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TACD: Oct 27, 2000

The list of CLPs feels like a relic from another age

# ¿ Mar 1, 2021 10:54

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 14:21

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

forkboy84 posted:

I saw her on Marr over breakfast yesterday and gently caress me she's a non-entity. No charisma, no presence, no ideas, no ability to read the mood of the electorate, just nothing.

A perfect blank slate onto which voters can project their own ideas? Sounds like the next leader of the Labour Party to me!

# ¿ Mar 1, 2021 11:57

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Jose posted:

bbc having a normal one today

https://twitter.com/RivkahBrown/status/1366433633754615814

What are Jews? We just don't know.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2021 19:22

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

goddamnedtwisto posted:

I actually had something like that happen with my heating - some weirdness with them crossing up my account with someone with a similar address meant that the best way they could think of to rectify matters was to refund us both everything we'd paid over a couple of months then credit both our accounts with the full amount each of us had paid, so I basically got a free year or so of hot water and heat.

(This was after their phone app went haywire and took 70-ish �1 "verification payments" which they likewise refunded me in full and let me keep the credit - I find it hard to hold the fairly frequent little admin cockups the small firm that looks after our CHAP system makes when they're normally so quick and generous when correcting them)

We�ve got a smart meter in our new place and a little after I gave them our first reading they credited my account with nearly �650 for some reason. I assume at some point it�ll disappear again but I�m not going to ask them about it until then.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2021 01:02

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

kingturnip posted:

Turns out rotting fruit makes a better politician than Keith "no, slash his penis more" Starmer

I imagine that �penis-slasher Starmer� will make him sound far cooler than he actually is to the Labour right in the same way that all the stuff about Corbyn being a laser-eyed Communist colossus did to us.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2021 09:08

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Chubby Henparty posted:

Apparently happens more than you think

Yea, remember when Bristol police tasered their race relations adviser?

# ¿ Mar 3, 2021 14:22

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

VideoGames posted:

I genuinely have no idea. All I know is that I feel I should be in one and am not fully sure where to look. Based on my role, support staff for the Education sector, it looks like GMB might be the best one but I am not sure.

If you�re in higher education then UCU supports admin staff as well as lecturers

# ¿ Mar 4, 2021 16:08

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Convex posted:

"grok!" sounds like something a thug would exclaim as Judge Dredd pops his head open with a homing round

you mean �frak� and it�s cylons

god

# ¿ Mar 8, 2021 16:23

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

suck my woke dick posted:

Regarding GICs I thought that even beyond any issues of how well the GIC itself is being run the whole thing was sized to the demand occurring when trans people were much less likely to come out of the closet, and now they're experiencing an order of magnitude more people lining up while providing adequate resources for trans health care isn't a priority in the current political climate

How long does it take for the census data to be compiled / released? I�m assuming it�ll reveal an absolutely massive increase in people identifying as trans over the last census that will show how woefully inadequate the current system is.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2021 09:50

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

kingturnip posted:

It's hard to disagree with the numbers, but it's pretty remarkable to me that of all the places someone could choose to work as a health professional within the NHS, someone who doesn't give a poo poo about trans issues would choose to work in a GIC.

I can absolutely believe somebody with Glinner-brain would work there to try to prevent as many people as possible from transitioning

# ¿ Mar 10, 2021 12:16

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Kinda off topic but the corruption talk reminded me of a personal crack ping moment I had a while ago:

Working in academia one of the things you get pelted with spam for is fake conferences. But what I didn�t realise until a colleague told me about it was that there�s fake conferences where the attendee knows it�s fake and the whole thing is basically a tag-team scam on the academic institution to give the �conference� organiser some cash and the academic an expenses-paid holiday.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2021 01:52

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

thespaceinvader posted:

gently caress fake conferences, a lot of 'real' conferences are this as well.

Large, publicly funded research orgs are frequently a complete mess both financialy and managerially, whether they're trying to actually ddo useful work, or whether they're just there to soak up loose money from whatever department.

Yea the last conference I was at featured a heavier drinking schedule than most music festivals I�ve attended, with a pretty obscene feast in an art gallery to close it out.

