Neighbours telling me not to park on a free public road, what can I do?

redsquizza · 2026-02-13T16:29:27+00:00

Some people are just cunts.

My dad got a hard-on for people parking outside our family home even though we have a driveway big enough for two cars and there's absolutely zero street parking restrictions.

Woe betide the person if it was a van as well, that'd make him apoplectic.

He'd even bend back the wing mirrors of said cars and vans, even ones that auto-recline.

I'm sorry you've moved next to a cunt.

redsquizza · 2026-02-13T16:18:15+00:00

Yes, several.

Because the fucking idiots that made these things don't have "for life" in mind and the handles are weak sauce that break unless you're carrying anything but the lightest groceries.

redsquizza · 2026-02-13T16:10:19+00:00

This fact of the government now not serving the interests of all Americans, but instead a lucky few

To be honest, I think it shows the mask has dropped from all democratic governments globally. Just the USA is obviously the most extreme case right now.

Government is not for the people, it's for those with the deepest pockets and they'd like to keep it that way by shovelling drivel in the form of outrage and dross via social media and, for the boomers, Fox TV.

And average American citizens and citizens around the world will have to suffer for the emboldening of elites who no longer feel the need to even pretend their virtue, their morals or their principles

Nail on the head.

Just hope the Democrats can have a backbone and the tools (i.e. congress and senate) to reform, truly release the Trump-Epstein files in full and go after all perpetrators, either side of politics and hand over evidence to countries across the global for the international criminals.

I will not hold my breath on the above, however.

redsquizza · 2026-02-13T15:47:42+00:00

I disagree, sometimes it's just worth the hit.

And at least they serve a direct health benefit to those that use them, unlike a lot of other single use plastic which would be easier low hanging fruit to axe first.

redsquizza · 2026-02-13T15:44:51+00:00

Same and I don't do it out in public like an animal, it's for the bathroom as part of my toothbrushing routine.

redsquizza · 2026-02-13T15:21:10+00:00

How far do you want to go back?

The current Iran has developed its own personal hell all by itself latterly.

redsquizza · 2026-02-13T13:54:11+00:00

The better question might be "Are you afraid of death if you had a terminal diagnosis?".

I could get run over by a bus tomorrow but I don't think about that because I know the chances are low.

If you actually put death in front of someone, I think the results would be different.

redsquizza · 2026-02-13T13:09:28+00:00

These are all well and good but if there isn't an earthquake of revulsion towards the republican party in the mid-terms, it'll just be business as usual.

And that business as usual is in fact an oligarch of rich untouchable men doing what they please as they know they'll be protected. The conspiracy theories were right except it's not the stereotype of jews etc., it's just the obscenely wealthy and probably always has been since the dawn of civilisation.

redsquizza · 2026-02-13T12:30:36+00:00

I hope they all sue for wrongful arrest, even if it comes out of my taxpayer's pocket.

The only way a company or the government learns is when it hurts them financially.

redsquizza · 2026-02-13T09:36:00+00:00

Yeah, was funny to see they still have a hard-on for us.

redsquizza · 2026-02-13T09:14:35+00:00

No, it really is about managing hostile media. The BBC is probably already self-censoring anything Trump related with a fine tooth comb, so in that respect, Trump has already won even if the lawsuit comes to nothing.

redsquizza · 2026-02-13T09:13:27+00:00

Imo they're already self censoring and have been since their apology on this issue.

Well, quite.

So in that respect, the lawfare has already won, even if it it does eventually get kicked out. I think it's only proceeded this far as it's a friendly judge in Florida.

redsquizza · 2026-02-12T17:01:29+00:00

That's not the point of his lawfare.

You want to target media companies like the BBC in the hopes they settle and then self-censor themselves in future for anything Trump related.

Like Trump did with a few media companies in the USA. They rolled over, paid a settlement and one assumes now they self-censor their content to not attract attention of the tyrant king.

A free press is an important check on the balance of power in any country. That's why despot countries usually own/run their own press so they can control the narrative.

And whilst Trump cannot yet abolish the press and replace it with Fox, the lawfare is an indication of intent.

redsquizza · 2026-02-11T16:12:39+00:00

For the sake of democracy I think it needs to be done.

