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I'm sticking to the theory that the polls are nonsense that may as well start from the assumption that the Torys get 40% and the election turning out to roughly match them was coincidence.
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josh04 posted:I'm sticking to the theory that the polls are nonsense that may as well start from the assumption that the Torys get 40% and the election turning out to roughly match them was coincidence. i think you need to accept 40% of the country are spiteful cunts who will vote tory for that reason alone
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Don't underestimate the ability for people to rationalise this train wreck ("See? Told you it was a load of fuss about nothing! Only tens of thousands of died! There are much higher numbers than that!") rather than admit that the government they enthusiastically voted into power utterly failed them at every turn. Even if COVID had gone full-on Captain Trips as a direct result of Tory incompetence, people would be saying how much worse we'd have it under Corbyn
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Jun 11, 2020 21:52
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sebzilla posted:https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/1271057897196306433?s=19 https://twitter.com/PAJTaylorWriter/status/1271057974258290691
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Jun 11, 2020 22:06
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We must protect the history of it's in the past, forget about it.
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Statues are there so that we can remember history. *remembers history* No, not like that! Also, how come none of them ever remember the proud history of smashing the poo poo out of unpopular statues, which was pretty much the national pastime in the 16th century? Is it because all the statues are gone? Because they kept the woodcuts. 
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Jun 11, 2020 22:09
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We have more important things to discuss than polls https://twitter.com/alreadytaken74/status/1271148200154587139
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Jun 11, 2020 22:23
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It’s the old adage of think of how dumb the average person can be, and remember that 50% of the U.K. population are dumber than that Except instead of smarts it’s racism
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Jun 11, 2020 22:24
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:We have more important things to discuss than polls Tear down all the statues, and place these on the vaccant pedastals.  Wachter posted:Don't underestimate the ability for people to rationalise this train wreck ("See? Told you it was a load of fuss about nothing! Only tens of thousands of died! There are much higher numbers than that!") rather than admit that the government they enthusiastically voted into power utterly failed them at every turn. Even if COVID had gone full-on Captain Trips as a direct result of Tory incompetence, people would be saying how much worse we'd have it under Corbyn "Holy poo poo 60000+ deaths under the Tories!" "Well, if it were under Corbyn we'd be having 60001+ deaths!" Pesky Splinter fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Jun 11, 2020 |
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Jun 11, 2020 22:27
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Shite ad for these stickers just turned up on my FB: (Stand with J K Rowling stickers.) https://www.standingforwomen.com/product-page/istandwithjkrowling-stickers  Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Jun 11, 2020 |
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Jun 11, 2020 22:30
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JR rowling is going to sue that company for using the sorting hat without permission lmao.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Shite ad for these stickers just turned up on my FB: That's Oogie Boogie from Nightmare before Christmas surely?
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Jun 11, 2020 22:43
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Half the comments under the ad are 'please send me a bazillion' and the other half are 'get lost with that terfy shite' (with further replies to those comments saying that if you don't support this you don't support women and girls)
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Jun 11, 2020 22:49
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Well the SJWs have gone too far. they've destroyed Rowling, taken everything from her and left her with nothing but her enormous wealth, celebrity influence, successful writing career and legions of fans. Poor bastard.
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Living here does feel a bit like Cassandra in Troy telling the Trojans, "hey, maybe don't bring in that suspicious wooden horse making muffled Greek swears", and them jeering as they drag the thing through the gates. And then as the Trojans are being murdered them going "Oh, if only there was someone to tell us!". Jaeluni Asjil posted:Shite ad for these stickers just turned up on my FB: Holy poo poo I was literally joking with the gender sorting hat.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Shite ad for these stickers just turned up on my FB: Tbf the Sorting Hat would absolutely be a terf that outs any kid who doesn't conform to their assigned gender and probably does so even if they've not actually acted on it. "Hmmmm.... Hufflepuff. And make sure... make sure that "Emily" here goes in the boys dorms, where he belongs." *Big round of applause from entire hall of teachers and students for outing this dangerous 11 year old* Of course, thinking about it, isn't the prohibition on boys going in the girls dorms and like the one rule that is never broken or circumvented by 'Arry? Anything else they get around it one way or another but that one, oh no, you get literal time travel before you can sneak into the girls bedchambers.
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The sorting hat is like centuries old isn't it? Do you think it occasionally just screams racial epithets at the students? I think it probably does.
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Pretty disgraceful treatment in here for a sorting hat that explicitly listens to what the kids actually want.
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OwlFancier posted:The sorting hat is like centuries old isn't it? Do you think it occasionally just screams racial epithets at the students? I think it probably does. It probably puts all the ethnic minority kids in the same house.
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:We have more important things to discuss than polls 
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Pesky Splinter posted:Living here does feel a bit like Cassandra in Troy telling the Trojans, "hey, maybe don't bring in that suspicious wooden horse making muffled Greek swears", and them jeering as they drag the thing through the gates. I have literally used this exact analogy in conversations with my therapist on *checks palm of hand* at least 3 occasions I think. It sucks, understanding the world but being unable to materially affect it.
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sebzilla posted:https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/1271057897196306433?s=19 a DeCenT lEaDer WoUlD Be 20 PoiNtS aHeaD
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OwlFancier posted:The sorting hat is like centuries old isn't it? Do you think it occasionally just screams racial epithets at the students? I think it probably does. That's why Hermione is able to suddenly be Black, but god drat if you're a Jew you're going to the goblin bank instead of any House.
