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So this is rather poo poo. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/doctors-anger-nhs-contract-plans-23281523 Massively overworked fanily doctors now being forced to work evenings and saturdays. So many are going to quit.
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I wrote a pissed off but polite letter to my backbench labour MP telling him to pull his finger out and get shouty about the bullshit response to refugees right now. Fat lot of good it'll do but it felt good.
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I thought they still banned calls for violence against Russians as a people but changed the policy becuse people were using "russian troops" as an allegory for the "Russian army" when saying violent or violent adjacent things against the Russian military command. Which is a sort of torturous weird route to either a newspaper reporting one thing sensationally to get clicks or lovely people being excused for being lovely... I don't even know what is true anymore so I'm just going to drink.
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Mar 12, 2022 01:16
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Costco heavy duty binliners are ace. Also what an utter shower of cunts at those lord of siberia parties. Really telling how utterly performative any activism is in the tv space and its just liberal wankers taking oligarch money all the way down while making a sad face to camera.
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I had a dream where I was trapped in a room with Keir Starmer and forced to lose political arguments about centrism with him and it was less painful than catching up with this thread today. To add to the discussion. I agree with goddamnedtwisto. Money is the issue. Reporter lady having a heavy slant towards russian money being the only issue and also giving no fucks about others until the leopards came home to eat her face means her credibility and anything that she champions needs to be taken with a huge barrel of salt.
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Almost all cat food, cat toys and most cat meds are manufactured in Germany btw.
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Mar 21, 2022 02:27
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That budget seemed pretty bad. https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1507632921825456128 Also one of my cats, a rescue from Moscow who slept on my neck every night and only communicated in absurdly adorable squeaks had to suddenly be put down on thursday. I'm so unbelieveably sad I don't know what to loving do except curl up and cry repeatedly. I can't eat, I can't sleep and I'm just so loving done. I think I'm going to try to adopt a kitty in need from Ukraine if one needs a home. It's the only thing I can think of to try to turn it into something positive.
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Mar 27, 2022 03:10
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Yeah his bizarre turn on socialism seems to be due to a large dislike of public ownership and that's... It? I mean yeah I guess in and of itself the tories nationalising a lot of poo poo might not be the best because they're a bunch of grifting shits. I do wonder if that's a more common thought amongst economists that its bad due to some reason or if he's just got a blind spot there. I'm feeling much better in the light of the day. Stupid ADHD meds giving depression when they wear off. Could do with an hours more sleep tho. Damned clocks! Here is a happy kitty on a heating pipe from last night 
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Mar 27, 2022 10:29
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keep punching joe posted:why anyone would live anywhere in the UK that isn't Glasgow is beyond me. Sheffield is nice! I keep saying but nobody listens!
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Mar 27, 2022 16:28
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In tottenham in the early 00s people were always screwing on the High road when I was waiting for a bus. I honestly thought that was just a london thing at the time
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Mar 27, 2022 17:07
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Miftan posted:Christ if you think the south of england has seasons I can't even imagine what Glasgow is like. England has seasons. They're just on a 12 hour to 7 day rotation. Basically whoever programmed this nation just filled a huge array with volatile rng functions and called it a day. Possibly after throwing it downstairs. See this week where its been 18 to 22 degrees and sunny all day but 6 at night and then by tuesday its going to be a blizzard and freezing fog.
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Mar 27, 2022 17:13
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Technically your skin is an internal organ because its a non stop tube from your butthole to your mouth. So basically grand designs is a butthole.
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Mar 27, 2022 20:39
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I bought a fancy bidet toilet and it has a light and a heated seat. It's basically the best thing ever pooping in the dark at 2am with freezing rain outside and a warm bum. E: fucksake. Cat tax. I have a hole in chest. Miss my neck cat 
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Mar 27, 2022 22:37
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OwlFancier posted:making GBS threads in the dark is fun until you come to wipe and cannot tell when it is safe to stop. This is why bidets are revolutionary. Why wipe yourself when you can get a robot with a high pressure hose to do it for you and make a soft tinkling chirp noise when its done...
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Mar 28, 2022 00:01
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Keir Starmer. Forever the most bran flakes of politician. The box it comes in is more interesting, makes you poo poo, only liked by old people who you've never seen in real life, constantly talked about as something necessary for you to consume.
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Mar 28, 2022 11:27
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Well. They got everyone talking about them after 2 years of near irrelevance so I'm sure they'll all be happy having all the money and being the centre of attention again.
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Mar 28, 2022 11:30
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sebzilla posted:I like bran flakes I've never seen you in real life so quite possibly you're made up!
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Mar 28, 2022 13:10
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Grape Nuts
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Mar 31, 2022 01:08
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:With extra thick cream generously ladled on top - yum. My wife does despair about my family and our like for adding cream onto things. I wonder if it's a Yorkshire thing.
