starlinguk
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- Comment on Are some people too stupid to feel depressed? 1 hour ago:
I know two very happy people who are very aware of the state of the world and also actively involved in decreasing world suck, but they’re managing to separate their own own life and the state of the world pretty well.
- Comment on Google just had to put AI in the app store, and it apparently endorses scummy scam sites 1 day ago:
Somehow nowhere has bothered legislating the Internet. I have no idea why.
- Comment on Are their any romance movies where there is a male protagonist who is a part of the manosphere? 3 days ago:
Doesn’t say no obnoxious questions.
- Comment on Does a one cat get lonely without other cats, or is the company of humans good enough? 3 days ago:
Cats get very lonely and I feel so sorry for the ones that just get left alone with an automatic feeder for days when the human bean buggers off somewhere.
- Comment on Does a one cat get lonely without other cats, or is the company of humans good enough? 3 days ago:
My cat got got lonely without his humans. He’d yell when he thought we weren’t there. We got him because he terrorised the pets in his old home, so he obviously didn’t like other cats (or dogs).
- Comment on That's it. That's the joke. 5 days ago:
90 percent of women who have an endometrial ablation end up with a hysterectomy. You were very lucky. Don’t recommend them, plz.
- Comment on Why do people care so much that their friend or family member’s partner is attractive and not just loving? 5 days ago:
You can be attracted to someone who isn’t “attractive”. Many people are.
- Comment on I want a chav boyfriend. Where can I find adult chavs? (If you don't know what that is, they're called bogans in Australia and rednecks in the US) 5 days ago:
Chavs don’t wear flannel. They wear polyester tracksuits.
- Comment on they come 1 week ago:
I lived in the NW of England until recently. Pesticides have killed the bugs and it very rarely gets hot. Last year it rained throughout the summer and didn’t really get any warmer than 15C.
- Comment on What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with? 1 week ago:
Rape women.
- Comment on Are standing seats on airliners actually going to be a thing? 1 week ago:
They’ll have a single disabled seat per 300 seats or something. And there are many people who are not officially disabled who wouldn’t be able to stand that long.
- Comment on Why is it so hard to buy the same toothbrush twice? 1 week ago:
Guhl doesn’t change its shampoos.
But toothbrushes? I’m guessing they’re just buying the cheapest ones they can find in China and stick their brand on them.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I never minded manual until I got the crappy little Swift I’m driving now. It only seems to respond to swearwords.
- Comment on (i feel really stupid asking, but what the hell!) could i be of french descent? 2 weeks ago:
Everyone has ancestors from Africa. And that’s about all you can tell from dna.
- Comment on Can you read and understand this passage? 2 weeks ago:
I’m sorry, but there isn’t a single word in that text that an English undergrad should have to look up (although I did look up the dinosaur purely to see what it looked like).
- Comment on Can you read and understand this passage? 2 weeks ago:
Tl;dr the weather sucked. Everything was muddy and covered in soot.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Nope. I’ve snored all my life, even when I was bean pole skinny.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
In the UK, the Royal Estate provides the government with a huge income (even though 25 percent goes to the king so he can repair his fancy castles).
- Comment on I’m very good at math and would like health insurance. What is the easiest option? 3 weeks ago:
The EU has been advertising to find people like you.
- Comment on Is it weird to juggle in the park? 3 weeks ago:
I used to see whole groups of people juggle in the park.
- Comment on Smoke Bomb 3 weeks ago:
So something stinky for black and pine scented for white.
- Comment on Do you know the answer? 4 weeks ago:
There’s a reason I dropped probability at school.
- Comment on What is the progressives current platform? What is the oldest example of the progressive platform thst you know of? 4 weeks ago:
People who downvote this haven’t had a look at the Labour Party in the UK lately.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Also applies to modern day Russia. Everyone knows the elections are fake, for example, but they keep their heads down.
- Comment on How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea? 4 weeks ago:
The US introduced tariffs in the thirties and it ultimately caused the attack on Pearl Harbour.
The reason why we know it’s a bad idea is history.
- Comment on Does humanism lead to tolerance paradox? 4 weeks ago:
Nobody “calls out” the tolerance paradox. It’s those who refuse to tolerate intolerance who call it the tolerance paradox.
- Comment on What is the evolutionary benefit of loving a pet so much you melt into a puddle when they are around? 5 weeks ago:
Stress relief? Pets are great stress relief. So maybe you live longer when you have a pet.
PS am in market for cat(s), Southern Germany.
- Comment on As a child of the 90s we grew up with PC Political Correctness. Is that WOKE but just in a different form? 5 weeks ago:
You’re confusing fiscally liberal with left wing liberal. They’re completely different beasts.
- Comment on How's them tariffs going 5 weeks ago:
cackles in Rheinmetall stocks
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 5 weeks ago:
There’s a former nunnery down the road. I suppose I’d try to join. Or maybe find a farmer who’s looking for someone to look after his kids because his third wife died in childbirth.