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Miftan posted:I feel like I know this but I can't place it. Is it the kids TV show with beetle based super sentai?? Oh that's it, Big Bad Beetleborgs!
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NotJustANumber99 posted:Private to just mods, or actually people that know what they're doing? To mods. Someone with hardware access could read private messages fairly easily.
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The Perfect Element posted:Man... A massive portion of West Kent and East Sussex has been without running water for like three days now, and it's going to be at least Wednesday before its back. That sucks. We had that happen on Sheppey in summer (fortunately just before or after the heatwave iirc) and SE water were utterly useless there too. First distribution points were at really stupid areas, then they said that live stock wasn't a priority when we (and every other farmer and equestrian on the island) asked about bowser deliveries for our animals.
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Angrymog posted:That sucks. We had that happen on Sheppey in summer (fortunately just before or after the heatwave iirc) and SE water were utterly useless there too. First distribution points were at really stupid areas, then they said that live stock wasn't a priority when we (and every other farmer and equestrian on the island) asked about bowser deliveries for our animals. Well, yes, exactly, livestock aren't the priority in these situations. Profit on the other hand  
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WhatEvil posted:Maybe it's suing them on a point they know will fail in court so they can say "Well, we tried to sue the people (our mates) who supplied dodgy PPE but the judges, who are enemies of the people as we've previously established, said no". I think much the same, damage limitation by the Tories and lets them say; we did our job!
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:https://twitter.com/simonharris_mbd/status/1604914681566892032 This is a radical idea, but hear me out: maybe GoT (or the world it's set in) is also misogynistic, and if the choice of scene to be re-enacted for MM fanfic is one of the overtly sexist ones then that is quite telling?
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The Perfect Element posted:Man... A massive portion of West Kent and East Sussex has been without running water for like three days now, and it's going to be at least Wednesday before its back. As of last night, add the entire planet thanet to this. The bridge at sandwich was backed up an hour when my social worker mate went home this eve and he's going to be on work showers for the foreseeable. The entire country is collapsing quite a bit faster than I expected.
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Just Another Lurker posted:I think much the same, damage limitation by the Tories and lets them say; we did our job! Of course the press will do exactly that so sure why not. Cunts.
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everyone is focusing on the GoT thing but let's also remember he compared Meghan to an actual, literal serial killer compared her unfavourably
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Spangly A posted:The entire country is collapsing quite a bit faster than I expected.
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Julio Cruz posted:everyone is focusing on the GoT thing but let's also remember he compared Meghan to an actual, literal serial killer I guess he could take the regnal name of King John.
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Torygraph article (archived copy so not a direct link) on young men checking out of work-seeking. Pretty fair article, no mention of shirkers or snowflakes (except to say they're not!) or avocado toast. quote:How young men are turning their backs on work https://archive.vn/hY3xf#selection-889.0-889.13
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OwlFancier posted:Could probably stand to mention that they aren't eligible for the minimum wage either, wonder if that might have anything to do with it When did the heavily-banded minimum wage come in? I do remember getting paid a pittance at Tesco as a 16 year-old (£3.19/hour in the early 2000s) but I thought that once you were 18 at that time, you got the full whack. Now it's under 18 (and apprentices), 18-20, 21-22, 23 and over. Seems like real bullshit to me.
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scottish debate and vote on gender recognition reform next two days (tue and wed) so prepare to see an avalanche of terf bullshit on top of the normal background radiation. will almost certainly pass, at least, though maybe some bullshit compromise amendment will still make it through to water it down a bit more
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WhatEvil posted:When did the heavily-banded minimum wage come in? I do remember getting paid a pittance at Tesco as a 16 year-old (£3.19/hour in the early 2000s) but I thought that once you were 18 at that time, you got the full whack. As soon as that poo poo came in I could see how it hosed over everyone on both sides of the line. And I'm a loving moron.
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WhatEvil posted:When did the heavily-banded minimum wage come in? I do remember getting paid a pittance at Tesco as a 16 year-old (£3.19/hour in the early 2000s) but I thought that once you were 18 at that time, you got the full whack. Can't remember exactly, but repealing it was part of the 2019 platform. I think it was sometime post-coalition. I think when I was looking for work out of uni I got offered an apprenticeship and I think about half my days wages would have gone on bus fare.
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RIP Terry Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4 Song from 1981 when I graduated, and there were no fkin jobs and seemed like there was no way anyone without rich parents would ever be able to buy a home, rents were sky high, unemployment hit the roof, etc. Brixton riots, Handsworth riots (I had family living there then), Thatcher, Aids Virus Identified, Iran Hostage Crisis Ends Lovely to see how much life has improved for the average jo in the last 41 year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCZN1rU5co Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Dec 20, 2022 |
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:RIP Terry Hall Innit? Ghost Town is such a ridiculously evocative tune.
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forkboy84 posted:Innit? Apparently it was about Coventry. One of my cousins was running a pub in Coventry city centre at the time.
