then that's their choice

ive got first hand experience of this lmao

people counting down the days til their 18th birthday so they can sign on

it happens in the most economically depressed communities because they dont think theres an opportunity for jobs so they dont care

not like they'll get a fortune

witnessed it really broadly in school, im from a super poor area

i know some people are quite aggressively anti-such people

but there are diminishing returns from going after these people with a stick, and significant collateral damage done when you do to people who don't deserve it and have genuine issues

make sure the jobs are there first, and that they pay well

i feel like a retard already because i cant understand normal people speaking

well if you can't understand normal people speaking, then there is something wrong with you

im just dumb

thats whats wrong with me lmao

you can understand text on a screen?

who am i hitting with a stick?

let me put it this way: you talk far more formally than im used to

i'm sorry, i'm old

im a zoomer and a roadman its ok, its definitely my fault

how's everyone being treated by storm ellen, on the topic of politics?

by "hitting with a stick" i mean there are people who want to get rid of benefits and, i dunno, want to stick it to the fucking scroungers

THANK YYOU thats a language i understand

escaping the worst of it

its becoming a contentious point here in wales

not surprised

because storm dennis caused a landslide in the rhondda valley

and the slag heaps leftover from the mining closures were meant to go when the mines went

and even after the aberfan disaster, the government promised to do something about it

and they didnt

the two biggest things you can do to help reduce flooding:

1. Replant all the trees that used to be on the hillsides

2. Clear out all the drains and maintain your waterways properly

But ultimately, shit happens, and you'll get more stormy weather like this with climate change

the valleys are relatively untouched by this

like trees, the nature is still intact

the problem is the sewage systems

dwr cymru is so shit at maintaining the waterways lmao

Probably the same sewage system that's been there since the war, but with twice as many houses/people

every day on the bus im coming home, theres some kind of leak

the valleys are empty so i dunno about that. have you ever visited?

its depressing mining towns with zero immigrants but zero work for the most part

and the population of the villages is dwindling as people move to the cities that actually have work