Very exciting stuff!
Welcome, Solar Flares!
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Sat 15 May 2021, 14:17,
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Surprisingly compelling to watch
He starts out seemingly like a total Cnut, then actually achieves something very satisfying.
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Sat 15 May 2021, 18:21,
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This is great....
Belongs on a double A side with this -
youtu.be/nr-SZXIVvuo
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That was amazing.
And CNN couldn’t have presented it worse. Still gets a click though.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 14 May 2021, 19:41,
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Wish I could see the bounce clearly.
It looks like it's part of the energy dissipation.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 14 May 2021, 21:26,
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I’ve seen other falling cat vids, but not a land like the kitchen table falling cat video.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 14 May 2021, 21:59,
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A very special cat fall.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gmNmKS13kRI
Horrid music tho'
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 14 May 2021, 22:25,
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The cat vids are getting funnier, but the packaging is getting worse.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 14 May 2021, 22:38,
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Cryptopica 005 (topical cryptic prize crossword)
I made this!
More of my current-affairs-inspired word-wankery for those that can abide such linguistic onanism. Prize for the first correct solution drawn from the hat after 31 May.
Main link is to PDF.
Across Lite PUZ file here (but check the rubric on the PDF for additional info first): drive.google.com/file/d/1vJG14kFkmy0RLvsifq4a4QFgTHPbASyj/view?usp=drivesdk
Good luck.
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101 MILLION people cant be wrong
Glasscock be damned.
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Linbox has a serious dunk habit, Fri 14 May 2021, 18:27,
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NHS to make data available
What could possibly go wrong!??
Opt out now via the pdf (print, fill in and give to your doctors) or this link www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters/manage-your-choice/ (I don't think you can opt out children via this way)
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If it's anonymised, what's the problem?
"NHS Digital said names and addresses, written notes, images, letters, and documents would not be collected. Nor would coded data that is not needed due to its age and coded data that GPs are not permitted to share by law."
Sounds fairly standard for dealing with sensitive/confidential patient data, at least in my experience (pharmacy/clinical trials). Sure, there's always concern about data being hacked/compromised, but if it can't be used to identify an individual then what's the objection? Health professionals do take confidentiality very seriously.
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The UK government has a storied history of keeping our data completely safe, yeah?
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Fri 14 May 2021, 18:35,
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Absolutely, I get those concerns
Key point for me, though, is what data is collected in the first place. If (and I concede it's a big if) it's properly anonymised before the data is collected, I don't see the problem.
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re: data anonymised - not really, since it really depends on what other databases exist now and in the future that could be used to cross reference the data. eg using the data from Tesco club card dataset(which has your name etc) with a machine Learning algorithm - I suspect the data would be able over a period time, able to identify a lot people. This will only get more detailed with time as more information eg facebook? your browsing habits which are also collected by ISPs and given to many many agencies etc.. etc...
and also allowing US multinational's to analysing the data to then start the bidding process for select GPs. has the UK government ruled NHS from the treaties with the US? no! what better way would there be for them to understand the UK healthcare market
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Cradle to grave data, minus whatever the dear old ladies working part time at the GP surgery understand needs to be removed.
I like the idea of truly anonymous medical data being used constructively, but I have no faith in this or future governments to keep it anonymous, safe and secure.
Centralising government databases never ends well.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Fri 14 May 2021, 19:52,
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Do you really think opting out would stop data theft/use?
As soon as it is online it will be well worth selling to the US, then apologising afterwards and a public inquiry (after the election).
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 14 May 2021, 19:32,
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It might be worth a lawsuit when you find your data used to promote or deny you services later on.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Fri 14 May 2021, 19:57,
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Lawsuits are usually for people with money*.
They are unlikely to admit that is why they are refusing services, the same way it is difficult to prove discrimination at job interviews.
*although I have beaten the DWP at tribunal.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 14 May 2021, 21:42,
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Isn't this data that Amazon and Google already had?
www.wired.co.uk/article/amazon-nhs-data-matt-hancock
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 14 May 2021, 19:57,
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Don't worry, as a GP I always make sure that my patient's data is so poorly coded that it would be worthless if it fell into the wrong hands.
