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Jaeluni Asjil posted:The internet I signed up with when I moved STILL hasn't delivered (long story won't bore you probably another 2 weeks) so yesterday afternoon I ordered a Three Home Broadband (doesn't need a phone line, 4G thingummy bob - Huwai B535 router which has 4 ethernet ports (because I want ethernet ports, they have another gadget that has Alexa but I think only 1 ethernet port if that). I signed for a 24 month contract at £22 per month and nothing up front. And the beauty is, if I were to move again, I could take it with me. (Ed: unlimited data). That latency though is not too amazing for presumably a non peak time. Probably nothing to worry about if you aren't a serious twitchy gamer but worth bareing in mind with these 4G setups. I wonder how easy it would be for you to line bond the two connections 
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BoneMonkey posted:I had crying beaten out of me as a child. Does the phrase "I'll give you something to cry about." Ring any bells for anyone else? BoneMonkey posted:Hurting my hand on walls.
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justcola posted:I am like a stone sometimes but watching these WWYD videos always gets me - I well up anytime I see another person be kind to another (including me sometimes, sheesh!) These videos always kinda skeeved me out in the way that it kinda forces members of the public to have to take a gamble on what to do when sometimes, like in this case, someone who isn't strong enough to take on a grown adult is suddenly placed into a position where they feel like if they don't something terrible would happen. That said I am quite pleased by the group effort near the end. I saw a similar one where a couple of actors fake being a lesbian couple with adopted kids and the waitress, also an actor, is audibly lovely about it in front of the rest of the diner. They did this in New York and in Texas, and whether truthfully or by cherry picking it was in deeply homophobic Texas the majority of the diners stepped in and said that wasn't how you act around people, while the New Yorkers minded their own business.
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Deketh posted:I wonder what causes a change like that. Any changes in meds or recent traumas or massive stresses pop up for you over that time frame? Not to pry, of course! Depression can do this.
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TulliusCicero posted:The US loves to use that story as well, to justify Western Aggression towards the Middle East Also one of the reasons Alexander's empire fell apart is because the Greeks were too xenophobic to accept any hint of equality with their millions of new subjects. Greek military colonies were placed all over to try to keep the locals in line too. And as for how the Spartans ruled their empire, boy howdy, that's the stuff of nightmares. Parallels with the antebellum American South, IMO. Lynching a serf was a rite of passage for a Spartan citizen.
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Tesseraction posted:They did this in New York and in Texas, and whether truthfully or by cherry picking it was in deeply homophobic Texas the majority of the diners stepped in and said that wasn't how you act around people, while the New Yorkers minded their own business. Unfortunately when living in a big city you see similar poo poo all the time and given the odds of getting attacked are much higher in an urban environment, it's easier not to get involved as it can easily escalate the situation. Similarly, when I lived outside London I'd sling beggars a couple of quid now and then, but now I see at least 5 beggars a day and I feel helpless to help any of them, so I don't give change anymore. I did run a sponsored race a raised a few hundred for a homelessness charity though. Re crying: I only cry when I watch Disney movies / other kids movies
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Deketh posted:I wonder what causes a change like that. Any changes in meds or recent traumas or massive stresses pop up for you over that time frame? Not to pry, of course! I've been feeling much more tired as of late and I've offended a bunch of my friends so I haven't been talking to folks as much and I just got a new job and I am going into therapy soon. I think in general I am just vegging out a lot at the moment. I am feeling a bit emotionally distant from myself as much as anything else.
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One thing I need to read up more on is the Greek Kingdom of Afghanistan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom
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Josef bugman posted:I've been feeling much more tired as of late and I've offended a bunch of my friends so I haven't been talking to folks as much and I just got a new job and I am going into therapy soon. You've got us, Buggy! 
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OwlFancier posted:Stress does cause a lot of problems with emotional expression. Hell yes it does
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Braggart posted:You've got us, Buggy! Ta! But yeah, I think just everything is piling up a little bit. I just need to get some stuff done and I will feel better.
