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The Conscious out now

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@SandyofSuffolk Maybe it's because you had it better then them? Tough to criticise then, isn't it?

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@NeilCox139 @MatthewStadlen @beverleyturner He's privileged, but not the sort of privileged that would make you demand everyone gets poorer so Farage can give him a tax cut. Sort of in the middle.

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@MHDU24 @soccerpaedia I know loads of Americans (I have family out there) and you're right. Individually we can be very similar. But culturally/societally we're wildly different... for now.

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@landsharksinc @soccerpaedia Yes, see my other comments. Mass commercialisation is something Americans see as success. We don't. It's a culture thing.

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@MHDU24 @soccerpaedia 2/2 and this WC just encapsulates it all. The American way is to celebrate success (as money) over everything. Bigger is better. New is better than old. Shiny and big = the best. If you can't afford a ticket, we don't care - you should try being more successful.

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@MHDU24 @soccerpaedia It's also a wider thing. Lots of English fans hate what's happening to our own game. Fans being priced out; money being celebrated over everything else; business over fan experience; over-commercialisation of EVERYTHING; the loss of community-tied clubs... (and so much more) 1/2

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@landsharksinc @soccerpaedia I don't know what your point is? Old Trafford should've been better looked after.

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@Griff_Football @divaUTD_ It's not that, but if it was, that would also be OK.

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@Europoorupset @Chesrjdl I'm with the other commenter that I actually quite like America for the most part, but you don't do self awareness too well.
"Americans celebrate and enjoy European culture" on an account set up purely to trash Europe is a *little* disingenuous...

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Goddamn. Just when you're ready to dump the binfire that is X, along comes @HunterBiden to save Elon's ass. Which bizarre alternative timeline are we in now?

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@Dace606 @ZackPolanski Racism isn’t knowing someone is different, it’s treating them badly because of it. But you know that.

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@lukejcr @nw_nicholas @ZiaYusufUK The party that’s going to streamline the NHS and save us money is angry about… the NHS streamlining its services to save us money.

Brilliant.

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@Jenny_1884 Yeah pensioners first

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@VaughnHebron @mariacaulfield @Jenny_1884 @thegingerpig ?? The contributions you made to your pension

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@bortinez_ @AndyBurnhamGM @juneslater17 Why don't you be a man and take responsibility for it, then? I'm sure June could have a go at you for the overspend instead.

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@VaughnHebron @mariacaulfield @Jenny_1884 @thegingerpig It's definitely in English, 'chum'. You didn't pay tax on your pension contributions when you earned that money back in the day. So if it's given to you tax-free now, you owe the state some cash.

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@mariacaulfield @Jenny_1884 @thegingerpig So you’d be happy to pay back all the tax you didn’t pay on the income when you earned it then?

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@ScottTheGeo Miles are the correct unit of measurement unless we’re doing exercise, because kilometres sounds further.

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@Aaron_K_Wong @eoinyk It's true. I went all the way around Epcot and now I never need to leave my house again