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forkboy84 posted:Mostly I like horrible unpleasant music and Fleetwood Mac do some of the most offensively inoffensive middle of the road soft rock. Similar feelings about Journey, Toto, Chicago, Boston, Hall & Oates, etc. It's just very much not my vibe. Not to say I don't like music with melody & that, but it's not that sort of thing. I actually don't know that much of Toto's music except Africa and Rosanna, but they also wrote most of Thriller, so they are good. Ratjaculation posted:I haven't played a battlefield since bad company 2, are they still good or are they all super speedy nukes and poo poo like call of duty? I played 3 and 4 and they weren't as good as BF:BC2 so I gave up. Cracking game that was. I got really good at shooting down choppers with the guided rocket launchers, to the point where I got banned from some servers. I wasn't cheating though, there was just a knack to it, and once you got it, you got it and could repeatedly shoot them down. Pochoclo posted:Which country though the whole world seems hosed it’s just a matter of degrees I just moved to Canada. The Liberals just got the most seats at their federal election, followed by the Conservatives (which they also call Tories), with the NDP losing several seats. The NDP are the most (nominally) left-wing party and I think the Liberals are a bit left of New Labour (but not much), and the NDP are somewhere between New Labour and Current UK Labour. So overall not great politically. However the People's Party of Canada (Canadian UKIP - racist, anti-immigration) got zero seats. So that's good. Also the people here are nice, by and large. Houses are cheaper (unless you're in Toronto or Vancouver) and the country is beautiful, too (I mean, depending on where you go). Poverty is also on the decrease here. There are of course some problematic indigenous issues with the First Nations peoples having had their land stolen and not getting enough support from the government. So it's not like, a land of milk and honey or whatever, but I've been finding it better in a lot of ways than England so far. I also have friends who've moved to New Zealand and they're absolutely loving it. E: The world's most expensive crisps were released in 2016, and cost €51 for a box of five crisps:  quote:The snacks are made from Ammarnas potatoes which, according to Ateriet.com, are in limited supply due to them being harvested by hand off a stony slope inaccessible to modern agricultural machinery. So there. WhatEvil fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Nov 5, 2019 |
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Private Speech posted:I feel sorry for Pissflaps (and a bunch of other permabanned posters for that matter too). Like yeah it's kinda his own fault and the threadban was justified, but I still do. There are permabanned posters that deserve your support or concern (cough cough Tiny Brontosaurus). But Pissflaps? Yeah, maybe read through the Pissflexit thread. He was very deliberately and nastily transphobic and racist. He got what was coming to him.
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WhatEvil posted:I actually don't know that much of Toto's music except Africa and Rosanna, but they also wrote most of Thriller, so they are good. Well, Steve Porcaro wrote Human Nature, and they played on the whole album, but Rod Temperton was the real songwriting genius of that album. Also wrote "Boogie Nights", and the stone cold classic "Gimme The Night" for George Benson. Toto have some absolute belters though, "I'll Be Over You" is way overlooked.
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WhatEvil posted:I actually don't know that much of Toto's music except Africa and Rosanna, but they also wrote most of Thriller, so they are good. I also moved to Canada but 14 years ago just after Harper got in, it was poo poo Also the liberals are basically the Lib Dems and are just as milqutoast as you'd think I feel the NDP are well positioned tbh for next election. One thing I noticed is there is nowhere near the political organization that the UK or the US has, there is nothing like Momentum or the US political education/advocacy. There ARE several really good environmental advocacy groups however
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Former Canada person here who wants to move back. The place is really weird because, as already said, people don't really engage politically but they also have this weird culture of putting lawn signs up in support of a party or candidate? I was there for the federal election that saw Trudeau get in and was visiting during the last provincial election in Ontario which saw Ford (Basically Canadian Trump) become Ontario's Premier (First Minister). I never experienced any doorknockers, any fliers outside generic main three parties, and there is little to no engagement with your local MP or MPP, which as someone who comes from Ireland is REALLY weird. Seems like for the most part candidates are parachuted in and are rarely from the constituency, let alone live in it.
