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Convex
Aug 19, 2010

OwlFancier posted:

what the gently caress why did they stop doing the wrap

Probably covid loving up supply lines and then furlough / closures etc. necessitating cost cutting. Can't drop the big mac or the quarter pounder so get rid of the non-household names unless you want to be the main character of twitter

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Red Oktober
May 24, 2006

wiggly eyes!



notaspy posted:

IR35 is a loving mess

I really do want all those tax dodging cunts to get their tax bills but there are more holes in that legislation the colander made of holes

IR35 is one of the huge casualties of Brexit.

There was a huge review underway when the result came in and everyone (both government and consultant sides) got pulled to Brexit projects, and the half-written changes just went in. Absolutely terrible.

There was need for some reform without a doubt, but it's taken away pretty much all advantages to being a contractor, and kept all of the risk.

Tesseraction
Apr 5, 2009

https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/status/1560180789039566848

https://twitter.com/davies_will/status/1560183040739008513

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
Made with British 95-97% Water

kingturnip
Apr 18, 2008

Guavanaut posted:

Made with British 95-97% Water

Mmm, chocolate ice cubes

BalloonFish
Jun 30, 2013



Fun Shoe

Tesseraction posted:

thank goodness we didn't vote for the jam man



So we've gone from:

2016 - Brexit will lower food prices!
2018 - "There will be adequate food"
2022 - A bit of mould won't hurt you
2023 - Hunger pangs are good for the soul

What a country...

Edit: And, just to run with your Jam Man comment.

Can you imagine - can you loving imagine - the rage there would be if a Corbyn-led government and a minister, or even the Daily Mirror, said "here's a list of the food moulds that won't poison you to get you through the coming shortages."?? The amount of piss being boiled would power enough turbines to make nuclear fusion redundant. And rightly so, in a way.

It's like all those pricks tweeting images of empty supermarket shelves in April 2020 and going "this is what it would be like under a Labour government...". You just know that if things had gone the other way in 2019 the moment someone in Hertfordshire couldn't find loo roll in their local Sainsbury's we'd be being told how the nation had collapses and a coup would be being organised. "Comrade Corbyn has BLOOD ON HIS HANDS...as the death toll reaches TRIPLE FIGURES!!!!!"

In some ways I'm actually glad that Labour didn't win in 2019 - the country (at least, the public-facing discourse bit, which is actually a totally different entity) would have gone utterly, utterly insane and the Jam Man would either have had an unfortunate accident falling down a manhole he was studying or would have been assassinated by some radicalised Express reader defending a statue of Baden Powell.

BalloonFish fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Aug 18, 2022

Jaeluni Asjil
Apr 18, 2018

Sorry I thought you were a landlord when I gave you your old avatar!
BizzyLizzy pissing off the farmers. You'd think she'd take care to court their vote given how many farmers are active tories.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liz-truss-farmers-tory-leadership-b2147640.html

quote:


Farmers furious as Liz Truss refuses to attend rural hustings event
Tory frontunner will be ‘empty chaired’ by NFU – as enviornment secretary reveals ‘tensions’ with Truss

Conservative leadership frontrunner Liz Truss will be “empty chaired” by farmers after she refused to turn up at a hustings event on rural issues organised by union leaders.

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is furious at Truss’s decision to snub the invitation to address members on Friday, at event which will be attended by her Tory rival Rishi Sunak.

It comes as Truss faces criticism from environment secretary George Eustice, who suggested that she did not protect animal welfare standards in post-Brexit trade deals.

etc


It's probably because they don't go about their business in a hi viz vest and snazzy hat.

Ed

comment under that article:


Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Aug 18, 2022

Red Oktober
May 24, 2006

wiggly eyes!



Jaeluni Asjil posted:

BizzyLizzy pissing off the farmers. You'd think she'd take care to court their vote given how many farmers are active tories.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liz-truss-farmers-tory-leadership-b2147640.html

It's probably because they don't go about their business in a hi viz vest and snazzy hat.

