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by Mark James
Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What documentaries have you been watching.
Replies: 8
Views: 5277

Re: What documentaries have you been watching.

Stutz on Netflix. Jonah Hill made a documentary about his therapist. Absolutely loved it.
by Mark James
Fri Dec 02, 2022 7:32 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: World Cup 2022 Qatar
Replies: 54
Views: 4468

Re: World Cup 2022 Qatar

Gary Lineker suggesting Kyle Walker should be rested so that he can face Mbappe fresh. No doubt about it. Senegal are going to knock England out.
by Mark James
Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:37 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 631253

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

How in the hell were the three bears porridge at three different temperatures? It's the one flaw in that story.
by Mark James
Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:43 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 631253

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

You know that famous meme about the couple sleeping in bed and the woman has a cloud speech bubble thinking to herself "I wonder what he's thinking about" and then the dude has a cloud speech bubble where he's thinking about something banal like football results or changing the transmissio...
by Mark James
Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:35 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 631253

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

I'm not sure if I've asked this before or if someone else did and it's been answered but are Darts players allowed to bring their darts in their carry on luggage on a plane?
by Mark James
Mon Nov 14, 2022 5:23 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: World Cup 2022 Qatar
Replies: 54
Views: 4468

Re: World Cup 2024 Qatar

I'm going to be in Lanzarote for the first week. Four games a day, good weather and cheap pints. Can't wait. Would love to see Argentina win.
by Mark James
Sat Nov 12, 2022 12:13 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies in general, NFTs etc.
Replies: 9
Views: 748

Re: Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies in general, NFTs etc.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63601213 This Of course, all these centralised exchanges go against the original point of Bitcoin, which is decentralised money, which individuals can control themselves, without requiring banks or any centralised authority. So maybe people just aren't using cryp...
by Mark James
Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:55 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Down the YouTube rabbit hole
Replies: 2
Views: 392

Re: Down the YouTube rabbit hole

It's usually the opposite. You're looking at good stuff and get recommended crap. I'm trying to watch Super Mario rom hacks, why would I be interested in Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson's (wrong) opinion on cultural Marxism?
by Mark James
Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:05 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies in general, NFTs etc.
Replies: 9
Views: 748

Re: Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies in general, NFTs etc.

I would recommend reading Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain. Here's a podcast featuring the author talking about the link between crypto currencies and neo Nazis

https://podcasts.apple.com/is/podcast/8 ... 0517414449
by Mark James
Tue Nov 08, 2022 6:36 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies in general, NFTs etc.
Replies: 9
Views: 748

Re: Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies in general, NFTs etc.

I like this line from Wikipedia on the page about the tulip crash: Former president of the Dutch Central Bank, described Bitcoin as "worse than the tulip mania", adding, "At least then you got a tulip, now you get nothing."
by Mark James
Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:20 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275768

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

How people should use twitter: They should read all the replies to a tweet before replying. If someone else has already said the thing you were going to say, don't reply. If your excuse is there are too many replies to read so the thing you were going to say needs to be said, relax. If there's that ...
by Mark James
Wed Oct 12, 2022 2:57 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Is modern life bad for society
Replies: 10
Views: 762

Re: Is modern life bad for society

I started going to counselling a few months ago and it's been great. I learned about a thing called Attachment Theory. I think it should be taught in school. I think it will help anyone who has struggled with relationships. And I would recommend therapy to anyone who can afford it if they are strugg...
by Mark James
Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:47 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Heardle
Replies: 7
Views: 1556

Re: Heardle

100% agree. It's gone shite. And not only is it modern stuff but it's like album tracks, not singles that you might have had a chance of hearing.
by Mark James
Fri Sep 30, 2022 3:48 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Things you can't un-notice
Replies: 16
Views: 920