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www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/19284672.south-essex-gps-trial-scrap-prescriptions/
Fucking hilarious.
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Hope they don't start that where I am.
One of the reasons I am skeptical of conspiracies is that incompetence makes them unlikely to work.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sat 15 May 2021, 17:56,
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Has Rob tried selling B3ta data to researchers?
Not sure he'd get much but it might be another source of revenue.
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Why was the leading fucklift driver raising his centre of mass like that?
Nice Mariokart power-skid while it lasted though.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Fri 14 May 2021, 14:44,
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Maybe he just got off of work, and was in a hurry to get racing.
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cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Fri 14 May 2021, 16:05,
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Because the physics look about as realistic as when I'm racing forklifts against my son in Lego Jurassic World.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 14 May 2021, 16:20,
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Love it.
There’s also this one with racing cardboard boxes - youtu.be/7SYSbvPbOyY
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JimmerUK Everyone's Favourite Jim, Fri 14 May 2021, 17:14,
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squeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaalllll!!!!!!!!
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Fri 14 May 2021, 12:56,
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I concur with the above squeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaalllll!!!!!!!!
and would like to add my own.
squeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaalllll!!!!!!!!! (with one extra exclamation mark)
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TBL I posted this on, Fri 14 May 2021, 13:58,
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Was that a flicker of b3ta at 1.03?
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 14 May 2021, 14:12,
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That one is
Fake RatherGood.
Cyriak's worked with them, so there is a b3ta connection.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 14 May 2021, 14:43,
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Can't wait.
Q. How can we make this Sparks documentary even more awesome?
A. Get Edgar fucking Wright to direct it.
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Linbox has a serious dunk habit, Fri 14 May 2021, 18:25,
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Moving Mud Puddle Gives Zero Fucks About A Railway Line
It's a sinkhole with attitude, and it's on a mission to go wherever the fuck it wants. Engineers, bollocks to your 5 story steel sheet pile driven barrier - piece of piss. Next THE HIGHWAY!!! There should be a live feed of this mischievous mucky anarchist.
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Nice to see that Betteridge's Law doesn't just apply to headlines.
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One can not have gradations of uniqueness. One either is or is not unique.
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unclepills, Fri 14 May 2021, 12:59,
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Sure, but this one is very unique.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 14 May 2021, 13:01,
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Unless you have firmly established which criteria are being considered, it's impossible to agree on whether things are unique or not. Something that is unique under one set of criteria is not necessarily unique by a different set of criteria and vice versa.
Uniqueness is *not* a property of an object.
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The criterion here seems to be mud pools.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sat 15 May 2021, 18:37,
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Geos are shitting themselves.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 16 May 2021, 8:16,
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www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-sad-demise-of-alan-partridge
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 14 May 2021, 8:58,
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the spectator hates coogan now?
What an unexpected turn of events and in no way a vindictive pattern of behaviour since his evidence at leveson. Makes a change from them vilifying young girls for tweeting they're glad to be back at school, which is what really gets its readership off
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 14 May 2021, 10:08,
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Needless to say, I had the last laugh.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 14 May 2021, 11:50,
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it does clarify the source of your frequent 'PC gone mad'-themed regurgitated dross
it's a sophomoric british breitbart, replete with references to the "chinese virus"
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 14 May 2021, 13:55,
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It's certainly not 'Bravo Two Zero' by Andy McNabb. Which actually improves with every read.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 14 May 2021, 14:02,
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wasn't nearly as good as his follow-up: "Charlie Two Zero - You sunk my battleship"
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 14 May 2021, 15:04,
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Now you appear to have calmed down, and yes, yes, The Spectator is vile and evil right wing dogma,
do you really not think this new Partridge incarnation is utter shite compared to his 90s outings?
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 14 May 2021, 19:51,
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you prefer his edgy early stuff?
I loathe it all. And him. And Courtney Love.
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Fri 14 May 2021, 22:44,
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No, I’m just talking about Partridge.
