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AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Happy birthday, Ms. Adequate. May the True Queen, Bowsette I, grant you her favor.

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AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

VideoGames posted:

It is time to reveal the backup plan.

If all goes terribly this month, then I am all set to inhale the tory front bench and absorb their 'power' to allow the extension and GE to go ahead. I am primed and ready and have trained for this by eating nothing but gammon this last seven months.

Not to sound morbid but I honestly hope you gave Meta Knight a ring to kill you in case all that evil turns you into a giant monster or something.

Meta Knight respects you and would understand, bro. It's like Superman entrusting Batman with that kryptonite ring.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Miftan posted:

Won't that just turn you into a monster that likes munching?

If Socialist Kirby eats the rich, won't he BECOME the rich and thus have to eat himself? :thunk:

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Guavanaut posted:

The TERFs have now managed to logic themselves into a genius position where if you are a male and are not actively transphobic and RTing TERF takes at all times then you are not only anti woman but on the dangerous path to becoming a bearded trans trying to poke your peen into true natal lesbians.


It's mostly reminded me that I need to trim my beard.

Did they literally steal those pics from one of those "this is what beard style matches your face shape" sites?

Tesseraction posted:

Tory conference looking lively



I didn't know Clint Eastwood was involved in British politics as well.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

StarkingBarfish posted:

I totally forgot about this until hbomb tweeted it:

https://twitter.com/Hbomberguy/status/1179109058877505536

Jo Swinson is such a waste

That looks like the White Queen piece of the world's most hosed up chess set.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

Lol @ BBC just going with a staged photo from the Tory party as their thumbnail image. Image doesn't even appear in the article



Is he about to shoot up heroin

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012


Is there anyone he hasn't called at this point?

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Bobstar posted:

Conservative mindset: the terrible fear that somewhere, someone is getting away with something.

I believe I once saw it summed up as "Left wingers believe the greatest injustice is people not getting what they need. Right wingers believe the greatest injustice is people getting what they don't 'deserve'".

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Red Oktober posted:

Clear why the Tories love it.



So this is what Epstein paid all those scientists for.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012


How the hell can you eat that and not starve? No matter how much I try I can never spend less than 10 euros a day on food! (Mostly because depression saps my will to cook)

Also do they mention her total income?

Edit: Also, that mushroom totally looks like an eyeball. Get your minds out of the gutter.

AceOfFlames fucked around with this message at 12:05 on Oct 3, 2019

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

sebzilla posted:

Also if I don't get my poo poo together to bring leftovers for lunch I inflict a big pot noodle on myself for £1.00. Spending nearly double that every day is loving Dreamland to me.

How do you live????????

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

I think food might be cheaper in the UK or something because whenever I try to do those "1£ per serving" recipes here in the Netherlands it's always more expensive.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Private Speech posted:

Didn't you say you have like £80k in your bank account. I mean, live frugally and all, but.

I want to save more!

Also it's not that much any more, without going into details, just had to spend a huge part of that on a family emergency. :-(

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Guavanaut posted:

Ok, thanks! Just wanted to make sure I wasn't giving eyeballs to the Argentinian Jordan Peterson (Jordán Pedroson?) or something.

I think it would be more along the lines of "Jordi Pedroso"

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

RockyB posted:

Vile fascist propaganda spotted at London Marylebone.



Man, these notifications are getting more and more intrusive.

(Also, idgi)

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Total Meatlove posted:

How did Italians get their train pain to disappear?

Is this a WWII thing? Did they blow up a train?Drawing a blank here, I'm having an off day

Edit: Is it this?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna_massacre

If it is, did Duolingo intend to make a reference or was it an accident?

AceOfFlames fucked around with this message at 12:55 on Oct 5, 2019

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Private Speech posted:

I mean it was proven untrue, but the saying goes:

The fascists may have done bad things, but at least they made the trains run on time.

(or something like that, my wording's prolly off)

:doh: I'm an idiot. I knew it was something obvious.

Or maybe it's because due to the times we live in, I no longer associate fascism with a specific country

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

njsykora posted:

The director did the full "drat you can't say anything without offending the snowflakes" routine. So I'm fairly comfortable saying any leftist reading of the movie is unintentional.

Even worse:

Todd Phillips posted:

I think it’s because outrage is a commodity. I think it’s something that’s been a commodity for a while. What’s outstanding to me in the discourse of this movie is how easily the far left can sound like the far right when it suits their agenda.

So yeah. gently caress that guy. I was pretty excited to go see this movie but now I am incredibly hesitant to give him my money.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012


Reason #9652 why I would never be a successful politician: because I'd answer "I just stay home"

Seriously, what does going to bars have to do with politics? And why would you go to a pub to have a non alcoholic drinks? Whenever I have a soda in an environment when everyone is drinking, it's the most awkward feeling imaginable.

