Zombie

joined 5 months ago
[–] Zombie 4 points 4 months ago

I haven't seen Gordon Brown in a long time, I thought he was Steve Coogan playing a character at first!

[–] Zombie 12 points 4 months ago (8 children)

The problem with FPTP is that you can't just vote based on policies.

You also have to consider who is most likely to win the seat and whether you have to vote AGAINST who you don't want rather than FOR who you do want.

CGP Grey explains it succinctly, here: https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo

[–] Zombie 22 points 4 months ago

Sodium ion batteries are the new up and coming battery technology that removes the need for lithium, sodium is abundant.

https://www.ft.com/content/826fb9bb-b27f-4c68-ad4b-a54ad74713c9

[–] Zombie 12 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Nothing to do with austerity, Brexit, or Liz Truss...

[–] Zombie 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If you watch the linked video, it talks about Farage trying to ally himself with Powell and Powell rejecting his advances. So yes, you're correct. My point was the Tories had a vocal racist in their ranks, and they kicked him out. A racist that Farage idolises.

The Tories are scumbags but at least they have (or had) a veneer of some kind of morals about them. Farage doesn't have that quality, so to say he's reminiscent of a 90s or 00s Tory is raising him above his station. Even if it's an incredibly low bar to begin with.

He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a position of power.

[–] Zombie 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

https://youtu.be/mfyiSk8Rjc8?si=r_rb5o7QL1EeJDq4

Just a classical racist, authoritarian, immigrant hating, war justifying, commodity trading tory from the 90s or 00s. Perhaps like Enoch Powell? Although he left parliament in the 80s.

[–] Zombie 4 points 5 months ago

Just fucking let the weeds grow. They're there for a reason.

reduced resident satisfaction about weeds clogging up paths

Clogging up? Are some dandelions really stopping people from getting down a path? I don't think so. Plants don't tend to grow very well on trodden paths, any that do grow will be on the edges becoming just an aesthetics problem.

[–] Zombie 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It worked for me perfectly from release until a couple of days ago. Ads started appearing in the app around the same time it stopped working, so perhaps they're affecting how it works? I dunno.

If I click the tick to denote a post is read, it'll disappear. And posts still dim during scroll as if the app knows they're read but just isn't hiding them anymore.

[–] Zombie 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was engrossed and believed everything he said right up to where he said those little hand warmers are great. They're pish. They require boiling water before every use and don't last all that long. Unfortunately, that makes me dubious about the rest of his claims.

[–] Zombie 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Only handy if you live in England or Wales, sadly.

[–] Zombie 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Zombie 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Amazing, thanks!

The interactive map is pretty cool. It's interesting that the further north you go, the more it just becomes adders.

My only interaction with snakes in the wild was in the Cairngorms. Twice in the same day! Both were just sunbathing on the path, and both times I almost stood on them before I saw them at the last second. Terrifying stuff. I'm pretty sure they weren't adders though, although I'll admit I know next to nothing about snakes, so who knows.

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