He’s done other good stuff. The Trip. Philomena. He’s flogging a dead horse here though.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 14 May 2021, 22:58,
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Oh I wouldn't go so far as to call it vile
but like other media that used to be centre right, it's followed its readership down a rabbithole of neo-trumpian orthodoxies at the expense of any gravitas it once possessed. The thunberg 'article' could have been an aggrieved tweet
As to the new partridge, I've not seen it, though if iannucci is still writing it's bound to have it's moments even if it suffers from over-familiarity
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 15 May 2021, 0:54,
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Iannucci isn’t. Your description of The Spectator’s editorial line is utterly absurd.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 15 May 2021, 1:16,
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the idiom is brit public school, but the targets and ad hominen attacks are depressingly familiar
I googled "spectator thunberg" knowing I'd find predictable vitriol, but slightly taken aback by how juvenile and unnuanced the writing was.
"pigtailed Swedish school girl staged a hissy fit from the UN". "goblin of doom", "chinese virus" - all this in response to a tweet saying it was nice to be back at school.
There's nothing to learn here other than they hate thunberg and coogan, and it's not even particularly funny or well expressed. To me the parallels with trump are obvious, and it appeals to a similar kind of repressed and impotent bitterness that they act as ciphers for.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 15 May 2021, 3:46,
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You’re spoiling for a fight that isn’t even there.
The article makes absolutely no mention of Coogan’s politics whatsoever, it’s a critique of the comic character Partridge’s declining comedy value, that is highly praised for it’s 90s period. And then you start dragging Greta into it. I understand you think The Spectator is evil. I get that. But all the article says is that Partridge isn’t as funny as he used to be and that’s a shame. You even admit you haven’t seen the show that this assertion is based on. Yet still you want to pick a fight about it, while at no point addressing the essential substance of the article. It’s just weird. I’m increasingly certain you’ve not even read the article. You just want a fight.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 15 May 2021, 12:13,
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you seem incapable of understanding any argument that's not some kind of reductionist ad hominen, which is why you're its core market
fine, spectator = evil, is that easier for you?
forget my observation with examples about how the spectator has been running attack pieces about coogan since leveson, with the obvious (or so I thought but I forget who I'm dealing with) inference that any spectator review of a coogan project will be through this editorial lens biased by its naked antipathy for him. how those same articles by the deputy editor writing an article that says no more that Coogan is a pillock are indicative of the downmarket intellectual malaise of a 200 year old publication, with the thunberg example sounding like it was written by some angry reddit troll than a professional writer. and with all this in mind, how it's no surprise that you're a fan willing to defend it. It used to be a mag for small c conservatives, city types, almost a tele weekend supplement with decent writers. Auden and kinglsy amis wouldn't touch it with a barge pole now, it's now squarely aimed at angry vauxhall driving middle england brexiters too stupidly pretentious to realise how far it's fallen. It's the burberry of the publishing world
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 15 May 2021, 14:39,
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Ok. Very good.
What do you think of the actual content of the article itself? Could you apply your devastating critical analysis to what was actually said in that specific article? Why do you insist instead on generalised criticism of the publication? I posted a link to an article. One article. I didn’t post a link to The Spectator’s subscription page. What do you think about the article you didn’t read about the show you didn’t watch?
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 15 May 2021, 15:13,
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all I learnt from the article was that the writer seemed both surprised and upset coogan's appearance had changed slightly in the two decades since I'm Alan Partridge ran
he managed to shitcan it without describing a single episode or plotline or gag from the new series. Perhaps he never watched the new series as well? so there's not much to critically analyse and it really wasn't worth linking to, so I thought instead I'd make a broader point about the rag itself
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 15 May 2021, 23:02,
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Given that it wasn’t worth linking to, you certainly had a lot to say about it.
Really quite odd since you haven’t even watched it, but bringing Greta into it was the zenith for me.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 15 May 2021, 23:33,
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Hard to know if you're quoting Alan's autobiography
or Brett Hart's.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Fri 14 May 2021, 14:40,
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I know there have been posts from this channel before
But this is such a perfect peel
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simbosan nuck nuck nuck, Fri 14 May 2021, 1:05,
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That is quite satisfying.