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Twitter update: Elon lost the vote and then didn’t post for 8 hours or so, presumably trying to think of a way to get out of it. Then he found one! https://twitter.com/hasanthehun/status/1604992055163310088
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Comrade Fakename posted:Twitter update: Elon lost the vote and then didn’t post for 8 hours or so, presumably trying to think of a way to get out of it. Then he found one! https://twitter.com/SnoopDogg/status/1604656918844256257 Unrelated: Got to share this it is so good (definitely not metal!) Ren - the musician - suffers from PTSD and chronic health problems. He speaks about it after about 7:30 mins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_nc1IVoMxc Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Dec 20, 2022 |
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Oh hey, so back at 2am the DWP decided to put the money in my account I should have been getting over the last year. It's a LOT more than I was expecting, so I've spent the last almost 3 hours outside of banking hours trying to put it into another account so that it doesn't gently caress me for tax purposes (I'm self employed). Merry Xmas! It's staying in savings until I can be sure they're not going to double gently caress me by asking for it back or saying they made a mistake or something.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Oh hey, so back at 2am the DWP decided to put the money in my account I should have been getting over the last year. It's a LOT more than I was expecting, so I've spent the last almost 3 hours outside of banking hours trying to put it into another account so that it doesn't gently caress me for tax purposes (I'm self employed). That's fantastic news, congratulations! Make sure to get you and yours something nice - you deserve it after all the poo poo you've been through.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Oh hey, so back at 2am the DWP decided to put the money in my account I should have been getting over the last year. It's a LOT more than I was expecting, so I've spent the last almost 3 hours outside of banking hours trying to put it into another account so that it doesn't gently caress me for tax purposes (I'm self employed). Congrats! I have my pip back payment in savings so I can use it to get through the gap between the next time they gently caress me over and the subsequent tribunal
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Oh hey, so back at 2am the DWP decided to put the money in my account I should have been getting over the last year. It's a LOT more than I was expecting, so I've spent the last almost 3 hours outside of banking hours trying to put it into another account so that it doesn't gently caress me for tax purposes (I'm self employed). Nice! Make sure the savings account actually pays interest and is not some awful "call it savings but only pay 0.1%" thing. You can get 2-3% at the moment I think.
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Clarence posted:Nice! Make sure the savings account actually pays interest and is not some awful "call it savings but only pay 0.1%" thing. You can get 2-3% at the moment I think. moneysavingexpert gets the goods, 4%+ in some cases
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the 4+ ones are "lock the money away"/"give notice to withdraw" accounts, which given the circumstances are not ideal. still, kinda surprised there's insta-access 3% ones out there inflation at 11%, interest at 3%. economy!!
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I've actually got a 5% Barclays account with almost no strings (just one of those dumb "pay us £5 a month and we'll give you £5 back" + do a couple of direct debit things) which is handy, even if it doesn't match inflation. It's all lies anyway, they say inflation is 10-15% but my dandelion and burdock has increased from 50p to 80p. Also masks back on the menu at work, just as I've been completing multiple training sessions with 20 people present. let's hope if I catch covid again it's the asymptomatic kind
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Jesus, Duffy from Primal Scream just died (he was 55)
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Marmaduke! posted:I've actually got a 5% Barclays account with almost no strings (just one of those dumb "pay us £5 a month and we'll give you £5 back" + do a couple of direct debit things) which is handy, even if it doesn't match inflation. It's all lies anyway, they say inflation is 10-15% but my dandelion and burdock has increased from 50p to 80p. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRgEZsAMrwI
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keep punching joe posted:Jesus, Duffy from Primal Scream just died (he was 55) Man, Wikipedia doesn't skip a beat, he's already been moved to "former members"
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Apologies for source. Think I missed this a few days a go, this is big news right? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/17/first-time-drug-users-will-not-prosecuted-police-chiefs-plan/ quote:First-time users of cocaine and cannabis will avoid prosecution under a national blueprint being drawn up by police chiefs to treat it as a public health problem. Still a bandage over the gaping wound of prohibition being a losing battle, but interesting that even the police seem tired of culture war poo poo edit: possibly swap "tired of" with "underfunded for" Convex fucked around with this message at 13:01 on Dec 20, 2022 |
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I can't imagine Suella 'Kill Them All' Braverman signing off on that, tbh.
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idk the met have more than enough excuses to profile black people and hate paperwork which is all this is about, so the funniest possible outcome if the government block this is if they decide to be petty as poo poo and crack down on the obvious coke problem in Westminster.
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I dunno, three strikes laws worked great in That America They Have Nowadays, so this looks like a winner.
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Cheers all. I think I'm going to put it in a medium-risk vanguard account, so if the DWP do try to chase me up or get it back, I can withdraw it with a reasonable notice, and otherwise it's sitting there making at / just above interest, plus compound interest. Kind of hate to be mini capitalist scum and profiting off the stock / bond / housing markets, but hey, we-should-improve-society-somewhat-dot-jpeg Marmaduke! posted:It's all lies anyway, they say inflation is 10-15% but my dandelion and burdock has increased from 50p to 80p. I think the interview in question the guy was saying he was talking to his superiors and economics professors about how bad the economy is because of how the people he grew up with were suffering, and these economists were saying "what do you mean, the economy is doing great" while wearing robes and sat in a wood panelled room in Oxford.
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