None of them will let her near a tractor after that MP got caught looking for tractor porn and she is PISSED at the lack of opportunity to be photographed in one.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

https://twitter.com/CWUnews/status/1559942242739036161

lmao

keep punching joe
Jan 22, 2006

Die Satan!
Farmers going to switch back to Lib Dems.

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
No more horse porn from overseas.

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


BalloonFish posted:

So we've gone from:

2016 - Brexit will lower food prices!
2018 - "There will be adequate food"
2022 - A bit of mould won't hurt you
2023 - Hunger pangs are good for the soul


Good news, you don't have to wait until next year for the last one!

https://twitter.com/TelegraphLife/status/1559582738973425664?s=20&t=TENQN96A6lZfopmljqGgfA

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Can you eat mouldy cheese (more mouldy than normal) because it's going to take a lot of effort to stop me doing that.

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


OwlFancier posted:

Can you eat mouldy cheese (more mouldy than normal) because it's going to take a lot of effort to stop me doing that.

As far as I'm aware yes, because it's different species than the stuff you get on mouldy bread. Penicillium roqueforti is what you find in Stilton & Danish blue & roquefort, Penicillium glaucum in gorgonzola. Apparently they can produce mycotoxins under certain conditions, but if it was something to worry about we'd probably have noticed before now

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

What about mystery green bits growing on cheddar that you can just cut off and eat the mycellium riddled innards like an animal?

I also found a bit of brie the other day that had somehow managed to grow more skin over a bit I had previously cut off which was cool.

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
Yeah most cheese mold is different and cheese is usually more dense anyway so cutting a bit out around the fruiting surface gets rid of most of the mycelium.

Maybe that's different for processed cheeses, but they're not great for you anyway :v:

Apraxin
Feb 22, 2006

General-Admiral
Love to be a serious feminist, doing feminism.
https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1560167387860795397
Won't bother posting it, but i'm sure everyone will be surprised to learn that in the full thread it's explained that a program providing period/hygiene products to disadvantaged teens must be opposed because it's part of the trans agenda to destroy women forever.

Bobby Deluxe
May 9, 2004

Watching terfs big-brain their way straight through feminism and out the other side into takes like "actually women shouldn't get free sanitary products" is like horseshoe theory for idiots.

mediaphage
Mar 22, 2007

Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through
so…like horseshoe theory, then

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
ters: "being a womyn isn't a social matter, it's about having the eggs chromosomes and shedding large gametes for basic biology"
feminists: "okay, let's start a program to help with that"
ters: "that's anti-woman, you should focus on the social issues"

Tesseraction
Apr 5, 2009

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/aug/18/discovery-sells-gb-news-stake-as-directors-resign-in-shake-up



[farting trombone noises]

keep punching joe
Jan 22, 2006

Die Satan!
Already happening in the UK, more evidence of nicola sturgeon's trans agenda.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1559278847853580290?t=VkSRau7ibG_2joh14ZOwXg

Answers Me
Apr 24, 2012
Pretty sure it’s A Thing in Wales too

The Question IRL
Jun 8, 2013

Only two contestants left! Here is Doom's chance for revenge...


Well WB are currently canning stuff that is already completed so they can write it off as a loss for tax reasons. Doesn't surprise me that thos project is also getting canned.


Apraxin posted:

Love to be a serious feminist, doing feminism.
https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1560167387860795397
Won't bother posting it, but i'm sure everyone will be surprised to learn that in the full thread it's explained that a program providing period/hygiene products to disadvantaged teens must be opposed because it's part of the trans agenda to destroy women forever.

I read some of the comments so you don't have to. I got as far as this one before tapping out.

https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1560277518166675457?t=K2vHU2FjsMbF6lbokBz4Iw&s=19

"Oh you got a magic lamp and your wish was to bring your dead child back to life? You should have wished for more wishes first. You idiot."

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
Two powerful brains with the same kind of take

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1405874241514442754

Jaeluni Asjil
Apr 18, 2018

Sorry I thought you were a landlord when I gave you your old avatar!
Boy, that Maya person is a dolt.
Just been reading some of the other idiocy she posts.

