"selling yogurt on the beach" sounds like it should be code for something. No idea what. It just has that "one tool short of a toolbox" ring to it.
"selling yogurt on the beach" sounds like it should be code for something. No idea what. It just has that "one tool short of a toolbox" ring to it.
Company Icebreaker Team leader: let’s go around the room and share a fun fact about ourselves, Beth? Me: Erm, I ate my twin. TL: in the womb? Me: no, I was five, fun fact, as they were identical legally it’s like chewing your fingernails. TL: Me: *Collects P45*
Agree. Both of your mentions came to mind quickly but I couldn't put wither at the top. Went through a few more in my head and came to the conclusion this is an impossible one for me. They have too many songs that hit just right. Great Beyond. Country Feedback. Try Not To Breathe. Nope. Can't pick.
Oh no these aren't the guys with their "lab" in their damn garage are they??
Occasionally other places too, especially with music, but fairly sure AI can't replicate those kinds of feels either. Though I am vaguely aware there's already a market for that because of course there is.
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Thank you. I needed to laugh at this shit because I've let myself get way too fucking pissed at it all today. I mean we should be angry but it's fucking helping anyone for me to chew through the inside of my cheek. So thanks for a genuine release of lovely endorphins
"i'm a supporter of flags" MAN YOU ARE NOT A FLAGPOLE. YOU'RE NOT EVEN A POLE. GET THE FUCK OUT
The grinding was already an issue for me and then I got my ADHD meds and oh dear.
Sorry i was late to the bbq i was rendering aid to a victim of domestic violence* *i fell down 2 (?) spiral staircases into a big hotel fish tank when a sex worker made fun of my penis for having 4 distinct skin tones & a toenail on the end of it. 9/11 as well
I was thinking about this show yesterday. I'd enjoyed various comedy things on TV before but someone got me the Part Troll DVD and I've been a comedy obsessive since. Just excellent. "To catch the tears of joy"
Sara and the website are great and it seems she's getting some flak for no good reason while doing something really cool for people who might not usually get this opportunity. If anyone is in a position to send some crowdfunding pennies their way today is a good day to do it!
Seems some of it is the format (which I love by the way) leading to people who haven't looked hard enough mistaking this for a journo job not a comedy writing job, and then add usual internet people nonsense. Love the site. Sorry this bit has been crappy today!
Agree on Dalton. Should've let Brosnan play it more straight too. There's moments in all of his when he's closer to Dalton than any of the others and really good but then bits in the script that were at Moore levels of corny. Really jarring shifts in tone which I think let him down as a performer.
There's a human tendency for people to subconsciously give more weight to events in England happening within a period roughly corresponding to 1811 and 1820, during the incapacitation of George III when his son ruled in his stead. This effect is known to cognitive psychologists as the Regency bias.
While generally it's just very alarming watching the UK tear itself to pieces the general disposition of so many people here is always going to provide at least the occasional laugh. Bravo to whoever did this.
Ah damn it we just can't have nice things. The one article I'd seen had only mentioned him and his driver being injured but yeah, he's not worth anyone else getting hurt. Hopefully hers are minor.
I do think it's important that in the midst of all of this predictable skeptical bullshit we all take the time to remember that he's probably in quite a bit of pain right now. We all deserve a little treat is all I'm saying.
Regularly see people say he's using the "authoritarian playbook" and while I'm not disputing that shit like this suggests his reading comprehension is less than excellent.
Good lord it's beautifully badly executed too. On par with the narrative a teenager comes up with in the short time between fucking up and his parents finding out about it.
Anyway my lawyer’s in the hospital now & i have to go to New Hampshire to plant drugs on the husband. What a mess🍸
Ah fuck my lawyer got drunk & kidnapped a woman & then her husband went to save her but he hit my lawyer’s car from behind when my lawyer slammed on the brakes to pull in to a gas station to buy boner pills 🇺🇸🗽
Drives me mad that there's so many things for which Reddit is usually the fastest way to get this kind of information quickly but that every other time you try you also end up dealing with some shit like this. Like an emergency cord on a train that's probably got some human shit on it.
I'd suggest the geeky route, a Klingon wedding maybe but pretty sure that's not really you. Football strip on the other hand...
rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides
Are you joking? Just pop her in the kitchen and scrape a bit off when needed. You'd never have to refill a salt shaker again!
For many years my mum made wedding dresses and I genuinely think if that was the only brief someone gave her she'd have been pretty pleased.
I'm a Hall, which you'd think wouldn't need spelling but we all unfortunately have an accent which makes it come out sounding like whore. Unsurprisingly the whole family spell it out immediately as second nature.
Phew, I briefly misread that as if rather than or. I could've really misled some people there.
These are very good. I *hate* them!
Male punk-ass bitch epidemic
Not sure zip ties are "your look". Mad respect for your work✌️
This is a masterpiece. Simply excellent www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMIC...
Hoped the horses would pay?
My son walked into the room and said “I’m a Tyrannosaurus Cow!” And then roared a moo at me, so I drew this.
