LemmyInThePub

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by LemmyInThePub 3y ago
Welcome to humour. Spelt using the letter U.
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by LemmyInThePub 3y ago
The Daily Mail certainly isn't a reputable news source. In fact, Wikipedia has banned its use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail#Reliability
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by LemmyInThePub 3y ago
> I'd prefer not to see horses used this way What a truly, utterly bizarre thing to say! Why on earth do you object to horses pulling carriages? Do you object to horse riding also? If so, why? One can only suspect you are used to li
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by LemmyInThePub 3y ago
> Well, people either shit in the streets Bollocks man! In early Victorian London, like most cites of the time, ones shit was directed into a cesspool. These were regularly emptied by 'nightsoil' men who took the waste away as
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by LemmyInThePub 3y ago
The expression used in Blighty is piss artist . A piss artist isn't a drunk. They are somebody who elevates drinking to an art form.
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by LemmyInThePub 3y ago
> we were able to smuggle old, old artillery shells potato mashers (no wooden handle), and other types of grenades in our checked luggage (plane belly) If you travel on the Eurostar train from Paris to London...... before boarding at Gar
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by LemmyInThePub 3y ago
> tungsten ring You do realise that in the (admittedly unlikely) event of that needing to be cut off, you won't stand a chance?
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by LemmyInThePub 3y ago
At this risk of offending American (?) sensibilities..... In Blighty, sarcasm and piss taking are part of entry level conversation. I kindly suggest this is something you clearly missed when 'arguing with British people'. (The A
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by LemmyInThePub 3y ago
> the track & trace system Test & Trace. Track & Trace is for parcels.
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by LemmyInThePub 3y ago
> Our ancestors didn’t abuse animals on the scale we do now. It's sad this type of trolling is becoming tolerated on HN.
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by LemmyInThePub 3y ago
Would you like some fish to go with that chip on your shoulder?
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
> The reddit / HN format fixed this God no! On Reddit (and lately HN) cretins will up/downvote depending on whether or not they agree or disagree with a post, not because of the quality of the writing. This leads to groupthink
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
> snarky "we don't give you enough work to do?" No offense, but have you ever tried politely telling such people to fuck off?.... ...something rather common in the UK, though part of me suspects this would offend America
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
>Never had a job where the answer was yes I find this mind boggling. Here in Blighty, I've never had a job where taking time to research and read up wasn't expected. Personally, every employer I've had has also allocated
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
Technically, he is already studying to be a drug dealer.
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
> It's unfathomable to me that people in the UK are skipping meals. It is when you consider many people simply don't know how to cook simple, healthy food. Our schools no longer teach basic cookery (and many parents neglected t
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
> So richer and more wasteful households got the MOST support. I do agree the implementation of the scheme was very poor..... ....the reasons for which are down to our current governments unfortunate mix of poor competence and fruity ide
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
> in the UK, governments have stepped in to spend huge amounts subsidising energy (including gas), SPECIFICALLY AND EXPRESSLY to that people don't use any less No. The government stepped in because poor people (and many not so poor
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
Need I ask why the USA hasn't adopted a data protection law to prevent such shenanigans? The only people objecting to the GDPR are scummy businesses who haven't yet understood that harvesting and/or selling personal data with
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
> I don't think they'd have learned much from the visuals of a balloon I suggest a balloon payload would be better aimed at monitoring (and establishing patterns of) RF traffic rather than visual data.
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
> Chaplin wasn't alone in calling out the dangers, A very honourable mention to Alexander Korda . Particularly 'Things To Come', his 1936 film warning of the rise of fascism in Europe, global war and the dangers of air bo
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
Kings English old chap :-)
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
> IMO the only regime change likely in Russia will not make you happy. Don't be daft! Any new Russian leader, no matter how hawkish they currently talk, knows full well that Russian forces are depleted and will be incapable of wagin
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
In the UK, it isn't necessarily accent per-say. In North England and Scotland, we pronounce words using short vowel sounds (bath, castle) whereas in the South, they use long vowel sounds (b-are-th, c-are-stle). Not being able to easily
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
> And in the event of a potential UA victory the use of tactical nuclear weapons from RU seem likely. No. The ISW consider Russia using nuclear weapons to be extremally unlikely; the Russian rhetoric around them simply being to provoke w
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by LemmyInThePub 4y ago
> Or you can pay roughly £1200-£1500/yr to an accountant and have them do it for you. Any half decent accountant will probably be able to SAVE you more than this; mainly by optimising your tax affairs (assuming you have a modest tur