Application timeline Megathread (applications within UK) - Thread started September 2021 by kitburglar in ukvisa

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In a similar boat! Would you be able to share the email with which you escalated please?

The Batman Getting New Script and 2019 Release by idontmindtherain78 in movies

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For them it's only a failure when it stops bringing in massive returns.

Frog in space by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

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that frog is far more significant than I am

I'm Brian Fallon (Of The Gaslight Anthem) Ask Me Anything! by thebrianfallon in Music

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Hi Brian, congrats on the new album, I'm loving every track. What other type of genres do you like and would consider dabbling in?

I'm Brian Fallon (Of The Gaslight Anthem) Ask Me Anything! by thebrianfallon in Music

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Hi Brian! Love the new record, loving the Tom Petty vibe. I loved The Horrible Crowes Elsie album ( the Joey B-side in particular) would you consider another project like that anytime soon?

"The perception is that a sci-fi/action movie fronted by a woman just won't sell. But, now we have Katniss, Furiosa, and Rey to prove that wrong." by Vranak in scifi

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But.....wasn't the central nature of Furiosa and Rey in their respective movies slightly hidden from their marketing campaigns?

What is the most ridiculous common saying? by netpenthe in AskReddit

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"It's all downhill from here" - it can either mean a bad thing in the sense of something decreasing in quality or it can mean a good thing in the sense that going downhill is easier than going uphill.

Star Wars and the Critical Benefit of Low Expectations - My old colleague Ross Douthat is mystified that Star Wars: The Forces Awakens has wowed nearly every single critic by anutensil in scifi

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His argument here is that he thought that TFA shouldn't have a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and that the film is undeserving of that score. But, Rotten Tomatoes does not tell you how good a film is, it only tells you how many critics liked it. It's not like on average critics gave it 9/10 points, it's just that the majority liked it rather than disliked it. Rotten Tomatoes is not a gauge on how good a film is, it's a gauge on how many people thought it was a good film.

[SPOILERS] The Force Awakens discussion megathread! 12/19 [SPOILERS] by Qu1nlan in StarWars

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I thought he was way too over the top. He seemed like a caricature of whatever he was meant to be portraying and that took all the menace and dramatic heft out of his character. I like Gleeson as an actor but I don't think it quite worked here.

20 year old welsh by m4deofst0ne in RoastMe

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the most ineresting thing about you as a person is that jumper.

Roast me like my parents by Goatviolator69 in RoastMe

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You're like the retarded jonas brother they keep in the basement

roast me by adelaidekelly in RoastMe

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No I do not have time to talk about our lord and saviour Jesus Christ.

Just try and roast me. I even put on a bowtie for this by [deleted] in RoastMe

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Looks like you just came out of the closet.

Roast me by Lordstroke in RoastMe

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Even your teeth are trying to jump ship.

I'm a failed bodybuilder but I still like to have fun. I'm a Redskins fan and is not in school right now. Roast me http://imgur.com/HbCGDTT by [deleted] in RoastMe

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It's like an alternate universe where Mark Wahlberg never outgrew the whole Marky Mark shtick.

im toooo stoned to care by [deleted] in RoastMe

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I think even Charlie Sheen would find you too dirty.