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The Good Guardian Opinion piece. That's really sad to hear about Dawn. Her sense of humour even about her declining health was the best kind of extremely online. She also mentioned something about helping community pharmacies as well as the doggo charity.
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Saw a Corbyn post about Dawn on Facebook, returned to the thread for shared misery (what it is best at, amirite). Godspeed to an excellent person.
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Jul 15, 2021 19:20
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Just so sad to learn the news of Dawn Foster's passing 
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Jul 15, 2021 19:58
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RIP to a real one.
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Jul 15, 2021 20:05
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https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1415747401478979591?s=19 I'm somewhat surprised they bothered but the replies are at least good.
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Jul 15, 2021 20:10
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Jesus, the loving Guardian's got a piece up about the 'tragedy' of her death, somehow managing to omit the fact that they never commissioned her again after she broke their line that Corbyn was a monster and his party critics were heroic angels. Shameless bastards.
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Jul 15, 2021 20:10
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Oh drat that's such a shame about Dawn Foster, she was funny and cool by journo standards. 33 is no age. I know she had epilepsy and stuff but I didn't think she was that ill
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Jul 15, 2021 20:32
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Pistol_Pete posted:Yeah, I'm normally not that concerned when public figures die but I feel really lovely about this. I admired Dawn: she was warm and human and never showed any self-pity with her sickness and hospitalisations. And she was so young as well. Precisely this
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I think the highest compliment I can pay to it is that every once in a while I remember the last two episodes and smile. Not just at the actual ending of the story, which was moving without being schmaltzy and somehow managed to make three of the four main characters choosing to end their existence seem like a happy ending and even get a few laughs out of it Jason's "Hey Chidi wait up!" is just the most perfect summary of the character and so the perfect ending for him, but at the meta-game of how the writers managed to escape what was, between seasons 2 and 3, looking increasingly like a fairly repetitive formula and throw in a hell of a twist right at what would have been, for a less brave creator, a natural ending point when they got to The Good Place having finally fixed the problems of the scoring system - to not only decide to explore the problems of a "perfect" eternity but also solve them once you've got to that point is ballsy as *hell*, no matter what way you cut it. Thanks for posting that. I watched the 4 seasons over the last few days. What a glorious show.
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Jul 15, 2021 20:59
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Nice tribute from MaryLou https://twitter.com/MaryLouMcDonald/status/1415761899623489536?s=19
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Jul 15, 2021 21:01
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Rip Dawn. She was good. https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1415769335386214407?s=19 This is the one thing we didn't want to happen
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Jul 15, 2021 21:26
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Aw man. That's really sad.
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Jul 15, 2021 21:26
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Brendan Rodgers posted:When you start operating on multiple levels of irony, you're posting content that will be enjoyed sincerely by most of the internet. People like dril take it to a surreal level that kinda transcends what I'm talking about. The tweet I quoted though makes me think of those alt-right 'parody sites' where they just make up lies, forget to add a joke and then put a tiny disclaimer at the bottom saying it's parody.
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Jul 15, 2021 21:27
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hairdressing appointments are that difficult to get right now?
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Jul 15, 2021 21:29
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Jel Shaker posted:hairdressing appointments are that difficult to get right now? Male or female? Depends on your area I suppose. My local male hairdresser was in the local paper complaining no one was going to them any more.
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Jul 15, 2021 22:00
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Yeah my barber's been absolutely empty since they reopened. Whenever you go in the owner is laid out over the empty waiting chairs staring into space. Maybe people have gotten used to buzz cuts or getting cuts from their partner/mum? 
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Jul 15, 2021 22:05
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That'll be interesting to see, all the things people have stopped giving a poo poo about during lockdown that they're expected to start doing now everything's opening back up.
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Jul 15, 2021 22:21
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The lad who did my hair last time was fresh back from cutting all the Wales football team's hair before they flew out, he was showing me all the photos on his phone. Here he is. The Wales football team did not have good haircuts 
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Jul 15, 2021 22:33
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In our town, the traditional barbers has closed for good but we seem to have several 'turkish hot towel' barbers open. There are also numerous women's hairdressers - they're in clusters. 3 at one end of town, 3 at the other end of town, and another 4 or 5 scattered around! Seems like hairshops, cafes (yet another new one has opened up) - I can think of 12 just in our high street (which takes approx 7 mins for me to walk the full length of) - are the only ones that are thriving (apart from the supermarkets). I guess you can't order a haircut over the internet, nor socialize over a coffee. Also, some of the hairdressers have put tables and chair outsides and started serving coffee! Most bizarre.
