UKMT September 2021 - Galactic Br(it)ain - The Something Awful Forums

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > UKMT September 2021 - Galactic Br(it)ain

Red Oktober: May 24, 2006; wiggly eyes!

Haramstufe Rot posted:

you don't even need a passport to go to many popular non-EU holiday/work locations (e.g., Turkey).

If I was the UK, I'd quickly implement a similar scheme as Turkey does. Nobody likes to spent the lengthy process of applying for and then schlepping around a huge-rear end passport just for vacation or business trips.

They won�t do that - because what even would be the point in them being blue?

# ? Sep 25, 2021 23:36

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? May 24, 2024 00:14

Gonzo McFee: Jun 19, 2010

https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1441865718266413063?s=19

How many shoot Alpacas would Keith shoot if Keith could shoot shoot Alpacas

# ? Sep 25, 2021 23:44

Julio Cruz: May 19, 2006

Gonzo McFee posted:

https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1441865718266413063?s=19

How many shoot Alpacas would Keith shoot if Keith could shoot shoot Alpacas

Minus Five Alpacas

# ? Sep 25, 2021 23:46

josh04: Oct 19, 2008; "THE FLASH IS THE REASON
TO RACE TO THE THEATRES"
_{This title contains sponsored content.}

Ten Alpacas ahead under any other Llama.

# ? Sep 25, 2021 23:47

NotJustANumber99: Feb 15, 2012; somehow that last av was even worse than your posting

noone ever asked corbyn if he would pull the llama trigger

# ? Sep 25, 2021 23:47

Comrade Fakename: Feb 13, 2012

NotJustANumber99 posted:

noone ever asked corbyn if he would pull the llama trigger

Your heroes will always disappoint you.

# ? Sep 26, 2021 00:19

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

NotJustANumber99 posted:

noone ever asked corbyn if he would pull the llama trigger

as it turns out he�s actually a vegetarian except for llamas. just can�t get enough of �em

# ? Sep 26, 2021 00:21

Shyrka: Feb 10, 2005; Small Boss likes to spin!

Red faced gammon standing up from his seat on Question Time and screaming, "Would you nuke the alpaca, Corbyn?!"

# ? Sep 26, 2021 00:26

nurmie: Dec 8, 2019

jo swinson, eyes alight with violence, proclaiming her readiness to nuke each and every alpaca at moments notice if need be, unlike coward jeremy corbyn

# ? Sep 26, 2021 00:33

Private Speech: Mar 30, 2011; I HAVE EVEN MORE WORTHLESS BEANIE BABIES IN MY COLLECTION THAN I HAVE WORTHLESS POSTS IN THE BEANIE BABY THREAD YET I STILL HAVE THE TEMERITY TO CRITICIZE OTHERS' COLLECTIONS

IF YOU SEE ME TALKING ABOUT BEANIE BABIES, PLEASE TELL ME TO

EAT. SHIT.

BalloonFish posted:

This was also why our freedom of movement was a lot free-er than the EU's actual rules on Freedom of Movement - by the rules, you don't have a right to remain if you're looking for a job, and host nations can require migrant workers to register with authorities etc. and don't have a right to claim benefits until they've been in their new country for three months.

The UK's refusal to be part of Schengen and any accompanying ID scheme meant we had a relative free-for-all because we had no effective way of tracking who was here from the EU, what they were doing and how long they'd been here.

To be clear, I generally think that that's a good thing, and I certainly wouldn't have trusted Major's Conservatives or New Labour with a forriner-tracking ID scheme. But so many of the things they would later rail against in the Brexit arguments were caused directly by their own decisions driven by their own refusal to even consider engaging with the EU and its processes.

The registration thing is mostly about working, and you still had to do that in the UK (I did - to get NINO and set up for taxes and the like - it's done by the jobcentre).

You can still hang about in another EU country just fine without registering, I've done that a number of times. It only really matters if you want to work or access to benefits (and it's the latter which causes friction and problems, of course).

The only people who really get in trouble are those who move for benefits, which is forbidden but a bit hard to police. Even if you get caught it's tricky, you can get deported but they can't prevent you from coming back, so it's mostly about becoming non-eligible for benefits in the future.

