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radmonger posted:Less than if you had been using real swords, but more than if you had been using wooden ones. Perfect. E: JFC that's a horrible snipe: 10 is roughly the number out of ten for how hosed we all are right now.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:13 |
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I mean if you're gonna work for the sun you have to assume it's because they have the big CP stash.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:15 |
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Actually he'd be an ephebophile. I just thought we ought to clear that up early on. (If you see Rod Liddle, call the police.)
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:21 |
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Comment or Commentariat is only going to get darker, jfc
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:22 |
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I know bits of this thing have been posted before, but you gotta read the whole intro piece of the Corbyn Economy five-article thing the FT is doing. It's all bangers I could literally bold the whole thing but will try not to. quote:Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to rewrite the rules of the UK economy For all the lovely keywords 'Trotskyist', 'Marxist' etc. etc. this isn't a bad writeup of his program, and the FT - for all its built-in ideology - does a fair job of talking about it. If there's interest I'll post the other ones as they come out?
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:25 |
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Junior G-man posted:If there's interest I'll post the other ones as they come out? Absolutely, it's good to know how the moneied classes think while their heads are still attached. But also the FT are relatively good at focusing on Labour's actual policies as opposed to masturbating furiously about Thatcher. That said lmao at the senior Labour figure namedropping Seamus Milne like he's loving Voldemort.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:31 |
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Digging in their changes is absolutely vital for a labour government and transfer of ownership is something I've really hoped would be a way of doing that. I'm glad they're taking it seriously.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:31 |
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Red Oktober posted:Don’t be silly. The word purge is only used when applied to Labour. Authoritarianism is only bad when it's done by the Left. Sanitary Naptime posted:I reserve more hatred towards Tim Martin than any other non politician brexiteer. He's a walking Dickensian caricature of a lovely exploitative employer. There's nothing about him that isn't gross. Speaking of: loving hell, Rod Liddle needs to answer some serious questions about his friendship with Prince Andrew.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:35 |
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I realize I am alone on this but I don't think I could handle four day work weeks. There would be a lot more pressure to be productive in the shorter time and I am already bored enough on weekends.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:36 |
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AceOfFlames posted:I realize I am alone on this I suspect you are
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:37 |
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AceOfFlames posted:I realize I am alone on this but I don't think I could handle four day work weeks. There would be a lot more pressure to be productive in the shorter time and I am already bored enough on weekends. Sounds like you need a hobby
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:38 |
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AceOfFlames posted:Slurp slurp boots Buddy some of us want more free time for our hobbies and interests not helping a millionaire's magic number tick up.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:39 |
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Junior G-man posted:I know bits of this thing have been posted before, but you gotta read the whole intro piece of the Corbyn Economy five-article thing the FT is doing. It's all bangers I loving loved every bit of that article, while reading it I was saying to myself "yep, yep, sounds good, fine with that", I am sure that was the opposite of what it was designed to do but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It was great to have everything all in once place and put so succinctly as I've read the manifesto along with economics for the many but I had struggled to put it all together as a coherent whole. This is is the problem I have with the modern left, lots of good options, I've read the likes of The Entrepreneurial State and The People's Republic of Walmart, but no one at a political level is really saying "this one".
