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Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Happy new year everyone :toot:

The 2010s for me were about getting married, going to uni, becoming homeless, and transitioning. The 2020s are going to be about making the Tories homeless and transitioning into revolution. Let's make it happen :anarchists:

# ¿ Jan 1, 2020 10:46

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 11:07

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Silly question, but if I've been a Labour member for 4 months will I be able to vote in the leadership election, or will I have to pay the £25?

# ¿ Jan 7, 2020 18:06

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

fatelvis posted:

Platoon loading screen music was also pretty great

https://youtu.be/RX25aETu12A

Obligatory Robocop mention. Apparently Ocean did great music, who knew?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFgXGw_kXpc

# ¿ Jan 8, 2020 00:57

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

US bases bombed? So far, so good!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1214739853025394693

# ¿ Jan 8, 2020 03:56

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Miftan posted:

All else being equal I'd rather have a bame woman in a position of power over another white lady.

This. And it would be nice to have someone who is so openly trans positive

# ¿ Jan 8, 2020 22:08

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

how the gently caress does this forums drama stuff keep happening when every goon's like 37+ years old

I used to bartend at a holiday park where the average age was about 65. Worked there for over ten years. My conclusion was that maturing with age is a complete myth, and most people are frozen at whatever emotional state of development they hit at 8-years-old

# ¿ Jan 9, 2020 12:50

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

CyberPingu posted:

And if you bring biology into this you can gently caress off. Nanny raised him, she's his father

Ftfy

# ¿ Jan 9, 2020 17:55

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

happyhippy posted:

I detest Buffy.
I once saw an episode where the world was going to end, hell going to take over, cats and dogs, etc, and one of the main stars was complaining they couldn't get a date for some event like a prom.
And I think this was just after someone unimportant died in front of them.
And noped the gently caress out of seeing it ever again.

This is from pages ago, but I think it's with mentioning that this is one of the central conflicts in the show. The power of the slayer was thrust upon a teenager who just wanted to have a normal life. So you do get dissonant moments like the one you mention, where she has become so surrounded by death and suffering that it's become almost commonplace, and escaping into something "normal" like going to prom becomes the all consuming goal.

This why in the later seasons Buffy becomes a much more morose character with suicidal ideation. She wasn't able to hold onto the things which connected her to wider society i.e. family, college, career, relationships. Death becomes the only constant in her life, and her only means of escape. To quote the show, "death is [her] gift".

# ¿ Jan 13, 2020 11:42

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

radmonger posted:

Maybe for the best. Taken literally, Buffy was about the necessity of forming a gang to violently take back the streets from predators of another race.

And getting into doomed romances with those predators :allears:

# ¿ Jan 14, 2020 11:40

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Gonzo McFee posted:

Just such a sheer lack of adventure and imagination coming off you lot, honestly.

British people seeking adventure in far flung places. What could possibly go wrong?

# ¿ Jan 14, 2020 14:37

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

OwlFancier posted:

FWIW I also wouldn't go to the moon if you offered. Same reason I don't go anywhere else either. Don't really see the appeal in tourism.

Sure it'd be a nice view but I don't think that's worth the expenditure of resources involved.

I agree, gently caress the tourist traps. That said going to a completely alien culture and just doing what the locals are doing is an amazing feeling, especially if you have friends there who can show you around.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2020 17:52

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

OwlFancier posted:

I don't know that going places and doing things really improves you as a person, I don't think the value of a person comes from the things they've stood on, or under, or next to.

It's really bizarre to me that this is the focus. There's more to travel than looking at things. What about exploring other cultures, experiencing other ways of life, having your world view tested. There's so much bullshit in the UK that we just take for granted as being the way things are, and all of that goes out of the window once you look at life through another culture's eyes

# ¿ Jan 14, 2020 21:17

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Katt posted:

It always comes down to eugenics.

Are you the Blue Labour spokesperson?

# ¿ Jan 14, 2020 23:33

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Azza Bamboo posted:

If the conservatives push to make healthcare less available to the poorest in society, could it eventually shoot them in the foot? Could the hostile environment they create ultimately result in the lower classes having a fertility they could weaponise?

This and more stupid ideas you can put in your godawful science fiction novels.