AceOfFlames fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Oct 6, 2019

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/TheGlenlivet/status/1179447297807147009

The gently caress

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Everything that needs to be said about the Hobbit movies can be summed up with this picture:

AceOfFlames fucked around with this message at 08:13 on Oct 7, 2019

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

This conversation about XR has given me a panic attack about my role in aviation (aviation software specifically but the way we do things is so backwards and full of bad practice that moving towards traditional software is an uphill battle plus I am over 30). What are my options to not end up homeless?

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

sebzilla posted:

Buy a house with your insane draconian currency hoard.

Hope Aquaman likes stroopwaffles.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

CGI Stardust posted:

Maybe see if there are any jobs available in the green / environment sector for software developers? Would be a pay cut, but you've got a buffer of cash there.

Or maybe a career transition? If there are local-ish environmental groups you could try asking them what they need, reading up on some of the topics, you might be able to get a job with on-the-job training - again, the cash buffer is a help there. Like, say, in regenerative agriculture or whatever (tbh with the amount of spare cash you have, you might be able to start a small regenerative agriculture farm - some involved say the returns are actually really good, and it's environmentally-positive).

idk, I'm probably going to be doing a mid-30s career transition myself in the next 6 months from music to computer touching, and these things are on my mind a bit too

Yeah, I am currently doing some online courses on data science and deep learning and the like to figure out what I really want. Hopefully I can transition.

Not doing a farm, though. As the climate change thread has heard incessantly I'd rather die than dig in the dirt for 12 hours a day.

And why is everyone telling me to buy a house? The difference in rent I'd save is not that much and this country can legitimately be flooded! What is the benefit?

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

So there's not going to be an extension request? It seems as if there should be a bigger uproar.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Necrothatcher posted:

It's ridiculously easy to do this sort of thing. I looked up the address of Kojima Productions studios in Japan, got the lift up to their floor and just started wandering around looking at Death Stranding stuff.

Were you in a box?

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Working from home full time is a nightmare for me because doing that would mean I would never talk to a human being face to face again.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

So if qualifications don't matter for our rulers, what does?

If the answer is "their policies", how do you determine which are the best ones without education?

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Guavanaut posted:

Also lol 'sports industries'.

Sport - Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics. The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practising sport, without discrimination of any kind, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.

Sounds very compatible with private industry, given their history.

I have been saying for the longest time: all people involved with sport should make minimum wage. Owners, athletes, everyone. Watching sport does not enrich the mind or provide any benefit to society than provide bullshit tribalism.

AceOfFlames fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Oct 9, 2019

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Why the hell has my "money hoard" become an issue? I don't save as much as my coworkers (I once managed to glance at one checking his bank app and he had almost 30% more and it's not like I can afford a house:

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/10/the-average-cost-of-a-new-home-nears-e400000-rising-16-in-a-year/

OwlFancier posted:

Also sport hater but like, cooperatively owned footy clubs sounds like a pretty good idea to me.

Ok, that sounds a lot better. Just as long as we have a bunch of decently paid people as opposed to one loving Cristiano Ronaldo cheating on his taxes and raping people and all the owners enabling him.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

sebzilla posted:

Have you heard of the concept of a mortgage?

Mortgage calculator says I can only get one up to 250k.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Scikar posted:

Mate gently caress offfffff you typically need to be earning double the UK median wage to qualify for a mortgage at that level. Have you not seen the loving banana meme? Or did you think it only applies to your coworkers?

Bonus round: Have a think about what the mortgage calculator offers you when you put in the minimum wage that you want to enforce on others.

I don't live in the UK, I live in the Netherlands, hence I I posted that link about the average new house price being 400k, which is above my savings and the mortgage I can get.

And maybe we should have a minimum wage that allows everyone to live well. What I don't support is that society should reward managers and arbitrary strongmen for an activity that enriches no one. That goes for most YouTubers as well.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

I have looked at houses but most of the ones I can afford are too far from where I work. So the same problem a lot of people have.

I'm not saying I'm destitute. Far from it, I agree I am extremely lucky. I'm just puzzled over the fact that at one point people were going "Why the hell haven't you bought a house yet, idiot" and I am explaining the reasons.

Edit: I think there also might be a bit of a language problem. When I say "house" I usually mean "place to live", not "detached building of residence". I wouldn't want a house, I'd rather have a flat.

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Mega Comrade posted:

While I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on NL house prices, maybe in future remind people you are talking about NL? Saying things like 'only 250k' and then being annoyed people assume you mean the UK is kind of on you.

Fair enough. Sorry.

Let's just drop this issue for all our sakes. So about that idiot Boris, huh?

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Rustybear posted:

Idk the dynamics of your local housing market but paying someone else's mortgage while you have a big fat stacks of wonga sitting around unproductive is a bit of an oversight for an entrepreneurial bloke like yourself is all.

Hahahahahahaha.

I am the exact opposite of entrepreneurial. I am pathologically afraid of risk. Shocking I know.

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AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

I just gave an admittedly extreme opinion on sports but then people jumped on with references to prior things. I am capable of saying neutral things, you have seen that. But if people provoke me am I not supposed to defend myself?

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