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Jaeluni Asjil
Apr 18, 2018

Sorry I thought you were a landlord when I gave you your old avatar!
Can you imagine the outcry if anyone left wore a t-shirt like this but with say Pro-Palestinian Shitlord or some such on it?

Luke Akehurst, Matt Pound (on Starmer's campaign team) and AN Other.


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Azza Bamboo
Apr 7, 2018


THUNDERDOME LOSER 2021
We don't like football but we do have middle Eastern politics t shirts

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Font crimes.

E: Also apparently the NEC suspended a jewish NEC candidate for antisemitism recently???

NinpoEspiritoSanto
Oct 22, 2013




I switched to Plusnet from BT this year (I know it's still BT) and cut my bill in half while getting a static IP and the same TV I watched before.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug
https://twitter.com/Realheadcase1/status/1225889467350888448?s=09

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

I can't believe they're starting war christmas in february.

More specifically they acquitted him months ago lol

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/24/no-evidence-leave-eu-and-arron-banks-broke-law-says-agency-brexit

Although apparently this nerd can't tell when poppy season is either lol
https://twitter.com/acgrayling/status/1225915951654330369

OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Feb 8, 2020

Jaeluni Asjil
Apr 18, 2018

Sorry I thought you were a landlord when I gave you your old avatar!

OwlFancier posted:

Font crimes.

E: Also apparently the NEC suspended a jewish NEC candidate for antisemitism recently???

Jo Bird (Jewish) and Mohammed Azzam have both been suspended. No reason give yet but probably purported anti-semitism despite Jo Bird herself being Jewish.

Lord Ludikrous
Jun 7, 2008

Enjoy your tea...

I recently went from 3.5mb broadband to 350mb and it feels so good.

No wonder millennials and zoomers are watching less tv though, we get shitloads of channels as part of the package and there’s never anything worth watching. The most I’ve watched is 20 minutes of TNG (which I have on Blu-ray as well as Netflix) as background noise while I was cooking dinner.

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012
Nandy as leader means many things, but one of them is bipartisan support for violent suppression of the Scottish independence movement. Seriously, she's been saying some absolutely psychotic poo poo about Scotland.

Saith
Oct 10, 2010

Asahina...
Regular Penguins look just the same!
I've been doing my best to drown out politics since the election, i thought Angela Rayner was one of the good ones?

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

She is, broadly, she's just a bit been a bit... aggressive in pursuing the position I think compared to butler. Broadly I don't know that there's much difference between butler, burgon, and rayner policy wise, it's more down to who you like.

Ms Adequate
Oct 30, 2011

Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling



WhatEvil posted:

A Tory dickhead.

In other news, David Aaranovitch got caught by a "sophisticated scam".

https://twitter.com/centristwonk/status/1225880546850615296?s=20

Far be it from me to call him credulous.

E: lol

https://twitter.com/JohnJCrace/status/1225880795774148609?s=20

"Can I have some money mate, I really need it."
"Yeah okay."
"Sorry I hate to ask but could you give a little more?"
"Uh... oh what the hell, I guess so, yeah."
"Thanks!"

Two hours later

"I've been SCAMMED! What a sophisticated operator, they asked for money and I just... gave it to them! :gonk:"

Ms Adequate
Oct 30, 2011

Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling



Lord Ludikrous posted:

I recently went from 3.5mb broadband to 350mb and it feels so good.

No wonder millennials and zoomers are watching less tv though, we get shitloads of channels as part of the package and there’s never anything worth watching. The most I’ve watched is 20 minutes of TNG (which I have on Blu-ray as well as Netflix) as background noise while I was cooking dinner.

