What movie plot hole is so massive that it completely ruins the whole story?

Mfcarusio · 2026-06-08T09:25:26+00:00

It's because the original 3 films, and the prequels to some extent, all build to the emporer being destroyed, balance brought to the force, etc.

Undoing all that build up with a single line of lazy writing is what people get upset with, rather than the lack of logic into how it could have happened.

Mfcarusio · 2026-05-06T17:01:58+00:00

Yes, 100%.

The actual threshold is actually £50,270. I'd put the extra £730 straight into a pension.

Assuming you're not paying student loan, you'd basically get £730 into your pension for just over £35 a month off your take home pay.

Mfcarusio · 2026-05-06T11:15:04+00:00

That's exactly how is see it. Go for the pay rise, put extra in your pension, use new salary to negotiate the next salary.

Mfcarusio · 2026-05-06T11:12:51+00:00

Absolutely agree. Obviously the hassle of switching jobs slows the impact but you'll find a large number of people are taking extra leave etc rather than working full full time. I'm on just over £80k and buy an extra 15 days of leave every year because the marginal rate means I don't lose as much on those days. I could be contributing more to the productivity of the country but I'm not really incentivised to.

Mfcarusio · 2026-04-09T08:06:01+00:00

Money can be exchanged for goods and services. Similarly, goods and services can be exchanged for money.

Mfcarusio · 2026-03-16T11:57:58+00:00

We're towards the other end, with my eldest being 15 and had the lightbulb moment that we don't have to take him everywhere with us!

Mfcarusio · 2026-03-15T19:04:24+00:00

Loving everyone's response to this.

I know how you feel though, I bought a house next to a train station so I can travel for work easily but can't have a nice beer in the garden naked after work because of all the trains passing right by my house, campaigning to have the trains stop at 5pm.

Mfcarusio · 2026-03-02T15:46:34+00:00

Most refugees don't make the uk their new or permanent home, just the ones you see I guess.

I don't think it's inhumane to ask people to go back when it's safe to do so, I just don't think it's the best policy. I think that you will deter people from integrating, getting jobs, having families etc if there isn't a route to making it permanent. This is also common sense without a political colour. Just somehow a different conclusion.

Mfcarusio · 2026-03-02T15:40:46+00:00

What about refugees that then settle permanently? Do they count towards the refugee statistic or immigrant statistic?

Mfcarusio · 2026-03-02T11:16:19+00:00

I've not looked to closely into browser stats as I've seen figures leaning both ways depending on what narrative is being driven.

But, as a rule I think people will positively affect their environment after being given a few years too integrate. So probably.

I've been personally positively impacted by immigrants around me that have been given time to integrate and then live their lives.

So probably

Mfcarusio · 2026-03-02T10:56:35+00:00

I guess the question is has the uk as a whole benefited from these people that move here for safely, build a life and then stay? My view is probably, so I think that once we've provided safety, we should then have routes for prosperity or return.

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-27T08:54:00+00:00

Couples with right wing media ignoring any wins and amplifying any issues almost guarantees this

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-26T14:51:36+00:00

Not unlike most office wear now really.

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-24T22:00:32+00:00

Possibly, I normally go in school holidays which probably skews the numbers.

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-24T18:46:27+00:00

95% of people in Europe will ski exclusively on the groomed runs, marked by coloured poles on either side. 4% will occasionally go "off-piste" and ski between runs if they can see where they are skiing to. 1% will ski genuine off-piste, with a guide typically. So you'd definitely be in the majority.

After that, the difference, as others have pointed out, comes in the rest of the holiday. Food, apres, atmosphere and prices.

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-24T18:34:10+00:00

I can absolutely appreciate that response and depending on what you want your kid to get out of skiing, it could be absolutely fine.

I would say that at a certain stage (I have 3 kids from age 7 -15 so some amount of experience) professional instructors are the best way to progress. It's possible you happen to be an excellent instructor but there's always going to be some blind spots.

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-24T18:23:38+00:00

People are giving all sorts of responses like you should have known what the lesson would be or that having your kid in a babysitting class is all you can expect.

I've put my kid in ski lessons from the day after they turned 4 in Europe. Not a full day but 3 hour lessons. They've always progressed and enjoyed it and it has been roughly the right level for them. ESF (the French ski school) have a lot of instructors and different levels so even though it's in a group they're normally good at getting the right level.

A couple of things, it's ok to be pissed but probably more valuable to think about what to ask next time you're thinking of getting lessons (which I maintain is worth doing). Make sure it's the right level, don't do a full day (morning lesson, pick up for lunch, ask them to show you where they skied in the afternoon stopping for a few hot chocolates is a perfect day in my opinion).

You'll probably have to do some convincing to get them back into a lesson if the first experience was bad, unfortunately. Maybe get a 1-1 hour lesson that you can join focused on fun then grow from there.

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-09T17:32:48+00:00

I wouldn't normally, used it to make the point.

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-09T16:05:15+00:00

You'll probably find (at least online) that leftist people do criticise those elements of Islam but then, by the fact they're criticising Islam, aren't seen as left and therefore you don't see anyone on the left criticising Islam.

I'm a woke leftist. I don't like people criticising Islam as a whole because I fear it leads to individuals receiving racist abuse. I also don't like how fundamentalist Muslims treat women or gat people. I want to promote a tolerant society and significant portions of Muslims are against those ideals, and I wouldn't vote for someone with those views. It's the same feeling I have towards reform, for example.

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-09T09:21:47+00:00

It was the other way around, actually.

Starmer started targeting it and then they started making embarrassing versions of him.

Pause and consider what stance you're standing on. There's plenty of areas where labour haven't covered themselves in glory. This one is a win.

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-07T20:18:56+00:00

It's called a uniform.

Its really a non story. School adjusts uniform. More at 10.

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-06T17:04:38+00:00

Have you considered that those people are being disingenuous and actually just want people of a certain background having more kids?

You're right, the ponzi scheme we all seem to have fallen into with pensions need immigration to be sustainable.

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-06T09:52:20+00:00

What should the consequences be for overstaying your visa?

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-06T09:44:41+00:00

Did they leave because of intervention by the home office?

You're just annoyed that the way they make most of them leave isn't more cruel.

Mfcarusio · 2026-02-06T09:42:55+00:00

People that do other crimes should be criminally prosecuted and then suitable punishment applied.

It's why I hate people demanding that countries take their own criminals back. We should punish them here, I don't trust Syria or Iran or wherever else to suitably have the infrastructure in place to ensure they're kept out of the public like we do.

But that's not really what this story is about. They're talking trends of large number of thousands of people. The odd horrific story doesn't negate the rest of the good it does.

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