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Peston not being a total melt and getting weirdly frustrated in that Boris Johnson interview, 7/10 (lol Boris can't name any of the companies ready to invest after Brexit he keeps going on about) https://metro.co.uk/video/boris-johnson-single-deal-thats-ready-brexit-2063194/ e: also in the sidebar, mogg you slag https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/04/huge-get-mogg-sign-appears-giant-slag-heap-11266559/ 
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Braggart posted:Also one of the reasons Alexander's empire fell apart is because the Greeks were too xenophobic to accept any hint of equality with their millions of new subjects. Greek military colonies were placed all over to try to keep the locals in line too. And as for how the Spartans ruled their empire, boy howdy, that's the stuff of nightmares. Parallels with the antebellum American South, IMO. Lynching a serf was a rite of passage for a Spartan citizen. The Spartans were the first fascists to the point that almost everyone else loving hated them. Alexander kicked in the rotting door of a Persian Empire in massive decline and revolt, conquered the entire known Greek World, and then died from either assassination or a massive orgy, causing his generals to split up and quickly fail to rule their holdings, and the only real greek legacy being the spread of Greek philosophy, language, and, culture throughout the Mediterranean. Like the Hellenistic Greeks got utterly clowned on by the Parthians, the Carthaginians, and a backwater city state in Central Italy
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I feel like there's this repeating story where a group of "enlightened" people imperialise a large part of the world, then reach too far, and then the oppressed localities go "gently caress this poo poo" and the whole thing falls into disarray opening the door for some other enlightened force to come in and be emperor. Just this constant call and response Hegemony? No. Hegemony? No. Not between two people but between swirling masses of human populations chaotically dancing over the surface of this planet.
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Hegemony is what you call labour's ecological funding in the countryside.
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mediadave posted:One thing I need to read up more on is the Greek Kingdom of Afghanistan Insane thing that actually happened: because of this, Greek sculptors were the first people to make depictions of what Buddha actually looked like (as opposed to representing him with other objects)
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OwlFancier posted:Hegemony is what you call labour's ecological funding in the countryside. You joke but government grants with requirements placed on them are basically "comply to this central standard"
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TulliusCicero posted:The Spartans were the first fascists to the point that almost everyone else loving hated them. Alexander kicked in the rotting door of a Persian Empire in massive decline and revolt, conquered the entire known Greek World, and then died from either assassination or a massive orgy, causing his generals to split up and quickly fail to rule their holdings, and the only real greek legacy being the spread of Greek philosophy, language, and, culture throughout the Mediterranean. And don't get me started on the idea that Alexander never lost a battle! Lol right, he defeated King Porus at the Battle of Hydaspes and then magnanimously granted him his kingdom back and withdrew because his soldiers were a bunch of little bitches who couldn't hack it. gently caress off Alex. This is fun 
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Rude Dude With Tude posted:Peston not being a total melt and getting weirdly frustrated in that Boris Johnson interview, 7/10 (lol Boris can't name any of the companies ready to invest after Brexit he keeps going on about) https://metro.co.uk/video/boris-johnson-single-deal-thats-ready-brexit-2063194/ I witness the beauty of the giant slag heap, the sight of which calls to the ghosts of peers from my distant past. Emerging from a secondary school lost to time, a ghost whispers in my ear "ur mum"
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Azza Bamboo posted:I feel like there's this repeating story where a group of "enlightened" people imperialise a large part of the world, then reach too far, and then the oppressed localities go "gently caress this poo poo" and the whole thing falls into disarray opening the door for some other enlightened force to come in and be emperor. Just this constant call and response A drive so true My avarice pulls me through Then one day unto me too... Hegemon! Braggart posted:King Porus 
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Absorbent and yellow and Porus is he.
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Hegemon, centralist monsters, hegemon have the power.