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Jul 15, 2021 22:41
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Much like how pressure from the medical profession stopped barbers from also being surgeons and vice versa, pressure from the new public health regulations will create the barber barista.
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Jul 15, 2021 22:44
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I went for my first haircut at the barber's in a year+ last weekend (Mrs Boat has gotten pretty good with the clippers but we're going to a wedding) and the place was empty when I walked in. Might have just caught them at a quiet moment.
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Jul 15, 2021 22:46
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Proper gutted about Dawn. Never seemed anything less than absolutely lovely, always had her head on right, and that rarest of jewels, a UK media person who wasn't a danger.
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Jul 15, 2021 22:50
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:In our town, the traditional barbers has closed for good but we seem to have several 'turkish hot towel' barbers open. There are also numerous women's hairdressers - they're in clusters. 3 at one end of town, 3 at the other end of town, and another 4 or 5 scattered around! Turkish barbers are great though, the whole ear flame thing leaves you feeling good.
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Jul 15, 2021 22:55
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Ms Adequate posted:Proper gutted about Dawn. Never seemed anything less than absolutely lovely, always had her head on right, and that rarest of jewels, a UK media person who wasn't a danger. Same. Truly heart breaking. As if we didn't already know it, but... There truly is no justice.
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Jul 15, 2021 22:59
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Danger - Octopus! posted:Turkish barbers are great though, the whole ear flame thing leaves you feeling good. Ear flame? Please enlighten me. I've never been to a turkish barbers.
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Jul 15, 2021 23:01
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Ms Adequate posted:Proper gutted about Dawn. Never seemed anything less than absolutely lovely, always had her head on right, and that rarest of jewels, a UK media person who wasn't a danger. Well said. Dawn was a breath of fresh air in the British media cesspit and will be sorely missed.
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Jul 15, 2021 23:04
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Ear flame? Please enlighten me. I've never been to a turkish barbers. Oh right! So they light a small taper and kind of lightly brush/tap it across your ears, to remove any stray hairs on your then. It's quite theatrically done, and very much part of the turkish barber experience - but if you are a generally hairy person and get random hairs on your ears, it's great for leaving you feeling extremely shorn afterwards/
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Jul 15, 2021 23:06
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I think if they tried that they'd just set my head on fire, as any ear hair I have is mixed in with the great mass of hair everywhere around the ear also.
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Jul 15, 2021 23:10
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OwlFancier posted:I think if they tried that they'd just set my head on fire, as any ear hair I have is mixed in with the great mass of hair everywhere around the ear also. As you're already in a barbers there's an easy solution to that.
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Jul 15, 2021 23:15
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Well that is the general reason why I haven't ever been to a hairdresser because that would imply I want hair removed.
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Jul 15, 2021 23:16
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A hot towel shave at the Turkish barbers is one of my little joys. Just leaves me feeling so clean afterwards. Like, no matter how close you think you can shave yourself, it's nothing compared to what they can do with a hot towel and a cutthroat razor.
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Jul 15, 2021 23:17
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:cutthroat razor no loving thank you
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Jul 15, 2021 23:30
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Dude who took the knee on GBNews has been fired https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1415747755297984524 https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1415765102347882503?s=20 probably because https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1415788604916445191?s=20 heh
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Jul 15, 2021 23:33
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I bet they had to wait for Andrew Neil to come back from holiday before they could do anything.
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Jul 15, 2021 23:40
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blunt posted:Dude who took the knee on GBNews has been fired I could do a twitch stream of me flicking runner beans at a wall for hours and get more views
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Jul 15, 2021 23:45
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We can all draw some small joy from the legendary corncobbing that is that entire channel.
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Jul 15, 2021 23:45
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blunt posted:Dude who took the knee on GBNews has been fired Ah, cancelling one of their own, fired from the station that’s supposedly about free speech. The Turkish barber experience is great. I can do my own hair so I do, but I miss going to the barber every now and again for proper shaping etc. A barber/espresso bar has opened near me, so coffee and haircuts is obviously becoming a Thing.
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Jul 15, 2021 23:50
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blunt posted:Dude who took the knee on GBNews has been fired It's like a Reverse Milk Shake Duck. "GB News retreats to inform you that one of It's presenters isn't enough of a racist."
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Jul 15, 2021 23:56
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I have a shitload of stuff to do before I go on holiday next week, so my brain did this to me: https://twitter.com/CouncilCulture/status/1415807509495943171
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Man that really sucks about Dawn. Engaged with her on Twitter now and then. She was lovely. Never once saw a bad take from her, which I guess puts her only in the company of like, Ash Sarkar, as far as left media people in the UK.
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