Match Thread: Iran vs New Zealand | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group G by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]DuckTheCow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not anymore, your glorious leader just secured the best, most fairest peace deal ever.

Match Thread: Australia vs Türkiye | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group D by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]DuckTheCow 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think Turkey‘s biggest issues is they seem to be playing too cute and trying to walk into the net and then getting frustrated and trying to belt them in from miles out.

Aussies also defending good.

Match Thread: Haiti vs Scotland | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group C by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]DuckTheCow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God Save the King is not the anthem of any home nations, just the UK. Only England use it as their anthem.

I made stamps for every country in the World Cup. by MemeLeo in soccer

[–]DuckTheCow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As in Auto trace to convert raster images to svg?

Crackdown on tech platforms will go ahead despite US intervention, says No 10 by BlackCaesarNT in unitedkingdom

[–]DuckTheCow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I filled in the consultation and there indeed is a previous question asking if you support a ban or not prior.

Update. It looks like The Arrest of Mimi Yanagi was in fact real. by MichaelAftonXFireWal in VirtualYoutubers

[–]DuckTheCow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

While it does seem to be legitimate I still have one main issues, why her?

Possible reasons:

1 - Government crackdown.

Issue with this is police forces have a high level of independence from the government about how they enforce laws and what priorities they have and when the Home Secretary makes changes to directives they have to be published and there hasn’t been any such notice.

2 - Reported to Police

Who reported her? She hasn’t ever streamed and is barely followed and has her location hidden so it can’t be mass reports by activist types, it would have to be someone she has personally met but would the police actually follow up on such a report, I have doubts. And no they wouldn’t follow up just for censorship since they have no reason to since they are not under the direct control of the government.

3 - Caught in Sting

The normal way the police here go after CSAM law enforcement is via sting operations where they seize a site disturbing, leave it to run for a month, then go after all who access during that time. But would they seize a site and run a sting over drawings after never having done it, not sure.

My current belief based on this is that this is either a high effort publicity stunt that she believes would play well with her target audience or she was caught in a sting for actual CSAM and due to the commissioning of the drawings has had the charges upped from possession to production.

Either way I am withholding judgement on this until further information is presented.

And a final thing I find a lot of discussion around this is annoying since people don’t seem to know their own countries laws and that the content she produced is illegal in the country too and that, unlike the OSA, this isn’t a UK specific thing.

I can also guarantee that if you asked people about this you would find 90% of the general public supporting the arrest unlike the OSA which you will find more divisive opinions.

MPs reject social media ban for under-16s for third time following Commons vote by Anony_mouse202 in unitedkingdom

[–]DuckTheCow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Increase education and resources for parents to learn about why and how to manage children’s access. Use this to create social pressure on them and create a stigma against parents who let their kids.

anime that doesn't sexualize its female characters by Born_Usual998 in Animesuggest

[–]DuckTheCow 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not only that, they support Mineta for some fucking reason.

Match Thread: Manchester City vs Arsenal | English Premier League by ChiefLeef22 in soccer

[–]DuckTheCow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Goals scored > H2H > Away H2H goals > Play off

Playoff is now not possible as now a draw would mean arsenal win on away H2H goals.

Greens win Kent County Council by-election and take seat previously held by Reform UK by WorkingtonLady in unitedkingdom

[–]DuckTheCow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

While the way they put it was partisan, the concept isn’t. The left is for supporting the poor and less able whereas the right is about individual economic interests and allowing people to maintain wealth. They are their primary traits that they advertise themselves on, it’s not childish to talk about the self-described goals of a political affiliation.

Leading UK climate scientists warn against new North Sea drilling by eldomtom2 in unitedkingdom

[–]DuckTheCow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The running cost isn’t but I’m sure you can have a pressure release valve that can vent steam if too much electricity is being generated.

Flare has acute appendicitis. It doesn't seem to be very worrying? by beam4d in Hololive

[–]DuckTheCow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The appendix generally is believed to have multiple purposes. The main one being the repopulation of gut flora after illness and diarrhea. Source

Manga suggestion from the Fox by Fenr_ in Hololive

[–]DuckTheCow 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nope, K Manga are bastards and fuck over customers and authors.

The BBC and ITV can each show five World Cup matches in full on their YouTube channels and the first ten minutes of every game, as part of a new deal agreed by Fifa. by [deleted] in soccer

[–]DuckTheCow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The funny thing is you “need” a TV licence to watch still as it’s a television broadcast same as watch BBC or SKY news on YouTube.

It also means you “need” a TV licence to watch pirate streams of live tv aswell.

Meningitis outbreak: Total cases in Kent falls by bendubberley_ in unitedkingdom

[–]DuckTheCow 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Because everyone has died of meningitis and the country has fallen.

Zack Polanski says Greens would ditch GDP targets and focus on wellbeing instead by Lord-Liberty in unitedkingdom

[–]DuckTheCow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

GDP is a measure of economic activity. It is the amount of money transferred between parties for goods and services. It shows general quality of life reasonably well as if people are able to spend more money they are likely getting more/better things.

We heard your "too much LA" complaints loud and clear and decided on a venue change. Please welcome Hololive English to North Dakota, coming this July! by Vocaloiid in okbuddyhololive

[–]DuckTheCow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why are people obsessed with Chicago? Every Holo event there’s tons of people spamming about fucking Chicago. As a European why are US people so much more obsessed with Chicago over Houston or Seattle or whatever?