They want to be European, but don’t want the stink of colonialism, whilst also feeling like rebels, so Ireland it is!

It’s not so much cheering on Iran, but not giving a shit about Israel. Like, Israel just attacked Iran, they reap what they sow.

Not really. British are from Great Britain (the island).

US Press aren’t high profile by virtue of being American. An individual American journalist is nothing in the eyes of the public. If they shot and killed someone like Anderson Cooper, that’s a big story. Random journalist from ABC News? Would barely make a splash.

Nah, low chance she gets purposefully killed by Israel, she’s way too high profile and white for that to happen.

If she were a low level journalist or middle-eastern, she’s a goner, but she’s wrapped in enough privilege to make it politically non-viable to kill her.

Yeah and now that certain companies run the risk of getting flattened into the ground by Trump, only those companies that actually gave a shit continue to support Pride.

“AAAHHH! Hamas are attacking… Doncaster?”

Whatever Asmongold.

I’d rather smell like a rose than smell like shit.

I didn’t subscribe to HBO when Game of Thrones was airing, I’m not about to start now.

Last time she talked about Harry Potter on Twitter, she told everyone that wizards just used to shit themselves until someone invented the toilet.

Science isn’t a belief, it’s a method.

You know for a bunch of tech-savvy people you all seem to fuck up your installs a lot.

Linux can be booted from a USB drive, Windows is deliberately designed to be easy to install and takes less than an hour, and nobody’s installing MacOS anyway.

I reckon it’s because you can’t resist tinkering and never READING THE INSTRUCTIONS

They are kind of a crisis for pensions, mind. The whole idea of a state pension is that for every worker there are approximately two more paying in to cover the costs of the pensions. Every generation is paying the pensions of the previous generation. Obviously it’s actually less than two because of tax brackets and the fact that people die early, but on the whole, it’s roughly two people.

If population declines, well you’re gonna have to re-think your pensions and social care and find the money and/or labour somehow.

Then what would you call someone who holds those beliefs? The belief that some things ought to be conserved and progress ought to be held back in some circumstances? I would call that conservative in a small c kind of way, as opposed to big c Conservatives that are all about centralised power and handing everything over to big businesses to strip the world clean of anything of value.

I’m fine with conservative media in theory, but the problem with conservative media these days is just the constant blatant lying.

I think there’s definitely room for conservative voices, like:

• Conserving the environment.
• Putting checks and balances on AI and technology in general
• Maintaining non-harmful cultural traditions (Morris Dancing is cringe, but it should still be around)
• Promoting an emphasis on local community and family rather than individualism fuelling the capitalist system

Even traditions that have been harmful can be recontextualised and maintained and used as a means of teaching, rather than thrown out entirely in the name of progress. People are so drawn to places like Japan (at least partially) because they maintain their traditions and seek to conserve what they have rather than constantly push forward and bulldoze everything old because it’s old. Obviously not everyone believes in the traditions, but they keep them anyway.

Nowadays though? Conservatives have basically tossed all of that in favor of allowing capital to completely bulldoze over traditions and then blaming the ensuing misery on the gays.

What’s the difference between an application and a program?

In the UK you can quit before you sign your employment contract, but by accepting the job offer, your contract with your new employer has already started, and so you’re protected. They can’t legally pull out without compensating you.

Would you not be able to sue the employer on the grounds of promissory estoppel? You bought a new house, you quit your old job, and incurred financial harm as a result of the job offer, and so by rescinding that offer (assuming the offer was unconditional), they have harmed you, and you have grounds to sue them.

I wonder if someone could make an ADA or CVAA complaint on that basis? Technically the dub isn’t matching the captions, and as a result, someone who is hard of hearing isn’t getting the same experience. Someone who is completely deaf won’t have a bad experience, but someone who has a disability where they can’t hear very well, or have problems comprehending spoken words might have a problem.