Richard
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
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Your Party running a sortition exercise for their founding conference then purging nearly 10% of those selected to attend isn't doing anything to dispell the notion that they're less a political party and more a performance art piece meant to mock the entire concept of left-wing organising
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Your Party running a sortition exercise for their founding conference then purging nearly 10% of those selected to attend isn't doing anything to dispell the notion that they're less a political party and more a performance art piece meant to mock the entire concept of left-wing organising
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Yep. So annoying when lobby journalists are like "So sorry, to explain this gossip about two cabinet ministers who hate each other we're going to have to talk about boring old policy. Uh-oh! Looks like these poindexters are going to use some numbers!"
I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
I don’t think this is a “politicians have got dumber” issue for the most part. If you look at the *actual CVs* of previous cohorts of MPs, their background is not radically different when you account for, you know, the fact the economy is different! It is primarily a media and ecosystem issue.
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Yep. So annoying when lobby journalists are like "So sorry, to explain this gossip about two cabinet ministers who hate each other we're going to have to talk about boring old policy. Uh-oh! Looks like these poindexters are going to use some numbers!"
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Particularly given the strong likelihood the conference approves the other motion to let wrecke- uh I mea, members of other parties join
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Particularly given the strong likelihood the conference approves the other motion to let wrecke- uh I mea, members of other parties join
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Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
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Rebranding a stocks and shares ISA (sounds intimidating and scary), into an Index ISA is going to make a bank significant amount of money
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Rebranding a stocks and shares ISA (sounds intimidating and scary), into an Index ISA is going to make a bank significant amount of money
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Yeah and you also just buy government bonds. If they're not safe then frankly cash isn't going to be either because we're in deep shit.
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Yeah and you also just buy government bonds. If they're not safe then frankly cash isn't going to be either because we're in deep shit.
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Her *6* bedroomed house in North Kensington. 6!
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Her *6* bedroomed house in North Kensington. 6!
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walked past the manager of an old local, who I mostly remember because he had an implausibly hot wife, and regrettably the result of my train of thought was that I walked past a middle aged man who absolutely will not know who I am and audibly whispered "ah, hot wife!"
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
walked past the manager of an old local, who I mostly remember because he had an implausibly hot wife, and regrettably the result of my train of thought was that I walked past a middle aged man who absolutely will not know who I am and audibly whispered "ah, hot wife!"
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On Windows 11 is there any way to make it so the search box on the taskbar only searches my computer, instead of doing a motherfucking internet search? Have they seriously removed the ability to only search this machine?
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
On Windows 11 is there any way to make it so the search box on the taskbar only searches my computer, instead of doing a motherfucking internet search? Have they seriously removed the ability to only search this machine?
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I think Miliband will be able to say racism is bad so the vibes from me will go from strongly disapprove to slightly negative
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I think Miliband will be able to say racism is bad so the vibes from me will go from strongly disapprove to slightly negative
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I'd liken placating the press' anti-immigration bent to paying the Danegeld, but the Vikings did actually leave for a bit once they'd been paid
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I'd liken placating the press' anti-immigration bent to paying the Danegeld, but the Vikings did actually leave for a bit once they'd been paid
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"The BBC tried this after 'Final Final Version (2) - Do Not Edit (1)' failed."
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"The BBC tried this after 'Final Final Version (2) - Do Not Edit (1)' failed."
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British politics is now just about making up a guy and assuming he will vote for you
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
British politics is now just about making up a guy and assuming he will vote for you