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Jakabite posted:I know it’s a throwaway comment but don’t fall into this trap comrade. Humans are just humans. Capitalism makes us a plague, but we don’t have to be. Better things are possible. Yeah this is all caused by private profit, which comes at public cost. In 315 AD Crucifixion was abolished as punishment in the Roman Empire.
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thanks for being uplifting! i maintain we're a plague, since we invented capitalism but that doesn't mean we have to stay that way, of course.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:look at little cuno, all grown up Isn't that a myth spread by the rich to make being rich seem difficult? Obviously the media focus on the flame-outs, that's how the myth gets spread, but as far as I'm aware most winners just live quiet comfortable lives. After having done further reading I have found a number of articles that had to issue a correction after claiming that Camelot found 44% of lottery winners declare bankruptcy within 5 years. The correction states: "Camelot group conducted no such study". So yeah, a bunch of rags owned by rich fuckers published articles citing made-up studies telling people they're better off as lifelong wage slaves. Quelle surprise.
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Tarnop posted:Isn't that a myth spread by the rich to make being rich seem difficult? Obviously the media focus on the flame-outs, that's how the myth gets spread, but as far as I'm aware most winners just live quiet comfortable lives. No this is something that happens to people who come into money and don't invest or save any of it. Athletes are notorious for ending up bankrupt soon after they "retire" due to not being able to play at the same level.
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Aug 19, 2022 20:08
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Children of Men? I thought it was filmed at Ropley but I think that's Medstead & Four Marks.
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That's Children of Men yes, as for the obscure train geography, I don't know.
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Humans are a plague in the sense that plagues are a good example of forms of life that are able to create hypertrophic environments (not sure if this is general term but like, an environment that is incredibly well suited to one form of life) and all forms of life that can do that end up spreading out of their ability to sustain themselves and causing that environment to collapse. It's just usually it's like, a pond, rather than the planet. Anyway I think I read one of youse went brambling so I also went brambling and got some nice pictures and made some friends.           
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Aug 19, 2022 20:23
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OwlFancier posted:Humans are a plague in the sense that plagues are a good example of forms of life that are able to create hypertrophic environments (not sure if this is general term but like, an environment that is incredibly well suited to one form of life) and all forms of life that can do that end up spreading out of their ability to sustain themselves and causing that environment to collapse. I don't think the concrete hellscapes we make are even suited to us. 
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Aug 19, 2022 20:25
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Well yes that is also a feeling I have generally, life does not maximise happiness, just quantity. Really contributes to the general feeling that it isn't planned, because if it is then the planner is a right twat.
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Aug 19, 2022 20:27
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I think I drove over this in Forza Horizon 4
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Few hundred miles south but yeah it does look a bit like the hills outside edinburgh. Less craggy though from what I remember.
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OwlFancier posted:It's just usually it's like, a pond, rather than the planet. Same as the first time they incorporated nickel to metabolize more efficiently than any others. (great dying) We're just doing it with coal and oil and gas.
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Aug 19, 2022 20:39
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fuctifino posted:https://twitter.com/djohnson188dj/status/1560665790982291462 That's not a return to Victorian times, it's a return to the 14th century - child mortality rates and all.
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Aug 19, 2022 20:41
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Guavanaut posted:First time some bacteria discovered photosynthesis it was the planet. (oxygen catastrophe) Chemistry is the grim reaper. No wonder it chose Thatcher as its mortal vessel.
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she invented whippy ice cream m8 what have you done for ur country??????????????????? 
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Aug 19, 2022 20:48
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Just in case anyone is in the Wrexham area tomorrow my commie group (Welsh Underground Network) is running a free barbecue and food bank event. https://twitter.com/WrexhamUG/status/1560199963468091393?s=20&t=dKtMoeW7Q668YaOlbz_4eQ
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Guavanaut posted:
I think that nickel hypothesis is fairly speculative but it does make for a nice metaphor
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It is, but there's a good chance that something gave some methanogenic micros an industrial revolution's worth of metabolic advantage and then it went poorly for everything else. Which counters the "oh we're just one little species how could we possibly affect the whole planet it's so big" argument.
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Jedit posted:That's not a return to Victorian times, it's a return to the 14th century - child mortality rates and all. Yeah, the Victorians at least had the concept of public works and hey, maybe it's kind of uncool to let people starve to death where we can actually see them. I bet he has wet dreams about bringing back workhouses for people on the dole though.
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Worth checking out if you're in the position to put £100 on an Iceland bonus card before end of August: the Christmas bonus offer. I've just seen it on my phone so not checked out thoroughly yet. Not only would you get the usual £1 per £20 put on the card (so £5 for £100) but late November they're adding £15 more (their extra bonuses often have a time limit for spending so you'd have to spend at least £15 in Iceland between when you get the bonus and whatever the deadline is (Xmas?)
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Guavanaut posted:Went big shops. Loving the fashwave + liminal spaces Duke Smoochem 3D aesthetic. Greggswave. Trusswave. Pretwave for that Je ne sais quoi
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I think if you exit through the far end you end up in the Imperial Navy and have to shell a Pret. It seems to fit.
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I wonder sometimes if malls would be able to rebrand into something people would go to. I feel like with the proliferation of RGB LEDs they should be able to go full cyberpunk and really lean into the ultimate form of capitalism angle. I might be tempted to go to a shopping center that looks like the inside of my computer case. Use the PA system to play a bunch of bassy synth noises too.
