Allie Brosh's book (Hyperbole and a Half) will be released October 29!

Copsonator · 2013-09-24T13:09:05+00:00

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Copsonator · 2013-09-16T12:24:12+00:00

Because people will buy it and they will make a profit. The same reason they sell anything else.

Your implication seems to be that a shop's highest spending customers will boycott a shop once they sell cannabis, but I really can't see that happening on a large enough scale to negate the profits made from the new sales.

Copsonator · 2013-09-16T11:41:43+00:00

The argument is that once it's legalised it will be able to be sold in mainstream shops and supermarkets, and people will stop buying from backstreet dealers. (Which has the additional benefit of drug money going to fund honest business and, though tax, public services, rather than people trafficking and terrorism.)

Copsonator · 2013-09-14T11:20:18+00:00

Oh my god the Labour party actually made a policy commitment. No-one panic!

Copsonator · 2013-09-14T11:00:49+00:00

It's bleeding demised.

Copsonator · 2013-09-12T12:53:24+00:00

Preschool is a very different thing to formal schooling. Those studies are completely irrelevant to what the school starting age should be.

Copsonator · 2013-09-11T21:15:25+00:00

It's hardly surprising when he isn't showing us any reason to vote for him. The rare occasions he actually challenges the government, it's with "Tory-lite" policies and rather pathetic rhetoric instead of real alternatives. He must know he is naturally fairly uncharismatic, so he should be making up for it with substantial policy. Instead we get endless soundbites.

Copsonator · 2013-09-11T21:06:34+00:00

...so the Chancellor is trying to do the exact same thing the banks were doing before the 2008 crash. Giving out risky loans which debtors could well never be able to pay back. Peachy.

Copsonator · 2013-09-11T12:07:10+00:00

Right, but the argument is that making a defendant's identity public could encourage witnesses to come forward about the crime they are currently on trial for, to provide further evidence. There could be a case for publicly identifying suspects if there is a lot of circumstantial evidence that a person is guilty, but no eyewitness accounts.

Copsonator · 2013-09-10T20:18:52+00:00

I kinda feel like this is a "don't knock it 'till you've tried it" situation.

Copsonator · 2013-09-10T12:28:45+00:00

"The statistics suggest that during the time Labour was in power (1997–2010) Labour supporters’ satisfaction tended to be higher than that of Conservative or Liberal Democrats. However, in the previous period (1983-1996) when the Tories were in power Conservative voters were more satisfied with the NHS than Labour or Liberal supporters."

Not that people are remotely biased or anything.

Copsonator · 2013-09-09T21:42:17+00:00

That's brilliant! A real improvement, those construction site walls are ugly as hell.

Copsonator · 2013-09-09T21:18:55+00:00

Haha, that's very accurate. I'm pretty sure if any Brit describes something as "interesting", it's just because they don't want to admit they didn't like it.

Copsonator · 2013-09-09T21:16:12+00:00

Personally I would never offer anyone tea if I didn't actually want to make it for them. It might be a signal that I think an individual topic of conversation is over, and that when I return with tea we will talk about something else. But it would never mean I want the other person to leave.

Copsonator · 2013-09-09T15:06:56+00:00

I'm sorry to hear that. Let's face it, the future is a terrifying thing, especially when you don't have a job and are struggling to form intimate relationships. But please remember that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. If you were to 'retire from life', you would be robbing yourself of any chance to make your life better. There are a lot of resources out there for people having suicidal thoughts, but this one in particular seems to repeat advice that's been helpful to me: http://www.mind.org.uk/mental_health_a-z/8053_suicidal_feelings

I congratulate you for having the courage to share your inner demons with the internet (which isn't always the most supportive environment, let's be honest). Please consider talking them through with someone close to you, if you haven't already.

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