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  • The police are running around in these now? If it doesn't look like future cop LAPD I'm going to be disappointed. by SirPanic (Tue 11th Jun 2019 10:15am)
  • "Something happened here and a shop keeper says he saw it." Top notch journalism there. by SirPanic (Tue 11th Jun 2019 4:46pm)
  • Not too sure about Govanhill specifically, but I was recently looking in a bubble that extends from west end-merchant city, with a bit on the north/south too. General rule seemed to be... Home report was higher than "offers over" by either £10k or 10%, whichever is the higher number. Actual sale price follows the same rule. £10k or 10% higher than home report. Some flats went for £5k over home report, so the £10k rule isn't absolute. However my mortgage advisor and solicitor both told me quite bluntly if you're not offering at least 5k over home report, you're wasting everyone's time. Whole process is a bloody nightmare. Be wary about properties that go to a closing date too. If you make an offer and they take it off the market then it's yours. If it goes to a closing date people tend to overplay their hand because they know they're in direct competition so you get people offering stupid amounts of money. One flat I looked at in Tradeston went for 50% over home report with 9 offers in. Absolutely mental. You're almost never going to win a closing date unless you're offering way more than the place is worth. Which is fine if that's what you're willing to pay and you feel you're going to get your moneys worth, but it's not ideal if you've got a budget and you're trying to get as much for your money as you can by squeezing as close as possible the line when looking at prices. by SirPanic (Thu 13th Jun 2019 11:01am)
  • You shouldn't offer more than what they want. It will get you a better chance because who turns down money? But, it's expensive enough as-is. If you can prove you have a stable income and have no reason to concern the landlord you'll have a better chance of being picked. They don't just pick a name at random, they're going to look at all available information and circumstances before they pick someone. Viewings for me went as follows: * 1. You arrange with the estate agent to go view at a time/day. * 2. You look around and decide if you like it. * 3. You let the estate agent know ASAP and they put your name in a metaphorical hat with everyone else that's interested. * 4. The landlord picks someone. * 5. You get a call back telling you that you won. * 6. You head into the estate agent office and they'll give you the tenancy agreement to sign and take a deposit. * 7. Bring ID with you, along with proof of income (payslips and bank statements) and if possible something addressed to you at your current address like a utility bill or paper statement. * 8. Agree a move in date, they'll give you the keys. * 9. You now have a flat. by SirPanic (Fri 14th Jun 2019 10:18pm)
  • EE, Cerberus, and Zen use the same Openreach network owned by BT from what I know. I'd question whether or not there's a measurable difference in quality. by SirPanic (Tue 18th Jun 2019 2:23am)
  • I'll be happy to whip mine out after pint #8. by SirPanic (Sat 22nd Jun 2019 5:29pm)
  • Poor GForce :( Back in the PS2 days they always had some good imports you'd never get here. by SirPanic (Sun 23rd Jun 2019 11:09pm)
  • For what it's worth, O2 reception is shit in central station too. by SirPanic (Sun 23rd Jun 2019 11:16pm)
  • I feel you. I had 4 at the meet up and can't remember if I made an arse of myself. 4 pints to a hangover, am I getting old? by SirPanic (Mon 24th Jun 2019 12:41pm)
  • First one I went to so not sure how frequently...might be yearly? [the thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/bqascn/reddit_global_meetup_day_sat_22nd_june_2019_7pm/) Try and book a meeting room to have a nap in. by SirPanic (Mon 24th Jun 2019 12:47pm)
  • nae rolls by SirPanic (Tue 25th Jun 2019 1:03am)
  • Friend of mine's dad was a bus driver and most of his pals were. Can confirm, all arseholes. Looking back on it with the eyes of an adult, he was one of those dads you didn't want to disobey because he'd communicate his disappointment by kicking fuck out you. No bloody wonder my pal panicked when we were kids and I'd threaten to grass him up for something. Guy had one of those faces that was just permanently red with daily mail rage. by SirPanic (Tue 25th Jun 2019 2:32pm)
  • I could be tempted. I'm in Merchant city so not too far away. I'm the dopey twat with the dodgy shirt choices from saturday if you need a face for the name. by SirPanic (Tue 25th Jun 2019 2:36pm)
  • On my way 😁 by SirPanic (Tue 25th Jun 2019 2:45pm)
  • Still hanging about crystal Palace near central, up to 5 of us now :D by SirPanic (Tue 25th Jun 2019 8:50pm)
  • Guy kept posting low quality, trivial newspaper articles like a bot. Was asked to stop. Didn't stop. Was asked to stop. Stopped. Started again. Got banned. Ban lifted. Started again. Refused to stop. Looking at the front page of his sub, it's just full of links to the papers. Which is what this sub looked like before mods put their foot down. by SirPanic (Wed 26th Jun 2019 12:59pm)
  • Some of the bigger Morrisons have them depending how far out you're willing to go. Also there might be a newsagent across the road from the cinema, beside the thai place. I remember it used to do pick n mix but haven't checked for a while. by SirPanic (Wed 26th Jun 2019 1:03pm)
  • I just love that a single serving of bucky would be considered a curio. by SirPanic (Wed 26th Jun 2019 2:01pm)
  • It's the rarely glimpsed river whale. We have a school of them in the Clyde and they come up for air around this time of year. ^^^^I ^^^^am ^^^^of ^^^^course ^^^^talking ^^^^utter ^^^^pish. by SirPanic (Wed 26th Jun 2019 6:32pm)
  • Every time I've been in it brought back fond memories of being dragged around by my gran looking at cardigans to the point where second hand happy meal toys cellotaped to some of the cupboard shop windows actually looked appealing. I have mixed feelings on seeing it go. by SirPanic (Wed 26th Jun 2019 11:55pm)
  • She was right into her anime my gran was. by SirPanic (Thu 27th Jun 2019 12:48pm)
  • My passport photo should by all accounts be getting me flagged at security. by SirPanic (Thu 27th Jun 2019 1:17pm)
  • Did he just say "and I'd like your tattoos too if you had any"? by SirPanic (Thu 27th Jun 2019 4:29pm)
  • I often ask myself the same about my goth days hanging about outside Borders. At least in Kelvingrove there's a bit of Sunshine! by SirPanic (Thu 27th Jun 2019 4:28pm)
  • Haha that's got to be a pain in the arse. Mine's about 8 years old now and due for renewal soon so I look a lot younger in it. Something about the eyes, makes me look like the kind of guy that interferes with cats. by SirPanic (Thu 27th Jun 2019 4:33pm)
  • They knew you were coming and did it to mess with you. by SirPanic (Thu 27th Jun 2019 9:44pm)
  • Does this kind of protest have any kind of effective outcome? I mean I really don't have a better alternative to offer but a hundred folk standing outside saying they don't want it to happen doesn't seem like it would make a private company have a charitable change of heart. I thought it sounded promising when the article mentioned chaining it up but from the pictures it looks like a largely symbolic act. by SirPanic (Thu 27th Jun 2019 9:48pm)
  • It's possible! I'm 31, hung out there until I was about 19 so...... 12 years ago? I'd like to say I had a distinctive look you'd remember from a mile away but the only way to describe how I looked back then is "fanny". by SirPanic (Thu 27th Jun 2019 9:56pm)
  • aww too bad! 😋 I wasn't too well known anyway. by SirPanic (Thu 27th Jun 2019 10:47pm)
  • Safety is a concern at any large gathering event. It's just a matter of using common sense. Stay in the open public areas, avoid getting too close to loud drunk groups, don't stick out like a sore thumb. Same rules as anywhere else. Beyond that you're really unlikely to get into trouble at the game. The only way I can realistically see you potentially getting into bother is if you wander into the wrong neighbourhood wearing the wrong teams colours. Some parts of the city would be considered a "rangers area" or "celtic area" so to speak. Naturally any area defined by its collective choice of team colour is going to be a shite hole, and the kind of place you wouldn't want to go against the grain when tensions are high like just after a match. by SirPanic (Sat 29th Jun 2019 3:23am)
  • Seen this guy about St Enochs for years with his wee band. Everyone I've been with that's new to the city has the same "fuck is happening there?" reaction. Brilliant. by SirPanic (Sat 29th Jun 2019 5:17pm)
  • The guy at Giffnock station was usually there when he was on shift and alwats quite friendly. Only problem was the number of eejits who show up last minute for a ticket and form a queue out the door minutes before the train arrives. As a fellow eejit, it was rather frustrating. by SirPanic (Sat 29th Jun 2019 5:22pm)
  • They're supposed to make you laugh. Aren't they? by SirPanic (Sat 29th Jun 2019 7:23pm)
  • I mean it's up to you whether your motivation to laugh is light hearted or mean spirited, though I can't imagine he's sitting there thinking he's a talented artist making a deep social commentary. by SirPanic (Sat 29th Jun 2019 10:12pm)
  • It's probably what'll happen. There's a huge drive right now to get more rentable accommodation in the heart of Glasgow, particularly near the universities. City centre properties are in huge demand (nothing new there) and the rent you can get from them is way higher than even just 10 minutes in any direction. by SirPanic (Sat 29th Jun 2019 11:38pm)
  • Planning on joining the charing cross pure gym myself soon. Maybe within the next month? The only obstacle is I need to move into my flat first and the seller is kind of pissing me about so I'm not entirely sure when it's going to happen. by SirPanic (Sat 29th Jun 2019 11:40pm)
  • Doesn't actually do anything worthy of praise. Sits there with a stereo playing obnoxious techno music way too loud and miming along with poor timing. It annoys people because he isn't actually displaying any talent, unlike some buskers that can sing or play an instrument. I really just see him as a panhandler that found a gimmick but others get quite upset that he's bringing down the damaging the reputation of busking for everyone else and causes noise pollution wherever he goes. In all fairness it seems silly to me since I never hang around at St Enochs and just walk past him once or twice a week at lunch time, but I have to admit I wouldn't be too chuffed if he was to set up shop beside my flat. by SirPanic (Mon 1st Jul 2019 10:33am)
  • Google. Not intended as a snide piss-take answer. Google maps has a fairly decent system to find cheap flights if you set air travel from A to B in the directions. It isn't going to give you holiday package deals but if you're looking for a bargain you probably shouldn't be buying the package deals from travel agents anyway since they'll be putting a premium on top. by SirPanic (Mon 1st Jul 2019 11:32am)
  • It's not the existence of students that's bad (arguable), it's the ever increasing landmass being used for rental properties driving up prices of homes in the surrounding areas. Student flats are run by private landlords and tend to be low quality housing that you're paying way over the odds in rent and factor fees to live in. Being cheap doesn't necessarily make it a deal. It means people who live an work in the city center who want to own their own home are having to go toe to toe with large firms paying way over competitive rates to build up a portfolio to rent back to you or your kids for double what your mortgage would be. The rental situation in this country is largely the reason that house prices have skyrocketed and the knock on effect is the increase in homelessness and poverty. That poverty creates crime, and the homeless stay where the infrastructure and foot traffic it. It's not an issue directly caused by student flats, but unless mum and dad have a few quid, students aren't the target market for buying the properties, investors are; and building homes specifically with that demographic in mind just makes the situation gradually worse rather than better. by SirPanic (Mon 1st Jul 2019 12:54pm)
  • 1. Get your deposit money ready to go. 2. Lower your standards as necessary. 3. Go to the first viewing you can arrange. 4. Call the estate agent and offer interest same day. That's pretty much the process to get a place in a hurry. It took me 2 weeks from start to finish to get the keys to the place I'm living just now, but I pretty much walked through the door and thought "this'll do." since it was meant to be a stop-gap to keep me close to the city center while looking for a place to buy. by SirPanic (Mon 1st Jul 2019 3:18pm)
  • The council really should be doing something about them. Frankly I think the entire concept of factors should be illegal or regulated to the point where it might as well be, but it's one of these problems that seems sensible until they start bending the rules. Generally speaking a factor's job is to maintain communal areas and manage communal issues like buildings insurance for a multi-owner building. And I'd say therefore it's fair for them to take a fee just like any other cleaning employee or mediation service. Trouble is in the city centre they know you're never going to get rid of them so they do as little as possible and demand as much as they can get. I've seen places in town with a dingy unlit close that hasn't seen a mop since the late 80s and they're asking for £100 a month from each resident for "administration". The place I'm temporarily renting right now is charging the landlord £90 a month and the place is literally falling apart. Moved in 3 months ago and the secure entry system was broke when I got here and still is. Currently, there are rules governing factors. Specifically, if 51% of the property owners vote to have them evicted, they need to go. That sounds good in theory but when more than 50% of the properties are owned by landlords that don't care or actively WANT factors, it forces everyone else to comply. Especially when they don't want the headache of dealing with the firm's last stand threatening severance fees and whatever else they can pull out their pasty backside. These are legal firms and will not leave quietly in most cases. As for how much they can charge you, they're really only limited by their imagination. Once the property owners reach breaking point and stop paying on time to the point where the debt collection isn't cost effective is when they stop raising their prices. If the building needs work done that isn't covered by insurance, don't expect to pay the standard market rate. They'll call in some under qualified family friends to do it for twice the price. While there are some success stories of people kicking them out, landlords generally don't want them gone. They just add the cost onto your rent so it doesn't affect them in the least, and it's less paperwork for them to worry about. As for properties being cheaper across the river. Generally speaking that's true but if the city centre was half the price it is now, how much cheaper would those places on the outskirts be? That's going to force people further back than they would otherwise need to be in order to find somewhere to live the closer you get to the poverty line, and that gets compounded by the increasing costs to reach the hub of employment the further away you have to move from it. Places like Govanhill break that rule a bit. Since it's cheaper than Shawlands which is further away. However the hypothetical still stands that it would be *even* cheaper if the city centre also was. That way the folk who live there on the bread line would at least have a bit more disposable income for ~heroin~ quality of life. It's also not that the housing is unaffordable. Everything's affordable to *someone*. It's whether or not the situation is manageable, and the number of homeless folk around the UK would suggest to me that it isn't personally. 30 years ago people were buying flats using student bursary money and anyone with a minimum wage job could afford to be a home owner. These days it's a hell of a lot harder to be a home owner with the largest percentage of renters in recent history. That's not to say "the good old days" were better. We're precisely in this situation now because in the good old days financial companies were frivolous and irresponsible and now we're paying for it. For actual proper debates with sensible adults, I haven't got a clue. Most of my debates happen when the guy at the opposite end of my office gets bored of being productive and sends me a message on Skype, "Here, you know what I think..." Or in the pub. After 5 pints I jump head first into conspiracy theories though. by SirPanic (Mon 1st Jul 2019 7:51pm)