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Imagine explaining to a child all starry-eyed from the first Potter book that the funny hat thing is now a mascot for a movement to put goolie inspectors in all the public bogsGuavanaut posted:Yeah but they're all extremely old ones, predating early modern 'racial' classification. Holy poo poo it literally measures skulls
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somehow the jk rowling story gains another layer of hosed up idiocy as The Sun decides to respond to her mention of abuse by putting on the front page a goddamn interview with her abuser https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1271201178781712388
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Wachter posted:Imagine explaining to a child all starry-eyed from the first Potter book that the funny hat thing is now a mascot for a movement to put goolie inspectors in all the public bogs This country kind of feels like one of those horror films where your childhood toys get posessed by evil spirits and try and kill you. Except it's not toys it's books and films you used to enjoy and the spirits are the whole bottle of vodka the writers kneck before going on late nite Twitter rants
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Pesky Splinter posted:Living here does feel a bit like Cassandra in Troy telling the Trojans, "hey, maybe don't bring in that suspicious wooden horse making muffled Greek swears", and them jeering as they drag the thing through the gates. XMNN fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Jun 11, 2020 |
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Wachter posted:Don't underestimate the ability for people to rationalise this train wreck ("See? Told you it was a load of fuss about nothing! Only tens of thousands of died! There are much higher numbers than that!") rather than admit that the government they enthusiastically voted into power utterly failed them at every turn. Even if COVID had gone full-on Captain Trips as a direct result of Tory incompetence, people would be saying how much worse we'd have it under Corbyn The tories are 100% banking on this with the performative lockdown and sensible and extremely scientific easing of restrictions When brexit hits it'll be nothing but "aw dang, it would have gone perfectly if it weren't for that lousy coronavirus!!"
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XMNN posted:if he had his way he'd probably give Lesbos back to the argentinians, what a disgrace
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:We have more important things to discuss than polls I'm trying to imagine the multiple meetings that must have happened for this to exist, and I honestly can't even begin to believe anyone thought this was a good idea
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Wachter posted:Imagine explaining to a child all starry-eyed from the first Potter book that the funny hat thing is now a mascot for a movement to put goolie inspectors in all the public bogs Honestly I read all the HP books as a kid and even finished the later ones as a teen because it seemed daft to read more than half the series without getting to the end, and it's only now looking on them with hindsight that I recognise how loving ~problematic~ they all are, Rowling is total piece of poo poo lol Phrenology hat by itself is loving nuts - hi I'm going to measure your skull to see whether you get to go live in one of four segregated towers, are you A) good strapping bold aryan B) swarthy cunning evil guy who literally can talk to snakes, famously the most evil of creatures C) neither of the above but smart I guess or D) same as C but dumb. Better watch out pal my decision here will affect your entire life forever lol What a loving lesson for kids. e: that reminds me I must have a couple of first or early edition versions of philosopher's sone/chamber of secrets/azkaban lying about buried in a cupboard somewhere. Might be an idea to see how much some dumbass with a hogwarts house in their bio will pay for them before JK gets thoroughly cancelled. ThomasPaine fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Jun 11, 2020 |
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XMNN posted:tbh I think this analogy is flawed, if the trojans were actually like brits they would be saying "actually I quite enjoy being hacked to pieces by Greeks because at least they're good on the economy and can you imagine how much worse things would be if we'd listened to Τζέρεμι Κόρμπιν and left this thing outside? I vaguely remember a time 50 years ago when you couldn't get your bins collected and if he had his way he'd probably give Lesbos back to the argentinians, what a disgrace" Engraving found in Trojan ruin reads: "Why we mustn't let the Greek death squads stifle our economy"
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Angepain posted:somehow the jk rowling story gains another layer of hosed up idiocy as The Sun decides to respond to her mention of abuse by putting on the front page a goddamn interview with her abuser I uh, I wasn't expecting this twist  This is disgusting. As much as I detest JKR and what she's doing to us... what the gently caress??
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Niric posted:I'm trying to imagine the multiple meetings that must have happened for this to exist, and I honestly can't even begin to believe anyone thought this was a good idea
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XMNN posted:tbh I think this analogy is flawed, if the trojans were actually like brits they would be saying "actually I quite enjoy being hacked to pieces by Greeks because at least they're good on the economy and can you imagine how much worse things would be if we'd listened to Τζέρεμι Κόρμπιν and left this thing outside? I vaguely remember a time 50 years ago when you couldn't get your bins collected and if he had his way he'd probably give Lesbos back to the argentinians, what a disgrace" Why is there a μ in Κόρμπιν?
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Wachter posted:Imagine explaining to a child all starry-eyed from the first Potter book that the funny hat thing is now a mascot for a movement to put goolie inspectors in all the public bogs Horrified now imagining the voice of Leslie Phillips sotto voce asking people what they've got between their legs before assigning them a toilet. XMNN posted:tbh I think this analogy is flawed, if the trojans were actually like brits they would be saying "actually I quite enjoy being hacked to pieces by Greeks because at least they're good on the economy and can you imagine how much worse things would be if we'd listened to Τζέρεμι Κόρμπιν and left this thing outside? I vaguely remember a time 50 years ago when you couldn't get your bins collected and if he had his way he'd probably give Lesbos back to the argentinians, what a disgrace" Actually, yeah this is more accurate 
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Guavanaut posted:Maybe it's like the statues, in that it's a microcosm of the terrible things that Britain did to Africa. What about this one? 
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Why is there a μ in Κόρμπιν? I was going to blame google translate and me being too lazy to try to transliterate it myself, but it looks like actual greeks are to blame (as always) https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B9_%CE%9A%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BD I wonder why beta isn't a better transliteration?
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Ms Adequate posted:I uh, I wasn't expecting this twist I'll give The Sun this much, they don't sit on their laurels. Always finding ways of outdoing themselves. The juxtaposition of elements on the page is like something out a fever dream. Footie! Die for the High Street! Spousal abuse!
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