starlinguk
@starlinguk@lemmy.world
- Comment on Sneaking snacks into the theater is objectively wrong if you are a movie fan 1 day ago:
At our cinema it will still be popcorn. The wee coffee shop right next to the cinema entrance does a roaring trade in popcorn.
- Comment on The people who protest against the Palestinian Genocide would be the same people who protested against the Holocaust. 1 day ago:
Go visit the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and you’ll see a different protest every day.
- Comment on The people who protest against the Palestinian Genocide would be the same people who protested against the Holocaust. 1 day ago:
A lot of people knew.
- Comment on The people who protest against the Palestinian Genocide would be the same people who protested against the Holocaust. 1 day ago:
“Earth” already knew before the war started.
- Comment on What are some good uses the new ballroom can have after the Trump regime is over? 1 day ago:
Especially because there’s a bunker underneath.
I’m willing to bet this is all about modernising the bunker, not the east wing.
- Comment on Do Americans expect the NK protest to achieve anything? 5 days ago:
Nah. Millions of people protesting didn’t stop Brexit. Millions of people protesting didn’t stop Tory cuts.
- Comment on THE CRAZY PILLS 1 week ago:
And those who had been convinced before being sent to a concentration camp were sent back to prison to finish their sentences.
- Comment on If the Nürnberg process had to happen today, we d just feed the documents to chatgpt, and ask it to generate the accusatory speech 1 week ago:
There were still plenty of Nazis left in Germany and many war criminals never ended up on trial. They just continued living normal lives.
- Comment on Aight. Let's be honest. How many of you dress for yourselves, and how many dress for others? 1 week ago:
Because I’d be cold.
- Comment on Can a person who is a convicted felon/ rapist even get nominated for the Nobel Peace Price? Extra points if you can ELI5 that. 2 weeks ago:
It’s really hard to judge things that didn’t happen. See also vaccines.
- Comment on crop candles 2 weeks ago:
This is only done when there’s an unexpected frost in spring or summer when the poly tunnels have been taken away.
- Comment on crop candles 2 weeks ago:
In one of the Laura Ingalls books they run around pouring water on top of their crop early in the morning when it turns out it’s frozen. It seems to be an old method.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I block trackers instead of asking nicely. It’s amazing how many seemingly innocent sites stop working.
- Comment on What is lunch like in exclusive private schools for rich kids? 2 weeks ago:
Public schools are what Americans call private schools, the other ones are state schools, academies, council schools, etc.
- Comment on If you live in a city, you'll probably end up memorizing the meanings of arbitrary numbers. 3 weeks ago:
I don’t live in a city but I know all the train and bus numbers around here. Because in some countries you get public transport outside the big cities …
- Comment on What is lunch like in exclusive private schools for rich kids? 3 weeks ago:
Private schools in the UK serve awful food. Stews, custard with a skin, spotted dick, that kind of stuff.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 3 weeks ago:
Will you stfu already?
- Comment on Its all bots, isn't it? 3 weeks ago:
All saying identical things with identical avatars. Google could easily weed them out using AI but instead they use it to ban random channels without explaining why.
- Comment on Why are podcasters/vloggers suddenly holding tiny mics? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t mind the Kallax or Ivar shelves with stuff. It’s a cheap way to show what your videos are about.
- Comment on Why are podcasters/vloggers suddenly holding tiny mics? 3 weeks ago:
I find it obnoxious and distracting.
- Comment on Conservative 3 weeks ago:
Liberal world? Hahahahaha!
- Comment on There is a limit how much power the pedal assist of an e-Bike is allowed to provide (at least in many countries). There is no limit though on how strong the exoskeletton is that you use on a regular b 3 weeks ago:
You can go faster, the engine just cuts out. You can zoom down a hill at 35 kph no problem.
- Comment on There is a limit how much power the pedal assist of an e-Bike is allowed to provide (at least in many countries). There is no limit though on how strong the exoskeletton is that you use on a regular b 3 weeks ago:
Only… the speed limit of an e-bike is lower than the speed a normal bike can go when, for example, the wind is at your back, so that’s bollocks.
- Comment on This Plastic Mr. Fantastic 3 weeks ago:
They didn’t invent plastic recycling. They are, however, using it as an excuse to make more plastic. The EU had regulations against over packaging (like putting cucumbers in plastic) for a while until plastic recycling became a thing and they went ‘meh’.
- Comment on How do I keep a 9 year old from constantly licking erasers and putting them in his mouth 4 weeks ago:
Other kids have to use them.
- Comment on QUACK QUACK QUACK 4 weeks ago:
The entire antivaxx movement has 7 people at its core, all of whom have something to sell.
- Comment on QUACK QUACK QUACK 4 weeks ago:
EBay.
- Comment on Can someone give me some primers/resources on understanding politics in the Netherlands? 4 weeks ago:
Anyone who votes PVV, VVD, BBB or FVD is against democracy.
- Comment on "Pro-life" and "pro-choice" aren't actually opposite positions 4 weeks ago:
Pro birth. After that the kid can die for all they care.
- Comment on The 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners 5 weeks ago:
Brb, painting cow.