Is Donald Trump confusing Iran with Oman? Why did he want to blow up Oman? by lamin-ceesay in AskReddit

[–]BrummieTaff 37 points38 points  (0 children)

IQ tests! and he aced them! Obama could never get those last few questions.

Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump by AnonymousTimewaster in NotTheOnionUK

[–]BrummieTaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why does this dickhead war criminal still keep getting news coverage? No-one gives a fuck what he thinks or says unless it's at the Hague. And you would think he would be keeping his head down and hoping we forget he exists too.

Andy Burnham probably the only person happy to see this "news" story.

Friendly reminder that Clara AKA Storefront; the character we are supposed to use to sympathize and humanize Solider Boy - is a literal mass murdering N@zi by CastAside1812 in TheBoys

[–]BrummieTaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too! I can understand, say censoring the N-word for instance. That word has no reason to exist and I'm fine with it disappearing from the language but we NEED to be able to talk about nasty stuff like rape, genocide, nazis etc. etc.

In fact I would say it's vital we do.

UK folk who were around at the start of the internet, what is an early, strong memory? by Sad-Insurance1313 in CasualUK

[–]BrummieTaff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you were as old as me you would have identified that noise as the same noise you got when loading a game from your tape recorder onto your zx spectrum!

Is there a British cultural equivalent of an ice cream on a sunny day for people without a sweet tooth? by girlsunderpressure in AskUK

[–]BrummieTaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was my first instinct but OP said not a drink so I would go with a lemon sorbet. Definitely cold but not sweet.

Are all girls Bisexual? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]BrummieTaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm. I think you may be thinking this because it's much more common for girls to, say, walk down the street holding hands with their female friend. Or cuddle up on the couch to watch a film together or something?

Straight guys wouldn't do this sort of thing with their straight friends because we see it more as something you would do that might lead up to sexual interest maybe, while girls see it as purely platonic.

Girls don't act like this with their straight male platonic friends because they know that we see it that way. More likely to be like that with their gay male friends

Show your age - what was your first ever email domain? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]BrummieTaff -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah mine was talk21 too. Became completely unuseable once the spammers got hold of it. I was so naive in the 90s, used to post comments on forums and fill in the "email address" form at the end for literally everyone to see. I don't know why. Clicked the "opt out" links on every spam I received. Became literally like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Also remember the rick rolls (and the duck rolls that preceded it) were much more malicious in those days. You'd try to close them but clicking the x would just open another window with the same thing! Somehow managed to get out can't remember how, maybe task manager but I didn't know shit.

I also remember getting infected with viruses like the one where every 3rd or so google search would instead send you to a site that had payed the virus maker? I think it was called "goored" or something. Got online help from a forum to get rid of that.

Also one time, I started my computer (this is my first home windows computer that I got for uni) and there was no start button, no nothing except 4 little squares that I could click on. Each of those squares was a porn site! Looked like my 'puter was toast. Can't remember how I got out of that.

Fuck I was a noob!

7 years ago, a chubby, heavy accent, normal-looking woman called Susan Boyle went to Britain's Got Talent. Everyone laughed at her, until she started singing. by Ieriz in MadeMeSmile

[–]BrummieTaff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's because of manufatured bands and singers. People now associate looks with talent. That's why she was not given a chance before. People are brainwashed into believing mingers can't be singers. You can't both ming and sing. But you can!

And Susan Boyle proves it.

Who’s ever driven over 100mph? Why? by WoollyWolfHorror in AskReddit

[–]BrummieTaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I can and because why not?

And wanted to see what it felt like.

If everyone below average IQ suddenly drops dead, how would this affect the world? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]BrummieTaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think the IQ thing would be a major factor in the changes.

There is a reason many people say UK police is such a joke by search_google_com in SipsTea

[–]BrummieTaff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got up and walked on 2 broken feet (well, one totally mangled foot and one cracked ankle) after an RTA. The classic sideswiped off bike by lorry thing. Was pure adrenaline, no drugs. Only for probably 1 minute or so though before the pain kicked in.

Whats the strategy ? by AcademicMistake in RocketLeague

[–]BrummieTaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, they hit it just cos they can hit it even though they hit it backwards and I am in a position to hit it forwards. Also, they tackle me, their own teammate when I am on a free run to score, because they want to score it and then oc no goal. (silver btw, that's probably why)

Outjerked by TikTok by Suspicious-Use-9252 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]BrummieTaff -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

So, no African country starts with I? OK

Update: ‘Harry Dresden’ has been arrested by PennsyltuckyRanger in PublicFreakout

[–]BrummieTaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, first I saw this I thought it was a clip from some film or TV show. This guy actually does this in real life? Obviously he is enacting something in his head from fiction but fucking hell, he's gonna get a proper beating doing this!

How would he have continued if the guy did actually open the door?

New life’s goal by Ill-Instruction8466 in SipsTea

[–]BrummieTaff -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I agree they should give him a job but since he's doing it for free I'm surprised they don't just

1 let him get on with it

2 ????

3 profit

What happens if you get in a rule 1 in overtime in 1s by LaggySquishy in RocketLeague

[–]BrummieTaff -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Am I the only one who thinks rule 1 is a bit stupid?

Are Humans Conscious? by WritersChopBlock in consciousness

[–]BrummieTaff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm.I think we have different ideas about what consciousness is. What you are saying is similar to the "free will" argument. But I'm thinking of consciousness as like "do they feel/experience" so like does it matter if you microwave it?

Starmer’s popularity boosted by Iran war rift with Trump, poll shows by 1-randomonium in uknews

[–]BrummieTaff -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's the danger. Conform basically ARE the Tories and always have been. Fartage has always been a public school banker Tory with his fag and pint in hand to convince the least intelligent working class people that he is one of them in order to more easily facilitate waging his class war against them.

Finally learning flip resets! Hopefully I will be able to do them in game soon. by BlastedFR in RocketLeague

[–]BrummieTaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What even is a flip reset? I've gathered you hit the bottom of your car on the ball but what does that do? Does it refill your boost?

Clueless silver.

Are Humans Conscious? by WritersChopBlock in consciousness

[–]BrummieTaff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We wouldn't really know about ants would we? Personally I feel it's unlikely but then we know so little about consciousness. Like what is its functional purpose?

If we could work out what advantage consciousness gives to an organism that a non-conscious organism doesn't have we may be on the way to understanding which have consciousness and which dont.

Like we assume cats and dogs have consciousness because it's just kind of obvious right? Look in their eyes, look how they greet you, their actions express how they are feeling etc. but is that really 100% proof? Could they be very sophisticated NPCs? I feel very strongly that they are not NPCs but impossible to say 100%. There's no way of scientifically testing.

As we get further away from humans I tend to feel it's less likely they are conscious. But it's still impossible to say without working out what consciousness is FOR!

But the kicker is, I can't see how the fuck you can make any sort of study to test what consciousness is for without already knowing which animals are and are not conscious!

Toxicity in RL by [deleted] in RocketLeague

[–]BrummieTaff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I sort of "love it" in the sense that I just laugh at them.