True happiness is something that should make you happy in the moment and in the long run.

I’m not sure I agree - why is a long term aspect necessarily for something to constitute true happiness?

If I can’t remember something, does that mean it didn’t make me “truly happy”?

If so, that would mean that a child given a toy they play with for years but eventually lose interest in and forget as they grow older, didn’t experience “true happiness” from that toy, which doesn’t seem right to me.

I don’t think permanence or longevity are factors in whether ones happiness is true or not.

Agreed - that’s why many people love, say, the Mona Lisa, or Starry Night.

I think you’re going to have to provide a generally acceptable definition of “true happiness” - and a definition that isn’t contingent on the points raised in your question.

Depends on context - if said amiably between friends, it could be fine.

In the context of your comment about it being your boss who said it, and why, I’d say it’s pretty insulting (if not necessarily an intended insult).

It’s pretty dismissive of you as a person, instead focusing on your value (to his bar) in terms of attracting male customers. It’s not very respectful of you tbh.

I would say because a lot of mythology comes from the oral tradition of storytelling, passed from person to person and age to age via spoken word and memory.

There’s actually a SUPERB podcast about Greek mythology, called Podyssey. It’s tremendously interesting, and the host, Alex Andreou, just did a 3 part epic on Aesop, both the person (or rather the ‘person’) and the Fables.

Well worth a listen, either just that one, or the whole show tbh.

Agreed, York is really good.

Also, putting in a word for the Riverside Museum in Glasgow, which is focused on transport and technology. Well worth a visit.

one can argue all day about whether it’s appropriate to have a monarchy in the modern day

That was my main point, I wasn’t really talking about how expensive or otherwise they are (although admittedly it came from a misunderstanding of QE).

I’m from the UK, and it absolutely sickens me that we still have a monarchy, any monarchy (let alone this particular one). I’m opposed to monarchy in principle, and would be even if the specifics of our monarchy weren’t so repulsive.

Appreciate the detailed post, but the cost argument is just window-dressing for me. It’s the core concept I reject. Hopefully we can get shot of them one day.

She didn’t help much either though.

Possibly. Although the way I remember it, it’s hard to imagine anyone ever liking it! 😁

Completely agree. Dad is totally overstepping here, it’s none of his business whether OP arranges dates or not.

I’d refuse to go on the date out of general principle.

Never flew in a Concorde, but I’ve been inside a grounded one, at the Museum of Flight near Edinburgh. Not sure if they still have it or not, this was some years ago.

It’s so small inside! I mean, I’m a tall guy, but even allowing for that, it was horribly cramped and generally not very nice inside. IIRC it had a brown and cream colour palette, and not in a tasteful way.

Still beautiful from the outside, of course.

Is any of that because what would have been half their worth 15 years ago is now less than half of what it would be?

Like, if someone had 100 billion in 2010, and did give away 50 billion in that time, but also made a further 20 billion in that time, did they give away half their worth or not?

I’ve not read the article, so maybe that question is answered in there.

Who?

I guess it’s a matter of taste - I find a menu that tall, with gaps that large between the items, harder to read than a more compact presentation of the same info.

Either way though, it doesn’t seem like that was the issue, so not to worry!

Don’t think OP is complaining about the number of options so much as how they are presented.

That menu looks much taller than it needs to be, the spacing between lines is huge, and the icons are unnecessarily big too.

Might not be what OP meant, but that’s how I read it.

EDIT - upon reading down the thread, it looks like it IS the number of options, my bad, sorry.

Do you work in the Vatican?

I’d say it’s more snark than implied alcoholism.

It certainly could be said in cases where the vicar is known/suspected to have a drinking problem, but it could just as easily be said, with no prior basis in fact, as a dig at someone, meant either nastily or humourously.

The fact that it’s a well-known phrase (including the “again” part) makes it all the more likely that it might be used even in cases where there’s no intended implication of a genuine drinking issue.

Yeah, that’s where I discovered them too! Fabulous soundtrack to a fabulous film, I really should watch it again soon.

It’s not the same, but for upbeat choir stuff you might check out The Polyphonic Spree. I only really know this tune of theirs, but it might be worth a listen 👍

https://youtu.be/rHJo_klmPcA

I think the problem is that, while it’s obvious to you, it’s not clear to anyone else exactly what you’re unhappy about.

• Is it a problem with a particular app?
• If so, which one?
• And what is it that you aren’t happy about?

You need to make it clearer before anyone can try to help you.