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Possibly the food, but also there are a few bugs going around at the moment where sickness and nausea are a key component. Friends been sick a few times with their bug, and both me and my partner have had a similar/the same bug without actually being sick.

Imagine being a football fan and not going mental at a last minute winner.

Yep.

Isn't that how they used to do it in the USA?

Also just to add people are allowed to make mistakes, bad choices, and unfortunately things happen sometimes which means that your situation changes dramatically. That doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to access help and support. Additionally - yes even those of us who are, or have been poor would still like some aspects of modern life to enjoy. One of my clients who is very socially isolated due to their health may buy a TV for £200-300 and may even spend slightly more "unwisely" but for them that TV could actually save their life as the alternative is darkness. Companies like brighthouse knew about these vulnerabilities and actively targeted poor economic areas like Knowle and Kingswood, giving credit at unsustainable rates, until they were rightly pulled up on it and forced to pay back compensation. You'd judge that person for having a TV and needing to use a foodbank on occasion. Also worth noting that most people need a smart phone, or access to a computer simply to do basic things now. We could live in a world where brands don't exist, and everyone has access to cheap clothes, food, housing etc. However, we live in a world that has been very happy to push narratives of how our worth is built around brands, owning a house and car, constant growth, encouraged debt and buying more stuff rather than using collective resources. We allowed supermarkets to run riot and watched our local high streets destroyed. I remember being a young teenager and looking at my older peers wanting to buy Fred Perry gear as that's part of how I believed you gained belonging. Obviously I learnt that's shit, but it's all done on purpose, pushed through constant advertising that invades our homes and public spaces, and most of us aren't immune to it. A lot of it just reads down as shitting on young people to be honest. I'm 30-35, my parents in their 70's, siblings in 40-50 range, and nieces and nephews in the 20-01 age range so kind of sit in the middle. We're all thriving and struggling with different challenges and different inputs. I wouldn't say any groups had it easier, or harder, it's just different. Probably the biggest disparity between me and my older siblings has been the ability to get on to the housing ladder, or access to affordable homes. My sister bought her house in 1998, and my brother took his council house into private hands and has since sold it which I massively disagreed with. My other sister also has a council flat. We pay £800 rent a month for a 1 bed flat and that's under market rate - I am the main earner as my partner can't work due to long term sickness right now. I'd be quite happy to rent forever at affordable rates, but if I could I would jump at the chance to buy now. Also very weak Unions, wage suppression, lack of sick pay and attack on welfare has not helped. That's directly fed into people's poor physical and mental health, lack of time, and available resources. We have less community now and exist on smaller individual levels which means a crisis hits even harder. There are so many other ways I've benefitted though from being born in my age, cheaper travel, healthcare advances, technology for better or worse, and of course avocado on toast. So it's not all bad and I know my older peers had a lot of shit to battle through too. TLDR; As I said it's complicated and down to so much more than simply bad choices on an individual level. You have to consider society as a whole and we have actively created this mess so shitting on the poorest is bad form in my opinion.

I started to write a deconstruction of this post, but I can't really be assed. My parents grew up in the 1950's and they still had ration books. Wigan Pier a good example of the levels of poverty that existed. Some things were grim and hard, but some things were a lot easier than they are now. So many of those things you've listed have changed due to the changes in work and economic shifts. All I can say is I spent 3 hours in torchlight and candle light with a group of people in an isolated are of NE somerset whose gas and electric had been cut off and Disability Payments stopped following a crisis. We didn't get through to the energy company as we had to give up after 90 Minutes on hold. They had some biscuits for lunch. I felt the cold drop whilst I was with them, smelt the mould in the building and they pulled on blankets whilst we discussed how the candle light had made it feel warmer than the -5 degrees it was outside. I then left them to go and get a coffee to warm my bones and go back to my warm house. I can assure you that branded trainers, holidays, and TV's aren't something that they think about in general and were far from their mind at that moment. They had been living like that for over a month, not through choice. These are the people who will be using our warm spaces. My advice to you whilst you pass judgement of people's clothes at the foodbank is to consider that sometimes people's situations change, especially during a cost of living and energy crisis, and you have no idea how they got into that place.

I'm pretty sure those National Federations are also hellbent on ruining the sport for money, it'll just be ruined in their image instead.

Did just say somewhere else how great the young lads are coming through, both in terms of talent and appearing grounded, but maybe lack that bit of steal. Think it will come though - Bellingham is immense.

******* hell so close.

Ah **** Kane. Come one boys.

How the **** is that not a penalty.

Yeah because the death of working class people for a rich elite is just political crap. I don't disagree with people choosing to watch the world cup and I'm following along in the background - ultimately what anyone here does isn't going to do anything. You don't need to dismiss concerns about the tragedies that got them here as political crap. Anyway I know this isn't the political thread so I guess it's better to leave it there. Did catch a screen of Suarez crying which was amusing.

Lampard, Ferdinand etc have all spoken about how divided the England team was in their era. People sticking to their club groups at breakfast, not wanting to mix and give away information that might affect their league campaigns. I think that's a massive difference in this team and you can see they are a unit. Southgate deserves a lot of credit for that. Regardless of if he wins anything he has put good foundations in place and also had decent success compared to previous managers. There are of course valid criticisms too especially when needing to change a game.

