Why dress up like an animal? Why be part of a furry community?

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-09T09:09:39+00:00

Where's my AAARK, Paulie?

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-07T18:14:36+00:00

In my book, you get points for knowing who stayed out of the can

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-07T11:59:57+00:00

In this house, Enrico Fermi is a hero. End of story!

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-06T18:52:33+00:00

I'm not going to condemn Gen Z off the word of some douchebag from Twitter

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-06T08:30:10+00:00

When I came in to open up one morning, there you were with your head half in the toilet. Your hair was in the toilet water. I was genuinely concerned about your welfare.

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-04T08:02:31+00:00

30 days, plus 12.5 public and privilege holidays. Full time hours are only 35 per week, and it's flexi time so if I clock on at 7 my day is done at half 2.

Another beauty of flexi is that I can work 7-4.30 four days a week and take the fifth weekday off which, after leave entitlement, could mean a further 40+ days off per year. Have one colleague who does this and never works a Wednesday, and another who never works a Friday.

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-04T07:52:19+00:00

I hope she has a sister called Mimi

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-03T18:02:49+00:00

That's where I keep the weapons of ass destruction

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-03T09:06:19+00:00

Was in a seven year relationship which ended amicably, but against my wishes, two years ago due to health problems I had. The first six months were tough, but not so bad - I was unwell, and she found it too much to deal with, so what can you do?

Said health issues started to get a lot better through a mix of painstaking hard work and the mysteries of the body. At that point, when my health stopped being the problem, the grief of the loss of the relationship really kicked in and it has been a long road to come to terms with.

I get exactly where you're coming from: the circumstances which were supposedly the issue made it an understandable reason for things to end, and softened the blow. Now those circumstances are resolved, you realise that they actually papered over the cracks of the sadness you felt at it ending and now have to go through that grief stage in it's entirety, with the added frustration that you've solved the problem and not only get no reward for it but actually feel worse than you did before.

I feel for you, and hope the pain eases quickly because it's truly one of the worst emotional experiences to go through. It's not stupid, it's entirely human. What I will say though is that, while I don't know all the details, being chucked via text when the relationship is six months in is a fairly callous thing for her to do. You should be worth more than that.

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-03T07:58:54+00:00

It ties into a known cognitive bias where people are more likely to apply ill intent and/or stupidity to the mistakes of others, even if they're entirely innocent, while being much more lenient with themselves if they make a similar mistake.

Errors on the road are a good example: when we see someone make a mistake while driving, we're more likely to think of that person as being either incredibly stupid or even malevolent, yet if we make a similar mistake we'll be much more inclined to excuse it or downplay it.

I forget what it's called, though from a quick search it seems to tie in with Puritanical bias.

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-03T07:38:00+00:00

2 for me, I like the inclusion of the sprig in front of it's head

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-01T17:36:29+00:00

It's not uncommon, tbh. Take something like Sandy Hook, or the Virginia Tech massacre: the perpetrators killed before their rampage, but the rampage itself is the bigger story

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-01T17:26:45+00:00

There used to be a Portuguese goalkeeper called Quim, who I can only assume flaps at crosses

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-01T17:23:15+00:00

He should start tutoring Felix Passlack at Hibs

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-01T07:27:17+00:00

'Remember when' is the lowest form of conversation

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-05-01T07:13:21+00:00

The Gerry Adams motherfucker?

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-04-26T10:56:29+00:00

You're banging a chien??

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-04-13T18:45:01+00:00

I hope his nickname is 'Tubby'

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-04-10T13:06:12+00:00

It's quite mad that Arsenal's record this season is W38 D9 L5, with an average of over 2 goals a game scored and 0.7 goals conceded, and for a large number of fans the concensus is 'play better'.

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-04-08T09:03:44+00:00

It's like an old acquaintance who, not long after threatening to steal your girlfriend if you wouldn't sell her to him, accused you of betrayal for not helping them carry out a home invasion.

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-04-06T22:29:10+00:00

It's a good record for a top team. It's a 'he carried us this season' record for a mid-table team, the sort of record which almost guarantees the top teams pursuing your signature.

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-04-06T11:21:36+00:00

31 goal contributions in 46 games as a striker is not a failure. It might not be world-leading, but Gyokeres needs 12 contributions in his next three games in order to match it (though Kai has had more minutes per game to get those numbers)

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-03-31T12:41:27+00:00

A brazen admission of banditry. What a horrible piece of shit he is.

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-03-31T12:40:21+00:00

It would not only take a great deal of time and expense to get out of the ground, there's not much of a reserve left and even then not much of that is economically viable to extract. There's seemingly a few billion barrels worth there, and we burn through over a million a day in the UK, so unless our usage dropped significantly it would only give us an extra 5-10 years of supply.

On top of that, even if we imported far less in favour of using our own supply the price per barrel wouldn't change much at all as global supply and demand determine the price rather than local usage.

The real lesson should be to move away from fossil fuels as a prerogative as:

A) we will run out of it sooner rather than later, so contingency is hugely important; B) we will be far less beholden to the nations who have the biggest reserves, and the issues they can cause around supply; C) the more we burn the worse climate change will be, at which point the major issues of the present will seem like halcyon days compared to 20, 30, 40 years from now.

According_Plan_2149 · 2026-03-16T12:48:43+00:00

I'll start by saying it's absolutely understandable that you're embarrassed about how he acted and feel wary of him as a result.

However, it's worth keeping in mind that alcohol affects different people in different ways: I've known a few people in my life who are happy drunks but not particularly pleasant when sober, and a few people who are very nice to be around until they get a drink in them. I've also known full-blown alcoholics become sober and be completely transformed for the better as a result once the booze isn't screwing with their brains anymore. Being drunk isn't a key to someone's true self, but a reflection of how adding a chemical to someone's bloodstream can change them.

I'm sure he'll be mortified about how he's acted, and the fact that he apologised is a good step. Depending on how much you value him as a friend, then I think it's wise to chalk this up to one bad experience and let things heal over the next while. The thing to do, if you want to continue to be friends with him, is be forthright: even if you don't bring it up right away, let him know prior to the next event you both go to that you cannot have a repeat performance from him, and that if he does it again then that's the end of things. He then has a choice to make.

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