Little Johnny

1 hour ago, Big'Olympic_Hero'Pete said:

Grew up?

I'm not above reminding you you made this post after a few years of Sensible Hands at the wheel.

9 minutes ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

Yes. It denotes a desire for people who take governing seriously.

Though, admittedly, its been co-opted by people on all sides. I think it's even the Green Party's tagline these days.

In a world of charlatans and populists, you need to find some way of separating out the boring people who won't drive countries off a cliff.

Wes Streeting is a pretty good communicator, and seems to do a good job selling Labour - he looks to be a key part of the team that's going to give us a Labour government again. Do people not like him now?

What's happened to you, d-d-d-dAz?

On 12/23/2023 at 9:32 AM, d-d-d-dAz said:

It's just the death of serious grown up politics on both sides of the Atlantic, and its heartbreaking.

Apologies for dragging this back up but do people still use that phrase unironically? I thought it was just a good zinger to have in the barrel for when Wes Streeting says he’ll get ChatGPT to do gallbladder removals.

On 4/1/2022 at 1:03 PM, Hugh Thesz said:

Why did Kenny McBride chuck posting? It can't have been that employer tribunal failure surely.

He was a regular until (having been tragic enough to check) nine years ago.

 

Did your post manifest this Guardian report on Kenny McBride's bigotry into being a mere two years later? You know, I think it did.

5 hours ago, jazzygeofferz said:

But that huge unbeaten run, those results... 

Why are you doing this?

21 hours ago, Chest Rockwell said:

I don't think anyone actively dislikes anything about NI

Kicking the pro-Union messaging campaign off with a bang there.

13 hours ago, Suplex Sinner said:

It has been so refreshing to access social media and not be subjected to the constant dross and controversy stemming from his ridiculous tweets and the bun fight that ensues when both sides respond. Tomorrow in particular I think everyone will be on edge but it's made me wonder if everyone just ignored him in the first place, would he have just gone away?

If the voters in the 2016 Republican primaries ignored him, I expect he may have gone away for a while.

22 hours ago, scratchdj said:

Whilst I’ve always followed the general trend of preferring to the PM as Boris, the government can fuck right off with the JVT gimmick. It’s as if they need to squeeze the nickname in as much as possible.

Unless you're suggesting it's going to take a certain number of HIGNFY appearances to make 'JVT' happen, this seems wildly inconsistent.

4 hours ago, patiirc said:

It's not the message It's the fact that Labour doesnt know what it is , what it wants and is continually at odds with itself. It needs to split and regroup else nothing will change. 

2 hours ago, unfitfinlay said:

I disagree with you about the media's influence but I do think this is a good point. Since Blair, Labour have no real reason to exist aside from "getting in power". It's not really surprising that they'll constantly fight over the best way to achieve that.

Wouldn't both parties get obliterated under First Past The Post, leading us right back to where we are today? For me, your best hope is the Tories becoming so complacent that they contrive to choose a leader less electable than Theresa May. Does that alone give you more than one term in power though? I don't think it does.

6 hours ago, jazzygeofferz said:

I'm hoping this unpredictability continues, but also can't help thinking at some point it might calm down and we'll be back to something resembling "business as usual"

It's raining now but I predict it might stop later.

1 hour ago, SuperBacon said:

Series 6 gives us Bania, Jon Voights car, the race, Fusilli Jerry and Puddy painting his face. It gets all the stars.

I actually would have had The Race down as a miss too if it hadn't been for George's fantasy-driven reunion with Jerry and Duncan at Monks. It all feels a bit strained to me - the idea that Duncan can do as he pleases because he "controls the means of production" (in 1994), the final scene with Castro, Jerry's paraphrasing of Calvin Coolidge (in 1994) etc.

Seinfeld never tethered itself to reality too carefully but it's a bit much for me here. Still enjoyable of course but would I want a whole season of it?

On 8/17/2020 at 12:11 AM, Devon Malcolm said:

Also at the end of series 3 of my latest Seinfeld rewatch. Never fails to amaze me just how high the quality suddenly becomes in that series, it's just one absolute classic of an episode after another.

I’m currently watching the whole thing in sequence for the first time since Paramount aired them daily in 2004/05. What's really surprised me is the quality of Season 6. In my mind, this was the year where the engine finally starts to clank. Before it was a near-immaculate three-season run and after it a necessary re-focus on George's neuroses and Elaine In An Office. On rewatching, I still think that there are a few misfires that feel like episodes of a different sitcom (The Doorman, The Secretary, The Gymnast, The Diplomat's Club) but on the whole, it's still top-notch, for my money.

