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General Discussion / Re: [MILK] There were 12 eggs here what did you do with them? (Happy thread?!)
« on: March 12, 2024, 05:28:02 pm »
Do you have a time limit for your doctorate or does it just take as long as it takes?
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: March 11, 2024, 04:50:45 pm »
I think I just feel a bit more sympathy for people who joined the family. She fell in love with William, ‘t ain’t her fault that comes with infinite scrutiny.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: March 11, 2024, 03:53:42 pm »
The furore about her not being seen (officially) in public is presumably why the picture was released in the first place. She’s not even allowed to try to calm people down without speculation about it being splashed all over the news.
The BBC article on it today even went over some of the parts that had been (possibly? I didn’t read that much about it because it’s soul destroyingly stupid) edited, and even then she may not have been doing it in a deliberate effort to manipulate discourse.
I don’t have any particular like for the royal family, but holy shit it must be so exhausting having everyone’s eyes on you all the time for the tiniest little thing to critique, and the smallest vacuum of space you create about anything is immediately filled with speculation about all sorts of things.
The BBC article on it today even went over some of the parts that had been (possibly? I didn’t read that much about it because it’s soul destroyingly stupid) edited, and even then she may not have been doing it in a deliberate effort to manipulate discourse.
I don’t have any particular like for the royal family, but holy shit it must be so exhausting having everyone’s eyes on you all the time for the tiniest little thing to critique, and the smallest vacuum of space you create about anything is immediately filled with speculation about all sorts of things.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: March 11, 2024, 02:08:28 pm »
The media is apparently going bananas over an edited (by her) picture of Princess Kate because she apparently isn’t allowed any privacy while she convalesces from major surgery.
I’ve never really understood the fascination with royals, and it does get to reach quite disgusting levels at times.
I’ve never really understood the fascination with royals, and it does get to reach quite disgusting levels at times.
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General Discussion / Re: Emotional Responses to War in Ukraine - Trollbait 2.0
« on: March 10, 2024, 11:36:34 pm »
Unfortunately Republicans don’t care that much about Russia anymore. He’ll have people voting for him precisely because he’ll stop funding the war effort.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: March 10, 2024, 06:26:04 pm »
Yeah I had the 10% lee-way too. I always found myself putting unnecessary gloss on my language because I was usually underneath and filling it with actual content was clearly out of the question, whereas my wife usually asked me to edit her’s down because she usually went over the limit.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: March 10, 2024, 04:06:19 pm »
Yeah I always had 1500 word essays for university, though I left midway through year 3 of 4.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: March 09, 2024, 04:46:12 pm »
I get migraines for my caffeine withdrawal headaches, so avoid caffeine for the most part.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: March 09, 2024, 04:02:39 am »
Got my first political ad of the year today.
Only 8 months ‘til election time.
Only 8 months ‘til election time.
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General Discussion / Re: [MILK] There were 12 eggs here what did you do with them? (Happy thread?!)
« on: March 08, 2024, 05:50:22 pm »
There already is one, brah.
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General Discussion / Re: Israel-Gaza/Palestine war thread
« on: March 06, 2024, 10:42:46 pm »Eurgh can you not just try to be psychic or something? /sI will refrain from posting when I’m concentrating on other things in future then :pWell, you know me, I can only speak to what you said, not what you meant.
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General Discussion / Re: Israel-Gaza/Palestine war thread
« on: March 06, 2024, 09:20:46 pm »
I will refrain from posting when I’m concentrating on other things in future then :p
What I quoted from the article did not illustrate my point very well, but the article as a whole does. Israel has changed their story a few times about what happened and their involvement.
If they were just honest about, or maybe even just a lot better at hiding the fact they don’t give a shit about their obligations as an occupying power/following international law, I wouldn’t really have anything to say about it, but they keep trying to make it look like they’re responding proportionally or are justified in what they’re doing.
What I quoted from the article did not illustrate my point very well, but the article as a whole does. Israel has changed their story a few times about what happened and their involvement.
If they were just honest about, or maybe even just a lot better at hiding the fact they don’t give a shit about their obligations as an occupying power/following international law, I wouldn’t really have anything to say about it, but they keep trying to make it look like they’re responding proportionally or are justified in what they’re doing.
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General Discussion / Re: Israel-Gaza/Palestine war thread
« on: March 06, 2024, 08:38:10 pm »
In what way is it knee-jerk? Just read the article.
Israeli spokespeople say most of the casualties were from stampeding and trampling and the aid vehicles leaving, while a hospital says that of the 176 patients they saw, 142 had bullet wounds. That falls into question “warning shots while leaving” narrative.
Even from the quotes I put in, the spokespeople seem very surprised that starving people are desperate for food.
Israeli spokespeople say most of the casualties were from stampeding and trampling and the aid vehicles leaving, while a hospital says that of the 176 patients they saw, 142 had bullet wounds. That falls into question “warning shots while leaving” narrative.
Even from the quotes I put in, the spokespeople seem very surprised that starving people are desperate for food.
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General Discussion / Re: Israel-Gaza/Palestine war thread
« on: March 06, 2024, 08:04:21 pm »
BBC article on the convoy massacre.
They can’t even get their story straight on it:
Which is it? Firing shots to calm civilians - never mind considering why they think that is step one in trying to de-escalate a situation - or retreating to get out the way?
They can’t even get their story straight on it:
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In further comments to the UK's Channel 4 News, IDF spokesman Lt Col Peter Lerner said a "mob stormed the convoy bringing it at some stage to a halt.
"The tanks that were there to secure the convoy see the Gazans being trampled and cautiously tries to disperse the mob with a few warning shots."
In a video statement posted on X at 20:35 GMT - 22:35 in Gaza and Israel - the IDF's Daniel Hagari claimed: "Hundreds became thousands and things got out of hand."
He said the tank commander decided to retreat to avoid harming civilians and "they were backing up securely, not shooting at the mob".
Which is it? Firing shots to calm civilians - never mind considering why they think that is step one in trying to de-escalate a situation - or retreating to get out the way?
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Mafia / Re: Demonology ½: A Prototype - Sign-Ups: 6 / 7+
« on: March 06, 2024, 06:47:51 pm »
I’ll PTW for the time being.