  • You know what to fill the scoosher with too. by SirPanic (Tue 2nd Jul 2019 8:48am)
  • In Germany there are machines in a lot of shops you can go to dump plastic bottles. You get 25c back for every bottle, think it's the same for glass. Cleanest streets I've seen since while most people don't care and just chuck the bottle on the street or bin, the local homeless population would go around picking them up. I mean why not? It's free money. You'd see carnivals and festivals there'd be homeless looking people going about with trolleys collecting the masses of recyclables. Probably made some decent money off it too. At 25c a bottle I'd see some of them going about with easily 50 euros worth in the trolley. by SirPanic (Tue 2nd Jul 2019 1:02pm)
  • The real difference there is that American crack addicts can still afford McDonalds. by SirPanic (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:02pm)
  • Saw one of them tucking into a dead pigeon this morning on Argyle street. Didn't know they ate pigeons. My rented place hasn't got double glazing at the moment and they drive me mental. Never before in my life have I seriously considered the merits of purchasing a firearm more than at 3am with these screeching bastards going at it all night. But seriously though, they're a good laugh at lunch time. Round about the central bridge at the solid/mcdonalds you'll often see them mug people for their sandwiches from behind. by SirPanic (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:01pm)
  • To be fair, that spot on Sauchiehall street is a block of 100+ flats, so you're going to need to get cars and vans in every now and then for deliveries. I'm curious as to why they're just parked there though. Would have to have pretty brass balls if it's just folk giving zero fucks, but if it's builders or some other temporary business with a somewhat legitimate reason then fair enough. by SirPanic (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:09pm)
  • Honestly I'm not sure what they serve here could be called meat either. Had a double cheeseburger for lunch yesterday and remembered why I've been avoiding it. Was hungry again 10 minutes later despite just eating over 1000 calories. by SirPanic (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:32pm)
  • Really wish the council would do something about them. At least other pests like pigeons are quiet and rats are isolated to where there's bad practice in storing waste. But the seagulls are just everywhere screeching and shitting buckets. by SirPanic (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:35pm)
  • Who buys a single cheeseburger though? Chips, a drink, etc. by SirPanic (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:44pm)
  • Why on earth are they protected? They're not exactly going extinct are they? by SirPanic (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:48pm)
  • *"he gets very few aggressive responses"* is a strange way of saying *"sometimes people get aggressive to a total stranger on a public street."* by SirPanic (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:45pm)
  • Aren't you pleasant. by SirPanic (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:51pm)
  • You'd need to be more specific about "east end" and "south side" on the south, Shawlands is considered a good area for young professionals, but 5 minutes up the road is Govanhill which is considered a good area for bed bug infestations. On the east, Denniston is an up and coming area that's quite sought after. Literally across the street is Bridgeton which is considered a bit of a dive. by SirPanic (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 2:14pm)
  • If parking is a deal breaker to you then you might want to look elsewhere. Used to live in Giffnock when with parents, so got fairly familiar with Shawlands being just up the road. Getting a permanent parking spot there is going to be rough. You can generally slip in when you're just going to the shops but long term it'll be a bother. The main problem is it's an affluent area occupied largely by young professionals who can afford cars, combined with a high density of multi-story apartments meaning ground level space is a hot commodity. by SirPanic (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 2:58pm)
  • Internet is patchy as hell in glasgow. Place I live right now has 20mb. Literally across the footpath practically close enough to touch has Hyperoptic 1000mb. I need to make a pal in there so I can get into his wifi. Would probably get flawless signal too. But yeah, if you're going off the estimates from broadband.co.uk or Rightmove, take them with a big pinch of salt as they're inaccurate. Decide which providers you want to give priority to and check their sites directly. Not only do the third party sites have miss a few good speeds, but they also get it wrong when they do show good speeds too. I was looking at a place in merchant city that advertised Virgin Media 360mb. Checked virgin media's address system directly and they said they don't cover the specific building. by SirPanic (Thu 4th Jul 2019 12:04pm)
  • Could be, it was around there I saw it too at almost the exact same spot. Just standing in the middle of the path bold as brass pecking at a hold in the pigeon and shaking it about. by SirPanic (Thu 4th Jul 2019 1:24pm)
  • They're there to remind folk to wear a condom when visiting their siblings. by SirPanic (Fri 5th Jul 2019 10:37am)
  • 🙄 by SirPanic (Fri 5th Jul 2019 3:44pm)
  • That's some very selective bias you've got there if you think nobody bats an eye at any of the other things you've mentioned. by SirPanic (Fri 5th Jul 2019 9:42pm)
  • There's at least 4 of these folk along the main drag right now at any time of day having a shout about Jesus. by SirPanic (Fri 5th Jul 2019 9:41pm)
  • Yeah they do have the same rights as all the others but you're acting like some wee angry ned chucking his mcdonalds at him is somehow representative of everyone. How may folk do you think would wade in to a gay pride parade or open fire on an orange walk if they could get away with it? There's always going to be extremist nut bags and the only thing that makes him any different in the eyes of a wee ned with opinions walking by is that he doesn't have a crowd of 50-200 folk in his posse to deal with once you chuck your milkshake. by SirPanic (Fri 5th Jul 2019 10:08pm)
  • ok? by SirPanic (Fri 5th Jul 2019 10:33pm)
  • Laying on my couch on merchant City just now listening to these degenerates bang their wee drums. I wonder when our city will be ready to enter the 21st century. by SirPanic (Sat 6th Jul 2019 11:30am)
  • It's the yearly demonstration by inbred secratian racists which the city refuses to ban for the hate speech that it is. Today you'll notice a higher than average concentration of blue and orange worn by what could generously be described as job seekers. by SirPanic (Sat 6th Jul 2019 2:43pm)
  • Head out wearing a jobcentre hoodie and see how may of them scarper. by SirPanic (Sat 6th Jul 2019 3:00pm)
  • Where abouts is he? I haven't seen the hare krishnas in years. by SirPanic (Sat 6th Jul 2019 3:31pm)
  • whoosh by SirPanic (Sat 6th Jul 2019 5:54pm)
  • It's a strategy that worked well for McDonalds! by SirPanic (Sat 6th Jul 2019 6:04pm)
  • Did they know it was a demonstration of sectarian origins that serves no purpose than to promote division and tie up police resources when they called it "quaint"? by SirPanic (Sat 6th Jul 2019 8:28pm)
  • Nothing of value would be lost. by SirPanic (Sat 6th Jul 2019 8:36pm)
  • OK? by SirPanic (Sat 6th Jul 2019 8:56pm)
  • Old tenement buildings are notoriously bad for sound. How bad is the noise, and what times are you hearing it? If it's outside reasonable hours then you have grounds to complain to the council if it's excessive. I'm thinking about routinely having parties that go on after 10pm, for example. A few footsteps when someone walks from couch to bathroom at 7 in the evening though is something you're just going to have to live with. In my experience, just about every flat has the potential to have a noise problem. Most of it comes down to your neighbours which, as you mentioned, could change at any time. by SirPanic (Sun 7th Jul 2019 1:40am)
  • Does your carer know you're on the internet unsupervised? by SirPanic (Sun 7th Jul 2019 1:52am)
  • What does your comment have to do with the link it points to? by SirPanic (Sun 7th Jul 2019 2:15am)
  • It's really nothing to do with the concept of a reddit hivemind. Don't you think it's pretty suspicious that the only people who have anything remotely approaching a positive opinion about the orange order are those directly involved with it or forced to live with people who are? When indyref people march the opposition response is anger. When the LGBT community does a march, the opposition response is anger. When the orange order march, the opposition response is *shame*. We're not angry that you exist, we're ashamed that tourists are going to come here on their summer holidays and think we're a racist city when they see you. You are not a threat. You are an embarrassment. The saddest part of all this is that you're not going to take any of that on board. I know this because I couldn't possibly imagine the orange order continuing to exist if they had the self awareness to know what a joke they are. The rest of us have been trying to get through to them for years but they just won't be having it. Maybe it's our fault for not having enough social care programs. It's hard to explain the concept of shame to someone who forgot what dignity was a long time ago. by SirPanic (Sun 7th Jul 2019 2:23am)
  • I'm not really interested in what that poster has to say honestly. I was asking you. Does your carer know you're on the internet unsupervised? by SirPanic (Sun 7th Jul 2019 2:20am)
  • > Not at all, of course if you're not involved you will have a negative opinion. Like I said, not really how it works for any other march though is it? Its entire reason to exist is a long standing "fuck you" to catholics. How do you think shame is going to manifest itself? When a political party marches the opposition gets angry because the country might change in a way they're unhappy with. Indyref, brexit, etc. The orange order really doesn't have anything to offer either way. The only thing we have to gain by it ceasing to march in public is not being embarrassed of our city in the height of summer. That's a fairly small gain. On the other side, it continuing to march provides fuel for sectarian hatred, a drain on police resources, violence in the city centre, and a hostile atmosphere for everyone else. by SirPanic (Sun 7th Jul 2019 2:48am)
  • > I just said that I have a negative opinion about indyref, marathons and as you mention it, pro-Brexit marches. OK? What you personally disagree with isn't really my point here. > When Scotland becomes independent, do you think there will be marches celebrating it? Of course, and the basis is "fuck you unionists". When it happens, should I be telling lies about what the big bad nationalists do at marches and how the followers are all jobless, unwashed, coffin dodgers? Then how about we cross that entirely hypothetical bridge if and when we ever get there? Can you think of any actual current examples that strike a similar chord? by SirPanic (Sun 7th Jul 2019 3:02am)
  • The word hypothetical means a situation you just made up that has not happened. Can you think of a real, current, actual march/demonstration that exists entirely to provoke another group? And back to my original question that you never gave a straight answer to, does your carer know you're on the internet unsupervised? by SirPanic (Sun 7th Jul 2019 3:08am)
  • I really don't know why the city still allows this, honestly. by SirPanic (Mon 8th Jul 2019 3:01pm)
  • There isn't enough being done to keep beggars off the street. Either in terms of enforcement or social care depending on your perspective. Quite often they can park themselves just about anywhere including right outside the front door to some flats on the main roads and it'll be ages before anyone comes along to move them. Once they do, "move them" is literally all that'll be done. The police show up, tell them to shift, then they circle the block and come right back 5-10 minutes later. The drop off is noticeable in how common it is to see a street beggar once you leave the city centre. You'll find the majority of them on Sauchiehall, Argyle, and Buchanan streets. This is because that's the main drag filled with foot traffic and the best chance of making some money. by SirPanic (Mon 8th Jul 2019 5:27pm)
  • I'm out of the loop on who they are. If they're preaching fascist propaganda to homeless street beggars, just how much effect is that going to have towards furthering their cause? by SirPanic (Mon 8th Jul 2019 5:35pm)
  • I'm not suggesting we SHOULD round them up, just pointing out why there are so many. Some cities both in the UK and beyond have a more proactive approach to getting them off the streets with varying degrees of success, where someone coming from there would be shocked to see so many out in the open sitting comfortably as if they see no reason why they won't be there all day. by SirPanic (Mon 8th Jul 2019 9:57pm)
  • You grew up. The world seems much more threatening through the eyes of a teenager than an adult. Notice just as many wee shites wandering about, they just tend not to bother you unless you're their own age or stand out. by SirPanic (Mon 8th Jul 2019 10:01pm)
  • Why does 7am exist? by SirPanic (Tue 9th Jul 2019 7:59am)
  • Pr0scriptus This user has deleted their account. Well, ok then. by SirPanic (Tue 9th Jul 2019 2:21pm)
  • Cutting it a bit fine with only one week to find somewhere. by SirPanic (Tue 9th Jul 2019 3:48pm)
  • I mean yeah, if you've got somewhere to be then you really don't have half an hour to wait for these creatures to waddle down the road in their gimp parade. It took at least that long for the crowd on high street to go past. by SirPanic (Tue 9th Jul 2019 3:54pm)
  • I'd say 2 weeks is still cutting it close, but doable. You really need to drop any notion of standards though. Try to do viewings for 1-2 days as soon as possible once you land and pick one of them regardless of the quality. Due to the time frame you're also going to have competition. It's quite common for landlords to get multiple notes of interest and basically pull a name out of a metaphorical hat. by SirPanic (Tue 9th Jul 2019 3:58pm)
  • Month to month. Fixed leases are not a thing in Scotland. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-42179428 by SirPanic (Tue 9th Jul 2019 4:03pm)
  • It's not retaliation though. It's the need to get from one side of high street to the businesses or homes on the other side and a wall of people in front of you that will delay you by 30 minutes to walk around them. It's an unacceptable inconvenience. by SirPanic (Tue 9th Jul 2019 4:18pm)
  • I'd get someone else to back me up on that before you take it as fact though, it's what I was told by multiple estate agents when looking for a rental. by SirPanic (Tue 9th Jul 2019 4:17pm)
  • Please explain how the grid system helps when there's a solid perpendicular line of people directly in front of you. One way or another it is going to take half an hour to get where you want to be. No group is entitled to a level of respect that holds up people with jobs, schedules, or emergencies regardless of affiliation. by SirPanic (Tue 9th Jul 2019 4:45pm)
  • The level of respect that everyone is entitled to when doing an entirely unnecessary routine demonstration is about a minute of your time, tops. Of course you can go round, a process which will delay you by half an hour. Unacceptable. What if you're trying to meet up with someone directly on the opposite side? What if you've got irritable bowel syndrome? You supposed to just stand there and shit yourself so you don't disrupt an entirely optional event? What if your job is strict about time and you risk reprimand? What if, like the ambulance situation, you're literally in need of emergency medical care? We aren't really getting anywhere here. We fundamentally disagree that 30 minutes is an acceptable length of time to wait for a parade to pass while self-appointed security guards assault and humiliate people who try. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 8:16am)