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Ratjaculation posted:NZ Yeah I'm gonna have to disagree with you on the quality of the current NZ gov. They bowed to transphobes by killing the proposed self Id law, have ruled out implementing a CGT under the current leader, refuse to raise benefit levels despite their own review saying they need to go up by up to 47% and are basically just tinkering around the edge of problems and doing nothing to actually solve them. I also totally expect to see them run on tax cuts at the next election instead of actually doing anything useful with the current surplus. They aren't remotely good, they are just less poo poo than our tories. Also hi despite being a very gay and trans kiwi stuck in NZ I lurk this thread because Marxism and Corbyn is less depressing than our Labour Party. Also the podcast is great.
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Lead out in cuffs posted:There are permabanned posters that deserve your support or concern (cough cough Tiny Brontosaurus). But Pissflaps? Yeah, maybe read through the Pissflexit thread. He was very deliberately and nastily transphobic and racist. He got what was coming to him. I guess I'm just sad for people perma'd in general. I did read the thread and didn't vote for him there because of the transphobic stuff, even though I don't really remember the posts in question. The racist mention of "urban" though, well, the government uses it too and then there's TinTower's coconut posts, which I think was even worse. I dunno. e: gently caress it was TinTower. Err. Sorry? Private Speech fucked around with this message at 11:22 on Nov 5, 2019 |
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Ratjaculation posted:
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Private Speech posted:I guess I'm just sad for people perma'd in general. I did read the thread and didn't vote for him there because of the transphobic stuff, even though I don't really remember the posts in question. The racist mention of "urban" though, well, the government uses it too and then there's rarity's coconut posts, which I think was even worse. I dunno. You're really defending racist poo poo on the basis that our very openly racist government also does it?
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Private Speech posted:and then there's rarity's coconut posts, which I think was even worse.  Flaps was much loving worse in general and even if the urban thing was the only time he got caught being racist (and I have no idea if it was or not), I'm pretty sure with his extensive history of bigotry we can probably rule out it being an isolated incident.
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painted into a coroner posted:Former Canada person here who wants to move back. The place is really weird because, as already said, people don't really engage politically but they also have this weird culture of putting lawn signs up in support of a party or candidate? I was there for the federal election that saw Trudeau get in and was visiting during the last provincial election in Ontario which saw Ford (Basically Canadian Trump) become Ontario's Premier (First Minister). I'm in Vancouver and I did see some groups of campaigners with signs and handing out leaflets in my local area leading up to the election - I think for the green party. Not much else apart from some signs up here and there. When I was in Cardiff I used to get bombarded with door knocker peeps and leaflets, cos I was in a lib dem Vs labour battleground. Tbh as I'm not a citizen and can't vote at all in Canada I haven't paid too much attention, still preoccupied with the shenanigans in the UK. At the moment I'm oscillating between mild hope, wanting to scream gently caress off at the top of my voice at gammons, and the urge to roll my eyes so hard they turn back time at fubpee melt nonsense. I assume this is normal.
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njsykora posted:I think the last time he said he was quitting Twitter he was back less than 24 hours later. Glinner and Tweetman 4 EVAR  Because we can't get rid of them.
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Pochoclo posted:Which country though the whole world seems hosed it’s just a matter of degrees New Zealand. If you play your cards right you can get into one of the bunkers as a domestic slave. I am short so I will be a hobbit jester for their amusement. I will also be paid less because I'm short, and there is justification for me living in a hole, which they would make me do anyway. It's perfect. A true artist documents the whims of the ruling class. Alternatively, fight until you die I say  
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Pilchenstein posted:You mean TinTower. TinTower hosed up and just fled the thread forever rather than apologise (to my knowledge anyway), which is very on brand for a lib dem With Flaps, it was the sheer relentless volume of his lovely posting that was the problem. He'd sit for hours at a time posting pedantic, 'just asking questions', one-line responses over and over and over again until the whole thread just became people telling him to gently caress off and Flaps going "Oh dear, you seem to be upset for some reason."
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Bobby Deluxe posted:I started following a political shitposting group on facebook and they've gone a bit strange. Movember has taken a strange turn
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Private Speech posted:rarity's coconut posts Whoa, what the actual gently caress. The coconut was TinTower, not me. I know we're both trans but we are different people. Rarity fucked around with this message at 08:34 on Nov 5, 2019 |
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Top Gear are Tories? Are there any good famous Brits left? Please tell me Sean Connery is still cool.
