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goddamnedtwisto posted:Incidentally it's worth looking out for Avenue 5. It's Armando Iannucci doing sci-fi, so you've probably already got the shape of it. Some of it is *way* too on-the-nose but I think that's just his normal reality distortion field making Americans even more ridiculous. I have a bone to pick with this thread (and other people online) over Avenue 5. So I heard from a bunch of places, and read here, how Avenue 5 was really good guys, and that there was a TWIST! So the wife and I sit down to watch the show, and I think it’s okay. Some good funny bits. But all the time I’m watching it, I’m waiting for this twist. This thing that will make she show super good. And I start to see if I can figure out what it’s supposed to be. I see that there is this escalating sense of disaster and bad choices being made and how self-destructive all the casts are. And I think that all the main characters are maybe patients with a variety of mental health problems and that Avenue 5 is some role playing scenario that started as a way of getting them to solve problems, only now they are all addicted to it and the doctors running the hospital are having to devote more time and resources to keeping the show going. And then I start thinking there is this Brexit vibe to it, and maybe they are going to say that this show is explicitly about Brexit and how it broke the minds of all involved. Either way, I’m really looking forward to the twist getting revealed. And we finish the first season and....nothing. I literally finished the last episode and said “where was the twist?” I had to go online and find out that the “twist” was in the first episode about how the crew were all incompetent. And I was so annoyed at this because that was bloody obvious two minutes into the show. I spent all this time thinking about what it could be, and it was just what it appeared on the surface. The last time I did something like that was with Korra: The Legend of the Avatar. Tldr: I spent ages looking for a twist that was never there, and I blame UKMT for it.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:...is this some meta-commentary on sarcasm or humour, or did you actually watch a different show? No, not at all. I had heard from a few different sources “the show has a great twist.” I said “cool, I’ll watch the show.” I spent all my time watching the show waiting for this twist, and even trying to see if I could preemptively guess the twist early. I could not, because the “twist” had happened in episode one, and it was something so obvious that I assumed that there was another, better twist waiting in the wings. There was not.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:
Inbetweeners is an interesting show. Watching it when it aired, it was funny because so much of the humour and behaviour came from things I remembered witnessing or doing. Looking back the main cast are mostly good but flawed people. Simon is a good guy, whose flaw is his poor decision making. Jay is on the surface an oversexed pest/fantasist who is a danger to be around, but this is to hide the fact he is a sweet teenager who is looking for love but can’t be honest due to the toxic masculinity he is surrounded with at home. And Neil, while dim, is an honest and supportive kid. Their mistake is that they are friends with Will. Someone they assume is smarter and wiser than they are, but is just posher. The idea of a bunch of people being constantly punished for choosing a posho to lead them is something that I think resonates for a lot of the UK now.
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Yeah I'm married to a teacher so I'm inherently biased but to my mind the obvious scale is: hospital staff -> care home staff -> teachers -> most clinically vulnerable -> olds -> everyone else in decreasing age order Well there were about 60,000-70,000 potential Tory voters who hadn't been prioritised before.
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Tarnop posted:Judge in the Assange case just refused extradition, because the US prison system is so hosed it would destroy his mental health while simultaneously being unable to prevent him committing suicide. It's a shame that his strategy to sit in the embassy and wait out the Sweedish sexual assault/rape charges worked*, but I suppose it's good he isn't being tortured in a US prison for facilitating leaks. *= But that is more due to the a country having statute of limitations for any crime, much less sexual assault ones. And having it as low as under ten years.
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Jose posted:So the judge agreed that assange committed the crimes he was accused of just that he'd kill himself if extradited. Great precedent Without having read the judgement, extradition hearings are not really about did you do the crime or not*, they are more concerned with how likely are your human rights to be ignored or if you are likely to get a fair trial if extradited. * = There can be overlap if you are arguing that what you have been charged with is an offense known to law or if you could have been prosecuted for said offense for the country you are in. Also if the argument is that the evidence against you is so sketchy that it shouldn't proceed to be before a court, but it would have to be obvious on the facts. Extradition courts are clear that they aren't to be used as a dress rehearsal for the main court case. Even if that does sometimes end up happening.
