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So my mother, who is old, sometimes listens to the radio and now I'm noticing that this one programme there is actually quite awesome (which means I'm also now old. It has finally happened). Professional pianist dude Rantala chats with people who call in and tell him various stories about Christmas. Then the pianist improvises some solo piano stuff based vaguely on the story. For example one caller was some jovial old geezer from northern Finland talking about how he recently washed his sauna in preparation for Christmas. "You use this [traditional] soap and a sturdy brush for the benches first, then of course the floor needs to be done, quite an ordeal, different shorter brush for that" and so on and so forth. Then Rantala plays some weird as poo poo piano stuff which is awesome even though I don't understand anything about it. Then repeat with next caller (Programme is available online, probably, at some url similar to this: https://areena.yle.fi/podcastit/ohjelmat/yle-radio-1) Very Christmasy  e: 66 is my resting heart rate as I relax with relaxing improvised christmas tunes and some christmas star pastries and tea
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Dec 22, 2023 19:23
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Got a tub of Roses, Celebrations, and Quality Street. Roses is the best one. Celebrations is the worst. Quality Street is meh. And thank you for coming to my Tedtalk
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Dec 22, 2023 20:19
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anyone else find it weird that Nestle don't do a holiday chocolate tub?
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Dec 22, 2023 20:25
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quality street is nestle, 1 hours detention to learn your chocolate lore
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Dec 22, 2023 20:27
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well yeah, but you'd think they'd do one with like munchies and mini lion bars and poo poo in it
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Dec 22, 2023 20:31
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happyhippy posted:Got a tub of Roses, Celebrations, and Quality Street. All the tub chocolates are poo poo tier. Ferrero Rafaellos ftw
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Dec 22, 2023 20:40
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Rafaello is my mortal weakness.
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Dec 22, 2023 20:47
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lol the prime minister: only the top 25% of wage earners make enough money to support a family in the uk, and that's a good thing
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Dec 22, 2023 20:50
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This has moved on from "a dial taht says racism" and into "Homer adding salt and fresh water to a fish tank containing different kinds of marine life"
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Dec 22, 2023 20:53
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yeah, i honestly thought back when May introduced the financial requirement in the first place that after a couple of years of torygraph articles about honest hard-working (white) british people who couldn't bring their (white) american/russian/etc. families to the uk that it would get rolled back or modified to be more subtly racist, but i failed to realize that there's a seemingly ever-increasing faction of the tories that go into a blood frenzy whenever they hear the word 'immigrant'
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Dec 22, 2023 21:00
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Rafaello is my mortal weakness.
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Dec 22, 2023 21:03
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I can only assume that Sunak has a bigger humiliation fetish than Truss, because otherwise why is he even still in the job? He keeps getting clowned on by some of the biggest morons ever elected to public office and his response is to smile and nod and backtrack to say something else he knows at least one group of morons will object to on principle.
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Dec 22, 2023 21:03
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he has enough money to pay to have them all killed just can't do them all at once or it'll arouse suspicion
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Dec 22, 2023 21:24
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kingturnip posted:I can only assume that Sunak has a bigger humiliation fetish than Truss, because otherwise why is he even still in the job? Hes only there to be the conduit for other millionaires and billionaires to get their oar in on any contract or knighthoods they can. Remember he was in the US talking with their healthcare and insurance corps while Truss was loving things up. He could be getting poo poo thrown in his face, but he knows hes getting a gravy train carriage the size of Westminster when he goes.
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Dec 22, 2023 21:24
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Yeah, but he'd have got that anyway if he'd just hosed off when the backbenchers started getting antsy. He used to be filthy rich banker, a few years in Parliament gets even the thickest oval office a contacts list most would kill for; add being Chancellor to all that, and the gravy train pours itself. All the people looking to siphon money from the UK state can still do that once Suella is PM. The only thing Rishi is achieving at this point is making himself look more of an idiot with every passing day.
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Dec 22, 2023 21:51
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Mebh posted:Seconding this. Unicorn led to me discovering Lights and a whole host of other artists. I still hum Lights' Second Go from her debut album to this day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPLRkyGU3cM As for the Sybreed I mentioned earlier for those who also like slightly heavier music (like Blood for the Blood God on Unicorn) this is the first time I heard dance-style kick drums used for a metal breakdown (it's normal drums the rest of the song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diV3VrxD5ro
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Dec 22, 2023 21:59
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For what it's worth that song was titled "Take the Red Pill" back in 2003-2004 when it wasn't associated with rapists and nazis, although also before we realised it really meant becoming a trans lass.
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Dec 22, 2023 22:00
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Fartlow is on her way to Gaza to "document history"
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Dec 22, 2023 22:28
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Diet Crack posted:Fartlow is on her way to Gaza to "document history" Gonzo Journalism, becoming a part of the story, but she is no Hunter S. Thompson
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Dec 22, 2023 22:35
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Diet Crack posted:Fartlow is on her way to Gaza to "document history" There's a very nice Christian church there, I'm told. She should visit.
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Dec 22, 2023 22:36
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHeSC_Ws5Ic
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Dec 22, 2023 22:36
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AceClown posted:well yeah, but you'd think they'd do one with like munchies and mini lion bars and poo poo in it The latter would be the superior option in such a tub
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Dec 22, 2023 22:59
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kingturnip posted:I can only assume that Sunak has a bigger humiliation fetish than Truss, because otherwise why is he even still in the job? The ruling class do not care what you think of them. The reason you don't understand the choices they make is because they are operating in a world with rules that are fundamentally different to those that you or I know.