I remember that talk with the careers advisor. You didn't get that?
"fishing with the fash". That's a podcast right there.
Happy Alien day
These are all brilliant
I went to an exhibition about a cartoon band yesterday and bought stickers in the gift shop. This feels like an attack.
incredible
Being a centrist is dumb AF, imagine thinking the half way point is always right. Statistically it’s impossibly unlikely. It’s like believing King Solomon was right, not because it revealed who the real mother was, but that the correct course of action was to bisect the baby.
Pencils in the ears and pants on the head time
Oof! Haha!
I love that they've set this up to look as if Sunak is going to go and feed cancer ham to the orphans. Lovely bit of editorial work there.
"I love you mate. It's okay to not be okay yeah? I'm here for you." Really inspiring to see men taking care of each other.
I do have phd experts in my pocket but I also have people like @brainmage.bsky.social in there so... I guess sorry to those PHD experts for the things he says while you're all in there.
If anything that lady should have thanked him for just harassing her into giving him her name and address while carrying a gun despite the fact she was quite clearly not committing a crime. The bar for recruiting these morons is so low and they only hire you if you walk face first into it.
"chill out darlin' we coulda gone the full fash on you." When you say you could have jumped out and grabbed her what you mean is you could have got away with it despite the fact it would have been both disproportionate use of force and a wrongful arrest. Well done knuckle dragger. Have a biscuit.
Trickle-down authoritarianism: the UK government bans the Palestine Action group—but at the grassroots level, all manner of minor functionaries interpret this to mean that the Palestinian flag as such is a mark of criminality. Predictable.
We've all known that's the case with cars for ages so I would guess so. Although if you've ever been in somewhere that's got the smoke bomb system and it's accidentally set off, that's fairly effective!
Haha! Oh aslynn. Know any other good jokes? Our welfare system, particularly for sickness and disability and especially the assessment process here is notoriously cruel and not fit for purpose and just miserable. But yes, ideally that would be the way to solve it.
I don't think the struggles I had with the dx assessment were enough to stress me out and I think I remember thinking even to myself that surely both me and the doctor know damn well why I'm having them issues. Totally different when you're trying to apply for financial help though. It was not fun!
"She's old enough to start learning about the world now and I'm worried she'll realise I'm just a frothing racist and start quoting facts and statistics at me."
I wish more organisations would learn from it and tailor certain question based information gathering though. Recently had to take a verbal worm capability assessment regarding welfare and let me tell you that one I could do with less struggle thanks! Some awfully formatted questions in it.
A tombstone in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, photographed by Andy Darby. Note the border inscription.
And I can recommend several short piers if any of you feel like taking a long reflective walk.
Very similar to my experience and in terms of need in the moment and need in the long term I very much feel the same and I'm sure we're far from the only two. That's not good enough. USA desperately needs to reform its healthcare system and here in the UK we *must* fix and care for our NHS!
Famine walk: Boyle Palestine Solidarity Group in vanguard as activists finish 165km trek from Strokestown, Co Roscommon
But if you encounter both at the same time definitely try to set one on the other because I've never seen two people say such awful things to each other with such warmth and it's bloody good fun
It's SO ugly. I genuinely love it!
Hobby graveyard. Instantly relatable. I know why I do it, I have taught myself to step away and find the next thing when I need to, but I don't think I'll ever not be a little annoyed by it!
Arresting Quakers, former Guantanamo inmates, blind disabled activists... This is the largest political mass arrest since the Poll Tax Riots 35 years ago. A government for nobody, hated by everyone, cowering behind a thin blue line. Pathetic. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I am so grateful to everyone who put themselves on the line for this today and I admire them gratefully. I hate it but think there was no better way to expose how ludicrous and immoral the government's actions have been and what the function of a police force truly is.
“the name’s cuomo; andrew cuomo”, purred the former governor as he walked up the the bar, zipping up his fly and slicing his penis and one of his balls right off as he did so
Belly laughed at this.
I love Keanu but this one is easy one of the very few perfect action movies - the whole series is great but the original is a masterpiece on every level, from character establishment to set pieces
Hard agree. Though it was nice to see Constantine getting some love for its anniversary recently. An adaption that went in a very different direction to the source material(which can be absolutely fine) but really cool in it's own right and he was great for the role. I love his calm as Wick though.
Hear hear. Likewise with all trans and non-binary people. We're getting it very wrong for them in the UK right now and I am both heartbroken and furious, but determined to stand by them and speak up.
Ben, I'm both happy and excited for you. The thing about the clock is pleasingly relatable and you'll have nice moments like that with other people too now. The first few months for me were intense, sometimes emotional but so positive. Only advice I offer is to just give yourself time and love mate
Definitely can have various benefits for loads of people, no doubt. But I think we definitely need to draw a line under that and really speak up for those who only have self ID as an option, or would simply prefer to just self ID now
You're welcome. Pretty sure you help a lot of people with this stuff. Also I know I'm not alone in the fact that since realising I'm autistic neurodiversity has become fascinating to me and I find your insights give me loads of great food for thought.