I think there was a Star Trek TNG episode where a technologically advanced/fertility inert civilization were convinced by Picard to allow space-poors onto their planet for breeding purposes.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2020 00:48

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

The Deleter posted:

If anyone here has posted about enjoying airports then please point them out because I'm loving baffled as to how people drew that point out

This entire discussion has been a series of escalating bizarre arguments. Let people just enjoy things

E: Although I absolutely acknowledge that we need to balance our good time against the environmental impact

KOGAHAZAN!! posted:

I regret to inform the thread that I am so acclimated to this that whenever I do go anywhere that's bright and hot it feels fundamentally wrong and unreal, like an extended fever dream or being trapped inside a Hollywood movie.

And people are nice. The first time I traveled I was shocked to find that being a bitter sarcastic twat wasn't the default human condition

Debbie Does Dagon fucked around with this message at 13:00 on Jan 15, 2020

# ¿ Jan 15, 2020 12:57

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Purple Prince posted:

On travel: I have always loved the parts of it that other people hate, like flying in planes, waiting in airports, travelling by coach. Someone said it's about the destination, not the journey, but for me it's the opposite. The tourist destinations never really impress me much: I went to Greece and was much less impressed by the Acropolis than by the dodgy backstreet area of Athens we were staying in. That and looking out at the Greek mountains over a stormy bay - those things are really impressive. I've never been to the Highlands but I imagine you'd need to go up there to get a similar view in the UK.

Meeting people with a different perspective and seeing how they live their lives in a different way to the UK has always been the interesting part to me. The overall feel of a space and a country and culture is just different in interesting ways to the UK, as in you can sense the subtle differences in people's perception of the world made tangible.

To be honest, a big part of why I'm leaving the UK is that my experience of this country has been overwhelmingly grey, dreary, and nihilistic relative to most other countries.

That said, staying put in one place allows you to connect with the people and places around you and find subtle differences between them, which is just as much a form of exploration as any wild journey across the earth. When I had the opportunity to be part of a community I enjoyed in London I felt there was a lot to discover too, but in a more psychogeographic sense.

As above, so below, the local and the global are two sides of the same thing, like the self and the universe.

E: Until recently I didn't have the money to travel but it seems interesting that when I did the first thing I did was get the hell out of the UK.

This is everything I failed to put into words :allears:

I really wish I was still able to travel. I think the thing that really drove me to get out of this country was that I was a baby queer, uncertain of where I fit in the world. Going to a new place just holds such potential of finding a new you, the real you. That wasn't something I thought I could do in a sleepy Welsh village

# ¿ Jan 15, 2020 14:56

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Ms Adequate posted:

TRUBBISH IS GOOD I'LL CUT A BITCH

# ¿ Jan 15, 2020 19:50

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

There are multiple health benefits to using squat toilets though. Other than general culture shock and squeamishness, it's kind of surprising that we haven't adopted them

https://www.teachingnomad.com/discover-more/nomad-blog/item/257-asian-squat-toilet-vs-western-sit-toilet-the-down-and-dirty

quote:

1. Makes elimination faster, easier, and more complete. This helps prevent "fecal stagnation," a prime factor in colon cancer, appendicitis, and inflammatory bowel disease.
2. Protects the nerves that control the prostate, bladder, and uterus from becoming stretched and damaged.
3. Securely seals the ileocecal valve, between the colon and the small intestine. In the conventional sitting position, this valve is unsupported and often leaks during bowel movements, contaminating the small intestine.
4. Relaxes the puborectalis muscle which normally chokes the rectum in order to maintain continence.
5. Uses the thighs to support the colon and prevent straining. Chronic straining on the toilet can cause hernias, diverticulosis, and pelvic organ prolapse.
6. A highly effective, non-invasive treatment for hemorrhoids, as shown by published clinical research.
7. For pregnant women, squatting avoids pressure on the uterus when using the toilet. Daily squatting helps prepare one for a more natural delivery.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2020 13:15

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

ThomasPaine posted:

I don't want to fall into poops op

The elite vanguard of the revolution, defeated by inadequate toilet facilities

Miftan posted:

Really the thing we should've adopted from Asia wrt to pooping is the bum gun. Its a tiny hose you use to squirt your rear end when you've finished pooping. Means you use a lot less tp and gets your rear end much cleaner.

Not recommended for people with haemorrhoids though. I used one and it felt like someone kicked me in the stomach. Though in general yes, we need to abandon tp for water

# ¿ Jan 16, 2020 13:24

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

The gates at CDG are beautiful though, there's a lovely arched ceiling. I guess they were going for form over function

# ¿ Jan 16, 2020 14:13

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

Anyway is it illegal to project an image of a penis on a national monument, asking for a friend

Big Ben bong schlong shocker as baffled Boris blows beans up backside

# ¿ Jan 16, 2020 17:50

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Not sure if this has been posted yet

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/16/people-died-benefits-error

quote:

Five thousand people died before they could be reimbursed for a government error that left chronically ill and disabled benefit claimants thousands of pounds out of pocket, it has emerged.

