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- Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 724047
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
What is it with this really weird singing voice that some people have adopted in recent years? It's difficult to describe except that there seems to be something a bit piratey about it. But to give some examples - Lewis Capaldi , Tom Walker *, Jess Glynne , and not forgetting Adele , although hers ...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Boris Johnson did not nearly die of COVID. Is that really an unpopular opinion? Probably not but people just say he did like it's an established fact and no-one questions it. Boris Johnson did not nearly die of COVID. Are you saying he faked it? Too many people involved for it to totally faked but ...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 4:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Boris Johnson did not nearly die of COVID.
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Buying new clothes all the time is ridiculous and if someone says something like they haven't bought any new clothes for over a year it should get massive respect.
The fashion industry is largely a joke item.
The fashion industry is largely a joke item.
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Crisps are too greasy and leave you with a very undesirable layer of grease on your fingers that then transfers on to surfaces. Owing to the inconvenient nature of this, it is perfectly acceptable to pour a bag of crisps in to a bowl and eat them with a spoon if in the comfort of your own home. I w...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7th December 2023 (Series 88, Heat 115)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1706
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 7th December 2023 (Series 88, Heat 115)
There have been a couple of 0s in recent years.
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:08 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Can you expand?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.
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:20 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Neither did I. Or was that more to Marc?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
(Also, I read your Mark as Marc when I first replied pre-edit.)
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 262530
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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 ...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:26 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
When more men or women go into a particular sphere, it's possible that it's not entirely down to societal biases.
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 6th December 2023 (Series 88, Heat 114)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2261
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 6th December 2023 (Series 88, Heat 114)
That's what I've always taken it to mean.
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 6th December 2023 (Series 88, Heat 114)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2261
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 6th December 2023 (Series 88, Heat 114)
It was just multiplication by 9. There was no split.
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- 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...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:44 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
- Replies: 479
- Views: 184718
Re: Words You Would Have Thought...
Spick, spicker, spickest, spannest. SPAN and SPANNER are in though!
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 34040
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Yeah, I remember big numbers in other places under Carol's reign.
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 597
- Views: 371728
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
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)...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:37 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791411
Re: Politics in General
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.
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.
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791411
Re: Politics in General
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...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:20 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791411
Re: Politics in General
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.
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:42 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791411
Re: Politics in General
OK, that's starting to sound a lot more reasonable now.
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791411
Re: Politics in General
There's no discussion if you're resorting to this.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.
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 9:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791411
Re: Politics in General
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?...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 5:49 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791411
Re: Politics in General
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...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 5:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 262530
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791411
Re: Politics in General
On a different subject, and a little bit late, I'm glad the COVID enquiry has shown that Boris Johnson is actually thick af.
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791411
Re: Politics in General
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 ...
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791411
Re: Politics in General
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...
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 1:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 29th November 2023 (Series 88, Heat 109)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3261
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 29th November 2023 (Series 88, Heat 109)
Did its reintroduction coincide with the new numbers generator?
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 29th November 2023 (Series 88, Heat 109)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3261
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 29th November 2023 (Series 88, Heat 109)
100 has come up several times as a target. The whole 101 thing is a myth.
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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.
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
"Left wing" insults like "boomer" and "gammon" are just as stupid and rooted in prejudice as ones from the "right".
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Trade Secrets
- Replies: 155
- Views: 49651
Re: Top Tips, Cheats and Life Hacks
This is a similar thread btw.
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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.
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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 ...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 262530
Re: Deathwatch 2017
Came here to post those.
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:57 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1103869
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
Welcome anyone who has introduced themselves since I last posted!
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
The whole alcohol thing seems not so unpopular. But c4c probably isn't representative.
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:47 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:29 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 34040
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
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.
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 6:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791411
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 34040
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
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...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 34040
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
I also think it's visually harder to deal with numbers (and letters) further away. Also you can't put your fingers over them!
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers Monday November 27th
- Replies: 1
- Views: 824
Re: Spoilers Monday November 27th
Refaction not in (on Apterous which is probably correct).
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 34040
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
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...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
- Replies: 48
- Views: 20897
Re: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
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...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 64619
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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 ...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 34040
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
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...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 12:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 34040
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
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...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:18 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 34040
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
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...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:03 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
- Replies: 48
- Views: 20897
Re: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
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 ...