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gh0stpinballa posted:julian assange has done more to expose the crimes of the american war machine than almost anybody and it's a good thing that he won't be extradited. Steady on. The actual Whistleblowers (such as Chelsea Manning or Snowden) did more to expose. All Assange did was arrange the publishing of them and take credit for it. Like, Assange didn't smuggle out any files at great personal risk or anything. goddamnedtwisto posted:That's a factor of population size and density, and rollout of other fuel sources for heating and cooking. Ireland never really had a gas infrastructure outside Dublin so gas cooking and heating is much less common there than it is here, so even if all other factors are equal they're going to use more electricity. Also densely-packed cities generally consume less electricity than towns and villages, and most cities in Ireland have had a massive boom of shittily-built modern housing in the last few years. 1) Yes the lack of wind/tidal power is tied into NIMBY (or coast in this case.) I really wish they would do more to develop green power like this. 2) The lack of gas cookers is a major thing in my house. We couldn't get a gas cooker and went with an electric one. Since the wife and I are considering building our own place she again has gone back to beating the drum for getting a gas cooker "as they are better for cooking things." I disagree and want an induction hob for the inside. I would compromise by agreeing to install a Gas BBQ in the back garden with a roof overhead and use that for most of the big cooking. I think the big thing that will swing it will be if the various architects/builders say (as I suspect they will) that you just can't get gas installed in new builds.
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I've done the research about Electric v Gas v Induction. The problem is the wife has these romantic notions of using gas cookers in her mums home and how much better it is than our electric hob. (And she is right. The gas cooker is better than what we have now. But I don't think it is as good as a new Induction hob.) And no amount of articles or videos will change her mind. The only thing likely to change her mind will be real world evidence. This came up over Christmas where I bought rear Wireless LG speakers to add onto my Soundbar to turn it into a 5.1.2 sound system. Before I got it, she complained that it was a waste of money and would do nothing. Five minutes into watching Midnight Sky on Netflix with the new sound system she admits that she was wrong.
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Guavanaut posted:What's did you find the actual running cost difference for gas vs. induction to be? Whoa there. When I said "did the research." I meant I watched videos and read articles about what they are like to use when compared to each other. I didn't make any charts showing projected savings or loses as against long term use, or go into a price breakdown for energy per unit. As for wind turbines and killing birds, perhaps all we need is some tins of black paint. https://www.audubon.org/news/can-painting-wind-turbine-blades-black-really-save-birds Or (to go back to yesterday's comedy chat) get Del Boy to buy some luminous yellow paint. The Question IRL fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Jan 4, 2021 |
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Failed Imagineer posted:
I am currently engaged in a protracted OLED war. Even putting aside the obvious facts (a seven year old 42 inch LCD TV is not sufficient for a Playstation 5.) I am trying to open up a new front in the war by using arguments about couch distances from TV's and how 55 Inches is the minimum sized set you should be using these days.
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CancerCakes posted:Yeah that chart is bs, at this point if you are buying a TV new just match the size of the TV as much as possible to the physical space, inches are cheap. Most of the time you are paying for smart features (avoid smart features where possible) From reading the TV thread over on Inspect Your Gadgets it is more or less impossible to avoid buying a smart TV. Either you buy a PC monitor and use that as a Telly. Or you go to specialised office equipment stores where they sell you things way more expensive than TV's. If you really don't want to deal with Smart TV's settings because the 5G police will sell your data or whatever, you can just not hook it up to your home internet. CancerCakes posted:and oled (of questionable brnefit for most users). The availability of 4k content has exploded in the last year as well, Disney+ and Apple TV seem to have the most. Almost anyone who looks at an OLED will see a huge difference between that and a LED TV. I'd say that all you have to do is go down to a Curries and see the difference yourself, but with a pandemic on that's not a good idea. (Who knows? Maybe Dominic Cummings will have done it and it will be made an official reason to break lockdown by the Government two days later.) The Question IRL fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Jan 4, 2021 |
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FiftySeven posted:Unironically, as far as I understand it, Nuclear is the best option we have for meeting green targets while also meeting future energy demands. Irish people's fear around Nuclear Power has always been that the UK would build more power plants and that Lord Brexit's plan for radioactive waste water was to put it in power hoses and aim them straight at the East Coast of Ireland. Ewan posted:The best type of power plant is a giant array of solar panels in space that then transmit the energy down to earth via a highly-concentrated microwave energy beam aimed at a receiver. 80's documentary Robocop had one of these in South America, and talked about it flame striking the Rain Forests accidentally. The Question IRL fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Jan 4, 2021 |
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Pablo Bluth posted:He's escaping to Moscow? That was the plan. But just like with that press conference they got it's location mixed up and ended up going to Moscow, Scotland.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Oh wow, the Crit Role thing isn't just 'some' countries: If I had to guess, it relies on shenanigan's with being able to ship to NI, and then ship from there to ROI. And I guess from UK to Gibralter and onwards to Spain from there? I don't know how company shipping works.
