@octal the best model is to raise your children in a loving home full of cats, such that they would rather die than see a hair on a little one's paw be harmed.
i will die but my sons will care for the little ones.
@MerrynSW it was never about the money, it was about upsetting a load of people who don't vote for them. and you know this.
just like a previous labour government found it urgently necessary to open-cast coal in the grounds of stately homes [ https://t.co/BIZsZgY9Lq ]
@AscendedYield the loan might or might not have been needed but the IMF as blame for cuts and a lever to move the left of party with, was sorely needed
@arekfurt@cyb3rops this will go brilliantly for them, i almost hope they do it.
because if i know autistic nerds, it’ll quickly become seen as unethical to disclose to microsoft
@SaucercrabZero germany is weird, man
they rent for decades
when you get the place it is BARE af
buying a house means debt and debt is apparently very bad
@prestonjbyrne@AlecMuffett mods are suuuuuper-lib yookay types. v quick to ban for discussing aspects of uk legal reality they don’t like to think about (eg in written law defending yourself against violent attack in allowed but in practice it is very very illegal)
@eigenrobot@DraconianDad@patio11 they are PEP
“politically exposed persons”
as such they are not debanked, but subject to a higher level of scrutiny.
they probably can’t complete signup instantly in-app for anything financial; manual review.
@AscendedYield "we have our issues"
i do not believe the uk will retain (if it still has) the ability to project military power 8000 miles away.
the argies only have to be prudent and patient and the islands will fall in to their laps
the fertiliser line is a bit much :-(
poor conscripts
@CoolChaiQuodi …and never mind stuff like “can i live somewhere where the neighbours will help defend against gangs” and “is there access to water” and other such collapse-of-infrastructure concerns
@CoolChaiQuodi it’s the bongland ones i find most bleakly hilarious
“saved up £300k to get us to state pension age”
as though the state pension will exist, they won’t have to pay cash for healthcare, their lil’ funds won’t be confiscated.
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