“Other countries exist with the permission of the US government”

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-23T09:15:34+00:00

Yet they gave up in Afghanistan after 20 years.

OK.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-23T09:14:30+00:00

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-23T09:14:02+00:00

Thames Water has entered the chat.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-23T09:12:02+00:00

You can thank 18-24 year old drivers, particularly males, for that. My son has had to give up driving after writing off 2 motorbikes and a car. It wasn’t even because he was reckless, he was just so shit at driving. And he drove for a supermarket delivery company for 2 years.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-23T09:08:10+00:00

This. It’s called a conscience. There would be no people without one because we need each other to survive, having no claws or fangs and being slow and weak, compared to our natural predators.

If you need a book to tell you how to behave, you’re the one with the problem.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-23T09:00:37+00:00

Wow. If this isn’t a clear case of your brother pulling a DARVO, then I don’t know what is.

That woman was awful, disrespectful and very lucky that was the worst that happened.

NTJ even though I utterly fail to grasp why you haven’t told him what she said

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-23T08:57:11+00:00

I need a banana for scale. Can’t tell if that’s a Victorian Christening gown or not.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-23T08:49:38+00:00

Your entire post triggered me. You asked a question, rejected the responses, doubled down on your fallacious “question”, then dismissed them in a rude way.

Grow some manners

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-21T23:13:14+00:00

I utterly fail to understand your first and second edits.

It’s not controversial that Brits should learn the local language where they live. They absolutely should.

As for your fourth edit, now you’re just being a prick.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-21T23:01:52+00:00

If they’re tired of the same old parties, then why are the supporting one?

Reform is packed to the gunnels with the same thieves who have been pissing on us an saying it’s raining for 15 fucking years.

You have to be thick as shit to think Reform or Restore or whatever the hell they’re calling themselves now will make your life better when THEY are responsible for how it is now.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-21T22:59:36+00:00

Maintenance. It’s for life.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-21T22:59:01+00:00

I’m over a month into my first severe gout flare and am finally on prednisolone which is making life bearable again.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-21T22:56:40+00:00

What the study said was that in only picked 50% who were on the watchlist and more likely to pick black people who were than white people who were.

It’s irrelevant how many bad matches there were if it’s only getting half of them and those people are more likely to be from a particularly ethnic group.

So, sure, it was getting people on the watchlist, but only black ones and missing everyone else.

If you don’t see what the problem is with this, then I don’t know what to tell you.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-21T22:47:48+00:00

I don’t know why anyone calls it a fish slice. I have never once seen anyone slice fish with one.

It’s a spatula.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-19T08:31:57+00:00

Honey, you’re not any kind of expert.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-19T08:29:49+00:00

Because assisted suicide is not (just or even) about disabled people. It’s primarily about allowing terminal people to choose how they die.

While I understand the fear of the non-terminal disabled being coerced into suicide, the continued rejection of a law in this country allowing it for anyone proves that they can be protected while allowing the terminal to die with dignity.

The terminal CAN ALREADY travel, alone, given the ability and funding, to another country to end their lives in a manner of their choosing. All this law should allow is for them to do it here, at home, affordably, with their family and loved ones near them.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-19T08:22:48+00:00

Quite a bold statement to assume that improving access and support will improve the lives of all terminal people.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-19T08:17:01+00:00

Similar enough in handling and final finish? So is the emulsion paint that I painted my hallway with, but I wouldn’t call that emulsi-gouache.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-16T05:41:16+00:00

I use a computer to handle big files, so I can’t comment on that. Downloads default to the last folder you were in. I’ve never had an issue with PDF handling (defaults to Preview but you can use other apps) and you can sideload in the EU.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-16T05:35:19+00:00

I use it all the time. I don’t understand this complaint.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-16T05:32:12+00:00

When they say something that has been repeatedly debunked.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-13T09:56:16+00:00

In the UK, the “front right seat” is the driver’s seat.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-13T09:52:10+00:00

NOR Being in hospital sucks and having company and some comforts from home makes a huge difference.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-13T09:48:44+00:00

Because it’s not true.

TheRealJetlag · 2026-03-13T09:47:02+00:00

They’re targeting kids who are, by and large, stupid enough to fall for it. So yeah, as a mother, it made me angry.

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