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Mega Comrade posted:He's been an active actor, and a very good one, for decades. Tbh his net worth of $15m seems low to what I would have guessed. He's also on his third marriage. That adds up.
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Jan 17, 2024 14:45
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Yes indeed! I have a friend who was doing a PhD on colours but not had much contact lately so not sure how she's doing with that. That's a common misconception, he wrote that because the sea was actually red back then. From the algae.
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Jan 17, 2024 14:45
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In keeping with the other chat, there was a medical suggestion in the 19th century that Homer was colour-blind. But it turned out statistically unlikely.Azza Bamboo posted:Who would flag a ship in the UK? Flag it in Panama: You pay much less tax, and have not much in the way of workers rights mandated for the crew. Also, Panama lets you sign up your vessel online, and doesn't really care where it's from or what it's doing. It's a no brainer. *which is to say the Former Yemen Arab Republic, which is to say North Yemen as de facto ruled by Ansar Allah, which is to say our proud allies against the Communist Yemen People's Democratic Republic until we got bored Skeletome posted:Like I get that it's funny, but also I feel like I'd like to see less examples of transwomen getting harassed by randos on social media in the thread But then by doing a thumbnail screencap (in case anyone would rather not even read them) I kinda removed all that context myself. Also a content warning for anyone who has optical issues with gradients, LGBTQ twitter is full of gradient memes this week after that other one (this can be avoided by not reading the musk site  )
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Jan 17, 2024 14:50
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Dabir posted:That's a common misconception, he wrote that because the sea was actually red back then. From the algae. Interesting! I did not know that.
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Jan 17, 2024 14:52
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Guavanaut posted:I figured it fell outside of random because a bunch of high profile LGBTQ accounts boosted it on account of how loving stupid it was and how badly said rando got dogpiled. Totally fair! Sorry if I sounded snappy!
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Jan 17, 2024 14:57
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crispix posted:also most public services are striking here tomorrow and the roads will be ungritted for a week as a consequence, in this weather That's why i did my shopping today, 30mph through fog & snow but the main roads were passable, battening down the hatches for the next fortnight anyways.  Best wishes to your aunt, was that an Armagh/Fermanagh/south Down hospital? I hear they are being hit hardest.
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Jan 17, 2024 14:59
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SE trust
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Jan 17, 2024 15:00
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Dabir posted:That's a common misconception, he wrote that because the sea was actually red back then. From the algae. Think I'd need an actual cite on that one. AFAIK no one knows for sure why he put it that way.
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Jan 17, 2024 15:02
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Given herodotus wrote that flies had eight legs or something I think they just liked making poo poo up.
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Jan 17, 2024 15:04
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OwlFancier posted:Given herodotus wrote that flies had eight legs or something I think they just liked making poo poo up. He was called "Father Of lies" for a reason, Thucydides was more reliable but covered less.
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Jan 17, 2024 15:07
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feedmegin posted:Think I'd need an actual cite on that one. AFAIK no one knows for sure why he put it that way. From when I did class-civ at A Level (so god(s) know how correct it was then or how correct it is now) the theory was that the ancient Greeks wrote/described what we expect to be colour more as what we would call 'brightness', 'heat' or general characteristics. The sea is wine-dark not because it is red but because, like wine, the deep Mediterranean is a clear liquid that is none the less dark and hard to see through. The sky is not 'bronze' because it's literally metallic brown but because it's bright, hot and shiny.
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Jan 17, 2024 15:09
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OwlFancier posted:Given herodotus wrote that flies had eight legs or something I think they just liked making poo poo up.
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Jan 17, 2024 15:09
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feedmegin posted:Think I'd need an actual cite on that one. AFAIK no one knows for sure why he put it that way. I do, it's cause the sea was red.
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Jan 17, 2024 15:09
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For a "wine dark sea" all you need is a sea and a glorious cloud free sunset, simples!
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Jan 17, 2024 15:13
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Lmfao
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Jan 17, 2024 15:15
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lol and lmao https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1747604803260153929
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Jan 17, 2024 15:24
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smellmycheese posted:Lmfao Wait, so the jihadis are paying Keith?
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Jan 17, 2024 15:26
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BalloonFish posted:From when I did class-civ at A Level (so god(s) know how correct it was then or how correct it is now) the theory was that the ancient Greeks wrote/described what we expect to be colour more as what we would call 'brightness', 'heat' or general characteristics. The sea is wine-dark not because it is red but because, like wine, the deep Mediterranean is a clear liquid that is none the less dark and hard to see through. The sky is not 'bronze' because it's literally metallic brown but because it's bright, hot and shiny. Something along these lines is also what I was taught. Greece does get red algal blooms sometimes but from what I remember Homer is just describing normal seas. I'm sure he'd have made a big deal of Thetis weeping tears of bloody grief for noble Achilles or whatever if it were an unusual colour.
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Jan 17, 2024 15:40
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Defending criminals? Defending murderers? Rapists? What is the state of this country, saying nothing of the morals of the man who defends them, where people guilty of crimes are defended in court. It's indefensible. smh at this broken country
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Jan 17, 2024 15:41
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It’s 100% a May election. The PR is already under full steam. They can’t keep this wank up for another 12 months
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Jan 17, 2024 15:43
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smellmycheese posted:They can’t keep this wank up for another 12 months You've jinxed it now. You know that, right?... 
