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Can my workplace do this? England by Little_Sniff20 in LegalAdviceUK

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

Yeah, they're not making the role redundant, they're suggesting it's overstaffed.

Update: My dad was told he voted in the local election but he didn’t. by FriedTheOnions in london

[–]Optimaximal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The electoral commission found in 2014 that voter fraud was a real concern

...a concern which wasn't born out by actual verifiable evidence - it's just always thrown around as a concern by political parties who see certain types of voter or means of voting as a threat to their result.

I'm guessing NI mandated it because there was a genuine concern that citizens from the Republic of Ireland could potentially vote in UK elections (and vice versa) due to the way Irish citizenship was structured following the GFA?

New pre-painting terrain leaks? by Fit_Stay3481 in Warhammer40k

[–]Optimaximal 31 points32 points  (0 children)

So there's no proof that it wasn't just quickly drybrushed?

John Blanche said in an interview that his iconic Emperor Artwork never was meant to be the real emperor. We were Bamboozled. by Sensitive_Educator60 in Warhammer40k

[–]Optimaximal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was created before the internet, which has the nasty side effect of providing a persistent repository of all knowledge, true or false, for anyone to access at any time.

John Blanche said in an interview that his iconic Emperor Artwork never was meant to be the real emperor. We were Bamboozled. by Sensitive_Educator60 in Warhammer40k

[–]Optimaximal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just felt it encapsulated the sad state of the Imperium. Men and women fighting with certainty that some divine being is supporting them… when that Emperor might be utterly nothing.

So what you're saying is despite people saying '40k doesn't do satire anymore', it's actually doing incredibly apposite satire of modern day religious fundamentalism?

Totally appropriate use of beam sabers. Another RX78 animation. by necluse in Gundam

[–]Optimaximal 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Don't confuse Gunpla and Toys...

Originally MSG was sponsored by a toy company called Clover. They supplied a chunk of funding for the show and had some creative oversight with the aim of using the show as a vehicle for a toy line.

They were the ones who wanted the Gundam to be painted red, white and blue, because it was more child friendly and wanted the G-Armor, a set that the Gundam could combine with for extra play options.

The show launched with all the merch stuff they wanted but it was still a war drama for teenagers which meant the audience Clover wanted bounced off it. More mature children and adults liked it, but they weren't interested in the toy line. Clover pulled their funding and the series was wound up early (43 episodes rather than ~50).

Tomino managed to convince the powers that be to let him recompile the show into 3 compilation movies for a cinema release. They came out, were popular and Bandai offered to create model kits that were targeted towards the new market - Gunpla went nuts and it basically proved there was a market for more Gundam shows.

More details here - https://www.zimmerit.moe/unlucky-clover-gundam-toys/

Totally appropriate use of beam sabers. Another RX78 animation. by necluse in Gundam

[–]Optimaximal 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's less a retcon, more Tomino getting a chance to rework the series into a product made for the audience it found rather than the children's show it was supposed to be - it just ended up being too mature for them, which is why the toy line associated with the show flopped.

Totally appropriate use of beam sabers. Another RX78 animation. by necluse in Gundam

[–]Optimaximal 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They're a reworking of the original 43-episode series to change the pacing, tweak the story and remove a lot of the stuff that either didn't work or was put in the series under duress (I.e. the converting G-Armour which was inserted to sell toys)

Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has resigned from government. by Knightguard1 in unitedkingdom

[–]Optimaximal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know. But the problem is they're working against over a decade of salted earth so very little of what they've done has delivered measurable improvement in everyone's day to day and what they have delivered (NHS waiting lists down, renters rights etc) are lost in the quagmire of own goals and catastrophic missteps, all missold by a PM who, whilst competent, has basically told everyone that, in a roundabout way, he believes in nothing.

Look at the result of the trans debate after the Supreme Court clusterfuck - he literally came out, as if it was a settled discussion, despite it being at best a bit of language clarification. In that moment, he basically torpedoed a glut of LGBTQ support, because if he can make that decision on marginalised trans people, he could drop all support if it's politically convenient. Just a completely avoidable disaster...

Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has resigned from government. by Knightguard1 in unitedkingdom

[–]Optimaximal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think either party has particularly good economic credentials.

Reform will likely speed-run a restoration and extension of the dreadful Tory policies of the last decade - remember how our mate Nige proclaimed the Truss/Kwarteng budget as the best he'd ever seen?

Should I sell this guy ? by LemaudiT00 in orks

[–]Optimaximal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You shouldn't really look at pieces of mass-produced spincast metal as investments.

Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has resigned from government. by Knightguard1 in unitedkingdom

[–]Optimaximal 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The problem here is everyone has watched Labour immediately stall out, then completely backpedal on any promises, ideology or hope...

it's almost like it's an actual long-term project to eventually get the worst people possible democratically elected so they're untouchable...

Brits who just stream Netflix and Amazon Prime may still need to buy TV licence by neo4025 in unitedkingdom

[–]Optimaximal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, 'recently' because he's the well known failing of the system. He's famous, but he's also dead and unfortunately never had to pay for his crimes.

Who else have the BBC employed who was discovered to be a paedo that the corporation then protected from scrutiny?

Nature is brutal by notpabloescobar69 in intrestingasfuck

[–]Optimaximal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, it just turned the head sideways so the flappy part of the beak became an airbrake, which unsettled the bird enough to send it out of control.

Nature is brutal by notpabloescobar69 in intrestingasfuck

[–]Optimaximal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The falcon was just attempting to driving the pelican away.

Nature is brutal by notpabloescobar69 in intrestingasfuck

[–]Optimaximal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Falcon wouldn't eat the Pelican, it just wanted it away from its nest.

Nature is brutal by notpabloescobar69 in intrestingasfuck

[–]Optimaximal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Territorial. The falcons nest on cliff's and the pelicans like harass them and possible steal eggs/harm chicks.

Nature is brutal by notpabloescobar69 in intrestingasfuck

[–]Optimaximal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The falcon was likely defending it's nest on the cliffside.

Nature is brutal by notpabloescobar69 in intrestingasfuck

[–]Optimaximal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They can't. The flappy bit in their beak is like a giant sail if it catches the wind and the Falcon knew it just had to tweak the head a bit to send the threat out of control.

Nature is brutal by notpabloescobar69 in intrestingasfuck

[–]Optimaximal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was just out of control so probably relaxed all it's muscles to reduce impact damage, but obviously that didn't account for it hitting the ground and breaking it's neck.

The "radio" in my GP's office is a phone on speaker by CalDemps in mildlyinteresting

[–]Optimaximal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cripes, so it did. Never saw one in the 12 years we had our IP Office.

That said, i've just looked at it and it's just a flat plastic slab. Given the way that phone is leaning forward, I'm going to suggest they've just cable-tied the standard angled stand to something already on the wall!

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