  • For me it's anger that our council continues to allow hate speech to have a platform. They're the product of poor sex education followed by poor child education followed by poor social care. There's always going to be inbred, angry fuckwits in the world that base their self worth on how much they hate another group of people that don't even fight back. As long as these happy little accidents continue to get a soap box that helps make them feel legitimized and give them a purpose to channel their energy into hatred, then they'll continue to exist. Never underestimate the determination of a useless person to place their entire value in getting to be seen in public once a year. If that was taken away from them 90% of the cunts would disband and go play xbox instead. Probably shout at 12 year old Americans for cheating. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 8:30am)
  • The difference is that raves are full of drugs. Can't have people waste their time taking eccies when there's some good honest racism to get on with. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 8:35am)
  • Until tourist spending has reached an equilibrium. I'd never go in there myself but I'd rather these units were filled with actual shops rather than just derelicts. There's a few wee cafes and pubs around the town that just turned into a dusty eye sore. Just look at the ABC. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 10:35am)
  • Depends where you live. I live in the city center and can say it's an absolute nightmare trying to find any kind of affordable food variety. Most shops within walking distance are Tesco Metros, which mostly just have the essentials and a few fresh veg that's hoaching with wee bugs. Or the Aldi on High street. Good shop for most things but I'd avoid their food if you're looking for ethically sourced. Tesco Metro stocks "Happy Egg Co" eggs but there's dispute around their marketing being a high degree of bullshit. Same goes for chicken. I've wandered the city looking for chicken meat that at least says free range on it, couldn't find a single shop selling it. Everything's just "class A" whatever the fuck that means. At the end of the day unless you can actually see the welfare of the animals in question, there's no guarantee that they're being treated to the standard you'd like. Like you say, "free range" really means bugger all. Similar is the "dolphin friendly" tuna. Inspection only happens on the shoreline when the boats are docked, there's no guarantee that the fishermen aren't breaking the rules off shore. Likewise, any certification of loveliness is to be taken with a big pinch of salt. You may have a bit more luck if you go looking for a Waitrose, maybe M&S too, but you'll be paying way over the odds. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 10:52am)
  • I'd rather have a sausage roll from Greggs to be honest. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 12:20pm)
  • Being old I suspect she'd be a bit too stringy. Might only be good for a slow cooker. It's best to get harvest grandmas while they are young and succulent. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 12:47pm)
  • She just woke up and is now shouting at a woman by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 1:12pm)
  • You say young, but she looked about 80 didn't she? by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 1:53pm)
  • She was passed out in clear view on the main road with an empty bottle of lighter refill gas beside her. How can taking a picture shame her that much more? by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 1:55pm)
  • This looks like an art installation. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 2:13pm)
  • You are now repeating yourself while continuing to make excuses that can't really be backed up. You're sure the steward would accommodate? Would that be the steward that started pushing that woman when she tried to cross the road without first asking if she had a good reason, or the one that spat on her as she passed without clarifying with the other one? by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 2:18pm)
  • Still repeating yourself. I disagree entirely with your basic premise that it is acceptable to make a member of the public wait 30 minutes to cross a busy public road when a parade is going by. Apparently the law also disagrees with you since those two men have now been charged and are awaiting court dates. The woman on the other hand has not been charged with anything at all. Funny that. That's really all there is to it. You're not going to convince me otherwise here. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 3:16pm)
  • I suppose the best approach when there are junkies getting high and passing out in the middle of the street is to pretend they're not there? Normally I'm against photographing strangers in public entirely, but the photo has nothing that could be identified. If the title didn't say "her" I'd have no idea if it was a man or a woman. Admittedly I wouldn't have taken the photo myself, but this city has a serious problem with the number of alcoholics, drug addicts, and general nutjobs wandering the streets. As long as nobody's being personally shamed with identifying information then we need people to make a bit of noise about it to maybe embarrass those accountable for the problem into taking some action. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 5:15pm)
  • Because I disagree? by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 5:30pm)
  • If you want to talk about crass, try looking at the person huffing lighter fluid and taking a nap in the middle of Duke street. Wasn't joking in my other post here either by the way. She woke up about half 1 and started shouting at the nearest woman walking past. It's hard to be sympathetic to junkies when I see shit like this at least once a day. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 5:48pm)
  • My signal with Three is pretty good but there's a deadzone around central station for both Three and O2 in my experience. Literally cannot load a webpage at all if you're close enough to see central. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 8:48pm)
  • Odd you'd choose to live in Glasgow if commuting to Stirling. I imagine Merchant City is quite a distance and significantly more expensive than getting close to where you need to be. I'm in merchant city at the moment, and no complaints. It's a wee bit on the expensive side perhaps, but there's plenty of pubs and associated nightlife spots. Also Dominos and McDonalds are open til 3am/4am. Just sayin' by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 8:45pm)
  • Oh please, if you can tell me that 5000 people waddling at a snail's pace can cross a point in 5 minutes then fair enough, but the march went right by my flat and that process easily took a full hour. Asking for evidence at this point is just being purposefully obtuse and you know it. I'm not really sure what it is that you're trying to even convince me of at this point. That it's ok to expect someone to be diverted half an hour so a parade can go past them? You're never going to convince me that it's acceptable. It isn't an evidence based argument you're making, it's purely grounded in your own belief that it's acceptable to assault people trying to cross your path when they may have an emergency. You've got no agenda here other than to prolong an argument for the sake of it. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 10:28pm)
  • > Hacking and Patterson Literally the worst property factor in the UK. by SirPanic (Wed 10th Jul 2019 10:34pm)
  • Glasgow is in sore need of redevelopment. I do kind of worry about gentrification though, as it's likely to just make the homelessness situation around the city centre worse, if you could believe that's possible. by SirPanic (Thu 11th Jul 2019 8:25am)
  • "Really old man died" - news by SirPanic (Thu 11th Jul 2019 9:58am)
  • I doubt junkies would take some action to improve themselves. If waking up in the middle of the road on a comedown from lighter fluid isn't enough to make you rethink your life choices then I doubt a picture of it would be. But rather the fact she managed to go for a drug nap in the middle of the street for at least 2 hours with absolutely no police intervention. Is it really so normal in our city to see mentally ill people passed out in the street full of industrial chemicals that it doesn't even warrant a check up when there's a police station 50 steps away in central station? I like this city, but it has some real problems. We need social media to be filled with pictures like these regardless of whether it's mean spirited or concerned. We need people to notice and subsequently be held accountable for allowing this state of affairs to exist. by SirPanic (Thu 11th Jul 2019 7:04pm)
  • Could try meetup.com and see if there's anything there that takes your interest. Met some decent people through that when I moved to town recently and needed to expand my social circle a bit. Granted all the ones I go to tend to be one-offs like pub, comedy club, walks about meet etc. But there's some for specific activities and themes if you have a look. by SirPanic (Fri 12th Jul 2019 12:18am)
  • Not really. It's more difficult talking to some people more than others. Different tastes etc. In my personal experience I would say until you get to know people, avoid the 'sit down' events. A pub let's you get up and mingle but cafe or restaurant you're going to spend the whole night surrounded by the same people. Nothing worse than realising 5 minutes in you're going to be spending the whole night baby sitting the crazy person while the opposite end of the table looks like they're having fun. The one I regularly attend is Glasgow geek social, next meets 26th. It's run by a redditor here actually and a few faces I recognise from the reddit meet! Everyone there is pretty sound. There's an anxiety the first time going to a group with no familiar faces to be sure but if they're run well, the organisers will make sure you're not left hovering in a corner. It helps to have a clear picture on your profile too. by SirPanic (Fri 12th Jul 2019 1:19am)
  • It's tradition here to bring something in on birthdays too. Had two birthdays and a leaver on Wednesday. That was a salad-for-dinner day. by SirPanic (Fri 12th Jul 2019 8:11am)
  • Oatlands is a new build area that seems to have just kind of popped up on the housing market within the past 2-3 years. The only downside is being new you'll have a tough time getting a decent internet connection, but if that isn't a priority for you then absolutely go for it. by SirPanic (Fri 12th Jul 2019 10:39am)
  • It's serviceable to keep you connected, You wouldn't be in a total blackout. But, high speed aren't really available in the area. Double check the postcode on provider websites to see what you can get you might get lucky, but anywhere I've looked at in the area only has access to 20mb or less - and that's the "up to" speed advertised which more often than not on the BT infrastructure comes in significantly lower. by SirPanic (Fri 12th Jul 2019 10:53am)
  • I can't imagine an open air swimming pool in Glasgow being an efficient use of space. We get sunshine for maybe 2 months a year and about a third of that comes along with torrential rain. I'm not saying it wouldn't be cool as heck to have an open pool, but it would be closed at least 6 months a year when the temperature is just too low for mere mortals to be cutting about in speedos. by SirPanic (Fri 12th Jul 2019 11:24am)
  • If a stranger called me matey boy on the street I'd be split between confusion and thinking they were having a go at me. by SirPanic (Fri 12th Jul 2019 12:22pm)
  • Think Greggs mostly works because a sausage roll is 90p and like you say, they're everywhere. If I remember correctly the pasties at that shop in central were quite expensive when a "comparable product" is being sold across the road for under a pound. It's a shame really, haven't had a good cornish pasty in ages. by SirPanic (Fri 12th Jul 2019 2:23pm)
  • Diabetes by SirPanic (Fri 12th Jul 2019 2:20pm)
  • I am 90% sure the pigeon at 0:22 was not a busker. by SirPanic (Sat 13th Jul 2019 1:11am)
  • What creepy guy with the youtube channel? by SirPanic (Sat 13th Jul 2019 5:34pm)
  • fuck sake by SirPanic (Sat 13th Jul 2019 7:22pm)
  • Biggest one nearby is Aldi on high street. Apart from another small Tesco directly below it, what you've found more or less covers the grocery shopping within walking distance. by SirPanic (Sun 14th Jul 2019 4:57pm)
  • Got no sleep last night because some pricks were playing loud music until 5am. Once they finally passed out the seagulls took over the morning shift. I know nobody gives a shit, I just really want to vent. by SirPanic (Mon 15th Jul 2019 8:53am)
  • I'm out of the loop. What happened to the wee prick? by SirPanic (Mon 15th Jul 2019 11:04am)
  • If they're awake at 3am, then they're sleeping during the day. Just take a week off work and give them a wee blast of music every 15 minutes from 7am to 11pm. That should sort their sleep schedule out. by SirPanic (Mon 15th Jul 2019 11:02am)
  • Minty shower gel? Playing with fire there... by SirPanic (Tue 16th Jul 2019 9:08am)
  • Now that trnsmt is finally over I managed to get a whole night's sleep. I never really believed people when they told me how great sleeping is when you get old. by SirPanic (Tue 16th Jul 2019 9:07am)
  • Even the seagulls gave it a rest on high street. Must have been as sleep deprived as everyone else and just grateful for a bit of peace. by SirPanic (Tue 16th Jul 2019 3:31pm)
  • Might be worth broadening your scope from just Python work. If your current career path isn't fulfilling your experience needs then your best bet is going to be trying something else. I started in the industry as a C developer, and in the 5 years since I've worked professionally on C, C++, Java, Javascript, VB, Ada. I'm considered a full stack developer and as a result, any time I want to work on a project that uses technology I'm unfamiliar with there's confidence because I have a clear track record of adapting to new spaces. If you're determined to be doing Python, take up a job working for a company that you feel could benefit from it and suggest it any time a product meeting comes up, or work on side projects to show the company the benefit of the language and your expertise in it. If you're struggling to find work in only one language it's going to harm your future career prospects. The only person that knows the circumstances of your unfortunate career history is you, so a prospective employer is going to see your CV and be concerned as to why you seem to have been filtered away from a coding role if that's what you're applying for. You'll also find yourself in a situation where you'll be applying for graduate level roles and losing out to graduates who are lower risk since they at least have an obvious excuse to be at that level of experience. by SirPanic (Tue 16th Jul 2019 4:39pm)
  • Did you forget it's downvote Tuesday? by SirPanic (Tue 16th Jul 2019 7:50pm)
  • Here we see two wild trolleys, cooling off in the summer heat. by SirPanic (Tue 16th Jul 2019 11:18pm)
  • Hide in the fridge of course. by SirPanic (Wed 17th Jul 2019 1:24am)
  • 2 days until I find out if my new flat is going ahead! by SirPanic (Wed 17th Jul 2019 8:02am)
  • I'm yer da by SirPanic (Wed 17th Jul 2019 10:33am)
  • I thought they were a different subspecies of pygmy trolley, bred to hold overpriced chips. by SirPanic (Wed 17th Jul 2019 10:57am)
  • Fingers, toes, and all other flexible appendages are crossed in anticipation! by SirPanic (Wed 17th Jul 2019 11:18am)
  • Before or after you wrote the answers down? Could be a problem if you caused the ink to smear. by SirPanic (Wed 17th Jul 2019 11:24am)
  • I hope he got a discount by SirPanic (Wed 17th Jul 2019 12:56pm)
  • Sometimes the damage is so bad they're not even worth bringing home to wash. by SirPanic (Wed 17th Jul 2019 1:44pm)
  • Could they maybe switch from dog treats to something a bit more palatable to seagulls thanks. by SirPanic (Wed 17th Jul 2019 5:26pm)
  • Depends who finds them first. by SirPanic (Wed 17th Jul 2019 6:00pm)
  • That mattress has seen things by SirPanic (Wed 17th Jul 2019 6:08pm)
  • uh-oh. I put my locker key on my home keyring. That way I can't leave without it by SirPanic (Thu 18th Jul 2019 9:58am)
  • What team do you support? by SirPanic (Thu 18th Jul 2019 10:22am)
