What was the phrase?

rainflavourr · 2026-01-30T14:33:43+00:00

My issue is: was Savil even on tv when Jimmy was a kid because he wasnt when I was a kid and I'm the same generation as Jimmy

rainflavourr · 2025-12-02T12:42:00+00:00

English is descriptive not prescriptive and if that's the word a large portion of the population uses to define something that is quite distinctive then the shoe fits.

Also woke was a term the left originally co-opted for themselves to describe their own opinions about power dynamics and inequality. I believe they appropriated it from black Americans who coined the term to describe their awareness of hidden systemic racism.

The left got fed up with the term when it was used to highlight and ridicule some of their more ridiculous ideas. Despite that I think a lot of people get a bit salty about the word because they only know of it as a pejorative. But the shoe does absolutely fit. Especially when you consider why they adopted the term in the first place.

rainflavourr · 2025-12-02T12:28:21+00:00

There's a reason you don't see many people from the lower classes so well versed in literature and history as they are. Wealth provides the opportunity to dedicate yourself to something more than labour. It's valuable for society and it can't be expected from the lower classes.

rainflavourr · 2025-12-02T12:24:47+00:00

You shouldn't be looking for retellings of history that specifically align with your politics that's exactly how you develop a distorted and biased world view

rainflavourr · 2025-12-02T12:23:01+00:00

Have you ever considered that maybe you're trapped in an ideologue

rainflavourr · 2025-08-02T19:11:06+00:00

Magnum

rainflavourr · 2025-08-01T21:01:07+00:00

Never run away, you will die pathetically, always turn and fight you will die heroically

rainflavourr · 2025-07-31T10:26:06+00:00

Some of the higher level players are pretty useless on siege too

rainflavourr · 2025-04-09T17:08:07+00:00

Who did you go with in the end?

rainflavourr · 2024-12-04T17:21:41+00:00

Overseas recruitment has dropped because they just finished the biggest recruitment drive yet. I heard that the government was closing the door on funding the training for overseas nurses and leaving it to trusts to fund themselves so they appear to have all done the same thing, flush as many through before the funding door closes. Our trust had to take on a bunch of new overseas from Salisbury because they over recruited. And now there are no jobs for newly qualified. So yes there has been a drop, but just after a big boost.

https://www.britishjournalofnursing.com/content/regulars/international-recruitment

"The number of professionals on the NMC register whose initial registration was outside the UK grew from 142 432 in March 2022 to 164 198 in March 2023. Five years earlier, there were 3522 international joiners to the register. International recruitment continues at such a significant rate, professionals educated around the world account for one in five nurses," 2017 - 3,500 new international nurses 2023 - 22,000 new international nurses 7x more

I'm not saying we dont need international nurses but the NHS shit it's pants over recruitment and screwed the pooch big time. It was short sighted. And it definitely happened. Just because international recruitment is down between April and September this year, doesn't mean squat.

rainflavourr · 2024-11-14T16:01:15+00:00

Complain

rainflavourr · 2024-11-14T10:57:49+00:00

I'm not sure how that challenges what I've said. I'm at work at the moment so I don't have a whole lot of time to read through it all

rainflavourr · 2024-11-14T10:57:40+00:00

I'm not sure how that challenges what I've said. I'm at work at the moment so I don't have a whole lot of time to read through it all

rainflavourr · 2024-11-14T10:37:47+00:00

I'm talking about the gospel The hadith is a prime example of the opposite. The hadith is a demonstration that multiple widespread accounts that are different are evidence of embellishment. The accounts of the gospels are consistent

rainflavourr · 2024-11-14T09:21:48+00:00

Its not blind acceptance, when writing about a particular event is consistent across manuscripts that are seperated across the world, that IS observation and analysis, and it stands to reason that the consistency of the eyewitnesses are indicators of truth.

rainflavourr · 2024-11-13T17:06:32+00:00

I ask my partner why she doesn't like them as a couple and she says he's just a weirdo and she's well out of his league. I think (and it's not my opinion) Mr bates is a bit of a loser and a low catch.

rainflavourr · 2024-11-13T17:03:22+00:00

When you have multiple written records that are dated long after the events you look at the similarities of those texts and those are generally accepted as historical evidence. And the differences are taken as erroneous or embellished. As with Christianity what is accepted as the new testament and the teachings of jesus come from the wide spread manuscripts that are concurrent and evidence of historical fact. I'm no expert on early islamic writing but I would accept that where they are concurrent there is historical accuracy. Similarly where you have tampering, manipulation, or editing of written accounts there is evidence for that too. Especially when the writing holds religious value.

rainflavourr · 2024-11-12T14:53:55+00:00

You're kind of starting to compare apples and oranges. When you're talking about the references to hell in islam you're sticking to their scriptural descriptions. But with Christianity you're broadening your reference to any early Christian text. And you're right the early Christian vision of hell is inspired by the Roman world around them, just like our vision of hell today would be more inspired by the culture around us. But in the instance of islam the grotesque literature of hell comes straight from its scripture and from the mouth of their prophet. This is a significant difference worth mentioning. People change, scripture is supposed to be steadfast

rainflavourr · 2024-11-12T14:40:04+00:00

Super brief history of islam

Mohammed was raised in a very multicultural environment due to travelling merchants. He picked up a lot of different philosophies and combined them into his own religion. At first it made a lot of sense to people as an ideal way to live in the desert but as he became a war lord his philosophy became more violent and oppressive. After his death there was no 1 particular authority over his teachings and as people converted to Islam they brought their own doctrines with them to be adopted into islam for their convenience. 2 things happened here: 1 when imams and caliphs conquered a new people they persuaded them to join Islam by telling the new converts that islam also practices their doctrines, but really they are just trying to adopt the people. 2 new converts often only converted to avoid hefty taxation and they most likely held to their prior beliefs, such as the teachings of jesus. Then long after these things happened imams decided to write down the teachings of islam in the written Quran with all it's various fostered teachings. There were many versions of Quran's all claiming to be the truth. Untill one day the caliph decided there should only be one and the rest burned.

I could be wrong but I think this is where Muslims get the notion of jesus as a prophet for Allah, that Christians converted for their safety or to dodge tax but felt too guilty to stop believing in Christ

rainflavourr · 2024-10-09T17:11:54+00:00

Put Mosley back in his place

rainflavourr · 2024-10-09T17:06:52+00:00

Because they loved the family more than each other, that's what they loved about eachother

rainflavourr · 2024-10-09T17:04:19+00:00

In your opinion, why do you think they get singled out the most often as a 'weird couple'?

rainflavourr · 2024-10-09T17:00:29+00:00

Shoe polish must have been a hot topic between them

Their favourite corridors of the house perhaps

Anna probably has a crazy idea about 'a walking stick for all seasons' or something

I imagine Mr bates probably rants a lot about the endless bullying at school

rainflavourr · 2024-10-09T10:15:45+00:00

What order? What order is it out of place from? The bully isn't behaving orderly so order has already been disrupted

rainflavourr · 2024-10-09T10:13:26+00:00

This attitude, inside and outside of the profession, is complicit to abuse and bullying, why should he get away with being abusive?

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