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jiggerypokery posted:There has to be a way to quote tweets such that they survive deletion. Archaeoprogrammers have been trying to reverse engineer ancient screenshot technology, not sure how they're progressing.
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Jun 22, 2021 11:56
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Get one of those electric graters and aim the barrel into your mouth.
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Jun 26, 2021 16:58
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Maybe it's a really lovely version of the Cambridge Five trying to do a dead drop.
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Jun 27, 2021 12:32
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Bobstar posted:I don't remember that Enid Blyton book. Was it CANCELLED before I was born??? I bet she had the kids mess up a dead drop at least once, she used to write a book a week. 762 published books in total. All the racism and stuff about girls not being meant to have short hair or boys not being meant to wear dresses should probably be cancelled instead of read to children though. So the answer is, yes. Brendan Rodgers fucked around with this message at 13:36 on Jun 27, 2021 |
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Jun 27, 2021 13:16
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Mr Phillby posted:What even is the difference between 'black tie optional' and 'business'? You walk around staring at your watch and keep your forearm raised at all times, I guess it's an expensive watch.
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Jul 3, 2021 13:33
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OwlFancier posted:Also while I know it makes sense the idea of a window coming with a manual is very funny to me. Windows with future hellword DRM: If you don't pay the subscription in the summer, the temperature in your house increases every hour.
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Jul 5, 2021 20:52
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crispix posted:seeing how well they can polish their shoes on the brushes on the sides of escalators, like the rest of us 
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Jul 5, 2021 21:02
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:As a noodle connoisseur, shin ramyun is a solid pick. Indomie Mie Goreng is also a classic. Yeah same, get some of these off Amazon instead of Pot Noodles, you won't regret it. I ain't tried Indomie, I'll order some.
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Jul 6, 2021 17:23
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therattle posted:I am afraid I am not qualified to answer those questions. Oh cool, she wrote one of my favourite episodes of Accused, called "Helen's Story". Very UKMT that episode. That show was incredible, highly recommended. It's an anthology, every episode is about a different accused person in court for sentencing, having flashbacks about what brought them there. It has a hell of a cast, although they only appear for one episode. Sean Bean, Olivia Colman, Stephen Graham, Christopher Ecclestone, Peter Capaldi, Andy Serkis, etc.
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Jul 8, 2021 16:03
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I see my nurse more than my doctor, she prescribes me stuff, even phones me regularly to talk about the medicine, and advises me on symptoms, and I can get booked into the hospital by calling her or her office instead of going the 999 route. When I do see a doctor it's for like physical examinations.
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Jul 8, 2021 23:37
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I don't really understand what "lockdown" people have been referring to. In other countries they had the army on the main roads.
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Jul 9, 2021 14:55
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OwlFancier posted:Weird question but I can't think who else to ask. There are brands where they are designed to be rugged, and they guarantee the item for life, they even repair it if possible, if not they replace it. But they're extremely expensive. You can find this kind of stuff by searching for "buy it for life" which is also the name of a subreddit. This is basically the Vimes boots theory of economics, you could in theory wear these for the rest of your life. For example these are £295: https://www.filson.com/uk/pants/alcan-double-front-pants.html#sku=20174631-fco-013845731 Or these "100 year pants" for £495: https://www.vollebak.com/product/100-year-pants-granite/ Brendan Rodgers fucked around with this message at 10:07 on Jul 10, 2021 |
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Jul 10, 2021 09:54
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Angepain posted:my prediction: we reach 90 minutes in and nobody scores. Then they try for extra time, and nobody scores. Thirty consecutive free kicks later and nobody scores. The entirety of one team stands on the other edge of the pitch as the other all push the football into the goal. It doesn't go in. None of them can do anything to get the football to go in. They try to concede the match, but their mouths can't form the words. They can't do anything. The fans try to leave, and find all the doors are locked. When they jump out the windows they come back in on the other side. The government is urged into action but Boris Johnson declares that since the place this football is immovably stuck in by forces unknown is in London then it technically means football has, in fact, come home, and so everything is fine actually. The tories gain five points in the polls. Isn't that the SCP about the basketball match and the fans end up forming tribes and cannibalising each other?
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Jul 11, 2021 18:09
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"In what is known to be one of the first forms of sports rioting, supporters of the chariot racing team, Greens, revolted against the Byzantine Empire's leader and supporter of the Greens' rival Blues, Justinian. At least half of the Empire's capital of Constantinople (now Istanbul) was burned by the rioters, and 30,000 people were killed."
