A transferee from Reddit. Also the person who does those imgur meme dumps.

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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • So he was a civil servant (nothing big, photographer and graphic design dept, some of his maps are in a preserved nuclear bunker in Fife) and one day the nurses went on strike and he (despite not being a nurse) walked out in solidarity. He was dragged in front of his boss who told him he was now banned from any official honours, meaning he couldn’t become a Knight, get an OBE, CBE, MBE, get a George Cross or become a Lord.


  • Scottish person here, no we do not.

    This is a well-known scam that perpetrates a myth that you can become a lord or lady by owning land in Scotland. There is not, and never was a law saying that. If that was the case, my parents would be a lord and lady because we own land in Scotland (my house). In reality, my dad is banned from any official honours. No seriously. Its pretty based.

    The firm running the scam claims the money goes to reforesting schemes in the highlands. It does not. If you want to contribute to reforesting in the highlands, look up the national trust for Scotland or the Scottish wildlife trust.

    The title of lord is not one that you can buy by getting land in Scotland, it is the British equivalent of senator. I want you to imagine if someone claims that if you a square metre of land in Alaska. You can call yourself a senator.




  • Pretty much because my smartphone is basically my digital Swiss army knife. Like even if I got a separate digital camera and MP3 Player, I also use it for navigation and to communicate with my parents and friends over signal, and like hell I am gonna give up signal. Add to that it’s also my portable wifi hotspot when I’m out, my train tickets, and how I pay for things when I’m sans-purse, I don’t know if I can give up my smartphone.

    Would it be good for me to get off social media and to stop doomscrolling the news? Yes, but I can do that by going out and touching grass.