Things that make you go What the F**k?

[LC]

https://news.sky.com/story/inside-the-town-where-6-out-of-7-children-grow-up-in-poverty-and-live-in-fear-of-homelessness-13470171


Not to be overly cynical but if you lived in an area rife with poverty and you struggled to keep your own head above water why would you make things more difficult for yourself by bringing children into an environment like this.

[Armagh18]

https://news.sky.com/story/inside-the-town-where-6-out-of-7-children-grow-up-in-poverty-and-live-in-fear-of-homelessness-13470171


Not to be overly cynical but if you lived in an area rife with poverty and you struggled to keep your own head above water why would you make things more difficult for yourself by bringing children into an environment like this.

Not all pregnancies are planned in fairness.

[DaleCooper]

https://news.sky.com/story/inside-the-town-where-6-out-of-7-children-grow-up-in-poverty-and-live-in-fear-of-homelessness-13470171


Not to be overly cynical but if you lived in an area rife with poverty and you struggled to keep your own head above water why would you make things more difficult for yourself by bringing children into an environment like this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory

This is a phenomenon of poverty but with welfare statism its more complicated.

[LC]

https://news.sky.com/story/inside-the-town-where-6-out-of-7-children-grow-up-in-poverty-and-live-in-fear-of-homelessness-13470171


Not to be overly cynical but if you lived in an area rife with poverty and you struggled to keep your own head above water why would you make things more difficult for yourself by bringing children into an environment like this.

Not all pregnancies are planned in fairness.

Agree 100% but the couple in the article were not a couple of teenagers.

[Munchie]

And then dance and drink and screw
Because there's nothing else to do

[DaleCooper]

Reminder. Dont get cancer whilst living in America.

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/james-van-der-beek-auctions-dawsons-creek-items-cancer-costs-1236580431/

[seafoid]

And then dance and drink and screw
Because there's nothing else to do

great song

[AustinPowers]

Norn Iron having a minutes silence /applause for George Best,  who died 20 years ago.

Since when did this  become a thing?

[AustinPowers]

I had to look  at this  headline twice. But it did  indeed say "yellow snow" warning

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6713gjpw5o

[Mourne Red]

I had to look  at this  headline twice. But it did  indeed say "yellow snow" warning

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6713gjpw5o

Really will be pissing out of the heavens tomorrow

[Wildweasel74]

Should be snow and ice yellow warning. OR yellow warning for snow and ice.

[Milltown Row2]

The crazy thing is you'll have ones still commuting to work on the bike! There was a lady this morning, about 7.40am on a country road and it was lashing down! Brainless

[marty34]

It has got noticeably colder this past few days.

A bit of a wind chill also, which doesn't help.

[DaleCooper]

Did the bike thing until a close call. Not worth it.

[LC]

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/1119/1544755-property-prices-up-7-6-in-12-months-to-september/

No sign of the bubble bursting yet.

House prices now 23% higher than they were the time of the last crash.