UKMT January: What a fucking mess

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Do you currently have a prepaid utility meter? This poll is closed.
Yes - both gas and electric	32	4.71%
Yes - gas only	4	0.59%
Yes - electric only	33	4.85%
Yes - plus prepaid water (this exists and is terrible)	0	0%
No - Direct Debit/Standing Order	336	49.41%
No - utilities are included as part of my tenancy/cohab/basement goonery	65	9.56%
No - I'm off-grid or still get a coal man	6	0.88%
No - my house is powered by Pressurized Boiling Hot Takes	67	9.85%
Pissflaps - via some sort of treadmill arrangement	137	20.15%
Total:	680 votes

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mehall: Aug 27, 2010

Guavanaut posted:

Wait actually

I love that Scotland is just like "Yup, communism please. Don't need to think about it"

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:15

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mehall posted:

I love that Scotland is just like "Yup, communism please. Don't need to think about it"

halp i'm male leave and conservative

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:17

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

How is don't know an option if HAD to is the question? I suspect those votes would be evenly split between "ashamed to admit I'd choose communism", "ashamed to admit I'd choose fascism" and "literally can't make a decision unless the tabloid tells me what to think"

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:17

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Corbyn should bring back that Cameron line that the press thought was incredible despite obviously wanting the opposition leader to resign

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:18

Renaissance Robot: Oct 10, 2010; Bite my furry metal ass

Guavanaut posted:

Wait actually

*sad Dic Penderyn*

You're kidding yourself if you think "don't know" doesn't indicate embarrassed fash

Or at the very least the people who'll happily sit around doing nothing or calling for decorum while fascism is on the rise

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:21

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

cakesmith handyman posted:

How is don't know an option if HAD to is the question? I suspect those votes would be evenly split between "ashamed to admit I'd choose communism", "ashamed to admit I'd choose fascism" and "literally can't make a decision unless the tabloid tells me what to think"

Liberals, bourgeois social fascists and other wall dwellers.

Also ashamed to be 25-49 years old.

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:21

Rockopolis: Dec 21, 2012; I MAKE FUN OF QUEER STORYGAMES BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH MY LIFE THAN MAKE OTHER PEOPLE CRY

I can't understand these kinds of games, and not getting it bugs me almost as much as me being weird

Why is Lib Dem the highest one?

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:23

Renaissance Robot: Oct 10, 2010; Bite my furry metal ass

Glinner would check "don't know" before going on to draft a dozen new tweets about why communists are bad and we need to allow fash to say their piece.

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:23

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

based on everyone involved with this i assume its terrible

https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1088049908828000257

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:25

learnincurve: May 15, 2014; Smoosh

Rockopolis posted:

Why is Lib Dem the highest one?

Most Lib Dem voters would believe that they could influence the communist party with their good old fashioned commen sense arguments and bring it back to the middle.

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:27

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Rockopolis posted:

Why is Lib Dem the highest one?

they all live in lib dem marginals and vote lib dem to keep the tories out

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:28

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IF YOU SEE ME TALKING ABOUT BEANIE BABIES, PLEASE TELL ME TO

EAT. SHIT.

The newsgaurd expose is here. Somewhat damning but it does get criticised for not putting CNN and WSJ as fake news, which is not something that would ever happen from a US-based business really. Or even Fox, far too many people would go mental and boycott them. They do mark Breitbart and Drudge as fake news for what it's worth.

And of course, the criticism itself was written by:

quote:

Whitney Webb is a staff writer for MintPress News and a contributor to Ben Swann�s Truth in Media. Her work has appeared on Global Research, the Ron Paul Institute and 21st Century Wire, among others. She has also made radio and TV appearances on RT and Sputnik. She currently lives with her family in southern Chile.

Which is pretty loving dodgy too.

Private Speech fucked around with this message at 13:34 on Jan 23, 2019

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:28

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/1088051513883348995

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:31

learnincurve: May 15, 2014; Smoosh

Need something added to every OP. DWP have been told not to tell sanctioned people about this.

