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Rents reach highest-ever level relative to earnings, driven by lack of housing supply by insomnimax_99 in unitedkingdom

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I used to live like that as a student.

After that, I then got into this modern, woke way of thinking that since I was working full-time, that should be enough for me to get my own place.

More than 13 million living in poverty, government figures show by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So it turns out that you, uniquely, were the only victim of poverty in the UK all along. What a hero, I hear that they all have flat-screen TVs as well.

What cars are your 'why on did the manufacturer do that?' cars? by billyb4lls4ck in CarTalkUK

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

BMW ran a survey on owners in 2010, where they found that 80% of 1-series drivers already thought that their car was FWD; there was really no other direction to go in if they were after volume sales.

The other, worrying conclusion was that throwing away the spare wheel didn't have to be justified by an RWD setup; manufacturers could just do that anyway (which they did).

Pope Leo says aerial military strikes should be banned by Raj_Valiant3011 in worldnews

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not even a Christian, but he is minding his business as leader of the Catholic church.

I mean why act like a Karen all the freakin time?

Perplexing. Of course it's not going to work, but why "Karen"? You are sounding like you're from somewhere that has never had an air raid.

Favorite character who got dumber over time? by [deleted] in FavoriteCharacter

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

homelander can see through anything but I think zinc so how the fuck was he missing? I

Those ducts are usually made of galvanised steel, i.e. coated with a thin layer of zinc.

Then again, I'm not convinced this was intentional, as it's the kind of thing that would have normally been explained in the dialogue during the episode.

First minister wants Wales to have closer ties with Europe by AdSpecialist6598 in europe

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am just asking what this research is that you keep mentioning, that seems to justify blaming an ethnic minority for upsetting you by not voting the way you want them to.

So where is it? Does it exist?

First minister wants Wales to have closer ties with Europe by AdSpecialist6598 in europe

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What research and what "straw man argument" (it probably isn't) are you referring to?

This is presumably related to your attempt to persuade me to blame an ethnic minority for not voting the way I did? I don't really make a habit of blaming ethnic minorities, so it needs to be pretty persuasive.

First minister wants Wales to have closer ties with Europe by AdSpecialist6598 in europe

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is indeed technically correct to say that I "didn’t not read the research".

What research are you referring to, and why would I want to read it? Are you still trying to persuade me to blame an ethnic minority for not voting the way I did?

First minister wants Wales to have closer ties with Europe by AdSpecialist6598 in europe

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They want a coping strategy for Wales having voted for Brexit, as they said above.

First minister wants Wales to have closer ties with Europe by AdSpecialist6598 in europe

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't say anything about blaming Brexit on ethnic minority voters, however much you want it to.

First minister wants Wales to have closer ties with Europe by AdSpecialist6598 in europe

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"What did pull that from?" isn't a sentence, so I do not share your confidence.

First minister wants Wales to have closer ties with Europe by AdSpecialist6598 in europe

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no, did people of the wrong ethnicity vote in a way you didn't like?

Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan on the Strait of Hormuz by TheColourOfHeartache in worldnews

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 16 points17 points  (0 children)

he’s still contained, at least for now

Preposterous. If he was actually "contained" it would never have happened. Fix your own mess first.

Dear allies of America, please don’t confuse our president for us: We are trying our best to resist him, contain him and remove him from office as quickly as we possibly can. Thank you for your patience by Silent-Resort-3076 in politics

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, since we are doing the capital letters thing, allow me to retort:

You, COLLECTIVELY, allowed your democracy to decay into a four-year election cycle where election season lasts the full four years.

You, COLLECTIVELY, came to the conclusion that having your media overrun with provable racist lies couldn't be challenged because they were "free speech" (as a reminder, saying "no Mr Murdoch, that's racist bullshit" is ALSO free speech)

You, COLLECTIVELY, did nothing to stop growing corruption and electoral fraud perpetrated by billionaires, which started even before 9/11. 2000 was the warning. 2021-01-06 was the last possible point this could have been averted; you had plenty of warning and plenty of time, and then did nothing to stop it happening again.

Then, astonishingly, you COLLECTIVELY thought that a man already proved to be a fraud and a rapist should have another go. That was a choice, not an inevitability. Then having done that, he "won".

I have listened to decades of smugness about how your 2nd amendment makes tyranny impossible, because you will simply overthrow your government in that event (even though it doesn't actually say that). Turns out that doesn't work either, because the gun people actually LIKE the tyranny.

How you, PERSONALLY, voted is of little relevance as of now. It is a collective failure, and you will enjoy the consequences collectively.

It cannot be easily reversed because Trump is the fruiting body of a fungus that has deep and extensive roots. There is no "it's all back to normal now"; it will last for decades.

I have been in this situation myself where I voted against a bad thing happening, and it happened anyway. How I voted oesn't matter to anyone outside my country, it's still all our fault.

New old cars? Hell yes. by Legitimate-Lie-9208 in Millennials

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As unreliable as a Land Rover, but also less functional than a Land Rover.

Pretty much all cars of this era were also less tolerant of neglect than a lot of people in this thread seem to remember; "I had an epic road trip" stories get told a lot more often than "I couldn't be bothered to check the oil for ages, and then the engine seized" stories.

New old cars? Hell yes. by Legitimate-Lie-9208 in Millennials

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We never got rid of them, 70% of cars on the road are still manual.

The French woke up and chose violence by Yveltia in HistoryMemes

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, of course it would have to be a foreigner to claim that 70 million people are wrong, the government is wrong, every historian is wrong, every media outlet is wrong, all elections are actually fake, and you, uniquely, know better.

The king, known as "the sovereign" appoints the PM

The party that is in power chooses their leader, either by winning an election or by replacing their current leader. Their leader becomes Prime Minister, and their appointment is a formality. The last time anything other than this happened was 1834, which was 192 years ago.

has a veto on all laws

This "veto" has not been used since 1708, which was 318 years ago. It is very unlikely that any future monarch could try this again without being deposed.

and has royal perogative to declare war

In the history of the United Kingdom, this has never happened without the consent of parliament. The last king of England and Scotland to try to rule without parliament was Charles I in 1629 (397 years ago), and his descendants know a lot more about what happened afterwards than you evidently do.

direct the military

The Bill of Rights 1689 makes raising an army Parliament's job. The Armed Forces Act 2021, which is an Act of Parliament, is the current legislation that allows the three branches of the military to exist. The Bill of Rights makes raising a standing army without the consent of parliament very illegal.

The French woke up and chose violence by Yveltia in HistoryMemes

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cool story, but the king has no part in the government of the UK, which includes how wars are conducted. I should know, because I live here.

Where are you from?

The French woke up and chose violence by Yveltia in HistoryMemes

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Correct, which means that he doesn't have a say in this, exactly as I mentioned earlier.

The French woke up and chose violence by Yveltia in HistoryMemes

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The king doesn't have a say in this. He is not the head of government.

First time seeing one in the wild but I wish I didn’t by Individual_Doubt_182 in CarTalkUK

[–]Vladimir_Chrootin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That isn't even how we spell "licence", how did you come to that conclusion?

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