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Azza Bamboo posted:Given the abysmal state of the industry, it's probably not particularly sustainable for game company directors to give their workers a sufficient idea of socialism. It takes a lot of manpower to develop them, to be fair to our venerated capitalist overlords. Where are the days of E.T. the videogame where development cost $100k and an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii (seriously) in a total production budget of 22 million dollars. Other fun fact about that game is that the dev was really excited to talk to Steven Spielberg about his vision for the game and he went "I'd rather you make a pac-man clone". Apparently he's still rather sceptical of games as a narrative medium.
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unwantedplatypus posted:Its going to own when the year is 2040 and Greta Thunberg is head guillotine operator of the 6th international Isn't she a daughter of some wealthy swedish singer? I don't know if she'd ever go full socialist on account of that.
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ItohRespectArmy posted:i was born in 1997, OP This post makes me feel vèry old. And I'm pretty sure at under thirty I'm one of the younger posters ITT.
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Dec 7, 2019 09:47
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OwlFancier posted:"Is the difference in inheritance tax going to solve all the problems you current face through lack of social support?" Sound a bit like saying "you're hosed either way" tbh. Even if it's easier to move to a smaller place than survive losing her disability benefits.
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Dec 7, 2019 17:21
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So how about them  , then?I've not heard much lately about their campaign. yes I'm just looking for an excuse to post the new CSPAM emoticon
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Dec 10, 2019 16:04
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Could we get a reminder to go vote today in the thread title? On the off chance it might remind some lurker. Alas I can't think of anything sufficiently witty.
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Dec 12, 2019 10:23
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stev posted:Lol loads of people at work are wearing red today. Didn't realise that was a thing people did. gently caress now I wish I had a red one. I've got like 4 blue ones incl. the one I'm wearing, but no red.
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Dec 12, 2019 10:59
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I'm now on a train to Manchester and it's packed to the gills but there's at least one empty seat, made me think of that Jezza tweet, bet some oval office journalist would call this "not full". Stray luggage which won't fit into the racks to demonstrate: 
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Dec 12, 2019 14:16
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RottenK posted:all of the worst "im totally leftist and would vote for labour if not for corbyn the nazi" wreckers are in overdrive today, just an endless torrent of whiny drivel and lies in lib voice: Clearly the "Auslander Raus!" slogan actually meant "Foreigners Welcome!", much like Corbyn's Labour promotes. You moron. you imbecile.
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Dec 12, 2019 14:50
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surf rock posted:Is this like Brexit and everyone is legitimately surprised by the outcome? Were people thinking Labour was going to win a majority outright, or just that the Tories would be prevented from having a majority? This is the worst result for Labour since before WW2, according to Sky.
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Dec 12, 2019 23:15
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GordonTheDeadFish posted:If the Tories actually get a majority after all of the brazen, lying poo poo during this campaign, I'm genuinely fearful for the state of our democracy. Who the hell is going to hold these fuckers to account? Not just a majority, it's a landslide if the numbers hold.
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Dec 12, 2019 23:18
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Catching up with the thread and:Bacon Terrorist posted:Loads of whispers Boris could lose his seat, dare to dream? Like tears in the rain.
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Majorian posted:The "Russian asset" smear is already having diminishing returns against Trump. It's not gonna work against Bernie. Like I get where it comes from, but all I want to say is "LMBO so confident in the US of all places". I may be feeling a bit bitter right now.
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Dec 13, 2019 02:55
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zhar posted:i learned to night i am really in a bubble erryone is a racist I guess and people loving love bigotry not a positive thought
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Dec 13, 2019 03:06
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Darth Walrus posted:Remember that 406 constituencies voted Leave and 242 voted Remain. This is just those results finally translating into a general election. See my post above yours.
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Dec 13, 2019 03:07
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Young Freud posted:It'll be interesting if it happens sooner than that with a Conservative majority essentially being a rubber-stamp for Brexit. The stock market opens Friday and immediately start a cascading crash. The pound is 'soaring' [BBC words not mine] right now so nope. Prolly be a slow economic strangulation like the past decade except even worse, somehow.
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Dec 13, 2019 03:17
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Beefeater1980 posted:That’s probably true - a populist “socialism for us and gently caress the foreigners” candidate probably would have swept the board. So, a nazi, then.
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Dec 13, 2019 03:25
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Horsebanger posted:This is looking eerily familiar to our Aus election where Labor were torpedoed hard by a third party shuffling votes away from them handing the AusTories a majority. I mean Murdoch's an aussie and all that.
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Dec 13, 2019 03:58
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Illuminti posted:You will be shocked to learn that virtually every voter does not think they are voting for ethnic cleansing. But I'm sure you also think all those voters are consciously racist, stupid and violent. The cleansing of pure Britain and British culture from foreign corruption (they don't even speak the language, they take our jobs and homes, they're all [a whole bunch of negative stereotypes] and should shape up, when was the last time you get served by a British waiter, no shame in being proud and defending British culture, the imperial measures, etc, etc) is a major plank in the Tory and Brexit platforms though. Nobody says they are violent necessarily, or all consciously racist even. But they loving love the idea of ethnically cleansing Britain, to whatever degree they can get away with.
