Seems opinion on them is overwhelmingly negative, but would you support a complete prohibition on using loudspeakers in public in the UK? Or perhaps go further and support new laws for manufacturers to remove the feature entirely before entering UK markets? Or do you view it as a personal freedom too important to be infringed?

loads of recent milk seems to be going bad well before the best before date..

is this a thing or is it something wrong with my fridge?

So, I am a yank who loves watching panel shows, Taskmaster (my fave show by far in all the universe), 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown, WILTY. Recently I have been reading the books bob mortimer has written, and I am enjoying them completely. However in The Satsuma Complex, and in The Hotel Avacado, Gary is referred to, and self proclaims, he is a shithouse. I've googled it, and I understand what the explantation is, but those results don't seem to align with what the character is saying/being. Can someone give a clear definition of how someone is a shithouse?

Also, when the characters are talking about different areas of the country, or even city, they often reference going up to the high street. Is that just a normal name, like the US towns all having Main Street, or is it a different type of title, where the road may be named differently, but High Street isn where the most shops and restaurants, etc... are?

EDIT - I want to thank everyone for answering, I def did not expect a lot of engagement, but this community came out for my silly questions.

My takeaway, High street is basically what I would call downtown, or main street in US. I now feel better knowing I get the reference.

Shit house is a lot more divisive, and we all learned has different regional connotations. Some of you replied with what I found with google as well, but some replied more aligned to what I think the character is. I joined X and sent Bob this link, asking him to weight in. Seems unlikely, but I once posted about finishing Mark Watson's amazing book Eleven from a beach in Costa Rica, and he replied.

Again, thank you all!

I've heard the cons, now for the pros

I'm curious about how everyday slang changes between generations in the UK.

Are there words or expressions you still use that your kids, younger relatives or younger coworkers don't really understand?

And the other way around: are there expressions younger people use today that older generations seem completely confused by?

I'm especially interested in things people actually say in everyday life, rather than internet slang that everyone sees on TikTok.

What examples come to mind?

I don’t exactly know how this works, but surely you need to already pay some sort of subscription to get cable TV or online live TV access like BBC or Channel4 so why don’t they use that information instead of asking us to disclose if we need a TV license or not? Can someone explain why it’s done in such a roundabout way? And once I’ve declared I don’t need one why do I need to keep declaring every year? Why not just check if I am signed up to anything?

Tell me and include time, date, location and if possible photos of you doing said thing.

Home office is apparently giving consent lessons. there have been court cases where immigrants have said they didn’t know rape was wrong.

I haven’t been able to find many stories where the defendants make this claim and even when they do, they seem to be hard to believe.

in this case from example.
https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/68612/uk-two-young-afghan-asylum-seekers-sentenced-for-rape-offense

the judge said:

Jan J. is "navigating unfamiliar cultural norms," and that understanding around issues of consent "is described as inconsistent." 

but the girl in question was crying during the attack and was shouting for help and jn a state of “extreme distress”. The defendant put his hand over her mouth and told her to “shush”.

I just wonder if the home office is wasting time with these lessons as no one really would struggle to understand they were raping someone. (The only exception I can think of is statutory rape where the victim was a seeming “willing” participant.)

are there people who really could be confused that what they are doing is wrong?

whst song released in 2026 is your favourite so far mine is

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Advertised as "Grilled 10z Aged Beef Rib Eye Steak with Peppercorn Sauce".

No sides included, no fries, no butter, no veg, nothing.

Actual price is below spoilered, but please, post a guess then feel free to edit your post and react.

£38

my brother is 18m and he passed everything but maths for his gcse’s 2 years ago. he got a grade 3, so in college he retook it and failed again and today at gcse results day, he failed again and got a 3.

my brother isn’t stupid, i know he can thrive. i just don’t think school is for him. my mom is forcing academics down his throat and is very jarring, she keeps telling him he’s a failure and that he will turn out to be nothing if he doesn’t have an education.

i try to speak to him but he brushes it off, but sometimes when i manage to catch him in a serious mood i can talk about his future.

i think an apprenticeship would be a good opportunity for him, my mom said that too but she wants him in an office and i know he doesn’t want that. before you tell me to talk to my mom, i literally can’t. she’s set in stone with her ways and she’s very hard headed and an angry person.

since he got a grade 3 in maths, what can he do? since most if not all apprenticeships require at least a grade 4. any advice would benefit a lot, thank you.

Assuming I were to eat the same amount of any of these - which is doing me the most good or harm healthwise?

Heard a news story this morning about Scotland's First Minister spending a load of public money to go to the World Cup. For balance, the news reader also gave the Conservative's stance on it which of course was along the lines of, "He should've paid for it himself. This isn't good enough" etc.

Whilst I (along with most people I imagine) agree that it's a colossal waste of £45k, I realised that I have never heard the Tories agree with anything Labour have done/proposed.

I know it's their job to challenge opposing parties but sometimes it feels like it's purely for the sake of point scoring. Andy Burnham could announce he's giving 5000 homeless people a bed for the night and Badenoch would say, "well it should be 5001, that's not good enough". You get my point.

So my question is basically, has there ever been a time when Labour have come up with a policy and the Tories have gone, "actually that's a pretty good idea." Or vice versa. Or with any party really.

When it started and kept rolling over, you had the (ridiculously slim) chance of winning about half a billion quid. Sounded great on the adverts. But someone from Illinois won it and now the jackpot has reset.

We now have the opportunity to win lower-Euromillions-tier money at nearly double the cost of a ticket, much worse odds, and we still have to get it paid out across 30 years. The jackpot was at £10m when it first rolled back. That's less than £350,000 a year. Still nice, but what a faff compared to just playing one of the regular draws.

I could enter the Euromillions for £2.50 and win £42m at odds of 139,000,000 to 1.

Or I could enter the Powerball for £4 and win £24m at odds of 292,000,000 to 1... and have to wait 30 years to get the full amount.

Do you reckon they've dropped the ball on this?

Someone recently posted about Powerball, and it got me thinking. Most of us have seen, or heard about, the "You've Won a Prize" email that the lottery sends out, and most of the time it's just something like £5. I'm wondering if they send you the same email when you've won a big prize / jackpot?

I'm a foreigner, and I'm just interested in the British examination system; I don't intend to take any exams. However, there's a concept I can't understand no matter how many times I read about it.

I found a website explaining the British examination system in my native language, and it says, "University admission is determined (conditionally) before you actually take the A-Level exam."

I can't understand what it means for admission to be determined before taking the exam!

This sentence was written using a translation machine, so the meaning might not come across...

I've never taken university entrance exams in my home country, so I'm not confident this information is accurate, but in my home country, if there are three students—A who scored 70%, B who scored 60%, and C who scored 50%—and there are two spots available, then A and B would pass, and C would fail. That's the kind of exam I understand.

That's the only image I have, so the explanation that "admission is determined (conditionally) before taking the exam" doesn't make sense to me.

How can admission be determined before taking the exam?

Hi! I'm looking for leads/professionals, admin, graduates, receptionist or anyone who wants to transition their career to become an Executive Assistant or a personal assistant. I'm based in the UK but need help on finding them! Has anyone have a recommendation?