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OwlFancier posted:Not Racist is axiomatic, because I, of course, am a Good Person, and Good People are Not Racist. Or if somebody calls you racist. Then you might as well shave your head etc [Matt Bors cartoon here]
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feedmegin posted:They aren't a TV channel. That was the original plan and they dropped it lol GB News is definitely a TV channel. I was helping my mum retune her FreeSat box and one of the channels that came up on the Auto tune was GB News.
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Jul 16, 2021 20:24
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I'm not sure if Autotune the GBNews would be an improvement or make it worse.
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Jul 16, 2021 20:27
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feedmegin posted:They aren't a TV channel. That was the original plan and they dropped it lol That was the Murdoch channel, not the Neil channel. Not sure why Murdoch thought he needed an internet-only TV channel when Talk Radio streams video on YouTube anyway 🤷♂️
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Jul 16, 2021 20:35
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this was really good, thanks for posting it i just have something in my eye is all
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Jul 16, 2021 20:56
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Guavanaut posted:Then again Dan Hodges thinks he's not racist because he does say it. Dan Hodges apparently lost his eye fighting skin heads who were attacking a black patron in a pub, according to twitter. I've never actually been able to source the claim, Hodges himself never seems to have written about it. JoylessJester fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Jul 16, 2021 |
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Jul 16, 2021 21:01
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People who see themselves as existing in a 'neutral' mid ground between 'woke' and 'racist' seem to have an interesting cognitive loop, where (as already observed), they don't use the N word and don't actively abuse people of colour, so they aren't racist. However if you try and start pointing out things like unconscious bias and white privelage, they instantly write those things off as wokery, and so they still see themselves occupying a sensible, non racist mid ground. They are pretty much the definition of ignorance being bliss, because in their heads if they don't have to think about privelage or bias, it's not happening and therefore it's not a problem.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:People who see themselves as existing in a 'neutral' mid ground between 'woke' and 'racist' seem to have an interesting cognitive loop, where (as already observed), they don't use the N word and don't actively abuse people of colour, so they aren't racist. That sounds a bit like my parents.
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Jul 16, 2021 21:16
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therattle posted:That sounds a bit like my parents. It's probably the space that most people occupy, especially those who don't actively think about politics.
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Jul 16, 2021 21:18
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It's far from a new thing too.
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Jul 16, 2021 21:20
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JoylessJester posted:Dan Hodges apparently lost his eye fighting skin heads who were attacking a black patron in a pub, according to twitter. I've never actually been able to source the claim, Hodges himself never seems to have written about it. I find it very, very hard to believe that Hodges would avoid writing about this if it was even vaguely close to being true. Edit: while briefly trying to source the story, I came across this headline, which is the truest thing the Mail has ever printed 
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Jul 16, 2021 21:21
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The missus is doing Japanese on Duolingo and was just given a phrase to translate. It failed her for identifying it as 'I am English' because it was trying to get her to say 'I am British.' She kept failing it because up to that point they'd just been using English and she didn't recognise the other word. These days, they dock you points just for saying igirisū des.
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Jul 16, 2021 21:41
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Japan is one of those many places where the language isn't so great at telling the difference between English and British because a lot of the Anglo people who first went there weren't either.
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Jul 16, 2021 21:43
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Duolingo keeps telling me that Germany is great, and also too small 
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Jul 16, 2021 21:50
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Very gross, dick, even.
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mrpwase posted:Duolingo keeps telling me that Germany is great, and also too small Watch out in case they start saying Germany is above all!
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Our Challenger 2 secrets  https://twitter.com/Kotaku/status/1416118624570515458?s=20
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Jul 16, 2021 21:59
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It's a shame it was war thunder and not ArmA because they also managed to get their developers arrested on espionage charges while they were location scouting.
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https://twitter.com/ScottBentonMP/status/1415759881139855360 Member of the APPG on eating disorders doing a bit of fat shaming because someone pointed out he takes bribes from the gambling industry. Screenshot for the inevitable delete-and-deny: 
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Jul 16, 2021 22:27
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Something I haven't seen mentioned in here is the severe lack of HGV drivers in the country, partly due to a large proportion of European drivers either going home and not coming back and the various brexit related shenanigans meaning there are less trucks making the crossing versus pure freight and more UK based trucks needed to ferry it. At a recent estimate at the start of the week we are about 35,000 drivers short of what we need and we are likely going to see rolling shortages because of it as hauliers prioritise. Inevitably there will be price rises to come as exactly like the shipping companies for sea freight, they can charge more and more as truck supply gets scarcer. In response the government have relaxed the driving time rules: https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/wholesa...o%2010%20hours. quote:The government has announced an extension of driver hours in a bid to ease the crippling HGV driver shortage in the UK. The RHA have condemned it for obvious reasons on safety and driver burn out grounds and not all firms will take it up either. We're not going to run out of food, you're just going to see more and more situations where there's missing things on shelves for a week or so which may spark instances of panic buying. I'm not one to encourage stockpiling as its not needed but if you require a special item, particularly things like special animal food that wouldn't necessarily be prioritised I might suggest you always have a months worth as a just in case. Shits getting hosed up out there as people pivot from just in time to warehousing again.
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Jul 16, 2021 22:31
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We've already got that problem in some stores yeah, distribution is noticeably worse than usual. Gonna be fun come christmas! And just as a lot of stores are refitting their warehousing space to cater to online collection too.
