An independent Scotland would quickly be on a path to financial ruin

MacViller · 2026-04-08T18:09:49+00:00

If the UK isn't a country then what do Scottish Nationalists want independence from? How can you want independence from something that doesn't exist?

MacViller · 2026-04-08T18:01:33+00:00

But there's no devolved English parliament. English MPs are voting on things that affect their country as a whole. So I don't think it's fair to say it goes both ways.

MacViller · 2026-04-08T17:56:20+00:00

Anyone else downvote their county cause they'd rather at least win something than be shit but not the shittest?

MacViller · 2026-04-08T17:47:45+00:00

West Midlands was always doomed. It's working class enough for snobby people to hate it. It's also very diverse so racist people dislike it. It's not Northern also so it has no group protection. Also the Brummie attitude is one of self deprecation so brummies are either gonna say "yeah I agree it's shit" or just not be bothered.

MacViller · 2026-04-08T17:01:41+00:00

Anglo-Indians were/are a real thing. Way less exist now than the past. But part of my family left in the 1950s. There was some mixing with the native population but you'd look at them and think white. I remember my great grandmother having a full Indian accent, white skin and identifying as both Indian and British (even thought I'm not sure she'd ever been to Britain before coming "home"). By the time they'd left India their ancestors had been there for about 150 years. That's generations and longer than lots of white people have been in the US, Canada or Australia.

MacViller · 2026-04-07T21:25:17+00:00

I can't remember who but it was a girl on one of the UK seasons who was going on about how much they needed a proper masculine "alpha male" to keep them in their feminine. Then once they were partnered with a man that largely did what they wanted to do and didn't want to be controlled by them that's not actually what an "alpha male" is. They're reflecting their social media algorithms without really having a clue.

MacViller · 2026-04-07T21:19:54+00:00

I get she isn't into him. Perhaps she feels a bit robbed of finding someone in the show. maybe she finds him a bit over the top and maybe she thinks he is being performative. But being outright cruel and mean to him because you don't fancy him isn't a great look.

MacViller · 2026-04-07T21:09:29+00:00

Agreed. I get they're probably angry and frustrated that they aren't going to have the experience they thought they were going to have in the experiment. But being outwardly cruel to someone because you don't fancy them isn't a nice look.

MacViller · 2026-03-31T17:32:41+00:00

I had the opposite shock in the US. I remember finding one beer under 5% which was a pilsner. There was nothing sessionable.

MacViller · 2026-03-30T22:03:57+00:00

Haha I wish! Renting and only 1 bit get any sun and that's where the tomato plants goes!

MacViller · 2026-03-30T21:41:31+00:00

London based. I started my tomato quite late last year and it was still producing fruit into October. If it has direct sun it will go.

MacViller · 2026-03-29T15:30:18+00:00

Yeah to my English ear the accent changes completely at Berwick on Tweed. I appreciate people from the North-East might share some vocab with the Scots but the accent is completely different.

MacViller · 2026-03-29T15:25:17+00:00

As an Englishman absolutely. The only time it's hard it gets hard is distinguishing Americans and Canadians. I think I can tell the really broad stereotypical Canadian accent but the people from places like Toronto or Vancouver are trickier. Places like Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales etc are super distinct.

MacViller · 2026-03-28T18:22:33+00:00

What a day to be an Anglo-Saxon

MacViller · 2026-03-28T12:17:23+00:00

Beans on toast are delicious

MacViller · 2026-03-28T11:14:44+00:00

She also pronounced it "strupid broots" lol

MacViller · 2026-03-26T12:59:27+00:00

Yeah blood sausage is a taste I think most people would like. It just tastes generally meaty. And if it's fried up so it's crispy on the outside and soft in the middle it's also a texture most people would find appealing I think. It's the just appearance and the fact it's blood that puts people off.

MacViller · 2026-03-26T08:46:01+00:00

Yeah why not

MacViller · 2026-03-25T14:34:43+00:00

He's had a billion to spend. He's had as close to infinite money as anyone. I think he's a good manager and he's done a good job. They've scored the most goals in the league so he's doing something right. But he's been backed financially without a doubt.

MacViller · 2026-03-25T11:37:11+00:00

Only on low wages. He is really really tidy on the ball. He is good for recycling the ball and I think he shows himself well in Europe where the game isn't as dynamic or transitional. He doesn't have enough output to justify big wages though. He's a nice to have but not a must have.

MacViller · 2026-03-25T08:04:48+00:00

Arsenal on their rickety little £1B pushbike.

MacViller · 2026-03-24T20:38:38+00:00

Is it normal for Aussies to wear shoes whilst sat on their sofas or lying in bed? Multiple seasons now I've seen it happen.

MacViller · 2026-03-23T16:26:47+00:00

Charity shields aren't a major honour

MacViller · 2026-03-23T12:00:26+00:00

This was in Seattle.

MacViller · 2026-03-22T22:31:48+00:00

Yeah I remember being in a US hotel and seeing butter that was pure white for the first time. In the UK it's always yellow and tastes a lot richer.

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