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Great post NI, you saved me an hour putting together something not as good…
Alcy, people everywhere often think in the way you describe, that the past was always a better place, things aren’t the same now, everything’s got worse, it’s not like when I was a lad, etc. etc. Just look at how Alf Garnett used to rail against his own time, with its gay lib and blacks ‘everywhere’ and bra burners, and that was in one of your golden eras!
Romanticising the past is pure grandadology, but it’s not history.
True, there were a lot of legal reforms in the 60s and 70s which made life more equal for gays, blacks, and women in terms of pay, discrimination, reproductive rights and and not being locked up for your sexuality. But a lot of the time, and far from ‘that London’, attitudes stayed entrenched. Discrimination of all kinds was widespread, with marriage bars in some jobs, meaning women couldn’t work if they were married, and if they did could expect less pay. Gays were widely seen as either tragic or comic, and had to ‘hide it’, and for blacks and Asians both in society and on the sportsfield, it could be hell, and remained so for many years. For some, it still is.
But taking a critical look at history is not about hating Britain, on the contrary, it’s because we can open our eyes and see things clearly that we like it here.1 user thanked author for this post.
Good one! Try selling them something is fun too – tell ’em you’ve got a car for sale, or some CD’s or some old clothes, and they’re just brilliant, just what they need, etc.
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When somebody suddenly sings and shouts at you while you were watching something else – adverts on tv, radio, youtube …
“Just forget whatever you were doing, it’s time to buy something!”
“We know this annoys you, but you can pay to stop it!!” is their message.2 users thanked author for this post.
I’ve a sneakin’ suspicion Hong Kong money is involved.
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Haha! Same here at Tesco Gainsboro a few years ago.
Big weekly shop, nearly all checked though, then they spotted three packs of paracetamol. Store said no.
Why?
You might take them all and that’d be dangerous! Or words to that effect.
Yeah, I do that all the time. Call the manager.
Manager comes.
Mrs Gurn was there, so I said one was for her.
Oh but we know it’s you who wants to buy them/pay for them, etc etc. Only one per transaction etc.
OK, so let me buy one then another one then another.
No, cos we know you want three.
Stalemate. So, a big weekly shop already checked through was emptied onto the belt with a flourish and we left.
Don’t get me started on Tesco…..1 user thanked author for this post.
Yep, apps and chatbots, banks, most landlords/estate agents, car hire and extra charges, repair folk that don’t / won’t turn up, most utilities…
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Yep, excellent post Sodiron, and all the above.
The biggest irony is that the flag fondlers’ great-grandfathers gave their lives fighting against exactly this kind of ‘politics’.
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