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OwlFancier posted:He always reminds me of someone but I can't ever quite place who, some sort of actor I think. Possibly hugo weaving. Reminds me of the guy from Talking Heads
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Failed Imagineer posted:Love seeing that (Cantab) or (Oxon) after someones credentials and knowing with startling clarity that they are an absolute wanker Worse, because the credential that's supposed to come after is only the MA, which at Oxbridge requires no study whatsoever for hysterical raisins, just a cheque for 20 quid to your college. Right up there with Alabama divinity colleges.  I have one because why not but Lord God I wouldn't ever write it down like it means something. Fun for teasing my (real MSc and PhD having) wife with though.
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happyhippy posted:Reminds me of the guy from Talking Heads That's david byrne.
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gently caress spending years and thousands to get a measly BSc or PhD. https://www.lordtitles.co.uk If you haven't got a Lord/Lady title for £30 by now, get back to digging dirt you peasants.
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happyhippy posted:gently caress spending years and thousands to get a measly BSc or PhD. I used to work with someone who bought himself a Lord title AND insisted everyone used it (and not ironically). feedmegin posted:Worse, because the credential that's supposed to come after is only the MA, which at Oxbridge requires no study whatsoever for hysterical raisins, just a cheque for 20 quid to your college. Right up there with Alabama divinity colleges. When I was doing my PhD, my brother said why didn't I just buy one off the back of Private Eye or wherever, 'noone will know' he said. "I will know" I said. I'm sure we've mentioned Gillian McKeith's famous PhD on here before from a US college that also awarded one to a journalist's cat.
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peanut- posted:I couldn't understand how that works and looked up the Small Business Grants Fund rules, and it has actually been specifically written so that small businesses are eligible for £10,000 per property. BTW this is actually true and is loving insane https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-youre-eligible-for-the-coronavirus-small-business-grant-fund it doesn't even stack with the Hospitality grant https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-youre-eligible-for-the-coronavirus-retail-hospitality-and-leisure-grant-fund so a local cafe, that legitimately is a small business and might even actually employ a person or two, functionally isn't eligible for Small Business support because it's probably going to be under the 15k mark. Hate the Tories, know they're evil and only out to rob the country and give money to rentiers etc but this has actually blown my mind at how brazen and unambiguous it is. Also have officially been pozzed, the rona has crept down my mouth hole and have to isolate for 6 days. Is Disco Elysium actually good or is it a meme game that says 'capitalism is bad actually' twice and everyone got overexcited?
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Huh, I guess everyone got plat. Disco Elysium appears to genuinely be a very well regarded game if you like story focused RPGs.
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Vitamin P posted:Is Disco Elysium actually good or is it a meme game that says 'capitalism is bad actually' twice and everyone got overexcited? Disco Elysium is exceptionally good imo, and has much more to say than just "capitalism is bad, mmmkay?" - though it kinda goes deep on that topic as well. Also one of the saddest and funniest games I've ever played
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Goons are divided on the issue, so it must be good *goes back to hour 200 of victorian-project-manager-brr-it-cold.exe to find everyone has lost limb and die*
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happyhippy posted:gently caress spending years and thousands to get a measly BSc or PhD. I got my Doctorate of Divinity for $30, and it's every bit as legitimate as Ian Paisley's. Even more so in fact because it also came with a guarantee of eternal salvation or triple my money back. I think the SubGenius membership might have been the very first thing I ever bought on the internet, either that or the soundtrack to Full Throttle - both bought in the days when "ecommerce" was a Perl script that sent an email to someone with all your credit card details in it.
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NotJustANumber99 posted:It's rubbish No it's very good
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The best thing about Ian Paisley is that the Discordians made him an official Pope (as is everyone who applies and doesn't) and he hated it.
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NotJustANumber99 posted:It's rubbish Am gonna play it, sort of hope you're right. The close contacts reporting thing feels a lot like snitching, people that are working from home is whatever, fine we had a pint on X date, but obviously not going to impose a loving 14 day no-work period on people that work cash in hand/don't necessarily have the citizenship paperwork to actually get the £500.
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Vitamin P posted:
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Vitamin P posted:BTW this is actually true and is loving insane https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-youre-eligible-for-the-coronavirus-small-business-grant-fund it doesn't even stack with the Hospitality grant https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-youre-eligible-for-the-coronavirus-retail-hospitality-and-leisure-grant-fund so a local cafe, that legitimately is a small business and might even actually employ a person or two, functionally isn't eligible for Small Business support because it's probably going to be under the 15k mark. I really enjoyed it. The game is set in a post-communist city which is run by a coalition of liberal interventionists who literally worship the god of moderation. One thing I think is worth knowing going in, it is not a whodunnit mystery game. You're solving a crime, sure, but the game is about a self-destructive alcoholic trying to turn himself back into a decent person.
