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Does it make anyone else angry that......when BBC News write any sort of article about technology, they always aim it at my nan?
Yes, I know what the fucking Internet is. Yes, I know the difference between analogue and digital and so does 99% of the country. Fuck off.
What's grinding your gears today?
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people using catchphrases from family guy(
Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 12 May 2011, 13:24,
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my cheek keeps getting stuck up in my bracesand I want to punch it
but that'd defeat the purpose
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Lisette von Falcon, Thu 12 May 2011, 13:26,
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FUCKING GEESE(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 12 May 2011, 13:26,
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Also, people not posting news links, or making sense, or chopping down old trees, or those orange bricks, man they get on my tits.(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 12 May 2011, 13:28,
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Bricks in general are cunts.(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 12 May 2011, 13:31,
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Although you say that most people understand itIt's perfectly clear that the vast majority of the country is populated by fucking ignorant cunts of the highest order. Yes, individually these people may be pleasant and nice to spend an evening with, but on a national level, they are retards who have trouble breathing and walking at the same time.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 12 May 2011, 13:31,
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this man speaks the truth(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 May 2011, 13:33,
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That was my initial thoughtbut I don't want to get angry again, so I didn't bring it up.
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I got angry about it last nightMy Mum was visiting and I made the mistake of allowing myself to get wound up about how on earth the electorate could reject what is categorically a fairer method of voting.
Obviously I should have realised that my Mum voted no
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My Mum is a fucking ToryAnd of course they don't want AV in case they start seeing seats fairly distributed, or some craziness
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Woah there, it's not about fairly distributed, that would require PR, which actually I don't think I want, as I like the constituancy link to the electorate.
But ensuring that each MP has 50% of the votes I think is teh bare minimum you should expect from a democratic system.
Meh, why are we bothering, there is no way anything will change in our lifetimes now.
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Probably notI imagine the recent referendum can be represented as follows;
Electorate: "Our politicians are corrupt and should be more fairly elected and therefore accountable!"
The government: "Well OK, under extreme duress we'll give you the chance to vote in a slightly more complicated and much fairer system..."
Electorate: "tl:dr"
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*surreptitiously activates hidden video camera for blackmail purposes**gobbles*
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so much thisI was camping when the result came in, and I couldn't believe how almost all of my mates thought that AV was a bad idea. I was completely taken aback.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:06,
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I agree.it was my brother as well.
fortunately my mrs wasn't one of the idiots.
I was actually shocked by the reaction. There is literally no reason why the current system is better.
If nothing else, the fact that the Daily Mail had a massive NO TO AV on the front is reason enough.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:10,
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Now Al, you can hardly call everyone in the country who voted no a fucking spasticOnly because of lack of opportunity, mind. I know you would given the chance.
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According to my experience at my jobThe entire country is populated by gibbering half-men who are barely capable of understanding that the glowing box in front of them isn't a demonic engine that you need an advanced theoretical physics degree to use.
That's why the BBC aim it at your nan. Be thankful that you're in the intelligent minority.
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Kroney, Thu 12 May 2011, 13:48,
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fuck off Bert?(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 May 2011, 13:52,
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This post is effectively spamAs he fucked off straight after posting, I called him a milky cunt straight away and got no response
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 May 2011, 13:55,
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STOP THATBAD AL. No more fried foods for you
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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:26,
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*glees*That will get me laughing like a loon after a couple of pints.
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girlinthehole, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:59,
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For you:www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/24/1
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that is outstanding(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:17,
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OH HAI CROWCongratulations on surviving the Board Room again, thought you were a goner for sure this time
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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:27,
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I hope your aneurysm ruptures you furious prick(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:03,
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Bollocks75% of the country don't even know what electrons are. I suspect the difference between an analogue and a digital signal would have them clutching their knees and rocking in the corner, keening.
What you are doing is moaning because you understand something that some others don't, which you're treating as somehow their fault. Well done you, but why should they learn about something that's of no interest or use to them just to keep you happy?
I'd more more concerned about how much of the country watch big brother or actually think there is a point to Katie Price, if I were you. That's the real concern.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:03,
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Actually I'd argue that everyone should be able to understand the difference between analogue and digitalsimply because it's not that hard and their failure to do so is because they are a sweaty mouth breathing twunt who probably blames the state for their inability to get a job that pays more than £2.73 an hour
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I'd like to agree with youbut the country IS full of sweaty mouth breathers and we have to deal with it. Failure to understand that difference is not, effectively, important. Failure to understand that crossing a railway line when a train is coming might be a bad idea, or that stepping into the road without looking is your own fucking fault are crucial things, but this country not only tolerates those but panders to them.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:09,
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They NEED to know the differencebetween analogue and digital because if they don't they see less Katie Price.
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not really, thoughthey need to understand that there IS a difference but not what that difference is. I do continually get annoyed with the condascending attitude, particularly amongst some of the very IT literate, that you're stupid if you don't understand computers. For example, all the "LOL what a retard he hadn't run a defrag or a backup and he's got lots of viruses what a cock" .. Why should people understand? for 90% of us a computer is a tool. If you need any specialist knowledge to stop it breaking, it isn't designed well enough.