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Guavanaut posted:I wish I could say that the writing has gotten more believable recently but (Stolen from Twitter, but I swear I had this idea when I saw that picture.) https://twitter.com/DaftLimmy/status/1346937841234944001?s=19 Greetings, traveler! To your east, sedition is occurring, to your west, insurrection is occurring. There are exits to the north and south, one blocked by white supremacists, one by capitol police! What would you like to do, traveler? Kill Democracy. Democracy is our friend, she’s here to help us! Kill Democracy!
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BBC article about how the wheels are starting to come off the Brexit Wagon. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-55584500 The BBC posted:These seem more immediate pressures than the split of Northern Ireland's economy from that of mainland Britain. But in the longer term, we'll surely find time and space to reflect on the extraordinary outcome of the long road to Brexit - that somehow took the UK's marketplace from the world's biggest to one that is smaller than the UK itself. Yes, the only reason Brexit isn't working was because of Ulster Unionists. No one else to blame. For some lighter reading here is a thread about who is really responsible for the riots on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/HGilroy67/status/1347244131802746882?s=19
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Attempting to do someone for breach of the peace, a public order offense, in their own house is pretty oval office behaviour. It's also by definition going to fall at any form of judicial scrutiny. It's up to the State to prove that a place is Public for the commission of a Public Order offence. A persons dwelling is always considered a Private place.
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Miftan posted:Coffee is gross if I want a hot drink I'll just get a hot chocolate because I don't hate my taste buds. 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.
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I saw this posted on social media during the week. What do the SAGE members of UKMT make of it? 
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NotJustANumber99 posted:Can I still win the euromillions lottery? Someone from the UK won the Euromillions on the 1st of January. So yes you still CAN win the Euromillions. You won't*, but you can. * = Besides you aren't winning it, because I am going to win it next.
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I'm not going to cast a vote on the UK Threads Benevolence Funds Constitution since I am not a UK citizen or resident. But if you are doing it this way to try to comply with some UK laws, my recommendation would be to print out the pages of the thread with votes and maybe date the back of said threads (or at least screen shot the votes and save them some place) if you are intending to rely on them as evidence. I am sure you have already thought of that, but just suggesting it if you hadn't.
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Cross posting from the US Pol thread, but it might be of interest here as people were earlier asking about Parler and it's hosting.Failed Imagineer posted:I'm too much of a tech dumbass to verify any of this but
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EvilHawk posted:When I was a wee boy we were on a family holiday to Tenerife and I left the bag containing our game boys and games in a taxi that immediately hosed off. After we got home my dad submitted an insurance claim and told us to lie about what we had so we ended up with two brand new game boy colours and loads of games we didn't have. Well the Game Boy was notorious for causing eye strain due to the lack of backlighting. And while the Game Boy Colour didn't have backlighting either (that wouldn't come along until the Gameboy Advance) it was easier to make things out on screen due to the appearance of colour. So obviously your Dad was thinking about your eyes when he advised you to go for the GBC. That's some good parenting there.