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Dec 22, 2023 23:14
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https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1738256334061965328 Sorry kids, the planet has to burn, or the Tories will weaponise it  And talking of that Keith oval office, check out this: https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1738263457143599361 Most of the shadow cabinet have posted similar statements, while obviously forgetting that they greenlit said genocide
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Dec 22, 2023 23:53
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jaete posted:Professional pianist dude Rantala chats with people who call in and tell him various stories about Christmas. Then the pianist improvises some solo piano stuff based vaguely on the story. This sounds lovely, shame there isn't an English language version. I know he's not a thread favourite, but Richard Osman signed off wishing his viewers a happy Christmas, and for those who find it a difficult time of year, a peaceful one, and I burst into tears.
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Dec 22, 2023 23:55
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Richard Osman isn't a bad person in his capacity as a TV host, he just sucks in that he's a comfortable person who doesn't care to actually understand why bad things happen to innocent people, he just understands that's bad. There's no shame in appreciating his words, as I'm sure they are sincere.
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Dec 23, 2023 00:09
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I soured in my reaction to him when he interviewed Frankie Boyle a few years ago and was needlessly agressive and patronising with him for absolutely zero reason. I think he was trying to do the Paxman thing, but because his face looks like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle it just came off as him being a snide oval office to a thoroughly bemused Boyle.
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Dec 23, 2023 00:38
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fuctifino posted:https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1738256334061965328 Absolute fuckin danger, isn't he. 'Oooh we can't do a policy, the Tories might have a go at us for it.' Well yeah, that's what happens in politics, you're supposed to have the gumption and brass to actually defend your position and try to advance it in the public's mind as a good, worthwhile idea. Also I mean that would have been a great statement on Gaza to make two months ago, not joking if he'd said that or something like it when this started we'd be giving him kudos, however grudging, and he'd probably have won an appreciable number of people over by actually taking a firm stance on something for once in his loving life. As it stands... mate you said it was okay. You're only following public opinion now, not taking any kind of stance. Ms Adequate fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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Dec 23, 2023 01:17
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Nobody could have predicted it would turn out this way, please ignore all of the people who said that at the start.
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Dec 23, 2023 01:19
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Bobby Deluxe posted:I soured in my reaction to him when he interviewed Frankie Boyle a few years ago and was needlessly agressive and patronising with him for absolutely zero reason. Was that the one from the Edinburgh TV Festival? He was aggressive because he's a TV producer by profession & Frankie was attacking his profession. I mean Boyle was right to, but Osman felt under attack, he's very much part of the establishment. Like, he rightly points out that TV execs treat Oxbridge grads much more generously where as if you have a regional accent & are working class you generally don't get this benefit of the doubt that you know where the line is & are playing with it. You might not like the joke about Katie Price & her kid, but Boyle is quite thoughtful in explaining his justification for saying it. Actually Osman is even worse than I remember, Boyle roasts Channel 4 for their garbage documentaries like Benefit Street and Osman tries to argue "they would justify this with the context of the shows before and after", as if that was the same as Boyle arguing that his joke was reasonable within the context of the setup of the bit. forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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Dec 23, 2023 01:23
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Lady Demelza posted:... Had to google who he was, guess i'm well out of the loop. 
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Dec 23, 2023 01:45
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Bobby Deluxe posted:I soured in my reaction to him when he interviewed Frankie Boyle a few years ago and was needlessly agressive and patronising with him for absolutely zero reason. TBF Boyle is also a disingenuous oval office who pretends to this day that he wasn't toe-ing the media line on Corbyn being Second Hitler.
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Dec 23, 2023 01:49
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Just Another Lurker posted:Had to google who he was, guess i'm well out of the loop. If you've seen a panel show from England you've encountered his works. He was a behind-the-scenes guy for most of his career, before co-hosting the show Pointless with his Cambridge Uni friend Alexander Armstrong.
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Dec 23, 2023 01:54
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Doesn't he have some books out? Remember seeing them when I did the book charts.
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Dec 23, 2023 02:07
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OwlFancier posted:Doesn't he have some books out? Remember seeing them when I did the book charts. Who doesn't have a book out in that line of work really.
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Dec 23, 2023 02:17
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Tesseraction posted:TBF Boyle is also a disingenuous oval office who pretends to this day that he wasn't toe-ing the media line on Corbyn being Second Hitler. Nobody you see on TV has your best interest at heart. Even that one that you think is still actually a decent bloke who hasn't let fame get to him.
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Dec 23, 2023 02:23
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KM Scorchio posted:Nobody you see on TV has your best interest at heart. Even that one that you think is still actually a decent bloke who hasn't let fame get to him. Even Toyah?!
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Dec 23, 2023 02:25
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happyhippy posted:Who doesn't have a book out in that line of work really. I had up until today assumed he was an author but apparently he is a television man also.
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Dec 23, 2023 02:26
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OwlFancier posted:Doesn't he have some books out? Remember seeing them when I did the book charts. Yes. KM Scorchio posted:Nobody you see on TV has your best interest at heart. Even that one that you think is still actually a decent bloke who hasn't let fame get to him. I saw me in the background of a shot once 
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Dec 23, 2023 02:42
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forkboy84 posted:
I stand by my statement.
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Dec 23, 2023 02:44
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