UKMT January 2021 - i have no chin and i must chitterwagger

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Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Happy new year!

Did embedded tweets just break for anyone else? :ohdear:

# ¿ Jan 1, 2021 01:52

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 07:57

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Vagabong posted:

We fuckign did it. welcome to Brexit country lads.

Do we get Brannigans back now

# ¿ Jan 1, 2021 02:38

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Mebh posted:

Is Twitter always like this? It's honestly the first time I've sat down and read it for a bit as I'm knackered after sanding my walls down to get ready to paint them.

I only see Twitter posts when they're linked here and my assessment of the site can be summed up with the following gif

# ¿ Jan 1, 2021 16:17

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

sassassin posted:

"No one could have done any better" says worst-performing country in the world.

Ha, reminds me of this PR classic

https://news.sky.com/story/mugabe-fall-even-jesus-would-have-tripped-10372605

quote:

Zimbabwean state media and spin doctors have rushed to defend President Robert Mugabe after he fell from a staircase, saying "even Jesus" would have tripped under the circumstances.

The 90-year-old missed a step as he walked off a podium at Harare International Airport where he was addressing supporters after returning from Ethiopia.

His aides quickly helped him up and escorted him to his limousine.

According to The Herald newspaper, Mr Mugabe "tripped over a poorly laid-out carpet... but remarkably managed to break the fall before walking to his car, evidently unscathed".

Information minister Jonathan Moyo told the paper his boss's accident was not news as anyone could have tripped in that situation.

"The misrepresentations and morbid celebrations of the incident by malcontents is the real news here and not the alleged fall as there was none," he was quoted as saying.

# ¿ Jan 1, 2021 22:56

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

serious gaylord posted:

Bournemouth/Poole/Christchuch got moved into tier 4 a few days back, but not Dorset county council. Sounds simple, but in practice due to the way the new council lines were drawn up after the mergers we now have a situation in Hamworthy thats utterly absurd. All the shops are on one side of the main road which falls under BCP council. But over the road is the majority of the housing in Hamworthy, which falls under Dorset council. Now they cant go to the shop 100 yards away to buy food as this is entering a tier 4 area and you're not allowed to do that according to our MP. This means they now need to go nearly 10 miles to the next nearest supermarket in the Dorset council area, yet all their kids can mingle in the school thats in tier 4 and they can all go to work in Tier 4's Sunseeker yard down the road.

Someone please tell me this is not right?

loving hell that's an impressive one :ughh:

# ¿ Jan 2, 2021 00:47

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Vitamin P posted:

1. Cummings doing his disease-ridden UK tour and then the Prime Minister saying it was Good Actually and in fact is morally much better for a father to do than following the rules is.

As someone in Dorset this preceded the mass influx to Bournemouth and Poole beaches with many saying that they stopped giving a poo poo because of Cummings. I mean a lot of them probably would have done it anyway but I think you can definitely pin it as one of the things that hosed everything up

# ¿ Jan 2, 2021 00:51

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

serious gaylord posted:

I didnt know there was any other Bournemouth and Poole people around. This summer was horrendous wasnt it. Utterly mad.

I remember cycling through Lulworth at 8am on a Sunday and the car parks were already full and the Police were setting up to turn people away.

Yeah it was poo poo. Thankfully we managed to find a beach that seemingly none of the tourists knew about, probably because it's tiny, so we managed to avoid all that. Still was crazy when they started closing down roads and all that

# ¿ Jan 2, 2021 01:30

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

#ToryLies is trending on Twitter today :allears:

# ¿ Jan 2, 2021 11:12

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Lol at literally nobody in the country knowing whether schools are opening in 48 hours

# ¿ Jan 2, 2021 12:52

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Also I agree with the sentiment of this:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/02/follow-covid-restrictions-break-rules-compliance

quote:

It was only as lockdown was eased that compliance began to decrease. Partly, people felt the situation was safer. But other factors contributed too. For many, the new rules were simply too complex to understand. While during lockdown 90% of adults in the UK reported feeling they understood the rules, by August this figure was just 45% in England. Conflicting rules across UK nations, frequent changes to rules, and confusion about dates of announcement (as opposed to dates of implementation) exacerbated the situation.

But the message from the government about adherence also changed after the revelations about the actions of Dominic Cummings, which were followed by a decrease in compliance. Returning to a single event might seem like bearing a grudge, but it was pivotal for many reasons. During lockdown the message on compliance was clear: social restrictions were vital to stop the spread of the virus, so everyone had to play their part; no excuses, no exemptions. But Cummings changed the tone: if you could find a loophole in the rules, it somehow became acceptable (and defensible) to break them. The enemy changed from being the virus itself to being the measures designed to curb the virus.

This shift in tone did not go unnoticed, as our research at UCL showed. The same sacrifices people had willingly made in the spring as part of a collective social responsibility suddenly seemed less necessary. Goodwill turned to anger and upset, largely targeted towards the government that defended Cummings� actions. Trust in the government to handle the pandemic took a sharp downward turn in England, from which it has not recovered since. Trust is crucial, as research has shown that it is one of the largest behavioural predictors of compliance during this pandemic: larger than mental health, belief in the health service or numerous other factors. As humans, we need to trust our authorities if we are to follow what they tell us to do.

