HipPriest
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- Comment on If there was an afterlife, how would it work? 11 months ago:
What if this is the afterlife of a religion we don't know about from our previous existence?
I don't think you can have a rational reply to your question - it's all head canon
- Comment on Private Eye magazine 1 year ago:
Easily my favourite section is the bit about journalism itself. Very eye opening (no pun intended)
There was a clip from Ian Hislop and 2 others from the Eye attending a select committee or something advising politicians about how they could handle disclosing gifts better, and there's a funny/excruciating bit where one of the Eye journalists responds to an argument saying "they're beneficial to the constituancy" by reading out to the politician what 'gifts' he has claimed: "football tickets... Opera... Stay in a hotel..." until the chairman or whatever intervenes. Private Eye don't fuck about.
- Comment on JK Rowling prefers two years in jail over using correct pronouns 1 year ago:
Was my exact reaction when I read this this morning before moving on.
She's just jealous Glinner's got a book out and she thinks she needs to raise her TERF game.
- Comment on Guardian sacks cartoonist Bell in antisemitism row - BBC News 1 year ago:
I mean I always found his cartoons annoyingly unfunny but I don't think there's anti-Semitism in this one. The general state of newspaper political cartoons actually being funny is pretty pathetic, they're still about as good as The Day Today's physical cartoonist Brandt.
But back on topic I it certainly looks like there's no grounds for anti-Semitism for this one.
- Comment on Doctor Who: Here's Why David Tennant is The Face of The Modern Era 1 year ago:
See I got the impression when watching it was kind of like she was told to 'just play it like you're a female 10th doctor, yeah, that'll do'. Which was really a shame because she could have owned her own character you know?
I actually thought her best episode was the one with the Daleks and the time loop in the warehouse (Eve of the Daleks I think). Her run got overshadowed by the whole timeless child thing which was more fanwank than anyone needed or asked for. Not that Moffat or Davies had individual episodes which were just as bad for continuity stuff but it felt like a lot of the 13th Doctor stories were arc obsessed. Maybe Flux didn't help.
- Comment on Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation 1 year ago:
This is veering wildly into Is It Cake territory....!
- Comment on Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation 1 year ago:
This is why, as an adult vaper, I get slightly fed up of all the anti-vape news stories. Obviously I am heavily against kids using them, and I also think the disposable ones are environmentally unfriendly to say the least.
But they're a major asset in getting people off the cigs as well and it would be good to remember that once in a while. It's cheaper. It's healthier - a low bar but you can tell the difference in days after switching.
To my mind you can't have it both ways. It's no coincidence that smoking rates have fallen further at the same time that vape shops have popped up everywhere like a rash - they were falling anyway but it's sped things up a lot. (Incidentally my guess is it's not high street vape shops selling to kids but the same garages, newsagents etc that would have sold them fags in the past but that's just anecdotal evidence and conjecture).
I don't agree with bans. I also don't think putting little pictures of tumours on a fag packet ever stopped me lighting up once. What I do like it's seeing politicians finally mentioning 'oh yeah, by the way, smoking isn't very good for you either' after all this moral panic about vaping
(I am ranting a bit because I'm slightly drunk but I have been thinking this a lot this week)
- Comment on Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation 1 year ago:
I like how they focused on vapes first and then looked at smoking laws...
Have to say it though I'd agree with doing something pro-active anti-smoking, but he can say any old thing knowing he won't have to follow through on it now.
- Comment on Rishi Sunak considering weakening key green policies 1 year ago:
I'm actually quite pleased with this because it seemed like Starmer was weakening on environmental issues, especially after the whole Ulez business. Hopefully if the PM is getting flak for diluting his policies on it Starmer will stick to his guns for once
- Comment on Free streaming platform with live TV from BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 launches next year 1 year ago:
I mean it seems to me all is saying it's that instead of having a separate app for BBC, ITV, C4 it'll all be under one app for when you want to stream live programmes. But I honestly can't remember the last time I watched a live programme, so will still be using the separate apps to watch stuff on catch-up.
Britbox is actually pretty decent to find old things on, but the smart TV app interface is rubbish.
- Comment on What is "attention", really? 1 year ago:
What you stand to when I tell you to soldier, if you've quite finished asking questions!
- Comment on Totalitarianism. What are the good things about it? 1 year ago:
What if they realised they'd made a very stupid decision and if there'd been some more checks and balances that decision could have been avoided?
The Third Reich, I think we can all agree was totalitarian. Hitler wanted to plunge into a war on two fronts against the USSR drunk on victory against France and expecting to beat Britain. Most of his military advisors weren't keen. But being a Dictator he could just do it and hey presto war against Stalin. As time went on he got more erratic, made more random millitary decisions overruling his generals and made a pigs ear of things but whatever decision he made on a whim happened straight away anyway.
That's just a famous and obvious example of a totalitarian leader rushing into things and getting where he wanted to go faster which didn't end well for the leader.
- Comment on Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears 1 year ago:
I think drop in coils are a reasonable compromise between convenience/waste - the waste isn't very much and the coils I use last me a good long while (I vape MTL though so a coil can sometimes last me 2 months)
- Comment on Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears 1 year ago:
Kids who got hooked on smoking use vapes to quit.
I'm not so sure about this. I don't have any sources but anecdotally it seems like a lot of kids have leaped into vaping without having ever smoked and have got nicotine habits. It began whenever Juul started marketing themselves as wanting to be the 'ipod of vaping' long ago and specifically targeted young people in the advertising despite what they might have said
Before then it wasn't a thing - it was adults who had found a way to stop smoking and were being left to do it in peace. I'll be proper annoyed if all this leads to me not being able to vape anymore because nothing else worked stopping me smoking. It's the lesser of two evils by a very long shot.
