Today I learned...

[tiger_rick]

3 hours ago, PunkStep said:

What the fuck is a riband then??

It's a ribbon.

[Sergio Mendacious]

2 hours ago, johnnyboy said:

Blue Ribbon is the ice cream rather the chocolate wafer.

It's what the comptroller wears.

Edited September 13, 2017 by Sergio Mendacious

[PunkStep]

25 minutes ago, tiger_rick said:

It's a ribbon.

TIL that a ribbon is a riband.

[Keith Houchen]

You must feel how I feel when I discovered there wasn't a brilliant chef called Gordon Bluh. 

[wordsfromlee]

I found out this weekend that Frank Skinner's real name is Chris Collins and that John Virgo is actually a pisces.

[King Coconut]

4 hours ago, PunkStep said:

TIL that a ribbon is a riband.

Not true. A riband is a ribbon but not all ribbons are ribands. 

[Sergio Mendacious]

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/blue-riband

[Your Fight Site]

TIL that the B-52s (famous for “Love Shack”) also performed the theme to Rocko’s Modern Life.

[PunkStep]

Not originally, the theme most are probably familiar with wasn't performed by them. They then did a version which was used from the 2nd series onwards, it was pretty shit if I recall.

[Your Fight Site]

The B-52s one is the one I remember from watching it as a kid. I did look up the series 1 version, but don’t really remember that at all.

[Nick Soapdish]

On 15/09/2017 at 12:44 PM, PunkStep said:

Not originally, the theme most are probably familiar with wasn't performed by them. They then did a version which was used from the 2nd series onwards, it was pretty shit if I recall.

It was just a cover of the original instrumental with both singers singing Rocko's Modern Life

[SpursRiot2012]

Today I learned that Twitter thinks I'm being potentially harmful by calling a bigot a bigot but that all the bigots spreading actual harmful, racist propaganda on their platform are just fine. Seriously, Twitter is used as a tool by many to literally radicalise others, and they don't seem to give a fuck. It's infuriating.

Edited September 17, 2017 by SpursRiot2012

[MungoChutney]

TIL that Richard O'Brien's harmonica on the Crystal Maze was dubbed and he didn't actually play it. Gutted.

[Guest]

8 hours ago, SpursRiot2012 said:

Today I learned that Twitter thinks I'm being potentially harmful by calling a bigot a bigot but that all the bigots spreading actual harmful, racist propaganda on their platform are just fine. Seriously, Twitter is used as a tool by many to literally radicalise others, and they don't seem to give a fuck. It's infuriating.

Have you been reporting them? All the ones I've reported have been banned, so it's worth a try.

[Slapnut]

I reported somebody for racism on Twitter a few weeks ago and got a message saying the account had been investigated and had indeed broken the terms and conditions, yet the account was still active and sending out hate with seemingly no sanctions whatsoever.