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Fathis Munk posted:That joke was made in the very next post  if you don't have me on ignore.
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Ultima66 posted:https://twitter.com/theresa_may/status/872181737933217794  These kind of people lap that poo poo up. Old tories love both literally and metaphorically loving the young.
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Fathis Munk posted:That joke was made in the very next post It's me I'm the isiot on social media
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Gorilla Salad posted:To be fair, that's from Pauline Hanson, racist dipshit and currently under poice investigation (again!) for having political donations sent directly to her personal bank account. Isn't she the one they call the Oxley Moron?
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Fathis Munk posted:I find it so hilarious how easily you could combine faith and science sometimes and how hard people kick and fight to not do it. It's easy to combine faith and science. It's not easy to combine tenets like "the KJV Bible is the literal word of God, no metaphor, and it says what my pastor and my church buddies want it to say" with science. A lot of fundamentalists haven't got much faith in general, which is why they stick so hard to rules (at least the rules they like).
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ro5s posted:
Pre-decimal currency? Like, no change or anything, just whole number GBP amounts? Or does that have some kind of special British meaning.
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:Pre-decimal currency? Like, no change or anything, just whole number GBP amounts? Or does that have some kind of special British meaning. I'll let this quote from Good Omens explain, because I really couldn't hope to do it better: Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman posted:NOTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMERICANS: One Shilling = Five Pee. It helps to understand the antique finances of the Wichfinder Army if you know the original British monetary system:
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:Pre-decimal currency? Like, no change or anything, just whole number GBP amounts? Or does that have some kind of special British meaning. 1 pound = 20 shillings, 1 shilling = 12 pence, 1 penny = 4 farthings.
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I have to assume that one got added to the poll as a joke. 'Look at what people will vote for just because it's old and outdated.'
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Lemniscate Blue posted:I'll let this quote from Good Omens explain, because I really couldn't hope to do it better: 
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Yawgmoth posted:Jesus Christ and I thought the Harry Potter currency was overly complicated. That's  with the weird denominations in Harry Potter, really.
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Ensign Expendable posted:1 pound = 20 shillings, 1 shilling = 12 pence, 1 penny = 4 farthings. Holy poo poo, it's even stupider than I thought. Why? What is the advantage of essentially telling the rest of the world "gently caress you, we're going to make price conversion as hard as humanly possible"?
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Ensign Expendable posted:1 pound = 20 shillings, 1 shilling = 12 pence, 1 penny = 4 farthings. I've known this for a long time, but it only just occurred to me that "farthing" and "fourth" are etymologically related. 
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Quad posted:
Someone's never heard of the Mirena 
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   Millennials are dumb! Liberals! Here eat these apricot seeds, and don't touch fidget spinners they have lead!
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Quad posted:
Is this the Mike Flores who's famous for writing about Magic: the Gathering?
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Admiral Joeslop posted:
lol isn't B17 literally cyanide?
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nerdz posted:lol isn't B17 literally cyanide? From what I remember, it isn't cyanide...but your body processes into cyanide. So in effect yes, eating B17 will dose you with cyanide.
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Puppy Time posted:It's easy to combine faith and science. It's not easy to combine tenets like "the KJV Bible is the literal word of God, no metaphor, and it says what my pastor and my church buddies want it to say" with science. Sad but true 
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Slime posted:From what I remember, it isn't cyanide...but your body processes into cyanide. So in effect yes, eating B17 will dose you with cyanide. Lifehack: Prevent cancer killing you by poisoning yourself to death. Walla!
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What do the color of the passports have to do with anything? Are U.K. Passports currently rainbow or something?
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hanales posted:What do the color of the passports have to do with anything? Are U.K. Passports currently rainbow or something? They are burgundy now but until relatively recently were blue. As to why, old Tories are just crazy.