Imo you should have responsible licensed vape shops that sell these things, and I'd be fine with plain packaging - most of the stuff I get is pretty much in plain packaging already from vpz.
But if they ban disposables there's going to be an opening for a black market for dodgy stuff full of even more rubbish. Frankly, they should have done something about this a long time ago
- Comment on Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears 1 year ago:
I do hope this works to stop kids developing/continuing nic habits. Environmental reasons as well of course but really ever since juul came out teen vaping has been ignored instead of dealt with.
However, I can't help but think of the days at my school of us smoking and hope kids won't just take that up instead - luckily it costs a bomb these days so they probably can't afford it (no idea what disposables cost but guessing not as expensive as proper cigarettes!)
- Comment on Does anyone think the remaining "lost" episodes of "Heil Honey, I'm Home" will ever be released? 1 year ago:
Yeah I actually did some research and I stand corrected!
I don't know how far they would have been able to pull the joke of 'satire of lazy sitcoms by using incredibly poor taste' for a full 8 eps but I wouldn't hold your breath for an official release.
They backed out of giving Hardwicke House a full release in DVD (the episode with Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson) at the last minute and that was entirely non controversial.
- Comment on Does anyone think the remaining "lost" episodes of "Heil Honey, I'm Home" will ever be released? 1 year ago:
Don't quote me on this but I think only a pilot was made
- Comment on Call for UK ban on single-use vapes as more than 5m discarded each week 1 year ago:
I'm a long time vaper, it's got me off the cigs, and I use a reusable tank because it's what I've always used but it's obviously better for the environment and cheaper.
I do support clamping down on disposables because of the waste and these ones seem to be the ones that get into the hands of kids.
However, the whole scare thing about ecigs has always looked like a massive diversion tactic when actual cigarettes are still on sale. I mean it won't happen because it's kerching for the government. But I see literally thousands more discarded cigarette butts than I do vapes round our way.
- Comment on Starmer promotes Blairites as Labour thoughts turn to governing 1 year ago:
I think the main difference between election mode Blair and election mode Starmer was that Blair looked passionate and enthusiastic about wanting to introduce policies to improve things for people, and that was infectious.
Like I've said, I just get the impression with Starmer he kind of says 'oh yeah... we're not doing that either now', and he might have a good reason. It comes over like he's taking ideas away from the table.
It's easy for me to say I know. I don't know the decisions he has to make. I just worry those floating voters will think Starmer and Sunak are very similar and not care who gets in because 'they're all the same'
- Comment on Starmer promotes Blairites as Labour thoughts turn to governing 1 year ago:
Obviously not. But most of the floating voters labour is trying to attract aren't radicals they just know they want something better.
I, personally, do not think that after dropping the tax on the top 5% on earners (the main frightened the horses policy) it was also necessary to drop the workers rights and ending 2 child limit on benefits.
They've also give cold on green policies by the sounds of it. I mean at some point you've got to differentiate yourself
- Comment on Starmer promotes Blairites as Labour thoughts turn to governing 1 year ago:
Sure I get that. And I want them in power. But I'm slightly concerned they're going to be so boring as to not be effective - ie be so concerned to not rock the boat they'll enable the status quo to more or less continue
I've been concerned to see the amount of policies they've rowed back on recently. I totally understand they don't want to scare the horses but at the same time it's not like Starmer is Corbyn is it?
- Comment on Starmer promotes Blairites as Labour thoughts turn to governing 1 year ago:
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- Comment on US Republican senator praises UK Labour’s ‘Reaganesque’ policy 1 year ago:
They either go too far like Corbyn to ever get elected or they pussy out like this and bend over so much to appeal to middle-England voters they become Tories in all but name.
I mean ffs... Are they going to tax any rich people? Yes or no? Because that's generally what people want out of a Labour government.
- Comment on Waitrose hit by middle-class vegetable shortage 1 year ago:
I became very defensive over gammon when it became a slur - it's one of my favourite joints of meat to cook. Inexpensive and goes with just about anything too.
Also keeps in the fridge for yonks. Can't say that about chicken now can you, eh?
- Comment on Waitrose hit by middle-class vegetable shortage 1 year ago:
I can just see the riots on the streets now...
- Comment on RAF officers ‘must stop exposing themselves to women’ says military judge 1 year ago:
You really would think that would go without saying wouldn't you, but no, grown adults have to actually be told by a judge that it is wrong and not 'bants' to get your bollocks out in public. When you've just heard some bar staff saying 'i hope no one gets their bollocks out tonight'.
FFS.
- Comment on We’re now queueing in pubs. Society has crumbled 1 year ago:
I found it smug and irritating. The humorous columnists usually manage much better than this on something more substantial.
I did read the source for the column on holiday though and that's a bit better https://tinyurl.com/22jpnfw5
- Comment on We’re now queueing in pubs. Society has crumbled 1 year ago:
I've never seen it either. You'd either get laughed at or lamped.
- Comment on Women's World Cup final: England lose to Spain in Sydney 1 year ago:
Watched it with my son - he's an aspiring goalie on his primary schools mixed sex team and he was cheering her on. Fantastic saves there, one in particular had us cheering. They're a great team!
It was a great game, they played really well right until the end. I was never really that interested in sport until he was but my wife always has been.