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Serious / Re: Huge fire at a London tower block, multiple fatalities
« on: June 14, 2017, 09:50:15 AM »
May's chief of staff supposedly sat on reports that such high-rise buildings were vulnerable to fire.
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Serious / Re: Huge fire at a London tower block, multiple fatalities« on: June 14, 2017, 09:50:15 AM »
May's chief of staff supposedly sat on reports that such high-rise buildings were vulnerable to fire.
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The Flood / Re: have you never wondered why I drink only distilled water, & only grain alcohol?« on: June 11, 2017, 10:40:57 AM »
10/10 film.
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Serious / Re: UK election thread: exit polls predict losses for Tories and a hung parliament« on: June 10, 2017, 01:31:08 PM »Just saw that a treasury minister for the Conservatives lost her reelection.The housing minister lost his seat, and Home Secretary Amber Rudd kept her's by just a few hundred votes. 65
Serious / Re: UK election thread: exit polls predict losses for Tories and a hung parliament« on: June 08, 2017, 11:55:34 PM »
Hung parliament confirmed.
May fucked it. 66
Serious / Re: UK election thread: exit polls predict losses for Tories and a hung parliament« on: June 08, 2017, 05:35:00 PM »is corbyn the guy who means well and has half-rational ideals but is wholly unlikableHe is very unfavourably rated by the general public. 67
Serious / Re: UK election thread: exit polls predict losses for Tories and a hung parliament« on: June 08, 2017, 05:28:47 PM »Haha UKIP are predicted to get fuck all xDWho expected them to get anything? 68
Serious / UK election thread: exit polls predict losses for Tories and a hung parliament« on: June 08, 2017, 04:09:11 PM »
what the fuck
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The Flood / Re: Should I ask this chick out« on: June 08, 2017, 03:14:56 PM »Just do it, fag. You got nothing to lose.I wanna see where things go with somebody else. 70
The Flood / Re: Should I ask this chick out« on: June 08, 2017, 06:35:17 AM »
Yeah, I ain't gonna do it.
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Serious / Re: Snap general election in the UK in six weeks« on: June 07, 2017, 06:36:49 PM »
YouGov's final calling is an increased Tory majority, so I'll be voting Liberal.
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The Flood / Re: Should I ask this chick out« on: June 06, 2017, 07:11:30 PM »Do you feel something different about this girl? Or do you just want to fuck her?I don't know her well enough at all to have any kind of feeling; I just think she's attractive and am interested in her. Sex isn't really an issue, I have a fuck-buddy anyway. 73
The Flood / Re: Should I ask this chick out« on: June 06, 2017, 07:01:01 PM »But should I strike up a conversation and slip it in or just straight-up ask?Hm... That's a toughie. Maybe asking over Facebook might be the best way to go. A way to get to know each other better/hang out.When asking a girl out, always do it face to face.I would, but I really don't know her that well at all. I have her on Facebook, but don't have her number/don't know when she'll next be at the bar on campus. 74
The Flood / Re: Should I ask this chick out« on: June 06, 2017, 06:46:13 PM »When asking a girl out, always do it face to face.I would, but I really don't know her that well at all. I have her on Facebook, but don't have her number/don't know when she'll next be at the bar on campus. 75
The Flood / Re: Should I ask this chick out« on: June 06, 2017, 06:28:08 PM »What race is she?White. 76
The Flood / Should I ask this chick out« on: June 06, 2017, 06:26:18 PM »
So basically there's this attractive girl who I met like a week ago, but can't remember, and then last night she came up to a mutual friend and said hello, then she hugged me and said hello to me. She spoke to me a little outside the bar, and I'm pretty sure at one point she was talking to her mate about me. Which could either be positive or negative.
