.

They've arrested the 12 year old who posted these.

It was only yesterday that Matt Hancock was saying that home working should become the norm and all good employers should offer flexible working. He also called for a study into the efficacy of it as we don't know how it has effected productivity, but it should continue as it has improved well-being and because of how beneficial flexible working will be for women in particular.

>>26329
I'm ready to go back to work if I'm honest. It'll be good if they go slow at the start with it being voluntary so the office is quiet and I can get all my work done without the inevitable chaos.

Actually, just have it so that you can work from home whenever you want. Book in advance the days you're coming in so there's desk-space and it doesn't breach max occupancy. Everyone's a winner.

I went out yesterday and everyone seems to be hugging each other. Then when I was in the garage getting fags, a man came in and sneezed everywhere, no covering, handkerchief or anything. Are we all just pretending the last four months didn't happen?

I would quite like the gym to open again, but that's about it.

>>23797
Lads it’s flying ant day. We are all fucked.

>>26341
Today is it? I cut the grass yesterday and found I'd cross-sectioned a red ant and black ant nest, including eggs, within two feet of each other. So of course I dug a trowel into each and dropped it on the other to let them duke it out.

>>65994

>part of my recruitment filter is looking them up online to gauge whether that suggests they're a twat

please consider making an appointment with dignitas.

>>65994

Would I fail such an application if I had no online presence?

I want to understand how the modern panopticon opperates, and my chances of survival in the near future.

>>65994
Where do you work, because that's illegal.

>>65996
Not at all. The only times I've looked up someone online and decided not to proceed to interview is when they're too much of a lad.

>>65998
That's be telling.

This thread is a collection of beefy poz loads.

I'm getting very weary of how whenever you post anything online, the only responses you ever get are snarky smartarse pedants trying to subtly one-up you, even when they're agreeing, or if your original comment was meant positively. Everything always gets taken the wrong way or turned into a debate. I just want a proper conversation.

The usual answer to this would just be "go outside" but even with everything supposedly returning to "normal" it's all still a bit unappealing. I have a hard enough job rounding up a couple of mates for a pint at the best of times, let alone when you have to book in advance, give them your medical records and 5 years of address history before you're allowed in. None of us are the type to do this zoom shit either.

>>29828

I suspect it is part a question of where you are posting. Most online communities are dehumanising ourely based on their scale. I'm not sure what to recommend to you in terms of open communities, they are all pretty dogshit for human connection.

As a lateral thinking solution, just pick up the phone and call someone, like a psychopath.

>>29829

>As a lateral thinking solution, just pick up the phone and call someone, like a psychopath.

You jest, but I honestly feel like just phoning someone out of the blue in the year of our lord 2020 would give the impression I'm on the edge of a mental breakdown.

>>29830

I left facebook a few years ago, and phoning people who I haven't seen in ages to stay in contact instead is much better emotionally.

>>29829

I took my own advise and called a friend out of the blue yesterday, it was great, we talked for an hour about everything and nothing.
in your >>29830 face mental break down boy.

>>5059

Nah m8. If you're reasonably fit, your bike is sorted and you've got a bit of sense, road cycling is gentle and almost effortless. You fall into a groove where your legs keep turning and the miles keep ticking over. It sounds bonkers, but you get to the point where you can go out for a 100 mile ride on a Sunday morning and still have loads of gas left in the tank.

Also roadie birds are much fitter than MTB birds.

>>5060

Are jules does plenty of MTB too to be fair.

All the proper naughty ones also do track/crit cycling too mind. I'd list some names but it's a bit weird since I know quite a few of them.

While I'm not doing all this optimised, I'm trying to lose weight.
I used a site to roughly calculate how many calories I need to eat to lose x amount every week.

My weight loss has been steady, losing 400-500g a week. That was just from dieting on calories in, no binging, no urges etc. For the past 2 weeks I've been doing 30 minutes on a rowing machine with a rest day here and there. The machine itself says I've burnt around 550 calories each session.

Now I realise I've probably built up some muscle which skews the scale reading and muscle is heavier than fat, but I was expecting more of a loss. If these were to carry on with no change then even with a calorie deficit and 30mins a day on the rower I'll only be losing 400g a week.

I exercise in the morning, a hour or 2 after breakfast, then have small lunch an hour or 2 after. Then have my dinner around 4-5pm.

The question that I'm getting to lads is. Once my muscle is built up, will my weight loss (on the scales) increase or is the fact I exercise in the day before having dinner just making my body take on the calories burnt so to speak, limiting my weight loss?

I'm not some gymrat or an exercise enthusiast so apologies if this is a simple or stupid question.

>>5248

Muscles need more energy to be maintained than fat, so you will burn more calories with more muscle. There is a balance point between eating too much to feed your muscles and not losing weight, and eating too little and losing muscle gains, but you will find that yourself.

>>5248

The increased muscle will increase your metabolism more than the same weight of fat.

You should consider water retention when losing weight. Which can throw you off by up to 2 kg this is an important factor to consider. You can feel like you are making no progress for weeks and then suddenly drop a KG overnight.

