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Rip in pieces to britaine's olds this winter facing the ol yellow peril with that blitz spirit
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Dec 7, 2022 21:19
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Isn’t -10c like 15 degrees?
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Dec 7, 2022 21:19
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Gripweed posted:Isn’t -10c like 15 degrees? You'll have to ask someone who is very old but also knows centigrade
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Dec 7, 2022 21:29
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what da gently caress is the ministry of levelling up
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Dec 7, 2022 21:30
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lobster shirt posted:what da gently caress is the ministry of levelling up The first gamer prime minister
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Dec 7, 2022 21:31
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lobster shirt posted:what da gently caress is the ministry of levelling up It's the person in charge of cutting services but only for poor people
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Dec 7, 2022 21:41
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Gripweed posted:Isn’t -10c like 15 degrees? no it’s -10 celsius?
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Dec 7, 2022 21:45
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ContinuityNewTimes posted:You'll have to ask someone who is very old but also knows centigrade I'm moderately old, and yes (it's 14f)
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Dec 7, 2022 22:04
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Hey all, I remember there being a deluge of articles last Christmas about how Scrooge from a Christmas Carol is not that bad when you think about it. Like, dozens of them from the British press. Does anyone remember any/have any links? I am working on something and want to compile them. A phrase that sticks out in my head is somehing like "the frankly mediocre bob cratchit"
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Dec 7, 2022 22:05
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Calico Heart posted:"the frankly mediocre bob cratchit" fantastic thread title
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Calico Heart posted:Hey all, I remember there being a deluge of articles last Christmas about how Scrooge from a Christmas Carol is not that bad when you think about it. Like, dozens of them from the British press. Does anyone remember any/have any links? I am working on something and want to compile them. A phrase that sticks out in my head is somehing like "the frankly mediocre bob cratchit" Googling "in defense of Scrooge" turned up this from the WSJ
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Dec 7, 2022 22:16
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Gripweed posted:Isn’t -10c like 15 degrees?
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Dec 7, 2022 22:20
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A Buttery Pastry posted:british homes are on average the worst insulated in all of Western Europe, possibly all of Europe, and they have a ton of houses that are actually castle-style bad at keeping the heat in. a lot of them are worse insulated than in the tropical parts of florida, and not even by a little bit. And the ones that are insulated go on fire, Rule Britannia
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Dec 7, 2022 22:22
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I'm not eligible for the warm home discount this year because they're factoring in the EPC report for your address. Mine expired 2 years ago and includes gems like "cavity wall insulation (assumed)" My windows are so warped they don't even close
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Dec 7, 2022 22:24
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A Buttery Pastry posted:british homes are on average the worst insulated in all of Western Europe, possibly all of Europe, and they have a ton of houses that are actually castle-style bad at keeping the heat in. a lot of them are worse insulated than in the tropical parts of florida, and not even by a little bit. this is true. the halls of a British university in December was the coldest I’ve ever felt, and I’ve camped when it was snowing.
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Dec 7, 2022 22:28
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Calico Heart posted:Hey all, I remember there being a deluge of articles last Christmas about how Scrooge from a Christmas Carol is not that bad when you think about it. Like, dozens of them from the British press. Does anyone remember any/have any links? I am working on something and want to compile them. A phrase that sticks out in my head is somehing like "the frankly mediocre bob cratchit" Scrooge's Wisdom in Modern Britain, The Economist
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Dec 7, 2022 22:49
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sounds like they should have insulated britain
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Dec 7, 2022 22:50
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Tarnop posted:I'm moderately old, and yes (it's 14f) That’s not that cold for winter as far as north as you guys are. How is that temperature a surprise to you guys?
