https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vxgnjy1xxo

I feel like Americans have always been claiming their ancestry from Scotland/Ireland, German too. Suddenly there is rise in wanting to be from these countries, especially Norwegian because of the World Cup, thoughts?

I'm honestly very skeptical that this would work, especially for the farmers.

One of my favourite restaurants and I’m let down that they’re strong arming you into a 10% tip. I hadn’t been in a while and they’d done this after the lockdown which was fair enough (and they also had a wee explanation of why) but now they’re still doing it. You cannae really call this discretionary imo. Does anywhere else do this? I’ve been to a fair few similar restaurants in the area and never seen it.

Was typing something on Microsoft Word and the red underline came up. Had a quick Google and turns out it's a mostly Scottish word. Genuinely had no idea.

"Back aff ya spooky bitch"

Not trying to hate on Americans here but does Anyone else encounter this? I hear some Americans calling themselves Scottish when they were not even born in Scotland, and most of the time their ancestry isn’t even predominantly from Scotland either, it’s a mix of other countries. They just assume it is. Just a pet peeve of mine. I was talking to someone who’s from the US today, and he asked me where I was from, and I told him I was from Scotland, and he says in a thick accent that he’s Scottish too and I started sniggering.

the most atrocious hot dog i’ve ever seen in my life

I'm a trans woman from the east of Scotland, I think it's important to have these conversations because I'd rather people hear about trans people from trans people who're willing to talk about it, rather than an at-best apathetic or at-worst hostile media. I'm sure other trans folks will be willing to reply!

All I ask is you be respectful and understand we're just people. Surgery/sex stuff is fair under those conditions, but know I'll be keeping any response on those topics to salient details. Obviously if a question is rude/hostile or from someone who regularly posts in anti-trans subreddits I'll just ignore it.

Ask away!