If you get sanctioned then to prevent your housing and council tax benefits falling like a house of cards, and in some case get access to a utility bill fund, call your local council for a "Nil Income Form".

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:33

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

Renaissance Robot posted:

Glinner would check "don't know" before going on to draft a dozen new tweets about why communists are bad and we need to allow fash to say their piece.

Communists want to steal all your children's genitals and reallocate them at random, and they want these guys in every women's bathroom. #mumsnet

e: ^^ I've put it in the list of useful stuff for Feb OP

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:39

VideoGames: Aug 18, 2003

Rockopolis posted:

Why is Lib Dem the highest one?

The poll is a lie. 61 + 5 + 35 is 101%.

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:40

learnincurve: May 15, 2014; Smoosh

Oh gently caress me. ATOS are the ones running the court�s computer system.

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:46

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

learnincurve posted:

Oh gently caress me. ATOS are the ones running the court�s computer system.

lol

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:49

Small Strange Bird: Sep 22, 2006; Merci, chaton!

Party Boat posted:

Patisserie Valerie's owner was a brexit backer and is crooked as gently caress

But you repeat yourself.

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:51

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

learnincurve posted:

Oh gently caress me. ATOS are the ones running the court’s computer system.

Any outsourced government computer system is probably run by them or Capita. It's great.

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:51

A Buttery Pastry: Sep 4, 2011; Delicious and Informative!

VideoGames posted:

The poll is a lie. 61 + 5 + 35 is 101%.

Lib dems always overestimate their support.

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:53

ShaneMacGowansTeeth: May 22, 2007; I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

learnincurve posted:

Oh gently caress me. ATOS are the ones running the court�s computer system.

The amount of times I've gone to a court complex and the people there say "we've sent stuff to print and it never does" and then I hook my laptop up via a cross over connection, bring up the web interface, print something off and tell them to bother their IT staff never gets old

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:55

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Lol remember when the NHS spent over £10bn on a new computer system then scrapped it

Public sector is v good at computers :downs:

# ? Jan 23, 2019 13:57

Surprise Giraffe: Apr 30, 2007; 1 Lunar Road
Moon crater
The Moon

Maugrim posted:

Since I don't think anyone else has replied to this -

First, good on you for rehoming!

Second, yeah this is normal. The first cat we adopted did exactly this, it took a week and a half for him to stop hiding in corners but once he came out he became the loveliest lap cat in the world.

He's stressed out in an unfamiliar environment so lurking in a dark corner is comforting for him. He's likely to come out at night while you're asleep to do a bit of exploring and eat the food you've put out. Once he clocks that you're a regular, reliable source of food he'll start to get attached and be less likely to run off once you let him out. If he came with a blanket or something, put that nearby so there's a familiar smell.

And definitely keep him indoors for at least a couple of weeks as you say - it's not cruel as long as he has regular food and daily fresh water. Since he's a solo cat the house is now his exclusive territory, once he's had time to explore it on his own terms he should be pretty happy with this.

e: Hope you've got a clean litter tray down too...

Thanks a lot for this. He ate a bit overnight like you said and has at least been peering out from his hiding place, so looks like he'll eventually come round. We left his blanket nearby and hell have plenty of time to explore :3:

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:00

Chucat: Apr 14, 2006

quote:

Tim Farron, the former Lib Dem leader, wishes May a happy Cumbria day. He invites her to join him at a reception afterwards to sample Cumbrian food.

John Bercow, the speaker, describes Farron as a �one-man tourist board�.

May says, while Cumbria has good produce, so does Berkshire.

Lib Dems lol

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:01

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

https://twitter.com/LouiseRawAuthor/status/1087830660906139651

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:01

Bardeh: Dec 2, 2004; Fun Shoe

oh no Tim what are you doing

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:03

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

Bardeh posted:

oh no Tim what are you doing

Ober please give this Goon a sixer for mind poison

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:07

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

Rarity posted:

Ober please give this Goon a sixer for

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:09

Renaissance Robot: Oct 10, 2010; Bite my furry metal ass

Convex posted:

Lol remember when the NHS spent over £10bn on a new computer system then scrapped it

Public sector is v good at computers

The perfect way for this to end would be for the scraps of the system to be picked up for free and bodged into a working system by a private company and then sold back to the NHS for even more money than we already spent on it.

