How is that relevant?

This is my favourite answer

I can’t say I got that impression from them to be honest. Feels like you have assumed a lot from a couple of comments (though I totally get being jaded after a while of seeing the same kind of thing).

I think this could be a really interesting thing to explore both sides of the argument as I do think you have a point. Just seems like you’re both interpreting it differently in terms of tone (which I guess fits in a way, given your stances)

Since giving waterboarding a go

…I feel like there’s some missing context here but I’m not sure I want to ask

Not just America unfortunately. The UK government did this too, their part should not be forgotten.

Why are you assuming they’re arguing in bad faith?

The age of the book is irrelevant, the philosophical ideas are still worth engaging with, even if you don’t agree with them

Cats definitely wouldn’t

I really hope the stigma is fading. Looking at this thread black cats seem popular which is great to see (obviously not representative of everyone)

I love black cats and tortoiseshells. Had a lovely tortie on my street growing up who would talk to you and follow you up the street every day 💙 (let’s not have the outdoor cat argument please, not my cat, this is the UK, etc).

I adore Ragdolls aesthetically but never interacted with one so not sure I would get one as a pet until I had.

I am slightly biased against ginger cats as there was another cat on my street growing up who would scratch us after seeking us out for pets. I don’t dislike them but I probably wouldn’t get one

I love this thread, so many people are recommending games to each other. Nice to see.

My answer is games like Skyrim where it’s a sandbox but you can pick up different quests. I know there’s a proper name for them but it escapes me.

I know there’s GTA which is a similar type but I want a more twee fantasy vibe

That sounds like a nightmare to be honest. Not something I would dream of using.

Yes. I love cheese but I try to avoid buying it as it’s expensive. Smoked Applewood is lush

I took over a colleague’s reporting as they’re leaving and with the press of a button all 4 reports broke for the whole business. During peak monthly reporting time. Whoopsie. Now waiting for IT to fix everything, which might take a while.

Also I walk into things quite a lot.

That explains why so much of my wishlist is on sale, I did wonder

Cat mode?

In the UK college generally means the period between 16-18 where you do your final university entrance qualifications (A levels). People also do those at sixth forms but those tend to be attached to secondary schools, whereas colleges are separate institutions. Universities are where you get a degree.

Some universities here have colleges (in the sense that it’s a small community within the university) but it’s not hugely common outside of Oxford and Cambridge.

You also used to have the word ‘college’ attached to schools as a branding thing (to make them seem more academically rigorous) but the ones I know that have had that became academies

Yeah we do :)

I think there’s a time and a place for algorithmic feeds. When it comes to Facebook i personally think it makes sense to have a way of filtering the important things first, based on who you interact with. It’s a social network in the definitive sense; we care about some people more than others depending on where in the network they are. However we’ve seen how things go when Facebook use it with pages/news stories (which is really concerning).

For things like Twitter, I want chronological. It’s a real time platform based on sharing information across a larger audience. Its use in breaking news makes timing important. It’s largely gone to shit now because Musk, but in its heyday anyway.

Ideally there should always be a choice, or at least some transparency around how the algorithms work. That way everyone can choose what works for them based on how they use the platform.

We have the phrase ‘every Tom, Dick and Harry’ which is like that (UK)

If we’re talking about a generic person it’s usually Mr/s Smith or Mr/s Jones (near Wales)

Wandering through a field at Glastonbury festival once at 3 in the morning and crossed paths with a portaloo moving of its own accord and dancing. It had fairy lights on it and was playing Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire.

You often see odd things at Glastonbury but nobody else I was with saw it. Nobody else I spoke to afterwards who went saw it either. I was relatively sober as well.

It was brilliantly surreal.