Antisocial, societal issues thread

[Bada-Bing!]

Just why? What's the point?

Being complete dicks!

 

[Saintjay]

Cracked me up the Police saying Paddington went back to the station for a well earned marmalade sandwich.

 

[Weldit]

Michael Sheen buys £1m worth of people's debts

The Hollywood actor has helped 900 people in south Wales with their debts for a new documentary.

www.bbc.co.uk

I know it's partly for a show, but this guy has a history of doing a lot to help others. He's using his position to pull others up and not ignore the problems because he's now "above it". Fantastic work and I wish we saw more like him.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Michael Sheen buys £1m worth of people's debts

The Hollywood actor has helped 900 people in south Wales with their debts for a new documentary.

www.bbc.co.uk

I know it's partly for a show, but this guy has a history of doing a lot to help others. He's using his position to pull others up and not ignore the problems because he's now "above it". Fantastic work and I wish we saw more like him.

It's a very noble gesture. Sadly our society is built on debt.

 

[AlRums]

Plus-sized influencer demands McLaren sports cars increase seat size to accommodate her booty: ‘Should be for everyone’

Gracie Bon, 27, was blasted for her big demand.

nypost.com

 

[Bada-Bing!]

People smashing up glass panels on bus stops. And leaving glass everywhere on the pavement. Why?

 

[Weldit]

People smashing up glass panels on bus stops. And leaving glass everywhere on the pavement. Why?

Never underestimate how thick people can be regardless if they're highly educated or not.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Never underestimate how thick people can be regardless if they're highly educated or not.

And likely done deliberately as the panels next to the one smashed were also replaced with wood because they were also likely smashed previously.

Which takes me to who is responsible for clearing it up? And do other people even care? Further down the same road someone had also smashed up the glass of a bus stop which holds up the bus timetable. The bus company just put up a notice apologising for no timetable and a number to call to report future vandalism. So they obviously didn't care or aren't responsible.

I reported this glass on the pavement it to my local borough council after walking past it and noticing it had been there for at least 2 weeks.

 

[Weldit]

And likely done deliberately as the panels next to the one smashed were also replaced with wood because they were also likely smashed previously.

Which takes me to who is responsible for clearing it up? And do other people even care? Further down the same road someone had also smashed up the glass of a bus stop which holds up the bus timetable. The bus company just put up a notice apologising for no timetable and a number to call to report future vandalism. So they obviously didn't care or aren't responsible.

I reported this glass on the pavement it to my local borough council after walking past it and noticing it had been there for at least 2 weeks.

Depends how your borough handles it, but in most cases, companies/councils have a contract with a maintenance company that handles all these things. The problem is, doing something simple like cleaning up, removing and replacing that glass panel will cost a lot more than it should if they had just phoned a local builder - they can't do that with the contract agreed. For example, say it only costs £80 to fit a door, these contracts will say it will cost the council £250 instead.

That's what these vandals don't get. They're literally making things worse for everyone (including them) by wasting our tax money.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Rat rise in Cardiff leaves resident scared to open front door

Cardiff council's pest control service saw a 10% increase in call-outs to rat infestations last year.

www.bbc.co.uk

Have noticed a few rats when out cycling in town.

 

[dirty harry]

Michael Sheen buys £1m worth of people's debts

The Hollywood actor has helped 900 people in south Wales with their debts for a new documentary.

www.bbc.co.uk

I know it's partly for a show, but this guy has a history of doing a lot to help others. He's using his position to pull others up and not ignore the problems because he's now "above it". Fantastic work and I wish we saw more like him.

Can I just say, and I mean this whole heartedly....

This guy is a national treasure!!!

I've met him a fair few times, he was a patron of a charity I was helping, and heavily involved in a number of south wales charities.

The story I always tell people, is that a took a group of homeless teens to the Senydd early 2019, they met Sheen briefly for a few mins and chatted.

Later that year, we put on a 'Homeless world cupping Cardiff, great event, homeless football teams from all older the world attended. Sheen turned up, spent loads of time chatting, and I **** you not, he spoke to these teens from January like he'd known them all his life, remembered names, history's and made in jokes. I was gob smacked!

The amount of money he gives, and work he does is unreal!

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Sir Gareth Southgate: Boys need role models, not gaming and porn

Young men are increasingly turning to "callous, manipulative and toxic" influencers as role models, Sir Gareth Southgate says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[dirty harry]

Sir Gareth Southgate: Boys need role models, not gaming and porn

Young men are increasingly turning to "callous, manipulative and toxic" influencers as role models, Sir Gareth Southgate says.

www.bbc.co.uk

So... this is my bag. Advocating for a failing society of boys is exactly what's wrong right now. I'm not sayingbthere aren't other issues, and women and girls both face struggles, but today it is almost impossible to advocate for boys without being shamed.

I don't take Southgate seriously, he threw a few young England players to the slaughter trying to prove a political point, and the idea all boys have to open up emotionally is wildly dangerous.

Boys need help in the UK, they are failing at record rates in every aspect, from education, criminality, socially, victims of perpetrators, mental health, sports participation, employment, homelessness even within relationships.

I saw a Guardian poster a few months ago, and I use it to prove my point, it made the claim it needed to make a change because 1 in 4 homeless people are women.

I recently applied to the council on behalf of a men's mental health charity for a grant to help them hire a suitable space to use, I was told via email the charity wasn't inclusive and I wouldn't receive any money unless women were allowed.

There are answers, but noone is interesting in them because it's not politically interesting, so a generation of young boys are being lost to exclusion, self medication, and being brought up by the social media algorithms and we are going to regret it!

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

So... this is my bag. Advocating for a failing society of boys is exactly what's wrong right now. I'm not sayingbthere aren't other issues, and women and girls both face struggles, but today it is almost impossible to advocate for boys without being shamed.

I don't take Southgate seriously, he threw a few young England players to the slaughter trying to prove a political point, and the idea all boys have to open up emotionally is wildly dangerous.

Boys need help in the UK, they are failing at record rates in every aspect, from education, criminality, socially, victims of perpetrators, mental health, sports participation, employment, homelessness even within relationships.

I saw a Guardian poster a few months ago, and I use it to prove my point, it made the claim it needed to make a change because 1 in 4 homeless people are women.

I recently applied to the council on behalf of a men's mental health charity for a grant to help them hire a suitable space to use, I was told via email the charity wasn't inclusive and I wouldn't receive any money unless women were allowed.

There are answers, but noone is interesting in them because it's not politically interesting, so a generation of young boys are being lost to exclusion, self medication, and being brought up by the social media algorithms and we are going to regret it!

Not just boys, men as well. There is still this perception we live in a patriarchal society where men have no problems.

Ah incident that sticks in my head is I was discussing how society had become more equal and we were taking about jobs like doctors, lawyers etc where women now make up the majority of new entries into the workforce. These industries were still tested as sexist because they haven't yet had time for these changes to filter through, so the majority of people in more senior positions are still men.

I mentioned there's no equality in the lower quality / more dangerous professions and that was shouted down because apparently we are a society should still expect men to do the worst and most dangerous jobs more than women.

That then turned to how engineering is full of sexist pigs because it still has so few women in it. I work in the industry and have seen no sexism nor have outspoken women I know in the industry said they experienced it either. I said the rain is, whilst young girls are encouraged into things like law, science and medicine at a young age, they aren't encouraged into engineering. To fix the imbalance, we need to get them interested at a young age. Again shouted down and told I knew nothing about the industry I worked in and it's because we're all horrible sexist pigs and that I, personally, am a sexist guy but recognising this. The fact I had actively participated in a scheme to boost the interest of girls in engineering was conveniently ignored...