  • I give it a week until someone breaks the screen out of badness. by SirPanic (Thu 18th Jul 2019 10:48am)
  • If the police won't do anything then there isn't much you can do but repeatedly report it. Maybe you could go to the papers to try and shame them into doing something about it if it's happening frequently enough to be a consistent issue. I'm not sure if the papers would care but then again, literally saw a news article the other day about the rain. by SirPanic (Thu 18th Jul 2019 1:00pm)
  • It's weird to hear 21 year old fuckwits who forgot to grow up referred to as "men". by SirPanic (Fri 19th Jul 2019 12:05pm)
  • Never understood folk like this. It's not like he's going to convert anyone is he? Show up to a gay pride parade to tell everyone what cunts they are. How miserable does your life have to be to get any enjoyment out of that? by SirPanic (Sat 20th Jul 2019 10:29pm)
  • part 2 by SirPanic (Sun 21st Jul 2019 12:31am)
  • pls no by SirPanic (Sun 21st Jul 2019 12:30am)
  • Maybe they just liked it. Young boys shouting verbal abuse at them is exactly what they need to get turgid. by SirPanic (Sun 21st Jul 2019 3:35pm)
  • Moved to merchant city a few months ago and have been woken up every night at 3am ever since. Place I'm renting has no double glazing and there's some of the gaping-faced screeching cunts roosting on the roof at the opposite end of the courtyard. Hoping to move soon. Frequently see them attacking and eating pigeons. I don't particularly like pigeons but at least they're quiet. My hatred for seagulls is second only to wasps. by SirPanic (Sun 21st Jul 2019 5:02pm)
  • They're a protected species, even though the planet would be objectively better for everyone and everything else if they all just stopped existing. It's part of the problem. The city is full of them but since harming them is a criminal offence it will result in some investigation and if you're caught, a hefty fine. Not sure they would hand out prison time for seagull murder, but if there's an upper limit to how much you can get fined it might be worth crowdfunding it through indiegogo and invest in a mass extermination of the city. by SirPanic (Sun 21st Jul 2019 5:45pm)
  • Babbity Bowster up in merchant city is a bit on the pricey side but it's apparently famous. by SirPanic (Sun 21st Jul 2019 6:27pm)
  • It's a little more complex. Normally when you have a pest problem you buy over the counter poison or get someone in, the pests are exterminated and you go about your life hoping they're all gone. With herring gulls, the species plaguing Glasgow, they're not allowed to kill them and during the roosting season nests are not to be disturbed at all. Only in extreme cases would any intervention happen at that time, like a vulnerable person trapped indoors by a protective gull nesting right above their front door. As for the rest of the time, since the gulls can't be killed, they need to employ elaborate nonsense to get rid of them like scaring them off with a hawk. The end result is significantly more expensive and once the "exterminator" goes away, more just move in. by SirPanic (Sun 21st Jul 2019 7:48pm)
  • Best not to post about it publicly then since it's illegal. I'm not saying you shouldn't do it though, mind. by SirPanic (Mon 22nd Jul 2019 9:10am)
  • Mate if they could eat it or shit on it they'd find a way. by SirPanic (Mon 22nd Jul 2019 12:09pm)
  • Chuggers in general are a scam. They get paid £7+ an hour to stand there and be a pest. They're not volunteers. by SirPanic (Tue 23rd Jul 2019 8:37am)
  • A few years ago when I was going into the jobcentre the list of available jobs they had was absolutely hoaching with these kind of filler offering £7 an hour to stand in the street with a clipboard taking bank details for charities. That may have changed though since it was a while back. God forbid the concept of an hourly wage would survive in any industry. by SirPanic (Tue 23rd Jul 2019 12:18pm)
  • Even the wikipedia page knows what's up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springburn > A study by CACI in 2010 found Springburn to be the most-feared neighbourhood in Scotland for violent crime in a national league table, with 42% of residents living in fear of violence.[4] > In 2012, the "Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation" analysis by the Scottish Government identified Springburn's Keppochhill as the third-most deprived area in Scotland behind Ferguslie Park and neighbouring Possilpark.[5][6] According to a 2013 report, 51% of children in Springburn were living in poverty, the highest rate of child poverty in Scotland.[7][8] by SirPanic (Tue 23rd Jul 2019 12:20pm)
  • > His co-accused Darren Thompson, 34, from Drumchapel, pleaded not guilty to spitting and pushing Miss McCall on West George Street on 6 July. Would that be the guy who, within point blank range of the camera, pushed and then spat on her? by SirPanic (Tue 23rd Jul 2019 6:14pm)
  • bazuka that verruca! by SirPanic (Thu 25th Jul 2019 12:53pm)
  • You could try shouting out the window for him to shut it? The loss of dignity might spur him to fuck off. by SirPanic (Thu 25th Jul 2019 3:39pm)
  • As a general piece of advice, ask an estate agent if they make home reports publicly viewable. For example as a link on rightmove or through their own site. You'd be amazed at how many people actually think "offers over £100k" means offer £100,001 The offers over price however is always 10% below the home report, and nobody expects to get below home report value. Nobody with an IQ above room temperature is going to offer on a property before looking at a home report, and no amount of "charm" is going to offset a leaky roof, faulty electrics, or Hacking & Paterson as a factor. Even if you do get one golden idiot, his solicitor is going to want to see the home report and if the solicitor is worth his fee, he WILL try to talk you out of buying a property. Most agents try to get people to book viewings before they look at reports. They do this because they want you to see foot traffic to justify them doing their job. What really happens is your house gets trampled through by 90% more people than necessary since they wouldn't bother putting in a bid if they knew the full story. More specifically: Avoid Allen & Harris. Fucking useless, seriously. Also stay miles away from any of the "online only" ones with the sole exception of purple bricks. The reason is simple: Purple bricks puts home reports up publicly on the rightmove links for easy access. The other online only brands just ignore you if you ask for a home report before booking a viewing. by SirPanic (Thu 25th Jul 2019 6:22pm)
  • I live round the corner from trongate. Apart from the McDonald's at the end, it's busy enough but contains primarily residential places. It's already hoaching with pubs and a few hot food places, so anywhere new trying to open would struggle to get a license. It's too far along for shopping too, since the first place to open wouldn't get much foot traffic, shut down, and ward off any other potential shops. by SirPanic (Thu 25th Jul 2019 6:56pm)
  • We can't reveal the location of bloodstock, lest the mortals learn our secrets. by SirPanic (Thu 25th Jul 2019 8:48pm)
  • The property value may not be accurate but the report does have some legal value if it's outright bullshit and doesn't reflect the property in a way any reasonable person would be able to identify. by SirPanic (Thu 25th Jul 2019 8:47pm)
  • I used to be really sympathetic to the homelessness situation in the city, but the more I learn about it the more I begin to realise that these people are just never going to be anything other than a danger and a burden, and they got into that situation by their own doing. Given chance after chance they'll always fuck up, because they are just built that way. Boohoo they had a rough childhood. Plenty of people were born with a bad roll of the dice that grew up to be functional members of society. by SirPanic (Fri 26th Jul 2019 1:34am)
  • I used to be really sympathetic to the homelessness situation in the city, but the more I learn about it the more I begin to realise that these people are just never going to be anything other than a danger and a burden, and they got into that situation by their own doing. Given chance after chance they'll always fuck up, because they are just built that way. Boohoo they had a rough childhood. Plenty of people were born with a bad roll of the dice that grew up to be functional members of society. I honestly feel sorry for the poor cunts sleeping in tents on argyle street, but the junkies? Should be given 3 strikes then added to the organ donor register after strike 3. At least then they'd have something to contribute to society. Reckon they'd give up their dealer pretty quickly if it was the price they had to pay to keep both kidneys. by SirPanic (Fri 26th Jul 2019 1:36am)
  • Sounds like just another summer for Scotrail then. by SirPanic (Fri 26th Jul 2019 1:40am)
  • You going straight to Godwin's law? by SirPanic (Fri 26th Jul 2019 8:05am)
  • At one point during the night I seriously considered running a cold bath to sleep in. Need to get a pool floatie and cut a hole in it to keep my head above water by SirPanic (Fri 26th Jul 2019 8:48am)
  • 1. You are meant to offer the advertised PCM. if they ask you to "make an offer" then they are shady. if you offer too much they accept, if you offer reasonable they haggle you up, if you offer too low they just say no. 2. "Self employed" tells a landlord that your income is potentially unstable. You may wish to clarify with them why they can be comfortable knowing you'll always be able to pay the rent on time. Being single or a couple shouldn't really make a difference if you are paying your rent on time. 3. If you've got competition then yeah, kind of. You need to think about how you brag though. It's one thing to cement the idea that you're a quiet tenant who pays bills on time and causes no trouble, versus flexing. 4. Govanhill, really, is pretty bad. I wouldn't look for property there if I could afford not to. That said if you have no other options, you probably won't be killed. Probably. 5. Agencies aren't all that bad. There is an overhead to the cost since they aren't going to work for free, but renting privately has its own risks involved. For example your landlord may not register your deposit with a third party escrow service that an estate agent would, then fuck you when you ask for it back at the end of your tenancy. They might also be absolutely useless. An agency like countrywide knows the time limits to get work done once reported in writing, and may press the landlord for decisions and action more aggressively than a tenant who wants to stay on his good side. They also have a fixed business address you can walk into and physically talk to a human. But, yes, there will be an overhead to your rental costs. 6. You can avoid it, however that's also going to have the trade off that if you're in competition, they'll give it to the person who *does* sign. That's really putting you between a rock and a hard place. Once again, an issue you will not have with an agency because it's in their best interest to do everything by the books. 7. Depends how much you actually need for other things and how much you actually earn. If you want a bargain then don't rent at all. A mortgage of £500 a month is easily £800 a month in rent for equivalent value property. After all when you rent, you're paying someone else's mortgage plus profit. That being said though, you need to work within a budget that is comfortable for you. 8. the single person discount knocks 25% off the base rate for council tax. [yearly rates here](https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/counciltax). Bands are not intuitive and based on data scaling back 100 years. you can get a prestigious property in merchant city in band D, or a fucking dive in Tradeston in band F. 9. Asking for bank statements is very common and totally normal. They aren't interested in how much you spend on your dildo collection, they want to know that you have a stable monthly income or deep savings to ensure you'll give the no problems, and aren't lying about it. having a lot of money but no bank activity is also a fairly sure sign of someone getting paid through illegal activity, like a drug dealer. 10. Could talk all day about this and it's msotly about preference and personal tolerances. Aside from checking everything is in working order, I'd say the basic "gotchas" would be making sure you can get a decent internet connection, water pressure in the shower isn't a light trickle like an old man with prostate trouble, there are transport links and shops within walking distance, and going outside after dark isn't going to turn you into a statistic. 11. Depends where you are. A wet-electric boiler is a fairly modern concept and quite cheap. Still nowhere near as cheap as gas but some areas, particularly near the city center, just don't have gas. As far as those wanky heating panels on the walls that aren't fed by a hot water source, avoid them entirely unless you enjoy paying £3 a day in the winter for heat. by SirPanic (Fri 26th Jul 2019 10:19am)
  • Don't backtrack with /s now, your comment was serious. I save compassion for people who deserve it. Homeless people living on the street have a shit lot in life and we need more social programs to get them off the street. Junkies though, are a totally different breed. They're violent thieves who would steal from their own family rather than go without their drug of choice, usually heroin. It's really easy to feel compassion for them when you aren't dealing with them every single day. When your mum wants you to walk her to her car after visiting you on a tuesday night because she doesn't feel safe, and you know she actually has a point, will you still feel sorry for those poor souls that break into cars, leave dirty needles lying around for children to find, and mug frail old women? by SirPanic (Fri 26th Jul 2019 11:14am)
  • There's nothing I can say right now that you would really agree with though. The problem is that there is no solution. I think we need better social care programs to help people out but we can't ignore the unfortunate reality that some people are hardwired to reject help. They are just built that way and nothing is going to change them. * You can give them a support group and they'll abuse or ignore it. * You can give them friends and companions and they'll steal from them. * You can give them medication and they'll go collect it just to sell it for cheap heroin. * You can give them guides and therapists who they'll ignore and resist. * You can give them high quality heroin and they'll sell it for low quality heroin because it lasts longer. * You can lock them in a room for 6 months and the first thing they'll do when you let them out is go look for some heroin. Any asset, service, tool, or support you give them will be exploited to the best of their ability to get them more heroin regardless of the damage caused along the way to anyone or anything else. Now I honestly wouldn't mind their existence if they'd quietly fuck off and do their heroin in a private, safe place and dispose of their paraphernalia responsibly. But they don't do that. Instead they attack people, damage and steal property, and leave dirty needles in public places that risk injuring animals and children. Try explaining to a 5 year old why he now has hepatitis. , is that if you woke up tomorrow morning naked, in a country where you don't speak the language, in a completely new body with no form of ID, within 12 months you would have a roof over your head and a steady income. Maybe not living the dream, but you would have stability. They wouldn't. The difference between them and normal folk. Their failure is predestined. by SirPanic (Fri 26th Jul 2019 11:39am)
  • Not at all! That'd be a waste of good kidneys. by SirPanic (Sat 27th Jul 2019 9:15am)
  • Remarkably, no entry on urban dictionary. by SirPanic (Sun 28th Jul 2019 11:10am)
  • Hyperoptic > Virgin > Everything else by SirPanic (Sun 28th Jul 2019 2:07pm)
  • So is this actually designed to make a change or is it an excuse for folk to get together? by SirPanic (Sun 28th Jul 2019 11:23pm)
  • Checked account history, entire account seems to just be this spam. by SirPanic (Mon 29th Jul 2019 10:36am)
  • At least you can make up for it at tea time soon by SirPanic (Tue 30th Jul 2019 5:10pm)
  • Sorry I don't understand this technical terminology. by SirPanic (Wed 31st Jul 2019 9:00am)
  • No, you shit out the window like a real man. by SirPanic (Wed 31st Jul 2019 9:36am)
  • Moist. by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 9:34am)
