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We've opened our doors, and widened our island's shores We celebrate our differences with love in our hearts - Das Horst-Wessel-Lied e: In 1978 Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena pay a state visit to the UK, he is made a Knight of the Order of the Bath. Guavanaut fucked around with this message at 10:20 on Jun 23, 2021 |
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Venomous posted:oh btw the Tories are about to privatise Channel 4 for criticising them quoting this so it isn't missed on the new page: Channel 4 is about to be privatised, and there's nothing we can do about it
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Jun 23, 2021 10:22
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"strong britain, great britain!!", i continue to sing as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob
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Jun 23, 2021 10:34
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Venomous posted:quoting this so it isn't missed on the new page: Channel 4 is about to be privatised, and there's nothing we can do about it This is the fifth review into privatising it lol. Just keep on reviewing it til they get the result they want.
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Jun 23, 2021 10:46
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Bobby Deluxe posted:"strong britain, great britain!!", i continue to sing as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYzCn_Aj4rE 30 Rock has generally not aged well (Tracy Morgan bits excepted) but there's still some good stuff in it.
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Jun 23, 2021 11:04
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Channel 4 isn't privatised already?
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Jun 23, 2021 11:06
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Guavanaut posted:We've opened our doors, and widened our island's shores Not technically Hitler Youth, that one. Maybe something more like 'Vorwärts! Vorwärts! schmettern die hellen Fanfaren'.
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Jun 23, 2021 11:09
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jaete posted:add karjalanpiirakka (Carelian pastry or whatever it's called in English) Karelia in English. I came across these when I moved to Michigan, where in the Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants fused them in an unholy union with Cornish immigrants to make the UP version of a Cornish pasty. It has carrots. And you put gravy on it.
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Jun 23, 2021 11:12
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Oh dear me posted:Milton Road? There's been a chippy and Chinese there for well over 40 years I think. Milton itself, in the village. Edit: poo poo didn't mean to triple post.
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Jun 23, 2021 11:15
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Communist Thoughts posted:Channel 4 isn't privatised already? To be honest I've always been surprised that it wasn't privatised immediately, I assume that because Thatcher set it up that way all the other Tories were too terrified to touch it.
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Jun 23, 2021 11:17
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It's kind of incredible that it's the five-year anniversary of the EU referendum and only one newspaper mentions Brexit on its front page. Guess it went well, lads!
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Jun 23, 2021 11:24
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Comrade Fakename posted:It's kind of incredible that it's the five-year anniversary of the EU referendum and only one newspaper mentions Brexit on its front page. Guess it went well, lads! One of those things that simultaneously feels a lot longer ago and a lot more recently than 5 years.
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Jun 23, 2021 11:25
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Communist Thoughts posted:Channel 4 isn't privatised already? It's kind of a weird thing where it's owned by a corporation whose only shareholder is the department of culture, and is primarily self-funded by advertising. To be honest it's weird that it wasn't privatised a lot sooner because it was originally founded due to tbe a competitor to ITV and the BBC, but because of their dominant duopoly no private enterprise alone wanted to take the risk of founding a new TV channel. It seems like it was basically founded with the intention of privatising it once it was strong enough not to collapse.
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Jun 23, 2021 11:42
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Maybe I only feel this in solidarity with our similarly food-maligned scandi neighbours but I think that Finnish food looks pretty banging and I remember enjoying what I had in Denmark (the little I could afford at least) Otoh I bought 'fish'n'chips' (another abbreviation I despise lol) in Canada and let's just say I won't be doing that again
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Jun 23, 2021 11:46
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That oven pancake looks lovely, what's the recipe?
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Jun 23, 2021 11:48
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[Chorus] We are Britain And we have one dream To unite all people In one great team We are Britain And we have one dream To unite all people In one great team [Verse 1] Our nation survived through many storms and many wars We've opened our doors, and widened our island’s shores We celebrate our differences with love in our hearts United forеver, never apart [Chorus] Wе are Britain And we have one dream To unite all people In one great team We are Britain And we have one dream To unite all people In one great team [Verse 2] So many different races, standing in the same place So many different faces, moving at the same pace We all stand together with pride in our hearts United forever, never apart [Chorus] We are Britain And we have one dream To unite all people In one great team We are Britain And we have one dream To unite all people In one great team [Outro] Strong Britain, Great Nation Strong Britain, Great Nation Strong Britain, Great Nation Strong Britain, Great Na-a-tion
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Jun 23, 2021 12:00
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That song is fash as gently caress. I just felt the great German national shame writhe inside me.
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Jun 23, 2021 12:11
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It's no La Marseillaise. More like La Mouilléais. e: Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Oeuf Mouillé
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Jun 23, 2021 12:11
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I'd like a new anthem - I don't think singing the praises of an individual is very 'this millennium', I'd much rather have singing to an ideal like les marseillais (although that verse for the children to sing is.... creepy). But this isn't it. It really, really isn't.
