kip

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A 50/50 chance is an 100% chance.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  pun-ctuation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chavs are a British mythical creature that only snobs are scared of⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  good points, the inter class rivalry in particular. i think it’s a reasonable guess that the term lost its more specific original sense when it escaped containment and got into the mouths of littlejohn et al but just saying middle class was reductive. sun/mirror hacks would have been in on the action too

  i had heard of chav being derived from charva but never heard it said personally - i’m from the south though

  re hooligans there’s definite similarities but chavs lack the same kind of rallying point so were more dispersed. maybe some chavs got promoted to casuals

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chavs are a British mythical creature that only snobs are scared of⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  i don’t know much about usa subcultures either but it might be somewhat similar to guidos? i’m not sure how well they are known for antisocial behaviour. the closest international comparison i can think of is russian gopniks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chavs are a British mythical creature that only snobs are scared of⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  there is a grain of truth in this. chav culture certainly existed and still exists in the south of england but they came in around 2000-2010 or so for much greater demonisation than their northern (scally) or scottish (ned) counterparts, likely due to UK media being concentrated in the south

  the great chav danger was blown wildly out of proportion and i’ve no doubt the term expanded beyond the original sense of a sort of tracksuit/burberry clad antisocial petty criminal youth to include just about any working class kid in the minds of home counties handbag clutchers

  so to say they never existed is false, and to say they never caused anyone any bother is false. but the middle class media confected version of them never existed in any great number either

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's interesting to see what qualifies as a swear in different languages.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll confirm this, my english mother in her 70s who happily uses swears of all strengths up to and including fuck used to screw her face up in a scowl if you dropped a cunt in conversation, but now doesn’t bat an eye

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  well now you’re just doing it on purpose

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  i’ll tell you what man i’ll do all that and your dad’s as well if you stop formatting your mundane opinions as headers to try and get people to notice you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  using header markdown to make your text enormous is far more obnoxious than saying like

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are some many people role playing as animals?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  first you see anthropomorphic cartoon animals and find them appealing, then the internet shits in your brain and makes you want to fuck them. after that you start pretending to be one on the internet. if somebody intervenes at this point or your remaining sense of shame kicks in you may be able to recover, otherwise your condition will deteriorate until you are found dead under a bodily fluid sodden pile of threadbare animal toys with holes cut in the crotches

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Replacement.AI: Humans no longer necessary⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I have to ask, it’s lame

  i don’t understand jokes and that’s your fault

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  times like this i can hardly blame the simulation theorists, if this was a novel you’d throw it at the cat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Green leader Zack Polanski backs legalisation of all drugs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  this pushed me on to the green bandwagon, signed up today

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who owns Britain? The effects of privatisation on the costs of living in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know nationalising water right now would cost hundreds of billions

  a hundred billion or so is the government’s own line. other more believable opinions suggest this is bollocks

  https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/09/water-companies-public-ownership-could-cost-close-to-zero-says-common-wealth-thinktank

  https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06/27/how-much-would-it-really-cost-to-nationalise-water

  https://weownit.org.uk/news/government-100-billion-water-nationalisation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS surgeon who had his legs removed is jailed for fraud⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  neil hopper

  what is the opposite of nominative determinism

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  it's not weird but it's also not weird if he isn't into it. amongst my own friend group there's some with siblings or cousins who come along to the pub etc but there's also others who keep their friends compartmentalised, who keep in touch with school friends, work friends, family members, whatever groups entirely seperately

  so ask, you have nothing to lose, but don't take it personally if he doesn't like the idea