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Besesoth posted:I've known this for a long time, but it only just occurred to me that "farthing" and "fourth" are etymologically related. And now you know why the Shire is divided into four of them! A Fancy 400 lbs posted:Holy poo poo, it's even stupider than I thought. Why? What is the advantage of essentially telling the rest of the world "gently caress you, we're going to make price conversion as hard as humanly possible"? Lol rest of the world. Pretty sure the last thing on the minds of anybody responsible for inventing any part of this monetary system was international trade
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hanales posted:What do the color of the passports have to do with anything? Are U.K. Passports currently rainbow or something? British passports used to be blue. That changed to a red EU passport in 1988. People have seriously voted for something that will cost the country millions, if not billions, because they want the sort of passports we had 30 loving years ago.
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That is the most British thing I've read so far.
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ro5s posted:
Every time I think that Brexit wasn't just a knee-jerk longing for a poorly remembered good-old-days I realise that oh wait yes it totally was.
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nerdz posted:lol isn't B17 literally cyanide? Effectively when ingested. Not literally. Very very bad.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:I'll let this quote from Good Omens explain, because I really couldn't hope to do it better: In handy graph form:  Pookah posted:Isn't she the one they call the Oxley Moron? Yep, she used to the MP for the seat of Oxley. Mostly, though, she's about making herself rich by being as racist and bigoted as possible. Because that's a valid way towards financial success now 
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Tiggum posted:Is this the Mike Flores who's famous for writing about Magic: the Gathering? I'm pretty sure it's not, since that doesn't sound at all like the way Mike Flores talks on podcasts and the only Facebook account I know the guy uses has an avatar of a literal Magic card. Also, he wears glasses in all the photos I've seen of him. That said, MTG Flores does believe some really stupid stuff. Apparently the reason he used to end his articles with LOVE, MIKE is because he thought that would get people to subconsciously like him more, and he's admitted he's one of "those guys" who thinks Walter White always had pure intentions in Breaking Bad.
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Sunswipe posted:British passports used to be blue. That changed to a red EU passport in 1988. People have seriously voted for something that will cost the country millions, if not billions, because they want the sort of passports we had 30 loving years ago. A poll answered why people voted as they did right after the referendum: quote:Nearly half (49%) of leave voters said the biggest single reason for wanting to leave the EU was “the principle that decisions about the UK should be taken in the UK”. One third (33%) said the main reason was that leaving “offered the best chance for the UK to regain control over immigration and its own borders.” Just over one in eight (13%) said remaining would mean having no choice “about how the EU expanded its membership or its powers in the years ahead.” Only just over one in twenty (6%) said their main reason was that “when it comes to trade and the economy, the UK would benefit more from being outside the EU than from being part of it.”
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Strudel Man posted:Nah, YouGov came up with the list, and just asked people yea or nay for each item (which is why pre-decimal currency is even on there). It's clearly more of a "why not?" reaction than a cause. The actual reason is, however, "immigration" 
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Well I mean everyone knows why Brexit is a thing, it isn't hidden.
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Praseodymi posted:The actual reason is, however, "immigration" Your source also indicates (in the 'coded responses' section) that the single biggest motivation was the issue of sovereignty. 
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AlbieQuirky posted:New Zealand and Canada need to hang tight right now, because the rest of the English-speaking industrialized nations are run by absolute loving assholes. yes the noble savage sees through the white mans lies! you idiot, he was clapping and liking it like the rest
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Yawgmoth posted:Yes, I know that much. I just didn't realize the scope of it all. It's like if USD were printed in prime numbers only and you had to refer to them by the president on the bill. I was going to make fun of old limey funny money, but the idea of US prime factorization president money makes me want to waste some time to see how this would look. Edit: Also a lot of old stuff is based on the gcf of 60 because then you can divide things by 2,3, and 5 easily. ↓ PhazonLink has a new favorite as of 20:23 on Jun 7, 2017 |
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The reason from the strange amounts is that the coins were originally volumetric and a pounds worth of pennies weighed a pound.
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Strudel Man posted:http://www.britishelectionstudy.com/bes-findings/what-mattered-most-to-you-when-deciding-how-to-vote-in-the-eu-referendum/ Those issues kind of go hand in hand. You need sovereignty to have immigration policies
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