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Ah the Union Jackoff e: Catte Taxe 
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Dec 23, 2023 15:17
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Diet Crack posted:People still shop at waitrose and M&S? Why? Is it just for the fanfare of being a snooty oval office because everything is the same quality as Sainsburys just 50% dearer? Baffling. What Sainsbury's are you shopping at? M&S is dearer but back when I was living in London the Waitrose basics were a bit cheaper and better quality.
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Dec 23, 2023 15:32
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In terms of TV appearances, aside from my adult appearance as a Jeremy Kyle audience member booing someone, I also had an amazing acting role as a child. In a perfect example of "wouldn't happen today", my aunt worked on a BBC disability rights programme called From The Edge and they needed some extras for a piece on discrimination. My starring role was that of a child wedding guest - my job was to sneer and laugh at a disabled man in a wheelchair. The man in the wheelchair was the director, who was not disabled, putting on his best impression of someone with special needs.crispix posted:goon on the discord brought this to my attention I once went in that Waitrose and saw the height of Cheshire twattery in a nearby unit - what would normally be called a "butty shop" described itself as a "purveyor of bespoke sandwiches".
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Dec 23, 2023 15:43
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Sir Sidney Poitier posted:The man in the wheelchair was the director, who was not disabled, putting on his best impression of someone with special needs. Sir Sidney Poitier posted:what would normally be called a "butty shop" described itself as a "purveyor of bespoke sandwiches". 
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Dec 23, 2023 15:54
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Is it just me or does that look a bit like a closed toilet. Not sure if apt or intended.
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Dec 23, 2023 15:55
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waitrose on reduced sticker can be absolutely amazing value, get in at the right time and it's as high as 95% off- I'm going tonight before they shut, maybe tomorrow too 100% off if you can run fast enough, comrades
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Dec 23, 2023 15:58
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Diet Crack posted:People still shop at waitrose and M&S? Why? Is it just for the fanfare of being a snooty oval office because everything is the same quality as Sainsburys just 50% dearer? Baffling. We have a large CoOp and Waitrose in my town, and tbh, there's not really a difference in prices between them for the things that I buy. I mostly choose Waitrose as it's easier to get around in my wheelchair.
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Dec 23, 2023 15:59
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I popped into M&S today and it was full of posh old people, shopping extremely slowly. There was a not very big bit of Aberdeen Angus beef that they were selling for £50. £50! I felt that was a bit much, even if it did come with parsley butter. I bought some posh Yorkshires. They were less than £50.
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Dec 23, 2023 16:07
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Diet Crack posted:People still shop at waitrose and M&S? Why? Is it just for the fanfare of being a snooty oval office because everything is the same quality as Sainsburys just 50% dearer? Baffling. I can walk or bus to Waitrose. The nearest non-mini Sainsbury’s is only accessible by car. I don’t own a car. Pretty straightforward decision really?
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Dec 23, 2023 16:09
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Anyone else just not really feeling it with Christmas this year? I've never been one of those "OMG the magic of Christmas!" people but this year just feels off.
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Dec 23, 2023 16:13
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Diet Crack posted:People still shop at waitrose and M&S? Why? Is it just for the fanfare of being a snooty oval office because everything is the same quality as Sainsburys just 50% dearer? Baffling. Sainsburys more expensive than Waitrose
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Dec 23, 2023 16:14
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Lord Ludikrous posted:Anyone else just not really feeling it with Christmas this year? I've never been one of those "OMG the magic of Christmas!" people but this year just feels off. Feels a bit gauche to be magic of Christmasing when the country is in such a dire state. Greatest Hits Radio was thanking people for helping them provide 32,000 kids with presents who otherwise would get nothing on Christmas day. And sure, it's great that they did that, but I'm just thinking about what's the number of those who won't? And the families who can't afford to do anything nice for it. Christmas, ignoring the Christian poo poo, is meant to be where you counteract the depressing weather and daylight hours by having something to look forward to in the midwinter and so many people can't afford that. Hell Channel 4 News last night was interviewing a charity going around the streets of Liverpool trying to give the skyrocketing homeless population something to hold on to as they go into Christmas penniless on the street. Interviewing an elderly homeless lady crying and saying she wanted her life to have more to it than "this" as she gesticulates. gently caress this country
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Dec 23, 2023 16:24
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Unless you are serving this upto hardcore anti-UKers, no one gives a gently caress what you eat alone at christmas mate.
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Dec 23, 2023 16:27
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It is proof that the only people who consider a lovely marzipan flag to be 'far right' are people trying to vice signal to the right themselves. Not sure he's going to eat it though. 
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Dec 23, 2023 16:33
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Pistol_Pete posted:I popped into M&S today and it was full of posh old people, shopping extremely slowly. There was a not very big bit of Aberdeen Angus beef that they were selling for £50. £50! I felt that was a bit much, even if it did come with parsley butter. Yorkshire puddings are so cheap to make though! And incredibly easy with this recipe https://www.seriouseats.com/the-best-yorkshire-pudding-popover-recipe I find half the recipe fills a muffin tray.