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EvilHawk posted:
Valuation when it comes to the law, is a funny thing. One of my first cases, I was representing a man charged with a burglary where over €30,000 worth of goods were stolen. The dispute arose (when it came to decide whether or not to keep it in the lowest of court, or punt it upwards to a higher court) around the valuation. Basically the jewellery was probably bought for 1/10th that price. But the owners said that the sentimental value was much higher and that’s where the value of €30,000 came from. Our argument was 1) The goods were all recovered, so the sentimental valuation is immaterial as you got the stuff back. 2) You are clearly inflating the valuation to suit yourself, and possibly as part of an insurance scam. On the flip side in another case one of my clients stole a woman’s bag that contained a (relatively) inexpensive amulet. But the amulet contained some of the ashes of the woman’s dead mother, so from a sentimental value the item was priceless. Where you really see a clash between “Cost Price” versus “Real Price” is mobile phones. If someone is charged with nicking someone’s iPhone or Galaxy, the price is put at between €800-€1,200. And that is what those phones cost brand new. But almost no-one buys their phone brand new*, they get them as part of a bill-pay service where the cost is deferred and factored into mobile phone service. Also if the phone is over a year old, or smashed then it’s value is certainly less. And if you received the listed cash value for said phone (Say an iPhone 8), you’d likely use it to just buy a newer phone. (An iPhone 10. Or X. Or whatever their dumb naming convention goes.) Basically gadget insurance has some formula for working out how to replace your smashed phone. Where as for the criminal justice system, it’s mostly used as a shorthand for “this person got his phone stolen. It was not a lemon. It’s inconvenient to lose a mobile phone. If the accused is going to put together a sum of money as a way of saying sorry, it should be around but not exactly this much. Please punish accordingly after taking into account the persons background and circumstances and if they brought a bunch of cash to court.” * = I mean I have. But I except what I do isn’t common. And when I have bought a phone wholesale I usually do it through Amazon.Italy and ended up paying way less than what the High Street would charge for said phone.
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Pablo Bluth posted:Unfortunately the cost of NowTV is creeping up. You used to be able to buy gift cards that worked out cheaper than directly paying but they've stopped those. They also used to always give really cheap deals if you went to cancel, but I gather they're not so generous now. I suspect NowTV is getting too popular and affecting Sky. I remember you could get a free month of Now TV with a Kit-Kat. Then Supermacs were giving away free months of the Now TV movies with their meal deals. Around September Ibought a six month subscription to the Entertainment and Movies pack for €7.50 a month. The other option was keep an eye out for the Now TV sticks. They include a 2 month subscription, and I got ones as Christmas presents for my In Laws for €20.
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The thing about the SaTC reboot is Samantha (British actor Kim Catrell) isn’t coming back for it. From everything that’s been said about the back-scene shenanigans, it seems that it is largely because she and SJP hated each other, and all the cast sided with SJP over her. (Possibly because she was the outsider compared to the rest of the American cast.) Or as one person put it “the only tolerable character will not be returning.”
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Guavanaut posted:Home Office finally doing something that the ECtHR said they should have done decades ago. Judging by that picture, it looked like the reason for the Data Wipe was because Priti Petel kept yelling at some poor, hurranged IT person until he accidentally deleted criticalfile.donotremove.exe and it broke everything. Given the numerous accusations of office bullying, that woman looks like some kind of office tyrant.
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Just Another Lurker posted:First Northern Ireland food hunt of 2021: Tesco in Ballymoney (Cow Town). It's so mad that NI has a Ballymoney. The Ballymoney I'm used to is Ballymoney Beach in Wexford. In other news that went under the radar during the week, the British Government refused to say what criteria it has to meet to consider a Boarder Poll which would be a crucial step towards NI leaving the United Kingdom. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/british-government-declines-to-set-out-criteria-for-a-border-poll-1.4457745
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/leave-eu-brexit-website-arron-banks-b1788267.html The disturbing part is that they used the name and address of a real Irish person who is saying he has nothing to do with this. If this group have just taken someone’s name and address and used it without his approval that’s really bad. Like not as bad as the time that Mossad forged a bunch of passports to pretend to be Irish people and used it to murder a foreign national. But still bad.