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Jul 16, 2021 22:34
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serious gaylord posted:I'm not one to encourage stockpiling as its not needed but if you require a special item, particularly things like special animal food that wouldn't necessarily be prioritised I might suggest you always have a months worth as a just in case. I stocked up pre-Brexit and am now having to eat it all quickly because I'm being evicted (landlord cashing in on Cornish house prices) 
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Jul 16, 2021 22:58
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Still got loads of Sharwoods noodles from 2016 that i'm slowly working through (taste the same as always). Thought it was going to be bad last year, guess my timing was off and now i'm working through my stores. I personally avoid foods containing tomatoes/sauce as it can corrode the tins/lids from the inside, strangely worse than pickled foods. 
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Jul 16, 2021 23:25
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Hivemind, please tell me if I'm being reasonable or if the heat is making me a stroppy grump. I posted a few months back about how everyone (except me) in my workplace was fully vaccinated, thanks to a local vaccination clinic having spares at the end of the day. I wasn't in work that day so I missed out. The good news is that my turn came and I have my second dose Monday. The less good news is that work has decided there will also be no more Covid restrictions as of Monday - not for staff, not for customers. The two reasons given for why I have still been doing my customer service shifts are because work insisted the Covid precautions meant I was no more at risk than anyone else, and because we must all do our bit. Honestly I'm not that worried about getting Covid, but this whole situation just annoys me enough to want to make a fuss. Especially the 'doing our bit' lecture coming from senior management who have been permanently working from home for a year. The trouble is that they will immediately point out that come Monday I will be fully vaccinated, conveniently ignoring the fact that it's not instantaneous, and that there is no requirement under law to do any of this. There doesn't seem to be anything to do other than appeal to the better nature of senior management. Actually this is giving off very stroppy grumpy vibes, but there's an unpleasant underlying resentment that my precautions seems so pointless when everyone around me is merrily nipping off on city breaks and pub meals and to the cinema. It feels like I wasted the opportunity to go when the restrictions were still in force and it was less risky, vaccinated or not.
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Jul 16, 2021 23:54
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You are completely reasonably pissed off about it, the employing class is wilfully risking our health & that of our loved ones & it's just brazen at this point. I'm still full-vaccinatedly furious that all teaching at my uni is back to normal next year, & HE has it so much better than most sectors. There's just no need for it. Anyway, someone mentioned food so here's the barbecue I made tonight & photographed to post elsewhere, I'm inordinately proud of it because it was delicious:  The bad news is, I'm on my last glass of calvados, & unlikely to be back to France this year  White people problems though & it's been a nice eveninge: oh & OMG I overheard the WORST take on Starmer earlier on from my (working class Welsh) neighbour: "he seems like a nice man & he's doing really well, but when it comes down to it he's just a commoner" 
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Jul 17, 2021 00:10
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serious gaylord posted:Something I haven't seen mentioned in here is the severe lack of HGV drivers in the country, partly due to a large proportion of European drivers either going home and not coming back and the various brexit related shenanigans meaning there are less trucks making the crossing versus pure freight and more UK based trucks needed to ferry it. Food is one thing, the increased motor deaths from drivers falling asleep at 3am etc is another. But considering we've killed 120 thousand from covid, who cares if another 500 drivers die when they didn't need to.
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Borrovan posted:..... Couscous, pine nuts, broccoli, cheese(feta?)... not sure of meat type but definitely very: 
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Jul 17, 2021 00:39
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Tuna, with a sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger, honey & chilli marinade. There's also some courgettes buried in there (barbecued vegetables are the loving best). I like summer evenings 
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Borrovan posted:e: oh & OMG I overheard the WORST take on Starmer earlier on from my (working class Welsh) neighbour: "he seems like a nice man & he's doing really well, but when it comes down to it he's just a commoner" 
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Jul 17, 2021 01:09
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My mother, yesterday, (voting preferences: 1. Green, 2. Tory though possibly shifting to Lib Dem 3. Labour - NEVER), said "I must admit, I'm surprised Starmer isn't better, I really thought he would be better").
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Lady Demelza posted:Hivemind, please tell me if I'm being reasonable or if the heat is making me a stroppy grump. Nah, not unreasonable at all! You’re getting thrown to the hounds by a management who would not, themselves, be up for being chewed by said hounds. Not sure what you can do, unfortunately, but definitely right to be mad. Unionise, i suppose, if not done already. Food: I swear down ginger honey chilli and soy are 4 things that the gods themselves made to perfectly align. Ginger generally actually is one of the most underrated ingredients about.
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Jul 17, 2021 01:41
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Jakabite posted:Nah, not unreasonable at all! You’re getting thrown to the hounds by a management who would not, themselves, be up for being chewed by said hounds. Not sure what you can do, unfortunately, but definitely right to be mad. Unionise, i suppose, if not done already. Agree completely with this entire post except for the bit about ginger, which is awful.
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Miftan posted:Agree completely with this entire post except for the bit about ginger, which is awful. Im starting to suspect the dogpiles are your kink (no shaming)
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https://twitter.com/Coldwar_Steve/status/1416302857742176260
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Jakabite posted:Nah, not unreasonable at all! You’re getting thrown to the hounds by a management who would not, themselves, be up for being chewed by said hounds. Not sure what you can do, unfortunately, but definitely right to be mad. Unionise, i suppose, if not done already. Agreed on all counts. Garlic, chilli and ginger is also amazing. And I love sesame oil. That food looks really good but I am not entirely sure about the combo of Asian flavours with the tuna and Mediterranean flavours in the couscous. I would have gone for one or the other as a unifying theme but not both.
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Miftan posted:Agree completely with this entire post except for the bit about ginger, which is awful. Always Eat The Opposite Of What Miftan Says
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therattle posted:That sounds a bit like my parents. Sounds a bit like me as well, and probably most people
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Overminty posted:Im starting to suspect the dogpiles are your kink (no shaming) Failed Imagineer posted:Always Eat The Opposite Of What Miftan Says I have a vast highland's worth of food related hills that I will die on.
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And if you eat those foods you will.
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