We’ve occasionally dipped a toe in the various trans subreddits, marvelling at the inhabitants and their improbable woes, but other bedlamite communities are available.

For instance, we could linger in the mood room of Reddit’s anarchists.

Where questions abound:

There’s a lot to unpack in there, what with the implications of crime and the assumption of some inexhaustible human kindness, but let’s press on. In the replies, deep and radical knowledge may await:

A year of hit-and-miss. Bodes well for the digestive tract. And yes, the thrill of other people’s bin contents has been mentioned here before.

Not really selling the lifestyle, I fear.

Living free. In other people’s bins.

So not entirely liberated from those capitalist shackles, then.

I’m sure it wasn’t due to any maladjustment.

Okay then.

Other enthusiasts offer their hard-won wisdom:

The word is thievery. Lol.

However,

And then there’s this guru of the alternative:

It’s all kindness, kindness, burglary.

But it’s earning a living that’s ugly, you know.

Readers with a taste for dissonance and convolution will find much to chew on.

Update, via the comments:

EmC quotes this,

And adds,

It is worth noting the extent to which this supposedly heroic “rejection of capitalism,” all this awfully pious “life without money,” does seem to depend on freeloading and thieving from others. Specifically, from those who don’t regard earning a living, supporting themselves and their families, as a vice. Some kind of unendurable indignity.

Also from r/Anarchy101:

Decide.

“If you live there, it’s yours,” says one participant.

At which point, a psychological profile may become apparent.

Or, Scenes From Modern Britain, a possible series:

We’re trialling a calm space at Ealing Broadway station for four weeks 💙

From today, you’ll find a quieter space for customers who may benefit from a calmer environment during their journey.

What we learn from the trial will help us understand how we can make our network… pic.twitter.com/mRFiD2vtvM

— TfL (@TfL) September 4, 2026

The purpose of the magnificent facility seen above, a “compact sensory support space” sited at Ealing Broadway station, is to “make public transport in London fairer, safer, more inclusive”:

“The aim of the pod,” we’re told, “is to provide… a dedicated, low-stimulation space where customers can pause and take a moment away from some of the noise and activity of the station.”

And what’s more,

Which possibly hints at the actual uses to which said pod will most likely be put.

The possibility that any emotional fatigue among passengers may be due to particular kinds of “noise and activity” – say, increasingly routine aberrant behaviour and public indecency – does not appear to have been pondered.

Needless to say, a lively thread ensues.

Update, via the comments:

Mags adds,

A sentiment echoed by Malc,

One could, I think, argue that if TfL directed their efforts to more obvious targets, then the weirdly small calming huts might not be felt necessary.

One might even view the creation of glorified dog kennels for stressed commuters as a kind of displacement activity, a symptom of a broader malaise. A way to not look directly at the actual problem. Which might entail all kinds of other inklings.

It seems likely that if passengers are feeling unnerved or unsafe, and in need of momentary calm, that may have quite a lot to do with the fact that their daily commute can entail encounters with people openly smoking crack on the Tube, or people vigorously shagging on a moving bus, or vibrant individuals enlivening train platforms via the medium of machete fights.

But hey, let’s have more random uselessness instead. The bizarrely ineffective seems very much in fashion.

Via Tim Newman.

Readers will, of course, recall Transport For London’s previous efforts at uplifting its customers.

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It’s his surfboard now, baby. || Big shaking booty. || Boof. || On buying a computer, 1980s. || Mr Reubens has 600 banjos, 1979. || On Columbo and creating intrigue without mystery. || Rotation detected. || What do drugs do? (1971) || So how was your day, dear? || Colour counter. Less than 50 is unacceptable. || Tastes like chicken. || Incoming. || Detection detected. || We’ve all done it. || Sci-fi franchise convergence. || Diverging values. || Divert auxiliary power to the filter. || Tony Hancock in The Impersonator, 1959. || More than a hanging flap, you know. || Grip strength confirmed. || Passing piglings. || The progressive retail experience, parts 755, 756, 757, 758, 759 and 760. || Place in food chain negotiation. || Scenes of shouting, tugging and bodily fluid. || And finally, a project for the weekend.

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Because some things bear repeating, a few items from the archives:

Our Betters Solve Our Problems.

A “non-binary” barista opines.

But Paying Attention Is Hard.

Mathematics is “saturated in whiteness.” Selfish inadequates hardest hit.

May Contain Drama.

Culture for the implausibly delicate.

Our Betters Make Plans.

The World Economic Forum’s Ida Auken wants to correct your primitive lifestyle.

For those craving more, this is a pretty good place to start.

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From the Maltese town of Sliema, scenes of vibrant door-knocker relocation:

The Mayor of Silema, a small town in Malta, has appealed for witnesses after a man stole his door knob.

What kind of person goes around stealing door knobs?! pic.twitter.com/52iKgeOHia

— Rare | ♻️🇬🇧 (@RareRestore) August 31, 2026

The gentleman, whose identity has not been disclosed, is, it turns out, involved in “other ongoing court cases.”

Update:

Update:

Our aspiring knob engineer returned to pinch the other one, thus completing his set of stolen knockers. pic.twitter.com/TU4buTaSBH

— Rare | ♻️🇬🇧 (@RareRestore) September 1, 2026

The above now seems weirdly close to a comedy sketch.

Via EmC.

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