u/DamnitGravity

ETA: Thank you to all the earlier commenters who have ensure I am fully aware of my idiocy and general stupidity for... watching a show as it's presented at season 4 instead of watching it from the beginning and reading/watching everything I can about it like some of the megafans who live here. So glad you've found something to fill the long hours of your day.

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While the show likes to present a lot of Jeremy's ideas as sudden and not thought through, I suspect that's simply due to editing and writing. It's not possible to get some of the things he does so quickly, so last minute.

But more than that, I think the point of so many 'crazy' ideas of what to farm is less about Jeremy being indecisive, impulsive or haphazard, but rather to show the different types of farming done in the UK.

Livestock farming: showing viewers what it's like to have cattle, sheep and pigs. To raise them as meat animals, shearing animals, and breeding animals. About the only thing he hasn't done is dairy cattle.

Grocery farming: the various grocery crops of wheat and rapeseed, but also the vegetables, the sunflowers, and other plant crops.

Homestead farming: bees, chickens, trout, goats, the chilies, mushrooms, beer, harvesting the berries. All the kind of things many people can do in their own backyards and smallholdings.

The shop, pub and restaurant are done to showcase places other than massive supermarkets where farmed goods may end up. The farm shop is a very common thing in the UK; I live in Greater London, there are some farms near where I am, and all of them have their own farm shops. Pubs and restaurants are also very common businesses for co-ops as seen in the show, lots of local country places will be provided with ingredients or beer that is grown/brewed locally, as well as other types of alcohol such as gin.

I feel like the point of the show is less 'here's a celebrity trying to run a farm!' and more to demonstrate farming in the UK, and as such, they want to showcase as many different types of farming that UK farmers engage in, and show the challenges each type of farmer faces; the problems unique to each type and style of farming.

This may be self-evident to everyone else, or it may have been blatantly stated in interviews or something. I don't really watch/read interviews, and I can be rather dense at times, lol, so if this has already been pointed out or discussed, my apologies!

Hey all!

I've recently returned to Brisbane after living in London for several years (London wins; Brisbane sucks, but moving on! lol)

The London opinion of farmers horrified me. The hate and vitriol, the accusations of farmers being 'rich bastards who profit off the hard graft of others', and a general prejudice that could not be penetrated no matter what angle I took.

My sister is a farmer here in Queensland; my family used to go on a farm stay holiday in rural Victoria when we were kids. I've been around farmers and farming and I know a lot of their struggles.

When I told Londoners that the common cause of death among farmers is suicide, they snarkily suggested the farmers could just 'get another job if they hated it so much then'. The lack of empathy was, frankly, shocking.

But I acknowledge I'm biased. I never thought Aussies had these same toxic and hateful opinions of farmers, but maybe I'm wrong.

I am recently returned to Australia from London, and while living in London, I couldn't believe the amount of HATE farmers got. People were just not willing to accept that farmers aren't all 'rich bastards who get others to do their work for them'.

They refused to try and understand the challenges of farming, and when I told them the leading cause of death among farmers was suicide, they snidely suggested maybe they should just get a different job.

So I'm curious: does anyone know someone who had their opinion of farmers and farming change because of watching this show? Or did you have your opinions changed?

I've always been on the farmers' side. I've known several farmers here in Australia, my sister's a farmer, we'd go on family holiday to a farm when I was at school, and farmers in Australia are generally more appreciated than in certain UK cities.

I've also met some UK farmers, stayed at a farm in Cornwall, and have some awareness of the challenges faced by UK farmers before I started watching the show.

> To everyone who’s ever doubted, as I did: Someone who looks like you can be desired. Someone who looks like you can be loved. Someone who looks like you can have a happy ending. I swear it.

- ‘Spoiler Alert’ by Olivia Dade

I haven’t read the book yet, I’m too busy crying over this dedication.

I don’t believe anyone will ever desire me (I’m a 43 year old woman and haven’t had so much as a date in 20 years) but at least others are able to succeed where I fail.

I want to know if any author out there gets my pain or if I’m doomed to walk through a world that tells me I’m not allowed to have romance until I become thon and therefore ‘worthy’.

Bonus points if the protagonist excels at pushing away romantic feelings because they know no one will ever want them.

Thanks!

