The TPU UK Clubhouse

[FoulOnWhite]

It's amazing to me modern society has not collapsed yet, if I were a dictator of said nation state, I'd call up the military to help the police in mass. Car thefts would be about 5 per month max. Modern societies are too lenient.

Belive me, if i was dictator of the UK there would be no crime. Three strikes and you are out, and i mean out, and mostly the punishment would fit the crime.

 

[Space Lynx]

Belive me, if i was dictator of the UK there would be no crime. Three strikes and you are out, and i mean out, and mostly the punishment would fit the crime.

It would be interesting to study the documents from medieval England, I know there is one guy who has a youtube channel, he is the CEO of Rebellion games (yea the Sniper Elite series), but his true passion is Medieval England, he has his own suits of armor, a warhorse, etc. Anyways, on his youtube channel he will quote from medieval documents he has read, and one of them said it was actually much safer in a lot of England for a long stretches of time and their are documents to prove it. I forget which episode it was though.

Basically because everyone knew everyone else, so they had accountability, crime only increases when you increase the anonymous factors.

 

[Why_Me]

It would be interesting to study the documents from medieval England, I know there is one guy who has a youtube channel, he is the CEO of Rebellion games (yea the Sniper Elite series), but his true passion is Medieval England, he has his own suits of armor, a warhorse, etc. Anyways, on his youtube channel he will quote from medieval documents he has read, and one of them said it was actually much safer in a lot of England for a long stretches of time and their are documents to prove it. I forget which episode it was though.

Basically because everyone knew everyone else, so they had accountability, crime only increases when you increase the anonymous factors.

King Edward the IV ... the last great King of England.

 

[the54thvoid]

It would be interesting to study the documents from medieval England, I know there is one guy who has a youtube channel, he is the CEO of Rebellion games (yea the Sniper Elite series), but his true passion is Medieval England, he has his own suits of armor, a warhorse, etc. Anyways, on his youtube channel he will quote from medieval documents he has read, and one of them said it was actually much safer in a lot of England for a long stretches of time and their are documents to prove it. I forget which episode it was though.

Basically because everyone knew everyone else, so they had accountability, crime only increases when you increase the anonymous factors.

Tell you what, I'll build you a time machine, and I'll send you back. Maybe you'll find those rose-tinted glasses aren't quite so... rosy. Back then, people had few possessions worth stealing. That's kind of the biggest motivator for crime - to steal what you don't have, so when nobody has it, you don't steal. Also - you were likely a serf, owned by the noble whose land you were on. You worked all day, had little food, and disease was common. Average life expectancy was about 30, though if you made it there, you'd maybe get to 50.

Good living.

 

[Space Lynx]

Tell you what, I'll build you a time machine, and I'll send you back. Maybe you'll find those rose-tinted glasses aren't quite so... rosy. Back then, people had few possessions worth stealing. That's kind of the biggest motivator for crime - to steal what you don't have, so when nobody has it, you don't steal. Also - you were likely a serf, owned by the noble whose land you were on. You worked all day, had little food, and disease was common. Average life expectancy was about 30, though if you made it there, you'd maybe get to 50.

Good living.

This simply isn't true, the CEO of Rebellion even reads one document that shows a contract from a Serf to his Lord, and he was required to work 4 hours per day, in return he was allowed to live on the little hut/land area allotted him, there was a surprising amount of socializing and entertainment even for the poorest for large swathes of Medieval England history, now you can pick certain timelines where yes you are correct, majority of time it wasn't as bad as we have been led to believe, at least that is what his YouTube channel has taught me, and I do believe his research is valid. He actually points to direct documents he has read.

Modern History TV is his youtube channel name if you are interested. His most recent video is actually very good too, about 38 mins long.

His most recent video he mentions the Black Plague, if you were lucky enough to survive the 8 year period where the death toll was highest, this was actually the biggest change in history, its when the Serf started to realize they had value, because Lords would be saying to them come work my land not his, I will pay you double, and give you more food. Modern History TV says it got so bad, the magistrates had to ban it, but he thinks it probably wasn't enforced, but basically this was the pivotal moment in history where the worker started to have self-awareness of their own value because of supply and demand becoming such a critical factor at this time in England. It's really interesting, capitalism was birthed from the black plague in some ways.