It was all EU funded though, haha! *flips the bird while running out the door*

# ¿ Mar 11, 2021 14:11

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

I would have thought Starmer would go for the Victory gin out of a tin cup

# ¿ Mar 11, 2021 15:42

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Doctor_Fruitbat posted:

Oh good. So what's a good VPN these days? I should probably get on that.

Mullvad IMO; zero-knowledge account creation, supports WireGuard, app (and infrastructure) has been independently audited and is very easy to use.

Guavanaut posted:

AirVPN seems pretty good.

Yea AirVPN would also be a solid choice

# ¿ Mar 12, 2021 12:38

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Weasling Weasel posted:

There's definitely a fair argument that once the most vulnerable have been vaccinated, we should be thinking about how to supply countries with active spread and large vulnerable populations left to cover, before we work on vaccinating every single 20 and 30 year old though, right?

I�m not an epidemiologist so could be totally wrong but this sounds like an absolutely idealised setup to breed a vaccine-resistant COVID strain

# ¿ Mar 13, 2021 09:57

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

My partner works at a box factory so when we moved she just went in and picked up like 50 heavy-duty potato boxes for free 😎

The boxes they sell you at self-storage places or whatever are all shite and way below spec for anything slightly heavy, that�s why everybody is having an awful time with them

# ¿ Mar 13, 2021 12:28

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

I have absorbed a lot of information about cardboard by osmosis over the past few years

# ¿ Mar 13, 2021 12:30

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Phil and Murdoch are actual literal liches and there�s nothing that will convince me otherwise

# ¿ Mar 16, 2021 12:50

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Necrothatcher posted:

I wonder what happened to him after he dropped out the public eye.

I imagine he went back to running one of the most awful trashy venues in Sheffield

# ¿ Mar 16, 2021 16:43

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Boris Johnson as head of state seems like a good choice, he can prance around like an idiot with everybody goggling at him without the downsides of actually having power or making decisions

# ¿ Mar 17, 2021 11:59

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

OwlFancier posted:

You have to book two appointments when you book, so they are, seemingly, attempting to make sure people get both of them. You can't just book one and they have to be within a certain window after each other too.

This seems to be dependent on GP surgery; my partner booked both jabs at the same time but they just gave me the card with the date of my first jab on it and told me they�d be in touch to arrange a second.

Presumably if the date comes and goes I won�t be allowed to call the surgery to check and will just have to ~trust the system~

E: Also, anecdotal but it seems like most people I know of my age (late 30s) have already had the first jab by now; maybe we all have at least some qualifying condition but it�s very confusing when officially they�re still supposed to be targeting over-50s

TACD fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Mar 17, 2021

# ¿ Mar 17, 2021 18:49

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Ok fonts of all knowledge ITT, I had an email from Spotify saying I was one of the top 5% listeners to a particular band and inviting me to premium. So I googled premium to see how much the bands get from being on Spotify and couldn't find any actual figures but wasn't 'encouraged'.
What's the best way of supporting artists? I'm guessing it's not buying off Amazon!

If they�re on Bandcamp that�s pretty good I believe. You�re correct that Spotify pays utter trash; I tend to use their algorithm to find new music and then go buy the albums off Bandcamp.

E: The first Friday of each month is Bandcamp Friday where 100% of what you spend goes to the artist.

TACD fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Mar 18, 2021

# ¿ Mar 18, 2021 00:50

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Ooh I'll bear that in mind either for 1st April or 1st May. (Just checked the artist is on bandcamp).

2nd April 😉

# ¿ Mar 18, 2021 01:08

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

I got scam call once purporting to be from HMRC saying I owed taxes or whatever, which had me going for a while just because they never actually got around to asking for money or even implying that I could make the problem go away by paying them. (I eventually wised up and hung up, presumably they would have got around to it eventually.)