I want to message her like 'wanna go for drinks' or something, but considering I don't really know her I don't know if that would be weird. 77
Serious / Re: 8 Values political quiz« on: June 04, 2017, 04:03:40 PM »centrism is the state of having no sideThat's dumb. That's like saying the American stood between the Nazi and the Soviet hasn't picked a side. 78
Serious / Re: 8 Values political quiz« on: June 04, 2017, 03:58:16 PM »pick a side bitchI have. Not yours. 79
Serious / Re: 8 Values political quiz« on: June 04, 2017, 03:56:01 PM »wat famI got Centrist.lmao fuck off 80
Serious / Re: 8 Values political quiz« on: June 04, 2017, 03:50:30 PM »
I got Centrist.
Economic: 51.2% equality to 48.8% markets. Diplomatic: 55.9% nation to 44.1% world. Civil: 48.5% liberty to 51.5% authority. Society: 50.2% tradition to 49.8% progress. 81
Serious / 8 Values political quiz« on: June 04, 2017, 03:43:01 PM »
Karjala posted this in another thread, but I figured it deserved it's own thread.
https://8values.github.io/quiz.html Will post my results when I finish it. 83
Serious / Re: Is there Political Compass quiz that isn't shit?« on: June 04, 2017, 01:53:40 PM »Point being that the questions can be so vague or biased that it's impossible to capture the necessary detail with "agree" or "disagree". Quote but i would argue that compasses aren't designed to determine your actual political positioning, it's more of a general guidelineWell, sure, but why the fuck do you need a quiz and a compass to tell you the general outlook of your politics? You need to know that anyway before you take the test. They're useful in the sense of showing evolution of views, since you can compare relative results. But even then--and as a descriptor of views--they aren't great. Quote you people take them too seriously when they're obviously not meant to beI don't take them seriously at all. Have you read PolCom's FAQs? The creators are the ones who take it too seriously. 84
Serious / Re: Is there Political Compass quiz that isn't shit?« on: June 04, 2017, 01:23:47 PM »
Compasses are a bad way of determining actual political positioning, anyway. They can't sufficiently account for nuance or syncretism.
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Serious / Re: Is there Political Compass quiz that isn't shit?« on: June 04, 2017, 01:12:06 PM »
No.
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Serious / Re: Seven in 10 Brits support 'world government'...« on: May 24, 2017, 01:28:21 PM »Let's be real, all "ism"s are bad.Wrong: dankism. QED. 87
Serious / Re: Seven in 10 Brits support 'world government'...« on: May 24, 2017, 12:24:29 PM »Omnicidal*verbatim genocidal maniac confirmed>conquer universequick rundown?It's the only way to end life.You don't believe thisGalactic imperialism is the one true way.Globalism is the one true way.Enjoy making space-faring easier for us. Unicidal would be to kill one. 88
Serious / Re: Seven in 10 Brits support 'world government'...« on: May 24, 2017, 08:52:42 AM »
Given that this is the Independent, that they haven't linked the ComRes study and that we recently voted Brexit I am skeptical.
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Serious / UK threat level raised to critical, 5,000 troops to be deployed across cities« on: May 23, 2017, 04:14:07 PM »
Guardian live-feed:
Quote “The work undertaken throughout the day has revealed that it is a possibility we cannot ignore that there is a wider group of individuals linked to this attack. This morning I said that the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, the independent organisation responsible for setting the threat level on the basis of the intelligence available, was keeping the threat level under constant review. It has now concluded, on the basis of today’s investigations, that the threat level should be increased for the time being from severe to critical. This means that their assessment is not only that an attack remains highly likely, but that a further attack may be imminent.” 90
Serious / How have your views changed over the last few years?« on: May 21, 2017, 11:14:43 PM »
I'm definitely more left-wing on economic issues:
Quote No longer oppose the minimum wage Socially, I've probably moved in a more conservative/non-liberal direction. Although in some aspects I am more liberal: Quote Less convinced by arguments for drug legalisation. Foreign affairs, pretty much the same. Maybe slightly less interventionist: Quote Don't agree with intervention on spreading democracy grounds. Do agree for significant humanitarian or security concerns. Constitutionally, probably more conservative: Quote Absolutely no desire to see a reformed House of Lords. Maybe, at the most, sectoral and regional representation I could be persuaded on. |