Pete Mason

Tweets about things that interest me. Often as a bookmark for myself.

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@beckytaylorgill I'm absolutely not a fan of her, but a truly stupid person would never admit "I don't know". They'd double down.

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

If you're into no- and low alcohol (NoLo) drinks, then check out our podcast Minus the Hangover.

Sort-of weekly episodes on Spotify, Apple, etc.

Plus regular video reviews, like the one below.

[Minus The Hangover - The NoLo Drinks Podcast @MinusHangover]

Our Citrusy & Light alcohol-free wine review! Is this 0% wine from @marksandspencer actually any good?

[Minus The Hangover - The NoLo Drinks Podcast @MinusHangover]

Our Citrusy & Light alcohol-free wine review! Is this 0% wine from @marksandspencer actually any good?

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@fesshole I think you mean pre-Thatcher, considering pubs have been allowed to remain open all day (without the afternoon break) since 1988.

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@bortinez_ You'll need to knock three zeroes off your figure there.

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

"No ethical consumption under capitalism" appears to be a thought-terminating cliché.

[Frog 🔻 @ColdEmpanadas]

vegans go on and on about unnecessary suffering but for some reason never mention anything about the unnecessary suffering that humans endure in capitalism.

you don't care about suffering, you care about feeling superior to other humans by some arbitrary metric

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@IncroyableSauce Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.

[Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler]

I wouldn't say that coprolite is my favourite fossil, but it's a solid number two

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@g__j 39362

Or 39362.6 if you need the 1/10 value.

[Andy Ryan @ItsAndyRyan]

Me: I want to start using Imperial measures
Him: What, like pounds and ounces?
Me: No, destroying my enemies with a Deathstar

[Emo Philips @EmoPhilips]

And WE like THEM!

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@robfordmancs Gotcha - thanks for explaining!

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@robfordmancs Isn't that a 14-point swing from Ref to Labour? By naming Burnham, Labour go from -11 to +3.

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@GreatBritishTT I see your point, but duty & VAT on a £6 pint is somewhere around £1.50, not £2.50.

4% draught beer duty is 44p/pint.
VAT component of £6 is a quid.

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@cezthesocialist Also, 10:1 could lead to companies employing their lowest-paid employees via 3rd parties, and potentially on worse employment terms.

It's a nonsensical populist policy that clearly wouldn't work in the modern world.

Cost isn't worth the "benefit" of hobbling pay for top 1% PAYE

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@GASLIGHTER_ The typical vegan diet uses fewer plants than the typical non-vegan diet. What does your food eat?

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@KamenPhanto @nguyenhdi @ItsAndyRyan Yeah, but "disinterested" has a specific meaning of "has no stake in the outcome". "Unbiased" is more about prior opinions/attitude, a lack of prejudice. "Neutral" will usually need some extra context to be used synonymously.

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@MartinSLewis I agree that these kinds of comments aren't useful, but they aren't exactly harmful either. If you don't quote the comment, no one will see it.

A person with 3.2 million followers shouldn't really be delivering "gotcha" replies to an account with a couple of hundred followers.

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@TalkinBasabell_ Link: https://t.co/lFM1QB8T6j

[Pete Mason @PeteMason]

@TalkinBasabell_ It's a manipulated photo. Here's the original image from Wikimedia Commons, dated from 2017.