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Joey Marlin • upvoted 5 items 7 hours ago

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35 Times People Were Caught Being Completely In The Wrong

I agree Bored Retsuko - edgar could end up suspended from Bored Panda just for getting something wrong and something that is hardly world-shatteringly serious in the scheme of things. They haven't harmed anyone or been offensive. In fact they were being quite considerate to recognise that people don't all have the same ability when writing. Everyone is too quick to jump on typos, grammatical errors etc and when it's the OP they're not even going to see it the majority of the time. We all make mistakes and people can have learning difficulties that make grammar difficult. Or English could be their second, third or more language. A little understanding or compassion goes a long way.

50 Hilariously Unfortunate Names

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35 Times People Were Caught Being Completely In The Wrong

50 Hilariously Unfortunate Names

How is that going to help?

35 Times People Were Caught Being Completely In The Wrong

I generally try to have good grammar as well, but being too much of a grammar police officer will gain you no friends. Please pick your battles with care.

35 Times People Were Caught Being Completely In The Wrong

Ok, edgar was clearly wrong here, but no need to downvote him 10+ times, right?? (Replying to your comment, Disgruntled Panda, because edgar can't be replied to, hope that's ok)

35 Times People Were Caught Being Completely In The Wrong

And in Europe, there is a space before ! and ? too. I can't tell you how frustrating it is sometimes to see "punctuation!". And also the capital at the beginning of each word of a title doesn't make sense. Apart from that, some people didn't have the chance to get a proper education, or may struggle with writing. And mistakes happen.

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Joey Marlin • upvoted 17 items 3 days ago

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

Well, we all pay as everyone is contributing via taxes. Nothing is free.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

Most people who can't afford prescriptions would be in one of the groups that get them free anyway or are on one or more of the available benefits so would be exempt and if it worsens outcomes for the rest of the NHS it's not the boon you perceive it to be.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

Well, we all pay as everyone is contributing via taxes. Nothing is free.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

Not sure where people are getting this idea that there is any kind of 'collection' issue. It's all so automated these days! I can't find anything to back this theory up but can find reports in the BMJ that discusses the theory you've outlined and how there is not the improvement that was anticipated.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

That was not the reason. It was to do with people with long term health conditions not getting their prescriptions filled and the presumption that it was based on the costs of prescriptions. This then had a later cost to the NHS due to people's deteriorating health and subsequent hospitalisation. Nothing to do with collection charges. So Wales NI and Scotland got rid of prescription charges in the hope that it would improve access to medication and reduce hospitalisation. So far statistics show that it hasn't made a significant difference.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

Going to take in all the factors - size of country and density of population for example? These things matter. You can't just compare percentages.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

The English pay a fortune to the scots, northern irish and welsh as 'subsidies', so if they go independent, as some want to do, they would have a debt to GDP of 200%. Ungrateful trash they are.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

"It is much safer" Yep, no guns.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

Free in Scotland and Wales. Free for a number of medical conditions in England, including diabetes. Where you do have to pay, the cost is the same regardless of how much the medicine costs.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

Oh, we wish! Yet practices which have the most patients with multiple problems are given less money than those in wealthier neighbourhoods where people enjoy better health. I wish you were right Ali MacK but it's not the case.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

Not quite. There was that theory but it was tied to the fact that some people with long term health conditions were then not getting their prescriptions filled and so the cost to the NHS was their worsening health and hospitalisation - so the theory went. It was not actually collection costs per se. So countries abolished prescription charges. However, it appears to not have worked as hospitalisations for those conditions have not dropped in Wales or Scotland. It is not difficult to provide free prescriptions for certain groups after all.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

There are considerable issues. For a start Scotland has the worst health inequalities in Western and Central Europe. Fact. The gap in life expectancy between the most and least deprived areas in Scotland is roughly 13 years for males and 10 years for females. The gap in healthy life expectancy (the number of years lived in good health) is even greater - roughly 23 years for males and 24 years for females.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

I've worked for the NHS in Scotland and England and received health care from both, I can assure you that Ren really does make a good point. Please don't downvote people for sharing their experiences, it is all we have a lot of the time!

