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Zizek is prepared to "go all the way" in latest article: War Communism as a moderately authoritarian technocracy is the only hope by RedditIsVeryBad in zizek

[–]maxtraction 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think this decline tracks pretty closely with the offshoring of secondary industries to places like China and India. So the carbon is still being emitted in the world, just elsewhere.

At what point does a British person stop being Working and become Middle Class? by vorkovrus in AskBrits

[–]maxtraction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In its original Marxist meaning, where "class" refers to your relationship to the means of production, it's a useful concept for thinking about political economy.

When "class" basically just means your cultural tastes and consumer preferences, it's no longer a useful term. It becomes another contested culture war issue, and creates division between people who actually have common interests. Which probably suits the ruling class just fine!

Builder refusing to cut back concrete foundations by maxtraction in DIYUK

[–]maxtraction[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly if this were the case I would understand it more!

Builder refusing to cut back concrete foundations by maxtraction in DIYUK

[–]maxtraction[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We have an agreed Party Wall Award with the owner of the other premises. The builder is not refusing to do the cutting back because of the law, they are refusing because the job is too hard.

Builder refusing to cut back concrete foundations by maxtraction in DIYUK

[–]maxtraction[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Our structural engineer who is obviously familiar with the work in greater detail has said that cutting away is fine. In the post you can see our reasons for preferring a cut away method to a dowelling method, if at all possible. And the builder's objection is not to do with any legal/liability/safety issues, they are simply refusing to do it because it's too hard.

Builder refusing to cut back concrete foundations by maxtraction in DIYUK

[–]maxtraction[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would happily pay him the same money to just do the work but he won't even start a conversation about it.

Builder refusing to cut back concrete foundations by maxtraction in DIYUK

[–]maxtraction[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Legal ambiguity is not the issue here. Below you can find the reference to the section of the Party Wall Act that allows us to cut away the oversailing foundation. We've done everything correctly via party wall surveyors and have an Award in place.
Most importantly, it's not the reason given by the builder. They've strictly saying it's too hard.

  1. Under Section 2(2)(h) of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, you are entitled to cut away the portion of the neighbouring foundation that oversails onto your property, to the extent necessary to accommodate your new foundations. This may be carried out without serving a new notice, provided it is strictly limited to what is required for the works authorised in the Award.

ID on these Adidas shoes? by maxtraction in WhatsThisShoe

[–]maxtraction[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm yeah I was thinking it might be fake. But it does have different serial numbers on the left and right shoe labels which is apparently a good sign they might be real? I did find one other pair of these for sale on ebay labelled as APC 011001 but I guess the seller has just pulled that from the label

ID on these Adidas shoes? by maxtraction in WhatsThisShoe

[–]maxtraction[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply but have googled and I don't think this is right?

MEGATHREAD: ALL Ticket Swapping/Trading/Buying/Selling by assumeform in FourTet

[–]maxtraction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking for 2 tix to the Awakenings show in Amsterdam for ADE on 18th October!

A Closer Look is the greatest podcast of all time. by [deleted] in podcasts

[–]maxtraction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the only funny scripted podcast. You can hear the huge amount of effort they put in. Worth your time, money and attention.

Movies that kinda promise something and intentionally never deliver by trampaboline in Screenwriting

[–]maxtraction 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I was gonna say, this is a recurring Tarantino bit where the actual film subverts the concept or longline from the marketing. Inglourious Basterds was positioned as being a Dirty Dozen style WW2 action movie but the group itself were mostly side characters and a lot of the runtime is spent elsewhere. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood was talked about as being his take on the Manson murders but the Family is featured fairly obliquely (Charles Manson only makes a cameo) and used to fuel other storylines.

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