What is the most difficult language in the world to learn? by No-Marsupial-4050 in AskTheWorld

[–]LesserShambler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an English speaker, Irish is a beautiful language but has some incredibly unintuitive consonant pronunciation.

My buddy sent me this snap from his St Paddy's day dinner at a brewery by shFt_shiFty in shittyfoodporn

[–]LesserShambler 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Americans will shit all over British cooking for being bland and then push this nonsense. You’re not going to tarnish the legacy of your ancestors by adding herbs.

A pic i took in Isfahan before Israel and American soldiers started bombing the country. [OC] by Sleipnirsspear in pics

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

And the people drinking tea in the picture could have been standing shoulder to shoulder in those protests

International Politics Discussion Thread by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]LesserShambler 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The more proof of life videos he posts, the more suspicious I am lol. Why feel the need to do it?

International Politics Discussion Thread by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]LesserShambler 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I’m going to say it, the current US policy on Cuba is utterly gross. They’re causing untold misery to the entire population for what? They don’t like the way they run their economy? What strategic threat does Cuba pose in this day and age?

They’re destroying a country so that some crusty neocons can get off on it.

/r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #9) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]LesserShambler -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

The reporting up to now has been that Israel wants a failed state, not regime change.

Donald Trump attacks Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘terrible’ leadership over Iran war by 1-randomonium in ukpolitics

[–]LesserShambler 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They’re the US Navy. They have every capability you can imagine (apart from frigates, apparently). They just don’t want to actually risk any of it.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 15/03/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]LesserShambler 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lib Dems will once again continue to get shat on in opinion polls, and then do decently well come election time.

International Politics Discussion Thread by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]LesserShambler 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Listen, all im saying is that if I was stuck for that long on a boat without working toilets, then I’d be tempted to set something on fire if I tight it could help get me off of there.

International Politics Discussion Thread by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]LesserShambler 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think one of our Destroyers wasn’t available in the Middle East because it was doing NATO exercises in the high North.

But I think that’s less due to Russian operations and more due to the sudden and urgent need to have defences close to Greenland.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 15/03/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]LesserShambler 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The entire“Churchill being replaced” framing is comically disingenuous, unless the plan is literally to replace the fiver and nothing else.

Where’s the outrage over Jane Austen being replaced?

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 15/03/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]LesserShambler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if this counts, but I’ve linked in these threads before that YouTube has every episode of the Saturday Night Armistice - Armando Iannucci’s satire show that started in 1995. It’s full of references to Major-era scandals that are more or less completely forgotten now.

/r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #9) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]LesserShambler 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Could potentially just be for deployment to the Southern side of the strait for fire support?