Not sure about the boy comment. Rowling is a TERF, but that also means that she’s a feminist. Also she didn’t put her first name to the series because she had previously struggled to get her writing taken seriously when the publishers knew she was a woman.

It’s easier explained that this is a book series aimed at preteens, not hard fantasy fans. They got insanely popular because they captured people’s imagination but she wasn’t trying to world build like Tolkien.

Harry Potter meets Cyberpunk 2077

I think I remember that, Quidditch world cup? It was like a special move for Slytherin in the training chapter.

Most of the kids didn’t go to Muggle schools or interact with them. Harry’s situation was uncommon.

They don’t. That’s all considered Muggle stuff that they don’t need to know because they can just magic their way through life.

Similar to the UK last time I checked a train isn’t considered late until it’s about an hour late. Try explaining that to your boss.

Don’t privatise. Railway lines are a monopoly. People who rely on trains get screwed over week after week but don’t have any competitors to use instead.

I don’t know how Germany’s trains could actually be worse. It costs £100 to travel 50 miles on a train that has a fairly high chance of not even making it to the destination at all.

UK. It’s actually alright here despite our culture of complaining about everything.

Weather is predictably dull and boring, but in a world of climate change that’s not such a bad thing anymore.

Wages are outpacing the cost of living once again so that’s nice.

Politics is just the usual arguing/ bitching about the economy. Everyone blaming each other blah blah blah. Storm in a teacup really.

US news is getting a bit scary, seeing the president cosying up with the enemy and appearing to want to let them take Ukraine in exchange for half of their minerals means that I don’t think we’ll be considering them a close ally in the near future. At least not a reliable one.

Some chinesium computer mouse. I had low expectations but it worked perfectly for a good 7 years before the mouse wheel died. It even had RGB, removable weights, and variable DPI/pointer speeds!

I get a searing pain up the side of my face if I yawn incorrectly

Same but towards the blast. I’ve seen Threads, I ain’t hanging around for that shit.

New PC graphics cards alone cost as much as entire games consoles. The top end ones cost the same as multiple PS5s. That’s why consoles exist.

I am on principle because what the fuck is the point of all this industrialisation and technology development if we aren’t trying to break out of the cycle of scarcity?

As for how it can be properly funded: fuck knows.

Pensions have already been overhauled in the UK. Now pensions are essentially a tax efficient way of investing where you also don’t get the realised returns until after you retire, so essentially you are paying for your own future.

26!? Do you live in hell? I start sweating at 19 and at 22 I’m stripping off to my underwear

UK police are not the same as Burger police

Same. I remember seeing a lot of buzz surrounding it on release day, but I’d never played a TES game before. Decided to download it and play for an hour just to see what it’s about. I remember after what felt like roughly an hour I suddenly had massive hunger pains, checked the time and realised I’d just been playing for about 9 hours straight with no break. I don’t think I’ve ever had another game do that to me before.

(UK) All three are technically correct, but 1 and 3 are the most commonly used. 1 is casual and the most frequently said (mainly because it has fewer syllables and we humans are lazy).

Edit: Thinking about this more. Phrase 1 is what you would normally use when you desire something that is not shared with others, for example:

“I found this old slice of bread behind the sofa…”

“I want that!”

Or “This week’s jackpot is 1 billion pounds!”

“I WANT THAT!”

Phrase 2 or 3 are normally used when you are expressing a common desire.

“I wish this skyscraper would just fall on top of me so I don’t have to go to work tomorrow” “I want the same”

“I wish Uncle would stop drinking.” “I want this too, but he is very thirsty.”

Yeah, up until about 2 weeks ago I was still using a Pixel 4. It was 5 years old but never felt slow at all.

I do woodworking as a hobby. It doesn’t make money unless you invest in a full workshop and scale up production to the point where it would basically be a second job. Often the material costs alone are as much as it would cost to buy a completed item.

I’d still recommend it as a creative outlet though. There’s something satisfying about seeing that coffee table in the lounge and thinking “yeah I made that!”