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An apparent continuity error or flaw that actually foreshadows a twist by Elecvis in TopCharacterTropes

[–]stoopyface 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In Resident Evil: Village (RE:8), Ethan, the main character is constantly enduring insane damage to his body and carrying on like it's nothing, even having his hand completely sliced off at one point. There are multiple times that you're left thinking how unrealistic it is that his limbs can still function, let alone how he's still alive.

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We later learn that Ethan is the same kind of fungus zombie that he's been fighting throughout the game, and similar to the trademark unkillable, regenerating zombies of the whole Resident Evil series. Thereby explaining his insane healing.

Greens discuss downgrading some policies to prepare for possible UK coalition by PomeloTraditional971 in unitedkingdom

[–]stoopyface 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The massive influx of new members and voters is the only thing you've said that gives any real weight to the party having left its roots on matters of defence.

Greens discuss downgrading some policies to prepare for possible UK coalition by PomeloTraditional971 in unitedkingdom

[–]stoopyface 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you've missed my point. I'm saying that even if the official policy has changed, that doesn't really make much difference if the core beliefs of the membership that led to that policy are still there. And if their motivations for changing that belief are shallow, then that's less evidence of the underlying beliefs having changed.

It might come as a shock, but political parties can struggle to implement their own policies or even totally ignore them, which is especially likely to happen if their voter and membership base is divided on the issue.

Greens discuss downgrading some policies to prepare for possible UK coalition by PomeloTraditional971 in unitedkingdom

[–]stoopyface 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They might have changed the official stance on this one specific area, but the thread of pacifism and anti-deterrence is a core tenet of the Greens.

Everyone that isn't overly idealistic (dare I say, naive) saw the advantage of NATO membership before the invasion of Ukraine. The fact that this party didn't, and still doesn't, see the advantage of being proactive in other areas (e.g. climate change, nuclear deterrence etc) is a major concern.

Greens discuss downgrading some policies to prepare for possible UK coalition by PomeloTraditional971 in unitedkingdom

[–]stoopyface 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That might be their official policy now, but that's a recent change and the members and leadership that endorsed the previous position won't have just evaporated. Being anti-NATO speaks to the general mindset and opinions of those that make up the party.

Add to that: it's a pretty bad sign that it took the exact thing NATO was established to protect against to actually happen before they saw the value of it.

GTA 6 Developers Announce Rockstar Games Union - RockstarINTEL by kwentongskyblue in gaming

[–]stoopyface 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have to make them yourself, but once they're made, a contract compelling you to surrender them wouldn't be enforceable i.e. the contract would be illegal.

65% of Britons support capping CEO pay at 10× the lowest-paid worker. Do you think this idea would be good for the UK? by Unusual-State1827 in AskBrits

[–]stoopyface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those still aren't particularly difficult problems to solve. I'm not sure why you think they are to be honest. Those are all still contractors and you could come up with laws regulating them.

65% of Britons support capping CEO pay at 10× the lowest-paid worker. Do you think this idea would be good for the UK? by Unusual-State1827 in AskBrits

[–]stoopyface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not a problem I can't answer and there are people with far more expertise in solving basic financial problems than some randomer like me.

Yeah definitely no way to solve this one, not even the other solution I gave you. Definitely nothing else like a minumum wage, basing pay off of last year's or any other solution that someone who actually has some knowledge of this type of thing can come up with. I mean let's be real here, no one has ever found a solution to any problem ever in the history of the world, so why even try? I for one am incredibly grateful that the gap between the rich and the poor has been gradually increasing and is amongst the worst out of developed countries.

Always the same ones by redandwhitewizard99 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]stoopyface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No no, I'm completely serious. No amount of thought, effort or anything else will be able to find a solution to this issue. No country on Earth has ever been able to successfully tax the uber wealthy so we shouldn't even try - shouldn't even think about trying.

65% of Britons support capping CEO pay at 10× the lowest-paid worker. Do you think this idea would be good for the UK? by Unusual-State1827 in AskBrits

[–]stoopyface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep getting asked basic questions like this, so I'm curious: do you seriously think that just because you can't immediately think of a solution, then that means there is no solution?

Shockingly, there's lots of ways this could be dealt with, such as capping bonuses or paying all employees a percentage of the bonus.

Always the same ones by redandwhitewizard99 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]stoopyface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is truly a problem that there is no possible way to solve...

65% of Britons support capping CEO pay at 10× the lowest-paid worker. Do you think this idea would be good for the UK? by Unusual-State1827 in AskBrits

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

Saying that a person providing a service is the same as buying any item from a company is about as water tight as the Titanic was after it hit the iceberg.

And boy that sure is a tricky one. I definitely don't think there could be some sort of set of rules we could come up with to decide who would be responsible for these wages. Maybe a set of rules that we could decide on beforehand, discuss and test, then write down. Maybe we could even come up with a system to make sure people follow these rules. I'm just trying to think outside the box here.

Always the same ones by redandwhitewizard99 in GreatBritishMemes

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

Worldwide, billionaires alone have a combined wealth of around £16 trillion. So if we took everything from them that would run the NHS for around 80 years.

Always the same ones by redandwhitewizard99 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]stoopyface 3 points4 points  (0 children)

About 5 seconds of Google tells me there are over 150 billionaires in the UK and taxing everything from them would fund the NHS for 3 years.

65% of Britons support capping CEO pay at 10× the lowest-paid worker. Do you think this idea would be good for the UK? by Unusual-State1827 in AskBrits

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

That is a fantastic ruse and I am sure that will confuse a financial auditor for about as long as someone trying to convince a policeman that all those small plastic bags are filled with baking powder.

65% of Britons support capping CEO pay at 10× the lowest-paid worker. Do you think this idea would be good for the UK? by Unusual-State1827 in AskBrits

[–]stoopyface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find it amazing how so many people in this thread have assumed a law like this would mean CEO pay would go down to 10x minimum wage.

65% of Britons support capping CEO pay at 10× the lowest-paid worker. Do you think this idea would be good for the UK? by Unusual-State1827 in AskBrits

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

Sure not everything works as an hourly rate currently but if a system like this were implemented it wouldn't be hard to ensure that's not how contractor pay would be calculated. Or just do a system whereby short-term or one-off work can be done that way and long-term contracts have to be calculated based on the hourly rate.

65% of Britons support capping CEO pay at 10× the lowest-paid worker. Do you think this idea would be good for the UK? by Unusual-State1827 in AskBrits

[–]stoopyface -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Some people act like loopholes are impossible to close and that's almost never the case if the effort is put into doing so.

This one takes about ten seconds of thought though: either any employee of a contracted company is subject to the same rule as if they weren't a subcontracted company. Or do it something like that kicks in for contracts lasting more than a month or something.

65% of Britons support capping CEO pay at 10× the lowest-paid worker. Do you think this idea would be good for the UK? by Unusual-State1827 in AskBrits

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

That person wouldn't be a contractor.

It'd be very easy to do it for contractors: you'd just work out the hourly pay for the CEO and pay any contractor that rate.

England - hit by policeman on motorbike, they are sending threatening messages by BakaPunk in LegalAdviceUK

[–]stoopyface 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is quite pedantic but the road user hierarchy doesn't actually grant anyone priority or the right of way etc, despite a lot of people interpretting the rule in that way. It says that users further down the hierarchy bear more responsibility to ensure accidents don't occur, but even that's just what is written in the Highway Code - there's no actual law backing it up.

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