>>86497

If I remember education rightly, teachers are, as a group, spineless cretins. When I was a lad, the biggest yobs always got away with it, as though the teachers were actually scared of them instead of bollocking the little bastards. And as an adult, I can kind of see why. You don't want that yob's 6'4" dad baring down on you at parents evening over why his son was excluded, it's simply more than your meagre pay is worth. Just turn a blind eye.

There's a properly Darwinist aspect to the way our schools work. People who were bullied have demonstrably worse outcomes in later life, regardless of intelligence. The people who were teacher's pets always turn out to be fucking insufferable cunts- I'm thinking of this one lass at work who's near enough the female Arnold Rimmer. And the people who did the bullying? Successful, happy individuals whose social skills and confidence matter far more in adult life than any exam result ever did.

Burn the whole thing down. Sorry for the rant.

>>86499

The 'scary dad' is more mythological than you seem to present it.

Often, troublesome students have a really complex set of problems that can't really be dealt with by a single worn-out geography teacher, let alone a worn-out state school. It's not worth spending every lesson fighting with them, because that's a waste of resources and stops those that can learn from learning. These kids are clever too, because they know that they can only be told off- what's another telling off going to do?

Basically, they're outside the system. I was often told off for comparably small faults, but that's because I clearly could work within the system. If it helps, it's like a person that's had one drink against a person that's had about 20. At some point, you just say "well they're fucked, let's just make sure they throw up in the right place".

It's the same thing with customer service. The returns policy for most stores is pretty clear, but good retail practice is 'if the customer is really being a cunt, resolve it as soon as possible'. Again, it'd be insane to keep a disruptive customer in the store (driving out other customers) all for the sake of £2.50. Young retail staff have such strong egos that they'll refuse to refund the smallest purchase simply on principle.

>People who were bullied have demonstrably worse outcomes in later life, regardless of intelligence

Anecdotal but, I've found no real correlation. A lot of the bullies ended up messed up on drugs, teacher's pets ran out of people to brown nose.

>>86499
>If I remember education rightly, teachers are, as a group, spineless cretins

I work with someone who wanted to be a vet when he grew up. When he informed his teachers of this they laughed at him, told him he was thick and that he had no chance, so he never bothered. A lot of potential was wasted as he was definitely smart enough to make it as a vet.

This was in the 80s and, from what I've heard, a lot of teachers back then, particularly in working class areas, were right horrible and vindictive cunts. At least we seem to have largely moved on from that.

Lads, come on. Teachers are PEOPLE. And therefore some are angels, some are downright cunts, and some are utterly unremarkable. Don't generalise or you're just as bad as a racist teacher.

>>86502
>Don't generalise or you're just as bad as a racist teacher

What if I make generalisations such as "black people [and other assorted ethnics] love fried chicken"?

This band is cooler than I remember them being. I'd assumed they were acting so gimmicky to distract from crap music.

Ginger - David Devant And His Spirit Wife

Grant Lee Buffalo - The Hook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbckIuT_YDc

The Wedding Present - Brassneck

SOUL COUGHING-Casiotone Nation

>>20064

>I remember a few years ago seeing a person just walking around a bar offering a low quality free shot to anyone who gave them their email address as a promotion, and people just fill that shit in without thinking, coz free shot!


Back in the old days when cigarette marketing wasn't quite the leper of the advertising world yet that it is now, I remember I was at a bar with a few mates one night and two lasses in Lucky Strike branded outfits came in and offered each of us a free ten pack (do those still exist? ) of Lucky Strikes if we agreed to give them our address details, it was something about the possibility of winning big prizes or something. Naturally all of us did, none of us won any prizes, but I distinctly remember an increase in spam mail (the paper kind) in the following weeks. I wasn't normally that free about givin away my address, so the bastards must have sold it to spammers. And probably got more for my data than it cost them to produce a ten pack of Lucky Strikes.

>>20064
> I remember a few years ago seeing a person just walking around a bar offering a low quality free shot to anyone who gave them their email address as a promotion, and people just fill that shit in without thinking, coz free shot!

What if they were giving him fake email addresses?

>>20064

Back in the day, whenever you went to any sort of political meeting or rally, there was always someone enthusiastically collecting signatures for some or other petition. Romanian orphans, Nicaraguan political prisoners, animal cruelty in Spain, you name it, there was always something new to petition against.

You can see where this is going. It turned out that most of those enthusiastic young men were undercover rozzers of some description; those petitions were basically their way of taking the register.

>>20056
The most devilish thing about the current generation of mass surveillance is that the intrusion is pretty intangible until it's too late.
It's hard to justify the need for protection when the harm isn't being felt.

>>20067
>What if they were giving him fake email addresses?

Her, you always send a disarming naive looking girl to do your most devious work.

>fake email addresses?

I assume some of them were. But enough of them probably weren't to be worth their time. It think there was also some token competition that they wanted to contact people to let them know they won which is enough for people to give away their details.

