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Cake day: August 12th, 2025

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  • Yes, I forgot how obese people are famously terrified of stickers.

    A far better way to tackle the obesity crisis would be to implement stricter laws around processed food additives, how food is labelled and priced, and educating people about their diet at an early age instead of this uninforcible nanny state nonsense.

    They could, if they were serious about doing something, make it illegal to sell drinks with a high sugar content… Or make unhealthy food packaging unappealing like they did with tabacco products… Include healthy eating in the national curriculum…

    This isn’t going to change anything and makes the government look stupid.



  • I was referring to the sticker deterrent method as outlined by the article but let’s discuss.

    So, every company selling sugary drink refills has to now spend hundreds of thousands, if not millions, on new cups or tags and the associated tech to make the system work for every outlet. Then, what if I buy a coke zero then decide I want a refill of full fat? Or, visa versa? Gets a bit complicated there.

    They could also have a tap behind the counter for sugary drinks and refill taps with ‘diet’ versions accessible to patrons. But again that would mean installing another bunch of taps in every outlet.

    Furthermore, who’s going to be checking up on this, making sure restaurants are following the law? As it’s not a safety issue it doesn’t fall within the FSA’s remit so there’s literally no one checking up on this.

    It’s a virtue signalling nothing law. Sure, you can enforce anything if you throw money at it, but this is the UK. Currently scraping the barrel in the race to the bottom. If the sticker doesn’t stop you there’s not going to be any consequences.




  • Yes. I live in a fairly rural location and can’t get full fibre yet so I thought I’d give it a punt. After a fair few teething issues I now get consistent speeds of around 300mbps which is much better than anything else in the area and is incredibly cheap as well. (If you sing up through uswitch then it’s only £17 a month)

    Cons: You’ll have to find a spot outside where you get decent 5g signal, which might mean climbing up a ladder and screwing it to the wall. Personally, I had a bit of a nightmare setting it up because it doesn’t like open VPN protocols and their India based tech support were useless and lied to me when they couldn’t solve my problem.

    Overall, I would say if you can’t get cable fibre then it’s worth giving it a try, you get a 30 day trial period so can return it really easily if you don’t get on with it. I’m pretty pleased with it despite the teething troubles, however given my customer experience, will probably look elsewhere when I am able.