Approximately 70,000 claimants were originally estimated to have been underpaid about �340m between 2011 and 2014, after being transferred from older benefits on to the employment and support allowance (ESA) during a government overhaul of incapacity benefits.

Figures released on Thursday, which showed 5,000 ill and disabled people died before receiving the money they were owed, were described as a �national scandal� by Marsha de Cordova, the Labour MP and disability rights campaigner.

The government has been conducting a review of cases potentially affected by the error, which arose when some people who were receiving incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance had their claims converted to contributory ESA.

However, officials at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failed to follow their own legal guidelines governing the transfer process, meaning that in many cases they failed to properly check claimants� full entitlements. The review has been looking through 600,000 potential cases of those who missed out. Some 122,000 people have now been repaid �5,000 each on average, according to the new figures.

The ESA failure was overseen by the then Conservative former secretary of state for work and pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, who was in post for all but the last few months of the period covered by a damning public accounts committee (PAC) report. The current housing minister, Esther McVey, was a DWP minister between 2013 and 2015.

Evan Odell, a researcher at Disability Rights UK, said: �That 5,000 disabled people were denied the proper support to live independently before they died is scandalous, as is the 112,000 people who had had to wait years for these errors to be corrected.

�To make matters worse, the problems with the employment and support allowance system that have led to hundreds of millions of pounds of arrears payments are still present. Seventy-five per cent of ESA applicants who appeal DWP decisions to the social security tribunal win; this case is merely one more piece of evidence showing how ESA is not fit for purpose.�

Marsha de Cordova MP said: �It is a national scandal that a decade of delay has meant that 5,000 ill and disabled people have died before receiving the money that they were owed as a result of ESA underpayments.

�The government must now speedily complete the remaining reassessments for the thousands of people still waiting so that everyone who has lost out receives payment as quickly as possible.

�The Conservatives have consistently failed sick and disabled people. The continued delay in righting this wrong is disgraceful.�

The department said it has finished processing 97percent of potentially affected cases and so far around one percent of these have resulted in an arrears payment in respect of a claimant who has passed away.

A DWP spokesperson said: �We have worked hard to ensure that anyone affected by this issue receives the benefits they are entitled to, and in the minority of cases where a claimant has sadly died we have paid their next of kin.�

In 2018, a cross-party group of MPs criticised the DWP�s �culture of indifference� after it took six years to correct the error .

The cost of fixing the error, which the PAC report said stemmed from a string of avoidable management failures, was expected to cost the DWP at least �340m in back payments to claimants and �14m in administrative costs.

The figures showing that 5,000 of those affected date from 12 January 2020. The DWP expects them to change as staff continue to work on the exercise to check potentially affected cases.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2020 18:58

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

wonder when antarctica becomes a legit option for data centers? and how long before it's the only option available.

this will be my steaming hot take of choice whenever possible benefits of the climate crisis are discussed

No where is safe

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/19/arctic-stronghold-of-worlds-seeds-flooded-after-permafrost-melts

# ¿ Jan 17, 2020 12:26

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Captain No-mates posted:

I've not really watched any of the leader candidates speak before today and I'm surprised by how bad Starmer is at speaking fluently. I have to say I'm surprised he's the frontrunner.

Policy aside, I think the only engaging speaker up there was Thornberry. The rest of them don't really seem to understand the power of putting a little boom in your voice

# ¿ Jan 18, 2020 14:26

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Jose posted:

Pisscop is one of the lesser seen disco Elysium cop types

https://twitter.com/edcumming/status/1218493605993746432?s=19

No joke. I got a jacket that said "Piss F****t" and everything

# ¿ Jan 18, 2020 18:01

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

The oldest millennials are turning 40 this year. I have to imagine that these articles are going to look fantastically out of touch rather quickly

# ¿ Jan 19, 2020 15:26

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Darth Walrus posted:

For anyone who wasn't sure, because we do live in hellworld, his timeline makes it pretty clear that this is sarcasm.

https://twitter.com/ShoaibMKhan/status/1218109137520857088

:eyepop:

# ¿ Jan 20, 2020 18:03

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Sanitary Naptime posted:

I hope you�re ready for the grand unifying centrist theory about Star Wars.

