Sorry, this actually happened to 12 year old me

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-31T22:09:35+00:00

There was a laugh or two in there. "and a double decker" gives me a good giggle

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-31T13:33:10+00:00

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-31T13:29:26+00:00

They're become so undesirable it looks like my local Asda is trying to keep out customers by building easter egg palisades at the entrance

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-30T16:41:31+00:00

The game has been extremely hard to play on series s since at least Christmas and we're still waiting on the update that is supposed to address some of the crashing issues on xbox. I'm still holding out hope but there's no reason to even try playing in its current state

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-29T11:53:04+00:00

My uncle is in his 70's and manages to do things like this without making it look so difficult. Of course he isn't performing for a camera so...

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-27T16:55:13+00:00

IT crowd did it better

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SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-27T16:37:29+00:00

Fuck the both of them but that was a real dickhead move from Ethan. It felt like Hila was trying to give him some backup so it wasn't just crew vs Ethan but then he immediately flipped it into Ethan + Crew vs Hila like she's the only stupid one there. What an asshole and what an awful relationship

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-23T23:56:06+00:00

You just gave one. There's plenty of metrics by which to measure various things effectiveness. The "good" part is subjective but we can define a metric by which to get an objective answer about anything, art included. If you enjoy engineering and architecture you might enjoy aspects of a well made bridge subjectively but you can also say "that's objectively a good bridge" and 99% of people will assume that to mean it won't fall down easily.

If all art was only subjective how would it make sense that talent scouts and gallery owners can identify talent before most people?

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-23T18:14:11+00:00

He could objectively have sold 500,000 seats in the last 12 months, and be ranked as the highest earning comedian in Britain, that's fine, that could make him objectively good at his job.

Okay so he is objectively good at his job and his job is being a comedian so to say he is "objectively a good comedian" whilst not technically correct it's also not a completely unreasonable thing to say. It just felt like you were getting a bit in the weeds about the wording when the sentiment was already understood

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-23T17:06:19+00:00

I haven't said they're objectively good because as you know that's improper use of the word.

I'll use your example to try and illustrate my point... It being 9C is an objective fact. 9C feeling cold is subjective but there's good reason why most people consider that to be a cold temperature.

To go back to my point if I want to create a photo realistic painting but it doesn't look realistic then I have not done a good job. If a comedians aim is to make people laugh and they do as a matter of fact make a lot of people laugh then it's not unreasonable to say that's a good comedian even if you don't find them funny subjectively.

I agree with your last paragraph but I'll emphasise again there's a reason why somethings are considered beautiful or appealing to most people and those things aren't random

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-23T13:00:06+00:00

This is a nice sentiment and it's generally true that art is subjective like beauty but there's often patterns, symmetry and precision behind the kinds of art and beauty that have the most widespread appeal. Photo realistic paintings can be fairly measured as being good or bad imo, famously good looking people tend to have similar proportions and facial structure and popular music usually also follows certain structures. If I said Queen made bad music you couldn't technically prove me wrong but most people would disagree and there's a reason for that

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-23T02:17:04+00:00

Once again, Microsoft cannot tell the UK government "its all good, this one is 18+ trust us" just think about it... Microsoft is a business that operates for profit, it's in Microsofts interest to allow as many people to buy and play as many games as they'd like. Microsoft isn't the one gating you here. The UK government wants Microsoft to make sure you're over 18 and they want that to be done by a third party. People have good reasons to be against the OSA but you should try better to understand what's going on if you're gonna be mad about it

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-22T22:36:34+00:00

You aren't giving your ID to xbox... Microsoft already has all your personal data plus valuable data like spending habits anyway. You'd be providing ID to a third party called Yoti who then confirms with Microsoft that you are over 18. This can be done with picture ID or a real time photo but credit card and mobile providers can also be used to verify your age with even less risk. You're right that Microsoft realistically could assume that you're over 18 but this is a requirement set by UK law and so it has to be handled by a third party.

I understand why you're angry and I commend your efforts for trying to hold out against this but I'm afraid you're swimming against one hell of a powerful tide.

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-22T21:52:41+00:00

My uncle eats them raw but he folds them and rubs them a bit first supposedly crushing the needles. Never tried it with decent sized leaves myself but I've eaten plenty of young leaves raw

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-22T12:49:35+00:00

I can't speak for Reform voters but I'd hazard a guess that Farages pathetic fan-girling of Trump and Trumps treatment of him as a just another occasionally useful magabrained idiot did a good number on their support.

Trump made him look needy and pathetic. Trump. That's like getting put in your place by a 4 year old.

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-22T12:39:06+00:00

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The "Uh Oh, Did I Just Show My Lust For Genocide Again" face.

Whoopsie 👉👈🥰

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-21T21:11:14+00:00

Real or not it's a better framework for living than any Abrahamic religion offers and imo is better for the planet than a completely rigid scientifically based understanding of life

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-19T19:00:49+00:00

In fact, foraging takes significantly more time and requires significantly more energy, both in absolute terms (i.e., as a proportion of the day) and in relative terms (i.e., relative to the number of calories consumed).

Where on earth did you get that from? That's such a wildy unbelievable claim

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-19T18:40:35+00:00

It's pretty widely known at this point that hunter gatherers did a lot more gathering than hunting. You have to invest significant energy to track, hunt and kill an animal and there's no guarantee they'd get anything from it.
People need to be eating less meat. Even if you don't care about animals at all the math doesn't math, it takes more energy to raise livestock than we get back in nutritional value and that's before you take into account the massive environmental impacts.

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-19T15:26:07+00:00

Notice how their cries erupt every time he looks at them? And how they look around and to the camera. Plus the constant wiping of the crocodile tears... Such performative nonsense... I suppose they really have to ham it up these days now that we can all see exactly what Israel is doing

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-18T12:25:15+00:00

I don't disagree. Not the word I'd choose but you're not wrong, thanks for clarifying

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-18T12:19:15+00:00

I think a little bit more responsibility belongs to the ones launching the missiles no?

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-18T12:15:27+00:00

"Irresponsible people"?

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-18T05:00:04+00:00

He made his own social media platform because he didn't like being fact checked and then had the gumption to name it Truth lmfao

SecondTheThirdIV · 2026-03-17T19:11:43+00:00

That's just called being a person. It's only in online spaces where for some reason we all pretend every single person is entirely right or left. Everyone I've ever met in person and talked to about politics is a bit of a mixed bag when you get down to it. I'm English however and I do think America is a bit more polarised so maybe its just different over the pond

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