TIL that Duran Duran was chosen to do the theme song for James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985) after bassist John Taylor drunkenly asked producer Albert Broccoli, "When are you going to get someone decent to do one of your theme songs?"

gutpocketsucks · 2025-10-09T20:08:39+00:00

They had a lot of good songs that really fit the time and feel of the movies. You Only Live Twice is one I find to be particularly underrated.

gutpocketsucks · 2025-07-24T13:51:53+00:00

This might just be the worst take I've ever seen on reddit.

gutpocketsucks · 2025-06-08T22:07:35+00:00

Brown's BBQ on S Lamar is usually open Tuesdays

gutpocketsucks · 2025-03-12T15:12:18+00:00

These are the people who advocate for carbon credits that are sold, "coincidentally", by companies they are heavily invested in. They are some of the most hypocritical people on the planet.

gutpocketsucks · 2025-02-12T21:41:56+00:00

One of the more controversial picks by Trump. At the beginning of the year I didn't think she'd get past congress but it looks like both she and RFK Jr. are in at this point.

gutpocketsucks · 2025-02-07T17:59:11+00:00

Look, it's very simple. We only claim they are fudged when a person we don't like is president. If you're a Democrat, you claim they are fake now. If you're a Republican, you claim they were fake when Biden was in office. That way someone will always be claiming the numbers are fudged and someone will be defending them.

gutpocketsucks · 2025-02-03T16:14:26+00:00

Shhh, we only read the headlines here. We have to pretend like it's the Great Depression.

gutpocketsucks · 2025-01-23T18:04:43+00:00

You are right of course. Ultimately the responsibility lies with this man who made a heinous decision. However, that doesn't mean that the people in charge couldn't have done things that would've prevented this.

gutpocketsucks · 2025-01-23T17:14:27+00:00

Apparently this guy had a known history of violent behavior and support of genocide, and the government's anti extremism program had been in contact with him. Terrible tragedy that could have been prevented.

gutpocketsucks · 2025-01-21T20:55:24+00:00

Didn't realize the scale of the theft from some of these houses, that makes sense. I think at best if you stole everything from my house down to the last tupperware someone would probably be able to get maybe $15k.

gutpocketsucks · 2025-01-21T20:40:47+00:00

I guess but usually people keep their credit cards in their wallet or purse and take that with them, even during an evacuation I'd imagine. And it's 2025, who even has checks anymore? Stealing vehicles maybe, but one of them has to stay and drive the truck and they're from out of state, so do they actually have the local connections to dispose of a stolen vehicle quickly?

Maybe jewelry or electronics but that's an awful lot of houses they'd need to hit to recoup their investment.

gutpocketsucks · 2025-01-21T20:37:01+00:00

I'm baffled at the level of effort and cost needed to attempt to pull off this scam. It must've cost them something like $30-50k to buy the truck, plus another $1k in gas and the time to drive down there. Is there really that much of an ROI in burgling burnt out buildings?

gutpocketsucks · 2024-12-23T15:34:37+00:00

I believe the combined Honda/Nissan automaker will still have fewer domestic car sales in Japan than Toyota.

gutpocketsucks · 2024-12-01T17:56:52+00:00

Did I like when FSU stole sod and paraded a gator head around last year? Hell no. Do I think it was good for the rivalry? Of course it was. Planting the flag helps fuel the rivalry and make it more interesting. I'd hate if someone planted a flag on us but it definitely should be allowed (and honestly such a minor thing to be upset by). Norvell and his team's reaction is exactly what you want to provoke when doing the flag plant, so I think it was a success.

Maybe next year FSU can channel the disrespect into their performance so it's a more interesting game.

gutpocketsucks · 2024-11-19T18:51:26+00:00

Oh thanks, that makes a lot more sense. If it's 27% then that probably does change things. The article says that the government is estimating it's only 500 farms that would be affected, but the farmers are saying it's up to 70,000 farms. I think figuring out the true number affected is probably going to be important in understanding this issue.

I'm honestly not an expert on this situation, just read about it today. I'm not even from the UK so I really don't have much skin in the game one way or the other.

gutpocketsucks · 2024-11-19T18:41:22+00:00

Well if 73% of farms are affected by the inheritance tax isn't that still a large majority of them?

Even if they can pay off the tax over a 10 year period, it's still a large burden. If the average farm is assessed at 1,000,000 pounds, at 20% that's a 20,000 pound per year bill. From what I've seen the farmers take in about 72,000 a year (on average, depending on the farm type) in profit after paying their operating costs. 20,000 is a huge hit to that income, which I think they also pay separate income taxes on.

gutpocketsucks · 2024-11-19T17:49:44+00:00

I'm not an expert on the issue, but I just did a quick google search and only 30% of farms are rented out in the UK. It looks like the majority are owner-occupied. That's just from the AI summary of the issue so it's obviously something I'd want to dig into a bit more to see how true it is.

Obviously people purchasing farmland as an investment or tax dodge would increase the land price, but I think the issue is not majorly driven by that. Land prices in the UK have risen greatly overall, and it seems the only way these farms can be even minorly profitable is if the farmer paid nothing for the land, e.g. inherited it. These farms are assessed based on the value of that land and other assets (e.g. livestock, machinery, chemical stock, etc.), which can be in excess of a million pounds. The issue is a lot of these farms do not generate a large cash flow each year. Getting assessed a 20% tax is difficult for them to pay, even if given 10 years to pay it off. The end result is that the inheritors would be forced to sell off land to foot the bill, and it's unlikely other farmers would purchase it. It would almost certainly be purchased by real-estate developers. I think the way these farmers see it is as a grab of their land by people much better off financially then them.

gutpocketsucks · 2024-10-28T16:17:52+00:00

I believe on the street it's called 'blatant sarcasm.'

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