Re: Things you can't un-notice

The bass drum peddle on Led Zeppelin's Since I've Been Loving You squeaks. I read about it in article on music production and now I can't not hear it. And now you won't be able to either.
by Mark James
Wed Sep 28, 2022 4:39 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: Pointless (In General)
Replies: 24
Views: 15127

Re: Pointless (In General)

How are we feeling about Sally Lindsay replacing Richard?
by Mark James
Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:31 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Republican Atheists
Replies: 10
Views: 893

Re: Republican Atheists

Even though it's mostly horseshit, if you aren't ending up in the bottom left quadrant of the political compass then there's something wrong with you.
by Mark James
Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:28 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
Replies: 63
Views: 3666

Re: Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

Now hospital appointments are being cancelled because of the funeral. This is North Korea levels of leader worship. Absolute joke country.
by Mark James
Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:48 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Apple variety rankings
Replies: 17
Views: 1280

Re: Apple variety rankings

Granny Smith is the only kind I like. Golden delicious definitely the worst though.
by Mark James
Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:43 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12145

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Sure, abolishing capitalism is probably a pipe dream. We're never going to get to a communist utopia but the steps on the way to achieving it are better than the steps on the way to achieving some sort of libertarian free market utopia.
by Mark James
Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:20 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12145

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Stick with it Callum. This idea that there's a right way to convince people is nonsense. Your way will work on some and not on others. And some people will never be convinced. Fiona falls into this trap on other topics. Civility politics is all well and good and no doubt her heart is in the right pl...
by Mark James
Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Strikes
Replies: 21
Views: 1122

Re: Strikes

People might get pissed off but they also get over it. If they are workers too they will understand. It's the owners who get pissed off and don't get over it. It's the media who attempts to stoke the division. The better way is abolishing capitalism.
by Mark James
Wed Aug 24, 2022 1:10 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Strikes
Replies: 21
Views: 1122

Re: Strikes

No. Being forced to work in a world where billionaires can own yachts that have their own yachts just so you don't starve is blackmail.
by Mark James
Sat Aug 20, 2022 3:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275768

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

You know when you like someone but they're going out with someone else and people will say that they love someone so much they just want them to be with someone who makes them happy? Fuck that. I hope he treats her like shite so she dumps him and gets with me.
by Mark James
Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:25 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 631253

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

I think the idea is to strain the water from the bowl when you're done so that bits of food don't go down the sink. If you just pour the whole lot down the sink anyway then it's useless.
by Mark James
Fri Aug 12, 2022 8:48 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?
Replies: 27
Views: 2574

Re: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?

If it annoys L'oisleatch, yes.
by Mark James
Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:52 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 631253

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Remember when people used to be slimed on TV shows? How easy was that to clean?
by Mark James
Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:30 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 631253

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Sometimes when I listen to certain podcasts on my phone the podcast is playing away but because I haven't touched the phone in a while it will go into screensaver mode but then this makes the podcast stop playing. It used to never happen and now happens with some podcasts and not others. Anyone have...
by Mark James
Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:19 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1653195

Re: Politics in General

Because it makes money.
by Mark James
Tue Aug 02, 2022 11:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195277

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Double headers are a regular feature in irish sports. Two GAA matches are often played back to back in the same stadium. In 2019 the Irish soccer equivalent of the FA Cup had both the men's and women's final one after the other. The women's match kicked off at noon and the men's match kicked off at ...
by Mark James
Sun Jul 31, 2022 9:51 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 631253

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

How do you grow up in Ireland where this ad was a prominent feature on Irish TV and not know that you not wearing a seat belt doesn't just affect you? At the time, I found those murder-porn ads as disgraceful as I do now. This one was so OTT that Russell Howard used it as part of his TV comedy show...
by Mark James
Sat Jul 30, 2022 6:15 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 631253

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

How do you grow up in Ireland where this ad was a prominent feature on Irish TV and not know that you not wearing a seat belt doesn't just affect you?
by Mark James
Sat Jul 30, 2022 1:25 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275768