None of these are my thoughts, just stuff I remember from his video, again highly recommend him.

this is the CEO of Rebellion games, he is dressed as a peasant here, and the reason he is wearing blue and yellow is because vast majority of gardening done at home was for food true, but he says there is evidence that shows a small section of the garden was used to grow plants that had dyes, he says most families probably had a lot of yellow and blue clothing cause those were the two dominant plants that made dye at the time, and he says Medieval England was actually probably a very colorful place, even more so than today's drab world of gray/black/white play it safe colors that every car is colored as for example. I find that kind of amusing

Edit: Just a disclosure, the 4hr workday comment is from another video of his, not in this one. I am aware that is only one example and evidence of one person, but he does say Serfs worked only for 3 days a week in non-harvest season for the Lord. So that's still 4 days off a week, more than we get now.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

This simply isn't true, the CEO of Rebellion even reads one document that shows a contract from a Serf to his Lord, and he was required to work 4 hours per day, in return he was allowed to live on the little hut/land area allotted him, there was a surprising amount of socializing and entertainment even for the poorest for large swathes of Medieval England history, now you can pick certain timelines where yes you are correct, majority of time it wasn't as bad as we have been led to believe, at least that is what his YouTube channel has taught me, and I do believe his research is valid. He actually points to direct documents he has read.

Modern History TV is his youtube channel name if you are interested. His most recent video is actually very good too, about 38 mins long.

His most recent video he mentions the Black Plague, if you were lucky enough to survive the 8 year period where the death toll was highest, this was actually the biggest change in history, its when the Serf started to realize they had value, because Lords would be saying to them come work my land not his, I will pay you double, and give you more food. Modern History TV says it got so bad, the magistrates had to ban it, but he thinks it probably wasn't enforced, but basically this was the pivotal moment in history where the worker started to have self-awareness of their own value because of supply and demand becoming such a critical factor at this time in England. It's really interesting, capitalism was birthed from the black plague in some ways.

None of these are my thoughts, just stuff I remember from his video, again highly recommend him.

this is the CEO of Rebellion games, he is dressed as a peasant here, and the reason he is wearing blue and yellow is because vast majority of gardening done at home was for food true, but he says there is evidence that shows a small section of the garden was used to grow plants that had dyes, he says most families probably had a lot of yellow and blue clothing cause those were the two dominant plants that made dye at the time, and he says Medieval England was actually probably a very colorful place, even more so than today's drab world of gray/black/white play it safe colors that every car is colored as for example. I find that kind of amusing

I had no idea he was the CEO of Rebellion. I thought he was a guy who studied history and made a channel about it. I remember watching some of his medieval cooking videos a while back but I thought they were on a separate channel

 

[Space Lynx]

I had no idea he was the CEO of Rebellion. I thought he was a guy who studied history and made a channel about it. I remember watching some of his medieval cooking videos a while back but I thought they were on a separate channel

He never mentions the gaming stuff at all, this is his true passion 100%. I have read his book as well, I backed it on kickstarter, he has another book out now called Lord Blackthorne, but I have not read it yet, this one is more historical fiction, his other one wasn't.

Edit: yes his medieval cooking videos are fucking amazing. I learned a lot from those mainly the Nobles were eating white bread, and the Serfs were eating the healthier darker breads, cause the Nobles thought the white bread was purer, hahaha, oh how the tables have turned compadre

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Edit: yes his medieval cooking videos are fucking amazing. I learned a lot from those mainly the Nobles were eating white bread, and the Serfs were eating the healthier darker breads, cause the Nobles thought the white bread was purer, hahaha, oh how the tables have turned compadre

If you like videos like that. I can recommend

Tasting History With Max Miller

Townsends

And

Glen and Friends

Max Miller explores a little bit of everything and often gives a history lesson along with the foods he cooks. Townsends focus mainly on medieval cooking as well as the history around what they are cooking. Glen and Friends dabble with more obscure and less known about dishes/foods from history.

 

[mechtech]

Tell you what, I'll build you a time machine, and I'll send you back. Maybe you'll find those rose-tinted glasses aren't quite so... rosy. Back then, people had few possessions worth stealing. That's kind of the biggest motivator for crime - to steal what you don't have, so when nobody has it, you don't steal. Also - you were likely a serf, owned by the noble whose land you were on. You worked all day, had little food, and disease was common. Average life expectancy was about 30, though if you made it there, you'd maybe get to 50.

Good living.

Don't forget pre-1500's probably no Tea either!!!!!!!!!!!!

hard pass lol

 

[Caring1]

My next car definitely won't have all that keyless bollocks. In fact, my next car will probably be a beat-up cheap runabout that I'm not scared to lose.

Make sure your next car is a manual transmission, that cuts out the chance of theft by most young thieves.
Also a clublock type of steering wheel lock slows them down a lot, but won't prevent a determined thief.

 

[kurosagi01]

Make sure your next car is a manual transmission, that cuts out the chance of theft by most young thieves.
Also a clublock type of steering wheel lock slows them down a lot, but won't prevent a determined thief.

A typical UK car thieves would have a field day with the US but can't be said about a typical US car thief trying to have a field day in the UK.
A lot of young drivers in the UK are still learning manual I would say since almost all the cheap roundaround cars are manual.