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Jan 17, 2024 15:47
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Well assuming a 6 week campaign, and that they'll get it to line up with local elections. we'll find out 3rd week of march.
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Jan 17, 2024 15:59
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In a sane world they'd get off at the nearest stop. My only slight reservation about that: Whether there's someone in the Conservative shark tank who's pig headed enough to think they can save this mess and make it worth spilling blood before the election. It'd be incredibly dumb, and there's nobody worth vouching for, but that never stopped our politicians.
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Jan 17, 2024 16:05
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crispix posted:my dear aunt who stood in as my grandparent has been in hospital since the very start of the month and while not surprising, it's shown me first-hand how broken health and social care is NI This whole post is so sad to read and I'm sorry things have gotten this bad.
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Jan 17, 2024 16:10
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ThomasPaine posted:I've been playing an FMV game called Not For Broadcast recently which I thoroughly recommend for politics flavoured stupidity. It's completely ridiculous and over the top but you get to be a propaganda guy for some momentum-like group as they form a government, which is a nice bit of fantasy indulgence. It really shouldn't work but while the theatre kid energy coming off the whole thing is insane the actors are genuinely extremely good for the most part and parts of it had me belly laughing to an extent I never expected, and they pepper in some actually quite touching + nuanced bits as well. 10/10.
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Jan 17, 2024 16:15
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Skeletome posted:Totally fair! Sorry if I sounded snappy!  funnily enough the reason I was scrolling through my list of good LGBTQ accounts was because I was looking for a source for where I sawGuavanaut posted:Diane Abbott getting suspended for her letter, whereas Rosie Duffield did not for going on GBNews to do Holocaust revisionism Flux Wildly posted:Missed that about Duffield but depressingly on-brand.  I suppose it's good in the sense that several Labour Clubs are condemning it, and bad in the sense that it's essentially remaining members and pissing into the whirlwind with the current leadership. (In the same way, I also found a tab where it's good that the Sun are pissy that Sunak is giving up on the Bibby Barges, and bad that they're now apparently ranking Stephen Kinnock as the sensible solution, while mentioning him as 'the opposition' rather than 'Labour' which is a pretty good sign they're on side and he wants to be
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Jan 17, 2024 16:36
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If anyone knows about effective political moves it's the loving Kinnocks. They exist to poo poo in the party's slippers and then gently caress off into the night.
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Jan 17, 2024 16:44
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smellmycheese posted:They can’t keep this wank up for another 12 months electoral gooning
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Jan 17, 2024 16:56
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 They're using her for a spare part, haven't they?
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Jan 17, 2024 17:10
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Benign prostate condition: he tried some of this "pegging" he heard his boy endorsing and got some crown jewels stuck up the jacksie.
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Jan 17, 2024 17:12
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fuctifino posted:
And yet the enlarged fingers remain untouched
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Jan 17, 2024 17:23
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Skeletome posted:Like I get that it's funny, but also I feel like I'd like to see less examples of transwomen getting harassed by randos on social media in the thread Agree, there's no ill intent on the OP here but let these loving randos on twitter and poo poo who post awful poo poo that normally gets seen by one person scream into a void instead of indirectly platforming it by saying "look at this idiot" and accidentally giving them a bigger audience than they'd usually have.
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Jan 17, 2024 17:30
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Oh I put my foot in it. I was at work and made a comment about the God Squad in the context of something an electrician had said about going to work with a charity over in Africa years ago (he had said they were all 'let's hold hands for Jesus' types And he was like "hey I'm here as a sparkie not as the God Squad"). (The comment by me wasn't out of the blue but part of a discussion we were having about volunteers and whether or to what extent they were tools of imperialist colonization). My line manager informed me today that the new part-time person in the office (who was present when I made the remark) is "very religious". At the time after I had said it, I thought I should have kept my gob shut. Anyway, line manager said 'don't worry about and don't say anything, but just a head's up'. (And further apologies to any ITT who may have strong religious beliefs that I have just stamped all over.) KIng Charles image Fuctifino posted above: I honestly read that as 'public enlargements' and did a double take.
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Jan 17, 2024 17:54
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smellmycheese posted:And yet the enlarged fingers remain untouched They mave been the benign condition
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Jan 17, 2024 17:56
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:KIng Charles image Fuctifino posted above:
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Jan 17, 2024 18:01
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https://twitter.com/matt_dathan/status/1747652593029918966 "You can ignore the law. It's fine. Just tell them you are simply following orders. That always works!"
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Jan 17, 2024 18:05
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Lol hope prince charles dies before they even put him on the money.
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Jan 17, 2024 18:28
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Jan 17, 2024 18:58
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:I honestly read that as 'public enlargements' and did a double take. if it was pubic enlargements hopefully he goes to that French doctor who keeps killing billionaires with penis enlargement surgery
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Jan 17, 2024 19:17
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Or whatever clinic it is that makes people's legs longer but keeps them from going out in public for months and leaves them in significant pain.
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Jan 17, 2024 19:20
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