  • Be careful, it might have been the devil in disguise! by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 9:33am)
  • Morning lads and ladettes, how's thursday? by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 9:32am)
  • Try the garage, full of space cadets. by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 9:37am)
  • Look for activities that don't say you *can't* bring a half bottle with you. (͡ ͡° ͜ つ ͡͡°) But in all seriousness, might be worth checking out meetup.com by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 9:41am)
  • We do seem to have a few lurking wee hemorrhoids. Quite a few innocuous posts get downvoted by the joyless cunts. by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 10:11am)
  • Nah he's right, it is friday tomorrow! :D by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 10:30am)
  • Hey it's 2019, you can be anything you like! by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 10:35am)
  • You'll notice these are all happening in pubs. by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 10:44am)
  • The European City of Gaza. by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 10:43am)
  • Glasgow can't do it because our council is entirely corrupt and cuts as many corners as humanly possible to ensure they have enough to pay their cousins and mates ten times the going rate to do basic maintenance labour. by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 10:42am)
  • As a city it definitely has its up-sides. But the city center in particular is an embarrassment. Homeless people with tents sleeping rough on the main drag, drug addicts passing out on a busy walkway, pigeons pecking at chunky vomit in the gutters. by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 11:08am)
  • That's one strong 3 year old. Need to get him off the protein! by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 11:20am)
  • Craigslist got rid of that section of their site unfortunately. by SirPanic (Thu 1st Aug 2019 11:39am)
  • Even better by SirPanic (Fri 2nd Aug 2019 12:37pm)
  • It has books about pubs. Close enough. by SirPanic (Fri 2nd Aug 2019 3:56pm)
  • Fuck you, pints. My everything hurts. 😑 by SirPanic (Sat 3rd Aug 2019 9:51am)
  • Honestly, I'd eat it. Prawns & cheese though. Get tae. by SirPanic (Sat 3rd Aug 2019 1:50pm)
  • How bad was it? Heard a few people talking about queueueueuing 40 minutes for a drink by SirPanic (Sun 4th Aug 2019 10:19am)
  • Never heard the term "pan-loaf" before. I always referred to it as your courtroom voice. by SirPanic (Sun 4th Aug 2019 11:18pm)
  • I want to touch them a whole bunch. by SirPanic (Mon 5th Aug 2019 9:58am)
  • How on earth is he still in business? by SirPanic (Mon 5th Aug 2019 10:13am)
  • Pretty tame entry for urban dictionary. by SirPanic (Mon 5th Aug 2019 10:13pm)
  • One crawled at me from under a letter in my mailbox. Went down to the close to collect it half asleep and it's just sitting there being all wiggly and menacing. by SirPanic (Tue 6th Aug 2019 10:17pm)
  • Hawaiian shirt and jorts. Establish dominance. by SirPanic (Wed 7th Aug 2019 9:26am)
  • Out of curiosity why is city centre shite for accommodation? by SirPanic (Wed 7th Aug 2019 10:20pm)
  • I used to be an 8am-er, then I got a new bed and it was comfy. by SirPanic (Thu 8th Aug 2019 9:43am)
  • He's a charismatic likeable chap, his comedy is funny without being particularly hurtful. His international fame shows Scotland as a colourful fun place. He's a walking tourist magnet. He's Scotland's queen. I mean he's not the only thing Glasgow's ever produced, but he's one of the few who's identity is so closely tied with his origins. by SirPanic (Fri 9th Aug 2019 12:31am)
  • True, but they don't really pull a crowd quite the same as a funny man in a purple beard who turns swearing into an art form. I reckon more people would be up for a billy night than a burns night purely on the grounds that they're more familiar with his work. by SirPanic (Fri 9th Aug 2019 9:25am)
  • Depends which end of that journey I get to be. by SirPanic (Sat 10th Aug 2019 3:39pm)
  • Not the most original username to be fair. I reckon there's at least a handful of Glasgow guys with that name on one platform or another. by SirPanic (Sun 11th Aug 2019 10:57pm)
  • I got a big fuck off razor burn on my chin this morning. Now I'm going to look like leper all day. Fun times! 👍 by SirPanic (Mon 12th Aug 2019 11:58am)
  • I had a beard, but decided this morning on a whim to debeard myself. I somewhat regret it now. Ah well it'll be back in a few days to cover the mess and return me to my hobo-chique style. by SirPanic (Mon 12th Aug 2019 3:19pm)
  • Maybe she was worth it. by SirPanic (Mon 12th Aug 2019 4:06pm)
  • I've heard rumours that 6:30 am exists. Please report back on your findings! by SirPanic (Mon 12th Aug 2019 5:24pm)
  • Sucks to get the bad news but if you feel you dodged a bullet it's worth it. Better to wait a couple of extra wee while to get a decent job you're happy at. by SirPanic (Tue 13th Aug 2019 9:13am)
  • Dog doesn't have pants to pish! by SirPanic (Tue 13th Aug 2019 9:46am)
  • Found a wasp in my close this morning. Thought we'd got away with it this year. by SirPanic (Tue 13th Aug 2019 9:44am)
  • Happy hump day folks! by SirPanic (Wed 14th Aug 2019 10:16am)
  • Sorry man, hacking & paterson are literally the worst. Every estate agent I've known has had nothing but contempt for them. My mortgage advisor flat out told me any flat that comes through with their name on it is considered blighted ground and hard to shift since they over reach as much as they possibly can, resulting in disproportionately high factor fees for an area and run-down common areas. To get rid of them you theoretically need 51% of the home owners (including landlords, not renters) to sign and agree to boot them out. In practice though, H&P are known to fight as dirty as they possibly can, hitting you with massive "disconnect fees" and anything else they can to basically threaten and blackmail you into backing down. Even if you stick to your guns it'll take literal months to get rid of them while they fight back hard. by SirPanic (Wed 14th Aug 2019 2:11pm)
  • Give them a fake moustache, just to be safe. by SirPanic (Wed 14th Aug 2019 4:48pm)
  • Depends where you look. In merchant city/west end you're really looking at 5k over HR as a baseline. 10k would be normal. by SirPanic (Fri 16th Aug 2019 11:20am)
  • Eh, there's always going to be people that define themselves by what little they can scrape out from under their toenail and call a personality. Just let them have their thing. by SirPanic (Fri 16th Aug 2019 2:01pm)
  • Celtic fans wanting to tell rangers fans how they feel through the medium of interpretive dance. by SirPanic (Fri 16th Aug 2019 8:47pm)
  • We need a petition to turn Monday into a weekend day. by SirPanic (Mon 19th Aug 2019 10:51am)
  • How will this affect change in China's carbon footprint? by SirPanic (Mon 19th Aug 2019 1:41pm)
  • Found the peasant. by SirPanic (Wed 21st Aug 2019 10:22am)
  • Totally read that as bridge shut down at Westeros and had many questions. by SirPanic (Wed 21st Aug 2019 10:25am)
  • Think you might be a bit late for that. by SirPanic (Wed 21st Aug 2019 12:38pm)
  • Maybe START pumping glue into her flat. Seal her in. by SirPanic (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 4:19pm)
  • They can keep it by SirPanic (Fri 23rd Aug 2019 10:36am)
  • Always get my parts from creative computing. They're pretty friendly and every time I've been in they've been helpful, even suggesting cheaper components than the one I'm buying to save me a few quid. They're right beside one of the shawlands stations. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Creative+Computing/@55.8309999,-4.2930824,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x925f7992267ed7f2!8m2!3d55.8280004!4d-4.2930954 by SirPanic (Sat 24th Aug 2019 4:17am)
  • Went to braehead last weekend and got gubbed on the return journey for 4.70 back to town. Since there's at least 2 of us, just going to get an uber if we go back at that rate. by SirPanic (Sat 24th Aug 2019 9:18pm)
  • Bloody hell just got shouted at by a massive rat when I went down to take out the bins. I reckon he'd be able to take on some breeds of dog. by SirPanic (Mon 26th Aug 2019 11:20pm)
  • Struggling to come up with places for work's payday lunch. Why do humans have such varied dietary requirements? by SirPanic (Tue 27th Aug 2019 9:32am)
  • Not sure I've heard of it? is it that one called Marble that's been talked about? I punched in the word "Restaurant" in google maps and stuck some good looking options on a voting sheet. Looks like Non Viet is going to win. by SirPanic (Tue 27th Aug 2019 12:56pm)
  • You'd be amazed at all the ways flies or bugs in general can get in. Ventilation fans, water drain pipes, holes hidden behind loose skirting boards, ex-girlfriends, etc. Generally though if you went from 0 to 6 all at once, there's a possibility they hatched indoors. by SirPanic (Tue 27th Aug 2019 1:52pm)
  • Last train to most places is between 11pm-midnight and don't come back on until around 6am in most cases. There may be some exceptions but keep in mind you might not be getting a train at all after midnight. by SirPanic (Tue 27th Aug 2019 4:18pm)
  • Teenagers mostly. The loud, indoor kind that make an extra special effort to let people know they're there and how cool they are for being there. It's not universal. Plenty of people who follow e-sports and are perfectly normal folk, but there's just something extra grating about the super fans that you don't get from "normal" fandoms. by SirPanic (Tue 27th Aug 2019 4:23pm)
  • Moved to town this year and can honestly say in all my life I have never so frequently gone through entire streets that smell like rotten jobbies. About 5pm most of Argyle Street from tesco to tesco smelled like a black pudding that's been left out for a week, after spending a week inside a jakey. by SirPanic (Wed 28th Aug 2019 12:26am)
  • I'd give it a go if I could be arsed getting out there. Even just for the munch of it. by SirPanic (Wed 28th Aug 2019 12:46am)
  • Ah, the ancient recipe for deep fried chinese chicken nuggets. Truly a gem of the orient. by SirPanic (Wed 28th Aug 2019 9:17am)
  • Are you coming alone or with company? Glasgow has quite an active night life, with bars and clubs open quite late. If quiet is more your thing, you can't get much quieter than the Necropolis. It's got a lot of history to it you can explore as you look through a virtual tour of some kind, while fumbling about in a dark graveyard. ....admittedly I have an odd sense of fun. Maybe something on here will tickle your pickle? https://www.designmynight.com/glasgow/whats-on/wednesday-nights-in-glasgow by SirPanic (Wed 28th Aug 2019 11:38am)
  • [Looks like we solved the mystery!](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/cw8moe/anybody_else_smelling_something_between_two_week/) by SirPanic (Wed 28th Aug 2019 12:37pm)
  • It's an anomaly that interests me quite a bit. Before, these people existed we just never heard about them because they were ostracized by anyone unfortunate enough to cross paths with them. But, now they've got the internet they've got a *platform* to be miserable twats on and nobody to really stop them doing it or correct their behaviour with the basic cause/effect of not being invited out again. Makes you wonder how many people have developmental issues that would have been curbed by some basic life training. by SirPanic (Wed 28th Aug 2019 12:35pm)
  • We prefer to call them 'surprise mechanics'. by SirPanic (Wed 28th Aug 2019 2:02pm)
  • Of course he would! Any other response would mean losing the argument and we can't have that can we? by SirPanic (Wed 28th Aug 2019 4:04pm)
  • A tory? Doing manual labour? lol. by SirPanic (Wed 28th Aug 2019 4:32pm)
  • I'm not angry enough to be a tory. I'm not into kids either. by SirPanic (Wed 28th Aug 2019 4:44pm)
  • I just can't help but read your patter in a pretendy victorian accent. by SirPanic (Thu 29th Aug 2019 9:19am)
  • We got a resistance leader yet? by SirPanic (Thu 29th Aug 2019 9:15am)
  • He's right though. Advocating violence AND telling him he's worth nothing because he doesn't think a protest is the right answer to the problem? You're quite clearly a handicapped wee boy and lack a basic sense of perspective. by SirPanic (Thu 29th Aug 2019 9:26am)
  • A bit moist. Why do you ask? by SirPanic (Thu 29th Aug 2019 9:48am)
  • Bojo's turned off democracy for a couple months so everyone shuts up and does what he says. by SirPanic (Thu 29th Aug 2019 10:34am)
  • As long as they get to the root of the issue. by SirPanic (Thu 29th Aug 2019 10:44am)
  • Personally I'm still a little unclear on just how much trolling is intentionally done for the "sport" of it and how much is down to poor emotional discipline. Although even then the line can be very blurred. I just remember the use of language having changed. Like, 15 years ago all the communities I was involved in would define a "troll" as someone who would quite masterfully disrupt a community. It was toxic, but you couldn't deny there was skill involved. The mouth breather than just screams angry offensive rhetoric was a "flamer". Now the term flamer appears to have disappeared entirely and anyone remotely negative gets called a troll. I bring this up in the context that one was noteworthy calculated mischief and the other was the result of an emotional breakdown. Now they're both regarded as the same thing. by SirPanic (Thu 29th Aug 2019 11:19am)
  • I've never been able to suss out any consistency with this subs up/down voting habits. by SirPanic (Thu 29th Aug 2019 2:16pm)
  • Great Western Road is a very big road, that said one of the best indians imo is the Shenaz near Mitchell Library by SirPanic (Thu 29th Aug 2019 4:44pm)
  • The entire length of it's about 35+ minutes by car, I'd say in relation to take away distance that's one hell of a journey. by SirPanic (Thu 29th Aug 2019 5:32pm)
  • I imagine it's going to be harder to find someone in Glasgow based purely on the statistical chances of population density alone. by SirPanic (Thu 29th Aug 2019 7:41pm)
  • Check the infrastructure on new builds before getting too excited. Some of them are stuck with the shitiest tier of third rate broadband provider squeezing 90s dial up speeds through the tube. by SirPanic (Fri 30th Aug 2019 9:22am)
  • The seagull meth rave was curiously quiet tonight. They finally fucking off? by SirPanic (Fri 30th Aug 2019 9:20am)
  • God bless the humble spider, eater of creepy crawlies. by SirPanic (Fri 30th Aug 2019 11:09am)
  • I used to think I was radically left wing to the point where I'd be on a watch list if I opened my mouth too much. Then I discovered the comment sections of the internet and it turns out I am in fact literally Hitler. by SirPanic (Fri 30th Aug 2019 12:25pm)
  • Spiders are great. Know how many spiders are in my flat? 3. Know how many of anything else is in my flat? 0! These little killing machines come out at night and protect my ear canal from all the egg laying beasties. I realised that spiders were the good guys when I once saw one eating a wasp. Anything that eats wasps is a productive member of society in my books. by SirPanic (Fri 30th Aug 2019 12:53pm)
  • How new we talking? Every new build I've looked at that's less than 5 years old is stuck on BT's infrastructure getting up to 20mb. Oatlands, New Gorbals, almost anything in merchant city. (should elaborate, I just finished flat hunting myself) by SirPanic (Sat 31st Aug 2019 3:32am)
  • > over-dramatically fake laughed at my telling them to keep their dogs on a leash Did you try hobbling them? by SirPanic (Sat 31st Aug 2019 7:34pm)
  • Nah you're good pal. People really only roll their eyes when approached by a stranger in the pub if it's an old guy with no front teeth who smells like piss and whiskey. by SirPanic (Sat 31st Aug 2019 9:53pm)
  • Second meetup.com You'll most likely be meeting groups of at least 4+ people if you find something you want to do, also since it isn't a dating site you do have grounds to complain or avoid people if they get creepy. Glasgow Geek Social is run by a redditor here and frequented by a few. by SirPanic (Sat 31st Aug 2019 9:50pm)
  • I wonder what the motivation was. by SirPanic (Sun 1st Sep 2019 2:15am)
  • Punks the only beer I actually like the taste of though. What's wrong with brewdog? by SirPanic (Sun 1st Sep 2019 12:29pm)
