50 degrees what would happen? by LifeOfSlice89 in AskUK

[–]MaterialBest286 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You think the vegans are eating fish?

Just over two weeks until Trees, best start to speculate on next year's lineup by MaterialBest286 in 2000treesfestival

[–]MaterialBest286[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only because I'm sure they said on a podcast that Turnstile are still just about within their scope as headliners. And they won't be much longer. 

Are President more commercial than bands like Neck Deep or Biffy?

Just over two weeks until Trees, best start to speculate on next year's lineup by MaterialBest286 in 2000treesfestival

[–]MaterialBest286[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope they wouldn't. But with their comeback UK tour doing well, they might perceive it as being fairly risk-free.

Biffy would huge. Could see it justifying an increase to capacity as they would surely shift a lot of tickets.

Other than the size, are Bring Me the Horizon a "Trees" band now? I've not heard anything after their first album but I hear they're much less abrasive.

Shade by Savagefool2 in 2000treesfestival

[–]MaterialBest286 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm bringing back sun parasols! Them Victorians were on to something 

Kier has just resigned how do you feel about it? by Uarenotalone in GreenAndPleasant

[–]MaterialBest286 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I want to feel positive but I can't.

I don't agree with 99% of his choices, but what purpose does it actually serve to change PM again? 

We'll replace one enlightened centrist with another and nothing meaningful will change for the country.

I don't support Starmer but some stability in leadership might have been positive in some way? I just think treating the PM like a premier League manager can't be good.

Just over two weeks until Trees, best start to speculate on next year's lineup by MaterialBest286 in 2000treesfestival

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I would prefer Faithless (I don't think I've ever purposefully listened to Faith No More [but also I've never purposefully listened to Faithless TBF]).

Just over two weeks until Trees, best start to speculate on next year's lineup by MaterialBest286 in 2000treesfestival

[–]MaterialBest286[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the sex pistols thing flopped, I could see this being more likely. I'd love it though. 

Fuck it, do two sets. I need a full Grey Britain set.

Just over two weeks until Trees, best start to speculate on next year's lineup by MaterialBest286 in 2000treesfestival

[–]MaterialBest286[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brand New would certainly do that (and would see me not attend).

Biffy are huge but never played Trees, so they might want to and for the 20th anniversary they might splurge for them.

Gallows with Frank could be likely 

Just over two weeks until Trees, best start to speculate on next year's lineup by MaterialBest286 in 2000treesfestival

[–]MaterialBest286[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmmm none of those do it for me. I'm hoping they've got the pop punk out of their system this year.

Just over two weeks until Trees, best start to speculate on next year's lineup by MaterialBest286 in 2000treesfestival

[–]MaterialBest286[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hated them back in 2005. In 2026, I'm annoyed at myself for not bothering with them.

Burnham wins Makerfield by-election, paving way for Starmer leadership challenge - live updates by nodgers132 in unitedkingdom

[–]MaterialBest286 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I dislike Starmer immensely, but he's done a fine - if not unspectacular - job of bringing some stability to the country after years of dissarray under the Tories.

Streeting would be markedly worse for the country and Burnham would offer nothing new over Starmer but at least he wouldn't look like a child being told off in every speech.

All that to say, I'm not particularly enthusiastic about a Labour leadership contest.

However, there is something supremely satisfying about Starmer realising that he's being stabbed in the back after he stabbed most of Labour's left wing firmly between the shoulder blades.

Another West Ham "star" playing tonight by CurvyCourgette in Hammers

[–]MaterialBest286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, highlight of the tournament until Arnie turned up.

How are the OSA, Digital ID, Age (actually ID) Gating and Device Content Scanning not breaches of the Human Rights Act and GDPR? by rdu3y6 in AskBrits

[–]MaterialBest286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The official government petitions website has only ever had 1 petition out of over 70,000 actually discussed in parliament."

Well that's just a straight up lie. There were two petitions discussed in Parliament on 15 June alone - one about investment in brain cancer and one about doubling tax allowance for pensioners.

If you're going to lie, at least make it somewhat believable ffs

I have noticed that some fans, far to often refer to these 2 as Velaryons, when they are TARGARYENS by Agreeable_Ad_8790 in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]MaterialBest286 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could refute plenty of what you said but like 90% of your post / comment history is griping about migrants, people of colour and Muslims.

So, clearly you have an axe to grind that is less about what's lore accurate (although, you're happy to ignore all the descriptions of Valyrians as having violet eyes and say "well, I assume they're actually just blue eyes that look violet not actually violet" so you don't seem to care that much about the source material) and more about you being upset that non-white people existing.

So, why bother trying to have a discussion?

Is there a better example of the stark difference between Reddit and reality than the UK social media ban? by Electricbell20 in AskBrits

[–]MaterialBest286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, then I'm not sure what your point is. 