Only thing anyone in this house watches on actual telly these days is my mum's love of antique shows, really. Or sometimes nature/travel things like "Look how cool the coast around [Tiny English Seaside Village] is! And there's FISH!" other than that, everything is streamed or in my step-dad's case on Blu-ray.

e; Also when we changed provider a few months ago we went from like, 10mb to 150mb and yeah it loving RULES HARD

Ms Adequate fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Feb 8, 2020

NinpoEspiritoSanto
Oct 22, 2013




Lord Ludikrous posted:

I recently went from 3.5mb broadband to 350mb and it feels so good.

No wonder millennials and zoomers are watching less tv though, we get shitloads of channels as part of the package and there’s never anything worth watching. The most I’ve watched is 20 minutes of TNG (which I have on Blu-ray as well as Netflix) as background noise while I was cooking dinner.

loving this. I'd pay even less if not for the kids and the odd thing on Dave we like to be honest. As soon as it's just the two of us in the evening we're browsing the Pi for the poo poo we actually like.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

As if anyone could possibly invent programming better than the instant regret playlist.

Saith
Oct 10, 2010

Asahina...
Regular Penguins look just the same!

OwlFancier posted:

She is, broadly, she's just a bit been a bit... aggressive in pursuing the position I think compared to butler. Broadly I don't know that there's much difference between butler, burgon, and rayner policy wise, it's more down to who you like.

Nah, I thought she was running for leader and was surprised she never came up. Assumed she'd been caught with TERFs or JQers, just googled and she's going for deputy so yeah.

Not in Labour, not voting, but all three of them seem cool. I remember a speech of Burgons a while ago and he was doing pretty decent lefty fire and brimstone stuff.

Rayner tho, I mean she left school pregnant at 16 and now she's gunning for one of the highest positions in Labour. The fact she has a shot at all, to me at least, shows how formidable she must be as a person, so I'm glad she's not a shite.

Idk much about Dawn Butler other than that the BBC keeps confusing her with Dianne Abbot.

Renfield
Feb 29, 2008

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Additional to my post above (rather than keep editing it). These are the two SIMS I got in my package:

Use the one that says Pay Monthly Mobile Broadband on it in the router. The PAYG is just a freebie. If you didn't get a PMMB one, then they must have missed it out. The phone number of the SIM to use is the one printed on your delivery note.



Ed: PS I was online within 15-20 mins of putting my PMMB SIM in the router.

I recently changed from Virgin fibre to 3, with this same router etc - although I went for the 12 month contract at £27 - £10 less than VirginMedia.

I had the exact same package in the post, with 2 SIM cards, but the one thing I'd look for is I appear to have a £70-odd a month contract for unlimited data, with loads of discounts for 12months - just be sure to make a note of the end-of-contract date and make sure you don't get stung out-of-contract.
(I've only been with them 2 months, so no idea if that's going to happen, but That's Capitalism !)

Also, I live in a decent signal area, in central Cardiff, and get speeds from 80Mbps right down to 4 on a saturday afternoon - not a problem. That's still enough to stream TV, but downloading a game takes longer.


(Edit)
Don't forget as it's legally the same as a mobile phone, you'll have to call customer service to get the "Adult Filter" removed.

Renfield fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Feb 8, 2020

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Saith posted:

Nah, I thought she was running for leader and was surprised she never came up. Assumed she'd been caught with TERFs or JQers, just googled and she's going for deputy so yeah.

Not in Labour, not voting, but all three of them seem cool. I remember a speech of Burgons a while ago and he was doing pretty decent lefty fire and brimstone stuff.

Rayner tho, I mean she left school pregnant at 16 and now she's gunning for one of the highest positions in Labour. The fact she has a shot at all, to me at least, shows how formidable she must be as a person, so I'm glad she's not a shite.

Idk much about Dawn Butler other than that the BBC keeps confusing her with Dianne Abbot.

It was another lady I can't remember the name of I think, not abbot. Young lady with long braids?

I don't honestly know much about them either, the left lot at CLP was pretty well split between them tbh, support for all though I think us being a very white area means butler didn't do well. She does struggle I think for name recognition compared to the others.

E: Marsha de cordova.

OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Feb 8, 2020

Kin
Nov 4, 2003

Sometimes, in a city this dirty, you need a real hero.

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Ah that's the mifi thingy not the home hub thingy that I have.
(Well I DO have one of those mifis but I've had it years and it's great to take around when I'm visiting friends or stopping in travelodges etc - obviously needs a signal!)
My homehub is £22pm for unlimited and gets up to 80mbps and typically around 60mbps most times during the day.

Ooo err just noticed they've got a better deal on the mifi than I've got - can't remember when the contract ends though! I'm getting 40GB for £18.25 and they're showing £12 pm. Last time I asked my deal was the best one.

Hmm, i feel like i've been a bit railroaded then. I was expecting the hub rather than the mifi thing though. I mentioned the 535 model i could see on the site, but he just kept going on about he's giving me a "better, newer version". I couldn't really check what it was though because i was gated from the rest of their site.

I take it the only real difference between the hub and the mifi thing is that the hub has ethernet ports (and it's less portable)?

The ethernet ports would be handy though (for things like PS4 downloads and whatnot), do you know if it costs much to buy it separately?

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Darth Walrus posted:

Nandy as leader means many things, but one of them is bipartisan support for violent suppression of the Scottish independence movement. Seriously, she's been saying some absolutely psychotic poo poo about Scotland.

It's been loving mental. She's deranged when it comes to Scotland.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

You can't say that and not share.

Jaeluni Asjil
Apr 18, 2018

Sorry I thought you were a landlord when I gave you your old avatar!

Renfield posted:

I recently changed from Virgin fibre to 3, with this same router etc - although I went for the 12 month contract at £27 - £10 less than VirginMedia.

I had the exact same package in the post, with 2 SIM cards, but the one thing I'd look for is I appear to have a £70-odd a month contract for unlimited data, with loads of discounts for 12months - just be sure to make a note of the end-of-contract date and make sure you don't get stung out-of-contract.
(I've only been with them 2 months, so no idea if that's going to happen, but That's Capitalism !)

Also, I live in a decent signal area, in central Cardiff, and get speeds from 80Mbps right down to 4 on a saturday afternoon - not a problem. That's still enough to stream TV, but downloading a game takes longer.


(Edit)
Don't forget as it's legally the same as a mobile phone, you'll have to call customer service to get the "Adult Filter" removed.

Having had one of their mifis for so many years with the same kind of 'discounts' they've not screwed me yet!
I took the 24 month version but yeah if they try to stitch me up, I'll change. I doubt they will though.
I also get a decent signal too. Obviously useless if you live somewhere with lovely or no signal.

I hadn't noticed the adult filter LOL I guess I don't watch stuff that it applies to.

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal

OwlFancier posted:

E: Marsha de cordova.
UK media being unable to tell her apart from [other Labour lady [maybe African [with braids [oh poo poo they look nothing alike]]]] plus Rayner's whole white boys are failing at school because of the feminist anti-colonialism thing is my main reason for preferring Butler over Rayner, but Butler does seem to have more solidly overall left politics.

Jaeluni Asjil
Apr 18, 2018

Sorry I thought you were a landlord when I gave you your old avatar!

Kin posted:

Hmm, i feel like i've been a bit railroaded then. I was expecting the hub rather than the mifi thing though. I mentioned the 535 model i could see on the site, but he just kept going on about he's giving me a "better, newer version". I couldn't really check what it was though because i was gated from the rest of their site.

I take it the only real difference between the hub and the mifi thing is that the hub has ethernet ports (and it's less portable)?

The ethernet ports would be handy though (for things like PS4 downloads and whatnot), do you know if it costs much to buy it separately?