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

True but it is working against those people in Scotland who are in need of more from their NHS. Most people of working age can afford the odd prescription and their health is generally good so the need is minimal. Yet add it up across the nation and that lack of income from prescriptions is having a serious impact. There are worse problems in the Scottish NHS than elsewhere in the UK that need addressing. Keep it free for low income, serious long term health conditions, pension age etc but when people can pay in, it is overall of benefit to the greater system. It seems good on the surface but actually is not. No doubt I will be downvoted for this but I have read a lot on the subject. There is also no proof that zero prescription charges has reduced the need for hospitalisation which was one of the moves behind it (assumptions that long term health conditions such as asthma were not getting necessary medications). Short term gain but longer term pain.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

Drugs in pharmacies are not free. There are some drugs that are fully subsidized by the Health Care Services, where you maybe pay a couple euro max (administrative fee); there are drugs that are partially subsidized, where you pay a part of the price and the rest is taken care by the Health services; and there are "off the shelf" drugs, that you pay off your pocket. That said, the drugs price is generally much cheaper, about 1/10th of the american price. This comes from a bunch of reasons, including real government oversight, more competition/less monopoly, and a generally fairer legal framework that lowers risk for the company of being wrongfully or recklessly sued.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

Medicine in the UK is not completely free, you have to pay a prescription charge of £9.35 per item, if you have a lot of medication regularly it's cheaper to buy a prepayment certificate which is £108 a year. Some medical conditions allow you to apply for an exemption certificate and you can also apply if you are on a low income.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

In UK i pay £10.81 a month for unlimited prescriptions. Or people pay £9.35 for a single one

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Joey Marlin • upvoted 2 items 4 days ago

"Street Life In London": I Colourised 11 Photos From Over 140 Years Ago

This caption was written in the 1870s and is copied directly from the author.

"Street Life In London": I Colourised 11 Photos From Over 140 Years Ago

This caption was written in the 1870s and is copied directly from the author.

Joey Marlin • upvoted an item 5 days ago

50 Of The Most Important Reactions People Posted In Response To US Supreme Court Overturning Roe Vs. Wade

Rees-Mogg being one of them, archaic waste of oxygen. Whoever lives in that man's constituency and voted for him are as big a waste of space as he is, Minister For Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency... what an effing joke.

Joey Marlin • upvoted 10 items 6 days ago

50 Of The Most Important Reactions People Posted In Response To US Supreme Court Overturning Roe Vs. Wade

UK courts are already not obliged to follow decisions by ECHR. The UK currently intends to remain a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights. A bill has many stages before it can become law and, while I am no fan of the unelected House of Lords they do sometimes prevent some dumb shi-t going through. Though like a lot of bills there is often useful parts tucked in if anyone cares to read the whole thing. No one is saying the UK is in good shape, but Alex is right to point out that there are fundamental differences in the political workings of the two countries and the UK remains a full democracy. The senate cares little about pleasing people because they are not elected by the citizens. The party running the UK does, which is why so many decisions have been reversed by the Tories with more u-turns than a lost cabbie when it is obvious they are vilely unpopular. The Rwanda plan is not sufficiently unpopular sadly.

50 Of The Most Important Reactions People Posted In Response To US Supreme Court Overturning Roe Vs. Wade

Today I ordered plan B to keep on hand in case I get raped. I’m shopping for bullet proof vests and panels in case a shooter gets into my classroom. I’m terrified to lose the “birth control” medications that are actually preserving my fertility by preventing my right ovary from being destroyed by a cyst like my left one was. My country is toxic.

50 Of The Most Important Reactions People Posted In Response To US Supreme Court Overturning Roe Vs. Wade

If you 'think' that having an abortion is a 'free-for-all' then you obviously don't actually think. Educate yourself and stop being a selfish know it all ahole.

