fox2263
@fox2263@lemmy.world
- Comment on Students in England now graduate with average debt of £53,000, data shows 5 days ago:
Eventually yeah I think written off in your 50s perhaps.
Which doesn’t make sense to me either from the debt giver point of view. Not had enough time to pay it off even with a high paying job.
Would love to know the thinking and rationale behind it all and the figures. I know some people that went back and did a masters or two and have student debt almost as £80k. They figure they’re never paying it off so why not 🤷
- Comment on Students in England now graduate with average debt of £53,000, data shows 5 days ago:
Once upon a time university fees were fairly ok. Most people would leave uni with under 10k of debt and have it paid off within 10 to 15 years or so depending on wage.
Then the liar that is Nick Clegg came along and instead of scrapping fees, tripled them along with his lord boss David Cameron.
And for some reason I decided to go to university that year, 10 years after I should have (I skipped it in favour of a job when I was that age but decided to retrain).
Left with £40k, paid off 2k due to a redundancy grant from my work, and now owe £42k. I don’t see the point of it coming out of my pay packet to be honest.
The university got a load of new buildings though
- Comment on Students in England now graduate with average debt of £53,000, data shows 5 days ago:
I graduated 10 years ago. I now owe more than when I left despite paying it off for 9 of those years.
- Comment on Oranges? In this economy? 5 days ago:
I’d advise against it. I’d rather CAR DRIVER
- Comment on no way right 6 days ago:
That’s why right wing social media is going had on making Iran the bad guys and evil.
So even though they don’t want war and are currently complaining about the thought of it, they’ll bend over for it in short time.
The mental gymnastics will be amazing.
Gotta save money. Government needs to cut everything including any social care. But also needs to spend more on deporting babies with cancer.
And you know moving an expeditionary force around the world isn’t cheap either.
- Comment on 20 years later, still holds up pretty well! 6 days ago:
I have this on CD. Played it to death back in the day and the multiplayer was fantastic.
Spanner’s forever
- Comment on UK moves jets to Middle East as Starmer refuses to rule out defending Israel 1 week ago:
Why can we put jets there but not in Ukraine?
- Comment on 🤯🤯🤯 2 weeks ago:
Also, did you know, that the main character is a sponge 🧽
- Comment on Hands-On: EufyMake E1 UV Printer 4 weeks ago:
I want Eufy to make a regular printer and lend that stagnant market with some modern drivers and software.
- Comment on Where does technology come from in Star Wars? 4 weeks ago:
Their delicately weaved ships
- Comment on Where does technology come from in Star Wars? 4 weeks ago:
They were mentioned in Andor.
The rakatan that is, not the rattan furniture empire.
- Comment on Trump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US 4 weeks ago:
How long ago?
- Comment on Great! 5 weeks ago:
I can contribute a bit more if you like 🤭
Just a bit though
- Comment on Watching "They Live!" has opened my eyes to how often the movie is referenced, as if I put on the same sunglasses 5 weeks ago:
Like when you buy a car you think you’ve not seen many of and suddenly you see them everywhere
- Comment on Don't ask for more pixels 5 weeks ago:
Since lity is a trum
- Comment on You could get anything you wanted and it was FREE 1 month ago:
Am I right in thinking that limewire and kazaa were like proto-BitTorrent ? P2P file sharing
Was Napster the original too?
- Comment on Labour MPs urge Starmer to ‘get out there’ with Trump-style media strategy 2 months ago:
Iron Bro would probably go down well with the kids haha
- Comment on Labour MPs urge Starmer to ‘get out there’ with Trump-style media strategy 2 months ago:
Definitely, I agree wholeheartedly. But it is unfortunately a model that is working. The whole Simpson thing…was it “if poochie is not in an episode, people should ask where’s poochie”. Trump dominates every square inch of world wide media. Starmer in this instance would do right by emulating that.
And yes, be strong. We need at this moment in time an “Iron Sir” (in reference to thatchers Iron Lady) for all the reasons you said. He needs to be strong, give actual two fingers to trump and solidly lead Britain into the future. There’s a golden opportunity here to spearhead a new collation and get us back in with the EU on favourable terms with the populace by getting ahead of the right wing and pushing the narratives back left. Facts over Fiction needs to prevail and win the hearts and minds of the nation who so easily lap up misinformation.
- Comment on Labour MPs urge Starmer to ‘get out there’ with Trump-style media strategy 2 months ago:
Agreed however you very much run the risk then of the other parties claiming that this public figurehead is the real PM and getting all that dumb rhetoric around it.
- Comment on Labour MPs urge Starmer to ‘get out there’ with Trump-style media strategy 2 months ago:
It would be a good move. Labour need to win hearts and minds, and this is where they fall behind. When you have Farage gaining support every day by running on a populist agenda you need someone to counter him.
Gone are the days of our leaders leading behind closed doors. As much as I’d prefer to not hear from government and just have them do what they’re supposed to do, unfortunately in this day and age if you aren’t “seen” you are perceived as doing nothing by the vocal minority.
As much as I hate Trump and his clown car of a cabinet, this is something they excel at. And it is high time that the good guys use their tactics against them for the greater good. The good thing is you don’t even have to feel itchy about it as it’s just being seen and heard.
The one thing they do need to do is drown out the voices of our dumb right from Farages clown car.
- Comment on Starmer told to accept Trump ‘free speech’ agenda to win trade deal 2 months ago:
Free speech for them to say what they want without question or reproach.
- Comment on FCC head Brendan Carr tells Europe to get on board with Starlink 2 months ago:
You known what Europe WAS doing prior to 2025? Buying Starlink, and buying Tesla.
What’s different now? Hmmm?
- Comment on Commerce Secretary Lutnick says tariff exemptions for electronics are only temporary: Lutnick said "semiconductor tariffs" will likely come in "a month or two.". 2 months ago:
Just like the tariffs would not be paused. Cannot trust a thing that comes out of their mouths. Even if they think it is the truth and the current plan, the plan can change on the whim of agent orange.
- Comment on You are not in a good position 2 months ago:
Brilliant 🤣
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
lol not even allowed a meal break. Can’t keep them healthy and energised for the job! 🤣
What a shithole America is becoming
- Comment on Minecraft's 'Vibrant Visuals' Upgrade the Start of a New 'Graphical Journey' 2 months ago:
Remember the big graphic update pack years back they promised when the Series X console was due?
Is this its replacement or finished product, since it never came ?
- Comment on New Xbox 360 Recompilation Tool Will Give Lost Classics Another Chance To Shine | Time Extension 3 months ago:
Was the same ever done for OG Xbox games?
- Comment on GeoCities in 1995: Building a Home Page on the Internet 3 months ago:
It was a better time back then
- Comment on Whisker Squadron: Survivor does a barrel roll with Star Fox and survivor-likes smashed together - out now 3 months ago:
Been playing this a good while since I got my steam deck last year. It’s pretty good fun.
- Comment on Reddit tracking upvotes for mod actions 3 months ago:
So if you upvote Israeli airstrikes do you reckon theyll let that slide, but if you upvote a post about cyber trucks being vandalised then suddenly your FBI agent abseiling down your house?