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Visiting the UK is like going into the future. That’s because I’m American and we’ll be a washed up hegemon soon.

P.S. I can’t help but notice that you lost your empire around the same time you got healthcare. Is there a way to learn this power?

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Aggravationstation@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Yea, get the shit bombed out of you. Then you’ll lose everything and your government will have no option but to finally get off their arse and publically fund healthcare to avoid their remaining workforce dying out.

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- HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I’m not entirely convinced they don’t want us poors to die off. Otherwise we’d have an actual healthcare system in the US.
  
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Z3k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I have half a recollection from a misremembered primary school history class that that also coincided with the end of wwii. I bet that was part of the magic spell

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iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Except the water faucets (“taps”) come in pairs, one with cold water and one with hot. So, not so much like going into the future, but more like some primitive land too stubborn to change for the better in even the most straightforward, obvious ways. 😆

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- Aggravationstation@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  There’s a practical reason for this. In a lot of UK homes, mostly those built from the 1940s to 1960s, cold water comes directly from the mains supply and hot water comes from a local storage cistern, often situated in the attic. They’re kept separate to avoid cold “drinking” water being contaminated by hot “washing” water which isn’t fresh. My older home doesn’t use this system and I have mixer taps in both my kitchen and bathroom.
  
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