Personally, the job itself I wouldn’t mind, but it’s what comes with it. It’s seasonal work. How would I consistently support myself outside the season? How would I get a stable home if I’m living in farm accommodation while working?

In the UK at least, these were often men coming in from the EU. They could send money back home to their families, where it would go further.

A resident Brit with kids to support isn’t going to go for this kind of job. As I said, no stability. They’d have to pay enough to make up for months of no work over winter. Which they can’t do as their margins are already low and supermarkets don’t pay enough and so much produce goes to waste because it’s a bit blemished or wonky.

That’s like when Frogface said Londoners are too intelligent to vote for UKIP.

Damn right we are.

I thought that domain was like nitter or xcancel, you might warn us it’ll redirect to the actual cesspit’s domain.

Didn’t we try that here after Brexit? From what I remember, farmers were having to let crops go to waste because Brits didn’t want the jobs, even after wages were raised. Most farm work is seasonal, people don’t really want that instability.

Edit: https://foodwastestories.com/2021/10/09/120000-pigs-culled/

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lack-of-workers-lfood-to-rot-in-fields-cost-of-living-crisis_uk_62fa7fb3e4b071ea9589136d

https://www.fruitnet.com/fresh-produce-journal/higher-wages-fail-to-halt-labour-crisis/185817.article

They had to bring in special visas, because no one else wanted the jobs.

You’d think so, but I had a colleague who boasted about how rude she was to a retail worker. This colleague was a fellow minimum wage sales assistant. Some people are just entitled little pricks who want all the respect, but aren’t willing to reciprocate.

Well if there’s one thing the far right are experts in, it’s projection.

Tbf I found that portrait image of Astarion incredibly offputting until he actually joined my team. He looks better in-game. He’s kinda annoying, but kinda likeable too.

That’s Elon Musk. Welfare queen who at one point stole the job of potus for a bit.

I’m sure there’s a shiny sticker you can buy for $698.99 that will solve that issue.

Me too. Sadly they’re still going and YouTubers who want their sweet sponsorship $$$$ now have a long page of copium to justify it.
https://m.youtube.com/post/UgkxVcIh5LvQX5gJDVxsJEhcAuyf8CRLF4Dj

SuperRaeDizzle once did a video about Amazon’s scummy practices (I think it was a about the way they take third party bestsellers, find the suppliers and then source their own knockoff version from the exact same supplier). And then she immediately plugs her amazon affiliate links and I think promoted their basics art products. Like, come on.

Not only that, they cycle on the pavement, they cycle on cycle lanes in the wrong freaking direction and then have the nerve to click their tongues at me as though I’m in the wrong. They’re a scourge. They’re the reason I feel safer on the road than the cycle lane. My ex saw a woman get hit by one as she was crossing at a green man. She had two little girls with her, it could have been even worse.

I’d rather the cops spent a bit of time dealing with this than arresting pensioners for holding a placard.

I’ve seen it spelt both meow and miaow in the UK. My old Little Oxford dictionary (1986 edition) only has the miaow spelling, with mew as the variation. Meow isn’t even in it.

This is a weird coincidence. I just finished watching Lizzie McGuire yesterday and the last episode was precisely about not letting snobs ruin your enjoyment of something. She and her mates went to watch a live recording of a toddler show and got made fun of by Kate.

Yes, I’m a middle aged woman who likes re-watching shows from when I was younger. Anyone doesn’t like that, that’s a them problem. I could have done with a mate like Gordo as a kid though. He’s very A Team friendly.

I expect to see Farage’s followers outside the Lords calling for all peers to be deported any day now…

It’s a thing among some antivaxxers, or at least among my sister who taught her kids that they “don’t believe in soap”.

Her toddler got ill during lockdown and had to be taken to A&E, so she left her other kids with us. One of them, after going to the loo, said she only used water to wash her hands because she’s “allergic to soap”. I said you go right back to the bathroom and wash your hands with soap. To no one’s surprise, she didn’t have an allergic reaction.

This sister is so antivaxx she actually tried to have my mum taken off her ventilator.

Endless amount of different foods.

Me cooking the exact same menu every day.

Still waiting for 5 Live to give as much airtime to the Greens as they do to Frogface. Man only has to fart for them to dedicate an hour to his tripe.

Nice try, shark.

Wow, the adrenaline thing is crazy!

Thanks, my cancer scares both turned out to be non serious things. There is a cancer gene that affects the women in my family, so that’s why after the second scare I realised I had to do something.

I think there’s hope for you in that you’re still able to go through with it (unlike me, who just avoided them, even if it meant dying of cancer).

I had a panic attack just from my GP saying I need a blood test. He even prescribed by lorazepam to take for the test. I didn’t though.

I had a really good therapist for my phobia. In the first session she encouraged me to look at a picture first. I started crying and panicking but she got me to a point where I could look at it and not freak out. The next stage was videos, which took me a while longer to conquer. I felt at that point that I’d never get past it, but she really managed to calm me down to the point where I could. Then it was handling needles and she gave me some to take home, including the finger prick ones. I managed to get as far as letting my ex and my nephews stab me with it but I never got as far as doing it to myself. The third session was when I managed to do a draw. It took 45 mins to psyche myself up. I had her put the fan on me, have some baseball highlights playing on the computer and I had my Tamagotchi uni with me.

I asked her to just pierce the vein and take it straight out so I had a reference for the pain level. Then after more psyching up, I had her do a full draw from my other arm. And I didn’t even get dizzy or feel sick. She even gave me the vial to take home. It was so quick, I didn’t even have time to choose a date for my Tama.

The good thing about it was the therapist let me know I was always in control. If I felt uncomfortable, we stopped. I always felt safe, and that’s probably why your experiences haven’t helped, but probably just reinforce the fear.

I also get emotional flashbacks in certain situations (possible CPTSD, I’m still trying to get my head around it, I’ve blocked out a lot of my childhood), which my last therapist just dismissed as self esteem issues. I can’t adequately put into words just how useless she was.