I’ll start: Greggs is massively overrated. I genuinely don’t understand how people hype it.
Edit: this is a casual community so it would be great if we could avoid politics lest it descend into chaos!
Fish n chips is an awful dish. There, I said it.
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English people are terrible at fish and chips
That’s a good one! I do like a chippy as long as the batter is nice and crispy. Can’t stand vinegar though, absolutely vile stuff!
It’s the chips for me. Anaemic soggy rubbish is awful, our local changed hands a few years back and they started to dry the chips until they were crispy.
It was amazing. The chips even managed to stay warm and not too sweaty after getting them home because they started to box them rather than wrapping in paper.
However they received so many complaints they reverted back to paper, and the chips are a hot lump of soggy crap. There are several chippies in town who serve that crap, it was a nice period when we had one that made good food.
I don’t bother with fish and chips anymore.
I’m going to just go ahead and run into oncoming traffic…
Northern Ireland should be given back to Ireland.
England, Scotland, and Wales should become independent countries with an open border & trade policy between them and the newly reunified Ireland.
And any of those countries should be free to choose to rejoin the EU if they have not already done so.
:)
England, Scotland, and Wales should become independent countries
Only if London fucks off and becomes a city-state.
Being the casual community I’d hope that people would stay clear of politics to keep it light hearted, but looking at the community rules it doesn’t prohibit politics.
You can’t steer clear of politics. Everything is political. Whoever told you otherwise was trying to manipulate you with lies.
You can easily steer clear of politics, unless you’re an absolute bore who constantly wants to twist any conversation into a political one. Nobody told me this, it’s just obvious.
You mean you were born having a full-fledged understanding of the definitions of words? Nah, you’re a liar. You’re trying to scam people.
What?
You’re wrong, and your claims and so absurd I think you’re lying on purpose.
Tea bags without a little string on it is weird.
Then again, I’m european and have only ever visited Edinburgh so I don’t think my opinion counts, Anglophilic as I may be.
Anglophilic
There’s creams for that.
Baked beans are grim.
You have to cook them on the hob for about 1/2 hour until the sauce is a nice thick gloop with a crust on top.
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Totally agree, although it’s not a problem that’s unique the to the UK, it’s also a big issue in places like Italy and Spain. I don’t know what is is about football that brings out the dickheads, you just don’t see it with other sports.
Isn’t it a lot to do with how easy it is to start playing? All you need is something ball shaped and a wall or a bit of grass .You don’t need to terraform a whole area like golf, for example.
So it’s got no barrier to entry which means people of a lower socioeconomic disposition can play it and they are often disproportionately stressed and angry
But you don’t see this with tag, or even bulldog, both of these have an even lower barrier to entry.
I would also hazard a suggestion that other simple sports, such as rugby, don’t have as violent following from supporters.
I’ll start: Greggs is massively overrated. I genuinely don’t understand how people hype it.
I hadn’t read your comment before answering and now I have I wish death and plague upon your bones. You’re a proper wrongun’. People like you should have new medicines tested on them. You should also be force-fed Greggs until you beg for death or capitulate and accept it as your Lord and Saviour.
Fucking anti-Greggs monsters are gonna take over the country if we don’t sort them out soon.
ETA: I’m proud to have the only genuinely controversial opinion in this whole thread. You’re a bunch of wet-knickered, limp-lidded, pussy-willows.
As usual people are fucking idiots so you may need to sort by controversial…
- Autism is over-diagnosed - being a quirky introvert is a LONG fucking way away from Rainman style shut ins who literally can’t function without adult carers.
- ADHD is overdiagnosed - it’s just middle class mummies being upset their son isn’t a 7A* genius and insisting the doctor prescribe performance enhancing drugs. As a former stimulant addict I know I would be a grade-A genius if I was prescribed fucking meth daily. That doesn’t mean you have ADHD. It means you’re taking drugs. The whole ‘oh my god I suddenly felt “normal” after taking my meds’ is precisely how I and other stim addicts feel taking meth/stims. It turns you into Superman, that’s what it does. EVERYBODY reacts like that when taking ADHD drugs.