# ¿ Jan 2, 2021 12:56

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Angepain posted:

ok can we fix this vat rule for all overseas businesses but still make an exception for The William Shatner Store because gently caress giving money to that guy

Wait what happened with Shatner, I think I missed that :ohdear:

# ¿ Jan 2, 2021 16:14

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Doctor_Fruitbat posted:

what is the government's plan

lol

# ¿ Jan 2, 2021 16:22

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Ten-metre hole in Kent lorry park 'not a sinkhole', officials say

everything is fine, no need to be concerned.

# ¿ Jan 2, 2021 19:57

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Guavanaut posted:

The news can't even bring on a scientist to explain the latest understanding of how sex and gender work without having to bring on a discredited radfem from the 70s to claim that it's all a trick to allow endocrinologists into your home bathroom for balance.

At this point I'm surprised they don't have an alternative newsreader after each news item saying that everything the other presenter just said is all made up.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2021 02:13

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Miftan posted:

Oh for sure, there's so much of it some of it is bound to be good. I remember Parks & Rec being good, but South Park has always been edgy teenager humour from what I recall. Those are the things that consistently make it overseas. Have you ever sat down and watched what's on 90% of their comedy channels? Infinite sitcoms that are just.. 20 minutes of ads and 20 minutes of what I can only assume is someone filming a really bad improv group?

I Think You Should Leave is also good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwdYUIQzu-o

# ¿ Jan 3, 2021 15:07

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Failed Imagineer posted:

This is the only show that's given me a stomach ache from laughing in a decade or more. Probably not for everyone but it's just so idiotic it's incredible

Yeah the sketch with the weird Garfield house was prob my favourite but there are so many great ones to choose from.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2021 20:30

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Goldskull posted:

How is it no-one's mentioned the greatest comedy moment of all time, Delboy falling through the bar? You all voted for it! just like Basil Fawlty smacking a Mini with a branch?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J1J_iHC2Qw

# ¿ Jan 3, 2021 20:31

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Maugrim posted:

Oh gently caress it's literally this isn't it.

Sometimes I go and read an article about Jacinda Ardern just to feel like good things can happen somewhere in the world.

Better things happen the further away you get from England :v:

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 11:52

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Jose posted:

lol i read an article the other day about a guy who pumped $1.4bn into bitcoin

https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1346038379960537089?s=20

I might have missed something here but the article seems to say the exact opposite?

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 13:35

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Aidan_702 posted:

https://twitter.com/colinrtalbot/status/1346093451633426434?s=20

I would like to inject this into the thread then watch the rumour mill go absolutely ablaze

Ah yes I think I saw a video speculating about this a while back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k29corrrL0

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 15:34

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

stev posted:

Full lockdown presumably? Naturally he wouldn't have known that this morning.

i think two or three times a day he just spins one of those random choice wheels with various policies written on then ignores the result and chooses whichever one sounds like the least effort

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 16:04

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

NotJustANumber99 posted:

What does a lockdown do that tier 4 isn't doing? Zooz?

Logistically very little, but it will hopefully get people to take it more seriously

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 16:19

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Guavanaut posted:

It reminds me of a TV and radio engineering book from the 40s that was adamant that large screens (>12") were a waste of everyone's time for ordinary households because with present picture quality you'd have to sit outside to get a decent view.

Well yeah, back then they only had max 480i unless you bought the component cables

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 16:30

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

sebzilla posted:

https://twitter.com/DanielHewittITV/status/1346124249631772672?s=19

loving lol

to be fair, he hasn't said "if" or "but"

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 17:12

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Huh, I didn't realise Frank Bough died back in October.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 17:38

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Any idea if childcare bubbles will still be a thing after today?

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 18:04

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Failed Imagineer posted:

Just fired up my 65" OLED TV to watch Keir Starmer on Sky News and he looks like a useless piece of poo poo. Which setting do I turn off to correct this?

I think there's a "Picture off" mode in the power settings

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 18:06

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

mistermojo posted:

why does Starmer always look so nervous. isnt he a fancy lad that should be used to talking to the media

He is a soft boiled egg in a person suit, the nervousness is just his inherent wobbling from having a liquid yolk

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 18:58

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

WhatEvil posted:

This immediately got me thinking of a song by Everything Everything called "No Reptiles" which has the line "No reptiles, just soft-boiled eggs in shirts and ties".... so I looked up what the lyrics mean, and it turns out it's basically exactly what you're talking about : It's actually kind of nice to think that there are reptiles controlling everything but in reality it's just these wobbly soft-boiled egg people.

I think the more general theme of the song is something lots in this thread will connect with:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2RR8kEv-Y8

This is really interesting, thanks! I don't think I've heard it before, or at least I don't consciously remember it.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 19:24

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

"but for now... I'm afraid"

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 21:10

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Well I'm glad Kier Starmer agrees comprehensively with everything Boris just said, certainly provides some valuable perspective

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 21:16

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Camrath can you make Toblerone fudge please

# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 00:13

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Camrath posted:

Yes I can, and yes I will. Assuming supplies of toblerone can still be obtained anyway.

