crapwittyname

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gary Stevenson: 'Tax wealth or we'll return to the feudal age'⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  They are. For reasons I outlined.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Graham Linehan gets £25,000 compensation and an apology from Met police after arrest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  ~~“Gender critical” “Father Ted creator” ~~ Transphobic lunatic Graham Linehan

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gary Stevenson: 'Tax wealth or we'll return to the feudal age'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re taxable is what they are

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gary Stevenson: 'Tax wealth or we'll return to the feudal age'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You think money is imaginary. Ain’t no sane person listening to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gary Stevenson: 'Tax wealth or we'll return to the feudal age'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t understand how any of this works.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gary Stevenson: 'Tax wealth or we'll return to the feudal age'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Billionaires make money on those unrealised gains. Therefore they are an asset, and must be taxed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the weirdest thing in english?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember my English teacher telling me the word “set” was the worst example of this, with over 200 definitions in the unabridged Oxford dictionary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK state threats bill could pull British journalists into terror prosecutions, experts say⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Paul Holden’s take

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am el french⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  God yes. Especially with an advent that makes the-ant into two syllables.
  shudders

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am el french⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally different R sound in English crucifix and French croissant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a word for "I actively endorse it for others even though I dislike it”?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A single word: “abstain”/“forgo” , although these don’t express personal dislike. “Eschew” describes the shunning of something so might be more suitable. Since you’re using only one word, you might get some follow up questions:

  “I eschew gnome”.

  “Dude wtf does “eschew” mean and why are you such a poser? Oh really? Why’s that then?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK weather: Amber extreme heat warning issued as 35C heatwave approaches⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All great advice. Can I just add two details?

  1. Install the foil on the outside of the windows if possible. The sun will still heat the air between your window and the foil, raising the temperature in your room, if you install on the inside.
  2. Kitchen foil works just as well. Harder to install, but cheaper. I crafted some sun blinds with tinfoil and cardboard that I use every year.

  I can’t stress enough how much is a difference the foil blinds make. Goes from unbearable to comfortable almost immediately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine How embarrassing that would be⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why do you think that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine How embarrassing that would be⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  … Except if the USA was the aggressor, invading that country in a folly war. I think there is doubt about that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine How embarrassing that would be⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s actually politically damaging to help the USA in its folly wars under this regime. Trump is even less popular in Europe than he is in the US. I guess they probably would help, but not definitely, and definitely not enthusiastically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Video] Hasan Piker wonders why he is banned from the UK but Elon Musk is not after inciting race-riots in Belfast⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Advised is irrelevant in the context of banned. It does have something to do with what other people have been “stopped from”; because it’s a comparison, and there is therefore no error.

  As an aside, “Mr Musk” deserves no respect from you. He is a fascist, and should not be tolerated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Video] Hasan Piker wonders why he is banned from the UK but Elon Musk is not after inciting race-riots in Belfast⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that the point though? Isn’t the point that he has done far less to endanger the UK population than Elon, and yet he is banned and Elon isn’t? Surely that’s worth discussing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hasan Piker, Cenk Uygur Denied Entry to UK Over Palestine Support⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I like this game. You missed the one where he recreated Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of blood” speech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hottest May day on record in UK as temperatures pass 34C⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Our houses are built to keep heat in. They are a nightmare to cool. Nobody has blinds to block the sun. It’s… not great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The fun of justifying a reference frame outside the universe. Sorry I’m getting a headache.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep I think you have to imagine dots suspended in space inside the balloon to better get what’s going on, and you’re right, the “edge” of the universe is definitely nothing like the surface if the balloon. Probably?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Best analogy I heard for it is if you put a load of dots on a balloon, then inflate it. Are the dots getting further away? Yes. Is there just the same amount of rubber between each dot as when you put the dots on? Yes. Can you measure the relative speed of the dots? Yes! But have they actually gone anywhere? No…ish?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When traffic comes to a standstill, drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, an emergency corridor right down the middle, so ambulances⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess so. I think there are a lot of service roads onto the motorway that the public doesn’t have access to, which means in theory the emergency services would never have to drive that far through traffic. But I’m guessing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dress for the job you want, not the job you have⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Mafk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When traffic comes to a standstill, drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, an emergency corridor right down the middle, so ambulances⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s how it works in the UK. You see a blue light in your rearview, then everyone tries to find space and the emergency vehicle proceeds at a clip of 5-10mph, while the affected people ahead burn/bleed etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When traffic comes to a standstill, drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, an emergency corridor right down the middle, so ambulances⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but you’re ignoring the advantage of smart motorways. By removing the hard shoulder, that ensures people who break down can block an entire lane and endanger themselves and others in the process! Smart! Bonus!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon carpools⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  ‘Irish logic’ is where things are backwards, in a specific way. It’s kind of a single mindedness. Usually it’s a misunderstanding-based joke, not exactly stupidity, but a silly perspective. E.g. it takes more Irishmen to change a light bulb because one holds it and the others swing the ceiling round.
  I’m first generation Irish immigrant, and my family loves these kinds of jokes, we don’t see it as hateful. But I wouldn’t tell them around any old Irish person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to turn the phrase "The 1%" into a grawlixed slur?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Alternatively, insist on calling all immigrants ‘expats’?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to turn the phrase "The 1%" into a grawlixed slur?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you have to work for s living, then this isn’t about you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wild Ones⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If I removed all of the spiders from my house, the fly population wouldn’t increase? I don’t remember my high school biology too clearly, but I seem to remember a definite link between predator and prey which would suggest rampant increase in an environment where predators are sparse.