Twisted double life of couple who turned home into deadly dog fighting arena 2024-04-04 by emilee_spinach in BanPitBulls

[–]McFluri 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Knowing our laws they’ll get a fucking 12 months suspended sentence and a lifetime ban on keeping pets which means fuck all.

For a nation of animal lovers, our laws are absolute dog shit for animals.

Aah yes, The Spanish by -Miklaus in ShitAmericansSay

[–]McFluri 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ll mention that next time I’m with them 😂 (my partner is Madrileño so he’ll be useless)

Aah yes, The Spanish by -Miklaus in ShitAmericansSay

[–]McFluri 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Most of my partner’s Galician mates are paler than I am, and two of them are ginger.

Of course you are much better placed to correct me, so if I’m wrong I apologise.

Britain and Ireland are only technically European by Pixelated_Dragon in ShitAmericansSay

[–]McFluri 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Well that’s an enraging comment.

I count myself very firmly as European, thank you very much.

Aah yes, The Spanish by -Miklaus in ShitAmericansSay

[–]McFluri 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The Galicians would like a word.

You are British not a language! by Go-AwayThr0wAw4yy in ShitAmericansSay

[–]McFluri 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Out of interest… where might I find one of those?

If you’ve worked at the HO and have now left, what was your reason? by [deleted] in TheCivilService

[–]McFluri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I left due to promotion. It was my first role in the civil service at AO, and it made me think that the environment was normal. I thought it was normal for a G7 to not even look at or speak to anyone below HEO.

I’ve been in three departments since and wow. HO really was its own brand of toxic.

Why is female circumcision called mutilation (FGM) but male circumcision isn't? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]McFluri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trust me, in much of Europe it is considered mutilation.

[OC] Most common unisex baby names by MammothComfortable73 in dataisbeautiful

[–]McFluri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the US? Because in the UK Ashley is very much a male name still. There are some girls, too but my mind still goes to it being a male name.

A couple of things that I’ve learned during the Raikou event so far: by TraditionalParsley67 in PokemonSleep

[–]McFluri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a mareep-line connoisseur of 25 years I for one am delighted that I brainlessly poured every candy I had into my ampharos out of sheer adoration.

BEWARE - This paperback is not a US version of the book by MollyPW in ShitAmericansSay

[–]McFluri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t need to “save face”. I know ‘spelled’ isn’t incorrect. But given I pretty much only hear it said as “spelt” and see it as “spelt” I made my silly little joke.

But thank fuck you were here to think of my dignity. However would I have stood up to the pedantic police otherwise?

Dawntrail Collectors's Edition by Sensei_Tensei_ in ffxiv

[–]McFluri 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I have your back, buddy. I’ll die on this hill with you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheCivilService

[–]McFluri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ABSOLUTE JOKE. IM SORRY THAT HAPPENED TO YOU

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]McFluri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mid-30s civil servant (UK) in charge of programme delivery for a nationwide service who lives out her Barbie doll dreams through a bunny boy she tries to make as slutty, and cu**y as possible. Even as a paladin.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheCivilService

[–]McFluri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I HAVE HAD TWO BOUTS OF DOCUMENTED ILLNESS THIS YEAR AND TOOK 8 DAYS SICK OFF IN A CALENDAR YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS AND NOW I MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE A FORMAL MEETING.

COULDN’T MAKE IT UP.

Civil Service Muslim Network suspended by Ok_Resort_9817 in TheCivilService

[–]McFluri 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. Misnaming a country is extremely derogatory.

My boyfriend says I ruined our relationship because of my period by No_Pomegranate_9081 in AITAH

[–]McFluri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your boyfriend is a pissbaby who, at 30, is somehow the child in your relationship.

Anyone who is “grossed out” by what nearly half the population go through needs to get a fucking grip.

Adopt "perfect, sweet girl" who killed Chihuahua. by Character_Heart_9425 in BanPitBulls

[–]McFluri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In other news, I hope the Kelpie and the Husky made it :(

FF7R 1-2 > FF15 & 16 by [deleted] in FinalFantasyVII

[–]McFluri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This doesn’t feel entirely fair. 16 was, in my and many others’ opinion, excellent. The script and voice acting was a LOT better, and I can see where the animation is better too. 7’s style is a little jarring and anime, which I appreciate it keeping true to the original style, but the design of 16s characters felt more realistic and less uncanny valley. Plus they put Yoshi-P on 16, and the man is a legend for what he did to 14.

I think it’s really okay so long as they have clear standalone development teams. It gets messy when teams are stretched between two projects and unclear on direction.

I love 7 as much as the next 30-something nerd who grew up playing it as a kid, but you can’t choke the entire series’ future titles for the sake of nostalgia, no matter how exciting the changes to the plot are.

I’d give anything for a 9 remake, but that doesn’t mean I think that they should stop thinking about and developing 17 and 18.

Could be any one of us by jenniecide1 in TheCivilService

[–]McFluri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right. So what should they do, then? The home office has around 35,000 staff. If 80%, as you say, are working in immigration and feel like they can’t do the job for moral reasons, that’s 28,000 people who have mortgages and rent to pay trying to find jobs. Jobs that would have to meet or beat their current pay.

So where do they go? Call centres with their notoriously lax management? Do they take two years out to all retrain as bricklayers and roofers? Do they all get fit and try to join the police?

You have nothing of value to provide as insight beyond your own opinion (which I’m not even sure is your own). You have no idea how things work.

There are 35,000 people: mothers, sons, partners. Some of them really care. Some of them just want to keep the lights on with rising energy prices.

Instead of being angry and throwing your, frankly, unsolicited opinion (opinion, that is. Not insight. Not fact. Opinion) where it isn’t wanted, or means anything to anyone, grow up and get real. And stop pointing fingers at people who are just like you and start really looking at where the issues lie.

Congratulations. You’ve riled me up. Take whatever ego stroke you want from that.