My partner once came up to me very concerned because she'd gotten a nasty email from somebody claiming to have video of her masturbating to porn that they were going to spread around to friends and family, until I pointed out that 1) it's a common scam and 2) the porn computer doesn't have a webcam

# ¿ Mar 18, 2021 22:23

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

kecske posted:

lol

well "the computer that had been used for porn in this case", regrettably we have not yet invested in a purpose-built in-home dedicated porno station

# ¿ Mar 18, 2021 22:45

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

I wasn�t worried about the vaccine at all until Boris said it was safe

# ¿ Mar 19, 2021 09:50

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

NotJustANumber99 posted:

What if a horse, a bicycle and a motorbike had a coming together and crashed into a pedestrian just as they were fleeing a bee dog fight only to be struck by a meteorite?

would you rather be struck by a bike-sized horse or a horse-sized bike

# ¿ Mar 19, 2021 13:01

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Jippa posted:

If it's a proper freezer then yes.

What is a "proper freezer" I ask, anticipating a ten-page derail

# ¿ Mar 23, 2021 14:02

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Ah yea fair enough. I�d like a chest freezer someday, in my future aspirational house with space for appliances that don�t all sit on the countertop or each other :sigh:

# ¿ Mar 23, 2021 14:26

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Eddy-Baby posted:

A friend requested a primer on "politics"; they have not been interested in this, ever, but it seems they might be starting to notice that Bad Things are Happening. The recommended reading for this thread seems a bit heavy, though. Any thoughts on what/where I could send them?

If you do have a chat (or series of chats) with them as people have suggested I�d love to hear about how they take each crack-ping milestone along the way

# ¿ Mar 25, 2021 15:36

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

BalloonFish posted:

Quoting myself from the Idiots on Social Media thread:

Glad I watched the Liam Neeson doc on this the other week to really appreciate the scorching temperature of this take

# ¿ Mar 26, 2021 14:39

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

prince ali, fabulous he,

crispix posted:

alba alaba

# ¿ Mar 27, 2021 02:54

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

stev posted:

Cheers BBC for the push notification consisting of a quote from Johnson that the protestors are a 'mob intent on violence' without any comment or elaboration. loving cunts.

If you don�t want random stabs of pointless rage throughout the day then why do you let the BBC send push notifications to your phone :confused:

# ¿ Mar 27, 2021 12:17

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Noxville posted:

Starmer photoshopping out anything to do with Corbyn from photographs. Now who�s Stalinesque?

https://twitter.com/troovus/status/1375812754909564928?s=21

Unless I�m missing something the only sign that�s been changed is one that says �Thank you for being our leader�, and I don�t know if it�s hilarious or just sad that everybody agrees there�s no plausible way that could refer to Smithers

# ¿ Mar 28, 2021 10:36

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

For people whose jobs is basically typing into Bad Screen there's no reason to have a synchronised work day at all IMO

# ¿ Mar 28, 2021 14:29

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

I do hope homeowners in Kent kept hold of all the bottles of lorry driver piss thrown over their walls so that they can be enjoyed by future generations

# ¿ Mar 28, 2021 23:16

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Mebh posted:

Apparently this is a British thing.

A bunch of brits elsewhere on this godforsaken forum were discussing that Colin the Caterpillar is a British thing.

Apparently I should know this if I am really British.

What the gently caress goons. What are you up to?

I distinctly remember a birthday party I had as a kid where we had a Colin the Caterpillar cake. I had the head slice with all the extra icing and stuff because it was my birthday

Then I spilt my coke all over my slice and ruined it and had no cake at all :cry:

# ¿ Mar 29, 2021 01:06

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Loudly ringing the emergency alarm and screaming at everyone to get out now before this thread descends any further into the nightmare pit of writing Boris Johnson sex acts fanfic

# ¿ Mar 29, 2021 10:00

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Convex posted:

I'm a page late on this but what the gently caress

Literally what is the justification for this

I�m sure they�ll eventually cave to pressure and invent one

# ¿ Mar 30, 2021 23:15

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 14:21

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Barry Foster posted:

I've recently come to realise that despair is actively counter-revolutionary

Thanks therapy!

Do you have any anti-despair pointers because I think I might be in too deep at this point

# ¿ Mar 31, 2021 11:01

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