50 Of The Most Important Reactions People Posted In Response To US Supreme Court Overturning Roe Vs. Wade

Do they have the balance of power though? I'm not a US citizen and don't find this easy to follow sometimes (my own country's politics is bad enough!) but isn't it that the senate has too many republicans, because of Trump, and THAT'S why this has come about? Yet the senate is unvoted for, yes? How could the democrats have stopped it?

50 Of The Most Important Reactions People Posted In Response To US Supreme Court Overturning Roe Vs. Wade

Yeah... bar the fact that those children would probably end up with miserable lives on top of being indoctrinated with archaic views. These aren't people who genuinely care about children. They are just interested in control and power.

50 Of The Most Important Reactions People Posted In Response To US Supreme Court Overturning Roe Vs. Wade

Tesla's logo looks like a Mirena Coil - a contraceptive device. Seems apt.

50 Of The Most Important Reactions People Posted In Response To US Supreme Court Overturning Roe Vs. Wade

Not the same political structure - which does make a difference. Look at how many U-Turns Johnson has done during his term. That's been due to decisions being extremely unpopular and his desire to keep his party in at the next election. I'm not saying that things can't go awry but the desire for a party to get in at a general election does make them more interested in pleasing the electorate and we don't have a senate making decisions for us. The Senate is very much part of the reason why the US is officially a Flawed Democracy - the UK is not.

50 Of The Most Important Reactions People Posted In Response To US Supreme Court Overturning Roe Vs. Wade

Did you honestly just censor D-I-C-K, BoredPanda? Seriously, who in the world edits this site? You censor words like we are children yet you still allow trolls who have hundred of downvotes to continue spreading hate speech on this site. I smell hypocrisy…

50 Of The Most Important Reactions People Posted In Response To US Supreme Court Overturning Roe Vs. Wade

Don't even try that s**t in the UK

50 Of The Most Important Reactions People Posted In Response To US Supreme Court Overturning Roe Vs. Wade

MAJOR correction here. 1 in five PREGNANT WOMEN will not be murdered by their partners. 1 in five DEATHS of pregnant women will have been murdered by their partners. You really need to pay attention to how you reword and interpret statistics.

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Joey Marlin • commented on 8 posts 1 week ago

50 Of The Best Pics From This Facebook Group Dedicated To Weird And Absurd Signs Spotted Around The World

As you are making a serious point I'll respond in kind. I've been fairly reliably informed (by a BT Engineer who recognised the phone) that the sign is wrong. It should read something along the lines of (the order is a guess) press 1 for coastguard, 2 for police etc.

50 Of The Best Pics From This Facebook Group Dedicated To Weird And Absurd Signs Spotted Around The World

Yep, there is Boston on the east coast of England in Lincolnshire, about 100 miles (160 km) north of London.

50 Of The Best Pics From This Facebook Group Dedicated To Weird And Absurd Signs Spotted Around The World

I rather like the idea of them swapping it and losing the people and getting the luggage to the right place.

50 Of The Best Pics From This Facebook Group Dedicated To Weird And Absurd Signs Spotted Around The World

Quarantine.

50 Rarely Seen Old Pics Of Hollywood Celebs Shared On This Instagram Account

He had his Ready Brek that morning... (this reference shows my age...)

50 Rarely Seen Old Pics Of Hollywood Celebs Shared On This Instagram Account

There was an alleged incident where Natalie Wood walked in on Robert Wagner with a man... it's a story that her sister strongly believes in. Wagner has never openly come out as gay or bi.

50 Rarely Seen Old Pics Of Hollywood Celebs Shared On This Instagram Account

Audrey could sing - just not remotely to Julie Andrew's standard. She didn't have a very strong voice. She sang Moon River in Breakfast At Tiffany's very prettily.

50 Rarely Seen Old Pics Of Hollywood Celebs Shared On This Instagram Account

Highly talented people.

Joey Marlin • commented on 12 posts 2 weeks ago

"Name One Thing In Your Industry That The General Public Would Be Shocked To Know" (35 Answers)

It's just branding and that branding, and paying a premium, is just marketing spin in far too many instances.