I'm trying to claim carer's allowance for my mother. It's asking for 'proof of identity in the community' and suggests driver's licence but her driver's licence is expired and due to her vision, she can't get a new one.

What other documents would they accept? The AI is useless and there's no other example other than driver's licence.

Thanks!

Also, MODS: there's no 'carer' flair, so I put it under DSP.

I'm applying for a carer's allowance for my parents, and the online form is asking me, 'what is your relationship status'?

Single.

'Are you single due to divorce, separation, or death?'

Uh.... I'm single because no one wants to be in a relationship with me!

I HAD to put in a date, so I chose my last relationship.

WHICH ENDED IN 2007.

WHY isn't there an option for 'spinster' or 'bachelor/ette'?!?!?!?

Thank you, Centrelink, for making me feel even worse about myself.

(I don't really feel that bad, but I do think it's a massive oversight. I've been single for 19 fucking years. My Singleness is old enough to vote, drink, drive, join the military, own a gun, WHY ARE YOU ASKING?!)

It's so difficult to find a video these days that's not narrated by an AI voice.

What's even more annoying is that some of them are very good imitations, but I can always tell because there's this weird, robotic tinge to the voice, particularly in the harmonics, that I can't really get other people to realise is there.

I would love to do a video about it (without using AI; my voice is actually perfect for narration), but I can't really think how to demonstrate what I mean.

It's similar to when I can just tell a voice is being overdubbed because the face doesn't match the voice, or when the actor is the one actually singing. Or when the actor is the one actually singing thanks to pitch correction and AI.

I suppose it's easier to show people how to spot AI videos, because you can literally point to someone on the screen to visually identify. Something like the subtleties of tone and timbre are more difficult to point out because most people don't really pay attention to what they're hearing.

Incident first, then context.

Last year my partner and I were running errands and needed groceries. We were living near Buffalo, NY, and went to Wegmans (a large corporate chain, like Kroger or Nandos). They had a cafe eating area with sandwiches, like a Subway, and we really needed lunch. I stood in line, read the menu, and after waiting for a lady to finish a complicated order, gave a simple one: ham with cheddar and pickles.* The sign warned me they didn't have cheddar, so I said, "cheddar or the next closest thing." The worker replied with a list, including American (which was not on the menu either), saying they didn't offer anything with artificial ingredients. I nodded and repeated my request.

The worker wasn't sure what to do and offered the manager. I accepted and stood off to the side so other people could order. A few minutes later, the Manager-Chef comes out (in a fucking toque, like he's not at a grocery store). He says No. They do NOT offer cheddar. I acknowledged this and repeated, "Cheddar or the most cheddar-like alternative." He continued to go on about their menu, and I maintained my stance calmly.

Our stalemate was as follows, and we both acknowledged it: the Manager-Chef suggested provolone, but refused to order it unless I agreed and requested it, and I was willing to accept it, but refused to request it. He said he wouldn't order an ingredient I didn't want, and I repeated, "I would like cheddar OR the most cheddar-like alternative." He said I was being difficult to make a point and I said that was correct. Eventually he re-offered provolone, checked that I acknowledged his assessment of it being the best alternative,*** and ordered the sandwich to be finished. We each left, I paid, and my partner and I ate.

Which brings us to the further context. I am mildly autistic and get hangry, especially when out shopping. Meat, cheddar, and pickles are my same-food. I could tell from the menu that this was going to be an issue** and anticipated being offered American cheese, but they didn't actually do that. I did my best to be calm and polite, but assertive. I think the Manager-Chef could have just grabbed some $3 cheddar from the shelves, or just ordered the provolone (or American if it was actually there) without a fuss. That said, I also acknowledge this is the pettiest thing I've done in a long time. And even though it's a year old, my partner feels like I was a major jerk, and I feel like it was a silly autism story. AITA, or the chef? Or everyone?

*Dill pickle chips, like hamburgers. None of this pickle spear on the side nonsense.

**At Subway, the workers just say, "We don't have cheddar, is American ok?" And I say yes and we move on. Sometimes they don't ask and just put the yellow cheese on and that's fine. I can adjust my cheese preference to suit what is available.

***Provolone is NOT a cheddar-like alternative. I blame this whole thing on NY deli ideas of what a sandwich should be.