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LemmyInThePub
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Comment #38693381
Welcome to humour. Spelt using the letter U.
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Comment #38655491
The Daily Mail certainly isn't a reputable news source. In fact, Wikipedia has banned its use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail#Reliability
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Comment #38653323
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Comment #38547834
> I'd prefer not to see horses used this way What a truly, utterly bizarre thing to say! Why on earth do you object to horses pulling carriages? Do you object to horse riding also?…
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Comment #38545900
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Comment #38542480
> Well, people either shit in the streets Bollocks man! In early Victorian London, like most cites of the time, ones shit was directed into a cesspool. These were regularly emptied…
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Comment #38487412
The expression used in Blighty is piss artist . A piss artist isn't a drunk. They are somebody who elevates drinking to an art form.
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Comment #38431243
> we were able to smuggle old, old artillery shells potato mashers (no wooden handle), and other types of grenades in our checked luggage (plane belly) If you travel on the Eurosta…
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Comment #38249227
> tungsten ring You do realise that in the (admittedly unlikely) event of that needing to be cut off, you won't stand a chance?
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Comment #37996270
At this risk of offending American (?) sensibilities..... In Blighty, sarcasm and piss taking are part of entry level conversation. I kindly suggest this is something you clearly m…
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Comment #37996195
> the track & trace system Test & Trace. Track & Trace is for parcels.
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Comment #37954747
> Our ancestors didn’t abuse animals on the scale we do now. It's sad this type of trolling is becoming tolerated on HN.
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Comment #36879958
Would you like some fish to go with that chip on your shoulder?
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Comment #34834978
> The reddit / HN format fixed this God no! On Reddit (and lately HN) cretins will up/downvote depending on whether or not they agree or disagree with a post, not because of the qu…
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Comment #34832594
> snarky "we don't give you enough work to do?" No offense, but have you ever tried politely telling such people to fuck off?.... ...something rather common in the UK, though part …
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Comment #34832540
>Never had a job where the answer was yes I find this mind boggling. Here in Blighty, I've never had a job where taking time to research and read up wasn't expected. Personally, ev…
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Comment #34832456
Technically, he is already studying to be a drug dealer.
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Comment #34804044
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Comment #34788008
> It's unfathomable to me that people in the UK are skipping meals. It is when you consider many people simply don't know how to cook simple, healthy food. Our schools no longer te…
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Comment #34787954
> So richer and more wasteful households got the MOST support. I do agree the implementation of the scheme was very poor..... ....the reasons for which are down to our current gove…
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Comment #34787591
> in the UK, governments have stepped in to spend huge amounts subsidising energy (including gas), SPECIFICALLY AND EXPRESSLY to that people don't use any less No. The government s…
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Comment #34787423
Need I ask why the USA hasn't adopted a data protection law to prevent such shenanigans? The only people objecting to the GDPR are scummy businesses who haven't yet understood that…
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Comment #34787359
> I don't think they'd have learned much from the visuals of a balloon I suggest a balloon payload would be better aimed at monitoring (and establishing patterns of) RF traffic rat…
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Comment #34787249
> Chaplin wasn't alone in calling out the dangers, A very honourable mention to Alexander Korda . Particularly 'Things To Come', his 1936 film warning of the rise of fascism in Eur…