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Pistol_Pete posted:With Flaps, it was the sheer relentless volume of his lovely posting that was the problem. He'd sit for hours at a time posting pedantic, 'just asking questions', one-line responses over and over and over again until the whole thread just became people telling him to gently caress off and Flaps going "Oh dear, you seem to be upset for some reason." I know someone like this in real life. They are both a carded up Conservative and one of the most insecure, petty, intolerable people I've ever had the misfortune to meet. Unsurprisingly they studied PPE.
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Eschenique posted:Top Gear are Tories? Are there any good famous Brits left?
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Rarity posted:Whoa, what the actual gently caress. The coconut was TinTower, not me. I know we're both trans but we are different people. Oh I had no idea TT wss trans lol, learn something every day. Also yes please correct your post Private Speech, Rarity is very good people and distinctly doesn't make racist posts. Eschenique posted:Top Gear are Tories? Are there any good famous Brits left? Oh boy, uhh... Connery stans for spousal abuse so... he's not super great (To my knowledge Patrick Stewart is an all around good egg though)
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Eschenique posted:Top Gear are Tories? Are there any good famous Brits left? Unapologetic wife beater and tax exile
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That Top Gear pic, "Preparing for life under Corbyn" as in... being able to take an occasional holiday abroad because you have the economic security to do so, and we've made enough progress on carbon controls and recapture that (appropriately taxed and regulated) air travel is an acceptable thing to do?
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Private Speech posted:I guess I'm just sad for people perma'd in general. I did read the thread and didn't vote for him there because of the transphobic stuff, even though I don't really remember the posts in question. The racist mention of "urban" though, well, the government uses it too and then there's rarity's coconut posts, which I think was even worse. I dunno. Distinctly not cool. On at least two levels even, but god drat at tarring rarity with that.
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Ms Adequate posted:That Top Gear pic, "Preparing for life under Corbyn" as in... being able to take an occasional holiday abroad because you have the economic security to do so, and we've made enough progress on carbon controls and recapture that (appropriately taxed and regulated) air travel is an acceptable thing to do? I’d say with any luck they’re getting used to the experience of leaving the country, but they’re all pretty well travelled by this point.
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Ms Adequate posted:Oh I had no idea TT wss trans lol, learn something every day. Ian McKellen seems a good guy as well.
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Eschenique posted:Top Gear are Tories? Are there any good famous Brits left? Top Gear were always really really bad tories and generally disgusting human beings. They see the climate crisis as more of a hobby than a threat.
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Rarity posted:Whoa, what the actual gently caress. The coconut was TinTower, not me. I know we're both trans but we are different people. Yeah rarity is good. And if they posted about coconuts it would be about throwing them at fascists. Really hard.
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Grey Hunter posted:Ian McKellen seems a good guy as well. quote:Sir Ian McKellen has said he believes he will be “long dead” by the time Brexit happens, and implied that he no longer wants to offer his view on the subject. a good lad who means well
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Ms Adequate posted:That Top Gear pic, "Preparing for life under Corbyn" as in... being able to take an occasional holiday abroad because you have the economic security to do so, and we've made enough progress on carbon controls and recapture that (appropriately taxed and regulated) air travel is an acceptable thing to do? Yeah... Not to be a debbie downer but you might want to check with the climate change thread for a perspective on if that's still in the cards. The tl;dr is that it really isn't. Though I personally think air travel should be the last to go for a number of reasons, using it for vacation travel is an incredible waste at this point.
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abelwingnut posted:feel like stephen fry has to be very good and very cool 
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abelwingnut posted:feel like stephen fry has to be very good and very cool Oh dear.
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abelwingnut posted:feel like stephen fry has to be very good and very cool Did you mean: history’s greatest monster?
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abelwingnut posted:feel like stephen fry has to be very good and very cool Uh oh
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Failed Imagineer posted:Well, Steve Porcaro wrote Human Nature, and they played on the whole album, but Rod Temperton was the real songwriting genius of that album. Also wrote "Boogie Nights", and the stone cold classic "Gimme The Night" for George Benson. I second sympathy for tiny bronto.
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