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Jul 12, 2021 10:58
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HopperUK posted:I used to be a computer game fat guy but now, thanks to an encounter with That Italian Guy, I am a lovely dog. So I'm in favour. Just clicked that link and lmao trying to imagine the sheer ambulance logistics necessary in this hypothetical society.
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Jul 12, 2021 11:49
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If the patient dies on the way to the hospital they just put the whole ambulance into a car crusher at the funeral.
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Jul 12, 2021 12:50
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ronya posted:In Excession however a force from literally beyond time and space shows up to karmically deliver an object lesson in humility. Never mind the Affronters: even the universe itself is determined to punish Culture hawks. Yeah that part is great, as advanced as The Culture are, they couldn't even begin to contemplate what was going on with the Excession. My favourite part about Banks is when he leaves something hanging for you to imagine, just a background detail with infinite possibilities. Some chapters throw out multiple per page, ideas that for other writers would be entire books, for Banks it was just a small detail in a larger plot.
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Jul 13, 2021 19:09
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https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/ That subreddit has a similar function if goons fail you. I've had them identify movies that I saw one scene of on channel 5 20 years ago.
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Jul 13, 2021 19:20
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Bobby Deluxe posted:I'm feeling my own dumb hot take arising about 'parody' that sails too close to just repeating dumb / bigoted content without bothering to add a joke, but irony's not really my strong suit, so maybe this is fine for most people and I just don't get it. I've started to think about that slightly unspoken take of yours, since I saw Americans on reddit demanding people post "/s" on really obvious sarcasm in UK subs. Even with their being an ostensibly English speaking nation, they struggle to read our irony. When you start operating on multiple levels of irony, you're posting content that will be enjoyed sincerely by most of the internet. People like dril take it to a surreal level that kinda transcends what I'm talking about.
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Jul 15, 2021 17:24
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Gonzo McFee posted:https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1415971934714671116?s=19 Doesn't that mean the Tories took most of the green vote?
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Jul 16, 2021 12:01
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Guavanaut posted:Fairly sure I could take that McGreggs man single handed if he was walking unawares down a canal tow path and I had a sock full of lead shot and the element of surprise. Zangief agrees though he would simply suplex him into the canal to prove the superiority of Communism. 
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Jul 17, 2021 13:58
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OwlFancier posted:Johnson contracts all the covid variants until he become boris the deathless, eternal emperor of the british isles. Dunno if this was posted, it's from Lichcraft, a tabletop RPG about becoming a Lich to survive long enough for the NHS transition treatment waiting list: 
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Jul 17, 2021 15:30
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I'd say grassing up commies to british intelligence was a pretty fascist thing to do but then I don't know words as good as Mr Animal Farm CIA adaptation throaty McHurty. I haven't even forgiven the socdems for Rosa, liberals are going to have to get in the queue.
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Jul 19, 2021 10:29
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Szmitten posted:I'm also going to assume that given that everyone under 40 has to have a Pfizer or Moderna, and that those two are available in limited quantities, and that both appointments are booked in advance, I'm presuming that guaranteeing second doses are taking precedent over first doses, because I had to wait weeks for my first appointment theoretically being able to book. In fact moving my second appointment sooner was way easier than getting the first. I got AZ and I'm not 40.
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Jul 19, 2021 18:28
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Barry Foster posted:lol I was waiting for that one Please, continue. 
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Jul 19, 2021 18:36
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Jakabite posted:In a way it’s a privilege to potentially witness the end of a semi-advanced civilisation Think of that unbroken chain of survival and evolution between a single celled lifeform and you, with all the ancestors inbetween, and how improbable it was to be here at the end. Revel in the glory of a dying world.
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Jul 19, 2021 18:48
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Ms Adequate posted:I do, but does it have to be so damned uncomfortable for me personally? 