>>7017
Get down the jumble sale and get some old annuals.

>>6784
>His sister is older now than he was when I started this thread and she's the opposite; she'll read but, other than Roald Dahl, she only wants to read relatively simplistic stuff

She's now obsessed with Jacqueline Wilson books. I swear at least 90% of them must be about a kid whose parents are going through a divorce. Either that or they've already divorced and the kid now has to look after their younger siblings because their mum has fucked off to Benidorm with her new fella and there's no telling when she'll be back.

>>7029
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. Smart kid.

>>7030
It might just be that these are the main themes she's decided to follow in her books aimed at 9 to 11 year olds. That and bullying.

She does have books aimed at older girls, but I know they cover things like sex and periods so obviously we aren't going to let her read them yet. Who knows what the themes in these books will be? Backstreet abortions and the time dad held mum's head over the hob for burning dinner?

>>7031
I read James Herbert's The Fog when I was 12 and it never did me any harm. No, watching If.... when I was 11 ruined my life.

>>22843
The one on the left is potentially a bit of a minx, but I assumed she was a young looking forty-something who had slightly overdone it on the foundation rather than someone in their late twenties.

There's only one contestant over the age of 40, so I suspect this series might be duller than usual.

>>22842
If nothing else you won't have much competition from the male contestents if you do try copping off any of the girls.

The Spanish one is from Lanzarote. I wonder if she'll use cactus jam in her baking?

>>22846
I'd jam a cactus in her IYKWIM.

>>22847
And she'd only feel a little prick.

Cloak room's this way, yeah?

I've read the entire comic (thanks to /com/, in fact) so can anyone who has also done so say how it compares and if I'd be disappointed?

>>22839
The story is quite heavily rewired plus the sex and violence are toned down but it's not a disappointment.

>>22839

I just came off a binge watch of the show I loved it.

I've only read the first couple but the plot is quite different in where Compound-V fits into the universe and that changes everything. They also tweeked it to critique the phenomenon of the MCU in the real world.

Simon Pegg is in it playing his own father as a nod to the comic.

Kyle Urban is a fine Butcher maintaining both his sinister streak and his charm, (unfortunately his cockney accent is a bit uncanny valley at times).

Superheroes are less the subject of ridicule to sneer at in this and more treated as terrifying things you would never want to exist. There are still elements of the nods and winks of poking fun in the comics but more subdued, it is more 'gritty' I'd say.

My biggest criticism is one of the locations they shot at feels more like a counter strike level than the real world. Complete with barrels and waist high crumbled concrete walls to hide behind. which on the scale of criticism is pretty low.

Homelander comes across as the most interesting and complex character.

>>7696

Brexit would be a decent opportunity to revoke all the safety standards on electric blankets, stairlifts and tartan slippers. Maybe we could require all mobility scooters to have a Hayabusa engine?

Failing that, we could just go for the "death squads in post offices" option. Now that the Columbian civil war is over, there are a lot of FARC guerillas looking for work.

>>7697
I find the 'Today's inspiration' tab above it incredibly depressing.

The UK isn't without it's faults but this sort of American culture genuinely scares me a bit.

>>7701

https://fair.org/home/media-just-cant-stop-presenting-horrifying-stories-as-uplifting-perseverance-porn/

>>7703
Nothing reminds me of why I'm left wing more than the USA.

>>7704

By American standards, Norman Tebbit is left-wing.

Not quite on your level perhaps but i've been saving my recipts and going through them every so often. It's amazing how much i spend on sugar in a week.

>upload your bank statements
Are you having a laugh?

>>7685
Had it for ages - Monzo are great.

I like HomeBank (desktop software, imports OFX/etc from online banking).

>>7690
If it's that kind of categorisation you're after, YNAB is excellent.

>>7685
Monzo is bloody brilliant. Their customer comms is clear and honest, even if it puts them in a difficult light, their app is brilliant, no faffing, customer service is at the other end of a whatsapp style chat box that responds 24/7, no more sat waiting on the phone, it's all done through the app.

Starling is equally as good, but I find the interface a bit dark and gloomy.

>>28670
That's exactly what I'm saying. Secretly you don't like either of them, otherwise you wouldn't be having such a quandary over it all.

When you find someone you really like, trust me, you'll know. Career is more important.

OP, if you're still around, I'd be interested to know how this situation turned out. I've found myself in a similar predicament and am totally lost on the best course of action. I do know I currently feel like shit and have started down that ugly path of lying about my whereabouts. I like them both, and I don't want to be (any more of) a scumbag. I've never been in this situation before -- what began as complacency is leading to active deception.

>>28672

This post has hit close to home with me and I'm questioning how much I really care for either of them. I really like them both, both would make rewarding relationships in their own right, but neither really seem to suggest any feasible long-term future.

