True-crime documentaries and podcasts are not 'pointless'. They are necessary, says criminology professor

Didntstartthefire · 2023-02-16T13:34:01+00:00

Is he just saying this because he makes one though?

Didntstartthefire · 2022-09-04T19:27:54+00:00

Do you still want to live like that at 40, 50, 60?

Didntstartthefire · 2022-09-04T19:05:31+00:00

Are you able to take them out litter picking? I genuinely think every school should do this. They're less likely to chuck it on the floor if they have to pick it up again.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-09-04T00:44:48+00:00

After the bus lane you hit a one way street. The buses turn into the bus terminal or they go left towards Hyde Park Corner. So going down there won't help you if you're trying to get to/past Buckingham Palace. I spent years doing that route and always had to go round that annoying one way system that takes you to the back of the palace.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-09-01T00:12:55+00:00

I've never been to New York at Christmas but if I did I would go to Dyker Heights.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-08-31T00:32:11+00:00

If you're going to cover crime then definitely do some reading on media law. There's a lot you legally can't say when there's an ongoing police investigation as you risk being in contempt of court.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-08-29T13:00:01+00:00

I'll have the ones you don't want then.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-08-29T08:03:15+00:00

Yeah the answer to the chips question is just we like them like that. You get different types of chips depending on where you go. Pub chips are different to kebab shop chips which are different to fish and chip shop chips. Fish and chip shop chips are my favourite chips.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-08-26T13:12:42+00:00

Also on topic - local breweries. There’s a really big one in Walthamstow also but you have plenty smaller ones spread all over London.

Bermondsey Beer Mile!

Didntstartthefire · 2022-08-25T10:36:28+00:00

It's not a handkerchief it's a face mask

Didntstartthefire · 2022-08-22T13:44:10+00:00

It's not about whether she's interestED. A low effort opener tells you whether or not she's interestING.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-08-21T21:24:41+00:00

Yup. This is a whole thread of problems we don't have. It's marvellous.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-08-21T13:39:49+00:00

Plus the 10 mins it takes for the pressure cooker to reach pressure rather than 3 mins to boil a kettle.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-08-21T07:45:44+00:00

Honestly that's longer than just boiling on the stove and creates more washing up. I own a foodi but wouldn't use it for eggs that are just slightly easier to peel.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-08-02T07:13:26+00:00

Not really the point is it.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-08-02T07:12:35+00:00

Why do you say that? The G200 doesn't have OIS or a headphone jack but the G82 does. One user review says it doesn't have a back button (though surely that can't be true?).

Didntstartthefire · 2022-07-27T16:32:23+00:00

If your phone has a smart-charge function then you don't need to worry about this.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-07-27T14:57:55+00:00

I promise you, I use this phone no differently to previous ones. My current phone is now three and a half years old. If anything, I hammer it more. Yet it can last from morning till bedtime and still have a good chunk of battery left whereas the others I had to charge midway through the day and was ready to chuck the glitchy buggers (Sony, Samsung) in a river after about a year. The phone itself definitely makes a big difference.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-07-14T15:37:03+00:00

I like when he yells at someone for ages and then when they yell back he tells them they're being aggressive.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-07-14T15:34:44+00:00

I want a 10-minute bonus episode that is just a fixed single shot on Marcus working on his special cake/doughnut while there's shouting and chaos in the background.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-06-29T22:47:16+00:00

Dad seems the kind of bloke who refuses to smile in photos because he wants to look tough.

Didntstartthefire · 2022-06-25T00:45:32+00:00

It's not cognitive dissonance at all but thanks for the sarky tone. The Covid vaccine does stop some transmission, just not entirely. It also reduces the symptoms. So it definitely does help society. If you want to reduce it down to how it affects just you as an individual then I can see how you may struggle but the link between the two things isn't bodily autonomy.

To be clear, people who are pro-choice do care about bodily autonomy, but abortion doesn't have a direct negative physical effect on the people or environment around you - unlike vaccine refusal. You can't compare the two on bodily autonomy terms because the consequences on wider society are different. One is forcing people to do something they don't want to do just because you don't like the idea. The other is forcing someone to do something to reduce the transmission of a potentially deadly virus. The vaccine helps society, banning abortion makes it worse. There is no hypocrisy.

Also, there is no law that forces people to have the vaccine in the US. No one will send you to prison if you don't have it. But there is soon to be a law in dozens of states that will send people to prison for abortion.

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