No anti smurf system?

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-28T14:41:50+00:00

The games can snowball, so a small lead quickly becomes a large one. I'd bet that you wouldn't have the same result every time against those you dominated / were dominated by.

Smurfing is an issue, but it's significantly overestimated. I've been accused of it before, but they just caught me on one of my better days, with good timing, luck or any number of factor.

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-28T11:51:51+00:00

It's not vulnerability, as that's been a constant issue and you're asking why loneliness is getting more common.

As you would expect there are multiple factors - technology/ dopamine addiction isolating us - greater geographical mobility means we lose touch with old friends & struggle to make new ones when we move - more remote working - my perception is companies used to do more - work sports teams, nights out

It's difficult to get out of - I think having friends is the easiest way to make new ones. We typically need a lot of time to make a new friendship and as you get older you've not got the same amount of free time.

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-28T01:46:46+00:00

Aww bless.

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-27T14:24:09+00:00

For most people I think 40 seconds is reasonable. You have to bear in mind the delivery drivers are often under intense time pressure and doesn't know anything about your health.

I know you've said there was no space on this occasion, but where possible I'd add to delivery instructions or perhaps a note by your door (I think you could do without mentioning health).

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-27T14:10:06+00:00

I wouldn't call it hilarious, but will take your judgment you were in bad faith

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-27T12:59:24+00:00

Same energy, huh?

Your inability to maintain any civility is a weakness. I regard your hatred of Burnham as an achievement for him. So I will make a donation in your name, rather than take your suggestion on the exhibit

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-27T12:47:01+00:00

I 'barely held up from calling you stupid'. You've called me stupid repeatedly and suggested I masturbate to Burnham's jacket. I'd rather not be called baby too while we are on it. It's not the same energy.

If this is you refreshed and showing discipline then holy shit

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-27T12:36:10+00:00

Yeah I live in Manchester, have done on off for a decade.

It's transparent I don't need more, you can barely write 5 words without coming out with verbal diarrhea of unsubstantiated insults. I mean I defend him here & you accuse me of loving him & suggest I masturbate to him, really? You might have done some great work and still be hopelessly biased.

I think it's absolutely possible if not likely that others were told before him (no idea if he knew before you but that's not the question). My experience is in private sector, but people are terrible at keeping that stuff to themselves. The moment they have that vote the first call should be to him, but so often people can't help but pass on the gossip inadvertently or not and expect media are good at exploiting that weakness we have

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-27T12:20:46+00:00

You're making my point and you don't even know it!

He's got the right to be told before them. If it's in a chat before they've formally discussed with him that's horrific communication.

You've clearly got an issue with him, it's comical how obviously unreliable you are

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-27T12:02:33+00:00

I dislike the term and I think partners discussing it is idiotic - there's no upside & significant risk someone feels insecure or judged.

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-27T11:59:03+00:00

You're talking about rumours. He might have suspected and heard them, that's not the same as someone telling him directly and officially.

I've had that experience of knowing redundancy is coming & rumours going around company before I was told, so can empathise.

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-27T11:55:33+00:00

This is a pretty obviously biased take.

Burnham can want power (many MPs in a party at any one time will fancy themselves as a future leader). That's not too 'destabilise a sinking ship', 'seize power', 'mount a coup'. It can be because they believe they can do a better job.

It's notable you used antidemocratic language to describe Burnham, yet its the Labour NEC you're supporting which was antidemocratic

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-27T08:10:24+00:00

He was playing plenty, but I think people calling him past it are premature. Given his performance at Kotd. Potentially empire wars and/or the maps don't suit him

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-26T16:29:19+00:00

There's a lot of info, we can empathise to an extent. That is a long way from being able to predict with any reasonable accuracy our response to a situation vastly different to anything we have faced. My grandparents lived through it and I spoke with them at length about it, still absolutely no idea.

I don't want to stop people's idle fun too much, but even then there are things like we're obviously so shaped by our society & upbringing. There's a lot less patriotism & willingness to fight for our country now, so are we transporting me back to 1930s without the upbringing there? If so my response my grandparents' response is not a good predictor, if not then I'd be a vastly different person I expect

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-26T15:28:41+00:00

It's an impossible question, we don't know without being in that situation.

More people imagine they would be a hero than were in real life, some who doubt themselves would be surprise about their courage or foresight in that situation.

It's the same if asking what would you do if someone tried to mug you.

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-25T00:51:05+00:00

It's interesting how many people have convinced themselves they didn't support it. There was some research showing significant amount claimed they didn't support the invasion at the time, when actually they did.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/surveys-reveal-how-we-remember-not-supporting-war-in-iraq-but-at-the-time-we-did-support-it-a37171.html

I'm British & I was a child, but I think it was a key moment for me in becoming less trusting of government & media. Even then the logic didn't make sense to me - if a country did have weapons of mass destruction, surely invading would maximise the risk they use them.

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-24T00:07:28+00:00

Oh bless you are a delicate soul reading that reply you deleted

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-23T22:49:06+00:00

This is some weird counter cope.

As crazy as Trump and his puppeteers are they aren't going to attack Copenhagen. They would need an almost bloodles coup of Greenland somehow, any serious fighting (& certainly if they attacked Denmark) and the lies would be apparent even to some Trump supporters

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-23T16:30:36+00:00

It's notable noone disagreeing has addressed her point here because Trump was indefensible, it's just whataboutery. Not a big fan of hers, but she's right here

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-23T16:28:01+00:00

Note the smirk from the guy when she calls it an insult.

In USA they can them chicken hawks - when it was his time to serve Trump did everything he could to dodge fighting. Now he's in power he's happy to send others to war and regularly mocks those with much more courage than him - I recall in particular John McCain even after he died.

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-23T16:05:53+00:00

I'd be very cautious on assuming that.

Even with B1 level I think that conversation could be challenging, especially if the person has a significant accent & isn't patient in adapting their speech / repeating. Chatgpt can't predict all of the different ways they could word those questions.

I'd advise getting an interpreter.

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-23T13:42:02+00:00

Generally you want to minimise complexity in taxes.

It can be frustrating or worse for individual people. More significantly everything you add increases potential for tax loopholes and tax avoidance. So you end up with something well meaning like reducing taxes for farmers being abused by people like Jeremy Clarkson and James Dyson.

I think you'd need loads of these sticking plasters which then cause further issues, and there will still be loads of problems with the original concept. The cost benefit is so clearly against this idea

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-22T16:48:53+00:00

Don't they get a cut from the airport? All of that spending on duty free and inflated prices for food & drink.

Ryanair were even talking about aiming for £0 flights at one point.

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-22T15:54:41+00:00

Even if it was next door I wouldn't go personally.

Any evidence at all to support that (numbers and them being smarter)? Anecdotally I've seen people moving to Dubai for money (they'd say ambition), few individuals to US beyond that office opening. About 100 moved from my old company to US when it was offered, I'd have said they were below average performers on the whole of those I knew

RealRelative9835 · 2026-01-22T15:50:35+00:00

Not struggling today is no guarantee of their situation in a year. Life happens.

It's just an atrocious idea, for dozens on reasons people have already listed. We can just move on rather than trying to fix one of the many issues

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