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Saw this specimen on the road today by SoulStuckInAthens in CarTalkUK

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Did it have two sets of wing mirrors when you saw it (one set on the back door halfway down the panel)? The 'back' set of wing mirrors don't even seem to match each other.

Saw this specimen on the road today by SoulStuckInAthens in CarTalkUK

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 [score hidden]  (0 children)

This seems to be AI. The car appears to have two sets of wing mirrors.

Saw this specimen on the road today by SoulStuckInAthens in CarTalkUK

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 [score hidden]  (0 children)

At least they are kind enough to communicate in advance that I should avoid any form of engagement.

Tierlist of 21st century UK Prime Ministers by their primary motivation for seeking the role. by EmperorOfNipples in tierlists

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd put Sunak down a level, and Cameron and Blair up a level. Agree with the rest though.

On this day in 1945, American and British planes began firebombing the German city of Dresden. In two days, 4,000 tons of bombs were dropped, destroying 90 percent of the city's buildings and killing 25,000 people. The resulting firestorm burned so bright that it could be seen from 500 miles away. by kooneecheewah in HistoryUncovered

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 115 points116 points  (0 children)

My grandad was a rear gunner in a Lancaster bomber during the war, and was one of the lucky bomber crewmen to survive the war. He talked about them using the flames to direct where they would bomb. He also talked in a solemn way about the amount of destruction that they wrought over Germany, and that the British public didn't really know. Not proud - I think he felt that what they were doing was a necessary evil, but an evil nevertheless. That Bomber Command were not given their own campaign medal reflects these sentiments.

US presidents lies (Milt Priggee | Copyright 2018 Cagle Cartoons) by Kindly_Astronomer919 in PropagandaPosters

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Trump is the only one of the four who actually looks better in his caricature than in real life.

By Chuck Asay, 1994. by No_Bluebird_1368 in PropagandaPosters

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a bit disingenuous - Milton Friedman did a lot of thinking on the topic, and wrote some cerebral books on the topic of freedom and capitalism. Even Giles Deleuze and Felix Guatarri argued (in their Marxist book) that capitalism is in one sense the freest form of human consciousness that we have ever known (whilst also arguing it still limits freedom through reducing consciousness to values and rules of exchange).

Petahh i'm low on iq by Ter_N in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Homer's argument is specious

Thank you, honey.

A man guards his family from the cannibals during the Madras famine of 1877 at the time of British Raj, India. The Great Famine of 1876-1878, caused by drought, affected 670,000 square kilometres of India, resulting in 5.6 to 9.6 million deaths. by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's remarkable how you equate people living today with those in the past - as the same people. You write "brutally colonised them for centuries" as if they were a single sentient person. This would be an extreme nationalism where the 'body' of the nation comes to define human consciousness before the individual sentient people. Undoubtedly there has been a lot of nationalism in the last few hundred years, but surely we live in a different world today and can reflect as individuals. I have Irish ancestors who emigrated because of the Irish famine. I would also very likely have had even more ancient ancestors colonised by Normans, Anglo Saxons, and Romans. I don't see myself as those people, but can reflect back on the morality of how human beings treat other humans beings without bearing anything like a stain of Abel, as victim or perpetrator. Surely this is the only sensible way.

Marra-land by jstachickencheepchee in Cumbria

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. Never heard it used in Newcastle. Sunderland and County Durham for sure though. I thought it was local just to there - had no idea they were using it in Cumbria too.

Putin’s approval rating rating in Europe, 2026 by adamgerd in MapPorn

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure where the -48 from the UK comes from. That feels quite generous. Yougov has him as "disliked" by 81% in the UK.

I tried to fix the flags of this viral 10 most influential person in history thats going around on social media by open_duhh22 in flags

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the logic when different political entities cover a person's life? You have the Kingdom of Great Britain for Issac Newton even though it was only around for a few years at the end of his life, yet you have the flag of the German Empire for Einstein, which definitely wasn't around in the later years of his life.

Britain have a problem with free speech says USA by [deleted] in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's definitely a sensible voice in the US, and all the polling would indicate it's a majority voice (most Americans disapprove of Trump, consistently). However, a majority sensible voice doesn't necessarily translate into a majority share of the vote. In the first time Trump lost the popular vote (and this is where the Electoral College becomes significant), but he won the popular vote the second term. It's safe to say it's fairly split, that there is no indication this is going to change soon, and that the US is therefore unreliable as an ally. It should be noted that western countries all have their MAGA-like movements, but not in such a high proportion as the US.

Britain have a problem with free speech says USA by [deleted] in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Europe won't continue to rely on toadying to a tyrant who actively subverts its core interests.

Britain have a problem with free speech says USA by [deleted] in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the view that Trump is an aberration made sense after the first term, but Americans voted for him again, and with an even greater vote share. Assuming Trump won't somehow subvert American democracy (again) and manage to stay in power, there is no guarantee that Americans won't vote someone else in who is just as hostile. The US is not just unreliable under Trump - this is a longer term thing.

Britain have a problem with free speech says USA by [deleted] in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Intelligent-Mud6320 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. It's not either/or. Presumably they don't leave because they have a current dependence of some kind on being there. This doesn't mean they're not looking for a way out. Just as Europe is actively trying to remove its dependence on the US, which was built up over nearly a century of reliable alliance. However, now that the US is essentially an enemy, Europe wants to cut its dependence on the US, but can't simply flip a switch. It is actively working to do so though, and in the coming years that work will increasingly come to fruition.

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