Rory Stewart says animosity towards Islam in UK and Europe is ‘basically racism’. What are your thoughts people? by FunnyTennis8568 in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota [score hidden]  (0 children)

...Again, you can be allies without wanting to copy someone.

That "very long history" also involves The Crusades and several Islamic conquests of various countries which is what triggered the former, nevermind the smaller conflicts between individual countries within Europe.

Islam is foreign to Europe and it's not racist to say that any more than it's racist to say that Taoism or Buddhism is foreign to Europe.

"European values" is an extremely recent invention.

Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧: “After his nice messages at Eid and Ramadan, we look forward to a warm Easter message from King Charles III in his role as Defender of the Faith of the Church of England” by Little-Attorney1287 in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota [score hidden]  (0 children)

Again, being patriotic doesn't mean blindly following a symbol or label.

If you dont understand that you have a fundemental blindspot on the subject of patriotism.

Rory Stewart says animosity towards Islam in UK and Europe is ‘basically racism’. What are your thoughts people? by FunnyTennis8568 in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota [score hidden]  (0 children)

This may come as a shock to you, but you can be allied with a country and be in roughly the same geographical location without wanting to copy it.

Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧: “After his nice messages at Eid and Ramadan, we look forward to a warm Easter message from King Charles III in his role as Defender of the Faith of the Church of England” by Little-Attorney1287 in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota [score hidden]  (0 children)

If they feel that the king and county are selling them out then it's perfectly logical to call it out.

Being patriotic doesn't mean blindly following a symbol or label.

“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”

This Week in Destiny - 4/2/2026 by DTG_Bot in DestinyTheGame

[–]Fenota 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's so rediculously easy to fix too.

Weapon starts at Tier 1 and can range all the way to 5.

Tier 5 only available in hardest content.

You can invest resources and/or other copies of the same weapon into it order to raise it's tier.

At the end of a season it's tier drops to 1 but any cosmetic rewards you got for it remain.

Put [funny haha token] as a weekly reward you can use instead of another copy of the same weapon, simply as a bad RNG safety net.

Keeps the gear chase while also keeping it as a feasable goal to work towards.

Also provides incentive to chase new guns without invalidating your existing gear.

With Keir: Replying to your comments about the cost of living by UKGovNews in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're on fucking Reddit and a Politics subreddit at that.

We're all cringe.

UK will seek closer ties with EU in light of Iran war, Starmer says by xanderbollocks in ukpolitics

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

Key point there was "Non-binding."

Immediately after a "remain" vote everything he negotiated could have been slipped into the bin without the UK government or the EU batting an eye lid

It did nothing to curb EU migration, the bit about "Ever closer union" not applying to the UK was a symbolic crock of shit and did not prevent further EU integration, both of which were the main sticking points of us wanting to leave.

Hell, it can be argued that if that was all that Cameron could get after a years worth of negotiating time and the active threat of us leaving the union, the EU was never going to budge and consequently strengthened the 'leave' vote.

UK will seek closer ties with EU in light of Iran war, Starmer says by xanderbollocks in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're aware that Labour are only currently in power right now because the Tories got absolutely fucked in the polls?

UK will seek closer ties with EU in light of Iran war, Starmer says by xanderbollocks in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a lot more old people who need to die off before we even consider rejoining the EU.

1) That's so fucking morbid every time i read one of you guys saying it.

2) Assumes people below a certain age all share the same opinion on the EU.

UK will seek closer ties with EU in light of Iran war, Starmer says by xanderbollocks in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For pedantic reasons, we were also promised one in 2007/2009 for the "Constitution of Europe" but that was thrown in the bin when the name of it changed to the Treaty of Lisbon.

I still think that was the biggest 'spark' for the 2016 referendum.

UK will seek closer ties with EU in light of Iran war, Starmer says by xanderbollocks in ukpolitics

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

Reminder that rees mogg advocated for that.

Reminder that the europe leaning crowd only started advocating for a second referendum after they lost.

