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Gavin Chipper

There was a baby boom immediately after the war. There was an extra class in my school for that year. My recollection is that they were always known as baby boomers. Those people were in their 20s by the end of the 1960s, most of them probably married with children. Their early childhoods were duri...

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Ian Fitzpatrick wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:26 pm Is that the record lowest score?

There have been a couple of 0s in recent years.

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The generations like Gen X, millennials etc., are arbitrary, confusing and ultimately just stupid. It makes no real sense to say that you are in the same generation as someone because you fall the right side of some arbitrary boundary. You might be in a "different generation" to someone b...

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The generations like Gen X, millennials etc., are arbitrary, confusing and ultimately just stupid. It makes no real sense to say that you are in the same generation as someone because you fall the right side of some arbitrary boundary. You might be in a "different generation" to someone bo...

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Callum Todd wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:12 pm Some of the opposition to the whole Rwanda plan for migrants is itself somewhat racist, or at least chauvinistic.

Can you expand?

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Callum Todd wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:15 pm I didn't take Mark's post to mean that tuition fees should be paid all up front

Neither did I. Or was that more to Marc?

(Also, I read your Mark as Marc when I first replied pre-edit.)

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Benjamin Zephaniah

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You should have to pay university tuition fees. If you had to pay upfront then Universities would be elites and only a privilege for rich people. I think like sport, universities should be available for all. However, there should be a better way to pay as presumably you should get a well payed job ...

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When more men or women go into a particular sphere, it's possible that it's not entirely down to societal biases.

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That's what I've always taken it to mean.

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It was just multiplication by 9. There was no split.

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- Tax here is too high, and actually given that high earners have already paid a lot of tax the marginal rates should be inverted: earnings over 125k should be taxed at 20%, whereas up to 50k should be more like 40% It's an interesting idea, but how are you going to finance the foodbanks for all th...

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People often complain about how rich/posh people get to go to Oxford and Cambridge more than other people. Well, I think it's stupid that there even are these universities that are considered on a higher plane from the others. Degrees should be more standardised and it shouldn't matter where you get...

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Spick, spicker, spickest, spannest. SPAN and SPANNER are in though!

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Yeah, I remember big numbers in other places under Carol's reign.

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:56 pm Top quality stuff from Conor!

"genuinely"

Gavin Chipper

It's not actually sterile.

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A bit late but Milton Keynes saw the final round of the 2023 CO:parkrun championship. So let's see what happened at Linford Wood parkrun : 4 (1). Gevin Chapwell - 19:49 (71.57%) (909 points) 20 (2). Thomas Carey - 23:25 (55.09%) (818 points) 28 (3). Jonathan Wynn - 24:08 (55.32%) (727 points) 40 (4)...

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Owen Jones isn't defending Hamas. (Edit - and neither am I by the way.)

Edit - And it's not hard to understand the difference. In the early days of this, the BBC had to apologise for calling a pro-Palestinian rally a pro-Hamas rally. Absolute joke.

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First of all, Hamas likely exists in the form it does because of the oppression by Israel on the Palestinians for decades. It breeds terrorism. Also far more Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces over the decades than vice versa. Does it make such a difference that Hamas killed a lot of I...

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My aim wasn't to downplay. I was criticising primarily Israel from the start because of the underlying assumption that no-one would be defending Hamas, whereas views on Israel's actions had more disagreement about them.

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OK, that's starting to sound a lot more reasonable now.

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Tal Lessner wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 9:51 pm It's quite a shame that once you choose to identify with one side, you seem to ignore facts, or try to downplay or twist them to match your agenda.

There's no discussion if you're resorting to this.

Gavin Chipper

We're talking facts here. What difference between Hamas and the Israeli authorities is it? The number of executed people on 07.10? The fact there was widespread rape and torture? What difference exactly? Which of it is not considered 100% fact? Also, what stories about raping Palestinian prisoners?...

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It is also worth noting that some of the specific claims about the Hamas terrorist attack (including beheading babies) are unsubstantiated . While this doesn't make them in any way acceptable, it does cast doubt on this supposed massive difference between the two terrorist organisations involved he...

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Glenys Kinnock.

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On a different subject, and a little bit late, I'm glad the COVID enquiry has shown that Boris Johnson is actually thick af.

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It's not that unpopular. I do recommend you watch those videos with the ambassadors by the way. They are quite long but I think worth the time. Or just start watching them and see how you find them. The differences between them are clear quite early on. It's also generally accepted that the Israeli ...

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First of all, Hamas likely exists in the form it does because of the oppression by Israel on the Palestinians for decades. It breeds terrorism. Also far more Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces over the decades than vice versa. Does it make such a difference that Hamas killed a lot of Is...

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Did its reintroduction coincide with the new numbers generator?

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100 has come up several times as a target. The whole 101 thing is a myth.

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Great thread. Some truly horrendous stuff. It's also amazing what people feel compelled to reply to. I think it would be good to list these out and all have a vote on how appalling we all find each one so there is a winner. Presumably the Radiohead one would win for you. Or men sitting down to pee.

