Flamekebab
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- Comment on Too Much: What film and TV get wrong about London 2 days ago:
I'm not really sure how to put this but... duh?
Media portrays a place in a way that isn't true to the reality of it, amazingly a subset of people are taken in by this trope as old as time. It's "The Big Rotton Apple", Paris Syndrome, and stuff like that and I'd assume has been around as long as we've had cities.
Why not just make the article "watch the show 'Too Much', please"?
- Comment on Labour housing plans could destroy 215,000 hectares of nature in England, analysis shows 3 days ago:
I'm curious what the numbers look like for commercial properties standing empty because they're investment vehicles for legal financial shenanigans. I'm talking about how many offices we've built over the last twenty years when anyone with a lick of sense could see this was a waste of time.
I don't mean "why aren't we doing that instead" - the article just gets me wondering about how much space we've wasted on worthless concrete garbage that stands perpetually empty.
- Comment on Children in England ‘living in almost Dickensian levels of poverty’ 6 days ago:
I wondered what that smell was.
- Comment on Children in England ‘living in almost Dickensian levels of poverty’ 6 days ago:
I cannot imagine where all the money has gone. Perhaps if we lower taxes on the very rich a smidge they'll give some back out of the goodness of their hearts?
- Comment on Just how visible is your butthole to a gynecologist? 6 days ago:
Call me old and out of touch but I'll be damned if I'm just letting this censorship of posts be treated as normal. Fuck advertisers.
- Comment on Just how visible is your butthole to a gynecologist? 6 days ago:
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shitposting community, you say? - Comment on Just how visible is your butthole to a gynecologist? 1 week ago:
Again, FFS, do a quick search and post the uncensored version! It's not hard!
- Comment on I understand what Trump cares about, says Starmer 1 week ago:
Based on the headline: it's not exactly rocket science.
- Comment on “When the fun stops, stop.” Addiction experts consider the rise of gambling in the U.K. a test case 1 week ago:
Letting companies be pretty much as manipulative as possible and not caring about the harm being caused when individuals fall prey to them seems to be the order of the day. Encourage people to build neural pathways that are severely financially detrimental to them and then sit back while the cash rolls in.
Mmm, sounds great and should absolutely be legal. Boak.
- Comment on Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section 1 week ago:
Is there anything we can do about this bullshit?
- Comment on Chief medical officer for England says culture-war coverage of cycling could harm nation’s health 1 week ago:
I really would like to see some significant stamping down on this culture war nonsense. We have serious problems to deal with and instead we've just got morons stirring the pot.
- Comment on Tough new driving rules could land Brits with a ban for ‘minor’ mistakes 1 week ago:
Excellent. A hell of a lot of people in this country need reminding that driving is a privilege. The amount of entitledness on the roads is flabbergasting. The country already falls over itself to prioritise them in terms of infrastructure but that's never enough. They don't want to have to obey any rules, speed limits, share, or otherwise behave. Be less shit.
- Comment on Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy 1 week ago:
Is ran?
- Comment on Members of public to be selected for ‘honest conversation’ about MPs’ pay 1 week ago:
Oh it used to make my blood boil to learn my MP hadn't even bothered to show up for a vote or debate. It still would but I don't keep track of it anymore. It's your godsdamned job, you over-entitled fucks. I don't give a shit if you think it's dull - you wanted it, you got it, now get your arse onto those benches and represent the interests of your constituents. If you don't want to do that, fucking resign.
- Comment on Britons could soon install balcony solar panels in flats and rental homes 2 weeks ago:
Options for renters are sorely needed.
- Comment on Members of public to be selected for ‘honest conversation’ about MPs’ pay 2 weeks ago:
Making everything about money turns out to have been super bad for society.
As in we seem to treat money as the ultimate form of success. Sure, we pay lip service to other things, but in reality we don't really acknowledge other accomplishments on the same level.
You see it in the way the culture sector is expected to make a profit, rather than the goal being to make culture. Much like healthcare - you put money in and get a healthy population out. It's not supposed to make money!