"Name One Thing In Your Industry That The General Public Would Be Shocked To Know" (35 Answers)

Going to agree with you here as well as Brenda up above! Meet people who say 'I'd never attempt plumbing in case I flood the place but I'll have a go at the electric' as if water and the risk of flooding your kitchen was actually more scary than an electric shock or setting your house on fire! You're not going to accidentally kill yourself by drowning but the other...

"Name One Thing In Your Industry That The General Public Would Be Shocked To Know" (35 Answers)

Honestly, that's so very, very wise. I'm the wife of an electrician who has seen some VERY scary DIY jobs, some of which caught fire. Also had terrified people calling us saying 'please come before my partner comes home and finds out I had a go and messed it up'. People often say 'I'll just copy what's there' but that won't work in 100% of cases. Sometimes what you're copying was wrong/or not appropriate for what you're adding in. I'm not an electrician myself so might be explaining it badly but simply put DON'T HAVE A GO WITH ELECTRICITY.

"Name One Thing In Your Industry That The General Public Would Be Shocked To Know" (35 Answers)

My BIL has a Mercedes... Got to be honest, I won't be buying one after his experience. Sometimes, it only takes one car to put you off!

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid

Portia - Por-shah. Minimal, undetectable differences. Unless you think Porsche is one syllable... It isn't.

40 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New

They had trademarked 'bake off'.

40 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New

"We wanted a moon for our airborne assaults … We had to attack on a relatively low tide because of beach obstacles which had to be removed while uncovered. Staff … desired a moonlit night preceding D-day so that the airborne divisions would be able to organize and reach their assigned objectives before sunrise… the tide … must be rising at the time of the initial landings so that the landing craft could unload and retract without danger of stranding…Yet the tide had to be low enough that underwater obstacles could be exposed for demolition parties."

40 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New

That's right. Cows matter a lot to them it was a significant act on their part.

40 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New

I wouldn't worry about it, I commmuted for years and didn't get bothered once by mossies.

40 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New

Very much depends on the breed as well. Small dogs tend to live longer than larger breeds, typically.

“Your Favorite Summer Photo”: 40 Pics By Bored Panda’s Community

Have a flag...

“Your Favorite Summer Photo”: 40 Pics By Bored Panda’s Community

Gorgeous dog! Every summer pic should have one!!

Joey Marlin • upvoted 5 items 6 hours ago

15 "Questions I Have For The Man Who Built My House"

If you say, but surely you end up with cable draping and it just looking untidy? It's not that difficult to change a light fitting or to get an electrician to do it.

15 "Questions I Have For The Man Who Built My House"

Why not wire it properly for a light fitting in the first place though?

15 "Questions I Have For The Man Who Built My House"

Yes, but why is there a switch controlling it, instead of current just being available all the time like normal outlets? And why is the switch so far away?

15 "Questions I Have For The Man Who Built My House"

Why though? Why not run cables for a lighting circuit and have a light fitting?

15 "Questions I Have For The Man Who Built My House"

We don’t, unless we’re under the age of 6.

Joey Marlin • upvoted 5 items 1 day ago

50 Hilariously Unfortunate Names

How is that going to help?

35 Times People Were Caught Being Completely In The Wrong

Ok, edgar was clearly wrong here, but no need to downvote him 10+ times, right?? (Replying to your comment, Disgruntled Panda, because edgar can't be replied to, hope that's ok)

35 Times People Were Caught Being Completely In The Wrong

I generally try to have good grammar as well, but being too much of a grammar police officer will gain you no friends. Please pick your battles with care.

Joey Marlin • upvoted 10 items 3 days ago

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

The English pay a fortune to the scots, northern irish and welsh as 'subsidies', so if they go independent, as some want to do, they would have a debt to GDP of 200%. Ungrateful trash they are.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

Well, we all pay as everyone is contributing via taxes. Nothing is free.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

Going to take in all the factors - size of country and density of population for example? These things matter. You can't just compare percentages.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

"It is much safer" Yep, no guns.

People Are Sharing 30 Things About Europe That Americans Would Find Weird

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