 

[AusWolf]

Make sure your next car is a manual transmission, that cuts out the chance of theft by most young thieves.
Also a clublock type of steering wheel lock slows them down a lot, but won't prevent a determined thief.

Manual has always been the main go-to over here. My Fiesta was a manual. It doesn't deter thieves one bit.

What I'm gonna do though, is get a code-operated steering lock instead of a key one (so that no ghost key can open it), as well as a wheel lock. While it can be taken off, it's quite obvious for passers-by.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Manual has always been the main go-to over here. My Fiesta was a manual. It doesn't deter thieves one bit.

What I'm gonna do though, is get a code-operated steering lock instead of a key one (so that no ghost key can open it), as well as a wheel lock. While it can be taken off, it's quite obvious for passers-by.

Having taken delivery of a new car last month (ordered January) I didn't have an option on the car/model I wanted because it was a mild hybrid so all the trim levels in it's model range were automatic and all with stop/start.

As more cars being built these days are either fully electric, plug in hybrid or in my case "mild" hybrid (self charging) they will all only have an automatic option.

On mine though I can kill it (kind of) remotely but I won't bore you here as it's complicated as it can also drive without me too

 

[Caring1]

You can also fit a remote operated disconnect that connects directly to the car battery, just remember to activate that when the car is parked and no amount of hot wiring will start the car, unless they find that device and bypass it.

 

[kurosagi01]

As much as I love my cars and even though I use a Faraday box for my car keys, if they want to take our cars they can take it. Just don't come near me or my partner or hurt my cat then I'm good.
Cars are replaceable at the end of the day.

 

[lexluthermiester]

@Tatty_Two
Random question: What's with the bald monkey avatar? You were Mr Squirrel King. Where is your armor good sir??

 

[FreedomEclipse]

What's with the bald monkey avatar?

because he's a monkeys uncle? I know my grandparents used to call me a monkey when I was a kid because I used to climb up and over everything.

::EDIT::

Also - Its not a racist or derogatory term. Im sure @kurosagi01 got called a monkey more than a few times by his parents and grandparents when he was a little kid. Its quite a common phrase in east/south east asia.

we get called it when we are being a naughty little shit.

 

[Tatty_Two]

@Tatty_Two
Random question: What's with the bald monkey avatar? You were Mr Squirrel King. Where is your armor good sir??

A few months ago I posted it in GN as someone was talking about ugly monkey's, I kind of took to it then, had it now for 7 or 8 months but on my Birthday it goes back to Mr Squirrel.

 

[Space Lynx]

A few months ago I posted it in GN as someone was talking about ugly monkey's, I kind of took to it then, had it now for 7 or 8 months but on my Birthday it goes back to Mr Squirrel.

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Just going to leave this here for you.

 

[lexluthermiester]

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Just going to leave this here for you.

I'll join in! Not sure if he's seen it, but there is another very funny game for those inclined..

Squirrel with a Gun on Steam

Squirrel, meet gun. As the neighborhood’s most obnoxious rodent, develop a knack (and a love?) for crime and mayhem in pursuit of golden acorns in this nutty sandbox shooter and puzzle platformer. Fight tooth, claw, and gun to escape a secret underground facility and defeat the Agents.

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This game isn't just funny, but it's a challenge too.

 

[kurosagi01]

Laptop is now sold and been collected by DPD, thats a bit of relief off my chest and now i'm hoping it doesn't get damaged in transit.

 

[AusWolf]

So much for not wanting a car with push-start... I just got a Hyundai Veloster with push-start and keyless entry. It's such a quirky car and so rare, I couldn't help myself.

For now, I have a wheel lock, but I've also got a pedal lock arriving on Wednesday.

 

[kurosagi01]

So much for not wanting a car with push-start... I just got a Hyundai Veloster with push-start and keyless entry. It's such a quirky car and so rare, I couldn't help myself.

For now, I have a wheel lock, but I've also got a pedal lock arriving on Wednesday.

Is it the one with the 1.6 turbo?? They use that engine in the Kia ceed + pro'ceed GT in that same generation.
Great cars for the money now.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

1.6 T-GDi only gets 38mpg according to the internet. Seems a little low.

 

[AusWolf]

Is it the one with the 1.6 turbo?? They use that engine in the Kia ceed + pro'ceed GT in that same generation.
Great cars for the money now.

1.6 T-GDi only gets 38mpg according to the internet. Seems a little low.

No turbo on this one, just the simple 1.6 GDI. I admit, it feels like a snail after my Fiesta ST, but at least I should be getting the same 48-ish mpg. And it's weird and quirky, definitely more of a head-turner.