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:12

Rockopolis: Dec 21, 2012; I MAKE FUN OF QUEER STORYGAMES BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH MY LIFE THAN MAKE OTHER PEOPLE CRY

I can't understand these kinds of games, and not getting it bugs me almost as much as me being weird

learnincurve posted:

Most Lib Dem voters would believe that they could influence the communist party with their good old fashioned commen sense arguments and bring it back to the middle.

Wouldn't "Fascist" be higher in that case?

Jose posted:

they all live in lib dem marginals and vote lib dem to keep the tories out

But there's only a dozen lib dem seats...oh, I get it. The sample size is too small to produce meaningful results.

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:15

Renaissance Robot: Oct 10, 2010; Bite my furry metal ass

Rarity posted:

Ober please give this Goon a sixer for mind poison

loving

trying to hold good posters down :argh:

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:16

Rust Martialis: May 8, 2007; Can't post for 20 hours!

Rarity posted:

Ober please give this Goon a sixer for mind poison

What ya gonna do when they cum for you...

E: f, b

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:18

suck my woke dick: Oct 10, 2012; I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!

Put this cum-loving slave on ignore immediately!

Convex posted:

Lol remember when the NHS spent over £10bn on a new computer system then scrapped it

Public sector is v good at computers

Feature creep should be a ~~firing~~ hanging offense.

Given the absolutely craptacular results of any IT system that's supposed to be rolled out nationwide at once in many different countries, it would be better to go build a model system in a single site/hospital/department branch/� with provisions for forwards-compatibility with additional information that other sites may wish to enter. When that works, roll it out step by step.

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:18

Bardeh: Dec 2, 2004; Fun Shoe

the

will never take me alive

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:19

Obliterati: Nov 13, 2012; Pain is inevitable.
Suffering is optional.
Thunderdome is forever.

Convex posted:

Lol remember when the NHS spent over �10bn on a new computer system then scrapped it

Public sector is v good at computers

They don't have the funding to hire their own IT staff: outsourcing is a political choice forced on them on behalf of govt donors and relatives, though it's also true they have absolutely no idea how to negotiate (I know a procurement guy who recently told me about his brainwave in which a contactor who doesn't bother to do the job doesn't get [all] the money, an innovation he presented like it was the goddamn Moon Landing). Given that these contractors generally have no business that isn't UK govt as outfits like Capita are well-known as synonyms for failure, a semi-competent negotiator could essentially threaten them with bankruptcy but they have no grasp of the power differential.

As always in the UK, it is a mixture of top-level corruption and incompetence

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:19

Apraxin: Feb 22, 2006; General-Admiral

https://twitter.com/tompeck/status/1088066746190315520
Our very successful British institutions.

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:35

bump_fn: Apr 12, 2004; _{two of them}

at a friends flat and the power just went out cause the coin operated meter ran out of credits. the only heating in the building is electric. imagine it goes out in the night when its impossible to get more coins. how the gently caress is this legal

# ? Jan 23, 2019 14:38

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/1088067217403637761

LOL Bono. What a twat

bump_fn posted:

at a friends flat and the power just went out cause the coin operated meter ran out of credits. the only heating in the building is electric. imagine it goes out in the night when its impossible to get more coins. how the gently caress is this legal

Because only people have those meters.

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Regarde Aduck: Oct 19, 2012; c l o u d k i t t e n; Grimey Drawer

Renaissance Robot posted:

You're kidding yourself if you think "don't know" doesn't indicate embarrassed fash

Or at the very least the people who'll happily sit around doing nothing or calling for decorum while fascism is on the rise

Yeah in any fash society it�s like 90% collaborators which means your gran, the baker, your accountant, big Dave... all complicit and fully to blame.

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