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It's unfortunate that the BBC rarely put the name of the author on their articles and tweets so I can't add the names to my list of journalists that I hope die 'with' coronavirus. These folks are less shy about putting their name to their opinions they were all already on the list https://twitter.com/PopulismExpert/status/1245642979441692672
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Goldskull posted:Applying for UC, and what a loving shitshow that is. If you live with a partner who works they also need some account to verify your details or something. I think this is just designed to embarass people into not asking their partner for assistance as they have to sit on the phone for hours. There are no alternate methods. I found the best way was to leave my phone plugged in and have the call on speaker as you do something monotonous like organise receipts or do a jigsaw. Be glad they switched from Vivaldi to generic 'music' recently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxH4-aoTlTw
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That's just rear end covering, it's fair to say.
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Guavanaut posted:It's got echoes of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa when there was a huge stigma around it you'd get lots of people dying of pneumonia but almost a deliberate refusal to talk about the underlying virus that led to that. I would be very surprised if the BBC weren't doing exactly that at the time as well.
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Azza Bamboo posted:That's just rear end covering, it's fair to say. But I can clearly see the rear end on my screen right now?
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"died with" has such a strange feel to it, like the person had a long negotiation with their own coronavirus and released a joint statement detailing a mutual agreement that stopping existing was the best for all parties now i know statistically this probably won't take me but for the record if I die it'll be dying against it. put that on my grave thank you.
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Died with coronavirus (in their system)
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ThomasPaine posted:Very boring honestly Well that's what happens, your established kinks become boring and you find yourself having to seek out more extreme stuff
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Isn't "died with" or "died after" fairly normal news phrasing for people who clearly die of things because that way they don't have to commit to anything as strong as a causative relationship between terminal cancer and people dying? Just usual news being loving cowards.
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endlessmonotony posted:The point the thread called it was when there were multiple reports of asymptomatic transmission. that was day 1 iirc, day 2 at latest
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I look forward to the BBC being abolished with a leftist government Poor BBC, we'll never know what took them
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It's so if there's any trouble as a result of implying a causal relationship they can say "we never did that". It's basic rear end covering. Can you imagine how much more sued they'd have gotten if they implied causality when they were broadcasting the raid on Cliff Richards' house?
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OwlFancier posted:Isn't "died with" or "died after" fairly normal news phrasing for people who clearly die of things because that way they don't have to commit to anything as strong as a causative relationship between terminal cancer and people dying? "Officers were involved in a shooting that left one man dead, the suspect was unarmed."
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Friend made this: https://whichisthebestthing.com/ It's extremely addictive. I'll see about getting the varieties of Monster Munch added to the database.
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I get why they do it, but it only further breeds the utter contempt I have for the snivelling little parasites that work in journalism because all they can ever do is cringe and simper about how it is that things keep happening and we can't begin to say why. Just the absolute worst, most detestable form of human communication ever invented. Guavanaut posted:Yeah but it becomes political when it furthers political goals. Oh yes of course, again as above I don't at all dispute that it has an effect on the world, just that it's more of an institutional thing than a thing that's being wheeled out specifically for this.
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Wachter posted:LOL nice one, Beeb. Add another gammon bullshit talking point to my previously published checklist: "ahhh, but you don't know that all those people definitely died of covids It amazes me how many people shouting "Preexisting Conditions!" are ignoring the fact that one of the reasons we have so many people with these conditions is that modern medicine lets us manage these conditions for years, sometimes indefinitely. Most of the people making these arguments are probably on blood pressure or diabetes medication.
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OwlFancier posted:Isn't "died with" or "died after" fairly normal news phrasing for people who clearly die of things because that way they don't have to commit to anything as strong as a causative relationship between terminal cancer and people dying?   Also, most of the 'died with' results are things like "died with a colleague" or "died with three men in a blast". 'Died of' is the things you'd usually expect. Being charitable, one might guess that 'died with' is the safe phrasing in the absence of an official coroner's report or something. TACD fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Apr 2, 2020 |
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josh04 posted:Friend made this: https://whichisthebestthing.com/  Depends on your mood, really.
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TACD posted:"died with three men in a blast" That's how I want to go out 
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josh04 posted:Friend made this: https://whichisthebestthing.com/ Very first match up for me was coronavirus vs. a staff room. The latter is best but i reckon the former would win in a fight
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minema posted:That's how I want to go out "the bodies were found among several hundred empty cans of baked beans"
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Massive first world problem here: why are the broadband speeds in my street ~10mbps when every street around us is on super / ultrafast? I've used the Ofcom broadband checker and my street and my street only is a band of red in a sea of green. I think I know the real reason which is that the street is a mix of current and former council houses so everything's decades old and knackered, but given the main thing determining speed is distance from the exchange it seems weird on a technical level that one specific street could be singled out for crap internet.
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josh04 posted:Friend made this: https://whichisthebestthing.com/ Seems pointless to me, spent five minutes and it's all 'this is their first matchup' Bacon Terrorist posted:My wife's employer seem to think they are going to furlough some people for three weeks, the bring them back, and furlough a different group of people for 3 weeks, bring them back etc My furlough agreement specifically states that each furlough period is for three weeks at a time then reviewed, and that different parts of the workplace may need different people to come back at different times. Perhaps your wife may be reading into it like that? code:Zedsdeadbaby fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Apr 2, 2020 |
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:Seems pointless to me, spent five minutes and it's all 'this is their first matchup' That's cos the database I'd already yuge
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:My furlough agreement specifically states that each furlough period is for three weeks at a time then reviewed, and that different parts of the workplace may need different people to come back at different times. Perhaps your wife may be reading into it like that? Quite possibly, she is yet to be furloughed but it sounds like she may be soon under this model (the problem working for a mid sized family run company is there is no transparency on stuff like this).
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josh04 posted:Friend made this: https://whichisthebestthing.com/  Went with sewage, sanitation is important and generally doesn't use slavery. Stuck on this one:  Toothpaste obviously vital for modernity, but, like, bucket, man. e: lmao 
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Enough of one brings me to the other hell that's the whole point Jaeluni Asjil posted:What a disgusting poo poo bag. Glad I left Labour last weekend: man, today was my two-to-three-day 'stick your head above the parapet' day, and I really wish I hadn't bothered. All it's done is frighten me, frustrate me, and make me literally sweat with fury and nothing else
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