Thanks! Although I was talking more rhetorically, since I’m disabled and couldn’t possibly work a job. Not that that will stop the DWP from trying… Glad your family member was able to find somewhere good!

In terms of racism, I’m glad you haven’t encountered too much trouble, but I do find that quite surprising. Maybe it really depends on where in england you are as well.

When I was a kid I lived in a racial enclave of white brits in the countryside for a good few years, where I was 1 of maybe 3 ethnic minority people in the whole village. I have many unpleasant memories from that time, including a dude I didn’t know who asked for my name, and then started following me home because he was 100% sure that I was making it up for the sole purpose of fucking with him. Similarly, I know someone from SEA who went to uni in a beach town in the south, and they were assaulted on the street at one point by a stranger, amongst a slew of other perhaps less intense hate crimes (intense enough to fuck up their mental health tho). My partner has also been ejected from a company they worked at after standing up to a white woman who was harassing them. Not to mention the terf island of it all… Not a big fan of this place overall, always thinking of escape plans.

Edit: & assuming you’re the same person as hexbear’s Neptium, it’s nice to see you back! I always appreciated your SEA headlines posts in the news mega