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  • Depends on the style I'm going for, when my depression isn't an issue anyway.

    In recent years, every month or every 2-3 weeks if I want to appear more groomed. I'll be getting another mohawk (I used to be a fan of them) this year, which would require shaving the sides every two days.

  • When I was a young teenager, I turned on the telly to Nickelodeon and they were showing an episode of Ren & Stimpy.
    \ The scene I turned the TV on to involved him grating the skin off his arm, followed by him pouring salt into the open wound.

    Absolutely mad show, I have always wondered the same lol.

  • I find that hard to believe, since I would go to India sometimes twice per year when younger (for over a decade).
    \ In 2005 we were told to be cautious of I think cabbage containing dishes, because it was making many people sick. It was also common for milk to be sold highly pasteurised and in blue bags within the city.

    I've also had questionable and not good food from those little backstreet fast food places whether in Atlanta, Minnesota, Arkansas, and I even had a rather average Chinese dish from near Santa Monica (which I didn't rate well).

    There's a good chance you were in the right area for good food, but that also exists here (example: Camden Town, which has been a 'Foodie' destination for a while now), or the plethora of food festivals all around London.
    \ I apologise if I gave the impression that they're hard to find: they're really not.

  • Mostly a stereotype perpetuated by cheap or hastily found dining places.
    \ When you get fish and chips from a good place that handles fresh catches, there is considerable flavour, yet buy from the fast food place in the middle of a high street and you'll get a soggy representation from the frozen cod.
    \ Same situation with a good roast, or a cottage/shepherds pie, or pie and mash that isn't just a casserole with a hat, etc.

    Honestly I've stepped foot in 39 US States so far, and it's a similar thing there. I just think the "British food bad" thing has stuck as humour, there's plenty of theories about it I won't get into but it's just a thing I suppose.

  • What I've noticed is YouTube recommending me more obscure videos, from very small creators.

    I very much appreciate whatever they're doing, regardless of how these bigger channels are being hit by it. Yesterday I got recommended a video by an elderly woman, showing a mug warmer she bought. It was very sweet, had less than 30 views and it was a lovely contrast to the flashy, over edited videos stretching a paragraph to 10+ minutes.

    Not saying the big channels are bad, I just personally like the small time channels and appreciate that YouTube has been (at least with the algorithm it has set for me) giving these small channels a shot at getting an audience.
    \ I've connected with a lot of people from smaller channels, joined communities etc. yet this is much more difficult with the larger ones (in some I've been to, over the years, the chatrooms they set up are so huge the moderation sometimes just gives up or doesn't even exist in any practical way).

  • Seems to me that these days, with a lot of issues fragmented in our society, different bands tend to focus on certain issues - although there are some exceptions, yet this is also just based off what I've noticed.

    Bob Vylan has been making the rounds, Kendrick Lamar has also been outspoken on some injustices over the years. Lambrini Girls focus on sexism in a rather angry manner. IDLES have some songs regarding frustration with aspects of society, however they're not as detailed in their messages yet they still provide the energy for them.
    \ Kneecap have been speaking about the situation in Palestine in a rather political manner, and have great pride for Ireland - they sing mainly in an Irish language, however great energy for the message.

    If you go a bit further you have Bloodywood, an Indian metal/hard rock band focusing on various issues (I think one of their songs talks about punching rapists in the face).

    Just some off the top of my head. They're out there for sure.

  • I literally fixed a laptop for a family member, and thought I'd put Windows 11 on it because they may like the shiny new thing.
    \ Articles like this are making me revert them to Windows 10 (IoT LTSC).