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To think our quality of life can’t keep going up forever?

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Wildflowers99 · 11/03/2025 20:15

I saw a post on a thread which said if you have 3 children (for example) you NEED 4 bedrooms, because children sharing a room is unacceptable in terms of their quality of life. And another saying being able to eat things like peppers out of season is essentially a right, and therefore they should have a price cap.

It got me thinking because what we expect as a basic quality of life seems very very different to even 50 years ago. But the problem is with the advent of climate change, cost of living, ageing population and so on, is it realistic for expectations to keep going up? Have we now reached a point where our quality of life will have to plateau or even reverse a bit because the economy and world cannot support what we have come to expect?

Hope that makes sense, I’m a bit zombified after a 5am start with my toddler…

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llizzie · 11/10/2025 01:51

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 09/10/2025 00:15

Bedding needs washing more than every 3 weeks.🤢

I will counter that with two weeks. By then the bedlinen will have enough dead skin cells in it to need washing. I read that the most part of household dust is dry skin cells.

An advice columnist advises not to make the bed up each morning, but t o leave it turned down after getting up to air it, so that the dead skin doesn't attract creepy crawlies.

I thought that good advice, especially for asthma sufferers.

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