>>15416
> 85p

Mirth. I think I'll continue using it until it expires. I kind of like it, to be honest. Britfa in the week, cunt off club at the weekends / on bank holidays.

Or maybe cuntoff.club could direct us straight to /pol/

>>15416
I used it twice.

Thank fuck for that.
I have looked around much of the internet, and there's nowhere like home.
I shall put the kettle on.

Thanks for sorting it m8. Much appreciated.

I hope the server password is in purp's will, too. I'll pay the fees but someone less thick will have to run it.

>>7939
It's always a good time to buy your own place if you can get the funds together and deal with the 6 months+ heartache it all tends to take. If your parents are able to help you, then take that help; most of us don't get it and you and they are lucky to be able to do it.

Commuting is rapidly going out of fashion. Depends on what job you're in, of course, but I think the homeworking/flexible hours thing is here to stay.

>>13495
I've noticed that supermarkets have an abundance of melons recently. Lots on offer for a quid. Assuming it's coronavirus related.

>>13495

I am complaining about the peaches. They're all fucking terrible and seem to rot without ever ripening.

I ordered some oranges from Tesco, and the ones they supplied were roughly the same size as satsumas. At least the bunch of bananas they delivered were nicely green and not immediate banana bread fodder.

>>13498
>Nicely green bananas
Probably the only acceptable 'ripen at home' fruit.

>>13495

>>65906
We are back.

>>66004
What are you on about? We've been here all along.

>>66004

Where are you back from? You know you shouldn't be going out during covid season.

I for one reckon JK Rowling's a massive twat for using her shitty books as a frame of reference for every pissing little thing she disagrees with. It really is her way of pretending she wrote the most complex social critique of all time when she wrote a book about a bespectacled nerd trying to cop off with his ginger mate's little sister. The only good to come of it is the slew of extraordinary slash fanfics imo, but I like shit films and get a good laugh out of shit poetry.
https://www.fanfiction.net/community/Snarry-The-SnapeHarry-slash-fanfic-listing/4851/

>>66008

It's a sad indictment of our culture that everyone is so concerned about the opinions of a children's author.

I actually think they can be pretty handy to convey the tone in which I want some lass to read my awkward messages.

>>30435

Yeah, they're essential for talking to birds so they know when you're joking, or else they will genuinely just assume you're some kind of serial killer. The British sense of humour doesn't translate well to text unless the person reading it is quite sharp.

>>30432
> If only they knew emoji originated in Japan...
What difference would that make? Many of them see Japan as an example of a model society.

>>30430
Genuinely upsetting.

MSN Messenger winks were really just as egregious. To remember using these after school with mates.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqGJUKaaLU4

>>437867
My dad is similar to this. He's had a longstanding mistrust of dishwashers.

>>437866

It does if you've already done most of the work, and besides, you shouldn't be leaving them long enough to develop significant bacterial growth in the first place.

In fact, unless you throw away your sponge and use a new one each time (which only a mentalist would do), you're significantly more likely to be applying bacteria to your dishes than vice versa. Leaving a damp sponge full of little food particles out on the side to dry is a breeding ground.

Germophobia is not a healthy obsession. Germs are everywhere and they're mostly fine. Unilever and Johnson and Johnson have simply broken our minds.

>>437869
> Unilever and Johnson and Johnson have simply broken our minds.

Fair play, mine was pretty fragile to begin with.

Oh good, we're back.
That was a scary few days.

What happened?

>>437873
Domain expired and there was fuckery with renewing it.

>>15410
Depends how bored you are. It's only slightly more active than the boards currently are.

>>15410
I barely ever post there but it seems reasonably chill. Might be worth having just in case this sort of situation arises again.

>>15409
That warmed my heart a bit. As well as all the lads finding various ways and means of crawling back to this small grey bolthole in the swarming fuckery that is the wider internet.

Glad to hear that purps realises that this place is actually a bit special in it's own understated way, if he reads this at some point his efforts are very much appreciated. Without wanting to be dramatic or overstate the case I reckon /emo/ may genuinely have saved a few lives. And the cunts offs can be fun as well.

Sage for soppyness.

>>15410

If you want to be part of the disgusting Mod/IRC clique.

>>15413
That joke worked better 10 years ago when it was IRC and no one under the age of 25 knew how to access the server. Discord is a click away.

Oh thank god, I thought this place had just died forever without warning.

They should rename the daily express the daily Vorderman.

>>65964

I couldn't resist googling the top one. the conversation discussed within sounds like it could have been between two people from fucking neptune.

it's actually profoundly sad that there are people now who are essentially "on the dating scene" full time. they're so deep into it they've come up with all this sociology lingo, without ever considering if the reason nobody wants them is just that they're a cunt.

i've been on dating sites/apps a few times across the last six or seven years, and I'll always come across the same handful of faces who are still there, and always there, every time. i started fondly referring to them as "the usual suspects."

>>65965
If someone mentioned negging I'd assume they were on about hot beefy loadz.

>>65966
You can get those all day long, no negging needed.

>>65964

MAKES A CHANGE FROM PRINCESS DIANA, I SUPPOSE.