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Jun 23, 2021 12:15
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Counter the fash song and teach all the kids the red flag
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Jun 23, 2021 12:18
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I can identify one, perhaps even one and a half, values in that song. *repeats 'stong britan good nathan' until my brain falls out*
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Jun 23, 2021 12:18
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBi-KXc0CRk new anthem solved
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Jun 23, 2021 12:19
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Looke posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBi-KXc0CRk Now there's a Eurovision entry.
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Jun 23, 2021 12:24
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Looke posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBi-KXc0CRk I raise you: https://twitter.com/JimMFelton/status/1407406495780818947
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Jun 23, 2021 12:25
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Looke posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBi-KXc0CRk Yeah now they won't take any of our fish.
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Jun 23, 2021 12:26
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Brits are awful but I'm not sure an old school brownshirt fash movement would get much traction because the ideological hegemony of neoliberalism means people just do not give a poo poo one way or another about any grand political project. I'm not sure the SS would work if it was made up of a couple of fat old alkie skinheads and a smattering of terminally online alt right edgelords. Unfortunately, much of the same is true for any genuinely transformational left wing movement. The imperial core is doomed to be the frog in the saucepan, gradually getting marginally shitter and shitter until its either too late and we all die or the cleansing wave of third world Marxists wash over us. Though this could well be the kind of poo poo they said in Berlin in the weimar days so  . If there's one going history has taught me it's that everyone is impossible until it's not, and when things start to change they often do so very loving quickly indeed.
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Jun 23, 2021 12:30
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It genuinely amazes me how many people are not just willing to but are proud to sing something like God save the Queen in the 21st century. It's not even like she's some strongman dictator and people can feel less afraid by convincing themselves she's strong and in charge or something.
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Jun 23, 2021 12:35
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ThomasPaine posted:I'm not sure the SS would work if it was made up of a couple of fat old alkie skinheads and a smattering of terminally online alt right edgelords. You're right that Brits do seem put off by anything that looks too overtly martial like Nazi or Soviet parades except for that
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Jun 23, 2021 12:38
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Looke posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBi-KXc0CRk My biggest issue about this song is the poor rhyming choices they've picked. "More than just a star" rather than "More than just some stars" which is a) actually accurate and b) fits the line so much better. And, ya know, all the rest.
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Jun 23, 2021 12:41
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countdown clock countdown tune is the only decent option for national anthem imo
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Jun 23, 2021 12:43
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Algol Star posted:It genuinely amazes me how many people are not just willing to but are proud to sing something like God save the Queen in the 21st century. It's not even like she's some strongman dictator and people can feel less afraid by convincing themselves she's strong and in charge or something. I think a lot of this is because she's a doddery old woman who's been queen since her 20s through so much change. She's a comforting constant to many people. Imo a lot of what people see as royalism amongst Brits is actually just reflective of her personal popularity. I'd be very surprised if public support for the monarchy remained as high as it is once she dies and the crown goes to presumably William. I can imagine the whole thing being scrapped sooner than most people imagine, though probably not for a good few decades.
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Jun 23, 2021 12:54
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My gut tells me they jog on PDQ if Charlie gets a turn and interferes politically a bunch, they limp on for another monarch or two if he immediately abdicates and passes it to the 'younger' generation. (The 'younger' generation is already 39)
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Jun 23, 2021 12:58
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crispix posted:countdown clock countdown tune is the only decent option for national anthem imo This, but the tension round version.
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Jun 23, 2021 13:00
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thespaceinvader posted:My gut tells me they jog on PDQ if Charlie gets a turn and interferes politically a bunch, they limp on for another monarch or two if he immediately abdicates and passes it to the 'younger' generation. 39 is still young 
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Jun 23, 2021 13:05
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crispix posted:countdown clock countdown tune is the only decent option for national anthem imo Apparently one of the most popular songs at funerals, appropriately enough for this country. As is "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life", which would be my actual choice. It's a song about chirpily ignoring how poo poo everything is, what better representation of the national character could you ask for?
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Jun 23, 2021 13:34
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ThomasPaine posted:39 is still young Literally grandparent age for most of human society. e: https://twitter.com/thatrobguy/status/1396902729042120706 You're half a decade older than Cliff Clavin, lmao. goddamnedtwisto fucked around with this message at 13:38 on Jun 23, 2021 |
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Jun 23, 2021 13:36
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Angrymog posted:That oven pancake looks lovely, what's the recipe? Thanks, this is the basic recipe I use: quote:4 dl wheat flour Mix the ingredients and pour into a greased pan and into the oven at 200c for 20-30 minutes, it might swell a lot in the oven, but it goes back down. That time I also tossed in some granny smith apple slices in the pan. And I think I cut down on the sugar to 1dl only, perhaps even only 50ml. I also tend to skip the vanilla. I think you can also vary the eggs by a lot. Oven pancake recipes varies a lot... His Divine Shadow fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Jun 23, 2021 |
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Jun 23, 2021 13:38
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Literally grandparent age for most of human society. Thankfully I have (almost) a decade to go till I'm 39 but I genuinely don't really consider even people in their 40s particularly old. Yes, it would have been in the past but this isn't 1648 and these things are relative.
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Jun 23, 2021 13:43
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I would've put almost everyone on that photo as 10 years older.
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Man the 70s sure was tough on people.
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