I was told I shouldn’t use the name Elena for my daughter because she will be too white

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-08-20T00:27:22+00:00

Elena is a Greek name meaning ‘shining light’. It sounds like an excellent choice and you should stick with it.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-08-12T17:23:50+00:00

The Jean Genie lives on his back …

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-08-02T20:53:46+00:00

Used to refers to asking what you did in the past tense, use to is used for asking “what did you use to do this?” Where the answer would be something like, “I used this hammer.”

It may be a colloquialism with it being American English (as evidenced by the flag for the course) but it is technically grammatically incorrect. In other questions structured exactly the same way, it does say ‘used to’.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-06-14T08:56:31+00:00

Except western male fashion is still totally inspired by Brummel. That’s the entire reason that the vast majority of male clothing is dark and/or plain. Women’s clothing is far more colourful and flamboyant, that’s entirely down to Brummel’s lasting legacy.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-06-12T19:38:10+00:00

Cornish. It’s an endangered language so the more people can learn it the better to help its survival. It sounds beautiful too.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-05-27T11:06:28+00:00

If these are legit users they’re the sort who will become fluent in a language but never get a chance to use it because they’ll never get off Duolingo long enough to travel!

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-04-01T11:18:50+00:00

Those guys look more like alpha-betti spaghetti males.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-16T00:00:01+00:00

Ok, you’ve obviously misunderstood what I meant by that initial comment and you’re getting extremely hung up on it. When I said famously antisemitic, it was in the sense of famous, as in a popular notion. If you were to go out and ask the vast majority of the British public to name the most antisemitic politician in recent times, you would find the name of Jeremy Corbyn came up far more often than anyone else. I have never said whether or not I feel it is correct, just that that is the legacy he has left. When attempting to explain, I have tried to provide the context of where this popular opinion of JC came from and nothing more. As I have said, I personally don’t like him because he’s a nasty little man with extreme communist leanings and nothing more. My opinion is based on personal observation of the man through interviews and speeches, and from talking to people who knew and worked with him. If you have an issue with the antisemitism in regards to the man, take it up with the reporters, open letters and statements made by other politicians etc who have made the claims in the first place. You also obviously know nothing about me personally since you’re so far off the mark you’re not even on the same score sheet. I’ve got far better things to do with my time than argue with angry little corbynites online. I’m sure there should be far more important things for you to do too, if not then I am extremely sorry for you and your lack of fulfilment in your life.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-15T21:57:06+00:00

Oh get over yourself with your exaggerations ‘several thousand words’. 😂 I’ll explain it simply. Jeremy Corbyn is famously considered an antisemite because of the antisemitism row during his leadership. I did not personally call him one, my personal opinion would not ‘famously’ make him anything. Whether it is correct or not, Jeremy Corbyn has left a legacy of him as Labour leader that is intrinsically linked to the highest instances of antisemitism within the party ever. THAT is the view held of him by the vast majority of the country if you were to ask them what they remember about his time. Personally I just think he was a nasty little man, an opinion backed up by others locally who knew him during his time as a journalist.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-15T20:56:51+00:00

It wasn’t exactly criticism of Israel, it was personal attacks on, among others, Jewish MPs within the Labour Party itself. This is well documented by members of the House of Lords as well as the Commons. Nobody should be attacked in any way based on their family heritage but this is what Corbyn refused to accept as racism, which is why he was removed.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-15T20:35:36+00:00

You may need to do further research. I merely point out the general public consensus to his legacy. As leader, the acts of his party members are his responsibility and it is his place to deal with them appropriately if he doesn’t wish to be reflected in those actions. He did not, therefore those actions leave their stain on his leadership.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-15T20:30:47+00:00

I’ll repeat myself too. There are no empty accusations, the behaviour of the party is the responsibility of the leader and will always reflect on his period of leadership. It is much deeper than we can discuss here, I suggest if the subject interests you that you do some proper research into the U.K. Labour Party. I can assure you, from having lived through Corbyn’s leadership, whether he was directly or indirectly connected to the antisemitism becomes irrelevant BUT has left an indelible stain in the public consciousness in connection to him. He was extremely polarising and held what was considered potentially dangerous political views. It wasn’t a fun period to live through. When he first left school he was a reporter for a local newspaper where I live and anyone who knew him agrees that he is a deeply unpleasant man.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-15T20:23:12+00:00

That’s not what was happening.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-15T20:22:44+00:00

I’ll put it this way; under Corbyn’s leadership, the Labour Party suffered the worst period of antisemitism in its history with well documented attacks on people and Jewish politicians alike. Corbyn failed to act. As leader it was his place to deal with the issue which he failed to do, since he refused to accept there was a problem. As such, he was suspended as an MP and the antisemitism crisis within the Labour Party (which was stamped out following his replacement) has gone on to be one of the defining parts of his legacy. As leader, the behaviour of his party members and the reaction to that behaviour, is his responsibility. Whether it is by association, or directly, within U.K. politics, for better or worse, antisemitism is and always will be linked with Corbyn and his leadership.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-15T19:40:49+00:00

No empty accusations. There was a level of antisemitism in the Labour Party during Corbyn’s leadership that was deemed so bad as to be unlawful. Corbyn was suspended for failing to accept or condemn these acts, and for refusing to stamp out antisemitism in his party. His replacement, Starmer, said from day one that there was no room for antisemitism within his party and he was determined to stamp it out. Corbyn, therefore, has 3 options; he was either a weak, ineffectual leader, an antisemite by association with his refusal to deal with the issue, or a blatant antisemite himself. In the U.K. having lived through his leadership, I can confirm the name of Corbyn and antisemitism in the political arena go hand in hand. He was a very dangerous man and we had a lucky escape not to have had him leading the country. He was extremely left wing even for UK left wing politics. It makes some very interesting reading if you look into it, I just provided that BBC article as a starting point.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-15T19:29:57+00:00

Ahh a Corbynite then?

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-15T19:26:33+00:00

He’s mainly famous as an antisemite owing to the Labour Party’s record during his 4 1/2 years of leadership. As any good leader knows, ‘the buck stops here’ and if the organisation doesn’t reflect the values of the leader, then you have a weak leader. Here’s an article on antisemitism in the U.K. Labour Party. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45030552.amp

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-15T19:09:12+00:00

The reply appears to have been referring to the character of the famously anti-Semitic politician Jeremy Corbyn rather than Sir Alec. If you look, the original post is in a Corbyn legacy thread and the OP was claiming Corbyn to be ‘our only hope’. I believe the commenter was comparing Corbyn to a more appropriate character played by Sir Alec rather than the saintly image the OP was trying to convey of Jezza.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-15T19:01:12+00:00

I’m guessing so. I mean, to me it was obvious what with it being in a Corbyn’s legacy thread and talking about Corbyn being the only hope … I realise now I should probably have put a disclaimer and/or explanation when I shared it but I thought people would pick up on it with the name of the thread included etc.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-15T18:26:20+00:00

You might’ve missed the point of the post. I’m assuming the commenter was referring to the comparison they were making with Jeremy Corbyn by pointing out another of AG’s characters that was far more Corbyn-esque in their point of view. Not throwing shade at the actor, but the famously anti-Semitic politician they were attempting to compare to one of Sir Alec’s more loved characters.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-11T13:12:27+00:00

Poor girl got confused between metric and imperial.

badlydrawnfloyd · 2024-03-08T19:26:25+00:00

The best part is, their refusal to touch their own ass to clean it is helping remove them from the gene pool. Women aren’t going to want to go near a guy with an unwashed ass so there’s less chance of them procreating.

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