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Dec 23, 2023 16:44
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Lord Ludikrous posted:Anyone else just not really feeling it with Christmas this year? I've never been one of those "OMG the magic of Christmas!" people but this year just feels off. Yeah, a festival of conspicuous consumption feels a bit weird when a significant portion of the population is struggling to afford food and heating, and it’s kind of hard to buy into “peace on earth and goodwill to all” while the IDF is carpet bombing part of the holy land
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Dec 23, 2023 16:50
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I went into an M&S Food a week or so back and my brief observation was that in a lot of ways it wasn't really any more expensive than most, but it didn't bother having a budget range and had more high-quality stuff. Like if you needed to do your entire shop on a budget then you wouldn't go there, if you wanted something particularly nice then you would, and if you just needed a few essentials on the way home then it's fine. But I didn't stay long enough to actually test that.
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Dec 23, 2023 16:50
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Lord Ludikrous posted:Anyone else just not really feeling it with Christmas this year? I've never been one of those "OMG the magic of Christmas!" people but this year just feels off. Everyone's broke, and they know it. If the UK economy's a ladder, everyone's slipped down a couple of rungs: people who were previously 'comfortable' are now 'coping'; the copers have become 'strugglers'; the 'strugglers' have become 'destitute' and god knows what's happened to the people who were already destitute before all this kicked off. My household is lucky enough to be reasonably secure and even for us, there's all sorts of stuff we've looked at this Xmas and gone: "How much?? gently caress it, we won't bother this year."
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Dec 23, 2023 16:53
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Diet Crack posted:People still shop at waitrose and M&S? Why? Is it just for the fanfare of being a snooty oval office because everything is the same quality as Sainsburys just 50% dearer? Baffling. Not baffling if you live in a small town, don't drive & have lovely public transport: In my town we do NOT have the following: Sainsburys, Tescos, Aldi, Asda, Morrisons. All are at least 10-20 miles away and require a car. We do have: (all walk times are one way so real walk is double) Home Bargains - 1.5 mins walk from home - cheap basics but limited range of stuff - approx 45% of my food spend goes here Waitrose - 3 mins walk from home - good range of stuff at good quality - approx 30% of my food spend goes here - frozen pizza cheaper than Home Bargains Iceland - 7 mins walk from home - I stock my freezer up from here with basics - frozen veg, frozen mince, limited stock for other stuff & always have to wait an age for someone to come to the till + it's near my office so I often get my lunch there on an office day - approx 17% of my food spend goes here. (Also their Bonus Card is a very good deal - they add £1 for every £20 you load, and this winter did a top up bonus - if you put £100 on across a period of a few weeks, you got not only the regular £5 but an additional £15 bonus to be spent by today which I did when I stocked my freezer up a couple of weeks ago). Oh & for us grannies over 60, we get 10% off if we shop on a Tuesday. M&S Food - 5 mins walk from home - small range of good quality stuff - some stuff cheaper than Waitrose eg slices of chicken Other options: Lidl - 20 mins walk - if I'm over that part of town will take a gander & maybe buy a 1kg pot of greek yoghurt for the cost of 500g in the other shops Coop - 12 mins walk - more expensive than ALL of the above, limited selection, & tinned veg, spaghetti hoops etc are literally disgusting, but it is open til 10pm on a Sunday One Stop - 5 mins walk - open til 10pm - quite expensive but if I'm desperate for icecream or chocolate late evening, there it is. Budgens - 12 mins walk - all night garage shop - extremely expensive. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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Dec 23, 2023 16:57
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The Tesco near me is in a right state. Very poor quality and limited produce at times. I'd probably go to a Waitrose just for veg if there was one nearby.
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Dec 23, 2023 17:02
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Guavanaut posted:Not sure he's going to eat it though. Turn that fleg into poo poo!
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Dec 23, 2023 17:02
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Pro Palestine protestors have blocked Oxford Street, which should suitably enrage Gammons who’ve left it to the last minute to get the wife a present. Edit : and Carnaby street lol smellmycheese fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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Dec 23, 2023 17:04
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Not baffling if you live in a small town, don't drive & have lovely public transport: And online for things like cleaning products and bin bags and other things where you can easily get 40%+ off compared to those and it doesn't matter if they get chucked over a fence. Turns out the American conservative wannabe tough guy song 'Try That in a Small Town' was actually about getting a bus in less than an hour. Pistol_Pete posted:and god knows what's happened to the people who were already destitute before all this kicked off 
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Dec 23, 2023 17:04
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Soricidus posted:Yeah, a festival of conspicuous consumption feels a bit weird when a significant portion of the population is struggling to afford food and heating, and it’s kind of hard to buy into “peace on earth and goodwill to all” while the IDF is carpet bombing part of the holy land First half of December last year, my mum was on a pilgrimage with her church to the Holy Land. I'm glad it wasn't this year! Seen videos of how the settlers are treating christian 'pilgrims' over there and that's before all this kicked off. She didn't really say much about it (my mum is a very 'closed shop' & likes to be Contrary Mary) but I notice the quantity of pro-Palestinian emails she gets from various organisations has increased (as I get her email too for various reasons which she knows & is happy about).
