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crispix posted:And and and he'll pronounce it all like Quinn-oh-ah and say it in the slow, deliberating tone of someone deciphering unfamiliar hieroglyphics I want all your posts to be in Bobby speak now
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ThomasPaine posted:No, because money is made up and what capitalism calls growth is just code for overclocking our productive forces to grossly unsustainable lengths so we can have a hundred brands of washing up liquid and bananas in February in Northern Europe Premise is right, but conclusion is wrong. The specifically capitalist part of the economy, the stock market, is actually doing great.It’s the real, labour-theory-of-value economy that is hosed. People aren’t going to work at the factory that makes the machine that makes the tractors that sow the fields, or the college that teaches them to use it. Right now, none of those are essential (which is true, in the short term), and none of them can be done from home. If nothing changes for 6 months or so, then the only thing capitalism will be doing is answering the question ‘given the available food, who gets to eat it?’. Which is why Oxfam are warning of _half a billion_ at risk of starvation, and the stock market is up 10%. The former is not a problem to the latter
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Jakabite posted:It’s a poo poo theory, boot locker Are you the guy from my old people’s group on the vulnerable list who got arsey with a man in Tesco’s who had a go at him for barging past everyone queuing nicely, because he wanted to check the price of coffee in a Tesco’s 12 miles away from his house? People have No Idea what lemmings old people are, the amount of times you hear them going “if it’s my time it’s my tIme why should I have to suffer” is mortifying, and makes you want for plod to start shouting at them in the middle of the street for the sake of all the young people on the vulnerable list they are going to get killed.
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ThomasPaine posted:Wait, so let me get this straight. The police are threatening to root through people's shopping for 'unessential items'. So if they find a tub of ice cream amongst your bread and corned beef they're implying they might take it and write you up for it? I kind of understand if you're going to the shops every other day to stock up on tube after tube of pringles and nothing else but I completely fail to see the harm in picking up some sweets or whatever while you're already there anyway. This seems like it could be solved completely by just adopting the 'take paperwork when you leave the house' approach because it would dissuade people from going every other day for frivolous stuff while still allowing them to get whatever the hell they like when they do go. I guess loving everything up at every possible juncture and making things worse for everyone is very on brand for Brexit Britain. I think it's less about the contents of shopping baskets and more about getting people to stop making pointless trips every day. They're just poo poo at explaining it. edit found this: https://twitter.com/NorthantsChief/status/1248200618340241408 xtothez fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Apr 9, 2020 |
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xtothez posted:I think it's less about the contents of shopping baskets and more about getting people to stop making pointless trips every day. They're just poo poo at explaining it. But they're literally saying they'll check the contents of your shopping basket, tho.
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I foresee sting operations with the old bill lurking near the 5 items or less till at Morrison’s.
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At that point supermarkets would be full of little illegal traps. Why even sell them?
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learnincurve posted:I foresee sting operations with the old bill lurking near the 5 items or less till at Morrison’s. FEWER FEEEWEEEER 
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xtothez posted:I think it's less about the contents of shopping baskets and more about getting people to stop making pointless trips every day. They're just poo poo at explaining it. When I was in the queue yesterday with nothing but an Easter egg, some maple syrup and 4 cans of Fosters I went and picked up some milk I didn't need just to try and lessen the sense of being judged.
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hemale in pain posted:i feel like it should be a rule that if you say you've cut your own hair and it looks realy good you have to post a pic I won't because I'm ashamed of how much grey is in it. And the quarantine moustache is half blonde. Is hair dye an essential item?
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sassassin posted:I won't because I'm ashamed of how much grey is in it. Did you at any point in your life anticipate that you would actually type out the words “the quarantine moustache is half blonde” ?
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So here's a question: how much more "improving" can Boris' health do before he's a paragon of the human form? He was admitted a few days ago for routine tests, but with only mild symptoms. Immediately goes into ICU, and has been "improving" ever since. Obviously at some point they've been bullshitting everybody about his condition, but I wonder which bit in particular they were lying about.
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So instead of preventing people nipping to the shops to buy a six-pack, we're just going to make them also buy a pint of milk and a loaf of bread that'll go straight into the bin when they get home.
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communism bitch posted:So here's a question: how much more "improving" can Boris' health do before he's a paragon of the human form? He was admitted a few days ago for routine tests, but with only mild symptoms. Immediately goes into ICU, and has been "improving" ever since. Obviously at some point they've been bullshitting everybody about his condition, but I wonder which bit in particular they were lying about. The bit about him being alive
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communism bitch posted:So here's a question: how much more "improving" can Boris' health do before he's a paragon of the human form? He was admitted a few days ago for routine tests, but with only mild symptoms. Immediately goes into ICU, and has been "improving" ever since. Obviously at some point they've been bullshitting everybody about his condition, but I wonder which bit in particular they were lying about. He's gonna bust out of the hospital like doctor manhattan in about a week.
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communism bitch posted:So here's a question: how much more "improving" can Boris' health do before he's a paragon of the human form? He was admitted a few days ago for routine tests, but with only mild symptoms. Immediately goes into ICU, and has been "improving" ever since. Obviously at some point they've been bullshitting everybody about his condition, but I wonder which bit in particular they were lying about.
