sanguinepar
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- Comment on Will I ever be seen as truly British? 2 days ago:
it’s also not a good look for the left to come off as to utterly deny demographics
Not sure if you mean me here, but I didn’t think I was doing that at all.
- Comment on Will I ever be seen as truly British? 2 days ago:
Blood pressure is fine, thanks.
You did, but I wasn’t wrong to object to your original, unclarified claim.
The reason I did is that it’s the kind of thing that you hear being used as a racist dog whistle - “Oh, there are parts of London that are no good areas, you never see a white face…” etc.
I’m not saying you were doing that, but the way you worded it left it open to that interpretation.
- Comment on Will I ever be seen as truly British? 3 days ago:
Compared to the rest of the country in the ethnic-cultural sense? Yeah absolutely.
Nobody disputes that London has a substantially more diverse population than other places - but it’s still completely untrue to say “British people are few and far between” in London, even if you restrict it to White British (which your original claim did not).
- Comment on Will I ever be seen as truly British? 3 days ago:
British people are few and far between in London? Ok then.
- Comment on Will I ever be seen as truly British? 3 days ago:
For what it’s worth, if you’ve lived here since you were six, I’d absolutely consider you British.
British with Polish roots maybe, and perhaps officially Polish in legal terms (re your passport), but this is your home, so perception-wise I’d definitely call you British.
Re working and voting, that’s where it gets more complicated and I don’t know what the rules say, although it would seem hugely unfair for you not to have those rights having lived here for such a large proportion of your life. You could maybe try your local Citizen’s Advice Bureau for more informed advice on those points.
Sorry you experienced the kind of abuse/patronising attitudes as you describe - some people are just arseholes unfortunately. Doesn’t make them right though.
I hope that things get easier for you, and that as time passes you feel more accepted by those around you and are able to take part in regular life as much as possible.
- Comment on If somebody spends the whole day watching fox or religious propaganda, gets worked up and all he can think of is owning a liberal or converting an unbeliever, is this person a victim or just gullible? 3 days ago:
Fair point :-)
- Comment on If somebody spends the whole day watching fox or religious propaganda, gets worked up and all he can think of is owning a liberal or converting an unbeliever, is this person a victim or just gullible? 3 days ago:
Too great a tune not to include a link for the uninitiated! :-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=983DwAOCXRI
The end of their career finale
Apart from Bedtime for Democracy (SaSoC is on Frankenchrist) ;-)
- Comment on What is the Anti Commercial-Al license and why do people keep adding it to their comments? 1 week ago:
I’m picturing cave paintings, followed immediately beneath by lines and lines of small text.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I’d very much doubt he can just use it any way he pleases, or for personal use at all for that matter.
I don’t know about charity law in the US, but the point of a foundation, I think, is that you lose control of the money, and in return don’t have to pay tax on it anymore.
That’s not to say that shenanigans aren’t possible, or that he doesn’t still have a say, but I don’t think he could use it the way you’re describing.
- Comment on Why is "Dear X" considered more formal than "To X" in e-mail/writing? 4 weeks ago:
So you’re saying “Howdy-doodly-doo” is too much?
No wonder I never got that job.
- Comment on xkcd: Machine 5 weeks ago:
That’s amazing. Possibly the cleverest thing I’ve ever seen on XKCD, and I don’t say that lightly.
What a fun tool, and I was embarrassingly proud to finally solve my first section!
- Comment on xkcd #2907: Schwa 1 month ago:
Never have I needed the explanation more than with this one.
- Comment on Are people in the stock photos real? 1 month ago:
Don’t know if it’s a full time job, but I work with stick photos for a range of clients, and there are some people you see pop up in dozens of pics, covering all sorts of differing scenarios. There’s one particular older woman, with very short white hair, who I’ve seen over and over and over again, it’s weird.
- Comment on Sometimes when I say danke (thanks or thank you) some of my friends will say (and the spelling is wrong but it's as close as I can get) they will say danata or maybe it's dinata. 1 month ago:
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Please ignore, I hadn’t properly read the OP.
- Comment on What if we aimed the Hubble Telescope at Earth? 2 months ago:
Oh cool, there’s an CKCD YouTube? Consider me subscribed!
Because I just did.
- Comment on How do you refer to the lgbtq+ "community" least excludingly? 2 months ago:
All really good points - thank you :-)
- Comment on How do you refer to the lgbtq+ "community" least excludingly? 2 months ago:
Fair point, I agree a lot of people probably would think that way, although on a personal level, I would say that if I heard “the gay community” my reaction would be to consider it to mean both gay men and lesbian women. Not sure if it’s different in different places though (UK here), maybe there are geographic differences too?
Anyway, thanks for the good answer :-)
- Comment on How do you refer to the lgbtq+ "community" least excludingly? 2 months ago:
It’s gender-neutral unlike the previous catch-all term “gay”.
Exposing my own ignorance here, but is “gay” necessarily gendered? I had thought that lesbian women sometimes identified as gay, is that not the case? No offence meant, genuinely interested.
- Comment on How do you refer to the lgbtq+ "community" least excludingly? 2 months ago:
Not being part of that community myself, I don’t carry any weight in this debate, but I do like this suggestion a lot - the Plus community sounds kinda cool.
Only problem is that if it were written as “+”, that might also be read as “positive”, which might then lead to ‘hilarious’ jokes about HIV.
Nonetheless, I think it’s a good idea, if that was what the people involved wanted of course.
- Comment on How can you drive off a gas station with the hose still connected? 3 months ago:
Yeah cameras, but also pay at pump systems that preauthorise a card payment then dispense the fuel, then charge whatever it cost (after the pump is placed back in the holder).
- Comment on How can you drive off a gas station with the hose still connected? 3 months ago:
In the UK, petrol stations almost always have CCTV monitoring pumps, and can use number plates to identify anyone who leaves without paying. Probably similar in the EU I would think.
That said, it’s also increasingly common to have a pay at the pump system, where you have to use your credit/debit card before you can fill up, with the amount being taken off automatically based on how much fuel you used.
- Comment on xkcd #2887: Minnesota 3 months ago:
There it is.
- Comment on xkcd #173: Movie Seating (20 Oct 2006) 3 months ago:
Yeah, well we want to have enough space to sit lower, but it’s not always an option unfortunately! :-)
- Comment on When will "Star Wars: A New Hope" enter public domain? 3 months ago:
Ooh, I didn’t know about the 4K77 version, that sounds great.
- Comment on Where can I find NFL game highlights without spoilers? 3 months ago:
I often do what you do, but I make a point of loading the NFL’s ‘Week ## Highlights’ playlist and watching it at full screen to avoid seeing any comments.
If you do it quickly, you can usually avoid seeing the thumbnails too, although I don’t think they give too much away.
At least they don’t put the score in the video title, unlike the highlights of the English PL!
- Comment on Has there ever been an attempt to do a modern "novelisation" of Shakespeare's plays? 3 months ago:
There are elements of David Foster Wallace’s (brilliant) Infinite Jest that echo parts of Hamlet, but it’s in no way a novelisation. And even if it was, it certainly wouldn’t be less tortuous…
- Comment on xkcd #2876: Range Safety 4 months ago:
This feels almost like a Bob Newhart bit.
- Comment on Commissioning a Board Game Table, What Should I Look Out For? 4 months ago:
While that’s true, I do think that you get a decent number of questions on here that people might not be confident enough to ask on AskLemmy, so it still serves its purpose in that sense.
- Comment on Has google stopped working for finding anything? 4 months ago:
Annihilation sounds a very good shout.