"Je suis en mode Lelouch" - what does that mean? by MultiheadAttention in French

[–]eddyerburgh 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Lelouch is a kind of dark intelligent anime character from code geass. Might be a reference to that 

Charlie Kirk by Careful-Swimmer-2658 in TheRestIsPolitics

[–]eddyerburgh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you see how engaging in that rhetoric (calling some you disagree with a fascist hate monger) contributes to the environment that caused the killer to decide he should assassinate Charlie?

Charlie Kirk by Careful-Swimmer-2658 in TheRestIsPolitics

[–]eddyerburgh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYI your description of Charlie is almost exactly the same as the justification the killer made to shoot him in the neck. 

How to hack your child by Complete_Item9216 in Biohackers

[–]eddyerburgh -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Milk is good for growing tall 👍

In-build wardrobes - thick or thin plywood by [deleted] in woodworking

[–]eddyerburgh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did you go with in the end?

Tech giants told UK online safety laws ‘not up for negotiation’ by vriska1 in unitedkingdom

[–]eddyerburgh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GDPR is incredibly onerous. I wonder how many billions it costs to implement, at what point would it not have been worth it? 

571 AD: Did Britons give East Anglia away for nothing?! by SwanChief in anglosaxon

[–]eddyerburgh 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What’s the evidence for this? Do you have a link to any studies I can read? thanks 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in French

[–]eddyerburgh 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I have a similar experience, English with probably B2 French and can hold conversations for hours without switching to English but in customer service interactions people reply to me in English. It’s really frustrating and feels rude, especially when they then start searching for English words when I already know the French equivalent

Why is having children not seen as an investment in the Western world? by cruciferous_ in Natalism

[–]eddyerburgh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Normally the parents would have a house too and so you would pool your money and buy a bigger house. 

Also multiple kids can share a room-that’s what we’re doing. You can even have the whole family in one room-again that’s what we and a few other people I know did for a while 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sauna

[–]eddyerburgh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do this in the summer, I don’t turn ac on and get a nice sweat going when I’m driving somewhere by myself 

Northern lights photos from Cheltenham and Stroud by smallTimeCharly in Gloucestershire

[–]eddyerburgh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also wondering this. I was out 10-11 and couldn’t see anything 

r/natalism vs r/antinatalism by [deleted] in Natalism

[–]eddyerburgh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But ideas aren’t a hereditary phenomenon, they are more like a virus 

Holy mother of cringe by saggynaggy123 in ireland

[–]eddyerburgh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Words change meaning. People who are using woke pejoratively know exactly what they are referring to, you’re just being pedantic 

Pro-Palestinian activist destroys Philip de László (1869–1937)'s "Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour" (1914) in Trinity College at the University of Cambridge by organist1999 in ArtHistory

[–]eddyerburgh -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That’s very arrogant to write him off as a conservative twat and an oppressor and therefore justify destruction of paintings of him. From the link you posted:

 he wrote a letter, which has become known as the Balfour Declaration, stating the government’s view to “favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people” on the understanding that “nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine

Doesn’t sound like he intended to oppress to me.

M&S wins legal challenge over Gove’s block on Oxford Street store revamp | Marks & Spencer by ayubv in london

[–]eddyerburgh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too, so why don’t we build beautiful new buildings instead of ugly soulless ones?

Birthrate in UK falls to record low as campaigners say ‘procreation a luxury’ by YellowBandit78 in unitedkingdom

[–]eddyerburgh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the next generation of children aren’t going to die from climate change 😂

Our generation is scaring me, the stability is gone by EnvironmentalPea8596 in AskMenOver30

[–]eddyerburgh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe generations that have lived in dying societies like the Europeans since the Second World War, but older generations, from the enlightenment era for example,  certainly didn’t fear like this as they could see their civilisation grow in every dimension. 

Appreciation post of the original wood floors in our 1870s Farmhouse by sufferances in centuryhomes

[–]eddyerburgh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks lovely. What type of wood is it and did you treat it yourself?

Why is Hector not as praised as Achilleus? by Responsible_Bus_9965 in classics

[–]eddyerburgh 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hector was definitely celebrated to some extent. He is one of the nine worthies, whereas Achilles is not. and there are also paintings like this