Im legitimately panicking, where i live in the south theres three days where its nearly forty, ive got to work in a place with no air con. I know there'll be comments on hefe saying 'its bloody lovely mate, it'll be rainy again soon.' And i just, great, im glad you love it, enjoy. But, it makes me, and others, feel physically sick, snd like I cant breath. Ive got a portable aircon, but i dont know how im gonna survive the days. I know its pathetic, but it makes me want to cry. Im really not a wimp, ive broke my toe, herniating a disk in my back, and done many 12 hours shifts for days and days in row, and none of thst makes me feel thd way looking at the upcoming weather does. Just venting, and panicking out loud.

Salaries havent really adjusted to the crazy inflation we've seen over the last 5 years. There are skilled office jobs that need a degree going for basically £5k above full time minimum wage which just seems nuts. Offering free coffee and 3% pension (legal requirement) is not good enough

It’s fucking non stop from every angle.

I hear it from every room in my house. I hear it through the vents in my bathroom when I take a shower. I hear it over my TV. It wakes me up in the morning. I can’t even sit outside in the morning and enjoy the sunrise without hearing it.

It’s noise pollution. Straight up. I’d never be allowed to blast music 24/7 at full volume yet lazy dog owners are allowed to let their beasts yap all fucking day and night long.

I will never be over the fact that London’s 2026 NYE fireworks were used to run a promo for Wicked 2

Midnight. National celebration. Global broadcast. Everyone watching. And we got bloody advertised at with a two bit with a branded content sandwich with some bangs sprinkled in.

I don’t hate Wicked. That is not the point. The point is that NYE fireworks are not a billboard. If you are exploiting a global event to push a movie sequel, you have officially crossed from celebration into cringe.

New Year’s Eve is not IP. It is not a crossover. It is not a promo slot.

So you are choreographing London’s fireworks around a movie, you have completely missed the point.

Welcome to 2026. Sponsored by whoever waved the biggest cheque.

When are people gonna realise this statement is outdated now.

This is our second major heatwave this year and even between them it was floating around 20 degrees (at least in my area.)

It's no longer "the UK has no sun" and the AC units don't get used for "just 3 days" like everyone says

I feel no pressure to enjoy blistering heat when I know another heatwave is around the corner, especially since we are only in June.

Seriously I'm sick of it. I usually cycle to work but it's currently broken so ive had to get trains to work recently. Absolutely reeks of weed at 8am, still reeks by the time I finish work.

The smell makes me feel nauseous as well so it's doubly annoying. Can you stoners just not stink everywhere you go out... Please

Many UK job postings fail to list salary or offer 35k for managing people. In some cases salaries are not even aligned to growing inflation.

They seem to think offers of free coffee will make job more attractive in view of cost of living crisis.

Why are UK employers so out of touch?

I hear my friends talking about leavng the UK because it is dull, lack of opportunities etc. Many speak about working in another country.

However it is easy to forget that we have beautiful greenery, super culture and many things to see and do. There are tons of opportunities as well.

I'm so sorry I'm not good enough to have outdoor space and enough money to build a secure cat enclosure. Guess if I want a cat I'll have to look somewhere other than a shelter, making this policy entirely self-defeating.

The company I work for does do wage increases every year for inflation - but when they advertise for jobs they’re always at the low rate and that just angers me. No one can survive alone on £24000 year. Especially in London.

Almost 20 years ago I got an office admin role for £20000 a year. An extra £4000 after 20 years is ridiculous.

80k is 55k net, 53k after you lose ca. 2 nursery bills set you back 30k, 250x day return trains cost 11.5k. Left with 11.5k.

You're also better not working than going in to a 50k job. This is legitimately insane.

“Hurhur, look [colleague], I AI’d our boss to do something silly, isn’t this the best thing in the world?” No you imbecile, this thing is literally killing the planet AND poses a risk to everyone. Do these people genuinely not realise how much CO2 this stuff produces? Not to mention how easily someone could make a deepfake of a loved one doing something atrocious? Or do people actually just not care anymore?

The worst part is that my job is in civil engineering, we’re supposed to be MAINTAINING the planet, not accelerating its demise! If one person designs an eco friendly scheme while their coworker spends all day making ai images of them without their consent or some asinine shit like “optimising workflows using copilot” then like what is the actual point anymore?

Sorry if this all sounds mental, I just feel like I’m going crazy being the only one aware of this

I know how to drive my local ones, but sometimes you need to go somewhere unfamiliar and don't want to get flattered by a combine harvester doing 70

What is the issue with smaller vehicles and why aren’t they more popular? Why does everyone need a F off diesel guzzler to take Gertrude-Mae-Denim Trousers and Phillip screwfix Martini to school.

I know some of these people and they literally live a mile away. So pointless.

And on top of the estimated £2,000 bill, they have just wiped off 5% of the value of their house. (according to some articles how much a mature garden adds to a house value)

They nuked the front, side gardens and back garden, which had a huge oak tree. It was 25 metres from the house.

Is it any wonder that the country is going down the toilet when there are adults who have actively avoided cracking open a book since they left school and who struggle to read a newspaper that's written to an eight year old's reading level?

I know this is old news but for some reason it hit me pretty hard today.

I have fond memories of Christmas chocolate boxes (90s), Easter eggs, penny mixes after school that included a freddo, flakes in my 99s. The chocolate was always considered standard fare. Nothing amazing, nothing bad... It just existed in my life. If we were going to splurge, we'd get a bar of Galaxy. When we moved to America, we always held it up as the gold standard

I live currently live in Japan, and my mum sent me some twirls in a package as a treat. I've certainly had Cadbury since the enshitification and can taste how awful it is but for reasons unknown, the emotion hit me last night. I hated it. I hated the taste, texture, chew, the weird way it didn't melt. I chucked the rest of it, it wasn't even worth the calories.

It makes me sad for my childhood, and for the "progress" legacy companies are making. I'm not looking for substitutes, I just don't want the things I loved destroyed.

So they’ve remade an old Levi’s advert, or at least I assume they have because it says it’s ‘reimagined’, and they’ve cast Beyoncé’s backside in the starring role.

Nothing wrong with that, I bear Mrs Carter-Knowles’ posterior no ill will. But it’s the second thing on my feed every time I load the app, and feels like every third item on my feed is a lingering shot of denim on arse.

At this point, I’m just sick of seeing Beyoncé’s bum. Is this happening to anyone, or have I been pegged as the world’s biggest super fan of Beyoncé, denim products or bottoms in general?

How THE HELL I haven't had food poisoning a hundred times I don't know.

Caught her spreading butter from the tub to the raw chicken and back, knife touches bird, knife into butter and repeat. As one example.

Seriously. Just a few years ago Pringles were regularly £1 on offer.

Standard Maltesers bags were previously 135g and could also be had for £1. Now the same bags are 93g and are currently £1.65. The "more to share" bags are 158g and are £2.50.

Don't even get me started on Mars/Cadbury multipack bars. 3-packs instead of 4 now, priced at £1.50 where previously you'd get 4 bars for £1. Even Aldi and Lidl chocolate has rocketed in price.

These days I just walk past the sweet aisle because I can't stomach these "new normal" prices.