And wow...a whole channel dedicated to a single low bridge.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 14 May 2021, 9:54,
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"It's fine boss, we just call it a convertible"
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Fri 14 May 2021, 10:03,
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The idea of a truck eating bridge having a Patreon is so very internet
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simbosan nuck nuck nuck, Fri 14 May 2021, 13:21,
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Good man.
It's a pity he didn't come to those conclusions before signing up.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 13 May 2021, 21:57,
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Better that it comes from experience.
Might have upset the patriotic heroes in 'spoons tho'.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 14 May 2021, 16:57,
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I've thought about this comment
and I cannot agree. It would have been better if he had come to pacifism before joining the SAS and killing all those people, and sending all those children to be tortured, etc.
It would be better if our army had to conscript people rather than accept applicants who, assuming they understand what the job involves, have a desire to kill and maim strangers in exchange for money.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Sat 15 May 2021, 14:28,
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Context
vfpuk.org/articles/i-will-not-fight-for-queen-and-country/
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unclepills, Fri 14 May 2021, 14:47,
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Judge not amused by Zoom screen name that man gave himself for virtual court case.
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Mr. Tea MUFFSNOT for whom the belm tolls, Thu 13 May 2021, 17:36,
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I can't quite make it out
do you have a larger image?
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 13 May 2021, 17:40,
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The screen name is in pretty small writing, it has to be said.
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Mr. Tea MUFFSNOT for whom the belm tolls, Thu 13 May 2021, 17:44,
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If only I had some way of knowing what might happen before I clicked a link
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You Muppet
Have some Buckfunk 3000
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpuX_6Mb0QQ&list=PLVxlwX2yfkrJc8yOeHxfPho-LinW3Z-aM&index=1
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Thu 13 May 2021, 22:36,
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Two Rivers Park monster
A beautiful documentary
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Thu 13 May 2021, 16:31,
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Did you see the monsters face in the window by the bones and at around 1:05 by his shoulder?
Could it be Skeletor?
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Mark Hamill will be the new Skeletor!
I didn't know that they were making a new series.
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Space is Big
But smaller than you might think.
If you enjoyed this video, check out Lawrence Krauss’s talk on the beginnings and ultimate fate of the Universe here.
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jonbob loves you, Thu 13 May 2021, 16:13,
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It's not small
It's just far away
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Thu 13 May 2021, 16:22,
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I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.
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Varmint, Thu 13 May 2021, 17:06,
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If the local group chemist is shut you’re stuffed.
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jonbob loves you, Thu 13 May 2021, 17:29,
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Is Krauss off the naughty step now?
Last I saw of him he was dressing as a hobo and doing lecture tours of countries where #MeToo isn't a thing.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 13 May 2021, 19:10,
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Space is so big that the vast majority of it is too far away for us to reach within the lifetime of the universe.
Seems pretty big to me.
The Algorithm (All glory to The Algorithm!) has been pushing this to me pretty hard, but I was sure I had watched a Kursgesagt video on the same topic about a year ago. Turns out that I had.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 14 May 2021, 9:52,
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I did not know
Tenacious D have been around for this long. Audio is a bit hissy.
edit-1997
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They were in that pauly shore movie biodome way back too
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwshxagVS2w
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It’s only Jack Black, but I think his best song is the unused theme to King Kong
www.youtube.com/watch?v=934usAyueR8
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Thu 13 May 2021, 12:48,
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He missed a good opportunity for a 'wank'
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VicJameson : fucking internet virgins since, Thu 13 May 2021, 13:24,
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I’m still amazed by
Jack Black’s mum. She makes almost all humans look like massive underachievers.
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La Vida Loca - Toy Dolls style
Blissfully shouty
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notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Thu 13 May 2021, 9:03,
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you can substitute palm oil for canola oil
but I think date rape isn't the same as real rape
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 13 May 2021, 7:36,
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So are tears
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 13 May 2021, 14:48,
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The previous guy's jizz works well, if you don't mind queueing.
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VicJameson : fucking internet virgins since, Thu 13 May 2021, 15:36,
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