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:40 |
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I remember him saying that Billie Eilish was the thinking man's pop starlet before I knew who she was. Then I found out she was 17 and heard the lyric "might seduce your dad type" and it all fell into place in my head.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:40 |
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One of the few things I like about my job is that despite the poo poo pay I get a lot of flexibility on when I work. Which is nice, eg, when I can choose to bunk off whenever the weather behaves to go to the beach or the moors. Not working is great and I encourage everyone to do it whenever possible.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:41 |
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You can do a seven day week and I'll do a one day week
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:41 |
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OwlFancier posted:One of the few things I like about my job is that despite the poo poo pay I get a lot of flexibility on when I work. Yeah, same here. At least my boss is super cool about me working from home, or from my fiance's place, or me bunking off early on Fridays and stuff. It makes such a huge difference and, in the long run, does actually make me more productive.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:43 |
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AceOfFlames posted:I realize I am alone on this but I don't think I could handle four day work weeks. There would be a lot more pressure to be productive in the shorter time and I am already bored enough on weekends.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:45 |
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Gonzo McFee posted:I remember him saying that Billie Eilish was the thinking man's pop starlet before I knew who she was. Then I found out she was 17 and heard the lyric "might seduce your dad type" and it all fell into place in my head. Weird tho cause she's maybe the least sexualised popstar out there rn. I have to say that's just as much about a failed attempt at cultural relevance on Rods part
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:45 |
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Junior G-man posted:I know bits of this thing have been posted before, but you gotta read the whole intro piece of the Corbyn Economy five-article thing the FT is doing. It's all bangers The FT is surprisingly good at this, because they have to be objective if they want to appeal to financial analysts. There's no use in them spinning a tale because it is tested when a bunch of suits lose money. I am extremely turned on by that description of labour's policy.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:46 |
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WFH errry Friday and it owns, I do almost nothing if I don't have to call in to something. Only reasons to be there on a Friday are; mandatory meeting (must have catering) Or Going for pints after work
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:47 |
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Failed Imagineer posted:Weird tho cause she's maybe the least sexualised popstar out there rn. I have to say that's just as much about a failed attempt at cultural relevance on Rods part She's sexualised as poo poo dude, they're just playing it coy until she's 18.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:48 |
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Pilchenstein posted:uwu pwease expwoit me mistew capitawist I get bored at work too. I get bored at work and I get bored at home. I enjoy the balance between the two kinds of work. I understand it could be far worse.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:49 |
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Junior G-man posted:Yeah, same here. At least my boss is super cool about me working from home, or from my fiance's place, or me bunking off early on Fridays and stuff. It makes such a huge difference and, in the long run, does actually make me more productive. Having reasonable work hours and a good boss does wonders for work morale. My boss doesn't give a poo poo where or how we do our work as long as it gets done and it's great. In return I don't mind being flexible and occasionally working longer days when things go to poo poo since I know I can just make it up later by having a day off or something.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:49 |
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Failed Imagineer posted:Weird tho cause she's maybe the least sexualised popstar out there rn. I have to say that's just as much about a failed attempt at cultural relevance on Rods part He was saying it in response to a tan-skin older pop star with smaller boobs being vapid trash to him.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:50 |
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Gonzo McFee posted:She's sexualised as poo poo dude, they're just playing it coy until she's 18. Hmm thought she was all about the baggy jumpers and whatnot. I'll admit I'm basing this on secondhand information pretty much cause I don't give a poo poo and her album didn't give me feels the way The Jep does
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:50 |
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Gonzo McFee posted:I remember him saying that Billie Eilish was the thinking man's pop starlet before I knew who she was. Then I found out she was 17 and heard the lyric "might seduce your dad type" and it all fell into place in my head. I read at least a few youtube comments about how teen girls are wrongly trying to appropriate her from her real target demographic: middle-aged white males
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:51 |
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OwlFancier posted:I don't it's loving hilarious. It's terrible because it's almost identical to the worst word in the English language, cunny
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:52 |
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Tijuana Bibliophile posted:I read at least a few youtube comments about how teen girls are wrongly trying to appropriate her from her real target demographic: middle-aged white males I didn't realise she was a My Little Pony
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:53 |
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Failed Imagineer posted:Weird tho cause she's maybe the least sexualised popstar out there rn. I have to say that's just as much about a failed attempt at cultural relevance on Rods part Sexual predators choose victims based on perceived vulnerability rather than sexuality.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:53 |