Also you have an explicit right to remain for 6 months looking for work when you first move to the country, potentially collecting benefits depending how the benefit system is set up. It's only really when you go over that and are on benefits that you get in trouble.

Private Speech fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Sep 26, 2021

# ? Sep 26, 2021 00:36

Lungboy: Aug 23, 2002; NEED SQUAT FORM HELP

https://twitter.com/mikeysmith/status/1441859834605879299?s=19

https://twitter.com/amandamilling/status/1441866284673605639?s=19

# ? Sep 26, 2021 00:38

Dabir: Nov 10, 2012

Lungboy posted:

https://twitter.com/mikeysmith/status/1441859834605879299?s=19

lol

quote:

https://twitter.com/amandamilling/status/1441866284673605639?s=19

lmao

who could have seen this coming

# ? Sep 26, 2021 01:44

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

lol https://twitter.com/Wildraar/status/1441879025190846465

# ? Sep 26, 2021 02:17

Angepain: Jul 13, 2012; what keeps happening to my clothes

The most horrific crime the centrists can imagine is calling someone some kind of bigot when it is theoretically possible they might sort of intend to not be one

# ? Sep 26, 2021 02:21

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

Angepain posted:

The most horrific crime the centrists can imagine is calling someone some kind of bigot when it is theoretically possible they might sort of intend to not be one

for sure

i also lol when they're all "it's class war!!!" and i'm like hell yeah it is, let's get some more

# ? Sep 26, 2021 02:50

Microplastics: Jul 6, 2007; It's what's for dinner.

*leftist says mean things*

That's class war!

*goes back to cutting benefits, leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands*

"ahh, sensible decisions"

# ? Sep 26, 2021 06:33

CGI Stardust: Nov 7, 2010; Brexit is but a door,
election time is but a window.

I'll be back

photobombed by a microphone and a set of vocal cords

# ? Sep 26, 2021 06:48

sebzilla: Mar 17, 2009; Kid's blasting everything in sight with that new-fangled musket.

In the spirit of balance she did also call herself a pile of poo poo in the same speech.

# ? Sep 26, 2021 08:33

Lord Ludikrous: Jun 7, 2008; Enjoy your tea...

So update on the fuelpocalypse from my area.

There are abandoned cars everywhere that have have presumably run out of fuel. Picking my partner up and dropping a colleague of hers off before 06:00 today and every petrol station bar one has run completely dry. That one station is now showing all green on Google Maps so I�d wager that has now also run out.

I also had an emergency call out I was due to attend this morning which has been aborted because the crews don�t have enough fuel to make the trip and can�t get any anywhere. My partner also told me more than one person has been suspended at her place after being caught stealing diesel from the HGV fuel supplies they keep in their yard.

People are still driving like morons and in an uneconomical fashion so despite the shortage few seem to be trying to conserve what they have. I pulled out every trick I have in the book and managed to average nearly 52mpg on this mornings run. For a 2 litre petrol I�m pretty pleased with myself not gonna lie.

# ? Sep 26, 2021 09:43

Failed Imagineer: Sep 22, 2018

Very grim

# ? Sep 26, 2021 09:49

Microplastics: Jul 6, 2007; It's what's for dinner.

The post-brexit mad max scenario is upon us. I didn't think it would be a lack of HGV drivers causing it but in retrospect it all makes sense

# ? Sep 26, 2021 09:54

CGI Stardust: Nov 7, 2010; Brexit is but a door,
election time is but a window.

I'll be back

good news everyone! the taxpayers' money will be carefully looked after!
https://twitter.com/thefabians/status/1442025407084171264?s=19

# ? Sep 26, 2021 09:55

Microplastics: Jul 6, 2007; It's what's for dinner.

Prizing the Public Pound, by Chuck Tingle

# ? Sep 26, 2021 09:58

Paperhouse: Dec 31, 2008; I think
your hair
looks much
better
pushed
over to
one side

Lord Ludikrous posted:

So update on the fuelpocalypse from my area.

There are abandoned cars everywhere that have have presumably run out of fuel. Picking my partner up and dropping a colleague of hers off before 06:00 today and every petrol station bar one has run completely dry. That one station is now showing all green on Google Maps so I�d wager that has now also run out.

I also had an emergency call out I was due to attend this morning which has been aborted because the crews don�t have enough fuel to make the trip and can�t get any anywhere. My partner also told me more than one person has been suspended at her place after being caught stealing diesel from the HGV fuel supplies they keep in their yard.

