I have an (unrelated) alert set. All I get is a headline plus two lines of text, after that I have to click to go to the website. Mine is set for NEWS, not Web.
Anyone else setting up a google alert for Jack now?
'Take that, Mum, I can buy my own unicorn mug now!'I hate to defend her in any way, but I think it can go both ways. Both through my own experience and at work, a lot of people who get out of poverty will do stuff like impulse buy a Llama doorstop just because they can. Trainers as well is fairly classic, if they were unreachable as a kid while everyone around you had the designer ones the impulse to buy as soon as you can can be really strong. At one stage I had 5 winter coats because as a kid my mum couldn’t even afford one and now I could have them I wanted them. I had to make a real effort to stop impulse buying random shit that like the doorstop just because I could. Obv I wasn’t grifting for money at the time, but I think the impulse is fairly common and I’ve known people end up in serious debt because of it.
I don’t think poverty is Jack’s motivation but I’ve said before I wonder if her parents had strong ideas of what it was worth spending money on, and her impulsivity comes from that. One of the worst people I know for trainers grew up very comfortably but their parents didn’t believe in spending money on labels at all - so now they can buy them, they do.
Do you use a bog standard nail clipper for humans ? One of mine isn’t as light on his feet as he used to be and doesn’t go out to use the tree stump as he once did.
It was her goldfish which she named Allegra and Allegra took that as a come on (her words).Some frau kindly posted an Allegra interview recently where she said Jack had named something after her childhood pet, she said jokingly that she was trying to endear her to it. Naming things or pets after your other half’s first pet is apparently a theme for Jack. Bloody emotional vampire.
It just seems conflicted. She buys really expensive trainers, crockery and fitness gear which fits with being brought up being told not to spend on labels.I hate to defend her in any way, but I think it can go both ways. Both through my own experience and at work, a lot of people who get out of poverty will do stuff like impulse buy a Llama doorstop just because they can. Trainers as well is fairly classic, if they were unreachable as a kid while everyone around you had the designer ones the impulse to buy as soon as you can can be really strong. At one stage I had 5 winter coats because as a kid my mum couldn’t even afford one and now I could have them I wanted them. I had to make a real effort to stop impulse buying random shit that like the doorstop just because I could. Obv I wasn’t grifting for money at the time, but I think the impulse is fairly common and I’ve known people end up in serious debt because of it.
I don’t think poverty is Jack’s motivation but I’ve said before I wonder if her parents had strong ideas of what it was worth spending money on, and her impulsivity comes from that. One of the worst people I know for trainers grew up very comfortably but their parents didn’t believe in spending money on labels at all - so now they can buy them, they do.
I'd guess her goldfish was only named Allegra after Allegra planted the idea in Jack's brain:It was her goldfish which she named Allegra and Allegra took that as a come on (her words).
Honestly for me the compulsion fits with the random tat too, and you get into a cycle with it I think where you buy something, then realise “what am I going to do with this piece of shit” and feel bad so when you go out and see something like a cheap mug that appeals to you in the moment you’re more likely to buy it to make yourself feel better.It just seems conflicted. She buys really expensive trainers, crockery and fitness gear which fits with being brought up being told not to spend on labels.
But then there is so much which seems to be bought for buying’s sake (and is much cheaper) and snacks of hoarding.
Surely it would be one or the other? Or maybe the compulsion is always there and the outcome just depends on the financial situation at the time.
To be honest, I don’t care as long as she isn’t taking from those who cannot afford it. In the immediate term I would like to see some resolution on Lindagate.
I use those as well. Mine's not a huge fan but he'll let it happen.I bought something like this
Mikki Cat Claw Clippers
Mikki Cat Claw Clippers is available online with fast delivery from VioVet, the trusted supplier of veterinary medication, foods and animal care products.www.viovet.co.uk
used hold and stroke her paws whilst she was asleep on my lap, then just nip the ends off
I just linked to the 1st one dr google supplied but these look more like what I have and a better price. No sure how human ones would work?I dobecause I'm too poor to waste money on something branded as being 'for cats'.
We went to Blists Hill on school trips, every. bloody. year.We went to Beamish in October half term. I've been to Black Country and Blists Hall a few times. All ace, but Beamish is MASSIVE!
I love the way she's thinking retweeting and wider reach will get the job done. Twitter activism at its finest.
A gold
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