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The Question IRL posted:Or even the Podcast with it’s opening theme tune(s). e: A trecena is a 13-day period used in some pre-Columbian Mesoamerican calendars.
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Not So Fast posted:The thing about flag-wanking is that it is a popular stance among the general public, because most voters like that style of patriotism and like it when that's reflected by their politicians. I don't really mind left patriotism, so long as you actually use it to push left wing values. Yeah setting aside ideology, this just doesn't seem to make sense. The article is full of quotes from focus groups saying that they don't know what Labour stands for, that Labour is deliberate vague, and that Labour is 'two parties in one.' And the solution is... to focus on something anyone else can do? To make it an analogy, the voters are saying Labour is diluted as a brand. The solution offered is to dilute it even more, but with a solvent you think people like.
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Lmao https://twitter.com/tobyperkinsmp/status/1356901074360229890?s=19 https://twitter.com/tobyperkinsmp/status/1356903415171940353?s=19
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Honestly that's demonstrating a better ability to absorb information and act on it in the public interest than he usually does. Sure it's a movie, but the premise is reasonable
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https://twitter.com/Tayloredword/status/1356892182582591488 Oh no the brainworms have mutated.
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Matt Hancock is also on an awful lot of coke most of the time, even by tory standards imo
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Feb 3, 2021 11:12
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Surely the luxury yacht wankers just give £ridiculous/month to Inmarsat for something that Just Works over the vast majority of the ocean rather than potentially missing an important trade/merger/Bulgarian sex-slave auction because the ionosphere isn't playing ball? I think they’re usually dual or tri band, with low-bandwidth geostationary coverage in the middle of the ocean, higher bandwidth Ka-band stuff closer to shore, and sometimes a radio link in certain areas.
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crispix posted:Matt Hancock is also on an awful lot of coke most of the time, even by tory standards imo Stop, stop, you're only making him cooler Also, nice that people who need to be punched in the teeth are now wearing masks with targets on
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If there is one thing you can say the government got right it was the vaccine strategy, it surprised me as I thought it would be a clusterfuck. A shame about literally everything else.
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Feb 3, 2021 11:16
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Their victory lap over having made one correct decision in this whole catastrophe is nauseating.
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Feb 3, 2021 11:17
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It's very weird being in a situation where the government hasn't hosed everything up.
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Feb 3, 2021 11:19
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peanut- posted:Their victory lap over having made one correct decision in this whole catastrophe is nauseating. Wait til they jump another 10points in the polls and then Kieth crosses the floor to let Boris use him as a footstool
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Necrothatcher posted:It's very weird being in a situation where the government hasn't hosed everything up. They have though
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Feb 3, 2021 11:23
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Wendover did a video on living in Antarctica recently so if you want a clip that goes into excruciating detail about their internet access, here it is from 6:20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAEydOjNWyQ&t=380s
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keep punching joe posted:If there is one thing you can say the government got right it was the vaccine strategy, it surprised me as I thought it would be a clusterfuck. A shame about literally everything else. Wasn't the vaccine plan post Cummings? So they have actually listened to the experts, got as much vaccine as they can then left it to more competent people to distribute it rather than throwing it to their mates.
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Feb 3, 2021 11:25
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peanut- posted:Their victory lap over having made one correct decision in this whole catastrophe is nauseating. that's politics though isn't it. Downplay all the failures and crow about the victories. I won't deny that if Corbyn got in he'd have to do the same. He'd have to because the press would be working overtime to do the opposite anyway.
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Has anybody started getting their second injections yet? Still plenty of time for them to push it back further or just decide one jab is enough for everybody IMO
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Feb 3, 2021 11:29
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Guavanaut posted:I've not listened in too long, but isn't it The Internationale, which does that on purpose? Maybe? I figured one was the Internationale and one was God Save the Queen? But honestly I wouldn't know what those tunes sound like well enough to recognise them. I just feel like a Host from Westworld who when presented with concrete evidence of nationalistic just goes "That doesn't mean much of anything to me."