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Dec 13, 2019 04:06
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Illuminti posted:I think he was referring to section on Travelers in the tory manifesto Was he? I didn't think/know/realise. Either way doesn't change the substance of what I said. The traveller issue is a bit more complex obviously, even if it's ultimately also an issue of acceptance of other people's way of life. They have no less of a right to the land than the majority population do. One interesting bit is that Roma and Travellers tend to do well in the US and don't face much prejudice there. Possibly the size of the country helps.
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Dec 13, 2019 04:12
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Illuminti posted:I think he was referring to section on Travelers in the tory manifesto For your edit, I suppose it is at that. It's a major plank of Tory and BXP platform though. I mean it is. Objectively. There's actual academic research done on it. It's also a popular one, based on polling. Probably shouldn't have used "they" in the last sentence, but rather "many of CON/BXP voters are really receptive to the messages promoting ethnic cleansing, as shown by the data that is available". Better?
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Dec 13, 2019 04:21
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Vindicator posted:How does anyone have the audacity to claim to know Labour lost, 'for being toxic'? What does that even mean? Probably shaped by media, but it's undeniable that Corbyn was polling significantly below Johnson in favourability ratings. And I do mean significantly, like 30%+. I don't think it's been a major factor since it was the same way with May though. Remember, most popular PM ever? loving right-wing media (and oh please tell me that the sun frontpages were loving neutral don't you dare)
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Dec 13, 2019 04:27
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Illuminti posted:Oh because you guys have been bang on the money with your takes for 3 years... I'd say the last election went fairly okay, given how much ground was there to make up. This one not so much.
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Dec 13, 2019 04:33
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Not So Fast posted:poo poo, this is depressing. Pidcock out. That is a punch in the gut. gently caress this electorate, Tory majority is one thing but WTH would you vote out her of all people.
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Dec 13, 2019 04:55
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Labour antisemitism is up there with 'anti-white' in disingenuous bullshit.
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Dec 13, 2019 05:10
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TTerrible posted:What makes you think that? It seems a bit unlikely, at least. After all Boris still has his deal which he failed to get past commons.
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Dec 13, 2019 05:26
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OwlFancier posted:The NHS at present is free at the point of use for UK citizens. You only pay for prescriptions. Actually residents rather than citizens, even.
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feedmegin posted:Um. For some value of 'resident'. My wife has been on an FLR (M) visa in the UK for the last 4 years and got to pay a £250 'NHS fee' at her last visa renewal. It's gone up since. Oh yeah that particular bit of Tory cuntery is pretty horrid. Still better than paying for a private insurance though, and IIRC people with ILR/without a visa don't have to pay.
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There's something to be said for the fact that if you are echoing loving guido then maybe, just maybe, you don't have the best interests of the left in mind. https://twitter.com/mediaguido/status/1205805160016105473 Let's not give up lads just because the Tories did a few percent better than last time.
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Purple Prince posted:Priti Patel enjoying reviewing new tactical police equipment That is an actual May quote if you didn't know. She's had some good ones, i.e. "people voted for pain".
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Flayer posted:Cameron, apparently. Ahh okay sorry, thought it was May. Mass of Tory scum, all alike.
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Tesseraction posted:Cameron iirc , after he got his majority in 2015 Nah that really was May! Mirror Hah at least got that one right. But yes distinguishing between Tories is like splitting hair.
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Dec 17, 2019 15:43
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:True story: I once got employee of the month at McDs in Brum for opening the shop because the manager who was supposed to start at 6am didn't turn up until 7:55 and we were supposed to open at 6:30am. Of course, before that happened, one of the other managers bollocked me for doing so but gently caress em, we had a till float, we had people in the kitchen, we could do it All independent thought in employees must be ruthlessly crushed, lest they start thinking about their work conditions. Or even worse, replacing management.
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Dec 19, 2019 01:21
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:I ended up getting a promotion out of it, then a transfer to the other side of the city, then quitting in the most "I am done with this poo poo" way possible all in the space of six months So, both then.
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Miftan posted:Or sometimes they just don't give a poo poo about minorities other than themselves or even within their own group (see Israeli LGBT+ activists who support the occupation). It's better than nothing, I suppose? I imagine that part of the problem with Israeli XYZ supporting occupation, at least officially, is that if they don't they get targeted by the government.
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LMBO at BBC running an article on Dan Jarvis's leadership bid. I don't think they did one for everyone else, or even really mentioned half of them. e: Oh and merry christmas UKMT! Private Speech fucked around with this message at 06:25 on Dec 26, 2019 |
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Dec 26, 2019 06:22
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Reminder that IDS lied about having a degree in his official biography not once but twice (and with different degrees each time), the second time several years after getting caught the first time, all the while being the Tory leader. But it's Corbyn who's the shifty undeducated oik according to the media, ofc.
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Unkempt posted:Degree in necromancy? Hey now, lichcraft is a very useful tool to get closer to the lived experience of the Tory voting public  Sadly it was accounting and, uhh, something in Italy I believe.
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Let's read some local Bolsover comments cherry-picked by the BBC:Beeb posted:Lifelong Bolsover resident and mother-of-six Mandy McKenna, 36, said people stopped trusting in Labour. I especially love Mrs. Hepworth voting out Skinner because the Tories don't spend any money up there. The other thing I like is the omnipresent age split, it's very obvious but then again it could just be the author picking out the comments to fit the narrative. Hardly going to discover why Labour lost by asking a couple random people on the street during a workday after all. e: phoneposting Private Speech fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Dec 31, 2019 |
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