- Femboys are fucking annoying - I don’t find it cute or endearing to infantalize men. That includes the stupid craze of “programming socks” and Linux fem boys. I like men to be men (I’m gay).
- Downvotes on Lemmy/Reddit are only to be used for spam - Moderation was done by the users by downvoting. This was the rule back in Reddits early days. It’s even still written in Reddiquette that downvotes are not for disagreement. If you disagree you’re encouraged to comment why. This meant early Reddit had a lot of great debates and discussion. Moderation was almost non-existant. After the influx of Digg and users who didn’t know WTF they were doing that was lost and moderators got heavy handed. Unfortunately Lemmy has got Reddit mods so it’s happening here too.
Your opinions are bad and you should feel bad.
OK but it answers the question posted. The OP didn’t ask for agreeable opinions. They asked for controversial so I gave mine. Would you like to try and debunk any of my opinions?
Sure!
Autism and ADHD are both spectrums of symptoms, but you apparently think that ‘real’ diagnosis are those with the most extreme symptoms.
Autism has nothing to do with being a quirky introvert in real life. The common traits such as taking things literally, strong reactions to stimuli, and others I’m forgetting all have a range from mild to completely debilitating and the diagnosis is based on how it impacts the person’s day to day life. I work with a couple people who have milder symptoms and other than just being easier to talk to than most people because they say what they mean, it is just something that them knowing helps them understand how to interact with others to reduce conflict. It also helps them avoid situations that overwhelm them since increased sensitivity to stimuli is a huge part of it. Maybe you shouldn’t take tiktok/movies/other entertainment as representation of real world medical diagnosis.
I have ADHD, diagnosed in my 30s, and while I also think middle class white boys might be over diagnosed that is more of a middle class pressure on doctors than a general trend of over diagnosing. I spent two years trying behavior changes, but since they were not successful I tried meds and it took three before finding one that really does feel like it magically fixed things. I was even able to be relatively successful in life before, but with medication things are so much easier because while it is working the odds of me losing focus is greatly reduced and getting stuck being indecisive over minor things is greatly reduced. It doesn’t turn me into Superman, it turns me into Clark Kent. Comparing ADHD medication to calm down with addiction to stimulants making you feel like Superman is the dumbest shit I’ve read this month.
Both diagnosis are also things everyone does dialed up to a degree that is disruptive. That does mean that someone who wants their kid to be diagnosed can exaggerate things to increase the odds of a diagnosis, but that doesn’t mean your general statements that the two conditions are fictional is accurate. Both are dismissive and frankly offensive. Again, I disagree with the reasons behind your opinions because of how terrible the ‘reasons’ are, not that you have those opinions.
the odds of me losing focus is greatly reduced and getting stuck being indecisive over minor things is greatly reduced. It doesn’t turn me into Superman, it turns me into Clark Kent. Comparing ADHD medication to calm down with addiction to stimulants making you feel like Superman is the dumbest shit I’ve read this month.
It was hyperbole but my point stands. I feel “normal” on meth. In your words yes I feel like Clarke Kent. As in you suddenly feel how you think you’re always meant to feel.
My point is the effects ADHD people describe when ‘finding a med that works’ are exactly the same as those of a normal person doing stims. There’s literally no difference except heart rate.
I get the impression you’ve no idea what meth is like - let me explain: It’s exactly like when you take ADHD meds. That alive/awake/suddenly I’m here. That’s it. OK It’s obviously got major side effects when taken to excess (e.g. 4 day wanking binges or obsessive sorting/cleaning). But I’d argue those are signs of OVERDOSE not meths inherent effects. Which doctors agree with because guess what!? Methamphetamine is prescribed to treat ADHD!!! Along with methylphenidate and guess what I used to abuse? Ethylphenidate - almost exactly the same effects.