Yes! I think getting my dx when I did was helpful for me in terms of accepting it. I was so sure and yet would have had doubts for a while. Discourse like this would have got me over that though. Why I *needed* dx is because I can't work and it helps my case for getting welfare. It shouldn't need to
aslyn has such a brilliant combination of knowledge, experience, excellent articulation about this and other things things, all always seemingly rooted in really sincere compassion. I knew before I got my dx because of people sharing their experience online and it still provides such a comfort.
Blue Jay: My scientific name is Cyanocitta cristata American Robin: Oh that's beautiful, I don't know mine, not sure if I have one
Pure art. The moment my disappointment in the second guy turned to pure admiration was very satisfying.
As a Brit I have been completely unsurprised by the government's inaction in the face of the genocide in Gaza and their use of terrorism laws to curb protest but it is unforgivable. Given the role of the UK in the very foundation of Israel we have a responsibility to stand up and be counted.
I remember this. It was lovely!
As a disabled person who has felt great anger and shame for avoiding protest due to the high risk in recent years of being arrested and prosecuted and the risk that would pose to my financial support I have such admiration for this man but also I'm very concerned about the consequences he may face
When the Mueller report was happening John Oliver dubbed it Stupid Watergate. The total lack of effort Trump has had to put in to get away with stuff is such a joke.
I am often awake all night and have become an expert at walking through the house in the dark. I now have to make a conscious effort to move more slowly as my jet black dog is invisible in the dark. Defeats the point of leaving lights off to not disturb others when I fall over a dog
It's funded by donations from the public.
Something I love about The Truth and Monstrous Regiment is getting to see Vimes from other characters' perspective and having him written entirely externally. If you've read the Watch books you know he's a good man and a bastard but I love how much more the bastard stands out in those books.
Given the appalling choice between that and the armed masked guys snatching people off of the streets I'll take our really really stupid internet situation. We are all a bit fucked right now huh?
And we are following along behind you with the hard right authoritarian awfulness. UK and US seem to have kept doing this shit back and forth since we voted for Brexit and you guys got Trump the first time. Feels like there could have been better ways to build solidarity but hey, here we are.
I am hoping as it's run by Public Health England the Talk To Frank online service would still be accessible. Seems to work fine for me without asking for verification right now. But that still requires a teenager to know a lot TTF when they are much more likely to be aware of Wikipedia
"Those dickheads are burning down the forest for their stupid useless project. Look! You can see it not working from here! But just so it's clear *I'm* the cool guy making that point watch me set fire to this tree!"
What I find gross about it is that she's launching these shorts to call for the end of a genocide that's happening right now and raising funds to help the victims of that genocide. Her personal political support for Corbyn is completely irrelevant to that right now.
Not only how much you stand out but also a body the size of a man's that still moves like a boy's is not a good look. I was always told I looked stupid when I ran. Yeah of course I do I've suddenly got all this leg to deal with!
I understand the message is literally written on the shirt but given that the next election is years away and there has so far been nothing confirmed about whether Corbyn will even be leading the new party what the hell relevance does "Corbyn for PM!" have right now Katherine? Weird and a bit gross
I can not emphasize enough. This just puts the UK into the lead of Hatemongering nations. For what? Do you like Harry Potter THAT MUCH? Enough to keep our family & friends from safely going out in the world? It is absolutely disgusting. The Labour Party leadership should get a DELUGE of resistance.
Around 100 MPs did meet with groups recently to hear the very legitimate and immediate concerns and I've heard some positive stuff about the response there absolutely needs to be huge public pressure. Parliament being in recess doesn't help but we definitely still all need to step up.
Interesting. Not sure that's something I would have linked to height but then I'm not sure it's a concept I have any understanding of. I don't think I'm it but don't think I know it when I see it. Hitting 6ft at age 11 was no fun though I will say that.
Realising I've always known this about myself but never actually acknowledged it. I am tall enough that it's useful but no-one ever remarks on me being tall. So maybe for those of us a 6 or just over it's more accurate to say we're not short?
MSF has destroyed the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in a harrowing new report The MSF report called ‘This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing’ exposes deadly violence at sites operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation www.thecanary.co/global/world...
For sure. But that just highlights how absurd it all is. It is ridiculous to put the enforcing of this on private organisations and the only rational option it leaves those organisations with us to "check" literally everyone using their single sex spaces and that is clearly impossible.
One of the best things about being in an international server is that if I mention that I live in Bear Country (CO), the Australians all howl about how we need to shut up about Aussie wildlife, because THEIR large carnivores mostly stay in the water, NOT INVITE THEMSELVES INTO THE KITCHEN. (🧵1/?)
the hard stuff
There's been no witch hunt. What she's being rightly criticised for is evicting her tenants in order to relist the property to rent for 20% more which is clearly immoral and exactly the kind of thing that can leave people homeless which is why they are legislating right now to stop it happening.