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Mar 31, 2022 09:32
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Can you imagine the hooting noises in the house of commons if an MP got suplexed onto the mace? You'd be able to hear it from Birmingham.
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Mar 31, 2022 21:07
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Christ watching that sack of steamed ham attempt to middle management his way out of saying anything constructive or helpful in case he offends a potential voter is just so... so... gently caress I don't even know. It's all just so hopeless sometimes.
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Apr 1, 2022 15:58
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Oh if anyone is looking for cheap bug screens that are also cat proof I can highly recommend flat cats. They're a velcro fitted screen that can be sized to order and honestly are pretty decent. I've actually got them on all my windows and conservatory doors. As Jaeluni said though they are an adhesive which will be a pain to remove depending on your windows, but it's a lot less damage than any other fixing method. I've got PVC frames around mine so it's not that much of a bother as a bit of acetone did the trick. We buy it in bulk because the partner likes gel nails. They also last about 1.5 years before you might need to replace the adhesive which I've just done today! E: can someone explain what exactly c-spam is and why everyone in D&D and C-spam seem to get probated repeatedly for referencing duplicate threads in the other forum? I only really post in here and lurk in PYF because the internet is scary and you guys are all good eggs who eat the right kind of monster munch. Mebh fucked around with this message at 16:07 on Apr 1, 2022 |
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Apr 1, 2022 16:05
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Correction to my post above. White spirit not acetone!
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I adopted another cat today. This makes me happy. Her name is Penny and she needed a home and is currently hiding under my reading chair in the conservatory.
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Failed Imagineer posted:Also show cattle pics  "What have you done????"  Spot the cat  Other cats are reacting... Interestingly. Super affectionate to us after being kinda grumpy and sad after we lost Broshka. We're keeping them separated for now. Unsure if we'll let them in the conservatory tonight.
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OwlFancier posted:First time anybody has ever suggested I was normal. Penny is still hiding under my chair and hasn't eaten yet  (i know it can take ages, but eat, cat!!)
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Apr 2, 2022 13:37
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OwlFancier posted:The soul of a true poster, only in the ratio can we truly feel alive. I was a "veteran" of the vn boards and the twirlin wars (an early 00s version of pissflaps... funny how every subforum has at least one) and burnt out posting before I discovered SA had a forum. Ahh the old days. In other news, has anyone had any experience with ME/CFS and the NHS? My wife was diagnosed not too long ago and she handed me the symptom leaflet she got and its a huge checklist for everything that is me. I've been looking up ADHD interactions/similarities and dang. Everything about hypersensitivity, lethargy and pain. There's a lot of commonality. I'm just not convinced the NHS will do poo poo over me talking to my ADHD doctors. It seems to be another one like IBS that is "well, you have it... It just needs to be managed, bye!"
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Lady Demelza posted:On a wildly different note, does anyone know of any good podcasts about Levrinty Beria/NKVD? I don't think Behind the Bastards has covered him yet but that's the kind of thing I'm interested in. Hello fellow behind the bastards fan. We just discovered it after we ran out of swindled. History of the cold war has an episode on him. As does evil men and biographics:history one life at a time. I've not listened to them yet though. Also thanks for all the input on ME/CFS goons. As it stands the ADHD meds have not been great with ridiculously poo poo come downs that either drove me to a very dark depression with lisdexamfetamine and made me nauseous if I so much as sniffed alcohol. Whereas methylphenidate gives me RAGE that I have to fight to control when I crash. I'm also in absolutely unreal full body and muscle pain, hypersensitive to light, sound and smell. The fucker with private is its so eye wateringly expensive (300 a month) the motivation to risk changing anything just isn't there as then its going to extend the duration i have to be with them.
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Anyone know what kind of handy person or builder type would be able to figure out why the front hallway and bathroom of my house is an ice box and fix it? I'm looking into insulation installers and the govt grants but that seems overkill compared to maybe buying some door draught excluders from wickes and fitting them. I don't even know if I have any wall insulation!
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Maybe an EPC assessor would be able to. Hm. Epc might be worth a look. Draughts are definitely coming in the front door and from one window. I'll try the masking tape tip tho thanks!
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Apr 9, 2022 13:35
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Eh its just my goony as gently caress toilet with a bidet and dragons all over the walls. It shouldn't need more than the slits at the top of the window to be open right?
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I did see this book cover randomly the other day and my brain couldn't get over the weird way he was gripping candles. It just felt wrong.  Then lo and behold... Baader Meinhof is real...