This attitude needs to change, or else people like me are going to start going "what, REALLY? you don't know the cell surface signalling markers for pluripotency in stem cells? You fucking TOOL. Has anyone else seen this idiot? Well, I'm not fixing your leukemia for you now. AS IF, man."
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:24,
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It's not a tool in the same way as a screwdriver, though.It's not as simple as either it works or it doesn't. It's more like a car. If you can't handle the idea of putting the oil in it yourself, you'll pay a mechanic to do it for you. The mechanic will think you a fucking idiot for paying him to do it, because you are.
Nobody's expecting the lay person to remove and recondition a gearbox, but you ought to be capable of some basic maintenance.
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Kroney, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:26,
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your analogy is partially validexcept it breaks down on complexity and modern-ness. As in, I've rebuilt a couple of my classic cars from scratch, but the the last two cars I've owned are brand new, and I do get mechanics to change the oil for me, because I want to. These mechanics don't think I'm a tool. Well, they probably do, but certainly not because I don't want to change the oil in a brand new car myself.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:35,
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*jumps up and down*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBS
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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:36,
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Oh my.And all covered in 20w50. *goes for a lie down*
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:38,
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hahaI think I still have a couple litres of that in my mums greenhouse. Hopefully her eyesjight isn't bad enough that she starts watering her planst with that
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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:40,
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I wasn't using the "you" personallybut the fact stands that if you use something as complex, expensive and needing as much maintenance as a car or computer, you ought to be capable of doing some of the simple maintenance functions yourself. Because you're an adult.
If a person breaks it because they can't be arsed or are too scared to learn how to do these simple tasks, then that person is a fool.
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Kroney, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:47,
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the difference is between what you and I can "simple maintainance" and at what level that person is regarded as a fool
Look, just simply look at the "idiots" /QOTW to understand what I mean. Every other post is "LOL he didn't understand the basic TCP:IP parameters, what a fucking tool"
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:59,
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OK, well I mean the stuff such as occasional virus scans,defrags etc. Housekeeping, basically. In our analogy, the equivalent of checking your tyre pressure.
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Kroney, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:04,
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Modern-ness? Is that like modernity?(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:51,
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In a perfect world a computer would be a toolbut if you think of cars, 30-40 years ago cars were nothing like as reliable as they are now, and to drive one it really helped if you knew a thing or two about how they worked, if you just drove and drove it and then when it broke you took it to a mechanics, they would probably criticise you too.
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No, they generally wouldn'tand anyway, your point is only valid in comparison to computers 20 years in the past. Owners don't and can't touch modern cars now, and they mostly work. The same, sadly is not true of modern computers. Unless you buy a mac, and then everyone calls you cunt.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:37,
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But computers have only been around for a limited timeand as they progress, you need to do less to maintain them.
So my point is entirely valid.
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bollocksso far, as they've progressed you've need to do and know more. regression.
Anyway, I didn't say it wasn't at all valid. I said it wasn't entirely valid.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:56,
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That's clearly incorrectBack in the days of MS-DOS you needed to really know what you were doing to get programs running, let alone networking. Most home networks now can be set up with the bare minimum of technical knowledge, you just plug it in. Installing new hardware is virtually always plug in and reboot, no installing drivers, no reconfiguring your set up or anything.
So I think you should retract that comment.
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Also I bet you if 30 years ago I took my car in and said a light came onand it was because I needed to put oil in it, they would laugh behind my back and call me a twunt.
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They'd do that today.I got a smirk from a tyre man because I asked him to change a wheel for me not so long ago.
Until he realised how stuck the locking nut was. He needed a five foot extender bar to get the necessary leverage on it. I had tried and failed. Lack of tools is not the same as being an idiot.
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Kroney, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:48,
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I know nish about IT. And if any of these fucking IT geek get fresh they'll get a dry slap.
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I have to admit I don't really know what they areI know they're negatively charged, have something to do with electricity and it's too simple to say they ate arranged in shells of 2 8 8 or something but yeah.
I have no concept of how the fuck they work and where they are.
Oh, and they have no mass? Bloody hell gcses were a long time ago.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:17,
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I know the difference between a Manet and a Monet painting.I bet Al doesn't.
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girlinthehole, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:19,
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Manet did the one of the people in the park, or am I wrong?The really odd but pretty one.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:21,
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Yup, first one on google images for Manet.(
Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:25,
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it's a vowelas any fule no.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:24,
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Psst!They have a mass, it's about 9.11 x 10-31kg. The massless particles you're thinking of are photons.
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I wasn't sure of the latter thing.Having a weightless particle makes no sense to me.
Light is another thing I do not fucking understand. can't even remember the angle of refraction.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:24,
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It is dependant on the medum in which the light is being refracted(, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:25, Reply)
We had to learn the one for glass, I think.(
Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:27,
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No one really "understands" lightDebate has raged for hundreds of years over whether it's a wave or a particle, and since some time around 1906 people have grudgingly come to accept that it's some strange amalgamation of the two (i.e., it exhibits some properties of a particle but also some properties of a wave)
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Yeah, I remember reading that.The Only thing I really remember is red shift, as at the time I had no idea what it was so drummed it into my head.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:32,
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They have massit's just very small when compared to the whole of the atom. Which itself is very small when compared to anything you can see.