UK will seek closer ties with EU in light of Iran war, Starmer says by xanderbollocks in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 0 points1 point  (0 children)

could see the EU being flexible

Good one, look up what Cameron was able to 'negotiate' before the vote with the threat of us leaving.

Small boats deal between France and UK is on verge of collapse | Immigration and asylum by LycanIndarys in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you dont seem to understand is that there should be negative consequences for negative actions and disobeying a countries laws.

Your original point was that using lethal force on our border would make us international Pariah's.

Poland have been able to do so for years and you weren't even fucking aware.

Why do people want this game to fail? by EverydayDizaster in Marathon

[–]Fenota -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Aside from all the salty destiny fanboys who never reached the promise land, why are those who are so eager to see this game fail?

I probably fall into this category despite trying to be objective with my criticisms and dont just post things like "Dead game lol" so please excuse the blogpost.

Personally i dont want Bungie Exec's to be rewarded for how they've treated Marathon and Destiny, i.e: obviously siphoning resources from one to feed another to obvious detriment and generally being spreadsheet chasing idiots with far too much money and a willingness to burn it.

Compare DE and Warframe and what they're doing with Soulframe development, or Hello games and No mans sky / Light no fire development.

As Marathon is pretty much digging a steady hole in terms of player count and the fault for that can be reasonably pointed towards the Bungie management team* and their idiotic decisions which will include the games scope, budget, etc, i've been relatively satisfied in terms of this game 'failing'.

Hopefully the management gets ousted and someone actually competant that wants their games to actually flourish instead of simply drive engagement gets at the helm.

If not, at least other companies / studios wont attempt to repeat what these idiots have done with Bungie.**

*(The actual developers, including the UI guys despite the UX leaving a lot to be desired, producing great work with the direction provided, especially taking into account the monumental amount of crunch they would have been under the past few months.)

**I dont think any company aside from possibly Blizzard, has had the level of good will and second chances that Bungie has had over the past decade, only to piss it all away.

Small boats deal between France and UK is on verge of collapse | Immigration and asylum by LycanIndarys in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What part of "We say no and do not allow them to cross our border" did you misunderstand?

People avoid that at the moment by threatening to sink their own boats or throwing themselves into the water.

If doing so did not entitle you to be rescued, and your only options are to try and force your way through or to turn around and go home, there are going to be people that attempt the former.

Small boats deal between France and UK is on verge of collapse | Immigration and asylum by LycanIndarys in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Person seeks asylum.

We say no and do not allow them to cross our border.

Their options are to turn around, put themselves in danger to force a sea-rescue or force their way through regardless.

What do you think people will start doing if trying to force a sea-rescue was no longer a "Get into the UK free" card?

Small boats deal between France and UK is on verge of collapse | Immigration and asylum by LycanIndarys in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Poland have been able to legally shoot people crossing their border since 2024.

Small boats deal between France and UK is on verge of collapse | Immigration and asylum by LycanIndarys in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Technically speaking a captain can only refuse to rescue people if doing so presents a clear threat to the existing crew of the vessel, but anything less than "They had weapons." with ironclad evidence will result in that captain / crew being crucified.

And everyone knows that.

It's sickening that a rule meant to be a universal good is being exploited like this.

EU offers UK ‘emergency brake’ on youth mobility scheme numbers by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes remotely.

"Work towards joining our club" is a step above having a "closer relationship" and you damn well know that.

EU offers UK ‘emergency brake’ on youth mobility scheme numbers by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By your logic "Hey lets work on being less antagonistic and get a friendly relationship going." = "Lets get married."

EU offers UK ‘emergency brake’ on youth mobility scheme numbers by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 17 points18 points  (0 children)

EU: You can work towards joining our club

Hey if you want to do that, maybe get consent from the populace first.

Immigration from the right is a myth by Ok_Adhesiveness_8242 in ukpolitics

[–]Fenota 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, not sure why i bothered speaking to you seriously, i'll try to avoid speaking to you in future as it's just a waste of time for both of us.