I'm thinking that if a successful career as a politician was based more around improving our society, rather than being a great way to make pots of cash, then the goal would be to have a memorable (positive!) career in politics.
Putting money on a pedestal is such a fucking lie. It's essentially a boiled down version of the classic advertising lie - "Buy this thing and you will be happier" (perhaps not stated as such but that's the general pitch). Satisfaction and contentment isn't something that can be achieved by ticking a box - it's a journey and a learned way of framing one's life. There's plenty of ways to spend money to reduce negatives, and money can definitely lubricate the gears of life towards happiness, but ticking the boxes won't actually unlock those things.
You don't wake up one morning after achieving whatever tickbox and suddenly become a different person.
"I've got my PhD, now I'm satisfied with life!"Doesn't work like that! You can't flip a switch in your brain and change the way you've been interpreting your situation.
It'd be lovely if it did work like that, so I can see why it's so easy to get people to buy into it. It's an easy answer to a difficult question.
Instead I think we need people chasing after different needs. The need to make a positive difference (and be known for it), to make a contribution to our culture, etc.. There's a bit of ego about it but that's humans for you. Use that lever for good!
- Comment on What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes? 2 weeks ago:
What a soundtrack!
- Comment on UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace 2 weeks ago:
No, thanks.
- Comment on Historically love sugar 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I always found it weird when people would act like they have it so cushy. On a material comfort level, sure, but on basically every other level it sounds awful. You couldn't pay me to put myself or my children through that.
Footballers who get paid a packet and can then vanish into obscurity if they so choose? That sounds like the good life.
Hard pass on the gilded cage thing. I'm no monarchist, so now that the single nationalised granny initiative is over I'm wondering whether we'll keep them. Inertia will probably keep it going for a while yet. Transitioning away from them seems like it'd probably somehow be even more expensive and troublesome than living with them. A bit like trying to totally rid a large building of mice.
- Comment on Historically love sugar 2 weeks ago:
Whenever I hear "King Charles" I think "Who? That can't be right".
- Comment on Majority of children will be overweight or obese in nine areas of England by 2035, study shows 3 weeks ago:
Added to an effort in schools to introduce children to a wide variety of sports or exercise based on them finding enjoyment rather than meeting some specific gov goal.
Gods, this rings a bell. My relationship with sports is terrible because there was basically never any effort made to make it fun. I played what I had to and was at best okay. I've not been involved in sports in over twenty years because it doesn't fit into my world.
That's not a desireable outcome!
- Comment on make fantasy great again! 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on UK Social Security Plans Will Harm People With Disabilities 3 weeks ago:
👏 Tax 👏 the 👏 rich 👏 you 👏 neoliberal 👏 fucksticks👏
- Comment on Red Dead Redemption 1 3 weeks ago:
In that case you should go for it as you'll know pretty quickly whether it's fun for you.
- Comment on Red Dead Redemption 1 3 weeks ago:
I think that depends more on your income level. Is $30 a lot to you?
It's about £22 to me and whilst I'd say the game is a lot of fun (I played through it in 2019, I think, on my Xbox One X) I personally wouldn't pay that much for it. However I spent a long time poor, so I'm rather price sensitive even though I probably don't need to be quite so hesitant any more.
- Comment on 'No-bra, no-exam' rule at Nigerian university sparks outrage 3 weeks ago:
...fuckin' why?
- Comment on Overseas-trained dentists working in McDonald’s as millions lack NHS dental care 3 weeks ago:
There aren't any NHS dentists near me. My pregnant wife is entitled to free dental care in principle. In reality I have no option but to go private.
Healthcare is the cost of doing business and results in a healthier society both physically and economically. Gods forbid we tax the top end of society.
- Comment on What are your favorite Tactical RPGs? 3 weeks ago:
I enjoyed Wasteland 3 a great deal too.
- Comment on What are your favorite Tactical RPGs? 3 weeks ago:
I rather enjoyed Gears Tactics a few years ago.
- Comment on Gold Phone and Mobile Service Blasted as Latest 'Trump Family Profiteering' 3 weeks ago:
Without proper consequences their behaviour will continue.
