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Strange thing to want to own, but no, that is worldwide right now. Far right is gaining power across Europe despite the history there.
January 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Strange thing to want to own, but no, that is worldwide right now. Far right is gaining power across Europe despite the history there.
But this isn't an American political issue. Rising costs and poverty aren't a uniquely US thing, it's the whole world.
January 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
But this isn't an American political issue. Rising costs and poverty aren't a uniquely US thing, it's the whole world.
I'm not American. I don't live in America. Lots of things are different in different parts of the world, like we don't have air conditioning at all outside of some offices and having heating systems built into buildings is also rare. No such thing as a "burrito taxi" here as I've said already.
January 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I'm not American. I don't live in America. Lots of things are different in different parts of the world, like we don't have air conditioning at all outside of some offices and having heating systems built into buildings is also rare. No such thing as a "burrito taxi" here as I've said already.
To be fair, not gone through the other comments as I was just sharing my own experience where I live. Small island, 60k people, minimum wage and poverty is standard now. So I see it everywhere in extremes, people working full time living in tents and landlords with negative morals and no regulation.
January 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
To be fair, not gone through the other comments as I was just sharing my own experience where I live. Small island, 60k people, minimum wage and poverty is standard now. So I see it everywhere in extremes, people working full time living in tents and landlords with negative morals and no regulation.
Thankfully for myself, basically hit the lottery and managed to get a half decent place a few years back and not shared housing. Now I've just got to deal with cold, damp, and black mould. But not everyone is as lucky to have that option and it keeps getting worse.
January 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Thankfully for myself, basically hit the lottery and managed to get a half decent place a few years back and not shared housing. Now I've just got to deal with cold, damp, and black mould. But not everyone is as lucky to have that option and it keeps getting worse.
Zero rental regulations and a housing crisis now leading to a 5% year on year homelessness increase for the past few years straight. Not even basic laws on housing being safe or liveable. Absolute cheapest room in a shared house now over £1200 a month. The island is beyond screwed.
January 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Zero rental regulations and a housing crisis now leading to a 5% year on year homelessness increase for the past few years straight. Not even basic laws on housing being safe or liveable. Absolute cheapest room in a shared house now over £1200 a month. The island is beyond screwed.
And as I stated, a lot of landlords prohibit having a fridge or freezer in rented rooms here. Or any electrical cooking appliances. Not everywhere in the world is the same as the US. No such thing as "burrito taxis" here either, just local takeouts and sandwich shops which are a lifeline now.
January 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
And as I stated, a lot of landlords prohibit having a fridge or freezer in rented rooms here. Or any electrical cooking appliances. Not everywhere in the world is the same as the US. No such thing as "burrito taxis" here either, just local takeouts and sandwich shops which are a lifeline now.
That doesn't help with storing cooked food, or if your landlord prohibits high electricity use items in the building. We have no regulations where I live, pretty standard in multiple occupancy house room rentals for it to be against the rules to have a microwave or fridge. Can get kicked out for it.
January 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
That doesn't help with storing cooked food, or if your landlord prohibits high electricity use items in the building. We have no regulations where I live, pretty standard in multiple occupancy house room rentals for it to be against the rules to have a microwave or fridge. Can get kicked out for it.
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When you have no ability to store ingredients, it's absolutely cheaper to get low priced takeout food than buying the ingredients, because you can't cook all of that in bulk and store it in a fridge/freezer for a later date. A lot of people my age (late 30s) are stuck like this now.
When you have no ability to store ingredients, it's absolutely cheaper to get low priced takeout food than buying the ingredients, because you can't cook all of that in bulk and store it in a fridge/freezer for a later date. A lot of people my age (late 30s) are stuck like this now.
January 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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When you have no ability to store ingredients, it's absolutely cheaper to get low priced takeout food than buying the ingredients, because you can't cook all of that in bulk and store it in a fridge/freezer for a later date. A lot of people my age (late 30s) are stuck like this now.
When you have no ability to store ingredients, it's absolutely cheaper to get low priced takeout food than buying the ingredients, because you can't cook all of that in bulk and store it in a fridge/freezer for a later date. A lot of people my age (late 30s) are stuck like this now.
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This is a complex one. Where I live, the cost of living has absolutely skyrocketed over 200% in the space of a couple of years. If you're on minimum wage, 75-80% or more of your income is on rent for a single room in a shared house with no cooking or storage facilities. And there lies the issue:
This is a complex one. Where I live, the cost of living has absolutely skyrocketed over 200% in the space of a couple of years. If you're on minimum wage, 75-80% or more of your income is on rent for a single room in a shared house with no cooking or storage facilities. And there lies the issue:
January 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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This is a complex one. Where I live, the cost of living has absolutely skyrocketed over 200% in the space of a couple of years. If you're on minimum wage, 75-80% or more of your income is on rent for a single room in a shared house with no cooking or storage facilities. And there lies the issue:
This is a complex one. Where I live, the cost of living has absolutely skyrocketed over 200% in the space of a couple of years. If you're on minimum wage, 75-80% or more of your income is on rent for a single room in a shared house with no cooking or storage facilities. And there lies the issue:
Of course we should be skeptical. However in this case, just one quick search will bring up dozens of attacks reported with the same methods used just in the past six months with cases rising across the US, Europe, Australia, and elsewhere. And the cases are rising fast, I'd say that is a trend.
January 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Of course we should be skeptical. However in this case, just one quick search will bring up dozens of attacks reported with the same methods used just in the past six months with cases rising across the US, Europe, Australia, and elsewhere. And the cases are rising fast, I'd say that is a trend.
This kind of thing where people lure and assault or kill gay men has been going on since at least the 60s, and it is getting more common now under the pretext of the attackers being "paedophile hunters" - who nine times out of ten aren't doing that at all and just pick men at random from dating apps
January 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This kind of thing where people lure and assault or kill gay men has been going on since at least the 60s, and it is getting more common now under the pretext of the attackers being "paedophile hunters" - who nine times out of ten aren't doing that at all and just pick men at random from dating apps