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AceOfFlames posted:I realize I am alone on this but I don't think I could handle four day work weeks. There would be a lot more pressure to be productive in the shorter time and I am already bored enough on weekends. quote:It will be said that, while a little leisure is pleasant, men would not know how to fill their days if they had only [literally any working regimen less than what is current]. In so far as this is true in the modern world, it is a condemnation of our civilization; it would not have been true at any earlier period. There was formerly a capacity for light-heartedness and play which has been to some extent inhibited by the cult of efficiency. The modern man thinks that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake. Serious-minded persons, for example, are continually condemning the habit of going to the cinema, and telling us that it leads the young into crime. But all the work that goes to producing a cinema is respectable, because it is work, and because it brings a money profit. The notion that the desirable activities are those that bring a profit has made everything topsy-turvy. The butcher who provides you with meat and the baker who provides you with bread are praiseworthy, because they are making money; but when you enjoy the food they have provided, you are merely frivolous, unless you eat only to get strength for your work. Broadly speaking, it is held that getting money is good and spending money is bad. Seeing that they are two sides of one transaction, this is absurd; one might as well maintain that keys are good, but keyholes are bad. Whatever merit there may be in the production of goods must be entirely derivative from the advantage to be obtained by consuming them. The individual, in our society, works for profit; but the social purpose of his work lies in the consumption of what he produces. It is this divorce between the individual and the social purpose of production that makes it so difficult for men to think clearly in a world in which profit-making is the incentive to industry. We think too much of production, and too little of consumption. One result is that we attach too little importance to enjoyment and simple happiness, and that we do not judge production by the pleasure that it gives to the consumer. Get a hobby. Read books. Do some home improvements. Lots of things are good that aren't working for the efficiency profits of someone else. Plus the UK is bad at productivity efficiency anyway. Gonzo McFee posted:I remember him saying that Billie Eilish was the thinking man's pop starlet before I knew who she was. Then I found out she was 17 and heard the lyric "might seduce your dad type" and it all fell into place in my head. Illuyankas posted:It's terrible because it's almost identical to the worst word in the English language, cunny
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:54 |
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I would like a 0 day work week. No work please.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:55 |
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This just appeared in my feed and I thought the thread might like a reminder of how Michael Gove's crystal ball is a goldfish bowl full of poo poo: https://twitter.com/tompeck/status/1168479741491462144
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:55 |
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On my current contract I spend three hours commuting to and from London every day. Managing to arrange a four day week and clawing back some of that time was an absolute godsend, and I recommend it to anyone.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:56 |
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I do a 4 day week, sometimes 3 if I'm covering a long day because someones off sick or on holiday. I can do dodgy cash in hand jobs on my off days or just chill out at home or whatever. Can confirm it owns and everyone should do it.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 12:57 |
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AceOfFlames posted:I realize I am alone on this but I don't think I could handle four day work weeks. There would be a lot more pressure to be productive in the shorter time and I am already bored enough on weekends. Ace you've got a lot of bad opinions but this might be your actual worst jesus f'ing christ. As an aside does anyone know much about Rosena Kahn? She's my MP and a minor shadow minister but is also apparently Sadiq Kahn's niece or something and the whole familial political dynasties thing really grosses me out. From a brief look at her vote record she seems a bit melty as well.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 13:00 |
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RockyB posted:On my current contract I spend three hours commuting to and from London every day. Managing to arrange a four day week and clawing back some of that time was an absolute godsend, and I recommend it to anyone. loving Christ. I feel for you man. Long commutes are one of the things I absolutely flat-out refuse to do; it's just so much dead, wasted time.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 13:01 |
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Junior G-man posted:I know bits of this thing have been posted before, but you gotta read the whole intro piece of the Corbyn Economy five-article thing the FT is doing. It's all bangers Tah for posting this, given me a lot of positivity about Labour which has been lacking of late. They really do best when they bang on about policies, especially policies poo poo not related to loving Brexit. Hard chuckle at right to buy for private tenants, that's loving genius.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 13:03 |
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No. 10 official:quote:The PM is hosting all Tory MPs at Number 10 this evening. He is taking the opportunity to see cabinet as well - the cabinet calling notice should have gone out - and they will discuss the government’s response to MPs seeking to take control of the legislative agenda away from the government and handing it to the opposition and Corbyn without the consent of the people. The view is that tomorrow’s possible vote is an expression of confidence in the government’s negotiating position to secure a deal and will be treated as such.
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# ? Sep 2, 2019 13:05 |
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Junior G-man posted:loving Christ. I feel for you man. Long commutes are one of the things I absolutely flat-out refuse to do; it's just so much dead, wasted time. Yeah my commutes gonna extend from a 60min walk to a 75 min walk each way soon, and I'm gonna use that to switch to a 3-office/2-home workweek because gently caress that. Even though I actually like the walk
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