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Pilchenstein posted:Rehashing the same "an ancient and powerful evil is returning to destroy us" plot a hundred times as an excuse to do a bunch of trite "do you murder the orphans or give them your house?" poo poo "morality" choices is not good writing I'm afraid. Also that bit in Baldur's Gate where the villain turns up in disguise and his name is just written backwards is the worst thing that's ever been put in a videogame * endlessmonotony sighs and dutifully unsheathes their brass fountain pen with a broad iridium nib. They check the tines are clean and that the slit has proper flow, then unroll the parchment marked "UKMT" and write "NO" on the crossing of "Pilchenstein" and "Writing Talent". They unroll the parchment further until they reach the crossing of "Pilchenstein" and "Notes", and write "Has Baldur's Gate related amnesia. Investigate.". (Sure, Firkraag is about as generic a D&D adventure as they come, but Mazzy's, Jan's and Haer'Dalis' companion quests are fun and creative. About everything in Umar Hills is fun, the Underdark apart from the Drow City is fun... no, you seem to be describing Fable. Both BG games are full of fun D&D adventures, even if they often are stupid and cheesy.) EDIT: What a snipe oh boy.
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Guavanaut posted:Tommy used to work on the docks, union's been on strike Whoaaaa-oooo, socialism's in the air Fucccccccck orrrrrrrrrrrf, thangam debonaire. E: quote:Do not attempt to incite violence, this include suppositions that violence is inevitable and people must be ready to respond in kind. Do not threaten other posters or individuals under secret service protection. Well poo poo EE: quote:Bad posts are punishable on the Something Awful Forums. WELL poo poo RockyB fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Jan 12, 2020 |
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I mean yes in that if you want to go to china or you want to go to wales both involve first going out your front door.
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endlessmonotony posted:* endlessmonotony sighs and dutifully unsheathes their brass fountain pen with a broad iridium nib. They check the tines are clean and that the slit has proper flow, then unroll the parchment marked "UKMT" and write "NO" on the crossing of "Pilchenstein" and "Writing Talent". They unroll the parchment further until they reach the crossing of "Pilchenstein" and "Notes", and write "Has Baldur's Gate related amnesia. Investigate.". 
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Jan 12, 2020 05:09
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Yeah, I too wish that the Left could exist in total irrelevance forever, but be perfectly smug about how pure they are.
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Jan 12, 2020 05:18
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I admit I was resigned to the left splitting, but I was not anticipating the argument "the left splitting is good, actually, and you should do that rather than compromise".
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judging from the twitter history, it's more "you're not any more radical than the Labour party is, at least insofar as you want to matter, so you anarchocommunists don't get to claim any leftier-than-thouness than we parliamentarians" https://twitter.com/heardougtweet/status/1216182970555535360 this argument has never convinced its intended audience, I suspect, but the question recurs whenever the parliamentary route to socialism suffers a setback
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Ms Adequate posted:I admit I was resigned to the left splitting, but I was not anticipating the argument "the left splitting is good, actually, and you should do that rather than compromise". The left isn't splitting. It's scraping off the right wing barnacles.
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So my wife accidentally bought a ticket for a gig that was for last year; they were still selling tickets even though the gig already happened. Any goons know where we stand legally on getting our money back?
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:So my wife accidentally bought a ticket for a gig that was for last year; they were still selling tickets even though the gig already happened. Easiest thing might be to go directly to your card issuer and get them to refund you since this is probably a protected purchase and dealing with the company will be a real pain. The card issuer might want some proof that the company was at fault though so worth making at least some token efforts to contact them.
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:So my wife accidentally bought a ticket for a gig that was for last year; they were still selling tickets even though the gig already happened. That's an interesting one, because as long as they didn't misrepresent what the ticket was legally I think they're in the clear. You *might* have a case for merchantability - after all it's impossible for you to actually use the ticket for its intended purpose - but that might be touch and go because if they're feeling scummy they could probably argue it could be used, and was being sold as, a souvenir or novelty. However if it was bought online less than 14 days ago you do have an (almost) unconditional right to return it for a refund under the Consumer Contracts Regulations: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/consumer-rights-refunds-exchange/#buyingfromhome Disclaimer: Not a lawyer, just someone who buys way too much poo poo.
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Purple Prince posted:Easiest thing might be to go directly to your card issuer and get them to refund you since this is probably a protected purchase and dealing with the company will be a real pain. Depends whether it's a credit or debit card purchase. Banks can recoup the cost of a debit card purchase from the merchant, but they need to see that you've reached the end of the road with them first. I'm fairly sure a screenshot of the transaction date and a photo of the ticket itself would be enough to prove fault, unless there's something on the website that says 'novelty purchase only' etc. Out of interest, where was it bought from? There are some resellers known to banks for being shady as gently caress with this sort of thing. (I think it was Viagogo who used to sell you the chance of being allocated a ticket if one is sold on to them - but you pay full price for it regardless).
