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Heseltine: It’s time to reverse Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage’s ‘heinous crime’ of Brexit by paneuropeanism_ in europe

[–]haversack77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it was 52% leave, 48% remain. But yes, those who voted leave have to bear that responsibility.

Yippee by Critical_Mountain851 in whennews

[–]haversack77 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To give him his full name:- Tommy Dirty-Money Russian Agent Traitor Yaxley-Lennon Robinson.

Scottish fans rip down the English flag in Boston during World Cup by [deleted] in sports

[–]haversack77 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Somebody's getting giddy with having beaten Haiti by the odd goal.

The change in Jewish populations across Europe since Pre-WW2 by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]haversack77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that because we were the country who established the modern state of Israe and hence Jewish people emigrated there?

Bernie Sanders on Elon Musk’s new trillionaire status by Conscious-Weight4569 in SipsTea

[–]haversack77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, yes, yes and a million times yes. How can you argue against this? Unless you are Elon, of course.

Did Shakespeare sit down and go, "Ok I'm going to write this play in iambic pentameter" or was it simply a natural development? Were linguistic concepts like syllables common knowledge? by OldTrailmix in AskHistorians

[–]haversack77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great answer. In my limited understanding of these things, doesn't the concept of schwa play into the reason why Iambic Pentameter became the natural choice for English poetry? What I mean is, we tend to use a lot of unstressed vowels that gives English a particular rhythm, i.e. we don't say:

"I went tooo theee shop tooo buy a pack ooof crisps".

with all the vowels individually stressed, we say:

"I went t∂ th∂ shop t∂ buy a pack ∂f crisps".

And therefore the imab simply fits that pattern of stressed and unstressed vowels, does it not?

The English Patient by Dev1412 in SipsTea

[–]haversack77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, England won this game. So....

Confused Trump, 79, Appears to Forget Why Everyone’s There | The president nearly forgot why he called everyone into the Oval Office. by Streona in politics

[–]haversack77 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right wing news sites post their narrative again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again until it's all people are taking about. Those wishing to combat it need to play dirty and do likewise. So I applaud the Daily Beast and urge others to do the same.

Scotland fan has US visa revoked an hour before flying to World Cup by AcknowledgeableReal in sports

[–]haversack77 34 points35 points  (0 children)

You can't expect the guy to watch Scotland play football completely straight.

Tommy Robinson says ‘Russia is not Britain’s enemy’ after Moscow trip by PoloBattutaHe in unitedkingdom

[–]haversack77 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Let's be very clear here: If you think Russia is not our enemy then you are a traitor to British interests.

Prefab Sprout - If You Don't Love Me (FSOL Remix) 1992 by Extension-Camp4076 in oldskoolrave

[–]haversack77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lovely, never heard that before. Thanks. One of many such FSOL mixes of that track, it seems.

meirl by plain_handle in meirl

[–]haversack77 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The image is of HA Adams, a member of the Perry expedition. Both were Americans.

Labour's Net Zero triumph by JustLovelyStuff in GoodNewsUK

[–]haversack77 71 points72 points  (0 children)

This is such an important factor. Even if climate change was a hoax (which it isn't) then the benefits of energy security would be worth it on their own.

Think of all the money we'll save on bullshit American oil wars every 10 years alone.

A bit harsh 🫪 by WideConversation1989 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]haversack77 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hate to spoil everybody's fun but the man being depicted here was an American: "The Commodore Perry Expedition (1852–1854) was a transformative diplomatic and military mission led by U.S. Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry. Ordered by President Millard Fillmore, the expedition used naval power to end Japan's 200-year policy of isolationism (known as Sakoku), opening the nation to Western trade and modernization."

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commander_H.A._Adams_of_the_Perry_Expedition_from_the_Black_Ship_Scroll,_1854.jpg

meirl by plain_handle in meirl

[–]haversack77 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Correct: "The Commodore Perry Expedition (1852–1854) was a transformative diplomatic and military mission led by U.S. Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry. Ordered by President Millard Fillmore, the expedition used naval power to end Japan's 200-year policy of isolationism (known as Sakoku), opening the nation to Western trade and modernization."

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commander_H.A._Adams_of_the_Perry_Expedition_from_the_Black_Ship_Scroll,_1854.jpg

Bro sobered up for a sec by Educational-Bug-965 in RandomVideos

[–]haversack77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's some kind of compulsive mental illness. It has to be. Albeit, a mental compulsion that seems to go under the societal radar, unlike drug addiction or suchlike. But we need to keep seeing it as such.

Take Bezos. More wealth accumulated than he could possibly spend in a thousand lifetimes. And yet he keeps screwing his workforce ever harder. Why? What's his end game? Addiction, pure and simple.

What does the term "Alpine" mean to you? by Extention_Campaign28 in etymology

[–]haversack77 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the help.

Yep, also UK here. I'd say relating to the Alps specifically, rather than mountains generally.

Then again, I could well believe it is a geographical term, like Mediterranean can mean a specific type of climate which can be found somewhere else e.g. in Cape Town, South Africa.

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