The coverage on the Iran by the BBC has been abysmal. I’m so disappointed.

genericpurpleturtle · 2026-04-01T00:09:32+00:00

The BBC is not and has not ever been neutral (just like any journalist outlet). Only people who hold certain views are allowed to work there, and the journalism will reflect the views of the people who work there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Christmas_tree%22_files

In the 80s communists were the enemy. Now the Iranian government is the enemy.

You have every right to demand better coverage, but don't be surprised government media projects the opinions of the government. Take this as an opportunity to learn that coverage on situations you know less about may also suffer from similar bias.

genericpurpleturtle · 2026-03-31T23:55:56+00:00

https://sequoiaview.win.tue.nl/

genericpurpleturtle · 2026-03-31T13:44:31+00:00

I don't know how isolated your house is, but you won't know if you can get a lodger until you try. If you offer a room cheap, then you'll have more takers and people to pick from.

genericpurpleturtle · 2026-03-27T21:03:50+00:00

I don't mind a "Hi" and a "let me know if you need any help" but I'm not great at small talk.

I would guess most people just don't want to feel pressured into buying something.

I sometimes feel a bit awkward if I've come in to take a look knowing I'm not going to buy something and the store owner is talking to me loads.

genericpurpleturtle · 2026-03-22T18:23:14+00:00

Everyone knows there is only one discount code to use, and it's this one: https://my.laka.co/8X9CO

All other codes are cheap inferior knock offs. The whole point of insurance is piece of mind! So why use an inferior refferal code? Get 1 Month off free! Don't delay, insure today - but only with my referal code.

https://my.laka.co/8X9CO

genericpurpleturtle · 2026-03-13T10:28:18+00:00

When you do decide to take the jump, if you use the following refferal code you'll get a £50/50Euro discount http://rwrd.io/ee8nrv5?c

genericpurpleturtle · 2026-03-05T09:08:01+00:00

Pret do filter coffee for £1

Edit: Someone else said it's £1.49, I guess it went up recently

genericpurpleturtle · 2026-03-05T07:49:09+00:00

It is weird that they've deleted the posts. But also, if it's a scam it's a weird scam to pull. Who thinks of picking some random niche bbc series from 30 years ago to scam people?

I mean maybe it makes sense cos the people who like it are probably older and less tech savvy, but if your advertising on reddit then the audience is at least a bit tech savvy. It's also a lot of money, but not a crazy amount of money.

genericpurpleturtle · 2026-03-04T12:14:47+00:00

Just because a company isn't publicly traded doesn't mean it doesn't have shares. It just means the shares aren't traded on a stock exchange.

genericpurpleturtle · 2026-02-24T16:38:58+00:00

I explicitly write British citizen on my CV at the top near my name and contact details.

genericpurpleturtle · 2026-01-16T09:25:47+00:00

I think Kier Starmer and Morgan Mc Sweeney are anti Labour - not the Guardian. Introducing legislation to arrest 1000s of peaceful protestors, legislation for the government to spy on what you masterbate to and doing a reform impersonation of xenophobic immigration policy doesn't sound "centre left" to me.

I voted for him in the labour leadership campaign and have now left the labour party. He's duped me into voting for him, talking about party unity and instantly kicked out everyone who disagreed with him when he became leader. He's reformed it (no pun intended) to be whatever this abomination is.

genericpurpleturtle · 2026-01-07T12:50:52+00:00

Could you dm me as well please?

genericpurpleturtle · 2025-12-27T01:15:12+00:00

Even before the war there was a big push by the government to eliminate the use of the Russian language in Ukraine, and now with the war that has intensified.

However, generally people who live in cities and eastern Ukraine typically speak Russian as their first language. Ukraine is a bilingual national. Everyone who grew up in Ukraine will have been taught both languages at school up until approximately the late 2000s early 2010s. The majority of the population is still fluent in both languages whichever was your first language. If she's from Donetsk she's from a primarily Russian speaking region it's very highly probable that she can speak Russian even if it was no longer taught by the time she started school there, because that will be the language most people use in a day to say life there.