The problem with this is that what you may think is banter and a bit of a laugh, might not be for someone else even when they are going along with it. I had a loose friend from school who was Asian, and we used to "banter" growing up and he said looking back that it actually made him feel quite shit. He went along with it, but it reinforced the difference he already felt as one of the few Asians in our school and also added to other everyday racism he experienced elsewhere which got particularly extreme post 9/11. I think if you've not grown up regularly experiencing Racism then it's not going to affect you in the same way it would someone who has. I remember being away and being targeted due to my nationality, it was still scary, but I hadn't had to experience that on a regular basis like my friend and didn't trigger all those trauma responses it could in someone else. We're also not all the same and some people will experience racism and it won't affect them in the same way it does their peers. You say you know your thoughts on Race, and I'm sure you do. I was brought up in a very racist household and my much older sibling was quite extreme. I know that had an impact on me, and I've had to reflect on that which wasn't comfortable at times, but was even more uncomfortable for those I hurt even if I felt it was unintentional. If you're using racism as banter you really need to ask yourself why you're doing it, and think about what is going underneath for both you and the person. It's not about being a keyboard warrior, it's just reflecting on your behaviour and listening to what people who experienced racism are saying and trying to understand it without being defensive. Me and my mates rinse eachother all the time, but you do have to have some boundaries. A work in progress. Edit: I do get pissed off when people still use the word Chav though. I fit the stereotype as a teenager and was labeled as such. That was backed up by the constant press attacks on youth at the time and the likes of Little Britain. It definitely had an impact on a sub conscious level.

Think we lost 3-0 too? I remember going to both Walkers Stadium and Filbert Street when I was a kid as we had family up there. Ah 3-0 at Filbert Street apparently. https://www.11v11.com/matches/leicester-city-v-bristol-city-17-february-2001-5057/

I know what you are saying. I'm veggie - cant quite manage vegan. I decided to take the jump to Veggie when I was doing some stuff around the badger cull and it didn't sit right to be eating meat anymore. It was a decision I'd thought about for a long time. I'm still hypocritical, but everyone is to an extent and we have to also do what's manageable within the world we try to survive in so I don't judge other people on their choice to eat meat. Its true there is a disparity between iconic animals and how we view them, and then animals that are less cute, or seen as pests. I watched people throwing jellyfish around on a beach, and when I challenged someone they did it more. A real disconnect between sea life and land animals. All of that being said, I do feel saying "yeah but we eat meat" to be a bit of a strawman when trying to challenge something like this. It's a process and I was quite warmed to see people being against this on here. Hopefully we can move away from seeing animals as entertainment, and then also food.

Yeah the 80's were a time of civility in Foootball Grounds.

My OSIB magazine came through the post today and it looked amazing! Haven't had a proper look through it yet, but it's far better than I was expecting. Good effort to all involved.

That's worked due to good harm reduction policies rather than outright banning. There are different approaches to regulation, On the last point if you've ever drank alcohol you have used narcotics. Tbf not even 8 pints would have made last night better.

Cheers for the reply! I know how it works longer term(work in the field, but don't know everything of course) but I was challenging that it happens straight away which has been posted multiple times and as far as I can see that isn't true. I don't feel it is people looking for that same feeling as the first time, but it is true as tolerance builds and you use more regularly that you need to use more which then obviously ramps up all the other negative affects both physically, mentally and social. Especially if you are using multiple substances which with Cocaine usually is Alcohol. There are many complex reasons why people get addicted to drugs, or any obsessive behaviour and it can't always be applied simply to the substance itself. Trauma, stigma, poverty and underlying conditions being most prevalent in my personal opinion. Lots of people use drugs and alcohol moderately and don't ever develop long term problems. Many will have positive experiences overall. Largely agree with you, but there are many other ways that these problems can be approached without going down decronian routes that have largely been shown to fail. On the last point when it comes to dependant use and even moderate use you are totally correct.

I'd love to see the evidence that cocaine rewires your Brain after the first line as it's not something that I've come across. It stimulates Dopamine production. Putting across that it's one line and your addicted is obviously not true. Though repeated exposure and excessive use can cause significant problems especially when combined with other substances like alcohol. Out of interest do you feel the same about alcohol, or were you including that when you said people need drugs to have a good time? The vast majority of people use drugs and alcohol because they enjoy the affects and they don't develop any long term problems. Some do go on to develop problems for lots of reasons, but simply painting it as a way to escape/self medicate ignores the many different reasons people have always used drugs. The system is broken though I agree. One of the biggest barriers people face to accessing proper support for their mental health and substance use is the stigma around it.

They decriminalised a long time ago. I went to a talk by the health minister at the time who was responsible for it coming in and he said they would never go back to it. On targeting drug gangs - we spend Millions on that, but the industry is so profitable that it won't ever win as people will always step in. I have my issues with Neil Woods but his book Good Cop, Bad War is a good look at this. Think it's being made into film.

The south west are instituting the following "iniative" https://news.sky.com/story/recreational-drug-users-could-have-passports-and-driving-licences-confiscated-under-new-plans-in-government-crackdown-12653788 Obviously it flies in the face of any evidence based work that reduces the risk of crime and harm to self, but they love a strong message. You are right though bans of 3-10 years are massively inflated especially when they so freely push alcohol. Personally I'd have seen it as a chance to engage people around their alcohol and substance use. This is very unlikely to stop people drinking and using before and after the game. Possibly they'll just get more tanked before they get in if they were worried about it - that's usually what happens when clubs are ordered to have dogs. We'll see.

Sky clearly scrolling through OTIB for its stats tonight. Lazy.

Pointless stat alert: Scored 9 in 18 games against us and the only club he's scored more against is Blackpool. First goal was in 2006. I remember watching him on Sky back then with my Dad at skittles! https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/billy-sharp/bilanzdetails/spieler/49542/gegner/698 Horrible to play against, but I'd loved to have had him in our team over the years.