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:I got the vaccine yesterday and so far have only experienced one symptom: an overwhelming urge to buy a Surface Pro I got that this was a joke about Bill Gates and the 5G-Vacinations. BizarroAzrael posted:Well Bobstar, do you take off your hands and face before going to bed? WWE masked wrestler Kane* was elected Mayor in some American town. *= Also he wrestled as a dentist, Isaac Yankum DDS.
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Just to circle back to this for a minute.willie_dee posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA-nrXeldCI kingturnip posted:Weeeeell, you don't appoint your own lawyers to investigate something like this if you're certain that the original findings were fair. But, I can imagine a lawyer laying it on pretty thick with the whole "It'll just give you peace of mind" shtick. So as a father who is going through an investigation into my daughter's death and also a lawyer*, you don't go into these cases lightly. And likewise lawyers don't approach grieving families, rub their hands together and say "fantastic, this will be a juicy pay day! Now to concoct some evidence to indicate systematic wrong doings." You go into these things because you are looking for answers and hopefully peace of mind. One thing that is often the case when you tell your story over and over again, parts that you have normalized and internalized are actually horrific and they only become obviously horrific when you tell a third party about them**. And when you tell someone about your story and they tell you "what happened to you doesn't sound like it was normal" you have a desire to investigate. And very often, when you start an investigation, the official version of events can fall apart when the strings are tugged on this. For example, based on the BBC clip posted there, the poor unfortunate parents of Saffie thought she died instantly in the bombing. Now, this begs the question, why did they think that? Were they told she had died instantly? And if so, by whom? And why? But if they examination into her death reveals that she was alive when she reached the hospital, suddenly you have a bunch of extra questions. And if you had been previously told by the authorities one thing (she died instantly) but the evidence reveals something different (she did not) your trust in everything that the authorities have said is gone. Contrary to what Torries think, parents don't sit around fantasizing that their children die in some manner so they can sue the State and get a paycheck to buy new flat screen TV's and Smartphones. Any parent will tell you that they would trade all the money in the world to just have their child alive again. But very often the reason these cases end up being so protracted and fought is because the parents were told that nothing could be done, discovered that something could have been done and that no apology is forthcoming. And it's the lack of empathy and the misinformation that drives these things. I had been told that the UK had moved towards a system where apologies were made and wrongdoings admitted (as a means to reduce liability cases. Which studies have shown that it often does.) but I don't know what has happened here. *= Albeit one who specializes in criminal law. I have never run a medical negligence case and my starting point for doing one would be "find a good medical negligence lawyer and hire them to do the case." **= And it's something that is common with most kinds of tragedy. It's sort of a coping mechanism mixed with a desire not to single yourself out. I call it the Misery Olympics. "Yes my legs did get chopped off because of a falling door. Still, some people have it worse. So I can't complain."
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Guavanaut posted:You say that, but world class shitpiles like Paul Conrathe do exist, as do the 'charities' that back his lot in exploiting fringe cases and preying on legitimate grief. My experience is that you are more likely to see cases where the authorities are engaging in unethical behaviour as opposed to cases where an unscrupulous lawyer has invented a case from nothing. There is codes of conducts and ethics, and those who breach them are found out sooner rather than later. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, more that it is, as you said, the exception to the rule. As for this Paul Cornathe, I don't know him at all. But a quick Google search indicates, in his own words, he appears to be a Pro-Life advocate. I'll let that sit there. https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1274564839990538242?s=19
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Convex posted:We already figured out the solution for that years ago, just send this guy in In one of those weird coincidences* I was watching a Let's Play of the arcade version of NARC this morning, because YouTuber Justin Whang had put up a Stream of himself playing the game on the NES. That game, NARC, not only has one of the maddest final bosses ever, but when you beat the game it says "thank you for completing the NARC training program. Now go enroll with your local DEA office." The game was literally a recruiting tool for the drugs task force. Also, fun fact, fellow Goons Slowbeef and Diabetus did a Let's Play of a very obvious NARC rip-off called Crimewave. It was pretty funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDvqdPq5vL0 * = The kind of weird coincidences that prove the existence of some sort of higher power or grand plan.