To be honest, I'd get on to them again and say it's the home hub thing you want not the mifi thing and you think they've made a mistake. I've always found them reasonable to deal with.
The homehub router is a 'normal' router size and quite light so you could consider it portable depending what you were doing. I take the mifi out in my handbag as I don't use mobile phone data.
The huawei 535 model has 4 ethernet ports. There's another one they offer with built in Alexa but it only has one

Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Feb 8, 2020

Renfield
Feb 29, 2008

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

I hadn't noticed the adult filter LOL I guess I don't watch stuff that it applies to.

It let me get to pornhub, and bet365 - but blocked pinterest for some reason !

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

How on earth can an adult content filter not get loving pornhub?

Jaeluni Asjil
Apr 18, 2018

Sorry I thought you were a landlord when I gave you your old avatar!

Renfield posted:

It let me get to pornhub, and bet365 - but blocked pinterest for some reason !

I've just tried pinterest with no problem!

Ms Adequate
Oct 30, 2011

Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling



I just use a VPN like the spine man wanted (But I got it before he started badgering us lol) and now I can go whersoever on the Internet my merrie heart takes me.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

The VPN doesn't help if you have your homepage set to http://www.scrotalannihilation.co.uk

Azza Bamboo
Apr 7, 2018


THUNDERDOME LOSER 2021
Scrotal Annihilation is great but I prefer Supreme Cummander.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

I feel slightly bad that my brain for some reason couldn't think of a better CBT pun than an RTS from the 90's.

Private Speech
Mar 30, 2011

I HAVE EVEN MORE WORTHLESS BEANIE BABIES IN MY COLLECTION THAN I HAVE WORTHLESS POSTS IN THE BEANIE BABY THREAD YET I STILL HAVE THE TEMERITY TO CRITICIZE OTHERS' COLLECTIONS

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

EAT. SHIT.


OwlFancier posted:

How on earth can an adult content filter not get loving pornhub?

I have no idea but I'm glad, let horny youngsters wank it in peace.

The only remotely defensible argument for adult content filtering is that porn teaches unhealthy relationship habits - but even then the answer to that should be "let's do something about that then" and not "let's ban it because that's definitely going to work this time".

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

When I were a wain we didn't have t'internet and so I had to nick my stepdad's dvd copy of snoop dogg's doggystyle.

Communist Thoughts
Jan 7, 2008

Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!


i reckon starmer is worse than nandy, all the ghouls will be lining up behing him.
he'll be my last choice i think

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

:discourse:
It's what's for dinner.

OwlFancier posted:

I feel slightly bad that my brain for some reason couldn't think of a better CBT pun than an RTS from the 90's.

Cummand and Cock Her: Bed Alert

Bacon Terrorist
May 7, 2010

to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022

Private Speech posted:

I have no idea but I'm glad, let horny youngsters wank it in peace.

The only remotely defensible argument for adult content filtering is that porn teaches unhealthy relationship habits - but even then the answer to that should be "let's do something about that then" and not "let's ban it because that's definitely going to work this time".

They should make it so you can only watch retro porn in your formative years not the hypersexual formulaic HD brutality that seems to be pumped out on the regular now. Never saw Ron Jeremy slapping women about.

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
I'm sure Žižek would have something to say about comparing the retro porn scene, where the material itself was fairly tame in actions, but there was a poo poo ton of rape and abuse behind the scenes and no age checks and even the cops were in on it or on the gang payroll, and the modern scene where there's still a lot of work to do but the best most consent compliant studios are all run by sex positive feminists and make dp fisting cosplay porn that's completely out there by retro standards.

Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

OwlFancier posted:

You can't say that and not share.

IIRC Nandy said that there should be a second Scottish Indyref, but the whole of the UK should vote on it.

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
I mean there already was a referendum on England leaving the UK that only Scotland voted on...

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Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

:discourse:
It's what's for dinner.

Bacon Terrorist posted:

They should make it so you can only watch retro porn in your formative years not the hypersexual formulaic HD brutality that seems to be pumped out on the regular now. Never saw Ron Jeremy slapping women about.

Can we gameify this? Build up points by wanking to wholesome porn and unlock ever increasingly niche kinks

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