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crispix posted:Do they think everyone has a mattress stuffed with cash? Yes. They do. They have mattresses stuffed with cash, so everyone surely does, and those who don't, are bad people who are being punished for their lack of cash and do not deserve Nandos. Conservatives are broken. E: 267 years ago in 1753 was the last sitting o the Cornish Stannary Parliament, a non-governmental body involved in matters related to tin mining, whose members were called Stannators. thespaceinvader fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Jul 14, 2020 |
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That's a cool name, but all I can think of is whether the equivalent for lead mining would be Plumbors.
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Well, Plumbers is right there, but I think Plumbumors is more funny.
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crispix posted:It's cute that the government wants us to go out and spend spend spend not only during a period of unprecedented uncertainty but after over a decade of austerity thespaceinvader posted:Yes. I would completely believe that Tories don't understand that poverty is an actual thing but it's just that they don't have any ideas at all about restoring demand. Loans don't restore demand, even cash grants (which made up the majority of the arts sector pledges) allow businesses to operate but unless there's a resumption of the cash flow from real customers there's no way for them to actually continue on. The governments £10 discounts for food is a partial way of getting around it by luring people back in but there's still such huge limitations on how many people will take it up that I can't see it being effective - particularly combined with the reputational damages when people start routinely getting covid 19 in eateries and pubs (this'll be a few months away for a lot of places but when autumn hits...). There's just no way of properly getting profitable transactions back into play within a profit driven framework and that's going to tear down so much.
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Guavanaut posted:That's a cool name, but all I can think of is whether the equivalent for lead mining would be Plumbors. This is a very Sir Pterry kind of musing. Although there's also that other Fantasy Series Which Shall Not Be Named that has Aurors...
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I mean, UBI would go a long way. There are a lot of people who have loving no income at the moment and would buy things like food and medicine and housing.
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A glimpse into the friendly and happy world of the UK benefits system under covid dominion: I have my PIP tribunal in September, they're doing it by conference call (old style, not Zoom) I'm actually glad it's by phone and not in person since I won't have to deal with the cognitive dissonance of saying I can't leave my flat while sat in a courtroom
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thespaceinvader posted:I mean, UBI would go a long way. There are a lot of people who have loving no income at the moment and would buy things like food and medicine and housing. Eh, labours share of national income has been getting worse and worse but even if you just allocate the few percentage points from capital to get back to a historical average that's going to kick off huge bankruptcies and exoduses of all descriptions. Tories love to pay their mates lots of money to do nothing but they can't pay them that money back or the transference of income to labour doesn't work, you've got to base your economy on economic activity at some point and for pandemic and industrial development reasons they've got nothing.
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crispix posted:after over a decade of austerity It's also before a decade of austerity
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Oh man, Squires absolutely nailed it this week https://twitter.com/squires_david/status/1282989533324144641 
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Has the draft antisemitism report been leaked yet? Shame there are no lefties in the cabinet anymore to help formulate the response. 
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:Oh man, Squires absolutely nailed it this week I read that. It's really good.
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Prince John posted:Has the draft antisemitism report been leaked yet? Shame there are no lefties in the cabinet anymore to help formulate the response. The call for evidence, at least from members, closes on the 24th so we're a way off an actual report yet
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Failed Imagineer posted:This is a very Sir Pterry kind of musing. Well, at least the unlucky souls who mined cinnabar would get to be Hydrators.
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thespaceinvader posted:Well, Plumbers is right there, but I think Plumbumors is more funny. OK Plumbumor.
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Tarnop posted:The call for evidence, at least from members, closes on the 24th so we're a way off an actual report yet Hmm, I know it's the Express, but seems a bit late to still be gathering evidence: quote:JEREMY CORBYN will soon find out the results of the inquiry into allegations of anti-Semitism sweeping through the Labour Party under his leadership, after the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) provided the opposition with a draft of its report. https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1308996/jeremy-corbyn-labour-party-antisemitism-inquiry-ehrc-latest-keir-starmer Edit: https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/labour-handed-draft-equality-and-human-rights-commission-report-into-antisemitism Ah, sounds like it's more of a working draft, rather than the final one they have to immediately respond to. quote:The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has handed over its draft report into anti-semitism within Labour to the party.
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Is there a marginally more ethical place to get masks from that anyone knows of? Obviously no ethical consumption under capitalism and all that, but if I can avoid engorging Bezos' dragon horde then I'm all for that.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Is there a marginally more ethical place to get masks from that anyone knows of? Obviously no ethical consumption under capitalism and all that, but if I can avoid engorging Bezos' dragon horde then I'm all for that. There's an entire cottage industry that's sprung up. You can filter the search on Etsy by location, or if you're on FB, have a look at your local community groups or buy/sell pages, because there will be local people (usually women) advertising on there. Or look at any nearby sewing businesses, who've started making masks to make up for the lack of trade. I'm not sure if it's as ethical as you want, but it helps put money back into your community.
