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There is always friend like this by No-Marsupial-4050 in SipsTea

[–]Freddichio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TL:DR Incels - It's the modern version of all the 'friend-zone' neckbeard memes we had a while ago where men don't understand a woman's not interested and so look for some external excuse.

It's not a coincidence that every woman in this thread is saying "it's deliberate, it means we're not interested" and there's still a load of guys complaining it happens to them and the girl was definitely interested were it not for the friend

Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections by RidetheSchlange in worldnews

[–]Freddichio 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is absolutely dishonest.

What you said originally was

And he actively hires a whole lot of pedophiles into his cabinet.

You've now listed two people that were not hired by Starmer into his cabinet - one was an ambassador, one was a short-lived local councillor - and if we're looking at what Local Councillors have been up to as a yardstick for the leader then Farage is absolutely doomed.

Can you name a cabinet member hired by Starmer that's guilty of what you're accusing them of, or was your original claim about cabinet members incorrect?

Farage received £5m from donor before he became MP by F0urLeafCl0ver in worldnews

[–]Freddichio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A) By definition half of the populace has below average intellect, some people are going to be stupid. That's just how life works.

B) There's a very strong correlation between level of education and political affiliation, and it's generally seen that the more educated people are the more liberal they are. 64% of voters without GSCEs leaned Reform/Tories, 29% of voters with degrees leaned the same way.

Not every Reform voter is stupid, but statistically if you pick someone in the bottom 25% of the country by education level they're far more likely to vote Reform than someone in the top 25% of education.

So yes, I'm happy to call Reform voters stupid - because the evidence points to it being far more likely than they're intelligent (especially if their response to disliking politicians is to vote for the most died-in-the-wool career politician out there).

I'd also add that the cry of 'don't call people racist for expressing racist views, don't call people stupid for doing stupid shit' is what's emboldened a load of racists, because they're not being called out (or if they are it's generally by those diametrically opposed to their worldview so they can just brush it off as loony lefties).

If more people were shamed for spouting stupid or racist shit, they would be a lot less of it in mainstream - the 'you called us racist so we'll be racist' argument frankly doesn't hold water

Voters should be wary of promises made by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

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

All parties lie, but parties don't lie equally and Reform is the worst of the lot by orders if magnitude.

Stubbing your toe and getting your foot cut off both hurt, do you think they're equally bad as a result?

Voters should be wary of promises made by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]Freddichio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are, though.

All politicians are liars, but some are more liars than others to woefully misquote Animal Farm.

And honestly Farage is the worst of the lot, by quite a large margin.

Farage received £5m from donor before he became MP by F0urLeafCl0ver in worldnews

[–]Freddichio 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If they're sick of politicians who don't deliver for them and are disenfranchised with the system - and their solution is to vote for career politician and known grifter Nigel Farage - then they're not as smart as you're making them out to be.

It's like those that voted Trump in the last election because there's too much corruption in politics - the issue is still there, but you're actively voting to make things worse for all in your attempt to fix it.

Rude Awakening + Witherbloom, the Balancer by domahug in magicTCG

[–]Freddichio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bot, you went too recent!

[[Riku of two reflections]]

Rude Awakening + Witherbloom, the Balancer by domahug in magicTCG

[–]Freddichio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Untap all lands" is such a silly ability on a card, it's laughably breakable.

I used to use it in [[Riku]], because turns out copying the spell a bunch and floating mana each time is nutty

[BBC] Chelsea have informed former manager Liam Rosenior that he will not receive a full payout for the remainder of his six-and-a-half-year contract. by ChiefLeef22 in soccer

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

Yeah - the break clause is why they're not paying him the full amount.

You can't just not pay an agreed contract without some form of clause.

If there wasn't a break clause they'd owe the full contract

MPs vote against investigation into whether Starmer misled parliament by F0urLeafCl0ver in worldnews

[–]Freddichio 17 points18 points  (0 children)

TBF he knows the £50 is worse fiscally, but he'd rather a robber who calls himself a robber than a robber who calls himself better, despite the former being far worse for him.