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Yeah, probably overly sweeping. And obviously current governments are horrible and spend our taxes inefficiently or immorally but I would still prefer to pay higher taxes if I knew they were being spent on providing for everybody's needs and improving society rather than give money to charity that i...
by Mark James
Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:16 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275768

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Never give money to charity. I've worked in the charity sector for a few years now and having seen what goes on I would never give them money. If you want to help society, pay your taxes and encourage everyone to pay their taxes and encourage politicians to make millionaires and billionaires pay the...
by Mark James
Sun Jul 24, 2022 12:57 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown G.O.A.T.
Replies: 18
Views: 2080

Re: Countdown G.O.A.T.

Me. The rest of yis are all cunts.
by Mark James
Sun Jul 10, 2022 4:33 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83987

Re: Music

Hail to the Theif is underrated as a Radiohead album. I thought after Kid A and Amnesiac I found Hail to the Thief to be a let down apart from the 2 singles. I love In Rainbows so much more in fact as a body of work it's just about my favourite Totally disagree. In Rainbows was a disappointment for...
by Mark James
Sun Jul 10, 2022 12:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83987

Re: Music

Hail to the Theif is underrated as a Radiohead album.
by Mark James
Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:06 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Pig-Headed Man
Replies: 56
Views: 4603

Re: Pig-Headed Man

Ian Fitzpatrick wrote: Mon Jun 20, 2022 8:53 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:15 pm Swimming's governing body has banned transgender people who have gone through male puberty from competing in female events.
and now need other sports to follow suit!
https://twitter.com/BrandiLynn4Ever/sta ... 0927908864
by Mark James
Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:41 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1653195

Re: Politics in General

Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove has been sacked. He put all his XP into sorcery when Johnson actually wanted a dex/strength melee build.
by Mark James
Fri Jul 01, 2022 4:03 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What computer games have you been playing lately?
Replies: 95
Views: 32635

Re: What computer games have you been playing lately?

New Fall Guys levels are mostly excellent. Particularly like Volleyfall. What with it being free to play and loads more coming on line the standard has dropped so I find it easier to win crowns but squads is terrible because you get stuck teamed up with morons. I personally came first in the first ...
by Mark James
Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:24 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What computer games have you been playing lately?
Replies: 95
Views: 32635

Re: What computer games have you been playing lately?

New Fall Guys levels are mostly excellent. Particularly like Volleyfall. What with it being free to play and loads more coming on line the standard has dropped so I find it easier to win crowns but squads is terrible because you get stuck teamed up with morons. I personally came first in the first t...
by Mark James
Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:23 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What films have you watched lately?
Replies: 428
Views: 241238

Re: What films have you watched lately?

Paul Anderson wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:02 am I'm more of a series man, currently enjoying For All Mankind on Apple TV, about the space race having continued through the 70's
Have I got the thread for you: viewtopic.php?t=11277&start=660
by Mark James
Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:37 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1653195

Re: Politics in General

It was Angus Deayton's fault. If he hadn't got fired from Have I Got News For You and they didn't do that guest host thing, Johnson would never have gotten famous.
by Mark James
Fri Jun 03, 2022 3:04 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275768

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Marc Meakin wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:16 pm That the original Bungle from Rainbow was quite scary
Hahaha. Spot on. To be honest the whole show is creepy.
by Mark James
Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Rachel Riley Post
Replies: 76
Views: 16551

Re: Rachel Riley Post

So, wrong on Corbyn, correct on Depp.
by Mark James
Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:01 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Rachel Riley Post
Replies: 76
Views: 16551

Re: Rachel Riley Post

Gavin Chipper wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:18 pm I see that Rachel Riley has decided she has to have an opinion on the Depp/Heard verdict.
Could you not have linked to something that could give us a hint of what her opinion was?
by Mark James
Wed May 25, 2022 7:10 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Is it anally retentive to expect people to spend the majority of their working day... working?
Replies: 10
Views: 1073

Re: Is it anally retentive to expect people to spend the majority of their working day... working?