  • Doing a search of "brewdog" on this sub doesn't bring back much. There's one guy complaining they don't have enough disabled access, and another anecdotal claim that corporate rips off ideas given to them by creatives in interviews. by SirPanic (Sun 1st Sep 2019 12:55pm)
  • I didn't see a motivation listed in the article, is there one known? by SirPanic (Sun 1st Sep 2019 3:18pm)
  • I'm not claiming there's a condition where it would be justified if that's your train of thought, I just feel like it's worth knowing why someone within 2 miles of the city centre is slashing throats. More concerned as to whether it's a personal feud and a "one off" or there's imminent risk of a repeat offence. The article didn't say that the attacker's been caught. by SirPanic (Sun 1st Sep 2019 3:29pm)
  • For a while when we lost the little box with buttons on it, we had one called Brian. by SirPanic (Mon 2nd Sep 2019 9:16am)
  • I'm kind of the same. I'd really rather not touch them, and no way I'm going to fall asleep if there's one sitting precariously on the ceiling right above my bed. But my irrational fear of beetles is roughly quadruple that of spiders. And millipedes have *loads* more legs! by SirPanic (Mon 2nd Sep 2019 9:49am)
  • So what's in this for you? How does the app make money? by SirPanic (Mon 2nd Sep 2019 10:41pm)
  • I've always been tempted to go through town with a black marker and write "molests toddlers" underneath all these wanky tags. by SirPanic (Wed 4th Sep 2019 9:23am)
  • Is it just me or is the steamie getting curiously quiet as of late? by SirPanic (Wed 4th Sep 2019 12:34pm)
  • I'm not sure how I'd feel about eating shatin food. by SirPanic (Wed 4th Sep 2019 2:05pm)
  • Would you mind giving some details as to why it's a scam? I have no intention of applying for them but it might be useful to get word out there on how exactly their strategy works so people won't be caught off guard. For example, I can see how it would cost you time but how in particular do they manage to cost you money? I can see how someone desperate might disregard your warning and "take a chance" only to end up even worse off if they aren't sure what to look for. by SirPanic (Wed 4th Sep 2019 3:10pm)
  • CEX isn't that bad when you consider that emulation is widespread and trivial to set up for retro games, so owning an out of production authentic cartridge is something of a luxury, and a bit niche. The only way you're really going to get "a pound a game" is if someone's clearing out a loft and hands them in to a charity shop or offloads them at a car boot sale. by SirPanic (Fri 6th Sep 2019 9:17am)
  • I learned to embrace my social awkwardness so now, whenever I have time, I'll engage with them just to waste their time and make them feel profoundly uncomfortable. These are the kind of fudds who made a conscious decision to have a net negative effect on society, so there's no need to worry about what they think of you. It's not like they're people. Any time I make a sexually inappropriate joke or pun that falls flat, it warms my little heart to see them force out that practiced laugh and die a little inside as maintaining eye contact takes conscious effort. by SirPanic (Fri 6th Sep 2019 9:41am)
  • A wee bit of bread soaked in antifreeze should clear the problem right up. by SirPanic (Fri 6th Sep 2019 11:42am)
  • But then they'll be flat, proving them right all along. by SirPanic (Sun 8th Sep 2019 6:25pm)
  • So what's this ones talent? He another one blaring out pre-recorded music at obnoxious volumes? by SirPanic (Sun 8th Sep 2019 11:19pm)
  • A surprising number of women (or men too, probably) are just on there for the attention. They want to be told how pretty they are and have a pretendy-flirt then fuck off when the fake-internet-person has stroked their ego. I make a point of asking for a meeting twice within 24 hours then drop them if they reject both with no alternative offered. If they're not willing to have a chat in a pub/cafe/street after a conversation has been going well then off they can fuck. I know I sound bitter, but god Tinder really is something else. by SirPanic (Mon 9th Sep 2019 10:36am)
  • To be honest, if you're getting a lot of matches I could see why you'd forget the less interesting ones. Even I, who gets fuck all matches, have some sitting there in my match queue that I just never got round to messaging and feel I'd left it too long to bother. by SirPanic (Mon 9th Sep 2019 10:45am)
  • The bins in my flat are stacked up to the point now where people are just opening the door and chucking bags in without even setting foot into the bin room. Fucking atrocious, what are we even paying council tax for? City center, too. by SirPanic (Mon 9th Sep 2019 12:54pm)
  • > add to someone's Instagram follower count. honestly, got to the point where if a snapchat or instagram is even listed I auto swipe left. by SirPanic (Mon 9th Sep 2019 1:40pm)
  • Bus fare to Canada, also 3 days rations and possibly a sleeping bag. by SirPanic (Tue 10th Sep 2019 10:10am)
  • is it home time yet? by SirPanic (Tue 10th Sep 2019 2:01pm)
  • Amazing, now can they start emptying the bins? by SirPanic (Fri 13th Sep 2019 11:04am)
  • > One of the "acts" did a 30 minute long poem which was supposed to be horror based but was actually just incredibly graphic details of rape and child abuse. This seems to happen quite a lot in amateur writing for some reason. You know, 'creepypasta' stories and things at that level. Some of them are really creative and thought provoking, but way too many of the bad ones for it to be poor coincidence, are just detailed accounts of fictional kiddy fiddling and it's fucking creepy for all the wrong reasons. by SirPanic (Fri 13th Sep 2019 11:09am)
  • at least these fancy new gritters might stop me slipping on the vomit around trongate. There's no grip left once the pigeons pick out the chunks. by SirPanic (Fri 13th Sep 2019 11:41am)
  • Maybe they should act on it then. by SirPanic (Fri 13th Sep 2019 12:17pm)
  • It's 2019, they can do whatever they want! by SirPanic (Sat 14th Sep 2019 1:43am)
  • What's the difference between zero waste and normal laundry detergent? Serious question by SirPanic (Tue 17th Sep 2019 11:19pm)
  • Off you fuck. by SirPanic (Wed 18th Sep 2019 10:54am)
  • Good, let them be violent. Then round them up and deposit directly into the clyde. by SirPanic (Fri 20th Sep 2019 12:37am)
  • No doubt another shite scheme that won't work anyway. As others have said, hanging about outside shops is more profitable than actively engaging with any 'help' offered. by SirPanic (Fri 20th Sep 2019 12:44am)
  • All it's going to take is one cunt to plow through them and we'll finally have some peace in this city. I'm not even going to pretend that violence against them would be a tragedy. by SirPanic (Sat 21st Sep 2019 7:14pm)
  • Naw. by SirPanic (Sun 22nd Sep 2019 1:23pm)
  • That's because someone just edited the music on to the video. They never heard it live, unfortunately. At least I think that's what's going on here. by SirPanic (Sun 22nd Sep 2019 2:47pm)
  • Nanakusa for Japanese food, Best curry in Scotland imo at Shenaz by SirPanic (Wed 25th Sep 2019 11:41am)
  • Any news on what the sentence is or did I just miss it? by SirPanic (Wed 25th Sep 2019 5:57pm)
  • How is it "edgelord"? by SirPanic (Wed 25th Sep 2019 9:37pm)
  • Sauchiehall street, right at the motorway end where the Garage (club, not actual garage) is. It's quite muted on the outside, a few people I've spoken to have all said they thought it was just the shop front for a take away, but once you get inside it's got a big seating area not visible from the window. by SirPanic (Thu 26th Sep 2019 9:36pm)
  • The point of jail time isn't just to punish people who break the law but to deter others from doing it too. Just because she won't do it again doesn't mean someone else won't see her walk and think it's worth doing it too until they get caught. by SirPanic (Fri 27th Sep 2019 11:01am)
  • If that was its only purpose we'd still have hanging for at least repeat offenders. by SirPanic (Fri 27th Sep 2019 1:04pm)
  • Hardly. by SirPanic (Fri 27th Sep 2019 1:40pm)
  • > Watt, now managing director at property firm Hacking and Paterson It doesnt surprise me in the least that they'd harbour a pedo sympathiser. by SirPanic (Fri 27th Sep 2019 2:12pm)
  • Why would I? Though if you give me a couple hundred grand of stolen money I'd be happy to do a bit of volunteer work in exchange. by SirPanic (Fri 27th Sep 2019 2:20pm)
  • It's an unfortunate side effect of it becoming a long running joke now. Fucks are going to try and use it for r/fellowkids capitalism. by SirPanic (Mon 30th Sep 2019 7:57pm)
  • It really is beyond a joke just how many homeless people there are in Glasgow city centre. A 15 minute walk up argyle street and you'll see at least 15 of them. There's no excuse for that. by SirPanic (Wed 2nd Oct 2019 1:55pm)
  • I appreciate the problem's a little more complex than just "build more houses" but it's really reaching breaking point where something, anything, needs to be done. About 6-ish months ago I moved to the city center. No regrets there, but it's really opened my eyes to just how many homeless folk there are when my daily commute isn't jut office to train station. by SirPanic (Wed 2nd Oct 2019 3:59pm)
  • No it's Michael Jackson. by SirPanic (Sat 5th Oct 2019 11:32am)
  • £10 a week on food is very low, likely budgeting. I can quite easily spend that a day. by SirPanic (Sun 6th Oct 2019 12:51am)
  • Oh no they haven't just moved in, I have. For a solid week now it's kids running up and down the floors from 9am-10pm, loud phone conversations, etc. It seems like people are moving furniture at some point aswell but again we're talking all day, every day. A bit of noise in a flat doesn't bother me and I try to play ball if there's a bit of an insulation problem but this is just constant, constant noise with no respite from it all day. by SirPanic (Sun 6th Oct 2019 2:00pm)
  • Sometimes I wonder if the downvotes are just a bit of fun or if people are genuinely getting angry over issues like this. by SirPanic (Sun 6th Oct 2019 2:41pm)
  • Not sure what size you'd be used to since I've never been to Canada, but most supermarkets have bags "intended" for sharing. The Walkers Sensations or Doritos usually come in one big bag. by SirPanic (Sun 6th Oct 2019 2:40pm)
  • He's got one, he's applying here for the second. by SirPanic (Mon 7th Oct 2019 3:40pm)
  • You sound like the opposite of fun. by SirPanic (Mon 7th Oct 2019 3:40pm)
  • Incel comes to mind tbh. by SirPanic (Mon 7th Oct 2019 4:15pm)
  • I'm honestly so curious how this can even happen. Like how do you hide people in a Govanhill flat? by SirPanic (Fri 11th Oct 2019 6:53pm)
  • Spent enough time in govanhill to know it's a burning tyre fire. But to think there's that level of shit going on is mental. by SirPanic (Sat 12th Oct 2019 5:25pm)
  • Looks like there was drama then it imploded. by SirPanic (Mon 14th Oct 2019 12:44am)
  • been in Variety once and it was dead quiet. Also banana Moon last night - a bit hipstery but even right under the speakers it was more slow jazz so still audible. ​ Never understood why anyone would want to spend time in places like sleazy's. by SirPanic (Thu 17th Oct 2019 10:46am)
  • He's 2, just give him a baldy with an electric razor. It's not like he's worried about his body image. by SirPanic (Fri 18th Oct 2019 12:31pm)
  • > Also, don’t shit in the sink. I can imagine people pissing in the sink but to actually shit in it seems like more effort than the intended means of shitting. by SirPanic (Sat 19th Oct 2019 12:33am)
  • Admittedly I'm using the term "chugger" for more than just charities, which I'll admit is incorrect and I should have specified more clearly. Based on the PDF those rules are only applicable to them? by SirPanic (Sat 19th Oct 2019 8:45pm)
  • Black trespass waterproof. In other words, nothing worth commenting on. It must be a strategy in the pamphlet they're given to train them to be a pain in the arse. "If someone is wearing a jacket, why not pretend you give a fuck?" by SirPanic (Sat 19th Oct 2019 10:36pm)
  • From Mcdonalds to McDonalds is about a 5 minute walk at a decent stride by SirPanic (Sat 19th Oct 2019 11:42pm)
  • It seems like all of these problems could be resolved if there were more, bigger trains. by SirPanic (Mon 21st Oct 2019 1:56pm)
  • Think it looks better this way to be honest. At first you're not quite sure what you're looking at as you scan down until suddenly - dog. Whereas rotated the right way the dog's the first thing you see on the left. by SirPanic (Thu 24th Oct 2019 9:33am)
  • bung it in the microwave with some marshmallows on top like hot chocolate. What could go wrong? by SirPanic (Thu 24th Oct 2019 11:47am)
  • Will need to have a wander about there cheers by SirPanic (Fri 25th Oct 2019 9:38am)
  • Usually quite late - 8-11pm so prime time for the resident DJ to play us the songs of his people by SirPanic (Fri 25th Oct 2019 9:40am)
  • I feel like prevention is the best step to focus on. Change/additional lock. Secure any reachable windows. (Be liberal in your definition of "reachable") Keep valuables away from windows to deter any temptation. The problem with CCTV is that they're already inside by that point, and it's not really that useful to the police for catching them. It would really only come in handy as evidence AFTER they're caught. If possible, close curtains that can be seen through when you're out and make sure your door is opaque. Generally when someone breaks into a home they aren't planning on hanging about to check out your taste in decor, they generally want in to pick up anything pocketable (cash, jewellery, etc) then out again in under a minute. That goal is a lot easier when they can see clues as to where each room is or if there's any activity that would hint someone's home. by SirPanic (Fri 25th Oct 2019 9:53am)
  • What you basically described there is precisely the same criteria as vandalism. by SirPanic (Sat 26th Oct 2019 2:30pm)
  • Here we just do heroin for much the same effect. by SirPanic (Mon 28th Oct 2019 6:18pm)
  • > “In submitting claims, I have always tried to ask myself the question, ‘would I require this if I were not Lord Provost?’ Evidently that's a complete lie because fucking pants. by SirPanic (Wed 30th Oct 2019 10:40pm)
  • His special wanking shirt. by SirPanic (Sat 2nd Nov 2019 7:10pm)
  • Every mattress is a futon mattress if you procrastinate on building the IKEA bed frame. by SirPanic (Sun 3rd Nov 2019 12:00am)
  • What did you expect at a convention about cartoons? by SirPanic (Sun 3rd Nov 2019 12:41am)
  • I honestly don't think guilt is an emotion felt by someone that'll take a primary schoolers birthday fiver. by SirPanic (Mon 4th Nov 2019 11:40pm)
  • Much as I hate it, gonna play devil's advocate here: Glasgow's parking situation is absolute shite. Nobody wants to park a 15 minute walk away from their house and there's nowhere near enough free parking to accommodate the number of homes in some areas. Keep in mind in areas dense with flats of 3+ floors, you're looking at 2 roadside parking spots on average for 6 or more people, and that's not counting visitors that just park wherever they like because "I'll only be 5 minutes". The councils need to put more funding into infrastructure to accommodate modern living rather. People need cars now. by SirPanic (Thu 7th Nov 2019 9:28am)
  • I'm not saying it's OK to just stop your car in the middle of the road and get out, but it's a symptom of a problem that could have, and should have been managed gradually over the literal century that it's been growing. It's been at least 40 years since a car became a household staple like a TV or an internet connection, and yet still we have entire neighbourhoods OUTSIDE the city center where people can't own a vehicle. Instead of forcing home owners to have permits, why not get rid of all the metered public parking spots and turn them into private bays so residents will have more available spots? What about building actual multistory car parks every 2-5 miles? Encourage travellers from outside the area to leave parking spaces free for residents by discouraging them from bringing a vehicle, by making public transport cheap and simple. It may not be the most elegant or aesthetic solution but that's what happens when local councils refuse to spend money on any measure of proactive infrastructure management. I fail to see how a Morrissons can open up with 300 parking bays while the actual government can't afford to buy some of that land themselves to turn into managed residential parking space. by SirPanic (Thu 7th Nov 2019 10:00am)