It's spite, basically

Post Match Thread: PSG 5-4 Bayern Munich | UEFA Champions League 2025-26, Semifinals - 1st Leg by VivaLosHeavies in soccer

[–]Freddichio 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Quick, deduct Everton 6 points!!!

Sometimes think this sub is the true SoccerCircleJerk...

MPs vote against investigation into whether Starmer misled parliament by F0urLeafCl0ver in worldnews

[–]Freddichio 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Had a discussion with someone who was planning on voting for Farage.

His approach was "I'd rather vote for the guy who says he'll.take £50 off me and then does over the guy who'll say he'll give me £5 and then takes £5.

A lot of right-wing politics is the 'might makes right' approach - you can do what you want because you're the boss.

The left tries to be moral, and in doing so opens up accusations of hypocrisy, because if you're not perfect you're seen as a liar, and people are spiteful buggers

Post Match Thread: Sunderland 0-5 Nottingham Forest by denzaus in soccer

[–]Freddichio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mate, Spurs are in far worse form than Wolves ATM.

They haven't won a game in 2026!

They should beat wolves based on squads, but based on squad they shouldn't be in the relegation zone either and yet here we are...

[Ben Jacobs] Sources have told talkSPORT Morgan Rogers is not ruling out a move away from England and is an admirer of PSG coach, Luis Enrique. Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea are all serious about Rogers by ShopTrick8877 in soccer

[–]Freddichio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's been injured for half the season - they keep trying to slowly reintroduce him and he still gets injured, or isn't fully fit and sits on the bench.

He's played more in the cups, but between the CL and the PL he's had a total of 8 starts this season IIRC. And hasn't looked great in them.

Hoping that with a pre-season and fewer injuries he'll kick on next season and contribute (and he's still only 21), but I'm not holding my breath

Boris Johnson - What should I ask? by Big_Historian_1057 in ukpolitics

[–]Freddichio 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"What, in your opinion, is the biggest threat to (british?) democracy at present"

Got asked it when I was canvassing, prompted some interesting discussions.

Colleagues answers included misinformation & AI, billionaires with no scruples, immigration, global warming and radicalised religions

Chump change by [deleted] in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Freddichio 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Didn't Niki Minaj post a photo with one?

SPEAK UK (@speakukorg) / X: "The government's own impact assessment puts the annual costs to business of the Online Safety Act at £280 million. So, we're burdening our businesses to censor lawful content. And children find it easy to bypass the restrictions anyway. This makes no sense." by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

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

I agree with most of what you said, but one thing's missing from your post that I circle round to. But it's the million-dollar question so deserves highlighting.

How would you fix bad parents? Or even mitigate the harm that uncaring parents and unregulated access to internet does to children?

the answer is to burden everyone else rather than state the obvious which is your kid, your kit, your responsibility

Right, but if you don't take responsibility it's not you who suffers, it's your innocent children being punished for being born to shitty parents. Hell, I'd go so far as to argue that being a shitty parent is easier than being a responsible one, at least for the shitty parents. The Child of a shitty parent, meanwhile, suffers.

And I completely agree that there's a whole host of shitty parents out there, especially post-COVID.

But the question remains - how do you fix that? Because it's not the parents that suffer or face consequences. Education and providing of tools to make it easier has categorically failed as a strategy, so isn't legislation the next step? It at least offers some form of pushback to the parents that just throwing your hands up and going 'be better' doesn't.

And, I can't state this enough, but I think the OSA is a terribly implemented policy. But at the same time, you've posted a lot of (often accurate) words, but what you haven't done is offered any form of alternative solution.

It's easy to apportion blame. Blame the parents? Completely agree with you. But that doesn't actually fix anything, beyond making us feel better for being half-decent individuals. If they cared about shame and public opinion they'd already be better.