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Dec 23, 2023 17:05
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poo poo weather, astronomical prices, the news is pure misery even by the usual standards and politically we have two groups hysterically yelling that they'll be making even harder decisions than each other come the next year.
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Dec 23, 2023 17:06
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Dec 23, 2023 17:10
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 This is a real product. AI future will be amazing.
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Dec 23, 2023 17:18
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Diet Crack posted:People still shop at waitrose and M&S? Why? Is it just for the fanfare of being a snooty oval office because everything is the same quality as Sainsburys just 50% dearer? Baffling. The M&S sourdoughs are amazing. Course they loving should be for a fiver but they're dense and big enough you can get two solid meals out of them so it's not so bad. Dunno anywhere else that does a loaf you could kill someone with if you threw it at them. Doctor_Fruitbat posted:I went into an M&S Food a week or so back and my brief observation was that in a lot of ways it wasn't really any more expensive than most, but it didn't bother having a budget range and had more high-quality stuff. Like if you needed to do your entire shop on a budget then you wouldn't go there, if you wanted something particularly nice then you would, and if you just needed a few essentials on the way home then it's fine. But I didn't stay long enough to actually test that. Yeah that's how I treat it, you can get stuff in there you can't get elsewhere, but if you were trying to get the basics you'd get ripped off. OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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Dec 23, 2023 17:19
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Guavanaut posted:
I feel the producers of this calendar should be done under the trade descriptions act.
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Dec 23, 2023 17:26
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Talking of AI fakes. Shocking breaking story from Fuctifino’s mate. https://twitter.com/leo_hutz/status/1738594527139553678?s=46
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Dec 23, 2023 17:32
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Lord Ludikrous posted:Anyone else just not really feeling it with Christmas this year? I've never been one of those "OMG the magic of Christmas!" people but this year just feels off. it won't really be Christmas till Covid delivers its next variant. 
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Dec 23, 2023 17:33
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smellmycheese posted:Talking of AI fakes. Shocking breaking story from Fuctifino’s mate.
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Dec 23, 2023 17:35
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smellmycheese posted:Talking of AI fakes. Shocking breaking story from Fuctifino’s mate. ex-mate. I have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to Tankies
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Dec 23, 2023 17:39
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I stand corrected then, when I went to it when it was also my closest shop it always seemed dearer on the weekly shop - but that's why I just do Lidl these days. I wonder if there's a difference between the prices in the varying size of store (more volume lower prices sometimes is the case it seems) and ofcourse London vs literally anywhere else. The prices for anything but bare staples was overpriced in comparison. Tesco at the moment seems more expensive than Sainsburys for general items when I compare receipts. I doubt the pricing is identical country wide. I rarely by brand stuff these days (like Sainsburys isn't too expensive if you just buy off brand stuff as well - but it's best to just mix and match Lidl, whichever of the other chains and local markets in many instances to get the best price across the board. I never buy eggs from any of the chains for example.) I wholly stand by M&S being poo poo save for sometimes having cheap wings and thighs, but the snacks there kinda suck tbh Diet Crack fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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Dec 23, 2023 17:40
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fuctifino posted:ex-mate. I have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to Tankies Thanks, but no Tanks
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Dec 23, 2023 17:44
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thebardyspoon posted:So to be fair to Jedit, they weren't saying that that joke is like or as bad as bombing a hospital, they were saying that defending it by saying it's attacking Jordan with her son as the punchline enabling it and that's fine because she uses her son as a shield (which is Frankie Boyles defense of it apparently, I want to make it clear I don't think it is fine). Jedit's saying that is a similar logic to the one the IDF use in their rhetoric. IE "it's fine to attack someone even if there's collateral damage because they're just that bad". I'm not sure I see the logic in bringing it up however, there's better comparisons to make probably. Thank you bardy, that is what I was aiming at. oval office though he may be, Boyle's "joke" was of course nothing like as bad as what the IDF are doing and I didn't mean to imply that it was. He's also said that Israel is an apartheid state and is committing genocide, which is points in his favour. He's still a oval office, though.
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Dec 23, 2023 18:06
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love to be a big brain business genius liz and kwasi were about to press the 'economy good' button, but now we have rishi who won't press it because he doesn't like it when the economy grows and we can pay for things 
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Dec 23, 2023 18:16
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Dyson: "where's the dry water mum? i want the dry water"
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Dec 23, 2023 18:25
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Growth is a dirty word which is why it's all any politician keeps gobbing on about.
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Dec 23, 2023 18:27
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Dyson’s hoovers and other products are grotesquely overpriced plastic crap. They have the durability and build quality of cheap Chinese toys. And I say this as someone who was badgered into buying one of his ludicrously expensive hairdryers as a gift last Xmas.
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Dec 23, 2023 18:29
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