#uk problems

[sailing-on-a-puddle]

Just bought a TAG Series 3 volume 2 DVD because I need Virgil seductively sliding down a building in my life.

And the rest of this amazing episode. But especially this.

[bullet-prooflove]

Oh dear God it is so hot in the UK at the moment. I'm about to take my laptop onto the floor by the guinea pigs cage because they have the only downstairs fan.

[cosmiccripple]

i think it's bizarre that people do not understand how class division/classism works within the england, and the uk as a whole.

the popularity of far-right and right-wing parties is fueled by the class division and billionaires claiming they work for the working people. the resurgence of racism, xenophobia, transphobia, homophobia, ableism etc. is also to do with classism. punching down because the government doesn't care about ANY of us and the ultra-rich use that to turn attention away from them: it's class division.

south london boroughs (think croydon, sutton) are considered 'shitholes' because they're full of the disadvantaged working class, where the crime rates are higher, the houses are cheaper, the council tax is higher because the problems that the working class face aren't solved by shelving it and avoiding the area, they're solved by investing time and energy into the problems in our communities (like kids being groomed into gangs because they don't have anyone to help them out of it, security chasing loiterers—kids!— out of shopping centres because all the youth centres have been underfunded for years). this happens all across the country, in major cities that get treated as dangerous shitholes because they are inhabited by the disadvantaged.

and not only that

our accents are so fucking intertwined with class, not only do they locate you on the island but they also tell others what class you are from. we see people switching between their normal accent and a more 'refined' posh accent because they get treated differently depending on which they use. i have about three different accents i use, my normal, slightly more refined, and then the toned down RP. all of which i will use in different situations and i have done so since i was very little. growing up on a council estate taught me that people treat you like shite on the bottom of their shoes if they even perceive you as council estate trash, but if you can mask that and sound less working class, they actually look at you with more respect. people on the streets, in schools, in the workplace, all fall into this trap. this class division is fucking everywhere.

when USamericans (in specific because i see this a lot) make fun of 'british accents', which are usually ones associated with the working class, they do so without the knowledge of how that exact thing has shaped our country. classism is rampant everywhere, but people tend to underestimate the amount that it has affected how our country works to this day.

[fairchilds-glasses]

Guess who’s finally catching up

Let’s see how many episodes I can watch tonight 😂

[ratantics]

McScrooge: Spirit, tell me...will the UK get the Spongebob x One Piece McDonalds collab?

*the spirit ponders for a moment*

Spirit of Collab Present: I see a vacant drive thru window and a Happy Meal without a toy if these shadows remain unchanged.

[northernerinspace]

Getting prison time for protesting against an important environmental issue is entirely unacceptable regardless of your view on how to go about addressing climate change. Getting the HIGHEST PRISON SENTENCE ever recorded for NONVIOLENT PROTEST is entirely unacceptable. They held a ZOOM CALL to call to action others to raise the alarm on climate change. If you want to read the full details, I linked it here.

Please sign the open letter and the petition to appeal the decision and protect our right to free speech

[highspeedclownery]

It's raining.

BLESS.

I've been working all day in a building hotter than Satan's ballsack and this rain is needed.

[frankenbolt]

lol it’s snowing