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Jose posted:wow who could have seen this coming It's the excuse made in Secondary school by the class dickhead blaming the class swot. "Sir, this bad Brexit deal isn't my fault. I voted for it without reading it. But the Labour guy was supposed to read it before he voted for it."
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CommieGIR posted:Good question: Not sure actually. Someone else pointed that out, too Given that it is from the Irish Embassy Twitter account and is using the Irish flag Emoji, it's probably less likely to cause offense if you just phrase it as "here are sea routes that sail from the Republic of Ireland to France" and imply that people in the North can also sail to France through some magical means.
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serious gaylord posted:Its because they should be very intelligent, calm, rational people and yet hes been on a 4 day breakdown over it. So the Bar as a profession is one so tied up in Victorian traditions* not to mention crazy financial structures meaning it's expensive enough to get in. But it can be super expensive to stay in practice, because payment can be super spadoric. The nature of the work involves standing up in court in front of an audience and theatrically** argue well researched points of law. As has been said, ithe court is a Crucible, where the mediocre are very quickly burnt up. As a profession it attracts a certain type of personality. But the fact we have ethics and (more importantly) an actual sense of collegial means that most Barristers know not to act like dicks to each other. Even if for no other reason than you don't want your reputation within the profession shredded. But as they say in that ad campaign for Tayto Crisps, there is always one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42XwLGQ7BKE Sounds like this QC is....one. *= Seriously I can do a huge effort post about this I know there is a law thread which also probably covers similar ground but I have dined out regularly on stories about Wigs, Gowns, dinner at Hogwarts, having Masters and about spelling Honour with or without a U. ** = I mean that literally. While in Law school we had to take acting lessons. Mostly withal view to improving your speaking voice, but I have learned that sometimes you need to lay the emotions on a bit thick to enhance your case.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Please tell me this consisted of watching and learning at least one Rumpole speech? No, just general stuff about getting people to come out of their shells and speak loudly, clearly and with authority. And while Rumpole is an excellent look at life in the Bar, my go to for most accurate media portrayal of life in the Criminal bar is now, and will forever be My Cousin Vinny. I could do lectures using just that film and different topics of the law. Also someone on Twitter pointed it out, and I can't help but want Joe Pesci to play Tom Holland's Uncle Ben in the next Spider-Man movie.
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Jakabite posted:Is there any profession other than policing where you can just ignore your work email for two weeks and get away with it? We've been waiting on the copper involved to get back with a date he's available for my dad's inquest for a fortnight now. We, people who are not professionally required to do so, got back within a few days. gently caress I thought those stupid cruel lazy fuckers so much. If you are having a problem getting in touch with a specific police officer, see if you can find out what Station he is attached to. (If you have an email address for him, it might also say what police station he is assigned to.) Then try phoning that Station or emailing them, asking to speak to PC Joe Blogs, or to ask him to respond to your message. Explain that it’s to do with an Inquest and that you just need him to confirm dates. Phone calls are more likely to spur people to action than just relying on emails alone.
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justcola posted:I've noticed it too, a strange sort of insistence for optimism no matter what and people who are usually the type to have maybe shook their dad's hand once are suddenly energised with wanting to hug and kiss everyone around them. A few years ago, I watched this documentary about Brexit. The focus on the show was getting people Pro-Leave and Pro-Remain, putting them together in a room and trying to work out why they voted the way they did. The thing that always stuck with me was at the end they had gotten the people into two groups, to try and just talk out their feelings. And the Pro-Remain groups thing was "Can't you see how this is going to screw us all over. What have you done?" While the Pro-Leave group was "look it's done now. Let's all just work together so we can get the best Brexit possible." And what I took from it was one group was in shock because they saw what was going to happen in the future and all the ramification of same. While the other group was just focusing on how happy they were now, and how we all need to ignore thinking too hard about what will happen and instead just mouth empty platitudes and live in denail.
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Jan 20, 2021 17:06
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