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  • cRazi_man@europe.pubtoAsk UK@feddit.uk•It's getting cold... how are you going to keep heating costs low this winter?
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    7 小时前

    From the winter when I had practically no heating at all:

    • thermal base layer (fleece lined compression thermals meant for outdoor exercise, top + leggings). I kept this on at all times and it kept me super warm through the depths of winter. Also super warm thermal socks.

    • electric blanket. Once you’re going to be sedentary after dinner on the sofa, then this can make you unbearably hot and costs almost nothing to run.

    • the kitchen gets heated slightly by cooking appliances and this is a good place to hang out.

  • cRazi_man@europe.pubtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*
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    1 天前

    I agree with what you’ve said. I’m very comfortably self sustaining now with a wife and kids and house, and still my parents want to give me stuff. I’ve recently bought a car and my parents jumped in asking that they would like to contribute. I save everything I can because I’ll be spending it on my kids. But then again I also try to spend on my parents whenever I can, although they’re pretty well off so there isn’t much opportunity there.

    Your post is indirectly asking how much extra money people make and have saved up. Unfortunately, with how things are now, people will not have enough to ever buy their own house; much less buy their kids a house, car, etc. On top of that people have strong opinions about not “spoiling” children and wanting to spend on themselves. Look at how much holidays cost and how badly people want to go on holiday. It’s very easy to spend what could have been a house deposit for your child on your own holidays and luxuries instead.

    I’m really shocked by the lack of family and community cohesion in England as well. Most young adults rant about how annoying and dislikeable their parents are and how badly they want to escape to a university on the other side of the country. Professional adults I work with will openly and unashamedly say that they can’t wait for their kid to leave home for university so they can be rid of the burden and then say how much more they love their dog than their kid. I remember a bank ad that used to be on TV that showed how annoying it was for a young adult to live in his parent’s house, but their rules and unable to get a moment of intimacy at home with his girlfriend…so he should get a mortgage to get a flat. The idea of co-support and co-dependence you describe is unusual here.

  • cRazi_man@europe.pubtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•The concept of teen superheroes is stupid and boring
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    3 天前

    USA seems to be very high-school obsessed generally. It seems that there really is a strong nostalgia for a time when you had time and ambition and potentially could be anything and were finding your real self and navigating your first relationships. Also, I wonder if comics used to be solely of interest to teenage boys at some point decades ago and it was much more successful to write stories they could relate to. Older readers would be able to relate to a time they’ve lived through anyway.

    Teenage stories have a place, but I agree it’s way overdone. I enjoy the more grown up superheroes a lot more. Peter Parker is much more interesting when he’s an adult. Daredevil is much more interesting for being a working lawyer and this complementing his superhero work.