People are still driving like morons and in an uneconomical fashion so despite the shortage few seem to be trying to conserve what they have. I pulled out every trick I have in the book and managed to average nearly 52mpg on this mornings run. For a 2 litre petrol I�m pretty pleased with myself not gonna lie.

a normal well run country

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:00

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

Sir Kieth was on Andrew Marr this morning. He's such a loving empty var of piss

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:01

kingturnip: Apr 18, 2008

CGI Stardust posted:

good news everyone! the taxpayers' money will be carefully looked after!
https://twitter.com/thefabians/status/1442025407084171264?s=19

"Ere, mate."
"Yeah?"
"I got a job for you."
"What is it?"
"See, I've got a bunch of money that I'm gonna spend."
"Yeah? On what?"
"Stuff, y'know."
"What kind of stuff?"
"I dunno. Focus groups; gently caress off big contracts for party donors; arms sales to the Taliban. That kind of stuff."
"Okay, so what do you need me for?"
"Well, you've gotta tell the public it's all good for them."
"And if it isn't?"
"Lie."
"Sweet. Can I get one of those contracts?"
"Sure."

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:09

Jedit: Dec 10, 2011; Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

Prizing the Public Pound, by Chuck Tingle

That's Pounding the Public Prize, I think.

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:11

Failed Imagineer: Sep 22, 2018

If anything, Prizing the Public Pound has to be a 70s Genesis album

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:14

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

Prizing the Public Pound (from the Pocket of the Poor)

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:18

Jel Shaker: Apr 19, 2003

Lord Ludikrous posted:

So update on the fuelpocalypse from my area.

There are abandoned cars everywhere that have have presumably run out of fuel. Picking my partner up and dropping a colleague of hers off before 06:00 today and every petrol station bar one has run completely dry. That one station is now showing all green on Google Maps so I�d wager that has now also run out.

I also had an emergency call out I was due to attend this morning which has been aborted because the crews don�t have enough fuel to make the trip and can�t get any anywhere. My partner also told me more than one person has been suspended at her place after being caught stealing diesel from the HGV fuel supplies they keep in their yard.

People are still driving like morons and in an uneconomical fashion so despite the shortage few seem to be trying to conserve what they have. I pulled out every trick I have in the book and managed to average nearly 52mpg on this mornings run. For a 2 litre petrol I�m pretty pleased with myself not gonna lie.

while i quite like driving my automatic in traffic, i really miss just driving everywhere in fifth gear nice and chill

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:21

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

The OBR is excellent, love the OBR, but you know what would improve it is if we also made it bigger and added even more useless slogans. Also if we tried to say it was non partisan because god knows if people elect our party we can't do partisan things.

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:29

Microplastics: Jul 6, 2007; It's what's for dinner.

Call it the Office of Spending Money on Useful Things Instead Of Just Funneling it into Rich People's Pockets Like the Tories Always Do

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:35

Noxville: Dec 7, 2003

Making sure public funds are well spent by publicly funding a completely pointless new department

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:35

Failed Imagineer: Sep 22, 2018

Office for Doing the Good Things and not the Bad Things

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:37

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

kieth desperately eyeing the exit there

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:43

Jel Shaker: Apr 19, 2003

give this new quango a budget in the hundreds of millions and hire all the labour politicos fail children who did economics at uni

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:47

Jel Shaker: Apr 19, 2003

Guavanaut posted:

kieth desperately eyeing the exit there

it�s like the camera man framed rayner deliberately in front of that slogan rather then keir?

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:48

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Gonna be lol if it's the UK finally to blow off the :decorum:

facade that no one gives a poo poo about anymore but the most useless people on the planet

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:50

Failed Imagineer: Sep 22, 2018

Guavanaut posted:

kieth desperately eyeing the exit there

Lol nice.

You can tell they're scum by the way that they are

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:52

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? May 24, 2024 00:14

the sex ghost: Sep 6, 2009

OBR has to be the dream civil service job. Just going 'yeah that's fine' at anything from a ministers mate like quality control at the duff brewery

# ? Sep 26, 2021 10:55

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > UKMT September 2021 - Galactic Br(it)ain

«‹›99 »