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Grey Hunter posted:Wasn't the vaccine plan post Cummings? So they have actually listened to the experts, got as much vaccine as they can then left it to more competent people to distribute it rather than throwing it to their mates. Post-Cummings clarity
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Feb 3, 2021 11:32
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Jose posted:They have though well I mean the vaccines, not the giant pile of dead people
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Feb 3, 2021 11:32
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TACD posted:Has anybody started getting their second injections yet? Still plenty of time for them to push it back further or just decide one jab is enough for everybody IMO 496,796 as of yesterday, so that will be the Pfizer one prob. https://www.travellingtabby.com/uk-coronavirus-tracker/
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Feb 3, 2021 11:33
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Glad he didn't watch Outbreak as they'd be dropping fuel-air bombs on high infection areas instead.
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DeadButDelicious posted:Bloody hell, Jean Reno's 72?! I have a soft spot for him - I've always found him strangely attractive. Patriotism/nationalism: Lots of countries have it in spades including Egypt for example. When Sisi came to the UK and met with Cameron at No. 10, Egyptians on my FB were up in arms that he was 'forced to walk up Downing St' instead of being taken right to the door by car so the UK was showing him enormous disrespect. They took some calming down even with photos of Obama walking up Downing St (because all visitors do). And then there was this, in 2010: Photo from middle East peace talks with Obama as alpha male:  Photoshopped version published in Al Ahram (Egyptian state newspaper sort of Times-ish) showing Mubarak as alpha male:  They got a lot of stick for this!
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The Question IRL posted:Maybe? For better or worse, the UK really sucks at stirring upbeat patriotic songs, there's Rule Britannia and Heart of Oak and that's about it. Gilbert & Sullivan wrote better with tongue firmly in cheek than most of the standard fare, and there's never really been the British equivalent of a D.W. Reeves or J.P. Sousa that a lot of people can name. That might be a good thing, because British nationalism is often something that happens to people without their say in it, but it leaves a gap for the kieth brainworms to creep in. sinky posted:Glad he didn't watch Outbreak as they'd be dropping fuel-air bombs on high infection areas instead. 
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e: ^^^^ Jerusalem is a banger tbfpeanut- posted:A month in and they realise this is exactly the disaster they were warned about over and over again. Now they’re desperate to jump all over the vaccine import stuff to prove it’s the EU’s fault. Jose posted:Lmao
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The Question IRL posted:visa vie Scotland. I try to not correct people when the meaning is unambiguous, but you're a solicitor so you should probably know: It's vis-à-vis
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no way hosay!!!!!!!!!
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Failed Imagineer posted:I try to not correct people when the meaning is unambiguous, but you're a solicitor so you should probably know: But for all intensive purposes, visa vie is good enough. E: I have never let my wife live down the time she said "wax lyricaling" instead of "waxing lyrical"
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Btw I encourage anyone to call me out when I post wrong English. I'll probably cry slightly and add you to my enemies.xlsx but ultimately it will lead to growth
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i was once in a restaurant in a town in ohio and the menu said walah! that was about 10 years ago but i still think of it offentimes
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sinky posted:Glad he didn't watch Outbreak as they'd be dropping fuel-air bombs on high infection areas instead. Fuel air bombing Kent would benefit us all.
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crispix posted:i was once in a restaurant in a town in ohio and the menu said walah! 
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crispix posted:i was once in a restaurant in a town in ohio and the menu said walah! I kinda feel that way about those Wahaca restaurants in the UK. But I guess they're just trying to be cute and the food is better than Nandos so whatever
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:british newspapers complete 100-lap wank I see your front pages and I raise you this:  Note that they haven't even made the stairway to heaven accessible.
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I saw an 'and viola!' in the wild yesterday, my eye did a twitch.
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Failed Imagineer posted:I try to not correct people when the meaning is unambiguous, but you're a solicitor so you should probably know: Actually I’m a barrister. So I’m most likely to use vis-à-vis* when I’m on my feet in court. So the phonetic use is more important to me than writing it down, because largely I leave written drafting to solicitors. That being said I am grateful for the overall correction. *= I am also grateful for now knowing how to spell it. You learn something new every day.
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crazyvanman posted:I see your front pages and I raise you this: How long until the ITV1 drama comes out about his life do you think?
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