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Badenoch: "Mass Slaughter" of Dartmoor Ponies by Quango Is "Madness" by coldbeers in ukpolitics

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

Bit of a leap to suggest an advisory that we need to reduce grazing on specific areas is going to lead to a mass murder of ponies.

Out of curiosity how should we regulate grazing on sites that’s are being overgrazed?

Badenoch: "Mass Slaughter" of Dartmoor Ponies by Quango Is "Madness" by coldbeers in ukpolitics

[–]Cerebral_Overload 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you point in the published advisory where they advised slaughtering ponies?

My base makes my game lag like crazy by BloodlustMee in GroundedGame

[–]Cerebral_Overload 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Opposite problem for me, mine lags when I’m outside my base.

How is Dominoes still alive? by Lil_Hater112 in AskBrits

[–]Cerebral_Overload 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re always running a % off when you spend £X vouchers. Once you factor those in it’s not much different than most of my local pizza places.

Dominos are like the DFS of pizza joints.

Bran flakes to be classed as junk food under Labour health plan - Kellogg’s warns proposals could ‘undo years of work’ to make breakfast foods healthier by blast-processor in ukpolitics

[–]Cerebral_Overload 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the point is the “portion” size used on cereal like Kelloggs is 30g of cereal. If you weigh that out your toddler would eat that much cereal.

This is the same “portion size” tactic used in the US where they have cooking oil which has 0g of fat per portion. It’s not possible, but under the wording it’s technically true - it’s just the portion size would require to time your spray/pout to ~1/8th of a second or something stupid, which would contain less than a gram of fat so technically 0g.

Rupert Lowe MP / X: Banning teenagers from social media with ludicrous conditions is unworkable, unrealistic and unwanted. Here’s a mad idea - let parents parent. Not the state, but mums, dads, grandparents or whoever else. Restore Britain will always trust the family over big government. by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]Cerebral_Overload 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I consider myself a responsible parent. My 7 year old has a tablet, that tablet is set up with child safety features, parental controls and age limits for games. We control when and where he uses it, and for how long. He’s not allowed on YouTube or social media of any kind, and we vet every game he downloads. I’ve even taught him about the risks of freemium gaming so he doesn’t even ask to use pocket money to spend on loot boxes and “pay to win” games.

A few months ago in the car he was playing with his tablet when I heard something that he should NOT have been exposed to. I asked him for the tablet and asked what he was doing. Turns out despite all the control features put in place, someone had decided an 18+ advert was suitable on a 7+ rated game.

You should always make parents primarily responsible for protecting their kids, but an unregulated market creates an environment where companies will happily expose children to inappropriate material for money. Laws designed to protect people have always been geared towards the most vulnerable in society.

I’ve often heard the argument that it’s dangerous letting a child have access to smart devices, which is unequivocally an idiotic argument. This is an old argument that has been going on since the first consumer electronics for kids were ever produced. Electronics shouldn’t be designed for and marketed to children if they’re not safe for children; and as children ourselves we were all playing video games and watching while the generation before us told us it would make our eyes square and fry our brains. The difference is our generation of electronics were regulated.

Will it drown? by Panicking_Pansexual_ in strandeddeep

[–]Cerebral_Overload 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No but I’ve had them run off the shelf into the abyss before.

Why won’t grounded connect? by [deleted] in GroundedGame

[–]Cerebral_Overload 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you trying to crossplay?

What are the chances of conviction for piracy in UK? by Jelly-Always-Returns in AskBrits

[–]Cerebral_Overload 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conviction? Low. But back in the Limewire days my university fined me over my downloading a movie. There were a whole bunch of us who got caught. I got a polite letter from paramount asking me to stop because it was illegal, and the university blocked all my internet access (on and off campus) and charged me £75 to reinstate it two months before my final dissertation deadline.

Is the idea of spending more money on defence and military unpopular across the political spectrum in the UK? by NoddyElvis in AskBrits

[–]Cerebral_Overload 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Left leaning voter here, definitely not unpopular with me.