  • You don't need a TV or internet connection either, or elecctricity in general, but people tend to like having luxuries that they can afford. Busses get cancelled, trains and subway are scotrail which hibernates in winter, taxis are extortionate, and it isn't viable to walk or cycle to helensburgh. How then am I able to see my parents on short notice if the trains are off? Which to Helensburgh is basically twice a week guaranteed. by SirPanic (Thu 7th Nov 2019 10:08am)
  • Good job cherry picking there, homie-dawg. You'll go far in the school's debate club. by SirPanic (Thu 7th Nov 2019 10:44am)
  • I mean, yeah. They kind of did. But the Victorian days weren't an overnight redundancy. We've had at least 40 years now where basically everyone wants a car and at least 20 years where teenagers can afford to buy them and want to do so. When then have local councils felt it time to invest anything into the infrastructure that has evolved over multiple human lifetimes? by SirPanic (Thu 7th Nov 2019 10:41am)
  • I don't even drive, if you're suggesting I'm biased. I just acknowledge that there is a fundamental problem in the lack of availability for residential parking in many areas, predominantly poorer areas where people don't always have the luxury to pick and choose where they work. by SirPanic (Thu 7th Nov 2019 12:15pm)
  • > poor people working in town get public transport. Would that be a matter of choice? by SirPanic (Thu 7th Nov 2019 4:32pm)
  • The problem is no solution I put forward would be considered good enough. Councils should be putting a mandatory minimum portion of income into proactive infrastructure changes. * "But it costs money!" - So does everything else. Drivers pay road tax, it should be going exclusively towards road infrastructure. If it's being siphoned off to pay for schools then why isn't the appropriate taxation there covering its costs? * "But the local council's budget is already tight!" - Then they need to do better, take a pay cut, or get out of the way to let someone competent take over. * "But not everyone wants it!" - Not everyone wants schools or pubs near their homes but they seem to get fuck all say in that, why is this any different? There will always, always be a "but" to counter any proposed solution. by SirPanic (Fri 8th Nov 2019 11:42am)
  • Buy commercial property lots as they go on sale and turn them into car parks. Buildings already being demolished - car parks. Remove those nonsense basketball courts you never actually see anyone in and turn them into car parks. It's easy to find space even in the most tightly packed areas. it just requires money, time, and willingness. by SirPanic (Fri 8th Nov 2019 11:54am)
  • Of course, because modern principles of urban design are based exclusively in late stage capitalism where private land owners can turn everything on the horizon into cheap flats for the exclusive purpose of renting. by SirPanic (Sat 9th Nov 2019 5:43pm)
  • > Drivers don't pay road tax... https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax by SirPanic (Sat 9th Nov 2019 5:42pm)
  • If there's "antisocial smells" then expect there to be antisocial neighbours. Holes in the wall that never seem to get fixed means the factors are doing fuck all, which means the communal areas will be minging and unmaintained, along with fuck all done by building management in other areas like dealing with problem neighbours. I looked at those flats when I was searching and after a few viewings just nuked it off my zoopla area map. The final straw was when the estate agent was trying to play coy about the flat I was viewing having "impact damage visible on the door" as the home report put it. Looked like someone had been bashing around the lock recently. Probably how they got in to evict the previous owners. Naw. by SirPanic (Sat 9th Nov 2019 11:04pm)
  • > when out with their friends often shout 'by order of the peaky blinders' Somehow I find this the most offensive thing on the entire list. by SirPanic (Sat 16th Nov 2019 11:14am)
  • Is this stuff for sale? Admittedly I'm not in the loop when it comes to collectable dolls but aren't those basically just purposefully damaged products with about as much value as you'd find in a toddler's toy box after someone tipped an ice cream into it? I mean I can see what the artist is going for but I just can't imagine who would want to buy this for money. They're so mangled there's no inherent vintage value to them, and the craftsmanship mostly seems to consist of "take some bits off and pour some fake blood over the face and call it a day". by SirPanic (Sun 17th Nov 2019 7:32pm)
  • Just you wait until the middle class teenagers come in here and tell you how intolerant you are from their parents' suburban house. by SirPanic (Fri 29th Nov 2019 11:03am)
  • Incel, the modern day "hurr hurr you're a virgin". Your patter is as bleak as your future. by SirPanic (Fri 29th Nov 2019 11:41am)
  • Might be worth giving the money to the food bank directly in the case of online shopping. That way they can pool their donations and stretch it further through bulk buying or wholesale, on top of being able to buy what's most needed. :) by SirPanic (Thu 12th Dec 2019 12:47am)
  • Doubt it. At 14 you are just too legally restricted for most businesses to make effective use of you. https://www.studentjob.co.uk/ages/jobs-14-year-olds > During term time, you are allowed to work a maximum of 12 hours a week. You are only allowed to work a maximum of 2 hours on school days and Sundays. You can, however, work a maximum of 5 hours on Saturdays. There's plenty of adults applying for these positions that have no such restrictions and can do more stable shift hours. It's good you've got a work ethic but you'll need to think of jobs with less demanding hours given that you're legally limited to 12 hours a week, can only work after school hours, and a maximum of 2 hours a day or 5 on a saturday. by SirPanic (Thu 12th Dec 2019 4:17pm)
  • Newspaper delivery is probably the traditional "easy" option but in contrast to other potential jobs you usually get paid sod all. https://www.reed.co.uk/career-advice/jobs-for-14-year-olds/ Out of the suggestions there, if you're looking for something "stable" you may more or less be limited to retail work. Since you'll be coming home after 3pm on a school day you'll be struggling to find any employer willing to take you on for just 2 hours, so it's in your best interest to capitalise on that 5 hour Saturday shift. If you're insistent on working during the week though, you might be able to get work with a supermarket or even local shop to stack shelves or clean up. I'd wager you'll have more luck with a big chain supermarket than a little local store in that regard, but I could be wrong. If you are a bit more entrepreneurial, you could spread the word that you're willing to do some work for neighbours although that's going to be fairly unstable in terms of schedule and income consistency, but it's still an option if you're looking for something more challenging. by SirPanic (Thu 12th Dec 2019 5:35pm)
  • I hear tin whistles and drums, it can only be the bottom feeders. by SirPanic (Sat 14th Dec 2019 10:52am)
  • To celebrate the colonial rule of our once proud people. They're quislings, nothing more. by SirPanic (Sat 14th Dec 2019 11:07am)
  • So Glasgow City Council should pay for the renovations to a privately owned building with an owner that refuses to spend a dime on any kind of maintenance? Would rather see it torn down to be honest. by SirPanic (Mon 16th Dec 2019 5:19pm)
  • If there was, they would have done so. No amount of signatures will magically solve a problem if you don't even k ow an actual solution. by SirPanic (Mon 16th Dec 2019 6:26pm)
  • So which method is the petition specifically asking for? "Act" is a nebulous term that could mean multiple different things, not all of which may have the consent of people signing. by SirPanic (Mon 16th Dec 2019 7:05pm)
  • Not necessarily dangerous, just shitholes. by SirPanic (Sat 21st Dec 2019 4:43pm)
  • A christmas themed shop and newsagent right beside it on Sauchiehall street oddly enough. Otherwise pretty much everything's closed. The whole of buchanan galleries and savoy are shuttered. Was hoping to head in and get some post-apocalyptic pictures but it wasn't to be. by SirPanic (Wed 25th Dec 2019 3:59pm)
  • Might want to check out Bon Accord, or Babbity Bowster depending which end of the city you find yourself in. Both have won awards recently. Lived near one for a while, live near the other now. They can both be reasonably quiet pubs during the week but will end up packed like any other pub on the weekend. Both are a bit pricey on account of being somewhat famous but the environment reflects it. Babbity is quite cramped inside so it's got a good wee vibe on those quiet days and has a spacious outdoor beer garden that always smells like barbecue in the summer should you fancy an evening snack. It's tucked away in an alley so just out of range of the foot traffic. Bon on the other and is an "indoor pub" with a couple benches outside but a lot more indoor space, and a fairly impressive selection of whiskeys leading to an award of best whiskey pub 2020. Good if you feel like sampling a few Scottish Whiskeys before you go, as whatever you're after there's probably a good chance Bon has it. by SirPanic (Fri 10th Jan 2020 11:12am)
  • No need to be so passive aggressive. by SirPanic (Fri 10th Jan 2020 1:41pm)
  • Your mental gymnastics are astounding. by SirPanic (Sat 11th Jan 2020 6:42pm)
  • What I think is that you're very good at reciting an objectively wrong rhetoric for the sake of arguing. Frankly I pity you. by SirPanic (Sat 11th Jan 2020 7:45pm)
  • You're worried about being seen as a weirdo in Glasgow, meanwhile I saw a guy shouting into a bin on the way to work this morning. You're fine. by SirPanic (Mon 13th Jan 2020 9:36am)
  • Merchant city is also pretty good for the LGBT community. There's a few clubs and bars there, and panopticon frequently put on drag shows, so it's a bit more common for the residents there. by SirPanic (Mon 13th Jan 2020 10:19am)
  • Are you mentally ill? by SirPanic (Fri 17th Jan 2020 2:19pm)
  • Nothing like a national news outlet publicising someone's fuck up and giving an address. by SirPanic (Tue 28th Jan 2020 1:38am)
  • Yeah it is. So why is the sun spreading this to humiliate someone that can be tracked? by SirPanic (Tue 28th Jan 2020 9:26am)
  • I the city center you basically look at home report value and add 10% Back when i was looking there were flats going for £120k and actually selling for £160k If it's good, it won't go cheap. by SirPanic (Tue 28th Jan 2020 10:01am)
  • Whether or not people like it doesn't justify national news outlets picking it up. People live in those flats, and have now been publicly shamed. They can be identified until they move. What if that's not their partner? What if it's a hookup? Doesn't matter, because getting a laugh online is much more important than the privacy and well-being of people isn't it? by SirPanic (Tue 28th Jan 2020 1:38pm)
  • \> They especially irk me when they play right beside the quaintness of the Christmas Market. That really annoyed me. Felt sorry for the food stall that was set up with him blaring his shite two feet away from them all day all evening. What an absolute bastard. by SirPanic (Sat 8th Feb 2020 8:03pm)
  • DELETED They're still referring to me as "the occupier", and always shall be so. by SirPanic (Fri 27th Mar 2020 3:03pm)
  • This corroborates with every interaction I've ever had with the police. Useless, soft cunts that'll blame a victim rather than take any action against the scum instigating aggression. Sooner we hit the reset button on this entire country, the better. by SirPanic (Mon 15th Jun 2020 10:07pm)
  • Friend of mine asked me to walk her to the bus stop and sit with her the other night because the last time she was harrassed by a junkie for half an hour who wouldn't leave her alone. Don't get me wrong I've got no problem with doing it as I get to spend more time with her and make sure she's OK, but nobody should feel they have to ask for an escort through the town when it isn't even fucking dark. Plenty of people think something needs to be done but nobody wants to talk, particularly on this sub, because they'll get shouted down by a loud minority that think you should put the life and comfort of drug addicts, thieves, and vandals above your own self worth. Be interesting to see what people who actually live in the centre of town think about "compassion" when they have to deal with this filth every day compared to a suburban 15 year old that still lives out of mummy's purse and visits once a month to go shopping in the afternoon. Now with the covid restrictions and them being put up in some of the hotels in town which they don't even fucking stay in, there's literal groups of them just hanging about outside the sauchiehall street tesco's front door. You hear "any spare change pal?" and look down to see six folk looking back at you. Who wouldn't find that at least a little bit intimidating? by SirPanic (Sun 28th Jun 2020 8:41pm)
  • You're only allowed to use personal experience as an example if it closely fits the narrative espoused by naive teenagers that've yet to experience a hard day. by SirPanic (Mon 29th Jun 2020 1:38am)
  • I believe it was considered cruel and unusual punishment to feed them it more than 3 times a week in prisons in some states. That is, until butter was invented. by SirPanic (Mon 29th Jun 2020 11:45am)
  • Got attacked when I was a teenager and if the brick he had chucked at me landed an inch to the right I'd have lost an eye. Police took 2 hours to arrive after some kindly locals let us in to escape. I said I wanted to press charges but they never came back, found out months later when I asked my parents when I was going to hear about it that the police took my mum aside privately and advised her not to press charges since it was a troubled family and they'd likely retaliate. I never even got so much as a name. Shower of useless cunts, the lot of them and will get nothing but contempt from me. by SirPanic (Mon 27th Jul 2020 9:30pm)
  • Factors are basically a cancer that spreads and has more or less infected the city in its entirety by this point. There are only two reasons you'll find a place that has no factor now: 1. The residents realised they were paying for sod all to get done and banded together to oust them and suffer through along drawn out legal struggle as the parasites sink their claws in to try and wear you down. 2. The residents unanimously do not give a single fuck to the point where pursuing bills legally isn't worth the time and money it'll cost since there isn't one particular resident to bully. Self factored places are heavily dependant on who you're living with. Upmarket area full of reasonable families and home owners with an agreement and they all play along? They're going to be relatively good. Close full of jakies on the dole and renters where an absentee landlord makes financial decisions for the place? You're never getting anything fixed, ever. I'm guessing Govanhill is more than likely going to fall into the latter category. > Also missed out on a tenement no one had an interest in because the other person, while offering the same as me, wasn’t bothered about carrying out the damp/timber survey that was recommended in the home report. Is it just me or are people fucking idiots? Either that or cash to burn? Tits. Not always the case. Occasionally certain things will be marked as "suspicious" or "unchecked" and that'll put people off when really there's nothing to worry about. Likewise a place's value is a lot more than just its interior but location and marketability for renting. We have a serious landlord problem in this city where already high property prices are being raised further as landlords DO have money to burn and are spending it to get prime real estate without much in the way of regulation on their portfolio. by SirPanic (Mon 27th Jul 2020 9:47pm)
  • Sauchiehall street of all places was pelting me with them earlier at the club end on my day out shopping. by SirPanic (Fri 31st Jul 2020 7:32pm)
  • Prepare the child furnace. by SirPanic (Tue 1st Sep 2020 6:40pm)
  • Yes, the rules only affect households in the area. by SirPanic (Tue 1st Sep 2020 6:48pm)
  • Source? by SirPanic (Tue 1st Sep 2020 7:22pm)
  • This one is well and truly the last straw for me. I've been following lockdown as best as humanly possible since March and haven't seen my parents since February. Sorry, but no. I'm going one way or another. Why am I posting this? In the hopes people who feel similar will see it before it inevitably gets deleted and realise they're not the only person reading the comments on reddit who this way. We need to acknowledge that this isn't the only health concern in the world that matters and for some people Christmas was the only time they were going to see their family and friends this year. by SirPanic (Sun 20th Dec 2020 2:13am)