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Dec 7, 2022 22:52
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Gripweed posted:That’s not that cold for winter as far as north as you guys are. How is that temperature a surprise to you guys? this is a very stupid country also warmer than it should be for how far north we are until the climate gets hosed just a wee bit more
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Dec 7, 2022 22:55
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Gripweed posted:That’s not that cold for winter as far as north as you guys are. How is that temperature a surprise to you guys? Our northerly latitude is offset by the gulf stream which gives us pretty temperate conditions compared to similarly Northern countries. The shitheads who built all the cheap buy-to-let hovels that are the only available housing for most of us decided to reap the benefits of that and skip the insulation e: 90s Cringe Rock posted:this is a very stupid country yeah if climate change disrupts the gulf stream we'll have weather close to that of Norway but with housing stock that's grossly unsuited to it (and all the people who took direct action to bring attention to that are in/going to prison) Tarnop has issued a correction as of 23:01 on Dec 7, 2022 |
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Dec 7, 2022 22:57
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Gripweed posted:That’s not that cold for winter as far as north as you guys are. How is that temperature a surprise to you guys? Becuase -10c hits way different when you live in a house with no insulation and no way to heat it due to gas shortages? Plus, it's the currents in the Atlantic that largely dictate the temperatures in the UK, not it's latitude. Since the current brings warm water up from the tropics, the UK is warmer that what you would anticipate for a country that far north. edit: balls, I was beaten
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Dec 7, 2022 23:00
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Fun to remember those protesters who said we should insultate the houses better, were they listened to? No, the bogpeople of poo poo island tried to run them over and then sent them to prison lol
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Dec 7, 2022 23:38
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How does someone become an adult who knows of the existence of the UK without learning that it's the island that has exactly one weather (mild drizzle)? We have dolphins here! The idiot whales keep getting stuck in the Thames flood defences! You cannot understand the UK without knowing that it shares a climate with purgatory and that any temperatures outside 0-20c will instantly kill large amounts of the population
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Dec 7, 2022 23:45
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"warm California day" = largest recorded fire in UK history, thousands dead of heatstroke and attempted swimming, UK posters covering their houses in tinfoil looking like the inside of a grow op
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Dec 7, 2022 23:47
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kyojin posted:Fun to remember those protesters who said we should insultate the houses better, were they listened to? No, the bogpeople of poo poo island tried to run them over and then sent them to prison lol British people loving hate anyone who wants to make their lives at all better.
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Dec 8, 2022 00:22
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Gripweed posted:That’s not that cold for winter as far as north as you guys are. How is that temperature a surprise to you guys? It only really gets that cold on the hills. The fact we're an island so that moderates the temperature somewhat, plus the gulf stream brings that lovely warm water up from from the Carribean. Britain is mild, grey and damp, all year long. Where I live is further north than Moscow & close to the latitude of Juneau but even in the coldest month of the year the daily average low is 0°C. And the English are even less prepared to handle the cold than the Scots lol
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Dec 8, 2022 00:42
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insulate buildings? what do you want, another Grenfell, do ya?
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Dec 8, 2022 00:42
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Spangly A posted:"warm California day" = largest recorded fire in UK history, thousands dead of heatstroke and attempted swimming, UK posters covering their houses in tinfoil looking like the inside of a grow op *laughs in american AC*
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Dec 8, 2022 02:10
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Living in a Midwestern US town that's frozen for four months out of the year I can tell you that 15F is pretty poo poo if you're in a poorly insulated crackerbox house and can't afford to heat it. Bit surprised that the UK hasn't discovered cheap sprayfoam insulation yet, but I guess they didn't prioritize unlocking it on the tech tree. Ummm... only advice I've got in that case is to dress in layers or start blowing the doors off of some uggo with a good enough job to keep the gas bill paid.
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I remain unconvinced Britain is real because there’s no way these people managed to rule a third of the globe.
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weak men create bad trade deals, bad trade deals create strong navies,
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capitalism is a depressingly strong bad idea
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samcarsten posted:I remain unconvinced Britain is real because there’s no way these people managed to rule a third of the globe. Nobody ever claimed we did it well
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Dec 8, 2022 04:09
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Raskolnikov38 posted:*laughs in american AC* ugh god humid summer nights in Bristol with only a hastily bought oscillating fan on a stand the most awful nights
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Dec 8, 2022 06:26
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samcarsten posted:these people managed to
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Everything england ever did was from the inertia of roman occupation
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There's was nothing clumsy about the conquest of India
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samcarsten posted:I remain unconvinced Britain is real because there’s no way these people managed to rule a third of the globe.
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Is it? Britain had a massive navy, a headstart on industrialisation and an elite education system that turned out dead-eyed psychopaths who went straight into imperial administration. That makes it even funnier that we now have 1.5 aircraft carriers, the only thing still produced here is child molesters, and we have an elite education system that turns out dead-eyed psychopaths who go straight into banking
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