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communism bitch posted:So here's a question: how much more "improving" can Boris' health do before he's a paragon of the human form? He was admitted a few days ago for routine tests, but with only mild symptoms. Immediately goes into ICU, and has been "improving" ever since. Obviously at some point they've been bullshitting everybody about his condition, but I wonder which bit in particular they were lying about. stop praying for bojo, he's becoming too powerful and is making toy bendy buses out of ventilators and PPE supplies and the police and fire brigade can't stop him
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TACD posted:So instead of preventing people nipping to the shops to buy a six-pack, we're just going to make them also buy a pint of milk and a loaf of bread that'll go straight into the bin when they get home. Really, the police should have better things to do with their time like gently caress off & try to stop being bastards. But I still hate the people informing on their neighbour for going out twice in a day more. Those are just the absolute dregs of humanity. I'll be honest, when I saw there'd been a 111 new posts since I'd last checked the thread I was hoping for some good news re: BoJo
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communism bitch posted:So here's a question: how much more "improving" can Boris' health do before he's a paragon of the human form? He was admitted a few days ago for routine tests, but with only mild symptoms. Immediately goes into ICU, and has been "improving" ever since. Obviously at some point they've been bullshitting everybody about his condition, but I wonder which bit in particular they were lying about. PM's doing great today. His left leg was twitching a little and there's a promising pool of saliva collecting on his chin. He'll be up and about in no time!
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Gonzo McFee posted:Key workers to become Low skilled again after the pandemic. Having seen how skilled our government and civil service is, I totally agree.
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Necrothatcher posted:PM's doing great today. His left leg was twitching a little and there's a promising pool of saliva collecting on his chin. He'll be up and about in no time! 
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Guavanaut posted:He went in feeling a bit ill, doctors realized that he was a thoroughly poo poo person, and have been improving him every day. they're doctors not miracle workers
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Battle of Britain: 1542 aircrew killed Dunkirk: 10 May until the armistice with France on 22 June 3,500 British killed The Blitz: 43,000 civilians killed First and second battle of El Alamein: 13,000 and 13,500 killed respectively Battle of the Somme (big daddy): 400,000 killed. Some 9/11 units of our own to use. Might drill home to your Tory dickhead mates (if like mine) to stay home given that we're on nearly five Battle of Britains or two whole Dunkirks. Although to be fair, the Blitz is probably the most comparable. I would say we're well on target. E: Coventry firebombing was 578 in one night. We having one of these a day. Toxoplasmid fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Apr 9, 2020 |
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Lol I've just had a row with my sister-in-law on our family WhatsApp because she was so proud they managed to find a garden centre that was open for "essential supplies" and bought a load of bedding plants. She was using the "Well if it's selling essential supplies then it's okay" argument, on the day I've been silently mortified with myself because I went to a pet shop* that was a couple of miles further away than I needed to to make sure my bike got a proper temperature cycle** after two weeks sitting. Not that I'm in any position to condemn anyone, but apart from the City, the roads in London still seemed way too busy - much more "nice Sunday afternoon" than "3am in mid winter". Way, way too many construction vehicles, for a start, but at least no loving tourist coaches. * To get my justifications in - I *could* have ordered the specialist food for delivery, but a) I'd rather keep the delivery slots open for others who really need them and b) see below ** While you *can* leave a motorbike for a couple of months with no ill-effects, I'd still rather make sure that I don't get corrosion in the oilways and coolant loop, perished tyres and belts, and rusty chain and brake disks the fun way, and a 5-mile trip does the trick.
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TACD posted:So instead of preventing people nipping to the shops to buy a six-pack, we're just going to make them also buy a pint of milk and a loaf of bread that'll go straight into the bin when they get home. Until when milk and bread are so rare that its cheaper to just take the fine.
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Ratjaculation posted:i've been sat playing cities skylines all day, i'm a loving hero compared to half this thread Did you roleplay real life and completely shut down the traffic by, well, by doing anything in cities: skylines
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I actually answered half a dozen emails, making this my most productive day of working from home yet! I also managed to play several hours of fallout
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Julio Cruz posted:they're doctors not miracle workers
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Did you roleplay real life and completely shut down the traffic by, well, by doing anything in cities: skylines i'm playing it on ps4 so no hope of any traffic mods/improvements they literally all go in a single lane on the freeway, regardless of which exit they're taking very similar to the m6 tbf
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sassassin posted:Is hair dye an essential item? I figured I'd play with dyeing my hair blue given I can't go out till June now at least. But they're not selling it on either Boots or Superdrug's website right now, cos they're prioritising their stock for essential items, which is entirely fair. So, I guess not!
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Ratjaculation posted:downloading tropico to create corbtopia If you like the micromanaging in these games, give Workers & Resources : Soviet Republic a try. https://store.steampowered.com/app/784150/Workers__Resources_Soviet_Republic/ You can pop down statues of Lenin everywhere
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Gonzo McFee posted:https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1248148683822071809 what an inspiring blood sausage he is
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IffyNewtz posted:Battle of Britain: 1542 aircrew killed To put some more context around those numbers - the most intense period of the Blitz (the almost-nightly raids of November 1940 to February 1941) killed around 20,000 people in London - we're already *way* past that death rate. The biggest raid of that period, the "Second Great Fire" - 29th December 1940 - killed "only" 160 people, actually a lower number than some of the other raids because they were concentrated almost solely on the docks along the river and St. Paul's, so there weren't as many houses destroyed. The very worst night of the Blitz - 11th May 1941, where they pretty much threw the entire Luftwaffe just at London, *twice* - caused 1500 deaths, and we're really not far off that as a daily death toll now. The "baby Blitz" - the V1 and V2 campaigns and the last strategic bombing raids - managed a measly 10,000 deaths over a year. And if you want to get down to individual disasters - the worst casualty count from a single bomb was the V2 that struck a crowded Woolworths in New Cross, killing 160 people, or about as many as died in 4 hours yesterday. Every hour we're losing as many people as died at Bullivant's Wharf, the worst death toll caused by a hit on an air-raid shelter.
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