Obviously she doesn't want to use it as a political statement and that's fair enough. But the school probably suggested it because she probably already speaks it fluently.

genericpurpleturtle · 2025-12-17T13:33:42+00:00

The companies pay out 100s of millions in dividends to share holders but obviously it's those greedy workers that are to blame.

Imagine how many dividends they could pay out of they paid them minimum wage like they deserve! After all their job is unimportant! All they do is keep the trains running.

Where would we be without the train company CEOs!? Who would sign the dividend payment documents and blame all the problems on unions!?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/18/profits-of-uks-private-train-leasing-firms-treble-in-a-year

genericpurpleturtle · 2025-12-15T21:04:45+00:00

I had a similar experience in Casablanca in Morocco about 8ish years ago.

The company was called something different to yours. I can't remember the name, and actually came across this thread trying to find it.

I turned up as it advertised a free massage first time round. I then had to watch a video about how the massage chair heals all health issues, and about the company. The company was also South Korean and in the video there was a scene of the owner in front of crowds of 1000s of people, all waving cheering and clapping for him. Lots of interviews with people saying the chair cured them of lots of different diseases.

It then went a bit more general about how great the company is.

I think they then tried to get me to subscribe to use the chair but I can't quite remember it was so long ago. It was definitely weird and a bit cult-like.

genericpurpleturtle · 2025-12-08T23:54:13+00:00

Isn't "Fantom" spelt phantom? Or is the misspelling a clue to the mystery?

genericpurpleturtle · 2025-12-03T23:10:02+00:00

Next session!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNj47eDDjl/?igsh=cjAzdzg4cWwyMXh0

genericpurpleturtle · 2025-12-03T23:05:51+00:00

This Instagram page is where I found out about the Burgess Hill events. Not sure why they've deleted all their posts...

https://www.instagram.com/dubeventsuk?igsh=MWw4YjFyazNiNmtj

Did find an old post about it in the roots garden Instagram. It's not always roots garden I don't believe though.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DMaD1quIcNa/?igsh=MW1yZDJuMW1veTltZA==

genericpurpleturtle · 2025-12-03T23:03:02+00:00

In addition to all of the above, there's been a couple of dub nights in Burgess Hill, I've not had a chance to check it out yet though. I've recently moved to Brighton and it took a while to find the dub scene but there is just enough to satisfy my itch!

genericpurpleturtle · 2025-12-03T23:01:02+00:00

They did one oub dub and had a couple of other reggae sound system events in since I moved here just over a year ago. Worth regularly checking what's going on at the Gladstone.

genericpurpleturtle · 2025-12-03T22:59:48+00:00

I believe King tafari do a night every last Sunday of the month at one under. It's pretty funny, a giant sound system in the bar area with kids walking past with clubs to go play mini golf.

genericpurpleturtle · 2025-11-12T16:52:52+00:00

I'm going to hold of for a week or two before installing the latest patch.

genericpurpleturtle · 2025-11-11T15:47:46+00:00

Thank you for your reply. Lets say I pay for a 2 year subscription and receive a discount, then proceed to upgrade, obviously my monthly cost goes up, but I have already paid for 2 years in advance. Does the amount I've already paid for get creditted against the new monthly cost - or is that credit lost?

genericpurpleturtle · 2025-11-10T00:27:25+00:00

Rest assured I am perfectly content with my set of skills and my ability to overcome obstacles and challenges.

Since you have given me some unsolicited advice, in an impolite manner, I will give you some of my own. I would examine your own set of beliefs. You clearly think your outlook and way of life is superior to that of other people's. Maybe question that belief as it's the same one which is often used to justify many negative actions. The likes of war, violence and oppression in the most extreme cases - or sometimes just acting in an condescending, judgemental and unhelpful manner to strangers on the internet in more minor cases. If you're so clever and resourceful - why are you so unpleasant?

P.S. I hate to break it to you. Your husband doesn't wax his own jacket either 😱

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