Epic WTF

It's probably a bit different now, but people also used to hope, and somewhat expect, their situation would improve.

No, breeding is not mandatory nor should it be. People will have all sorts of reasons for having or not having children and they're all valid as it should be a personal choice. When we decided to have kids (and it was a decision we made prior to finding out it was happening - this is not always the case), we considered the financial impact. Inaccurately, as it turns out, because as @dinosaur says, its virtually impossible to accurately gauge the impact a child will have on your life. 'All eventualities' is an incredibly broad statement - I can safely say that no, I would not be able to take care of my children in all eventualities.

The problem I have is the idea that financial wealth is a requirement to procreation. I mean, do you really want our future generations to be largely made up of tories?!

some sort of scan for car keys?

I don't think its that. Thats not equipment you'd associate with car key cloning etc and thats also not how it works.

The device has a screen on the back (you can see the light from it as he approaches). If anything , I think it might be a handheld IR camera. Can be useful to spot alarm sensors and/or inhabitants etc.

Edit: Here you go https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/burglars-using-heat-detecting-cameras-17518165

I don’t think I said much about wealth or income other than that being able to afford childcare might be one option for how you’d look after your kid(s) in an eventuality such as we are talking about.

Yeah looks to me like a IR or thermal imaging camera.

https://www.test-meter.co.uk/flir-e5xt-thermal-imaging-camera

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Geiger Counter surely?

i think the survival of the species depends on this cluelessness.

For most of human history, even in the industrialised West until quite recently, the nuclear family wasn't a thing. Child rearing wasn't something couples endured in the high pressure isolation we see now. So I'm pretty sure the survival of the species doesn't depend on that and it may even be threatened by it.

The problem I have is the idea that financial wealth is a requirement to procreation.

Just to make it clear, this is absolutely not what I was trying to say.

I first became aware of this “we can’t look after our kid when the schools are shut” thing from a couple that have plenty of disposable income so it’s never been about money for me.

I daren't investigate any further. WTF needs removing from armpits? Is this for hipster sea otters whose pebbles have got stuck?

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Yes I think you are right! Apparently their house used to be a grow house so maybe just double checking it hasn't gone back to that

Yes I think you are right! Apparently their house used to be a grow house so maybe just double checking it hasn't gone back to that

or more to the point, checking whether it has so they can pinch the weed.

I daren't investigate any further. WTF needs removing from armpits? Is this for hipster sea otters whose pebbles have got stuck?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigil

Definitely this

But why did he need to get so close? Surely he could use it from the other side of the street to get a better impression of overall heat escaping from windows etc.

In more 'caught on Ring Doorbell' news, someone local to me caught someone taking a shit in their front garden.

https://ring.com/share/d408aeeb-3a42-495b-bf03-9a734cfc80c5

What a time to be alive.

In their own front garden, or someone else's?

Paging @General_Lucifer and his Pantone Blues

Int this for tongues?

After it's been in a hipster's armpit?

Thank Christ there wasn’t cameras like that about back in the day. It would have looked like an Aldi Jack Sparrow doing a dirty protest in deepest darkest Huddersfield.

This is an advert for ring isn't it

But why did he need to get so close? Surely he could use it from the other side of the street to get a better impression of overall heat escaping from windows etc.

Short answer, I don't know.

Longer answer: If I had to guess, IR cameras show whether there are active PIR sensors in the house so perhaps it wasn't about grow rooms and more about whether the house had an active alarm system.

Neighbour picked this up on their ring door bell last night - any ideas?

It's a thermal detector gun, will likely tell someone whether or not the house is habited even in darkness. Ambient temperature for an occupied house is different than for an unoccupied house.

They could've done it from a distance, but the sensitivity in recent days will be off... the heat from the door frame and building would radiate enough to lower confidence... you'd want to get close to a door / window to increase confidence.

Now is this time for your friend to be extremely paranoid and drop several thousand on credit card to immediately camera every room, put movement activated lights outside, and ramp up house alarms and locks.

It's a thermal detector gun, will likely tell someone whether or not the house is habited even in darkness. Ambient temperature for an occupied house is different than for an unoccupied house.

Could have been used here ?
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/18/what-times-we-live-in-that-nobody-missed-her-the-tragedy-of-sheila-seleoane

As in... someone could've thought the place empty due to ambient temp, broken in, and then discovered her sooner?

Yeah, you're right.