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Jul 19, 2021 19:22
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learnincurve posted:Higher chance of developing dementia age 60+, it’s been a documented problem since documents began. Older people in power/cultures respecting your elders (if only for the inheritance) while their mind goes is responsible for so much literal war and suffering through history. Airlines had problems with this in various plane crashes because junior pilots wouldn't override their seniors even though they were allowed to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_culture_on_aviation_safety
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Jul 19, 2021 21:02
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learnincurve posted:I read a lot of novels from the 1920s, which is a interesting period because it’s a gentler time, but they are also breaking away from Victorian values and a big trope is the belligerent old Victorian uncle who’s lost his mind. There are some black and white movies from the 1920s that have people being gay and doing crimes, but then in the 1930s there was a reactionary era where the US banned it all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Code_Hollywood quote:As a result, some films in the late 1920s and early 1930s depicted or implied sexual innuendo, romantic and sexual relationships between white and black people, mild profanity, illegal drug use, promiscuity, prostitution, infidelity, abortion, intense violence, and homosexuality. Brendan Rodgers fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Jul 19, 2021 |
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Jul 19, 2021 21:27
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I still haven't figured out what the gently caress a Covid Recovery Bond is so I hope they don't drop another policy on me too soon.
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Jul 21, 2021 12:27
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Indeed. I have a reputation to maintain. Firefox Relay lets you make one use emails for that stuff built into the signup bar.
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Jul 21, 2021 20:23
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DesperateDan posted:I don't drink booze really but still ferment some fruit wine once or twice a year cause it's really fun and good for gifting Tell us more.
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Jul 23, 2021 09:02
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Jedit posted:My sister's grandfather had been an Army major in the last days of the Raj and had acquired a great fondness for curry, but he would never darken the door of a curry house here because what they served wasn't to his mind curry at all. He prided himself on making his own curries from scratch using the traditional Indian recipes. Adding tomato soup, yoghurt and cream to tikka masala wasn't that big a deal. There are "traditional indian recipes" which have a dairy/coconut base for a similar effect. The word basically just means sauce, I can see where you're coming from, but what's a traditional indian recipe? We didn't even have chillis and tomatos over there until a few hundred years ago. Each town and city has wildly different curries. My mom and aunts can't even agree on what their recipe is I'm not sure how your sister's grandfather managed to get a hold of the One Recipe to rule them all.
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Jul 24, 2021 09:52
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Brendan Rodgers posted:Adding tomato soup, yoghurt and cream to tikka masala wasn't that big a deal. There are "traditional indian recipes" which have a dairy/coconut base for a similar effect. Oh yeah just to add to this, it's perfectly normal in Indian cuisine to add such ingredients that moderate the heat, and then serve the chillis as a side to crush into the food as desired, though this is mostly done for children, old people, people with digestive issues or even just people who don't like heat, it's not like everyone in India is going around taking spicy food challenges. If you served a proper British chicken tikka masala to someone in India, they might just ask for more spice that's all, or to replace the chicken with paneer. Brendan Rodgers fucked around with this message at 12:36 on Jul 24, 2021 |
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Jul 24, 2021 12:34
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Communist Thoughts posted:My cousin's Indian father in law complains about the family making the food too mild every time my cousin visits and apparently last time at the dinner table ended up sulking and eating raw chillis and lemons Raw chillies are surprisingly sweet and crisp if they're fresh enough, especially red ones. They're still hot obviously, I just mean if you're used to spicy food you'll be surprised at how munchable they are if you first try one and it's fresh. Pickled chilli is a great side too for that kinda situation.
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Jul 24, 2021 13:13
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Some of you needed to learn how to punch your brother in the bum so that he would think twice about where he farts, your parents might have appreciated it if anything, they just can't admit it
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Jul 25, 2021 21:38
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Make them compete in Daley Thompson's Decathlon. "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is launching a virtual Olympics, where you can compete for a gold medal...from home! Called the Olympic Virtual Series, players will be able to compete in five different sports - baseball, cycling, rowing, sailing and motor sport."
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Jul 26, 2021 13:36
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History Comes Inside! posted:Legitimately they should add pro-wrestling to the olympics. Yeah just calibrate it around both participants sharing points as a team. Like it's not just the suplexer who did the suplex, it's also the suplexee who had to provide most of the power and land on their neck without dying. It would be like paired figure skating yeah.
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Jul 26, 2021 13:39
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Failed Imagineer posted:I would choose to be the guy throwing my mate off the top of the cage, rather than the guy going through the table, if we were getting the gold mefal as a team You can take turns.
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Jul 26, 2021 13:56
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Red Oktober posted:Christ, it's like Animals of Farthing Wood just with kids. There was a part in the original book series where a wild cat called The Beast is killing the animals, it was left out of the cartoons because it was too much like horror.
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Jul 27, 2021 15:58
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