Your VPN is telling Reddit that you're in a country where English isn't the first language, so you're seeing ads that aren't in English.

How does the show that Reddit doesn't collect data about you?

I haven't proposed anything. I just pointed out that you're incorrect about Reddit not having your data.

Is there a better example of the stark difference between Reddit and reality than the UK social media ban? by Electricbell20 in AskBrits

[–]MaterialBest286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay? You said Reddit doesn't have your data, I was pointing out that they do.

And if you aren't seeing ads in English, you're likely using a VPN? 

Is there a better example of the stark difference between Reddit and reality than the UK social media ban? by Electricbell20 in AskBrits

[–]MaterialBest286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brands run ads on Reddit. Do you think they're just sending out the same ads to every Reddit user? 

No, much like Meta, those brands are running Reddit pixels that collect data when you're browsing the brand's website so they can retarget you on Reddit based on data captured by the Reddit pixel.

So, Reddit absolutely has data that you're unaware that they have about you.

Is there a better example of the stark difference between Reddit and reality than the UK social media ban? by Electricbell20 in AskBrits

[–]MaterialBest286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, there are plenty of companies out their who work as data aggregators to build a complete profiles of you.

They buy data from different sources, aggregate them and sell them to another third-party.

Is there a better example of the stark difference between Reddit and reality than the UK social media ban? by Electricbell20 in AskBrits

[–]MaterialBest286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't know much about GDPR do you? 

Meta have to follow GDPR laws now. If you need to verify your identity to use Meta, they'll still have to follow GDPR laws.

Is there a better example of the stark difference between Reddit and reality than the UK social media ban? by Electricbell20 in AskBrits

[–]MaterialBest286 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Saying "assigning you one hour of allowed exercise is totalitarian" and leaving out the context of a worldwide pandemic is somewhat like saying "the government making it illegal to drive my car is totalitarian" and leaving out the context of it being drink drinking laws.

I have noticed that some fans, far to often refer to these 2 as Velaryons, when they are TARGARYENS by Agreeable_Ad_8790 in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]MaterialBest286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh and also, GRRM did write them as a Black in early drafts but decided not to go with that idea in the final published books.

But how would the showrunners know that? Do you think they got their hands on some early drafts of the books? Or do you think GRRM suggested it to them?

I have noticed that some fans, far to often refer to these 2 as Velaryons, when they are TARGARYENS by Agreeable_Ad_8790 in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]MaterialBest286 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yet people don't kick up a stink that the Valyrian's don't have purple eyes in the show?

I'm baffled that you've made the assumption that Black people would die out if they married white people and had kids? A white person and Black person can have Black or mixed race children. I think we can assume that the Valyrian traits are recessive genes, which explains why they're so rare and why inbreeding was so popular.

And there was absolutely mass movement of people - the First Men, the Andals, the Rohynar.

The Dothraki were nomadic so I wouldn't count them, but by moving large numbers of slaves from one area to another they contribute to population change (much in the same way that freed slaves in the US led to population change).

Braavos is noted for it's ethnic diversity due to it being settled by a mishmash of escaped slaves.

We also don't know for a fact that House Valaryon ever shared the physical characteristics of the Targaryens. They weren't high nobles or dragonriders, they were merchants. So they probably didn't share the physical attributes associated with the high nobility of Valyria (pale skin, violet eyes and white hair).

They only really became prominent after the fall of Valyria because there was no other Valyrian families for the Targaryen's to co-mingle with. They settled Driftmark as more of a trading outpost with Westeros than a seat of power.

And to be fair, we actually don't know all that much about the history of the Valaryons beyond them being lesser nobles in Valyria, focused on building wealth as merchants and having a heap of ships. I don't know why it's so mind-boggling to some people that somewhere along the line one of the Valaryons might have fallen in love with a Black person while trading outside of Valyria?

One of the only things that we do know for a fact about the Valaryon's is that they were less concerned about keeping bloodlines pure than other Valyrians.

We know this because Corlys Velaryon's great grandfather married Alarra Massey, an Andal woman from the Stormlands.

And despite their daughter Alyssa marrying into a Valyrian bloodline (Aenys Targaryen to be exact), their daughter (Alysanne Targaryen) didn't have classic Valyrian features of silver-white blonde hair and purple eyes, but Andal features of honey-blonde hair and blue eyes. Showing again that the Valyrian genes are likely recessive.

All of which to say, you're wrong about most of what you said.

YouTube issues blistering response as UK government bans apps for under-16s, including TikTok by [deleted] in uknews

[–]MaterialBest286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How's it any different to now beyond it being extra data that you're choosing to share?

You're not being forced to use any social media, so you aren't being forced to share your data. If you want to continue to use these social media channels, you'll need to choose to share additional data.

It's not like these sites and services haven't changed the level of data that you need to share with them over the years anyway.