4 hours ago, RedRooster said:

I can’t imagine I’m alone in feeling that way, and that’s why I think the awards are a bad idea. Not only do you have a democratic vote to tell you that a lot of people agree that you are what you fear you are, but you have the nomination process where a lot of people explain their vote giving you actual reasons.

Just for clarity, in a world without the negative awards, is is still okay to wade in to a thread to tell someone who's acting the giddy goat that they're ruining our enjoyment of the forum? Or does everything simply get reported and a conscientious mod discreetly delivers the feedback in a more palatable, shit-sandwich style evaluation?

24 minutes ago, Pinc said:

Oh do fuck off with that.

Do you think there's a chance you've completely missed the point? The quotation marks in my first post might be a clue.

17 hours ago, King Pitcos said:

It's a difficult one now, that story. I'd say the disgusting misogyny trumps the "Haku was a hard case ladzladzladz" element these days.

Veering dangerously close to "getting outraged on other people's behalf" territory there.

1 hour ago, Otto Dem Wanz said:

The football and politics threads

Someone is bound to ask you what's bothering you eventually.

I like to think that he's holed up on the Lib Dem battle bus, waiting for explicit confirmation from Jo Swinson that the war is over before downing his tools and emerging, blinking, into the light.

On 3/28/2020 at 1:40 PM, Onyx2 said:

He comments about losing weight and you make a masturbation joke?

Someday a rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.

10 minutes ago, Ralphy said:

Managed to get a solid 2 hours sleep last night, its going to be a long 3 weeks

Im a tad frustrated, as all my problems are "invisible" and i cant do what i know works to significantly help them (going to the gym, socializing at the gym and the charity shop, walking) I know if i go out i will just be judged by the outside which at least to me, seems healthy and no doubt hung drawn and quartered by the general public, i wish there was a way i could get a note from the doctor so if caught outside i can produce it to the fuzz

You should definitely keep walking. One "form" of exercise a day is ill-defined and not easily enforced. If in doubt, just choose a route that is less likely to have people on it.

On 3/21/2020 at 4:04 PM, LaGoosh said:

Genuinely baffled and disturbed that you remembered and quoted a post I made two years ago and don't really understand your point here you absolute fucking weirdo.

Christ. My point was the avoidance of contagion and claustrophobic conditions would be two fairly solid reasons (among many) that one may have been wise to opt for a "rubbish" life in the countryside.

Instead of slinging pointless insults at me, it might be worth reflecting on how obnoxious a comment needs to be for a stranger to remember it two years after the fact. Something to think about, perhaps.

On 3/19/2020 at 5:21 PM, LaGoosh said:

I've been sent home from work and can't work from home so I have literally nothing to do. That combined with the general atmosphere of London and the girlfriend working from home in the living room so I'm essentially stuck in the bedroom most the day...I'm climbing the fucking walls and it's only day 2. 

On 7/27/2018 at 6:38 PM, LaGoosh said:

People who live in the countryside. It's rubbish. Absolutely amazing for a short holiday or a long weekend but no idea why anyone would live there.There's nothing to do. And you're missing out on all the amazing culture that a major city can provide on a daily basis.

  One more for the racists.

18 hours ago, tiger_rick said:

Apparently?

Because, unless you’re about to post a candid walkthrough of all of the assumptions behind your computational or mathematical model, your honesty isn’t particularly relevant.

If I add “to be honest” to the statement “Mutya would have been Leonardo da Vinci’s favourite Sugababe”, I don’t expect it to gain any extra credibility because, really, how the fuck would I know?

7 hours ago, tiger_rick said:

They'll suspend the season. The pressure will be too great not to. It won't do much, honestly. This thing will spread through pubs, bars, restaurants, public transport, etc. But they'll need to be seen to do something and if it takes pressure off public services, then it's probably right. Football isn't important in the grand scheme of things.

What are you basing that, apparently honest, assessment on?

12 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

I fucking hate Spurs. Genuine hate. 

Perhaps the time has come for another of your Spurs Sabbaticals?

33 minutes ago, WyattSheepMask said:

I was meaning more the stigma of having 3 suicides connected to it rather than the show itself

Doesn't ITV currently air wrestling?