So either I’ve been self-medicating away an undiagnosed ADHD disorder or ADHD isn’t a thing and people are simply taking performance enhancing legal drugs and explaining it away as medicine. Cos I’m tlelign you as an addict they are designed to make you feel fucking fantastic. It’s literally in the medical literature. It’s not a fucking surprise you feel great on ADHD meds - EVERYONE would and does!
OK look at it form a different angle: Lots of people are terrible at socialising. A new diagnosis of “Asocialphobic Personality Disorder”. Doctors have discovered an excellent new treatment for it called Ethylene Hydrate which you take 44ml of every 2hrs. It cures the new disorder Asocialphobic Personality Disorder!!! WHAT HO!!! Miracle - we’ve fixed the worlds problems.
Except Asocialphobic Personality Disorder doesn’t exist and Ethylene Hydrate is just another name for alcohol.
Alcohol makes you more sociable. But sprucing it up in scientific language sure makes it sound like a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
I don’t have a problem with ADHD sufferers or people taking meds. I do have a problem with the hypocracy. People used to medicate on alcohol for anxiety. Same with opium for pain, cocaine for motivation and many more. Native tribes used to chew coca leaves to travel long distances. Opium was used for operations.
Kratom was used heavily by SE Asians to manage long work days…remember this one!
When the world is screaming at you: PERFORM, CONSUME, PERFORM, WORK, CONSUME, PERFORM, CONSUME, WORK, WORK, WORK.
You’re being left behind, life feels kinda shit - cos life IS shit!! So what do you do?
You ask: What could be wrong with me? How do I fix myself?
Doctors invent a whole new diagnosis and start prescribing uppers. What do they do? They make you PERFORM and WORK and CONSUME! Suddenly you fit into the life around you. It’s not you who was broken - the WORLD is broken. You felt shit precisely because life is SHIT! Have you heard that things like depression, ADHD, Autism and other mental health issues are more common in the developed world than in the developing?
Ever wonder why?
It’s not because the doctors are shit. It’s because they don’t need diagnoses to explain their situation.
Drugging yourself with ADHD meds and antidepressants has become the new religion. In the past we could blame shit on god. We could find comfort in religion. When we see problems now we turn to doctors and science.
Nothing changed - life is shit. It’s miserable and painful. ADHD meds didn’t fix you. They mask the reality of life.
There’s no difference between your med use and my meth use except dosage and legality.
I’ve written too much on ADHD to be bothered with Autism so I may/not answer that later. This will do for now.
It was hyperbole but my point stands. I feel “normal” on meth. In your words yes I feel like Clarke Kent. As in you suddenly feel how you think you’re always meant to feel.
Did you always feel that way when you used meth, or just after you were addicted?
If it is the former you might have ADHD or some other condition like depression where stimulation helps you.
I tried cocaine a couple of times in my 20s and it calmed me down, but everyone else was hyped up and annoyed me so I stopped using it. Tried meth once and it was also calming, so I figured it didn’t work on me and never tried it again. When I was finally talked into seeing a doctor about concentration issues a decade later this was very helpful for the doctor as it led to me getting a full test and eventually the attempted behavior modification and then medical treatments.
My point is the effects ADHD people describe when ‘finding a med that works’ are exactly the same as those of a normal person doing stims. There’s literally no difference except heart rate.
It is the exact fucking opposite. The right stimulants calm down people with ADHD. They stimulate regular people.
Honestly it sounds like you have had some really weird experiences with terrible doctors and other people in general. But everything you are saying is like the bizzaro opposite of how these things work.
OK I’m gonna speak to my GP at some point cos this isn’t the first time I’ve contemplated having undiagnosed ADHD.
Funnily enough I did an online autism test the other day and it said I was “Highly Likely” autistic. But then it says further down the page they charge ~£2k for diagnosis from a private clinic that obviously wants to push for more profit. Who do I trust? It isn’t helped by the fact most ADHD, autism and cannabis diagnoses/prescriptions are private so there’s a profit motive to them all. Poor people don’t qualify. On Universal Credit and have ADHD? You’re fucked cos the meds cost £00s per month or a 3yr waiting list if you’re lucky.