Thanks mate! I'll be sure to order some

# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 00:47

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

peanut- posted:

If I didn't know who Starmer was and watched this interview I'd assume he must be a government minister.

I was thinking exactly this yesterday, I am genuinely not sure why he exists

# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 10:53

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

peanut- posted:

Kieth generally seems to have adapted his Brexit strategy of hide and hope the problem has gone away by the time the next election rolls around and applied it to COVID. So provided there are absolutely no crises or serious issues facing the country in 2024 he'll be fine.

Every time he's talking about whatever nonsense the govt is doing I just get an extremely "hey it's not my problem" vibe from him, like he knows he doesn't have to do anything but fend off leadership challenges for the next 3 years

# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 12:32

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Ewan posted:

Gov is going to introduce requirement for covid tests for international arrivals

Oh good, this is a strong start to the government's pandemic response

# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 19:34

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

In other made-up, looney left project fear news

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/05/mother-fears-son-could-die-as-brexit-stops-medical-cannabis-medicine-supply

quote:

The mother of a nine-year-old boy with a rare and severe form of epilepsy has told how she fears her son could die after the government announced his supply of a life-changing cannabis medicine from the Netherlands would stop because of Brexit.

Hannah Deacon was given just two weeks notice by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) that due to the end of the transition period �prescriptions issued in the UK can no longer be lawfully dispensed in an EU member state�.

Her campaign to save her son Alfie Dingley�s life in 2017 led to a change in the law enabling the medicine which has seen him seizure free after years of 150 seizures a week, to be prescribed in the UK.

Deacon told the Guardian she is in despair about her child�s future if he cannot get the Bedrolite oil he now takes three times a day.

�They [the DHSC] said they understand our concern but they can�t do anything. Well let me tell them, it is not concerning, it is terrifying.�

She says she wasn�t even told directly by the DHSC that she would no longer get the drug, something she describes as �galling�.

Instead the letter went to pharmacy suppliers around the country who were told to advise on �alternative� prescriptions which would be �clinically appropriate to switch patients on to�.

�I am facing the fact that my son might go into refractory epileptic seizures again which can kill people. That�s how dangerous this is. So to say �oh you can swap it for another product, sorry we can�t help� it is grossly unacceptable. It�s very very dangerous and I�m really frightened about what is going to happen,� she said.

�The letter was sent on the 17 December, so we had no time. We�re very lucky that we were able to secure a couple of months worth of medicine. But that is not long. What makes me really angry is the lack of time we have, the lack of empathy, of care. My son is on a medicine that works for him, why would they take that away?,� she said.

also

quote:

In desperation Deacon wrote to Boris Johnson begging him to intervene on 29 December.

�I just got an automatic response to say that he doesn�t reply to people that aren�t his constituents, which I find shocking because he is the prime minister,� said Deacon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k29corrrL0

# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 21:14

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Guavanaut posted:

This would be the ideal time for Johnson to start pushing that cannabis law reform he was hinting at years ago, then it could be produced at home (or literally at home).

God I hope so :pray:

# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 21:25

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

blunt posted:

What's super insane about this is The UK is the largest exporter of cannabis in the world*.

We could literally just let people do the final processing and fill these prescriptions in the UK if we wanted to.

_{* This was 2018 so might no longer be true with more legalisation in American, but we still manufacture a poo poo ton of weed.}

Fucks sake. In all honesty I stopped over a decade ago but it was the only thing that actually helped with my anxiety and having moved all over the country it's just not an option any more, particularly with it being illegal obviously.

So many mental and physical health issues that could be helped, let alone cutting costs to policing and the massive boost to government revenue :argh:

# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 22:25

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 07:57

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/05/bbc-educational-cbbc-uk-covid-lockdown-curriculum

quote:

A significant expansion of BBC educational programming for children is to be launched in response to the latest UK lockdowns and school closures that are expected to continue for the foreseeable future.

Amid concerns that large numbers of children without access to remote learning are losing out, the BBC said that the biggest education offer in its history was designed to ensure that all children can access curriculum-based learning without the internet.

Broadcasting from Monday each weekday on CBBC � which is aimed at children aged between 7 and 16 � it will include a three-hour block of primary school programming from 9am.

Programming will include BBC Live Lessons and BBC Bitesize Daily, as well as Our School and Celebrity Supply Teacher and older programming such as Horrible Histories, Art Ninja and Operation Ouch.

The broadcaster said BBC Two would cater for secondary school students with programming to support the GCSE curriculum, with a least two hours of content each weekday.

Content will be built around secondary school shows produced for Bitesize Daily, the BBC�s summer term service, it added, and will be complemented by Shakespeare, classic drama adaptations as well as science, history and other items.

This seems like a decent idea tbh

# ¿ Jan 6, 2021 00:58

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