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they weigh about as much as a duck.(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:26,
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*thunderous witch fives*(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:38,
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Fucking science.How does it work?
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:27,
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Any mass is small when compared to you(
TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:30,
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Except the mass of air contained in your vaginawhich, in a strange coincidence, weighs as much as me.
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I knew I shouldn't have added that additional harbour(
TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:34,
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Nothing, I'm in a very good moodThis is mainly due to having a large cup of tea this morning, marmite for breakfast, a nice lunch, and this isn't too bad either
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:12,
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naa, general bad moodI had marmite on toast for breakfast as well
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:17,
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Ahh, fair enoughIt's a damn good breakfast.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:17,
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my sore throati have a major big exciting fancy night out tonight, i've just had my hair done specially and schlepped into work with a very slutty skirt and boots for later. and i feel like shit.
make it stop?? i can't drink champagne if i can't swallow...
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:17,
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vodka cures sore throats(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:17,
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i tried that on tue nightit's still sore. i am dreading having to get antibiotics.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:20,
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causes them too sometimesnot that this has ever happened to me, i hasten to add
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:38,
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gagging is for amateursi lost mine a long time ago
(and the gag reflex, boom boom)
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:51,
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no thanksi couldn't afford the inevitable divorce
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:07,
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You also won't get that promotion if you don't...(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:20,
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hait's a birthday party. but nice thought.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:20,
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champagne will make it worsedon't you have numbing cough drops?
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Lisette von Falcon, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:43,
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they aren't touching the sides of this bitch(
rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:52,
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Exactlyto someone like Swipey, that's the equivalent of you or me saying "Damn, I can't get any water out of my taps and I'm about to die of thirst"
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Unless you're incapable of movingor swallowing at all, you almost certainly don't.
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Are you CRAZY?She could get scarlet fever, and DIE.
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Lisette von Falcon, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:09,
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No she she doesn'tShe needs a strepsil and a dose of MTFU, what a waste of a doctor's time.
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:05,
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i probably need penicillini get tonsillitis about once a year and i know what it is by now.
but my doctor is in cheshire, so any trip to the doctor means A&E which is a nightmare. inevitably, i will end up putting up with this for 2 weeks and then finally giving in and going to A&E one evening.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:08,
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you fucking weaklingalso, having a doctor somewhere you don't live is fucking stupid
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:10,
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why not get it over with now?I get strep really bad every year and always need antibiotics, last time was the first time the gave me penicillin, because they said I could have mono wtf.
You should ask for amoxicillin, penicillin is dreadful stuff.
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Lisette von Falcon, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:11,
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because amoxicillin is contra-indicated with monomono is viral, so antibiotics are cock all use against it, but sometimes if you have a strep infection simulataneously you need antibiotics, but amoxicillin will cause a reaction in that case. Penicillin won't.
There's nothing wrong with penicillin unless you are allergic to it. Why is it dreadful?
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:36,
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does it really?(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:40,
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We went through this with Abberacionyou can go and see any doctor at all. Unless of course you have a private doctor, which wouldn't surprise me.
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this is a good point actually.I have never seen my doctor because he's always so fucking busy. I've got an appointment with him next Friday that I had to make 3 weeks ago.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:12,
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i have private healthcarebut you still need a GP referral. and i do not need a private doctor for a 2 week prescription of penicillin!
i don't want to change my doctor, i've had the same one since i was 7, and i like him!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:19,
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*private healthcare fives*seriously though, you don't live there, you shouldn't have a doctor there, regardless of how much you like him. If you can never see the cunt when you need to then what is the point?
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:21,
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Very quick in your case from what I've heard(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:26,
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You aren't actually allowed to be registered where you don't livewhich will probably cause you problems in the long run. If anyone actually ever combines databases.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:31,
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how do you know it's bacterial?Symptoms are the same for bacterial and viral throat infections and all penicillin will do for you for a viral infection is make you more susceptible and more likely to be iller the next time you do get a bacterial infection
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:32,
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technical answer is technicaland makes me feel worse. i just want some tablets to make it stop.
and some ice cream. lots and lots of ice cream. take out all the calories first though.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:35,
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NSAIDs and man the fuck up.Sorry, but that's the medical solution in 99% of sore throats, be it tonsillitis or laryngitis. Sometimes there is a bacterial cause, sure, but mostly not. In any case unless you're running a brutal fever it's not really important. Most doctors just prescribe antibiotics because the public are whining children at heart. It goes away anyway, public thing the abs have worked. except then they whine about how all the hospitals have C.diff and MRSA problems. Which are caused almost entirely by the whining public costantly taking antibiotics when they don't need to.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:40,
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I got antibiotics when I'd had a nasty inficetion in my gumand then developed tonsilitis and after two weeks of not being able to swallow I went to see the Doctor.
They didn't work. I was ill for another week and a half.
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that doesn't fix it NOW thoughi am not good at being ill, i am far too healthy normally. and impatient.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:47,
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