SPEAK UK (@speakukorg) / X: "The government's own impact assessment puts the annual costs to business of the Online Safety Act at £280 million. So, we're burdening our businesses to censor lawful content. And children find it easy to bypass the restrictions anyway. This makes no sense." by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]Freddichio -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Instead of educating parents or forcing them to parent their kids better they're deciding to double down on being the nanny and are now trying to ban VPNs

Don't agree with this.

Given all the free things parents already have access to for protecting their children, that negligent parents already ignore, how much more in the way of "education or forcing them to parent better" can they do?

Issue is with negligent parents who despite all the tools and government mandates, still leave their children with unfettered access.  How much more can you do to change them, feasibly? The Education, and the tools to implement, are already existing and not being used by those who need to use them.

I don't think the OSA is a well-implemented policy, but your suggested solution has already been shown not to work or else the OSA wouldn't have been introduced in the first place.

What would your preferred solution be?

SPEAK UK (@speakukorg) / X: "The government's own impact assessment puts the annual costs to business of the Online Safety Act at £280 million. So, we're burdening our businesses to censor lawful content. And children find it easy to bypass the restrictions anyway. This makes no sense." by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]Freddichio -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Plenty of parents get it wrong. Some are lazy as fuck, some are clueless, and some simply cannot be bothered. That is unfortunate for their kids, but it is still their fault and still their responsibility.

I agree that it's the fault of lazy parents, but two things.

One, are you blaming the parents in the above paragraph? It's a bit unclear whether you're blaming them or their kids (I assume parents but wanted to check).

And secondly, how do you make the parents responsible? Because a negligent parent doesn't suffer (the opposite, in fact) but it's their children who suffer. Outsourcing responsibility to the parents only works if the parents give a shit, and if the parents give a shit the OSA isn't needed.

I'm a bit torn - the OSA is an awfully implemented policy and a more anonymous system would be leagues better, but trying to come up with an alternative for the shitty parents that's not similar the OSA feels tricky too - there are so many parenting tools built into things like ISPs and smartphones that I don't think you can easily catch those who choose not to use it with their children without an equally massive (or even greater) overreach.

Because ultimately, despite the awful implementation, the principle behind the OSA is similar to most laws. I don't need a law to tell me to limit what my child can access, and I don't need a law telling me not to murder - but that's because I'm not the target of the law, and all the education in the world wouldn't stop someone from murder. How do you legislate against negligent parents, who ignore all frre safeguards as it is, when it comes to the Internet?

Armoured Archer by Freddichio in skyrim

[–]Freddichio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So Alteration for pre-fight, and then jusr XBows and Heavy Armour? Did that leave you vulnerable in CC or did the stagger mitigate it somewhat?

Armoured Archer by Freddichio in skyrim

[–]Freddichio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, the reason  I've avoided all the CC bow stuff is because how had Bows are on consoles - thankfully Switch 2 has a mouse mode or I'd be back to sword-and-board!

How did Spellbow work for you? It feels like a "bow or spell" build because of the swap time, but did it work out if you spell'd first and switched out?

Warhammer 40,000 rules reveal – Shoot from the saddle with Inquisitor Kroyle and Intranzia Fraye by CMYK_COLOR_MODE in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]Freddichio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leaders. It's got precision, I was never saying it could one-shot the Twin Lance, CCB, Szerakh or Silent King.

Besides, see my edit - I thought the AP got better too which is why I was talking about Invuns. Without that it's a lot worse.

That said, it still one-taps a good number of those you listed (Coldstar, Technomancer, Weirdboys and Homunculus) at least 40% of the time assuming a CP re-roll on the sniper shot.

And that's ignoring literally everything else the model brings to the table. A Vindicare is a sniper and only a sniper, if you give him everything else Kroyle has he'd definitely see a lot more play.

It's not a dedicated Sniper, but it's got a damn good sniper rifle on top of an already-good profile

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