OK so how do I easily buy a house 30 years ago?

If it were that simple then I’d be right there with you calling for exact same thing.

But think about it for a minute. We already know Orban’s tongue is firmly embedded in Putin’s arse. Where exactly do you think he’ll go? I doubt it would be good for the EU to have a Russian forward base that far west.

Anyway the people voted Orban in, and they can vote him out too. What they didn’t vote for was an exit from the EU, they’re not that dumb.

Every person has their needs met, even if they don’t want to work.

Where can we observe that working in practice?

Seems reasonable, considering the general tankie view is that everything to their right is Nazi.

Now we know what it’s a trap’s mum looked like.

Tricky with just one data point. If we assume the rate of denials has dropped to zero (from a previous poster, again just a single data point), and that in time that rate will pick up again, we’ll need to know what effect the next murder has, if the rate again drops to zero or hovers somewhere above it, then we should be able to come up with a reasonable estimate of how many denials a CEO is worth. The rate at which denials picks up again will in any case give a good initial estimate of that with no second murder needed, but more data will lead to greater accuracy.

Yes of course. Nobody wants someone walking the streets who thinks it’s their right to dish out the death penalty without due process. Who’s he going to pick next?

That said, obviously with limited resources the police have to pick what cases take priority over others. For example Sheffield police don’t do anything about motorbike theft (even if there’s a tracker installed) because they’re too busy chasing down all those people who hurt others’ fee-fees by misgendering them.

Another friend once thought twat was a synonym of twit. First time she called someone a twat in my presence I was gobsmacked but thought I must have misheard; there was definitely nothing twattish going on.

The next time it happened I made a note to raise it privately with her later. “You do know what twat means don’t you?” “Yeah, it’s another word for twit.” “Er, no.”

I mentioned once giving a person of the female persuasion a wide berth (meaning to avoid that person. I can’t remember why, maybe she was particularly annoying or something).

My friends face made me realise he didn’t know that particular word and couldn’t work out what a wide birth was.

Bthoth, due to the cycylic nature of the caclendadar.

Honestly I don’t care what you want to eat. It’s your body, you can shove whatever you like into it.

Where vegans become a problem is where they’re being evangelical about their beliefs and trying to force their audience to feel the same shock and horror as they feel when contemplating the meat industry. If all I hear from you is restricted to when I offer you food and ask if you have any dietary requirements, and is of the form “I’m vegan”, that’s absolutely fine. If we’re friends I’ll adjust the menu for you, although you might have to accept it’s only your plate that gets veganified.

You going “eww” and talking about “rotting corpses” or whatever is where it becomes a problem. If I’ve asked, obviously I’ve brought your response upon myself but you should still tone it down for the non-vegans. “I’ve looked into the meat industry and I didn’t like what I saw” would be a good first response; make sure not to release any gory details unless people are really pressing you for that level of detail.

That said, none of this is based on actual experience of offensively evangelical vegans. I’ve heard they exist but haven’t met one yet. I’ve known some people for quite a while before finding out they’re vegan, veggie or whatever.

Not a cryptographic expert by any means but maybe something like this would work. This’d be implemented in common places people shop: supermarkets for instance. You’d go up to customer service and show your ID for visual confirmation only; no records can be created. In return the service rep would give you a list of randomised GUIDs against which the only permissible record can be “has been taken”. Each time you need to prove your age you’d feed in one of those GUIDs.

I’ve seen a wasp unscrew a screw I thought was in pretty tight.

You missed one: Invade neighbours under the threat of nuclear war --> Collective defence against belligerent commies.

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That’s not a joke, that’s nasty.

Not a business plan because business=money, but how about creators host their own videos and share them through BitTorrent. No need to deliver real time video, users just download what they want to watch then watch them as they become available. Funding occurs through Kofi or Patreon etc. They’ll need to publish the magnet links somewhere but that’s a whole load cheaper than publishing RT video.

Yes. It’s only the EU political union we’re no longer in. From what I’ve tasted of other European sweets they’re about the same.

I haven’t seen “The London Game” on the internet; that can be a lot of fun.

Most of the other stuff I like I’ve seen somewhere or other.

Well you should ask them. Respectfully, without interrogation, and as part of a wider conversation that overall seeks to strengthen your relationships with your neighbours. You might find there is some sense there.

I’m from the UK, not USA. But I can see why some might vote for Trump. I wouldn’t, personally, because of stuff he’s said, but if you accept the premise “sure he speaks crazy but what he means is [non-crazy stuff]” then maybe there is some rationale behind their choice, and you might find you’re not as different as you think.