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51077897 Britain has condemned the arrest of the UK ambassador to Iran as a "flagrant violation of international law". Rob Macaire was detained after attending a vigil for those who died when Iranian military shot down a passenger plane on Wednesday. He left when it turned into a protest before being arrested and accused of helping to organise the demonstrations. In a tweet, Mr Macaire denied taking part in protests and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned his arrest. Mr Macaire said he was attending the vigil because it was "normal to want to pay respects", adding that some of the victims were British. The ambassador added: "Arresting diplomats is of course illegal, in all countries."
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so iran is the bad guy? anyone know how to remove the 'don't' from a placard, and change a Q to an N?
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Iran is really poo poo at this whole "don't get yourself invaded" thing so far
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Are there any other parties that allow non-affiliated bodies to dismiss members for any other reasons?
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Those suggestions are absolute rear end. Especially 2, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9 & 10 are just.. absolute nothing commitments that don't mean anything.
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Jan 12, 2020 12:36
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Really? The antisemitism smears were more about appearance than substance? Who would guess?
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Jan 12, 2020 12:41
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There was a time I didn’t know what the Board of Deputies was, and honestly, it was a better time. Like when I didn’t know Spiked was a thing.
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Jan 12, 2020 12:48
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Could you maybe not vote for this dude?
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Sanitary Naptime posted:There was a time I didn’t know what the Board of Deputies was, and honestly, it was a better time.  ."
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Jan 12, 2020 12:54
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Hard pass from me.
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what a oval office https://twitter.com/davidgraeber/status/1216185139539140609
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Guavanaut posted:I think my life has been improved for knowing that Spiked On Line is the rump left over from when Living Marxism, the official magazine of the Revolutionary Communist Party, got sued into the ground by ITN for genocide denial, and that their obsession with 'free speech' comes from the same place as all trots, "we must have the freedom to spout whatever stupid poo poo we want and anybody saying anything contrary to this is a Stalinist McCarthyist revisionist Fair point. I revise my previous point to “life was better when I didn’t need to read spiked, and I feel the same way about the Board of Deputies’ output.” E: I read it so you don’t have to (you get to hear it and Firos’ brain boil instead)
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Jippa posted:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51077897 Almost like breaking international law by drone striking the Chief of General Staff of a country might provoke that country to break international law to send a message in return.
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UK ambassadors: for those times when you want to gently caress with NATO a bit but you don’t want to harass anyone who might hit back. E: loving our new role as punchbag for countries America has pissed off.
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I think 6 is the trap they caught Corbyn with. Corbyn (not sure of the best way to word this) initially held off on signing the IHRA definition, because he wanted to add a clause saying that criticising Israel in the same way any other country would be criticised for doing racist things should still be allowed. Although it's going to be a tough sell saying that arch-racist Corbyn was behind all the antisemitism, even the historical stuff by Ken Livingstone before he was leader; but also so is [insert leadership candidate here]. Also I'm sure they'll insist that the external board mentioned in #2 is them. Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 13:29 on Jan 12, 2020 |
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Beefeater1980 posted:UK ambassadors: for those times when you want to gently caress with NATO a bit but you don’t want to harass anyone who might hit back. New?
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Beefeater1980 posted:UK ambassadors: for those times when you want to gently caress with NATO a bit but you don’t want to harass anyone who might hit back. I've mentioned this before but Iran has a fully justified hatred of the UK which is almost entirely independent of their hatred of the US.
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There's a long train of Persian conspiracy theories that everything the US does to Iran is just on behalf of British colonial interests.
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Sanitary Naptime posted:Fair point. you still don't need to read spiked
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Look, letting the Board of Deputies determine who can or can't be part of one of our ruling political parties is clearly anti-anti-semitism, and not some kind of trope.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:I think 6 is the trap they caught Corbyn with. It wasn't a trap as much as it was Israel essentially demanding immunity to criticism, particularly regarding its own crimes against humanity, and Corbyn saying "How is that ever acceptable?"
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Continuity RCP posted:you still don't need to read spiked If I don’t mine the Brendan takes for Comment or Commentariat it’s down to junior g-man and he’s already mining other awful spaces. You wouldn’t want to kill him would you?
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What are the other awful spaces? I require takes to heat my kitchen during these winter months.
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Sanitary Naptime posted:If I don’t mine the Brendan takes for Comment or Commentariat it’s down to junior g-man and he’s already mining other awful spaces. I'm in no position to judge your reading habits, I'm currently 1/10th of the way through Living Marxism's archives
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Guavanaut posted:What are the other awful spaces? I require takes to heat my kitchen during these winter months. Conservative woman is always a sneaker fucker that we never suspect.
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Firos posted:always a sneaker fucker 
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