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Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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It's what's for dinner.

Guavanaut posted:

Dell_Zincht posted:

£14.48 to pay in fines

We must secure the existence of public libraries and a future for literate children. Dale Hitler.

you're 40p off :colbert:

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Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Guavanaut posted:

Why choose between dying and going to work when you can have both!

this has been an announcement from the Conservative COVID-19 Preparedness Team

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Flipswitch posted:

I think Britain's hosed boys and girls,

There's a reason it's AKA the Pedoph Isles

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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I like thousands in the labour party. Am thankful that chapter is now closed.

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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OwlFancier posted:

neoliberal bread and circuses,

Means tested bread credits and PFI circuses

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Payndz posted:

Edit: ha, they've already amended the subhead on the main online page to note the difference between 'tests done' and 'tests sent out'. Bit late though, chaps.

Funny how news websites always do this

"Oooooops we lied* but we fixed it (several hours later after millions have already seen it)"

*we never lied though of course, we clarified

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Songbearer posted:

I take umbrage with this

5 is a stern looking number with a soft side.

Five? No no. Not five. Give me another. I'm scared of fives. Five is evil, brother. The half-way digit. The Saluting Snake. No fives. It's the unflushable number.

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Vitamin P posted:

To be clear I'm language libertarian

lol

Edit:

Vitamin P posted:

I'm a cringe sincere poster.

lol

Microplastics fucked around with this message at 13:04 on May 3, 2020

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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escapegoat posted:

These are always great.




But no one beats Hunter S Thompson.


This is some of the most pretentious loving poo poo I've ever seen

Here's my "day on a plate"

Breakfast: Sainsbury's own brand crunchy clusters cereal. It's got pecans in it which is the closest I'll be getting to seeds all loving day

Lunch: ham cheese and pickle sandwich and a glass of juice, which has one ingredient (orange) instead of 15 loving exotic fruits from every corner of the god drat planet

Dinner: a microwavable chicken tikka marsala that was 75% off and a day out of date because gently caress you

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Bobstar posted:

E: Cattes! We're doing the same walk every day and logging which cats we see. We saw this white & ginger one more frequently than most. Then we discovered why!



Nice time-lapse photo

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:

Love to say I'm surprised at the lows the press can sink to, but

https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1257769588411908096

Personally i can't fault China for keeping an eye on what the UK is doing with drugs.

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Comrade Fakename posted:

Good work voting for the Tories en masse last December, olds!

"I'd rather die than let that CORBYN in to give me free broadband!!"

*dies as promised*

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Marmaduke! posted:

I keep seeing variants of the chart in that guardian article, and it confuses the hell out of me. It has lines for the UK and Italy, and then a separate line and a red circle floating above the chart itself, but not actually connected to anything. The text implies that the circle shows the current total death toll, but why doesn't it join the line (other than "it would look bad for the UK")? What are they actually trying to elucidate??

The only interpretation I can think of is that it's the chart's key, indicating that the UK death toll is represented by the red line



But... if that's the case... why is Italy not in the key? Or more to point, why is the text "UK" not simply next to its respective line, like "Italy" is?

e: wait no, i actually read the chart this time and it looks like the red line is the official statistic? and the red dot is the... gently caress it i don't care

Microplastics fucked around with this message at 13:26 on May 6, 2020

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Guavanaut posted:

I wouldn't trust one who claims to have a general analytical solution for three-body problems.

Unless they all went to the same house this is more like a transfer of a body from the sphere of influence of a second body to that of a third. I wonder if there was an impact event.

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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XMNN posted:

also did you know the UK press is the least trusted in europe?



:wow: that collapse between 2018 & 2019

What caused that i wonder?

E: it's actually slightly heartening to see this but why won't the papers die already :argh: this one graph is the only thing that needs to be posted in response to any of those twitter accounts crying "p-please buy our paper :qq:"

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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goddamnedtwisto posted:

Is he bollocks

Yes

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Guavanaut posted:

Same with energy efficient lights. Now you can get ones that look identical to filament bulbs most of the opposition disappeared.

I bet the boomers only stopped complaining because they don't know that they're not good ol' fashioned bulbs like what meemaw used to make

If they knew they were :siren: STEALTH EFFICIENT BULBS :siren: you can bet they'd be moaning that they're giving them headaches and avacados and need banning immediately

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Well that's a lesson for life: you come at the superkings, you best not quit

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Guavanaut posted:

Do not gently caress the police.

But NWA said

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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stories from america

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1257476755574718470

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1257477043970887682

https://twitter.com/bencasselman/status/1258136404363808769

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Google maps sent me my monthly travel history update.