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.


What the heck is a "T-level" beyond a huge scam on trusting youth by private education providers.

Wait, nevermind, I get it.

e: Even the ads look like scams:



Private Speech fucked around with this message at 18:05 on Aug 18, 2022

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
Testosterone levels. Jordan Peterson studies.

(Also a technical equivalent to 3x A-Levels)

Bobby Deluxe
May 9, 2004

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal

crispix
Mar 28, 2015

Grand-Maman m'a raconté
(Les éditions des amitiés franco-québécoises)

Hello, dear

Barry Foster posted:

lol this country is toast

using a toaster will soon be a luxury enjoyed only by the 1%

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
Just hold your bread up on a fork near one of our many grassland fires or unsafe buildings.

DesperateDan
Dec 10, 2005

Where's my cow?

Is that my cow?

No it isn't, but it still tramples my bloody lavender.

Guavanaut posted:

Just hold your bread up on a fork near one of our many grassland fires or unsafe buildings.

"av' youse got a licence fer' that fawk, 'suh?"

Olpainless
Jun 30, 2003
... Insert something brilliantly witty here.

Private Speech posted:

What the heck is a "T-level" beyond a huge scam on trusting youth by private education providers.

Wait, nevermind, I get it.

e: Even the ads look like scams:





Basically a device to turn the UK further education landscape into an extension of corporate power

And burn out thousands of teachers in the process

WhatEvil
Jun 6, 2004

Can't get no luck.

OwlFancier posted:

What about mystery green bits growing on cheddar that you can just cut off and eat the mycellium riddled innards like an animal?

I also found a bit of brie the other day that had somehow managed to grow more skin over a bit I had previously cut off which was cool.

That's fine as long as it's not brown/green/blue. The white bloom reforming is literally just the same stuff you get on the outside.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

WhatEvil posted:

That's fine as long as it's not brown/green/blue. The white bloom reforming is literally just the same stuff you get on the outside.

Hell yeah I get to play mycotoxin lottery cos I can't loving see the colour woooooo

it's like delicious russian roulette

russian roule

Sad Panda
Sep 22, 2004

I'm a Sad Panda.

Private Speech posted:

What the heck is a "T-level" beyond a huge scam on trusting youth by private education providers.

Wait, nevermind, I get it.

e: Even the ads look like scams:





Basically a way to 'unify' (get rid of) BTEC and other vocational qualifications. The idea of Level 3 qualifications (key stage 5) either being A-Levels in real subjects (eg Maths, Computer Science, English, Latin) or you have to do a T-Level which is equivalent to 3 A-Levels all focused on a single subject with work experience (minimum of 45 days) built in.

However this is an absolute bugger to organise and will only be deliverable by large colleges. The 6th form at my school had about 300 students and there is no way we can run them. Teacher expertise in rather specific fields and also finding a good placement for each of those learners.

Necrothatcher
Mar 26, 2005




Was chatting with a guy who runs a pub who said the only way they'll be able to stay open after the energy rise is to double the price of drinks and even then they'd be making less.

Olpainless
Jun 30, 2003
... Insert something brilliantly witty here.

Necrothatcher posted:

Was chatting with a guy who runs a pub who said the only way they'll be able to stay open after the energy rise is to double the price of drinks and even then they'd be making less.

It's going to be apocalyptic one way or another.

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Olpainless
Jun 30, 2003
... Insert something brilliantly witty here.

Sad Panda posted:

Basically a way to 'unify' (get rid of) BTEC and other vocational qualifications. The idea of Level 3 qualifications (key stage 5) either being A-Levels in real subjects (eg Maths, Computer Science, English, Latin) or you have to do a T-Level which is equivalent to 3 A-Levels all focused on a single subject with work experience (minimum of 45 days) built in.

However this is an absolute bugger to organise and will only be deliverable by large colleges. The 6th form at my school had about 300 students and there is no way we can run them. Teacher expertise in rather specific fields and also finding a good placement for each of those learners.

Let's not forget it's a thinly veiled excuse for them to drop arts, etc as well.

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