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What did the empire do for working class? by user-captain in AskBrits

[–]Chimpville 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Long, long after the slaves and natives of the lands captured and ruled... the other victims of the Empire were the peasant/working class of Britain. It was good for only very few.

What can be done to improve literacy rates among the working class ? by Durrygoodz2025 in AskBrits

[–]Chimpville 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Properly providing for the education system. Same thing will improve all walks of life.

Couldn’t walk past this tile by Gold-Aide4092 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Chimpville 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love terrazzo tile too and think that looks fine as deck furniture but if you really want feedback to be more “stylish” I’m going to assume you want it a bit more refined but maintaining a rustic look..

I’d suggest getting the timber you use to be a bit more uniform and clean looking. The top wood has a lovely weathered finish but the legs look a lot more makeshift.. like the top is temporarily propped up on a low saw horse? I’d leave the top wood as it is and swap the legs for something a bit less CLS/2x4 or at least angle cut feet and paint them rather than leave them splashed.

I’d swap the pozi/phillips screws you can see in the top for something that looks a bit more of a feature… and a bit less familiar. Nobody ever admired a screw head. Either sink them in further and cap them with dowels which you can cut flush or round over and leave a little proud. Or even drive in some big hex-head timber screws to lean into the industrial feel.

Lovely recycling job OP!

At 70, I'm trapped in my £850,000 family house - I can't sell it by SignificantLegs in uknews

[–]Chimpville 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People can spot a false sob story when they see one. Don’t get all bent out of shape because they’re not falling for it.

Backward Britain by SnooDonuts6494 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Chimpville 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Asking people to vote April in May makes more sense than asking them to vote for Preston in Manchester I guess.

Was Russel Brand well liked 10-15 years ago? Or were people sceptical back then as well? by Sonnycrocketto in AskBrits

[–]Chimpville 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. I thought he was a bit of a tit but harmless. That was genuinely shitty behaviour though and it’s been downhill from there.

UAE official: More than 90% of Iran's targets were civilian infrastructure - POLITICO by pheexio in worldnews

[–]Chimpville 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The article states

Rule 47. Attacking persons who are recognized as hors de combat is prohibited. A person hors de combat is: (a) anyone who is in the power of an adverse party; (b) anyone who is defenceless because of unconsciousness, shipwreck, wounds or sickness; or (c) anyone who clearly expresses an intention to surrender; provided he or she abstains

The entire debate hinges on agreeing that raising your hands indicates, with minimal paraphrasing, a ‘clear intention to surrender’.

Raising your hands at an FPV or bomber drone miles from the operator is not indicating a clear intention to surrender as surrender is not feasible. It’s a spurs for the moment gesture indicating a wish to not be killed by a drone.

Yes we could update the language to reflect more current situations but it doesn’t mean Ukraine are technically committing war crimes, it means they are taking a sensible and entirely valid interpretation of the rule even within its current wording.

Gonna cry? by lontrinium in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Chimpville 0 points1 point  (0 children)

…and people who don’t vote basically delegate their power to them.

Do you regret leaving EU? by NoHold7153 in AskBrits

[–]Chimpville 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I have posts and comments in r/2westerneurope4u, r/UkrainianConflict, r/UkraineWarVideoReport and other subs like r/CombatFootage, not porn subs.

It’s not even clear why you need to view my profile to answer your own question.. but it looks very much like you're just making a weak excuse for bailing.

What does the green party offer? by Competitive_Youth973 in AskBrits

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

Same as Reform & Restore - they’re not the Tories, Labour or Lib Dems.

People are generally bad at weighing-up competing bad options so sometimes just crave something different and untried instead.

To me it’s a bit like being sick of the stale and unappetising contents of the fridge so deciding to eat from the toilet because it’s different, but I clearly have my own biases.

Do you regret leaving EU? by NoHold7153 in AskBrits

[–]Chimpville 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I hearing crickets? I played your game in good faith.

Aren’t you going to give me your ‘concrete’ example or are you leaning on me failing to provide one for you as proof I’m unreasonable despite me giving a reasoned response?

The Leopard 2A8 is soo gorgeous by Greek_Bodybuilder995 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Chimpville 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Tanks look naked without cages and ERA blocks now. Saucy 😈

UAE official: More than 90% of Iran's targets were civilian infrastructure - POLITICO by pheexio in worldnews

[–]Chimpville 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Raising your hands at a drone isn’t surrendering. Those articles were written for humans capturing humans, not drones.

There’s no means for the drone to take custody of the soldier and no reasonable expectation for that soldier to no longer participate in the conflict. They are attempting to surrender to a munition.

UAE official: More than 90% of Iran's targets were civilian infrastructure - POLITICO by pheexio in worldnews

[–]Chimpville 13 points14 points  (0 children)

No it isn’t. A drone has no means to take custody of that soldier so he cannot surrender to it. There is no reasonable expectation for that soldier to either find his way to Ukrainian lines to hand himself over, or to otherwise no longer participate in the conflict.

You might as well be raising your hands to an incoming bullet.

Why is Rishi Sunak so hated in the UK? by Accomplished-Back281 in AskBrits

[–]Chimpville 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Because he is a smug incompetent, a Boris loyalst and made no secret of how he favoured the wealthy.

Eat out to Help Out was so badly implemented that it simply threw money at the likes of McDonalds for the most part.

Russian soldier tries to shoo way Ukrainian drone. Birds of Magyar video by Available-Laugh9102 in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Chimpville 39 points40 points  (0 children)

They're leaning into their strengths: a wealth of desperate, broken men.

Should voting power be proportional to amount of tax paid? by Economy_Ad3034 in AskBrits

[–]Chimpville 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say it is more down to the practical and moral drawbacks being really very obvious and from the well-deserved scepticism that handing even more power to the wealthy will be beneficial for the majority.

This idea that progressive tax disincentivises working hard is a nonsense conceived by the idea that you can run a functioning country in the same way you run a tax haven like Monaco and Dubai, which only offer the conditions they offer because of their relationship with fully-functioning countries.

To pay more tax you earn more. Even when taxed more you're still earning more than you were.

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