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181.
by growlist 6y ago
Does anyone think this would not have been crushed without mercy if the protestors were 'white supremacists'? Serious question. The irony is that if these AZs were permitted it could give said segregationists exactly what they had
182.
by growlist 6y ago
Me too. The level of corporate virtue signalling is beyond obnoxious to the point of becoming risible, but worse, I started seeing former colleagues that I respect buying into this Stepford Wives crap.
183.
by growlist 6y ago
'Person has vagina at different altitudes'.
184.
by growlist 6y ago
I also thought it was pretty dreadful, even attempting to suspend my disbelief etc.
185.
by growlist 6y ago
Tell me a joke!
186.
by growlist 6y ago
We need a Russian to comment with some examples of the exceedingly black humour that developed under communism.
187.
by growlist 6y ago
:) I got one!
188.
by growlist 6y ago
Good luck with this - nice to see a UK rocket following the Black Arrow tradition of HTP + kerosene! Have you thought about crowdfunding? I'd happily chuck in a tenner.
189.
by growlist 6y ago
'The internet is obsessed with two songs and two songs only. But for different reasons. The first is Smash Mouth’s “All Star.”'... 'The world wide web’s other musical obsession though legitimately rules—Toto’s “Africa.”'
190.
by growlist 6y ago
I was aspiring to skill up my JavaScript this year and after a few hundred hours have ended up pretty demoralised, realising that the amount of learning required to be a good JS dev in 2020 (at least where I am working atm) seems enormous,
191.
by growlist 6y ago
The alignment point goes without saying. As regards the disruption, have you tried driving anywhere recently? There's been huge disruption from conversion to smart motorways for years.
192.
by growlist 6y ago
So true. Details that are so utterly irrelevant and gratuitous that it verges on being an (unintentional) parody of the style: 'On a cold morning this winter, Rogulja leaned over a tablet in her office, her close-cropped dark hair fram
193.
by growlist 6y ago
These smaller countryside settlements are precious and wonderful to me. Our towns and especially cities are rapidly losing their individual character with the influence of globalised media, mass immigration and an increasingly commodified a
194.
by growlist 6y ago
It's a shame we can't put the whole thing underground, though I suppose it would spoil the view for passengers! I've also wondered how expensive it would be to just build the whole thing on a flyover over the M1 for example -
195.
by growlist 6y ago
I was thinking more the ideologues prevalent throughout virtually every major global institution and goverment. But there does seem to be evidence of NGOs and traffickers collaborating in the Mediterranean for example.
196.
by growlist 6y ago
I'm interested to read the content but find the writing style and the visual layout make it difficult.
197.
by growlist 6y ago
'The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist'
198.
by growlist 6y ago
I suppose you could turn it round and ask: why are certain groups so obsessed with forcing immigration on people that don't want it? Don't those people have a right not to have their minds changed by people with an agenda? Who dec
199.
by growlist 6y ago
F15 Strike Eagle certainly helped me with my Eastern Bloc geography!
200.
by growlist 6y ago
It'll be pretty big news if the methane they use to refuel Starship on Mars originates from a fossil source :D
201.
by growlist 6y ago
> They are about the size of an extra-large pizza, so you won't be able to get a Starlink phone. I'll be surprised if this doesn't shrink. I worked for a company in the mid-2000s that had some pretty cool IP which effectiv
202.
by growlist 6y ago
> One thing that I don't think gets mentioned enough is that cell phone pictures generally look good on a cell phone, but blow it up to an 8x10 or a 24" monitor and you'll quickly see how poor they are. This is so true. Th
203.
by growlist 6y ago
But surely it's the opposite to what you describe that would be remarkable?
204.
by growlist 6y ago
No great loss to me. I dislike both the technology and its licensing.
205.
by growlist 6y ago
If you liked that... https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Lie-Maps-Mark-Monmonier/dp/0226...
206.
by growlist 6y ago
An alternative interpretation is that he was simply observing that violence begets violence, rather than encouraging it. My take is that he was deliberately ambiguous in order to taunt his opponents whilst also giving himself plausible deni
207.
by growlist 6y ago
Actually you're probably right. The world isn't rational or fair!
208.
by growlist 6y ago
The sad truth is: anything that goes against the MSM's agenda is generally better covered on 4chan/alternate cesspool.
209.
by growlist 6y ago
If it were the other way round, the media would be howling for regulation.
210.
by growlist 6y ago
> you could master several disciplines during that time ...if you were given the opportunity.

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