  • You could, but it's an interesting observation. Extending away from the extreme of drink driving it does mean that everyone who was previously going to travel along a staggered period is being encouraged to compress all of them into that 24 hour window, realistically within the same 3 hours on each end (coming early going late) The roads are going to be absolutely heaving and all that's been achieved here is congestion and increasing the number of people you're at risk of coming into contact with. by SirPanic (Sun 20th Dec 2020 7:04am)
  • Not as far as reddit's concerned. Noticed so many people on here just don't reflect reality at all. If you open your bedroom window to let some air in you're literally Hitler. by SirPanic (Sun 20th Dec 2020 7:06am)
  • It's OK to be selfish sometimes. There's a fundamental injustice particularly on reddit for calling people selfish for having an isolated, controlled visit under special circumstances, and the comments treat you like you're out licking traffic light buttons on your way to an orgy. Most people don't think this way. It's a point of view common to reddit because most redditors didn't have any reason to go outside long before this started and consciously or not, are relishing the opportunity to be on the right side of societal expectations for the first time in their lives. Ignore the hate, it's neither warranted nor reasonable. by SirPanic (Sun 20th Dec 2020 7:27pm)
  • I don't doubt it. by SirPanic (Sun 20th Dec 2020 7:31pm)
  • > what attitude is dragging the situation out Blaming the real cause, apparently. As in kids that don't social distance, wear masks, respect any guidelines, and are made to crowd together in small spaces. This would have been stopped months ago if schools were put on hold immediately. by SirPanic (Sun 20th Dec 2020 7:31pm)
  • Still wear one myself but I don't really blame people for the fatigue getting to them after this length of time and mismanagement. I feel like my skin's crawling after just 10 minutes in Tesco I can't imagine pulling an 8 hour shift with one on. by SirPanic (Wed 30th Dec 2020 11:05am)
  • "the lanyard"? I'm out of the loop on this one by SirPanic (Thu 31st Dec 2020 8:48am)
  • I do have skin issues but it's not noticeable and easily managed, however lack of air filtration or things constantly touching my face are the precise conditions required to set it off. Can't wear make up, and am limited in what shampoos I can use, etc. For the little time I have to wear a mask I can take it off when I get outdoors and within a minute or two I feel "normal" again, but if I was wearing it for over an hour I'd be spending most of the day red, blotchy, and itchy with lingering long term effects. by SirPanic (Thu 31st Dec 2020 8:50am)
  • Before the apocalypse, masks were pretty much unheard of here. I've been in a few shops before where I'm asked by a security guard to take my hood down when coming in from the rain, probably since they've had trouble in the past with neds using them to hide from cameras? Not sure how big a practical issue it really is. Masks are just a further extension of that to keep people anonymous from security cameras and what not. I can imagine how the precedent of being expected to wear a mask everywhere would make some shop owners pretty nervous about it becoming a standard. by SirPanic (Mon 22nd Feb 2021 11:01pm)
  • Good, those buildings look horrendous. Don't think there's anywhere in the country that's actually benefitted socially from wealthy parasites building these massive rental properties to cram as many people in one spot as possible. by SirPanic (Fri 26th Feb 2021 3:11pm)
  • It isn't housing itself that I'm against, but rather that renting has been normalized as something "regular" people are expected to do. It pushes up property prices when private landlords are able to buy up everything in valuable areas, often greatly over-paying on what the place is worth to keep as an "investment opportunity". It blocks young people from building up any savings or assets with overpriced rentals. Buying a property means you get the majority of your monthly payments back when you sell so it isn't "lost" money, renting is just giving your money to someone else and it's gone, and often more than you'd be paying per month on a mortgage anyway. For those who have the lump sum required for a mortgage deposit when moving home, there's no incentive to sell your old place since you can just keep paying off the mortgage with a tenant's money, then kick them out unceremoniously when you're ready to do something else with the place they call home. Private landlords are a disease and the system is broken. Right, rant over, I'm off to tesco before it shuts. by SirPanic (Fri 26th Feb 2021 7:11pm)
  • No this is a good thing, they're precisely the demographic we need the infection to spread through. by SirPanic (Sun 7th Mar 2021 7:15pm)
  • Of course not, because that would be like doing their job. Something the police aren't too familiar with unless they outnumber a teenager 3 to 1. by SirPanic (Sun 7th Mar 2021 8:18pm)
  • Your assumption that any of them are working is optimistic at best. by SirPanic (Sun 7th Mar 2021 9:25pm)
  • How is it your fault that your property was damaged in a public space while the police stood and watched? by SirPanic (Sun 7th Mar 2021 11:12pm)
  • There's only two teenagers left, now it's time for our brave police to head in and show them who's in charge. by SirPanic (Sun 7th Mar 2021 11:18pm)
  • Back where I used to live was a very residential area with mainly side streets, and there weren't much in the way of public bins once you got off the main road. You could walk for ages without seeing one. This was a major pain in the arse when walking a dog and it was 15 minutes from my front door to the nearest dog poop bin. Then that one got removed, meaning the next one was about 30 minutes away. A lot of dog walkers just started dumping bags on the ground where the bin used to be. Turns out the people living on the street didn't want it there because it's an "eye sore" but hadn't considered that a literal pile of shite might be a bit worse. The bin came back after about a year. by SirPanic (Mon 15th Mar 2021 1:14pm)
  • Does it have the iconic Lidl if you turn the camera the other way? by SirPanic (Mon 15th Mar 2021 1:24pm)
  • Just buy a bunch of spiders and dump them into the offending room. Problem should sort itself out soon enough. I'm sure there's a song about this subject that should help you out. by SirPanic (Sat 10th Apr 2021 1:19pm)
  • Short answer is I think it's kleptomaniacs who steal because they enjoy the sport of it rather than desire what they're stealing. This isn't in Finnieston is it? One of my friends lives there and there's an old man that goes around regularly stealing plants in the middle of the night. They have no idea who it is. They have a neighbourhood watch type situation set up just for him, and one of them caught him with a Ring camera going down the stairwell to their basement flat door and unhooking a plant box and carting it off. It was something like 3am. It's just so weird to me that this is a recurring thing. Stealing one or two plants alright, fair enough. But where is he going to keep the loot from nightly adventures around the area? He can't be keeping them for himself as it'd be pretty obvious if he decorates his own place with 30+ planters. I think he's just a bored old man and this is the only thing he knows can give him a rush. by SirPanic (Sat 17th Apr 2021 1:58am)
  • It's strange to me that there aren't more people considering the good aspects of it and how to hold on to those. Anyone who lives or spends a lot of time in the city centre can attest that about 2 weeks after full lockdown was implemented, the streets actually smelt a wee bit like nature rather than vomit and fumes. by SirPanic (Fri 4th Jun 2021 2:09pm)
  • I specifically named Sauchiehall street. Go have a look if you like. by SirPanic (Fri 4th Jun 2021 2:11pm)
  • If that's the case, then yes? by SirPanic (Fri 4th Jun 2021 2:16pm)
  • It's not "happier doing nothing", it's that places are now trying to make up for lost revenue by cramming people in like sardines and any concept of "ambience" is now gone. Everywhere we've either been to or looked through the window at in the city centre has rearranged to double the amount of seating they have, to make up for lost revenue. Back when restrictions were lifted but not removed we managed to go to a restaurant and have a nice time with a table to ourselves, and a bit of space between us and the next one. I remember, for example, doing GlasGlow back in the winter and they were restricted as to how many people could get in at a time and had enforcement on social distancing. The result was I actually had a whole two square meters to myself as we walked about and enjoyed the event and sights. Compared to street festivals from the past where everyone's crammed in together until you can't walk, it was a much more enjoyable experience. Just feel pretty disappointed that after a year of seeing what the environment and night out scene COULD have ended up looking like, it's been tossed right out in favour of going back to the way it was before. by SirPanic (Fri 4th Jun 2021 2:24pm)
  • Yeah that alone isn't a life or death problem, but wasn't it nice to be able to go outside for a whole year and not have to bother with them? by SirPanic (Fri 4th Jun 2021 2:27pm)
  • No, I'm not. But by all means continue to argue against what's probably the least pressing detail in the post. by SirPanic (Fri 4th Jun 2021 2:26pm)
  • > Just stay in if you hate the way things are. I mean yeah, obviously that's the plan. Why go out and do things I don't enjoy? Makes perfect sense. I made this thread though because I'm curious if there are other people who feel the same way to connect with. It's just interesting to me that after a year of silence if people, particularly those who were big on night life before, might have changed their minds after seeing the alternative. or if public perception of things we just considered a fact of life have changed after its absence for a year. Don't really know what the argument is here. I don't expect a reddit post to make any objective change to the way the economy works. by SirPanic (Fri 4th Jun 2021 3:02pm)
  • Aw no, your feelings hurt? by SirPanic (Fri 4th Jun 2021 3:57pm)
  • Glad you're here to give me this advice. by SirPanic (Fri 4th Jun 2021 5:00pm)
  • Did you change accounts or just decide to pick up someone else's argument? by SirPanic (Sat 5th Jun 2021 12:10am)
  • It wasn't beside the garage by any chance was it? by SirPanic (Wed 30th Jun 2021 12:23pm)
  • Heya, there's a lot of folks on https://matrix.glasgow.social/ Mainly the #glasgow room, but the whole thing is run by a local, u/sevenofk9 Pop by and say hello! All kinds of folks welcome as far as I know :) by SirPanic (Tue 27th Jul 2021 1:44pm)
  • Heya, there's a lot of folks on https://matrix.glasgow.social/ Mainly the #glasgow room, but the whole thing is run by a local, u/sevenofk9 Pop by and say hello! All kinds of folks welcome as far as I know :) by SirPanic (Tue 27th Jul 2021 1:43pm)
  • Heya, there's a lot of folks on https://matrix.glasgow.social/ Mainly the #glasgow room, but the whole thing is run by a local, u/sevenofk9 Pop by and say hello! All kinds of folks welcome as far as I know :) A range of age groups there by SirPanic (Thu 5th Aug 2021 12:34pm)
  • Thank fuck it's cooling down. Had to sleep on the couch last night because the thermostat in the bedroom stopped using numbers and started using words. by SirPanic (Fri 6th Aug 2021 5:59pm)
  • Kokoro on sauchiehall street does walk-in take away sushi, not sure if they're on any apps. About half the price of any of the nearby take aways too and it's great. by SirPanic (Fri 6th Aug 2021 5:57pm)
  • I can sympathise. When I moved a couple of years back into a rented place, the inspection to moving in took just over a week. The it was the first night of staying there I discovered the next door neighbour's oven fan would blow thick smoke into my kitchen and living area if they burnt their chicken kievs, which was twice a week, and often at 4am. The moving process can be pretty short if you're not being careful and picky. by SirPanic (Thu 30th Dec 2021 3:48pm)
  • Unless his post was deleted, the only one I see is him asking about council housing because the one he was "looking at" had tenants in it. Nothing about whether he actually bought it. He did say he wasn't from Glasgow though so could have gone for a rental close by while looking for a place to buy, if you're sure that was his intention. by SirPanic (Thu 30th Dec 2021 9:48pm)
  • I think you were right when you said you were a bit over invested to be honest. by SirPanic (Thu 30th Dec 2021 10:39pm)
  • No I comprehend it just fine, just seems like you're reaching for something to be upset about. by SirPanic (Fri 31st Dec 2021 1:35am)
  • Not god a car yet, been living in town for so long that I've never had an urgent need. Guess now is the time to start looking into it, though my partner's on a 6 month waiting list for her test now, they're backed up after lockdown! by SirPanic (Fri 15th Apr 2022 8:20pm)
  • Nah, it's not just you. When I was 10 years old walking back from my friends house after dark, babbling loudly at my dad he stopped me and pointed out that we're surrounded by houses, and people are trying to sleep. It's something that's always stuck with me, mainly because I'm convinced that absolutely nobody else in the country ever had a similar moment. Drunks coming in via the flats courtyard at 4am every fucking night shouting sectarian shite and slamming doors, student girls with that god awful screech laugh smoking in a courtyard with 40 other flats facing it in the middle of the night. Just to add to the list you already posted. I don't think it's anything new, people have always just been disrespectful cunts but any direct action whatsoever to stop them from disrupting your basic biological need for sleep qualifies as assault or harassment, so you need to either be sneaky or go live in the woods. by SirPanic (Tue 19th Jul 2022 7:09pm)
  • Out of curiosity - why? Won't the prick just put it right back up again? It's not like the police are going to hold it against you if they ever actually do their jobs either, who's going to write "I'm an arsehole" on the wall? by SirPanic (Tue 19th Jul 2022 7:12pm)
  • Your analogy is a completely different situation. I'd clean shit off my face because leaving it there is unhygenic and could lead to illness, on top of making my physically uncomfortable. Graffiti does neither of those things. It just advertises that the person who put it there is a twat. Why shouldn't he be made to clean it up? by SirPanic (Tue 19th Jul 2022 8:16pm)
  • You could paint a literal swastika on my front door and I'd respond by putting a note up beside it saying "You can thank the nice man at 2/5 for the artwork below". by SirPanic (Tue 19th Jul 2022 8:34pm)
  • DELETED It doesn't have to be like this, either. Everywhere else I've been in Europe doesn't have this problem. Nowhere near the extent we have it here. Instead they have a functional police force to shut it down and a culture that doesn't tolerate drinking as a whole personality. Other countries have unmanned vending machines on the street. People drinking openly on the street and heading home without incident. It's just here, in this incompetently managed shit hole where junkies and bams can run rampant and the police clear out whenever they're around to avoid doing anything more challenging than handing out speeding tickets. by SirPanic (Thu 4th Aug 2022 1:57pm)
  • Yeah, I got a flat in the city centre 3 years ago thinking it'd be so convenient walking to work and having every possible cuisine on earth within uber eats distance. Not to mention all the shops close by if I ever need anything. 6 months in, lockdown started and I've been working from home ever since. Argos shut down. M&S shut down. I realised I don't enjoy eating food that costs £2 a bite and prefer cooking at home. My neighbours are either screaming kids that never get told "no", or screaming drunks that never learned to say "no". I'm now waiting for my mortgage fixed term to finish so I can get the fuck out of here and never look back. by SirPanic (Thu 4th Aug 2022 5:51pm)