~ Highlights ~

Cities I've visited:
- London

Places I've been:
- The local park
- The local sainsbury's
- The other local sainsbury's

~ End of highlights ~

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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My office gave us all the day off today anyway, a while ago. I wonder if they knew there was gonna be some clusterfuck announcement that confuses everyone (one of our guys is in the sage group)

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Guavanaut posted:

If earth's a plane then why are they telling us to stop flying :tinfoil:

Earth's a plane and life is like, just one big contrail maaaaaan

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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OwlFancier posted:

The government was very clear that you should avoid public transport.

Because of course the only reason anyone takes public transport is for fun, we can actually all just get the ministerial car instead.

France has mandated masks on the metro and set up cycle routes that follow the metro lines.

But now that the frogs have done it, we have to do something else, such as be complete loving idiots

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Necrothatcher posted:

I dunno, Nigeria (and Lagos specifically) are pretty hot poo poo when it comes to viral outbreaks. They kicked rear end during the Ebola outbreak:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-did-nigeria-quash-its-ebola-outbreak-so-quickly/

Ok I'm starting to see this phrase a lot these days:

quote:

The swift battle was won not only with vigilant disinfecting, port-of-entry screening and rapid isolation but also with boot leather and lots and lots of in-person follow-up visits,

Is this an evolution of the phrase "boots on the ground" which in turn means "people present at the scene"?

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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XMNN posted:

no where in his rambling speech does it actually say that you shouldn't go back to work if it's not safe, it says you should go to work which they want to be safe

It's poor journalism but if they're gonna get something wrong, at least they're putting out a safer message than the PM

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Guavanaut posted:

-10 Celsius Arctic Plunge Followed By 470 Rankine Summer Scorcher!

470! that's a big number!

*opens all the windows and puts on shorts*

*dies of exposure*

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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This is awesome but it does mean that landlords get away with selling their properties for a tidy sum, necks intact, which I'm not sure I'm comfortable with.

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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sassassin posted:

As long as they're off the plane it doesn't matter if we give them a parachute or a bullet. The burden is gone.

They might re-offend though. Letting them live sends the wrong message.

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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ThomasPaine posted:

oh hey i'm a dr now apparently lol, they let anyone into academia these days i tells ya

seriously though, viva passed with minor corrections - feeling pretty drat great!

Congrats! You're now allowed to say "ah, just what the doctor ordered" when served in a bar

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Sloth Life posted:

Well done Dr Paine you officially Clever Bugger (tm). Great accomplishment, well deserved

Actually I think you'll find he's now a TOP BOFFIN

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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https://mobile.twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1259891630959722499

Get ready for the police to release a wishy washy statement and promise a non-apology

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Up down up down. Barely legal? Then they go positive!

*nurse tucks trump in for the night*

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Bobstar posted:

Oh ye gods! My country's ruined!

But what if... I were to take the existing system and disguise it as my own? Oh ho ho, delightfully devilish, Star-mour.

Star-ar-mer, with his crazy explanations,

The speaker of the house is gonna need his medication!

When he hears Starmer's forensic examinations,

There'll be trouble in the commons tonight!

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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jabby posted:

Honestly it's my own fault for coming back to the thread. Work sucks right now, I don't have the mental energy to deal with people being raging assholes to each other over every perceived difference of opinion.

Life is hard enough without doing your best to slam down other socialists because their idea of how to achieve the same thing differs slightly from yours.

I've been gliding right past every post that has the word "Labour" in it and the thread is a much better experience. Until an election comes around I just really don't care what's going on with Labour. Gonna stay a member, gonna vote hard left at every chance I get, not gonna read 5000 words a day about it though. I've developed a lurker's skim

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Vitamin P posted:

It's a bit sincere sure but morally and intellectually it's completely correct, you're just bitchmade and care less about other people than the poster you're quoting does.

lol @ "bitchmade". Good job we have the 4chan ambassador here to bring back the latest cultural touchstones from his distant and exotic lands

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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very very good, one pound litre, very very nice, one pound litre

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Jippa posted:

Amazing.

My favourite new conspiracy theory is that the term "conspiracy theory" was invented by the CIA

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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midori-a-gogo posted:

sorry for the e/n post, but i'm not really sure where else to turn with this.

don't talk about politics

or if you must talk about politics, talk about policies not politicians. there is only pain down that path

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Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

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Gonzo McFee posted:

And the name of that working class pub is The Margaret Thatcher Inn.

The Eye & Lady

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