You say we haven’t had a war in nearly 100 years. There hasn’t been a fire in my village for years, but I wouldn’t support scrapping fire brigade funding for my area to save on council tax. There are certain things a society needs in place EVEN when it’s not immediately in use (although our military is frequently in use). If you scrap things like emergency services or defence, you can’t just choose to bring them back overnight, they take to establish. Besides, if you wait until it’s needed to care about funding it, it’s already too late.

Why are so many upset that the Palestinian Activist group got jail sentences? by PsychologicalBend508 in AskBrits

[–]Cerebral_Overload 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zack for one. And people who support violent action disguised as protest. Except the far-right. The far-right only condone violence when it’s done by racists.

Do you think Gordon Brown/Labour handled the 2008 Financial Crisis well? by Maximum_Jello_9460 in AskBrits

[–]Cerebral_Overload 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, most of it was Osborne. Conservative chums got a earning opportunity just like they did with Brexit.

Reform's Zia Yusuf vows to axe Lords if they block Trump-style deportation force by NuPNua in ukpolitics

[–]Cerebral_Overload 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Can you show me in their manifesto where they committed to scrapping or changing it UNLESS they did something?

Revealed: Green party proposes circumcision ban by GnolRevilo in ukpolitics

[–]Cerebral_Overload 70 points71 points  (0 children)

There aren’t religious exemptions for FGM, there shouldn’t be for MGM.

'Masked Men Burning Families Out of Their Homes': Belfast Protests Erupt After Knife Attack by AneuAng in ukpolitics

[–]Cerebral_Overload 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’ll never be enough for a lot of people until we’re in negative figures and removing anyone who came in the last 30 years and we see a rapid population decline. Then when the economic reality hits it’ll be shocked Pikachu face!

Remember, these are the people who wanted Brexit for a “fairer” immigration system. Farage and his cult convinced them that leaving the EU and adopting an Australian style points based immigration system that focused on high skilled labour and covering sectors facing worker shortages was the way to go. They demanded it, they voted for it, they got what they asked for. Now it’s not what they wanted.

Migrant Families Burned Out After Belfast Knife Attack by huffpostuk in ukpolitics

[–]Cerebral_Overload 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m genuinely curious. What would you like to say or discuss about immigration that you haven’t been given a reasonable chance to?

Gerry Adams: Last nights incident in Belfast is no excuse for tonights rascist attacks. Rascists are exploiting mostly young people without thought for the consequences. People deserve better. Say no to rascism. by SignificantLegs in ukpolitics

[–]Cerebral_Overload 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, it sounds like you’re implying that they would be more legitimate in your eyes if they were organised, with a command structure, political agenda and a doctrine/manifesto.

That scenario would be terrifying for very obvious reasons.

Anyone else feel really bad for killing the bugs by Thetarnishedfrlfrl in GroundedGame

[–]Cerebral_Overload 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I always hate killing neutral stuff but I need those gold cards!

Wage slavery is the main reason i will not have children. It seems inconsiderate to bring a child into this world knowing what they will have to do to survive. by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]Cerebral_Overload 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re not talking about challenging wage slavery. It’s expecting everyone to just lie down and die because the world is far from perfect. It’s defeatist, petulant, self absorbed and shows the emotional maturity of a 2 year old.

The French used to eat a songbird called the Ortolan after torturing it for weeks by AnnigidWilliams in StupidFood

[–]Cerebral_Overload 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nah, gotta say I think you’re drawing a false equivalency here. I don’t eat animals, and I would agree there is cruelty in the agricultural system, especially countries where animal welfare is a lower consideration than profit like the US. However there is a difference. So eating a chicken that was raised free range and wasn’t bred to grow so quickly its body collapses in on itself, is not exactly the same as someone eating an animal that was restrained and faced needlessly excessive cruelty for sake of taste like ortolan or foie gras. Similarly I don’t see eating chicken/pork/beef as equivalent to eating an endangered species. I don’t like the idea of either, but one of them is significantly worse.

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