Britain - The Official Thread

[UKMikey]

How does war-torn Syria rank 80th?

I'm not responsible for the methodology of the table but do you think Syria should be higher up the rankings? Why?

 

[PeterJB]

I'm not responsible for the methodology of the table but do you think Syria should be higher up the rankings? Why?

It needs to be right down the bottom somewhere around places like Somalia and Haiti.

EDIT: I've just noticed they don't measure every country on Earth.

 

[UKMikey]

It needs to be right down the bottom somewhere around places like Somalia and Haiti.

It is right down the bottom being 80th out of 80 countries in the table. Somalia and Haiti aren't in the survey and didn't provide data.

 

[PeterJB]

It is right down the bottom being 80th out of 80 countries in the table. Somalia and Haiti aren't in the survey and didn't provide data.

I edited my post to clarify noticing this but it's not showing up as such for some reason

 

[polysmut]

Sounds like something that comes from Post Colonial Theory, which is yet another corrupt academic field spewing out its ideological nonsense & infecting public consciousness with its various unfounded idea pathogens. I think Helen Pluckrose mentioned PCT in her talk at The Ramsey.

I've not studied that field. As I said, it was based mainly on assumption.

 

[PeterJB]

Anyone here had any experiences with Beelivery? They're advertising for delivery guys in my area which I'm interested in, but the fact that you have to buy the groceries with your own money then get reimbursed/paid after you've delivered them is setting off alarm bells in my head.

 

[VBR]

I've not studied that field. As I said, it was based mainly on assumption.

I've not looked into it in-depth myself either, but from what I can tell the field contains the same nameless composite radical leftist ideology that drives much of the humanities & social sciences. You may very well be right, the UK may still have wealth leftover from the days of empire. However, going on the trillions of £s debt we're in & how long ago the empire died I would doubt it. My response was not an attack on what you had said, but rather on how such ideas & rhetoric are used, or abused, by SJWs in an attempt to undermine people's love of their country, their culture, their patriotism, their national pride, etc.

 

[MatskiMonk]

If we use the Where-to-be-born index as an indicator of what political system works, it's fair to say that we (and most other countries) got it very wrong!

 

[polysmut]

I've not looked into it in-depth myself either, but from what I can tell the field contains the same nameless composite radical leftist ideology that drives much of the humanities & social sciences. You may very well be right, the UK may still have wealth leftover from the days of empire. However, going on the trillions of £s debt we're in & how long ago the empire died I would doubt it. My response was not an attack on what you had said, but rather on how such ideas & rhetoric are used, or abused, by SJWs in an attempt to undermine people's love of their country, their culture, their patriotism, their national pride, etc.

I didn't take it as an attack. There's no problem there. 👍
I might look into the subject at some point but it could be a while.

 

[UKMikey]

If we use the Where-to-be-born index as an indicator of what political system works, it's fair to say that we (and most other countries) got it very wrong!

Any chart in which Britain isn't No.1 is "PoST cOLoNiaL ThEOrY" these days.

I got interested in the list after spending some time in Singapore and observing their response to the Covid outbreak. Free track and trace apps that work, vending machines full of masks etc.

It isn't unpatriotic to look at what other countries are doing better and try to learn from this.

 

[UKMikey]

More blatant traitorism from the left by calling attention to this bill. How are we going to Keep Britain Great if we don't stop prosecuting our boys for torturing Afghanis? /s

 

[Liquid]

Any chart in which Britain isn't No.1 is "PoST cOLoNiaL ThEOrY" these days.

Ralph Milliband hated Britain.

 

[DK]

More blatant traitorism from the left by calling attention to this bill. How are we going to Keep Britain Great if we don't stop prosecuting our boys for torturing Afghanis? /s

Do you want more Soldier Fs? Because that's how you get more Soldier Fs.

 

[UKMikey]

Ralph Milliband hated Britain.

Hard to tell if serious or Daily Mail headline.

Do you want more Soldier Fs? Because that's how you get more Soldier Fs.

I suspect that by trying to impose such a harsh statute of limitations the government is ensuing that any role it had in sanctioning torture isn't brought to light. That said, I'm not sure if "we was only following orders" an excuse.

 

[Novalee]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/poli...-Keir-Starmer-Jeremy-Corbyn-ITV-Peston-latest


If i understand the bill correctly , i think it is a huge mistake to attempt to justify torture .

Interesting situation on the tele during this broadcast for the lady being interviewed.

 

[Famine]

 

[ryzno]

Am I tripping or is the zero in the 10 in the avatar sideways?

 

[Famine]

Am I tripping or is the zero in the 10 in the avatar sideways?

It's an image cropped from the front door of 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister's official residence.

 

[Touring Mars]

I know you hate single smiley replies, but

 

[Liquid]

Summer: Get outside and that's an order

Autumn: This is your last chance to stop spreading the virus

 

[PeterJB]

Every time new measures like this are put in, they're met with a barrage of questions and queries over technicalities and scenarios that the government clearly haven't considered.

It's almost as if they're making everything up on the fly so it looks like they're making an effort to combat the virus...

 

[Famine]

I guess only @Touring Mars plays or watches darts on the reg then?

 

[UKMikey]

I guess only @Touring Mars plays or watches darts on the reg then?

Probably (I know I don't), but I think I get the joke now. The dart in the picture hit a double ten, scoring twenty. Gif replies can be as uninformative as single smiley ones sometimes.

 

[polysmut]

on the reg

Does that mean regularly?
I used to watch darts in the 90s when I watched as much sport as I could but I'm not up to date with current players.
I've played enough that I've made 177 in three darts [edit: 4 years ago tomorrow according to the picture I took of it] but never 180.
I don't see the joke at all? I thought you two were laughing at "takeaway deliveries" being an oxymoron or something.

 

[Famine]

Does that mean regularly?
I used to watch darts in the 90s when I watched as much sport as I could but I'm not up to date with current players.
I've played enough that I've made 177 in three darts [edit: 4 years ago tomorrow according to the picture I took of it] but never 180.
I don't see the joke at all? I thought you two were laughing at "takeaway deliveries" being an oxymoron or something.

They've illustrated the concept of pubs shutting at 10 with a dart scoring 20.

 

[Touring Mars]

Yeh, the obvious solution would have been to show the dart in the double 5

 

[MaxAttack]

It's just a friendly hint from our lovely government - boozer's shutting early, so if you're getting one in make it a double!

 

[polysmut]

They've illustrated the concept of pubs shutting at 10 with a dart scoring 20.

It does but the dart is in the 10 sector and right next to the marking saying 10. I realised it was in the double but didn't think that was a silly choice.

Yeh, the obvious solution would have been to show the dart in the double 5

For those who play double in versions of darts and start drinking at 5? 💡

 

[Famine]

It does but the dart is in the 10 sector and right next to the marking saying 10. I realised it was in the double but didn't think that was a silly choice.

Yet at the same time, it is.

It's so close to being right but, as is so often the case, half an inch out and it's embarrassingly in the wrong hole...


I do love the whole "How do we illustrate a pub? I know, a dartboard!" thing too

 

[PeterJB]

It's just a friendly hint from our lovely government - boozer's shutting early, so if you're getting one in make it a double!

There have been complaints of tube stations at night being jam-packed with pub-goers too drunk to bother social distancing because everyone has to leave the pubs at the same time now.