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/aug/19/jeremy-vine-cycle-safety-london-helmet-cam In which Jeremy Vine invents a whole new genre of video never seen before, definitely not on YouTube quote:While quite a few cyclists post clips from on-bike video cameras to highlight dangerous driving, in the past couple of years Vine has taken this concept forward in several ways. To begin with, he doesn’t just post unadorned clips. Vine’s contributions are micro-documentaries, adding explanatory graphics, music and rewound footage to show different angles, something possible because of the hi-tech 360-degree camera he uses, perched atop his helmet. and claims that the goal of making roads safe for cycling is not political. quote:“We have let so much of our cities go over to cars that we’re having to pull it back, and that requires incredibly difficult politics.” Although, he says: “This is not a political thing – if you can create safe cycling space, you have the potential to free up thousands of miles of the transport network, and cleaning up the city, making it safer.”
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I know it's a bit "fiddling while Rome burns" as the tickets aren't cheap BUT: gently caress me, that Abba Voyage virtual concert was enjoyable!
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Mourning Due posted:I know it's a bit "fiddling while Rome burns" as the tickets aren't cheap BUT: gently caress me, that Abba Voyage virtual concert was enjoyable! Fiddle away - not like there's anything else to do. Holy moly those are some expensive tickets though to what is essentially a light show.
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The Perfect Element posted:The last couple of days I've had military jets flying over my house (near Tonbridge in Kent), having never had any related activity at all in the four years I've lived here. What's going on?! Where's twisto when you need him? Airborne, in Eastbourne. Edit, unrelated to the above: If your energy company is offering you a fix now which is cheaper than what the cap is likely to be in Jan, also factoring in the difference between now and then including the rise in October, if your company offer the ability to exit with a charge it might be worth considering. Mine will be 30 per fuel, so if the govt do anything then it will be cheaper to swallow the exit fees than stay on a very high fixed tariff, should be current cap be maintained. That's also assuming that they don't make allowing everyone to switch back to standard tariff and waiving exit fees a condition of freezing the cap. BastardySkull fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Aug 20, 2022 |
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https://twitter.com/flying_rodent/status/1560640427165749248?s=21&t=PFy7jpL79yzv7KZK-iOwlg The Aditya Chakrabortty article linked here is genuinely loving terrifying.
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in the same vein: https://twitter.com/JoannaPartridge/status/1560656133110452225?cxt=HHwWgsCq6f-eyKgrAAAA53% of small businesses expect to contract or fold outright within the next 12 months; restaurants being quoted energy bill rises of 300-500% edit: oh gently caress me  https://twitter.com/peterwalker99/status/1560630136940007427?cxt=HHwWhsCgoem1vKgrAAAA
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Meanwhile the Daily Mail is leading with a story of how the NHS is wasting 'millions' on woke events such as Pride Picnics - sometimes during working hours!! The distraction tactics could not be more obvious. Other than to the cattle who actually read it, I guess. Have a great weekend everyone!
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Shell Energy relentlessly point out that they supply me only with energy from renewable sources, so what I’m getting from this is that I won’t be impacted at all by the rising cost of imported fossil fuels unless for some reason they’re either playing fast and loose with their definition of renewable or they just really like making money, or both. Two things I’m confident no utility company would EVER do.
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Gove clearly calculating that Truss isn't going to last long and wants to be positioned for a quick comeback when she crashes and burns: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/19/gove-backs-sunak-and-says-truss-taking-holiday-from-reality
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Runcible Cat posted:Any kind person want to sanity-check me? Get your actual consumption figures for the last year and multiply that by the unit rate, then add 365*standing charge. Octopus did the same with me, and while variable *was* cheaper, it was nowhere near what they were quoting.
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The Perfect Element posted:The distraction tactics could not be more obvious. Other than to the cattle who actually read it, I guess. I feel like we must be approaching a point where most Telegraph readers, after reading yet another article telling them it's a good thing to miss meals or eat maggoty bread, would realise they're being taken for a ride? Nah who am I kidding. When it happens to them they'll just blame the immigants and the wokesters.
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Hate to pile on the bad news but... https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/cineworld-prepares-to-file-for-bankruptcy-within-weeks-41923382.html I just hope they are still in business come September. I want to bring my daughter to the cinema for her birthday and the Cineworld in Glasgow was always handy to bring her to.
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Businesses are going to be completely screwed. My local takeaway has jacked up the prices by 20% already and they've cut down on portion size too. There are several that have closed for a summer holiday until September and I wonder if some of them will decide not to reopen. All the businesses who pushed for staff to go back into the office this time last year are going to be in for a shock when staff take them up on that.
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I've just stopped buying some things. The companies who manufacture and retail that poo poo are more likely to be listened to by the government anyway.
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Marmaduke! posted:I feel like we must be approaching a point where most Telegraph readers, after reading yet another article telling them it's a good thing to miss meals or eat maggoty bread, would realise they're being taken for a ride? Nah who am I kidding. When it happens to them they'll just blame the immigants and the wokesters. Won't be happening to them though, will it, your average Telegraph reader is well heeled enough to still afford food.
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I feel much like Stringer Bell in his final moments. Just get on with it
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Lady Demelza posted:All the businesses who pushed for staff to go back into the office this time last year are going to be in for a shock when staff take them up on that. We're going to end up with people wanting to go into the office because the cost of the commute is significantly cheaper than the cost of being at home for an extra 10 hours each day.
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