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Prince John posted:Hmm, I know it's the Express, but seems a bit late to still be gathering evidence: My mistake, I thought you were talking about the inquiry into the leaked report, not the EHRC job
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:Oh man, Squires absolutely nailed it this week oh man, this has hit me.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Is there a marginally more ethical place to get masks from that anyone knows of? Obviously no ethical consumption under capitalism and all that, but if I can avoid engorging Bezos' dragon horde then I'm all for that. You can get them in Boots, you can get them on Etsy. You could also get this, the most perfectly Boomer-on-Facebook mask. https://twitter.com/EleanorMargolis/status/1282997148779503616?s=20 Even Gap are selling facemasks now. You can buy New Japan Pro Wrestling themed face masks forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Jul 14, 2020 |
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Of course, it's Bastille Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekoxIb85rww
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Is there a marginally more ethical place to get masks from that anyone knows of? Obviously no ethical consumption under capitalism and all that, but if I can avoid engorging Bezos' dragon horde then I'm all for that. I'm stealing them from work so...
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Is there a marginally more ethical place to get masks from that anyone knows of? Obviously no ethical consumption under capitalism and all that, but if I can avoid engorging Bezos' dragon horde then I'm all for that. My local Lidl had a pack of 10 disposable masks for £8, and cloth masks for £3.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Of course, it's Bastille Day: Lobster God posted:I'm stealing them from work so... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srmaxbj3FuI
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Tarnop posted:My mistake, I thought you were talking about the inquiry into the leaked report, not the EHRC job Ah, gotcha!  Of all the things I didn't expect to see, here's an article in Bloomberg about how all the handwringing about cancel culture is overblown: quote:No, Cancel Culture Isn't a Threat to Civilization It's quite long so I won't paste here but amusing in places and a surprisingly sensible take on things.
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Is pulling a snood up over your nose acceptable as a mask?
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Prince John posted:Of all the things I didn't expect to see, here's an article in Bloomberg about how all the handwringing about cancel culture is overblown: Everything I hear about "cancel culture" just feels like the dumbest whining ever. I mean, to begin with, why do these idiot boomers call it "culture"? Like, a single word is a "culture" now? These wanker cultures should gently caress culture off culture.
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Deketh posted:Is pulling a snood up over your nose acceptable as a mask? It's acceptable. It's not ideal, because you can't take it off without passing it over your eyes, but it's better than nothing and it will suffice for the regulations. It doesn't take much.
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thespaceinvader posted:It's acceptable. It's not ideal, because you can't take it off without passing it over your eyes, but it's better than nothing and it will suffice for the regulations. Yeah I see. I've been using this and assuming it's as good as a mask at least when it comes to protecting others but didn't really think about the eye thing.
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Would make a good GCSE English essay: Discuss whether there is any relationship between cancel culture and drugstore culture. (500 words). Don't forget to reference your source texts. ED: on a separate note, what's this 'cake' thing that's going around? I feel I have missed something in the last few days. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Jul 14, 2020 |
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not sure how i should feel about this ancient toxx i made lol https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3839963#post478187840
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It affects an area of the brain known as Shatner's Bassoon, altering your perception of time.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:ED: on a separate note, what's this 'cake' thing that's going around? I feel I have missed something in the last few days. Well, it has an active ingredient which is a dangerous psychoactive compound known as "dimesmeric andersonphospate". It stimulates the part of the brain called "Shatner's bassoon", and that's the bit of the brain that deals with time perception. So a second feels like a month. Well, it almost sounds like fun, unless you're the Prague schoolboy who walked out into the street, straight in front of a tram. He thought he'd got a month to cross the street
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Would make a good GCSE English essay: It is a lie. It is what Marie Antoinette defintiely didn't actually say the poor should eat (not just because it was brioche, but also because it wasn't marie antoinette. Illusion cakes have been around forever I'm not sure why they've become A Thing just recently.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:ED: on a separate note, what's this 'cake' thing that's going around? I feel I have missed something in the last few days. In 1996, Cake emerged in Prague, Czechslovakia. A year later, it appeared as a legal drug in the UK. Cake is a 'made-up' drug, being composed of artificial chemicals. Its yellow colour is achieved through use of an industrial dye. A young user of Cake is known to have cried all the water from his body, and another vomited out her own pelvis bone. The use of an industrial dye in the drug causes a phenomenon known as 'Czech Neck,' whereby the user's neck swells up until the face is completely enveloped. Cake also contains a psychoactive compound, dimesmeric andersonphosphate. This ingredient stimulates Shatner's Bassoon, and so drastically alters an individual's perception of time. In experiments, ingesting Cake caused rats to swell massively.
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