Blueshirt posted:

I feel very much In Control of all nearby fish. Like Aquaman, only with a big red gammony face and strong opinions about minorities.

Doctor_Fruitbat posted:

God drat it, I thought I'd finally found a use for the five chocolate oranges my parents foisted on me, and it doesn't use actual orange chocolate.

therattle posted:

I bloody love Boaty McBoatface, and the British sense of humour is one of the positives of this country.

therattle posted:

Obviously it’s subjective, and I’m not British. I’ve lived in South Africa, the UK, the US and spent some time in Canada, so I have a few things to compare it to. Humour is determined to some degree by what one grows up with, of course. That said, I find humour in the UK much more prevalent and funnier than in the US.

The Perfect Element posted:

I thi k parks and rec is one of the most consistently funny shows ever made, and the first 2-3 series of arrested development are stellar.

Then you have the cartoons which all seem to be on Netflix (and South Park, although admittedly I've not watched that for like 15 years).

American comedy can be dire, true, but I think there's more than enough good stuff to show that it's not some universal law.

Jakabite posted:

We have things like Alan Partridge, Brass Eye, Dark Place, Peep Show, The Thick Of It, The Office, and all the various other shows from that very rough area which are all absolutely great. I think it’s important to distinguish between funny in the sense of producing good professional comedy and comedic media, and funny in the sense of the people being funny though.

Also anyone who thinks we should replace professional comedians with shitposting has clearly never been to see live stand up.

OwlFancier posted:

I rescind all of my criticisms of your chocolate opinions, we are kindred, comrades, brothers in comedic tastes.

Communist Thoughts posted:

its like being too scared to watch horror movies, you just gotta get over the hump and then you can enjoy some great stuff.

i was the same the first time i watched the office

Bobby Deluxe posted:

I find it particularly bad when the character getting into those situations is being earnest or not doing anything 'wrong' aside from being a bit awkward, maybe just because it hits a little too close to home with my own life experiences.

Like I said about Only Fools, when you have a character like Del who gets into those situations through greed, or not doing research/prep, or refusing to listen to warnings, there can be something satisfying about seeing things fall apart.

But things like the Inbetweeners, the Office, Friday Night Dinner; Most of them I just can't watch because half the time the person who's the butt of the joke has done nothing wrong. Even Alan Partridge, half the time it's him taking out his inadequacies on guests, staff, other researchers.

Jose posted:

fully recommend you watch nathan for you

Necrothatcher posted:

gov are finally coming through the rewards for key workers that have spent months in misery and chaos



thank god

OwlFancier posted:

Caffiene doesn't seem to actually do much to me.


Add a ton of sugar then, nothing wrong with that, sweet coffee is nice.

The Question IRL posted:

Before Christmas, Costa Coffee were doing a Terry’s Chocolate orange flavoured Hot Chocolate. That was really good.
But their After Eight mint flavoured Hot Chocolate was banging.

goddamnedtwisto posted:

That's a skidplate. *This* is a skidpan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khgybH3OUh8&t=186s

I would pay so much money to have a go at this, there's surely enough old Routemasters knocking around for one of the driving experience days to offer it?

(also go back to 2:10 for some sick bus simulator action 20 years before a German even thought of writing job shovelware)

goddamnedtwisto posted:

Funny thing, I did almost the exact opposite - got a driving experience day and decided to give drifting a go and I just couldn't overcome my instinct to stop it sliding about. The instructor called it "impressive, but completely missing the point" which I think sums up a lot of my life.

Guavanaut posted:

"You missed the baby, you missed the blind man..."

CoolCab posted:

Several were lost to time - god, it was ages ago now. I have never met James Cordon nor been to that service station, of course there never was an argument about spagetti bollonese, nor do a wide number of us write S Club 7 fan sites or that puppet show with the ships erotic fiction. It was like we were receiving red texts from a better version of reality - one where our squabbles were not about nationalism but instead far purer things.

Endjinneer posted:

I think this is one of the reasons why we're not issuing vaccinated people with cards and telling them they can behave like they used to. The black market it would create would be fierce.

Not So Fast posted:

Are they vaccinating Palestineans yet?

Noxville posted:

Also they’re not vaccinating Palestinians.

endlessmonotony posted:

I like desolate cityscapes, concrete, and decay though.

I can't stand sunshine, crowds or joy.

Danger - Octopus! posted:

If people don't follow Jack Monroe, she's got a thread on twitter about how lovely some of the food parcels that replaced vouchers are.

https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook/status/1348698098139328513

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

A relative of mine used to do likewise. She had home accident cover and amazing how destructive her 5 year old was when she wanted a new stereo or whatever.
She also stayed with me when I lived in London for a few days and her car got broken into. Next time I saw her, she had a new video camera cost over £700 with her - to replace the one 'stolen' from her car. She never had one before.
Naturally, the one time I got burgled was the one time the police caught the burglar and his stash so if I'd made a false claim (which I did NOT and which just about everyone was egging me on to do) I would have been found out.

Failed Imagineer posted:

Also besides the point, but 4 desserts and 2 sandwiches is a good ratio for creating the next generation of bloated Tory oval office

keep punching joe posted:

Are the food parcels halal?

keep punching joe posted:

I thought it was because Bill Gates put a microchip in the vaccine that turns you into a Jaffa?

Jose posted:

Lol cool

https://twitter.com/AsaWinstanley/status/1351480634523398144?s=19

Communist Thoughts posted:

The perfect guy for controlled opposition labour

goddamnedtwisto posted:

https://twitter.com/TomWTheSecond/status/1351521499501498369

Miftan posted:

I'd be wary of drawing conclusions from that. 8200 is, I think, the largest unit in the IDF and has about a billion different roles people can do. Like most army units, a lot of them are really lame bookkeeping stuff. This guy probably isn't a super spy, and 5 years in the IDF is the standard draft + 1 officer term which is.. Really standard in Israel. Could have just written 'hired an Israeli'.

(Israeli Labour stuff)
This is really funny though, because the Israeli Labour party is so so poo poo it's amazing, and they've somehow gotten worse over the last couple of elections (which happened over the last 2 years)

Guavanaut posted:

Or you could smack your genitals with a ball peen hammer, which is probably about as productive

Guavanaut posted:

communism bitch posted:

This statement is about Trump, but it is not unique to Trump, it's rich entitled babies everywhere. The tories are governing, and now trying to conduct international diplomacy like this. It's the same behaviour they are used to exhibiting in their own personal lives - just make declarative statements in complete contradiction to reality, and expect the world to conform to your expectations. This works in their personal lives because they're always dealing with menials and employees who bend over backwards to give them what they want. These people are so ignorant, blinkered stupid, and cretinous that they think this is how the entire world works. I have ample direct, personal experience of this sort of behaviour.

goddamnedtwisto posted:

Cut yourself off from your children, the UKMT is your family now.

Can I use the car please?

Jedit posted:

2) Pate is made through animal cruelty.

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

My wife and I tried these tonight and they were goddamn delicious

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/plant-pioneers/plant-pioneers-2-vegan-steaks-226g

Actually tasted like a meat steak. Texture was a bit weird but I'll take it.

Ms Adequate posted:

And licorice belongs in the bin.

CyberPingu posted:

Their hotdogs are also better than any "real" hotdog I've had.