Added to the fact diagnoses is just confirmation bias. I can look at every disorder in the DSM from BPD to bloody schizophrenia and I fit every single one. It’s about picking the right memories. Am I asocial? Yes! But isn’t everyone? Am I miserable? Yes, of course! Do I procrastinate? Yes! Am I selfish? Yes, sometimes! Do I shit twice a day? Yes! Do I have problems concentrating? YES!
But wait…is that cos I’ve been lay down on the sofa all day browsing Lemmy? Come to think of it does that explain everything? Is browsing Lemmy 12hrs per day the cause or a symptom of something?
I see people talk about ADHD symptoms online all the time and I go - “yeah I get that”. It’s become so common that “neurodivergant” sounds neurotypical! Do you remember how “OCD” got overused? People would say “I’m so OCD cos I had to bin the toast I dropped butter side up”. Erm, no it’s dirty and it’s obvious. That’s kinda how it feels when I see people complain about ADHD symptoms - “no you’re not ADHD - that’s just normal”.
In fact lets try it:
- Short attention span, especially for non-preferred tasks - yes absolutely.
- Hyperactivity, which may be physical, verbal, and/or emotional - When I was a kid my mum and aunties called me "hyperactive!. As an adult I get very hyper around people I know to the point of being annoying. I’ve been accused of having ‘child like energy’.
- Impulsivity, which may manifest as recklessness - drug abuse and overspending into £20k debt so yes.
- Fidgeting or restlessness - I climb around/over chairs. I don’t just sit.
- Disorganization and difficulty prioritizing tasks - my flat is a fucking bomb site and after 3yrs I’ve still not unpacked.
- Poor time management and time blindness - I’m late to anything/everything or extremely early to compensate.
- Frequent forgetfulness - I just showered and after putting on an item of clothing I forgot what I was doing and waked into the lounge before remembering and walking back. So yes, very.
- Daydreaming and the appearance of not listening - all the time. I’m normally in my own world more than the real world.
So do I have ADHD? AFAIK everyone has those at some point. Fuck knows I assumed this was all normal and I was just shit at life…? My head’s at war with itself. On one hand I don’t want more drugs because I was an addict and antidepressants don’t work. On the other I keep seeing reasons why I should ask for a diagnosis because it seems blindingly obvious.
I also did coke a few times as a student and once in my late 20s with the same result - calm mind but with palpitations. Someone told me it was probably “shit coke” but it had great reviews from everyone else. I also took modafinil for a few months and it helped my motivation - it’s thought to act in a similar way to ADHD meds and is being studied as an ADHD med.
I don’t know. It’s annoying to think the 40yrs of my life being a complete cluster fuck could be explained by a diagnosis and some pills. Do you see where I’m coming from?
Milk doesn’t belong in tea.
Also what you call “pie” and “pudding” is a culinary crime.
You’ve clearly never had a good steak and ale pie or creamy chicken, leak and ham pie!
I sense a Yank. Opinions discarded due to IQ level not registering user as homo sapien.
Brits are exceptionally bad at driving. It’s unbelievable the dumb shit they do on the roads. All it takes is get across the channel to see what traffic could be.
Funilly enough - it takes about 5 miles, when coming back from EU, for the rules to be thrown out the window. Doing 20 below on a fast lane, never overtaking, not fitting into a single lane, no indicators, no anticipation, no fucks given. :(
Can’t say I agree with this. I’ve driven in France, Belgium, Netherlands & Germany and didn’t really notice any difference in standards across anywhere, including the UK. The only weirdness I saw was in France where I saw drivers purposely crashing their car into other parked cars to make some space.
Other than the not using indicators thing, I haven’t seen anything like you describe. Doing below 20 in the fast lane is a death sentence, unless you’re in traffic obviously.
