That’s good. Red one. you’d be a millionaire in a year with a helpful relative to place a few bets. Or write a few books or a bit of music.
Blue, but I’ve no idea what this has to do with politics unless it’s an allegory for voting Tory or Labour.
The blue pill is taking us 45 years back with nothing in the bank
Nothing, but it’s a welcome distraction.
Apologies if this has ben posted…I haven’t ben around much of late…
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Could have gone in the FA Cup thread tbh…
Red pill btw…
Can’t remember the exact quote or where it comes from, but something about being able to choose to live one day again and regretting not choosing a day from one’s youth.
Nietzsche’s Eternal Recurrence, possibly?
Red pill.
I would then go and buy amazon.com, facebook.com and google.com domain names so that I can agree to sell them to Basos, Zuckerberg and Page with a 1%pa dividend for life.
I’ve considered this before to be honest, and what it comes down to for me is that all the benefits of the red pill (which aren’t guaranteed anyway) don’t outweigh the almost definite chance that my daughter is never born and while I would remember her, I would effectively to have chosen to negate her existence.
The practicalities might be that you would know what to bet on or invest in, but I already know that 10 year old me telling my dad to invest in Microsoft and Apple probably isn’t going to actually work. I know this because I once asked my parents to put on some numbers on the lottery. But they wouldn’t buy me a ticket. Fair enough, it only would have won £10 but the lesson is that it isn’t so simple for 10 year old to have any influence. Even if you managed it, the goal is to have money, which you will get with the blue pill anyway.
If it’s fame you want, by stealing someone else’s book or song before they write it themselves. Even if you know the plot of Harry Potter very well, remembering it in enough detail to write it well enough to get published as a 10 year old, probably isn’t going to happen.
I’ve personally known bands who have written better songs than Ed Sheeran, but aren’t rich, famous or succesful. Going back with the material doesn’t guarantee anything if you can’t perform it well enough, or get it to the right person at the right moment for them to say YES!
For me the only real benefit would be to spend and appreciate more time with my family and older relatives, but ultimately I like who I am and the life I have, I just want more money so I don’t have to work and can enjoy life more. So Blue pill all the way because red pill will just lead to the same thing but almost definitely without the family I have now.
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Notaparodycunt
Nothing, just a bit of light heartedness before the next hand wringing episode.
Red for me, so many good memories albeit some changes I’d make along the journey
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@Mascot can the boss ask staff what union they’re in and if they have to tell you please? Heated debate at Klopptomist Towers.
Not 100% sure, but I don’t think have to disclose membership of a union to your employer.
Joining a union is a legal right, and you do not need to tell your employer that you have joined one. You are entitled to be accompanied by a trade union representative during disciplinary or grievance proceedings.
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I’m pretty sure that you don’t but if union subs come off payroll or if you ever need to use them for representation it’s going to be fairly obvious.
But then, I don’t think as an employer you are obligated to disclose which Union you are a member of.
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Not entirely sure, but wouldn’t that sort of stuff be protected by UK GDPR meaning that payroll/HR wouldn’t be able to reveal that to anyone else in the company?
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Like political opinions, under GDPR, union membership is under the special category of data.
Which means missus is right, oh god. And why schools were so fucked this morning when they didn’t know who would or wouldn’t be in. Nonsense……
Yes you can strike, withholding labour and all that but let’s have a little notice and detail please.