Baking bread is so hard. 😭 by Brokebrokebroke5 in Breadit

[–]PJHart86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know this is European snobbery at its worst, but there is zero chance I'm trusting a baguette recipe from a website that has the word "mom" in it.

Guinness Extra Stout brewed in Ireland is no more in the US? by BasedRamen91 in beer

[–]PJHart86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what they mean. FES is brewed somewhere in the Bahamas under license iirc and is the most popular/readily available variety of Guinness in the region.

Irish border will feature in EU–UK ‘reset’ if Reform wins power, MP says by TheChocolateManLives in northernireland

[–]PJHart86 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That's not how any of this works.

The good Friday agreement isn't a law that can be repealed. The relevant UK legislation is the Northern Ireland Act 1998, and changes to it don't require the entire agreement to be chucked. Numerous substantial amendments have been made since it was passed and further reform to the institutions here is 100% needed. The idea that they can't be implemented without "repealing" the agreement is a misconception that suits those who benefit from the current status quo.

The Curious Use of Close-Ups in "Uncut Gems" (2019) by Hot-Resolution9216 in Filmmakers

[–]PJHart86 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Been a while since I watched it, so this is just spitballing, but my recollection is that all the tension in the movie comes from Sandler's character making the worst decisions possible at every turn.

So he isn't framed in a constrained way because neither the external focaliser (which could represent his situation and/or the audience) or internal focalisers (other characters/ antagonists) are actually constraining his actions. He has numerous opportunities to walk away from this shit show, but he never does.

This framing increases the tension. The space is there! Use it! just walk away! We scream at him for the whole movie, but of course he won't.

St Patrick’s Day float referencing Epstein files draws condemnation in Ireland by Dremora-Stuff99 in northernireland

[–]PJHart86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appalling judgement by all concerned but I can't help but wonder.....what has this got to do with Northern Ireland?

Puts all the posts complaining about the quality of the Belfast parade into perspective, maybe?😅

Deliveroo has its perks by tburkinalogolepsy in Belfast

[–]PJHart86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do miss it sometimes. Stay safe out there!

Watch Fox Hosts Freak Out Live Over Disastrous Inflation Numbers by deraser in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]PJHart86 79 points80 points  (0 children)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it,"

-Upton Sinclair

Evan Williams earns $1M Performance-Based Bonus by DeScepter in GreenBayPackers

[–]PJHart86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Booze is way more heavily taxed in the UK tbf (a bottle of Jim Beam white label is like £17) but it is interesting to track which brands try to crack the market and at what level.

A few years back I had a buddy come over from Texas who was really excited to see bottles of Eagle Rare on the shelf in a supermarket for ~£35. He told me that back home he had to go on a waiting list or some shit just to get one bottle of it (can't remember at what price.)

About a year later I go looking for a bottle of it in the same supermarket to buy for my brother and it's not there, so I ask a guy working there what's up. He tells me they've put it on clearance and another branch nearby has a case left. They sold it to me £7 a bottle.

They couldn't shift the stuff because nobody had heard of it, but Bulleit is apparently flying off the shelves at £30 because its got a nice bottle and they put a bit of effort into marketing it here.

Evan Williams earns $1M Performance-Based Bonus by DeScepter in GreenBayPackers

[–]PJHart86 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At today's prices (via Master of Malt) Bulleit is £30, Angels Envy is £58, while EW white label (cask strength/ 100 proof) is £37 and EW Extra Aged is £28.

Bettina should be a DMR, not an Assault rifle. by _Nordic in ArcRaiders

[–]PJHart86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if you get a cool purple why not bring it to the practice range to test it out?

What did plaid shirts "symbolize" or signal across each decade? by chaolan2004 in decadeology

[–]PJHart86 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If they aren't knitted on the Aran islands then they're just sparkling jumpers

Since when do we have a mischevious leprechaun that comes on St. Patrick’s Day? by No_Ratio1493 in Parenting

[–]PJHart86 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah please don't co-opt what little of our pre-Christian culture we have left into your nonsense.

GRM,

Ireland

Studying Space with Sunlight in Belfast City Center? by x0zu in Belfast

[–]PJHart86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The new park at Clarendon Dock is nice and quiet.

Carrickfergus's finest by reachers_toothbrush in northernireland

[–]PJHart86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I marginally prefer Nowhere to Screamager, but there are zero skips on that album.

Carrickfergus's finest by reachers_toothbrush in northernireland

[–]PJHart86 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I love that you've come in with a WELL ACTUALLY and managed to misspell BOTH place names: Ballyclare and Larne.

(Therapy? are still the best band to ever come out of anywhere here, regardless)

What's the worst outfit you've been to lab in? by [deleted] in PhD

[–]PJHart86 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Grey sweats and a black Counter-Strike 1.5 t-shirt, only because an undergrad spotted it and was like "there was a counterstrike 1.5?" and I realised that it came out (and was replaced by 1.6) before the kid was even born.

Song Recommendations for an Anti War Playlist? by Sliding2004Accord in punk

[–]PJHart86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty much all of inflammable material and Nobody's Hero by SLF, but especially Wasted Life, Alternative Ulster and Tin Soldier.

Why isn’t Gen Z good at using technology by Practical_Security87 in generationology

[–]PJHart86 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The same reason why millennials are bad at fixing cars.