GreyShuck

@GreyShuck@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it safe to assume the guy i went out on a date with, just wants to sleep with me?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I am not familiar with either culture, but I’d guess that he does.

  and asked me out on a date again

  Was this specifically described as a date? If so, I’d suggest that this is the way in to politely raise this. In fact even if it was ambiguous, it still is the way to do it: “Just so that we are both clear, although I enjoyed meeting you the other night, I don’t want to take things any further than these casual meetings.” or similar. I’m assuming that you did enjoy it - or you wouldn’t be considering another one.

  You could restate that you will soon be moving (people can be incredibly selective about what they take in and what they don’t) if you want to - although you shouldn’t need to give a reason if you don’t want to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Government will send a test Emergency Alert to mobile phones across the UK at around 15:00 on 7th September 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There have, evidently, been a few of these in the past. Neither my personal phone nor my work one has ever received one though. Nor has my SO’s if it comes to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Edwards insisted that lessons had been learned and that in 2023 National Highways had carried out a full soil survey and a three-month tree analysis.

  This revealed they had planted the wrong species in the wrong place, and provided valuable lessons about the most appropriate season in the year to plant a tree, he said.

  As someone who has been involved in planting schemes, I can say that this is absolutely bog-standard basic stuff. There is no excuse for this at all. No-one employed as any kind of ecologist should have got this wrong. People should be sued for this at the very minimum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you read and understand this passage?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. Why do you ask?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years in new rewilding plan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha, yes. They have now updated the photos. I imagine that there were quite a few people pointing this out to them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years in new rewilding plan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The photos that the Independent are using at North American elk - Cervus canadensis. However, the species that they are actually looking to introduce are Aces alces - Eurasian elk, which are what North Americans know as moose.

  The Guardian did get this right a few days back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You must take a long road trip with Donald Trump and no one else in the car. Security is everywhere; no one is in danger. You drive and control the radio, but can only play music. What's the playlist?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Chumbawamba’s discography - or even just this one on repeat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 42 year old new hire at your job confesses to you that he has had 48 different jobs in his life. What is your opinion on that?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  By that age, I was into my third long-term job (> 5 years) and had had upwards of 16 short term ones - multiple part time ones at once, or some just for a few weeks or a couple of months here and there between the long-term ones etc.

  48 doesn’t seem that unlikely - nor even an indicator that they will not be staying put for any length of time unless your job is a shitty one with a high turnover anyway.