I think there's an easier way to do that. I've forgotten what it is though. Excuse me while I snail mail a cheque to Jeff Bezos for a copy of https://www.amazon.co.uk/Luddite-Rebellion-Brian-J-Bailey/dp/0750913533.

She gives the taxman 11 grand and what do we get? Chopped liver?

but he can't make me use words that don't represent my identity. I am a man - a human male. — Harry Hindu

I guess your identity comes directly from your dick. That fits. Although for most people, there's this thing called society that gets in between dangly bits and their identity-forming powers.

Christ. Here we go again. :sad:

My absence had no effect, nor I would guess does my presence. — Ciceronianus the White

I like having you around. Reminds me of the good old days when we used to argue about stuff. The fifties I think it was.

Yeah, uploads are subscriber-only because we have to pay for the space. So... give us some money?

:snicker:

Well, on the bright side, you've managed to use Feedback to get one of your random chats on the front page. And I'm sure no-one will notice.

Sure, and you've now got a trillion dollar deficit and record debt because Trump bought a continuation of Obama era progress with tax cuts for his rich friends. Patting him on the back for that is like complimenting some poor fool who buys a Mercedes on credit card debt he can never pay back.

The latest is many GOP senators accept there was a quid pro quo for dirt on Biden and it's just a matter of time before they change strategy and start claiming that's absolutely fine i.e do a Mulvaney. Watch the rest of the professional (and amateur) bootlickers follow suit when Trump gives them the nod.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/growing-number-of-gop-senators-consider-acknowledgingtrumps-quid-pro-quo-on-ukraine/2019/11/01/72084a3e-fcc4-11e9-9534-e0dbcc9f5683_story.html

The Republicans are so far up Trump's ass now, it would take an enema to extract them. I'm just going to amuse myself as they and the rest of Trump's minions ditch all pretence of self-respect and intellectual honesty defending him while he carries on not giving a crap and throwing them under new buses.

I haven't read everything you've written, but you've certainly made insightful and interesting comments. So, I'm a bit saddened you feel as you do. But I respect where you're coming from, and you're always welcome if you change your mind.

You may not have noticed, but if you point out the reality of racism in any form, @Harry Hindu will find a way to accuse you of racism. It's his one game here and he never ever gets tired of it.

Not bad... ?

Hey Tiff, yeah, don't want to be advertising Grammarly (especially since their pro version is such a rip-off), buuut if you add their free extension to Chrome, they have a smiley face tone checker thing that checks your writing, which is kind of an interesting idea. It's giving me a neutral tone right now... Um, just changed: see the screenshot.

For lack of a better place, I'll just stick this here. I'm normally not a fan of Grammarly but they've recently added a tone checker to their browser extension that measures how friendly you're being when you write something (currently, it's rating me as friendly). Now, there's a good chance the tool is as inaccurate as Grammarly's severely overhyped grammar checker, in which case forget it, but if not, it may be of some use in the interpersonal sphere.

:point: :100:

Well, neither do I, but you barked — Wayfarer

Well, I'm off back to my kennel now before I get Trump discussion rabies and start foaming at the mouth. :zip:

You should direct that to Trump's resident spin-doctor. I don't have a dog in the fight. (I'd only remark that not being a worse liar than Trump is an achievement shared by 99.9% of the human race, including by frequent liars like Clinton.)

This is beautiful. The EU are giving Boris's actions today as a reason for granting an extension.

https://www.rte.ie/news/brexit-countdown/2019/1022/1084934-brexit-uk/

What lie or lies did she tell? — tim wood

:brow: Are you serious? You could start with this: https://www.politifact.com/personalities/hillary-clinton/ . Close to one-third of every statement recorded was a lie. But I really only wanted to point out how you and the other side mirror each other but can't see it.

Any differences between, that you can discern? — tim wood

Yes, Trump is a rude scumbag. The rest were polite ones.

..."And some, I assume, were good people".

You are to Clinton what @NOS4A2 is to Trump, utterly and blindly uncritical. Your only saving grace is you talk less about her than he does about him.

but how can you claim "zero" evidence? — Relativist

Because he's a Trump propaganda noise machine. The evidence is all over the news and everyone knows what's going on.

This might be helpful/interesting to some here:

https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2019/10/21/ep228-1-social-construction-race/

(For those who'd like a more general background on the relevant social ontology, try episode 227.)

Maybe best to continue your argument by PM if necessary. At this point, I don't think anyone else cares.

I call 'em pubs, boss.

Well, as long as it's not a bar fight.

Like I said above, it depends on intent. There's a political element to it (certainly in the US) that's transparently self-serving for right-wingers who don't care about racism.

What constitutes business ethics might belong in another thread, but it hardly is an interrogation to disagree with someone about that. — Artemis

Fine, we'll leave that for another thread then.

Drop it, please. It's not the "interrogate Mark Dennis" thread.

:lol: Here's an alternative metaphor: it's like stepping on someone's face and then demanding no-one recognize footprints.

It's potentially worse. Depending on intent, it can be a strategy for a dominant group, after ensuring a dominated group has been pushed to the bottom of society, to claim moral brownie points for doing nothing to right the wrong.

And if we were all just socially blind, nothing ever happened. :cheer:

Amazing how we can recognize social realities without necessarily condoning their effects. Mind. Blown.

:up:



Unless there's an answer you're concerned can't be elicited using the interrogative pronouns provided, there's no issue to address, is there? (Tag question :) ) Though I'm all for grammar fun...

refuses to negotiate an extension — Tim3003

He doesn't have to negotiate, he just has to send the letter. Word games from him. He's sending the letter.

Good analysis. :up:

@3017amen Grow up a little, please.