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OwlFancier posted:Huh, I guess everyone got plat. I don't think this is true Vitamin P posted:Also have officially been pozzed, the rona has crept down my mouth hole and have to isolate for 6 days. Is Disco Elysium actually good or is it a meme game that says 'capitalism is bad actually' twice and everyone got overexcited? I deeply enjoyed it. Like, don't go in expecting a game that explains Das Kapital or whatever, but I really loved my time with it.
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forkboy84 posted:I don't think this is true Huh, ok, then someone got me plat and I have no idea why.
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I wouldn't listen to me I'm a moron. It was basically my life getting dissed by losers for being an alcoholic then beaten up by a child before I just gave up.
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I've literally been for a drink in diss.
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Hell itself seems like a long way to go for a drink. Applicable to either the mythological place or the place in michigan.
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Guavanaut posted:The best thing about Ian Paisley is that the Discordians made him an official Pope (as is everyone who applies and doesn't) and he hated it. Best story I heard when I was working in IT for NI govt when the assembly was being set up was that Big Ian got curtains installed in the lifts. The legend goes that he was running to get a lift, doors were closing, and he shouted out to whoever to stop it. Who is inside? Gerry 'totally a fake beard' Adams. Both stared at the walls rather than in each others direction, but they were mirrored. The request to cover them with curtains was shortly after. gently caress knows how true this is, but I always laugh thinking we nearly had our own G'kar and Londo lift moment.
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OwlFancier posted:Hell itself seems like a long way to go for a drink. Norfolk
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OwlFancier posted:Hell itself NotJustANumber99 posted:Norfolk
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OwlFancier posted:Hell itself seems like a long way to go for a drink. There’s also a Hell on Grand Cayman. Named because of its really freaky looking lava rocks. I went there once when I was a teenager. They sell really good hot sauce, and there’s a turtle farm just up the road.
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Sorry if this was already posted, but it got a small lol out of me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh8_huRliIg
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OK, I have to ask, what is "plat"? (I've decided to ask questions when y'all talking about something I don't know instead of sitting in silence, googling in a frenzy and then eventually in about 6 months time finally getting it). I think you're all talking about some kind of game, not this: 1 : a small piece of ground (such as a lot or quadrat) : plot. 2 : a plan, map, or chart of a piece of land with actual or proposed features (such as lots) also : the land represented. plat. verb (2) platted; platting. North American 1A plot of land. ‘they looked out over the plats of dark ground’ More example sentencesSynonyms 1.1A map or plan of an area of land showing actual or proposed features. ‘Looking at the strong outlines in the early city plats and plans, we too readily imagine Charleston girded with a stone citadel.’
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:OK, I have to ask, what is "plat"? "Plat"inum - a forums upgrade that gives you private messaging and archive access
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Platinum account, it's what gives you access to PMs and some other features on the site. You have it as evidenced by the little grenade icon left of your username.
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absolutely ridiculous lack of taking the piss for a minute or two there at least. what has this website become
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Oh and I have some good news albeit not like, on a political level. My friend who is in hospital appears to be a medical miracle and is actually recovering. So I am relieved that she may be OK but now have a whole pile of new stress about trying to make sure she can cope once she comes home. Also mildly terrified about her diabetes after brexit... But it is still a better outcome, her kids will get to see her again I hope so I'm just focusing on that.
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Ok thanks. I didn't know that. (My PMs upgrade was a gift).
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OwlFancier posted:Oh and I have some good news albeit not like, on a political level. My friend who is in hospital appears to be a medical miracle and is actually recovering. So I am relieved that she may be OK but now have a whole pile of new stress about trying to make sure she can cope once she comes home. Also mildly terrified about her diabetes after brexit... But it is still a better outcome, her kids will get to see her again I hope so I'm just focusing on that. That is good news. Hope she recovers ok. If you're on FB, have a look for local support groups. I see our local ones are starting to rev up again with the Welsh lockdown. Are her kids adults living away (I'm thinking they must be from what you've said before)?
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That's good to hear, hopefully that means some good news to finish off this dismal year. So, question, if I wanted to see my parents sometime this year, and they're currently in tier 1 but I'm getting punted into tier 3, but I've been a good boy who has masked up everywhere and wiped down his shopping and generally not mixed with people and all that jazz, is there anything actually stopping me from getting a train to go see them within the rules or guidelines or whatever the gently caress they're classed as?
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Yes they're at opposite ends of the country unfortunately, I'm the only one local younger than about... 60 I think. The hospital has the occupational health coming round and she's getting reassessed for a bunch of stuff, looks like her local doctors have been pretty negligent, so hopefully she might be in a better position going forward and I'm gonna see if I can talk her into letting me visit sometimes just so she's not so isolated.
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OwlFancier posted:Oh and I have some good news albeit not like, on a political level. My friend who is in hospital appears to be a medical miracle and is actually recovering. So I am relieved that she may be OK but now have a whole pile of new stress about trying to make sure she can cope once she comes home. Also mildly terrified about her diabetes after brexit... But it is still a better outcome, her kids will get to see her again I hope so I'm just focusing on that. That's great news, the future is unpredictable but medical miracle affirm that positivity.
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