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I would much prefer the Gauls to most of the other Hegemons that we've had to live with.
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Braggart posted:And don't get me started on the idea that Alexander never lost a battle! Lol right, he defeated King Porus at the Battle of Hydaspes and then magnanimously granted him his kingdom back and withdrew because his soldiers were a bunch of little bitches who couldn't hack it. gently caress off Alex. Don't forget Pyrrhus of Epirus, who was such a god damned moron that he lost his army and fleet retaking a city from a massively smaller roman force Or the absolute clown show that was Selucid and Ptolemy rule The greeks militarily were massive goobers, who had like one strategy, and Phillip beat them with this ingenious thing called "horses" lmao TulliusCicero fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Dec 4, 2019 |
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OwlFancier posted:Hegemon, centralist monsters 
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Yeah I had it DVRed and was just about to put it on last night but when I saw the info I did a 360 and moonwalked out of there
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:There's a woman on my sister's FB who whenever my sister posts pro-Corbyn stuff writes a comment that 'I won't vote Labour while Corbyn is leader'. On another bit of FB - our local town group - she's always posting that she's a life long LibDem voter. It's like all those folk who wrote that letter to the Graun such as Joanna Lumley - bezzie mates with Johnson - who 'won't vote labour because of Corbyn and anti-semitism' when they've never voted Labour and never will vote Labour in their whole entire lives. I reckon that's exactly it. People for the most part don't like to admit that they're selfish and mean. That's painful and might mean rethinking their motives. They'll gratefully accept the cognitive dodge that people like Lumley have provided. Most likely they haven't even consciously thought about it; the LIFELONG LABOUR BUT THESE CORBYNS pattern is just stamped into their Broca's areas. Doorknocking was pretty positive tonight. Most of my doors either Labour or talkative undecided types who responded well to stuff on the NHS and environment. Also ended up with a Brexity wife/#FBPE husband combo which was an interesting baptism in amateur doorstep marriage counselling. Thread's had an emotional evening and I'm wary of bringing in my bullshit. I'll just say it's good to think and talk about how we manage our feelings. There's so much pressure to flinch away from negative feelings and uncritically repress them. That's disastrous for our health. Not that we should bin our filters - Azza described how high expressed emotion can be unhelpful and counterproductive for its recipients. But if we take time to examine our feelings, our numbnesses, our instinctive reactions, we'll all be better equipped to survive the stressors of late capitalism, and better placed to fight them. Solidarity. It's a hard slog. Families are the worst of it sometimes. I've pestered a job lot of strangers, but the idea of engaging with my mam's politics beyond sending her fire-and-forget shitposts about WASPI fills me with a sense of powerless dread. Don't feel daft for crying at tough times or old songs, and don't feel bad if you need to get your head down and power through. Just please take that moment and take care of yourselves.
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OwlFancier posted:Hegemony is what you call labour's ecological funding in the countryside. Whereas the Tories just call theirs Hedge Funds
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Im so endlessly amazed that people can see the millions of “lol Abbott can’t count” jokes on Twitter and think “Yes, I am the funny man, let me throw another one on the pile.” loving Christ, just blocking these idiots on sight now.
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Who lives on an elephant in the Indus Valley? Resplendent and mighty and Porus is he! If classical nonsense is something you wish My elephant will charge and you will go squish! Good King Porus! Good King Porus! Good King! POOOORUUUUUS! *elephant trumpets*
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Slag off Hannibal next, history buffs! Shogi posted:
Love to hear it and thanks for being out there, it's flipping cold round here.
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Deketh posted:Slag off Hannibal next, history buffs! A massive step down from Silence of the Lambs.
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Octolady posted:Im so endlessly amazed that people can see the millions of “lol Abbott can’t count” jokes on Twitter and think “Yes, I am the funny man, let me throw another one on the pile.” I suspect it gives certain people a more acceptable way to attack her
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