If you say it cannot be made now - why not ?!
Why can't I say "This is a shit, because of this and this" ?
What sort of society have we become that we cannot write facts like that any more ?
I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time
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Re: I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time
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Yet another signal of the sad state of affairs is that you probably genuinely think we're "on the brink" and not well over the cliff, Wile E.-style. Buildings burned during leftist protests (whether or not leftists actually set the fires is up for debate), and the Capital was ransacked by a mob looking to overthrow an election. That was half a decade ago. The interim has consisted of a corrupt centrist presidential a…
I think you're from the USA and the commenter you're replying to is British, which probably explains the difference. Those shop names are recognisably British.
Ah, I'd thought that that Woolworths and Dixons were defunct regional chains (of which America has many, that Americans from other regions would not recognize or would have only heard about in passing). My bad.
Still, GP accurately describes much of the American East, Midwest, and South. Likewise, I would have to /s if I were to say that the British upper class were known for their down-to-Earth character. No one who is "posh" has ever been described as out-of-touch or "living in a bubble", particularly on the development of populist issues, after all. (/s)
Re: I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time
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> Kids [whose] parents who are well off but wouldn’t pay for college is an entire cohort who are functionally locked out of the housing market. That can’t be a particularly large set. Parents well off is already a small minority case and only a minority of that small minority won’t give support to their kids. For people in that tiny sliver, I’m sure it feels bad but it doesn’t seem like a solution that works for othe…
If you want to support your child at university in the UK, there's a particular band of middle-class income where you get the worst of both worlds. You make too much to get certain kinds of government support, but you don't make enough that you can comfortably make up the difference. If you want to put multiple children through uni then it can get very burdensome. One of many ways in which our system is regressive.
In 2000 I received the minimum loan, which was enough for full board university accommodation.
Today the minimum loan needs a £250 a month top up to pay for the same accommodation.
The only benefit is that you don’t have to pay for tuition fees until you’re earning a really good wage - rather than having to work all summer to pay for them.
Re: I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time
#284Re: I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time
#285Earlier quoted context omitted.
Often when someone, especially a comedian, complains about “political correctness”, what they actually mean is: nobody is laughing at the same joke I told 20 years ago Sensibilities change. The sense of what is and isn’t punching down changes. Even the appetite for punching down changes. People who whine about “PC” always pretend like it’s the death of comedy or speech or whatever, and yet… there are younger people b…
Read the article, its much more interesting and reflective that that
I did, I’m just commenting one facet
Re: I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time
#286Earlier quoted context omitted.
Often when someone, especially a comedian, complains about “political correctness”, what they actually mean is: nobody is laughing at the same joke I told 20 years ago Sensibilities change. The sense of what is and isn’t punching down changes. Even the appetite for punching down changes. People who whine about “PC” always pretend like it’s the death of comedy or speech or whatever, and yet… there are younger people b…
> Often when someone, especially a comedian, complains about “political correctness”, what they actually mean is: nobody is laughing at the same joke I told 20 years ago Don't rephrase others' sentiments to suit your own narrative. Soothsayers are bullshitters. When comedians complain about political correctness, there is no alternate meaning. They are upset that they can't tell the same jokes they told 20 years ago,…
“Mob rule” is just how conservatives say “I shouldn’t face consequences”. Freedom doesn’t include freedom from repercussions
Re: I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time
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>mob rule Unless there's some kind of threat of physical force involved it's not. It's just a critical mass of people having opinions you don't like and voicing those opinions. If the market of ideas decides your ideas are not valuable anymore for whatever reason you're going to suffer what scarcity feels like.
> Unless there's some kind of threat of physical force involved Last time I checked the mob called for these people lives to be destroyed by asking for them to lose all possibility of ever having a job and threatening anyone who would employ them or support them of dire repercussions while slapping themselves in the back for what a positive impact they made. So yes, it’s very much about threat of violence.
Is it violence?
describes something non violent
This is violence!
Re: I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_... Very little change in U.K. over 20 years
I the numbers maybe not, but in the public perception? In society?
Perception in solicit is we should take people in £200k or £800k a year a lot more and leaver those with £100m in assets alone.
We’re up in arms when people block roads to highlight problems with climate change, but when millionaires get worried they’ll have less of a loophole with tax, we’re supporting it in droves.
Re: I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time
#289Earlier quoted context omitted.
Often when someone, especially a comedian, complains about “political correctness”, what they actually mean is: nobody is laughing at the same joke I told 20 years ago Sensibilities change. The sense of what is and isn’t punching down changes. Even the appetite for punching down changes. People who whine about “PC” always pretend like it’s the death of comedy or speech or whatever, and yet… there are younger people b…
> Sensibilities change If people are literally calling the police, they aren't changing, they are being suppressed/punished. > they’re just not getting the laughs they think they’re entitled to Why are the comedians 'entitled' rather than the people who go to their show and complain?
It’s not zero sum. Expand your thinking lol
Re: I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time
#290Over time, people change the weapons they use to hurt each other with. What used to have nothing in common with words meant to hurt now demands mental energy to decide whether it is an attack.
Political correctness is about cleanly dividing ideas into ones obviously meant to hurt and ones obviously meant to be harmless. It is impossible to even come close to succeeding at this, but it is still worth trying.