>>28820

Well >>28672 has a rather naive concept of love. Love isn't some magical force compelling you to the right person to you unless you are a teenager consumed by hormones.

>>28821

I never once used the word 'love' in that post, but it's entirely feasible for an adult to like someone enough to not feel like they need to weigh them up against another.

>>28820

Somehow missed this, I rolled the dice and had holiday girl visit.

I'm still no closer to a decision, I'm still stuck mate. Sorry.

>>4580

How did you know that?

>>4582

I think his clue might be the return of the kings t-shirt. That is tiny bit of a give away.

>>4583

How did you know what that was? I assumed it was a band or maybe a LOTR fan club.

to look mean and intimidate other men

(A good day to you Sir!)

>>4582
Reverse image search. At first I assumed it was just that Dan Bilzerian twat.

>>24184
>I miss Camsy

Cracking one out to Philip May just isn't the same.

>>24186
that filename sucks

>>24186

I have exactly that cardigan. Uniqlo, pure wool, very cozy.

Not animated.

>>14995

It's a Magic Eye one.

Sorry for the image dump. It's the first time I ever clicked through to this thread, although I've been here since long before it was created, and it seems I had a small folder of these things. Done now.

Thinking of bringing the GIFs back.

>A pro-Brexit activist has admitted to public order offences after calling MP Anna Soubry a Nazi outside Parliament. James Goddard, 30, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to causing alarm and distress using threatening or abusive language.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49050288

Fucking hell, lads. Is it actually against the law to call someone in public a nazi? I've called people worse, a lot worse. Suppose I better leave the country before the rozzers catch me.

>>63759

If you make a habit of verbally abusing people on their way to work, I think we can do without you.

>>63759
I'm assuming he was following her down the street and shouting it at her, if he'd just gone "yous a Nazi, you are" and cleared off I'm fairly certain he'd have been alright.

>It's not what you said, it's the way you said it

The best bit:

>He also admitted one racially aggravated public order offence against a police officer.

Those far-right nutters have, allegedly, beaten up are Owen.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49381944

The Bucketheads - The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)

C J Bolland Sugar Is Sweeter Armand Van Helden Remix

Degrees of Motion - Do You Want It Right Now

DUPREE - Brass Disk (Brassing The Madness Version)

Add her, send her a message saying "hey, been a while! Fancy a rematch on that squash game?" or something that sounds more like you, add in an emoji or whatever you're meant to do now and that's that. There's nothing desperate about asking a lass out, or even just reconnecting with someone you used to spend time with.

>>28808
I know this is basic bitch advice, but it seems like you're overthinking it. If you've played two seperate sports with someone that's more than enough justification to add them on Facebook. As we've established you can move around enough to hit balls with rackets I assume you don't look like John Prescott and living in London means you're at least mildly successful, even if you're just ferrying drugs to commuter towns your mum doesn't cook your dinner anymore and women like that. Unless you have some kind of terrible personality flaw like being a lieutenant in the EDL or collecting Funko Pops you should be fine just talking to her.

>>28810
>being a lieutenant in the EDL
Whats so bad about that?

>>28808
Yes, like the other lads I fail to see the problem. Maybe you're unable to see that there isn't one because you're so nervous. So, just chill and do as >>28809 says.

Anything you'd normally put garlic in.

>>13064
If it's hot-smoked, use it anywhere you'd use roasted garlic.

If it's cold-smoked, there's a risk that cooking will dull the smoky notes, but it'll add an extra dimension to an aioli or mayo, and you'll probably get away with it in a tomato sauce for pasta. That said, worst case scenario is you kill the smoke and end up with the same taste as unsmoked garlic.

>>13064
Spread it on crusty bread and eat raw?

>>13064
Plant it and see if you can grow more smoked garlic and then start selling it back to the greengrocer.

I think the greengrocers' didn't smoke it for long enough. It was clearly cold-smoked as it wasn't softened or browned on the inside, and after some gentle cooking the smoky aroma wasn't very noticable at all. In the end I made a sort of Japanese omelette (I think they call it tamagoyaki) with a little sesame oil and spring onion greens to go with a salmon dish of mine. It was very nice and all but I don't think the fact that the garlic was smoked did much.

Actual hot-smoked garlic like in my earlier pic does look delicious though, I'd love to have that on toast.

>>429539

Cream cracker, spoonful of baked beans, dash of tabasco, slice of cheddar, 30 seconds in the microwave. Bosh.

>>429541
Microwaving a cracker? Madness!

>>429539 I finally figured out that, if eating a cracker with a topping, it's best to eat it with the topping on the bottom (bottoming?), to get a nice tonguefull of flavour before masticating.

>>429542

It's crackers alright.




I'll get my coat.

>>429543
Wouldn't it be better to have the topping on the top and turn it upside down rather than having the topping on the bottom? Depends whether you prefer the smooth or the bobbly side of the cracker, I guess.