The force is a horseshoe, both light and dark are the same actually

# ¿ Jan 20, 2020 22:35

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Venomous posted:

The only good expanded universe things were Genndy Tartakovsky's Clone Wars animated series and Knights of the Old Republic II

the rest can gently caress a duck tbh

e: they have the entire Clone Wars series on YouTube!!! that's the rest of my morning gone lmao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLdlwZUO5mo

Wasn't KoTOR II an unplayable buggy piece of poo poo?

# ¿ Jan 21, 2020 14:20

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Bobby Deluxe posted:

Careful, there's a guy who worked for Obsidian on the forums who has a habit of popping up whenever anyone points out that KOTOR2 and New Vegas were overambitious, and buggy mostly because they were overambitious.

I enjoyed New Vegas, nice Obsidian guy :unsmith:

# ¿ Jan 21, 2020 22:42

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

RottenK posted:

i checked twitter to see how people are reacting to jess dropping out and terfs think that they did it???

i guess jessflaps never promised to genocide all trans people and is therefore a womanhater to them lol

Jess did a Q&A on Mumsnet and was pretty right-on about trans people being allowed to breathe and exist, which I'm sure pissed them all off

# ¿ Jan 21, 2020 22:45

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Ms Adequate posted:

I assume they think it's some kind of trans conspiracy to corrupt the kids and ruin honest cishetero porn rather than... people who find trans people hot for one reason or another.

Can't loving wait for their takes that imply trans people are somehow in control of all pornography somehow. Like, it's us fetishising ourselves, and not chasers and whatnot

e;

I'm looking forward to them running into the ace/trans community, and having a complete meltdown

# ¿ Jan 22, 2020 00:52

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Azza Bamboo posted:

Culture wars is happening and like any smart enemy they've copied our weapons. They've named identities with the specific purpose of subverting the values and establishments that the socially progressive seek to uphold. In the antisemitism nonsense, they've even created and normalised a kind of outrage and awareness that, were it applied to anything other than Israel, they'd probably consider to be "political correctness gone mad". The political right have learned from us, but their distinct advantage is that they don't actually have to make any attempt to support the wellbeing of tradwives or jews or who else. All they want is to limit socially progressive people in the same ways that they feel limited and attacked by the socially progressive left.

This is a good post.

Maybe someone Twitter savvy could flood #tradwives with "how to spot spousal abuse" infographics

# ¿ Jan 22, 2020 12:37

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Ratjaculation posted:

Terry Jones is dead, only one good Python left.

gently caress. RIP :smith:

# ¿ Jan 22, 2020 13:47

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Back in rural Wales we only ever locked the door when we went away for a few days, because well...

Guavanaut posted:

there would always be a few people at home and not much worth taking.

Plus most locks are just a psychological deterrent. If someone wants to get in, they'll find a way

# ¿ Jan 22, 2020 14:59

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Chuff McNothing posted:

My cats about to be put down and I'm too far away and can't be there to give him a hug and a goodbye and tell him he's my favourite person.

That's rough :smith:

# ¿ Jan 22, 2020 19:44

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

xtothez posted:

Is this a reverse psychology thing? Maybe if everyone started publicly thanking Trump for all he's done to fight racism & climate change he'll have to go along with it because nothing is more important to him than his ego.

It didn't work when they gave Obama a preemptive peace prize, I doubt it'll work here

# ¿ Jan 23, 2020 10:02

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

ThomasPaine posted:

I heard there had been some mod drama but thought it had been pretty much resolved and most of the trash swept out. Then there was the whole (connected) FYAD thing, but again I thought that had all been sorted. Didn't realise there were ongoing issues that would make someone want to leave, most mods seem to come down on transphobia pretty hard.

The Lowtax thing is new to me though, it's a big accusation.

I know one of the transphobic FYAD mods was quietly unbanned without any discussion amongst mods/admin. The Lowtax thing is news to me though

# ¿ Jan 23, 2020 11:31

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Camrath posted:

This month’s goon special of ‘Billionaires shot dead’ is particularly good, though as dense as the heart of an dying sun..

JFC that's a genius name

# ¿ Jan 23, 2020 17:15

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 11:07

Debbie Does Dagon: Jul 8, 2005

Guavanaut posted:

Speaking of right wing twats weaponizing performatively working class things, I just got reminded that this was a thing that happened in the 00s and was something that I managed to be blissfully unaware of how blatant it got at the time.
https://twitter.com/samisam147/status/1219943058990686208

https://twitter.com/christhebarker/status/1219954992662138881?s=19

# ¿ Jan 24, 2020 12:33

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