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There's a lot of 'gotta hand it to him' going around with Boris' visit to Ukraine. Not that the help is a bad thing at all mind. I do think it's all rather cynical and he's going to use wartime trajectory to sail to a higher approval rating over the next few years, watch Labour solemnly nod along and then pile-drive them in another GE. Especially if the Tories can even manage a modicum token-gesture of help with the cost of living crisis, which I wonder if it's coming with the absolute bodying in the press Sunak is getting. E: uh... Two roosters, a really good politician, a nice lady and a cock? I'm no good at naming things. 
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The story behind those roosters is rather cute though https://www.instagram.com/p/CcJNmfMtxFz/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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Dabir posted:Thus begins the Lib Dem Fight Back™ You know if they put a good local candidate with actual policies up I'd actually maybe consider it despite it being utterly naive after the betrayal when I was a young voter. I mean. I'd consider it. Then draw a cock on the ballot, Because no. Never again. That's also how I feel with Labour now. gently caress them. That leaves me with the green party who I was a member of for a bit, but are still all in on TERF bullshit last I checked and aren't actually really radical enough to make a difference. At that point it makes me wonder if I'm just falling into the trap of purity politics and should just vote for the local Labour guy, Clive Betts to ensure it doesn't go Tory. He's an old, out of touch backbencher that seems 'mostly' OK but is just uselessly continuing the trend in a safe seat. The CLP are fully on the Starmer train and seem to do all his communication for him so you don't actually get to speak to him anyway. The gently caress is the alternative? Burning it all down for another decade of Tories is accelerationism and is no guarantee it won't just cement them more deeply in power. I'm just going to buy a big house when I retire, fill it with cats and start an animal shelter I think. There's a 22 bedroom converted church near me for sale for £1m... I can dream right?
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DesperateDan posted:Me/cfs chat Ah thanks for that. I've got some reservations about weed as with the impulse control from adhd i have been known to eat 5000+ calories of meat before. I never got increased anxiety but gently caress me if my memory gets any worse...I went to bring my mum a bag of shopping to her car and brought her a sock instead! I'm waiting on an appointment with my GP to talk about gabapentin, because I also have nerve issues, yay. It feels harder to get an appointment than peak covid now though. This morning I got up and started calling at 7:59am using my auto dialler. 700 calls later I got through at 8:25am. All appointments gone. Can't book for the next day. Call back tomorrow. Sorry. Nearly threw a teacup. It'd be comical if it wasn't actually killing people. I'm just going to have to go private, which is what they loving want isnt it? Entire work gets BUPA now via salary sacrifice, with corporate exclusion that ignores pre existing conditions. Except a 1k a year cap on costs for chronic illness. Lol. We're basically going to end up like the USA aren't we. Vet care is already there. Mebh fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Apr 11, 2022 |
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Yeah I've done that. Its just holy poo poo. Wait x weeks for this. No diagnosis. Referral to these guys. Silence for months. No diagnosis. Referral to this clinic. Silence for months. If you miss a single call or letter, back to the start. Or pay £160 to speak to a neurologist via video call the same day and get an rx.
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Has anyone read the leadership book "leaders eat last"? I've been given it to read for work and I'm really struggling to get through it. The first chapter goes on about how awesome the Marines are... the second chapter has an anecdotal story about gunning down the taliban with an A-10 in Afghanistan. Is this just to get lovely chuddy managers to read it? I'm told it gets better and I mean the third chapter is "Employees are people too!" but it's like... fucksake. I've just finished a podcast on Henry Kissinger and Nixon and all the poo poo they got up to over the years and I really can't stomach any "hoorah America" right now.
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Part of "leadership training" for work. Basically getting all the leads and prospective leads to read a series of books and then chat about them. Sadly nobody has time so it's been 6 months and no progress. Not to mention the books are shite. From what I can glean the book is not so much trying to tell me apex predators etc, but trust your "men" under you, give them autonomy and provide them what they need. The message is decent but the wrapping is entirely for chuddy lovely managers not folks that know anything about history or well, are essentially pro union/labour and politically astute. I guess a book like that would be written off as woke drivel and never sell which is the problem. In fact the book has lots of terrible reviews from multiple political perspectives (right wing people hate it as the overall message is 'be nice to your workers', left wing people hate it as it's wrapped up in OO RAH bullshit and psychological pseudoscience to try and feed it to right wing people) The person best in charge of my chance at promotion right now unfortunately seems to loving love it. I read the summary here https://readingraphics.com/book-summary-leaders-eat-last/#:~:text=In%20Leaders%20Eat%20Last%2C%20Simon,can%20become%20a%20true%20leader. which I broadly agree with. This review seems to sum it up best I think as he starts going on about oxytocin and seratonin poo poo which I've had enough of with the emotions and Pixar talks we've been forced to endure in the narrative games industry the last few years. quote:I read the first seven chapters. I just couldn't finish it. Sinek has some really good points mixed in with pseudo-science and weird assumptions. The chapters should be titled: Mebh fucked around with this message at 11:52 on Apr 15, 2022 |
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