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Yeah I did react a tad strongly. People pissing in the cornflakes of people just enjoying something is one of my little pet peeves and I’ve had it from various corners all week. I think part of it is that I’ve rarely felt very connected to my queer identity or the cultural touchstones of queerness, and Eurovision has always been one of the few I do ‘get’ so I’m a little defensive of it. Sorry about the name mix up too btw lol, ive only been reading your posts for about 12 years to be fair though so I’ve not had long to learn 
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May 12, 2024 18:29
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P.s. can I have the Capt Tom gang tag if we’re handing em out
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May 12, 2024 18:33
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Jakabite posted:Yeah I did react a tad strongly. People pissing in the cornflakes of people just enjoying something is one of my little pet peeves and I’ve had it from various corners all week. I think part of it is that I’ve rarely felt very connected to my queer identity or the cultural touchstones of queerness, and Eurovision has always been one of the few I do ‘get’ so I’m a little defensive of it. I wouldn’t worry. People have been losing their loving minds all day 
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May 12, 2024 18:39
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in sweden we have a national competetion consisting of five saturdays of qualifying events (two top placing contestants from each event go on to the finals), then a runner-up second chance style thing, then the finals, to select who does eurovision. so from february to may, you've got to be pretty loving careful to not get any of it on you
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May 12, 2024 18:40
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forkboy84 posted:Which is funny considering what got you so het up at me about. Very problematic language, do better
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May 12, 2024 18:52
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I enjoy Eurovision, Jakabite 
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May 12, 2024 18:54
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On an entirely different track of outrage - Lembit “Cheeky Girls” Opek has been whining for a whole day about perceived “sex acts” in the UK performance 
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May 12, 2024 18:59
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smellmycheese posted:On an entirely different track of outrage - Lembit “Cheeky Girls” Opek has been whining for a whole day about perceived “sex acts” in the UK performance wtf?
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May 12, 2024 18:59
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forkboy84 posted:I mean quite clearly it's hard to avoid. It's being spoken about in this very thread right now! Without the scandal of Israel, would we be talking about it? Not that this thread is really evidence either way. I can't speak to who you follow on social media but I honestly barely hear a peep and besides my wife I don't know anyone who watches it. Maybe it is hard for you to avoid but I don't agree that this a universal experience. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 19:04 on May 12, 2024 |
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May 12, 2024 19:00
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smellmycheese posted:On an entirely different track of outrage - Lembit “Cheeky Girls” Opek has been whining for a whole day about perceived “sex acts” in the UK performance If only Olly had one of the Cheeky Girls involved.
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May 12, 2024 19:03
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josh04 posted:Just that ULEZ -> Palestine -> Just Stop Oil bar would make a great gang tag, maybe with a mini Sir Captain in there somewhere. It looks like a medal ribbon.
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May 12, 2024 19:04
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Touch my bum/ This is Life
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May 12, 2024 19:08
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Tijuana Bibliophile posted:in sweden we have a national competetion consisting of five saturdays of qualifying events (two top placing contestants from each event go on to the finals), then a runner-up second chance style thing, then the finals, to select who does eurovision. so from february to may, you've got to be pretty loving careful to not get any of it on you in the uk the act magically turns up and radio one says they’re brilliant
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May 12, 2024 19:08
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Back in my day we only had Cheeky Girls and Cheeky Boys. None of this Cheeky Nonbinary nonsense.
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May 12, 2024 19:47
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Isn't one of our esteemed posters ITT related to Lembit Opik?
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May 12, 2024 20:01
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Yes she's the great niece of him or something and got cut out of the family will by Lembit specifically IIRC.
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May 12, 2024 20:02
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Estonia produced Lembit Opik, but it also produced the guy who did Disco Elysium, so it's impossible to say if it's good or bad.
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May 12, 2024 20:03
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smellmycheese posted:I wouldn’t worry. People have been losing their loving minds all day Just imagine the hand wringing if twitter had been around for the Bucks Fizz performance.
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May 12, 2024 20:40
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Place your bets Gentlemen…
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May 12, 2024 20:53
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Kwasi Kwarteng
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May 12, 2024 20:56
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Liz Truss
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May 12, 2024 20:58
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Theresa May
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May 12, 2024 21:01
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Margaret Thatcher (reanimated corpse of)
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May 12, 2024 21:04
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Angepain posted:Margaret Thatcher (reanimated corpse of) Starmer is definitely going to do the JW thing where they convert your dead relatives.
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May 12, 2024 21:05
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OwlFancier posted:Starmer is definitely going to do the JW thing where they convert your dead relatives. That's LDS
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May 12, 2024 21:07
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Nenonen posted:That's LDS I was actually thinking "wait was it the other lot?" after posting that.
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May 12, 2024 21:08
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sebzilla posted:I reckon some English words or names probably sound funny/stupid in other languages and their native speakers have a good old laugh about it So a number of years ago, I took part in an international mooting contest. (Think mock a mock trial but as a contest.) It involved participants from all over Europe. And the Judges were also from all over Europe. And one of the guys on our team had the surname "Lawless." Which to me is a perfectly normal name. But the amount of times that other people (who weren't from English speaking nations) were like, "Your name is Lawless....and you are a lawyer?" (Laughs in European.)
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May 12, 2024 21:09
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I mean that is a slightly funny name for a lawyer.
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May 12, 2024 21:09
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smellmycheese posted:Place your bets Gentlemen… I can't be arsed to go and check but are any ex-Ministers either a) confirmed to already be standing down, and/or b) are in a constituency that is going away and therefore it doesn't matter?
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May 12, 2024 21:11
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I think May actually is standing down.
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May 12, 2024 21:12
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OwlFancier posted:I think May actually is standing down. She is. Not that this is unusual, there's something like 80-100 Tories that have announced they'll be standing down.
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May 12, 2024 21:17
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The Question IRL posted:So a number of years ago, I took part in an international mooting contest. (Think mock a mock trial but as a contest.)
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May 12, 2024 21:21
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OwlFancier posted:I think May actually is standing down. 
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May 12, 2024 21:23
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smellmycheese posted:Place your bets Gentlemen… Ian Duncan Smith
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May 12, 2024 21:25
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smellmycheese posted:On an entirely different track of outrage - Lembit “Cheeky Girls” Opek has been whining for a whole day about perceived “sex acts” in the UK performance Lembit needs a dictionary if he thinks something can be both “inferred” and “explicit” at the same time
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May 12, 2024 21:27
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Not least because he probably meant to say “implied”
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May 12, 2024 21:30
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Guavanaut posted:Ah, the nemesis of Lord Chief Justice Baron Judge KC, a man made entirely of legal titles. a miserable pile of honorifics
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May 12, 2024 21:30
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Also he means "implied", the artist can imply something to the audience, the viewer would be the one inferring a meaning. Unless Lembit is going to apologize for inferring all those sex acts while watching. efb
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May 12, 2024 21:31
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Jedit posted:She is. Not that this is unusual, there's something like 80-100 Tories that have announced they'll be standing down. There's also about 80-100 former ministers just from this parliament. .
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May 12, 2024 21:35
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smellmycheese posted:Place your bets Gentlemen… I keep seeing this account posted in here and nobody ever points out that the handle is @politLcsuk with an L, is it actually legitimate?
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