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"Left wing" insults like "boomer" and "gammon" are just as stupid and rooted in prejudice as ones from the "right".

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This is a similar thread btw.

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Certain interests in this country would like people to believe that all the UK's monetary problems are caused by the poor and uneducated (and immigrants obviously). They are not. I wouldn't have said it was unpopular unless you are in the Tory party It was a continuation of the child tax discussion...

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Certain interests in this country would like people to believe that all the UK's monetary problems are caused by the poor and uneducated (and immigrants obviously). They are not.

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Anyone having more than 2 children should be taxed. Equally, tax breaks for married couples without children. Also it should be compulsory for couples to have parenting skills classes before starting a family But who suffers the most in these bigger families when they're taxed more? Especially the ...

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Came here to post those.

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Shamima Begum was a child victim who was groomed by a terrorist organisation, and should be treated as such (that is not saying she should be absolved of any responsibility for any crimes she committed, but that she is also just as much a victim as a the children who were groomed by Harvey Weinstei...

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Welcome anyone who has introduced themselves since I last posted!

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The whole alcohol thing seems not so unpopular. But c4c probably isn't representative.

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Viewing individual female expression as an act of mindless conformity is some pretty weapons-grade patriarchy right there, Gev. Do take a moment to indulge a little in the history of female aesthetics and how they have historically been conscripted to look the way men tell them to, then decide whet...

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I've probably posted this basic thing before but it's the perfect thread for it: Piercings and tattoos are completely mental and are basically the acceptable face of self harm. And I very much include pierced ears on women in this. If anything it's worse because you're making these holes in yourself...

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On prizes, I'd say consumables are better than random stuff. People build up clutter and it's likely to get chucked at some point. I've already said about drinks, so vegan chocolates are the way forward I think.

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Here is Krishnan Guru-Murthy interviewing the Israeli ambassador to the UK.

Here is Krishnan Guru-Murthy interviewing the Palestinian ambassador to the UK.

Compare, contrast, and draw your own conclusions.

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For all conundrums: Buzz by tapping the table with a pen rather than a handslap. Many advantages: 1. Easier to adjudicate who buzzed first as the sound is crisper 2. Less chance of a half-buzz 3. Less distracting for other tables 4. Less stress-inducing for those sensitive to loud noises It's actua...

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I also think it's visually harder to deal with numbers (and letters) further away. Also you can't put your fingers over them!

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Refaction not in (on Apterous which is probably correct).

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Is the target revealed BEFORE the numbers are chosen? No, it's the same as the show So if the target is not revealed until the TD is happy that everyone has written the numbers down then how is there any advantage on numbers? If there is a long time delay, people can start working out what solution...

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Ahmed was incredible in the open, I think(?) maxing every single letters round! There's lots of talk about WFT as the clear top three, and for a long time Ahmed has been the 4th best player, closing that gap. I think that gap is now well and truly closed and we have WFTM as a top 4. This year Ahmed...

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Creating more CGI and animated porn for the enjoyment of paedophiles would likely reduce offending and therefore be a good thing. Jeez. I thought liking black midget gems was going to be controversial..... This is fucking mental. A lot of the time people base their morals on the " yuck factor ...

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the superior method. *superior in your opinion So far in this thread we've had 2 against and 2 for your idea. If we end up with a clear majority agreeing that your system is superior, then let's go for it. Otherwise, the tried and tested stays. I genuinely believe you should just get better at writ...

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To clarify: I'm only suggesting the numbers could be revealed left to right rather than right to left. I'm not suggesting the horizontal order of the numbers should change. The large numbers would still be on the left, they'd just be revealed first. Yes, it would have a small effect on your thinkin...

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On writing the numbers down, how much time should there be and when does it become "extra"? It can be quite awkward watching the numbers come up quickly and then having to write them down (backwards, because of the weird Countdown tradition from decades on the television) and a bit of time...

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One other thing - if there's a grand final at the end of a tournament and no screen with the scores, it's important to announce the scores at the end of each round. My bad. I was a complete scatterbrain and overcome with nerves during the final. My board was intended to be used a score display but ...

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One other thing - if there's a grand final at the end of a tournament and no screen with the scores, it's important to announce the scores at the end of each round.

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*Graeme Cole once said that in his experience it's the onion, but I think he must hang out with a statistically anomalous bunch of people. Last night I went for a curry with seven other people from this social group, and guess what, the onions got used up first. Basically you're calling this forum ...

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Thank you for running this event - I had a great time. I think the non-alcoholic drinks were a nice change from last year where there were only alcoholic options. One thing I would say though is that, I don't think drinks really make good prizes because they don't travel well. I mean, I didn't get a...

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Agreed - there's no reason selections have to always be "nice".

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:21 pm
Callum Todd wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:27 pm The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum
Maybe it's fixable

The thread-starter can change it, but as people who follow deaths will know, that's now impossible. A moderator probably could.

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