At one of my jobs when I was younger, my boss gave out to me for smiling. I was just standing behind my counter and I thought of like a line from the Simpsons or something which made me smile and my boss was walking past and said "you shouldn't be smiling, you're supposed to be working". F...
by Mark James
Wed May 25, 2022 11:07 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 761
Views: 566051

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Tried to watch Fleabag for the first time. Too much talking to the camera for me and barely raised a chuckle. Might give it a second chance but first impressions were not good.
by Mark James
Wed May 25, 2022 9:01 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Is it anally retentive to expect people to spend the majority of their working day... working?
Replies: 10
Views: 1073

Re: Is it anally retentive to expect people to spend the majority of their working day... working?

Yes, sounds like you've been brainwashed by capitalism. The fact is the vast majority of jobs don't need to be done and the ones that do don't require 40 odd hours to do. And it can depend on the job. I got three emails in three days and basically had nothing to do so I have decided when it's quiet ...
by Mark James
Mon May 23, 2022 3:00 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Dr Imafidon to stand in for Riley
Replies: 40
Views: 5031

Re: Dr Imafidon to stand in for Riley

https://youtu.be/sAmM872874A People who accuse people of virtue signalling are themselves virtue signalling. Unless what you mean by it is that the person virtue signalling doesn't actually believe what they are saying but are only pretending to in order to look virtuous and that actually their true...
by Mark James
Sun May 22, 2022 8:40 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1653195

Re: Politics in General

Fucking hell Gev. Just read Marx. It's the contradiction of capitalism that was outlined over 100 years ago. "Business models" don't actually exist. You're trying to square a circle using a methodology that doesn't allow circles to be squared.
by Mark James
Sat May 14, 2022 11:02 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Replies: 23
Views: 1860

Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Good luck hosting it next year.
by Mark James
Fri May 13, 2022 9:26 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 394895

Re: People you shouldn't trust

Rebekah Vardy. People that follow the world of pointless "celebrity" gossip. Still this. How can you not follow a story that throws up gems like this: Rooney's lawyer claims WhatsApp messages that would show the leaking of stories to the Sun are on a phone dropped off the side of a boat. ...
by Mark James
Tue May 10, 2022 11:07 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What films have you watched lately?
Replies: 428
Views: 241238

Re: What films have you watched lately?

Triangle. Excellent horror. Would highly recommend. Is that the time loop one? Yes. It's brilliant. It was on Horror channel and I actually wrote that post during the last ad break so the finale had still to come and, oh my god it's bloody amazing. Honestly, one of those movies you'll be thinking a...
by Mark James
Mon May 09, 2022 10:32 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What films have you watched lately?
Replies: 428
Views: 241238

Re: What films have you watched lately?

Triangle. Excellent horror. Would highly recommend.
by Mark James
Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What computer games have you been playing lately?
Replies: 95
Views: 32635

Re: What computer games have you been playing lately?

How do we feel about 40 player lobbies instead of 60 in Fall Guys? I like that games start quicker I guess but I miss the chaos. I think Main Show should always be 60 but some of the other shows could be 40.
by Mark James
Wed Apr 27, 2022 6:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Elon Musk and Twitter
Replies: 10
Views: 980

Re: Elon Musk and Twitter

What amazes me is that people will say "Billionaires can't just solve world hunger", their money isn't actually money, its all tied up in stocks and real estate etc, yet they can spend 44 billion to buy a website so they can stop people being mean to them.
by Mark James
Wed Apr 27, 2022 6:47 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Elon Musk and Twitter
Replies: 10
Views: 980

Re: Elon Musk and Twitter

There's no ethical consumption in capitalism. I don't know how tesla's actually perform in terms of its eco friendly bona-fides but if it's good I would say that's a fair compromise. I would look for alternatives if I could though.