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- Comment on Anger as workmen rip out 'lovely' Levenshulme alley garden 2 days ago:
In a joint statement, Labour administration councillors Sheikh and Hussain said they were “deeply saddened and appalled” after visiting the site and speaking to residents.
They said neither of them had been informed of, or authorised, any clearance work.
The councillors said they had asked senior officers to establish who authorised the work, why residents were not consulted, and why planting and community facilities were removed.
What are the chances they find out who’s responsible?
- Comment on Doorless showers just make a mess and everything ends up wet 1 week ago:
I’m guessing (hoping) that’s not actual wood
- Comment on Anon is Japanese 1 week ago:
Her party (the LDP) has been in power (except for like 4 years) for 6 decades straight. Turns out classic liberals (ie conservatives) don’t have any answers when things start going to shit.
- Comment on Inviting my friends over for dinner and putting this out ❤️ 1 week ago:
Gotta go with the spoon nunchucks IMO
- Comment on Inviting my friends over for dinner and putting this out ❤️ 1 week ago:
Ah, I see we’re using the “Fuck You” silverware collection tonight
- Comment on Cookies policy 1 week ago:
Michael Keaton on SNL
- Comment on Is it creepy when lemmings go digging through post votes to see who voted how on different posts and comments? 1 week ago:
I always think the single random downvote on an uncontroversial comment is odd, so sometimes I check into those. A few times it’s been from some account that has like 3 comments from 18 months ago and no activity since. Still scratching my head over those ones.
- Comment on Is it creepy when lemmings go digging through post votes to see who voted how on different posts and comments? 1 week ago:
I’ve got this quarkboard with red string
- Comment on Simply Bananas 1 week ago:
mmm, tang…
- Comment on Simply Bananas 1 week ago:
If dino DNA existed in amber mosquitos in 93, I wonder if cloning or CGI would’ve been cheaper
- Comment on Anon is only a little strange 2 weeks ago:
Mainstream Japanese TV was basically doing reaction videos before the internet was even a thing. Rather than use a laugh track, they put a box in the corner of various “celebs” reacting to the content. I’m really hoping it goes the way of the laugh track, but it’s still pretty ubiquitous.
- Comment on Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town. 2 weeks ago:
I could’ve sworn there was a scene when he puts on his helmet and it’s got spikes on the inside but I can only find the one where he fills the helmet with blood before putting it on.
- Comment on Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town. 2 weeks ago:
Not gonna be a great day
- Comment on Does the USA have gifted schools or was Spider-Man Homecoming lying? 2 weeks ago:
Beyond magnet schools, there are private schools that students need to apply for and/or test into. Like magnet schools, there are a wide variety of them and some are crappy and religious, but a lot of others are essentially schools for smart kids that focus on getting them into good colleges (usually called prep schools when this is the main goal).
Some can be very expensive and cost more than many colleges, but because of that you can find ones with a ton of money (sometimes into the billions) that accept students based on their testing and application alone without considering their financial status, called need-blind acceptance (that article only mentions colleges but it applies to these private schools as well). If a student is accepted need-blind and can’t afford tuition the school covers the entire cost. Other schools that aren’t need-blind offer varying levels of financial assistance for students who are accepted.
In terms of sports, prep schools (especially the wealthier ones) tend to have a lot of different ones, even sports that aren’t usually offered in public schools (crew aka rowing is an example). Check out this list of sports from Phillips Academy, for example. College admissions in the US includes looking at “well-rounded” students, so competing in (time-consuming) sports while maintaining academic performance is one way to show your ability to handle time-management, etc. This means you might get kind of jocky type students, but they aren’t really the dumb variety you see portrayed in movies.
- Comment on unfathomable 2 weeks ago:
Here ya go bud, 18 mg tar. I think there’s an unfiltered too but I can’t find it right now.
- Comment on google's getting pissy about using their shit while logged out 2 weeks ago:
Nope, didn’t work. I tried zapping elements with ublock but it wouldn’t load the business hours.
- Comment on one step closer to 100%'ing life!! 2 weeks ago:
The dangers of using reddit
- Comment on google's getting pissy about using their shit while logged out 2 weeks ago:
Haha I wish
- Comment on google's getting pissy about using their shit while logged out 2 weeks ago:
I really just need to get off google entirely but I’m also very unmotivated/lazy/ADHD
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- Comment on All aboard the Pythagorean Express 2 weeks ago:
Pikotaro did a covid psa where he combined soap and hands
- Comment on California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers 2 weeks ago:
3 months isn’t 3 years. First I heard of this
- Comment on Those moutains are so quaint 2 weeks ago:
Counterpoint: fresh lobster. Ordering lobster in a restaurant is crazy expensive for no reason. Cheap and delicious during peak season (nb it may not be cheap anymore since I left the area 10 years ago)
- Comment on Those moutains are so quaint 2 weeks ago:
There’s a little lodge on top they chain to the mountain
- Comment on Painful to recover from 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Behind the Bastards did a 6 part (~6 hr) block on Kissenger that I appreciated
- Comment on The perfect date 4 weeks ago:
At least it saves a “the” and an “of”, unless dd/mm countries say “It’s 3rd June” or “3 June”. Do you not say “the 3rd of June”? In the US you can say “June 3rd”. Plus it makes enough sense to line up with the yyyy/mm/dd order but in most daily conversations you don’t need to say the year.
- Comment on I couldn't have articulated better 4 weeks ago:
articulated
Ayyy, good one slothrop. Put this in /dadjokes
- Comment on A small moment in gaming history 4 weeks ago:
Can also do this with random buzzwords, like the “cloud to butt” extension, or force to horse
- Comment on Horrible bruise from being hit by a baseball 4 weeks ago:
Fielders don’t wear helmets