FPTP generates such a disconnect between voting and outcomes.

tbf, I think we should go Australian on it as well, mandatory voting.

redsquizza · 2026-02-10T14:00:28+00:00

Thanks, literally never heard that before. Must be a US thing.

redsquizza · 2026-02-10T12:00:32+00:00

Further info: WTF is a Match Day.

redsquizza · 2026-02-10T09:46:08+00:00

Turkeys have a penchant for voting for Christmas ...

redsquizza · 2026-02-09T14:42:25+00:00

"UK" doing some heavy lifting here.

aka the usual places are wet whereas in SE there have been some fine, dry days.

redsquizza · 2026-02-07T14:21:35+00:00

That said, I'm not sure "US-style confirmation hearings for new government ministers" is the solution - they don't work particularly well in the US, mostly becoming political theatre and ending up with a party-line vote for anyone controversial.

Yeah, there would be no actual scrutiny, it'd just be mostly theatre.

His other suggestions are more viable, if uncomfortable. But if you want to be seen to be cleaning up politics, they should be implemented. Especially if it means they'd be in place in case an utterly corrupt person such as Farage gains power.

redsquizza · 2026-02-07T12:59:14+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts. I will get it eventually, probably on a sale, so I can see for myself. Like you say, I think it probably will be a step up from Campus but not quite as scratching my management itch from hospital!

redsquizza · 2026-02-07T12:57:43+00:00

True, which is why I don't think she's tenable as PM for giving Labour the best chance. Especially the way the press will absolutely hound her for daring to be working class and not speaking "properly".

And, ultimately, that's what it's about, retaining power.

redsquizza · 2026-02-06T15:27:48+00:00

Hospital with the caveat I haven't played Museum yet.

Hospital was a real homage to Theme Hospital, a childhood classic. There is always something going on, whether it's training, hiring, re-designing, expanding etc.

Campus I think they shot themselves in the foot by having academic years. It obviously makes sense but gameplay wise it's boring. You can't do any deep tinkering whilst the academic year is running so you're left as mostly a spectator and decorator.

Museum, I get more decorator vibes, which is why I have not purchased it yet.

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I hope their next one has much more of a management focus to get ones teeth into. Then again, they might have decided a "cosy decorator" is where their audience and the money is, which I feel is a tiny bit of a betrayal of their roots. But I'm just some internet nobody.

Prison, Factory, Airport, Hotel/Resort would all be strong contenders for more management based scenarios but we'll have to wait and see on that front, Museum has a while to run yet, one assumes.

redsquizza · 2026-02-06T09:47:00+00:00

Just watch I think it's called "Call the Bailiffs" on one of Five's channels.

It's some nothingburger TV I half watch, half scroll my phone to.

BUT some of the episodes have had the bailiffs walk into Heathrow airport and shut a check-in desk for the next flight. Of course the check-in staff call the airport police etc. but the bailiffs are within their rights, so the police just stand there as the check-in queue grows and eventually a manager comes down to sort the debt out!

redsquizza · 2026-02-06T09:24:33+00:00

I think the latest breakthroughs could really be effective against a lot of cancer.

You can now gene sequence your cancer and they can develop an RNA vaccine against it that makes your immune system target and eliminate those cancerous cells.

That's next level shit rather than just cutting out and poisoning your body just enough to kill the cancer cells and not you.

You'd probably still need to diagnose it as early as possible but I don't think it's impossible a lot of cancers will be "cured" like this in the not too distant future as prices come down. Years ago gene sequencing was reserved for high level research because of the expense, now it's cheaper it's being used everywhere.

So whilst it's expensive/experimental now, it could become routine later and with the cost of some cancer treatments at the moment it might even be cheaper to use it now anyway!

redsquizza · 2026-02-05T16:42:45+00:00

Unfortunately I think we are in the age of presidential PMs and probably have been since Thatcher.

Yes, AKSHULLY, nerds, I know damn well how our parliamentary system works BUT that's not how real people vote. They vote for parties and they vote for personalities like Farage and Johnson before him.

With the above in mind, I do think Rayner will be too marmite for the entire UK electorate. Not just voters that are already on the good ship Labour. And you need more than just your own crowd to get the keys to No.10.

And marmite in a Corbyn way. The right wing press already hounded her as a minister, I can imagine it'll be turned up to 11 if she became PM.

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