I often reference the IT crowd when a colleague is having issues… “Have you tried switching it off and on again”

90% of the time it works, eyes roll, and we all have a laugh

My life changed after getting a Lumie light about 8 years ago I think? I haven’t woken up to a noise alarm since.

Think? A lot of people know most of them are in it for themselves. It’s just a career to a lot of them, lining up the next job, and sorting a lot of their mates out.

Wait, no, don’t tell me they’ve ruined Crispy Pancakes?!

If I remember right he tried and successfully got them removed from school dinners. They tasted so good.

They are back now, but a shadow of their former glory.

The superior Branston Beans right?

Yes

“This is obviously a worrying time for families across the UK, which is why we remain determined to get bills down in the long term.”

Just continue to struggle to survive for the next few years people, and then everything will be dandy.

I didn’t, but should I ever feel the need to try it I have already watched the tutorial video.

My school did something similar. It recommended I become a fish monger.

They are updating the app at some point, which is removing the watch together feature. I wonder what else may disappear.

Once upon a time someone gave me some chocolate that was tainted with Marmite. Whoever invented that wanted the world to burn.

The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive) - Brandon Sanderson

When I first bought it, I got through about 3 chapters and then shelved it. A couple of years later I was looking for something to read, I saw this book being praised and remembered I had a copy. I ended up getting hooked and sucked into the cosmere.

I remember when I was in college and they specifically took us to another campus, they were talking to us about university. It was basically sold to us as if “it’s practically a free loan, you’d be silly not to get it.”

We were all around the age of 17/18. If a bank or any other service had done that to us there would have probably been massive repercussions, maybe there would have been something brought up about us being miss-sold a product.

Looking back I feel it was very predatory given we were so young and essentially in a vulnerable state while trying to decide our futures.

Congratulations 🎉

I look forward to my student loan getting written off (plan 1), there’s no chance of me paying it all off, especially given the interest is almost the same as my monthly payments…

You’re right, DNA wouldn’t make someone a pianist. But natural talent is considered a set of abilities people are born with that enables them to achieve success. It could provide the person with the right kind of hands, dexterity, hearing, and aptitude for learning piano to be a better pianist than someone without those things. That is what could be considered “natural talent.”

There is merit in practice, but natural talent is very real. One person could spend years practicing something that someone else picks up and surpasses that person in a year.

I’m so glad I’m not the only one that upvotes people being down voted for their opinion - provided it isn’t hurtful to others. I don’t want to find myself in an echo chamber, so I feel it’s important for other opinions to be thrown into the ring.

At this point I would think most people know, but for those who don’t:

https://xkcd.com/327