>>23228
Is that one of the Blackout Krew? It got more catchy as it went on.

Taskmaster is back with an excellent lineup: Johnny Vegas, Daisy May Cooper, Katherine Parkinson, Richard Herring and some other bloke. Daisy May's big pregnant belly is giving me the horn.

>>23239
They are really promoting this show heavily - doesn't seem funny enough to justify it though. It's just watchable Dave, like Scrapheap Challenge.

>>23240
Taskmaster depends heavily on the line-up. I thought last night was quite poor and that fat lass was painfully unfunny. I LOVE DRINKING WINE! ISN'T ALCOHOL GREAT? ALCOHOL, YEAH!

>>23241
It wasn't the best, but a big improvement over last series. I thought Baddiel and Brand sucked the energy out.

>>66957
I love this.

Christmas Fantasy (end November) in Butlins Skegness must be code for something.

How did you find my holiday ad?

In any case, the Lower Holderness region is sickeningly flat and beautifully desolate. It's hard to describe the Holderness plain unless you've lived here.

>>66960

Made all the more bleak by the fact that it won't exist by the end of the century - everything up to the Wolds will just get swallowed by the sea.

>>66957

The proles do seem to love a hot tub. I've never seen the appeal of having a bath in the garden.

>>66961
> I'VE NEVER SEEN THE APPEAL OF HAVING A BATH IN THE GARDEN.

A bath that everyone shares where the water is hardly ever changed. It's spunk soup, or worse. Hot tubs are disgusting things in any context, let alone your own back garden.

>>66960
It's fucking weird. Just about everything east of Hull, barring possibly roos, feels incredibly backwater.

>>30087
>much of the abrasiveness some people have can merely be attributed to needing a good shagging

Truth.

>>30087

You're absolutely right, but more than that, I think it's the ability to enjoy a good shagging. Throughout my life I've had one or two lasses with wierd sexual hang-up that really made sex quite tedious, and I think it really coincided with the more melancholy or bitter aspects of their personality. Same probably goes for men of course.

It's not just getting laid. It's knowing that everyone else gets a feeling of wellbeing from a decent shag, that they're just too shy, or self conscious, or narcissistic or whatever to get it too.

>>30089

On the other hand, mental birds are the best in bed. We all know that you should Consider if you are truly mentally and emotionally capable of supporting a partner with their own mental health issues, but it's sorely tempting.

This thread has convinced me to just stick with my current relationship even if it is questionable. Dating sounds awful, especially nowadays. I honestly think I'd just be alone at this point if I was single again.

>>30087
>>30088
>>30089

>>90707

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, but that's mainly because I was distracted by Kate Andrews. She could privatise my vital infrastructure IYKWIM.

>>90709
I said no because I'm asexual but I bet it doesn't account for that at all.

>Transgender women will still be allowed to play women’s rugby at all non-international levels of the game in England for the foreseeable future, the Guardian can reveal, after the Rugby Football Union decided that more evidence was needed before implementing any ban.

>The RFU’s position is sharply at odds with World Rugby, which last week ruled that trans women could no longer play elite women’s rugby after a major review of the latest science concluded that the risk of “significant injury” was “too great’”. However, the RFU’s view, which is understood to be supported by several other countries, is that more work is needed to assess whether there are safe ways to allow trans women to keep playing the sport they love.

>Last week World Rugby became the first international sports body to ban trans women from the women’s game following an eight-month review. It concluded that it was not possible to balance inclusivity with safety and fairness ‘in light of growing evidence that the testosterone suppression required by previous transgender regulations did not significantly impact muscle mass, strength or power”. World Rugby said that biological males, whose puberty and development is influenced by androgens/testosterone, are “stronger by 25% to 50%, are 30% more powerful, 40% heavier, and about 15% faster than biological females. That combination of mass, strength, power and speed means that in a direct physical contest, cis women in all these domains will be at significant risk of injury.”

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/14/rfu-clears-trans-women-to-play-womens-rugby-at-all-levels-in-england

>>90762
Fuck off, this is not 'the trans thread' now.

>>90763
Most of the thread being about transport says otherwise.

>>2817

I have a chunky one, like you say, about a small drill - actually probably closer to a hot glue gun in size than anything else. The one I have is quite nice and is powerful enough to pull dodgy old screws out of hardwood and such, and it can take some bolts out too if they haven't been too torqued.

I like the idea of the ones you mention (I think I first saw them talked about here actually), but worry that it might struggle to deal with some of the more robust applications. If I spent all day doing electronics stuff I'd be all over the Wowstick, though.

Probably a bit basic but I really enjoy using the skillsaw. It makes big things into many smaller things. Bzzzt.

>>2818
>If I spent all day doing electronics stuff I'd be all over the Wowstick, though.

I do. You're right, I need one right now. Thank you!!

>>2819
>It makes big things into many smaller things. Bzzzt.

If we're getting into the territory of things fun to use then I can recommend a portable vacuum cleaner that is shaped like and sounds like a raygun. Probably only powerful enough for cleaning the keyboard but I had to put it away to stop myself from playing with it.

>>2820
Mate, I'm having one too. Only worry is if it will have enough torque for handling over-tight screws.
>>2817
Hope you enjoy your commission from BIG WOWSTICK

>>66952
That's all we need.

Sodding hell, now I need to go routing around the garage for my crowbar.

Why is this reposted article from 2015 doing the rounds again?

>>66955
>2015

SCP-lad might be onto something. I'm sure we all look back with fond memories to 2015 where the biggest fear when you left the house was bumping into an irate Jeremy Clarkson.

Boring, non-/iq/ answer: he has a small amount of residual vision (light and darkness, fuzzy silhouettes in high-contrast environments) but has fantastically good adaptive skills, thanks in large part to his education at the Michigan School for the Blind. One of his former classmates is George Wurtzel, who is almost entirely blind and a world-renowned woodworker.

"I can't believe he's blind" is a complement to Wonder's skills; on that note, I give you Ryo Kawamura, the world's best blind striker.

I've seen him playing darts.

>>66935

This is the best Stevie Wonder.

>>66950

One of the greatest bridges in pop history:

>>66943
But then we end up with this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTjs59onomo

>>66944
I know I'm late to the party, I am old, but having grown up completely surrounded by television and that kind of media influence, until my late twenties; this year (perhaps exacerbated by lockdown?) is the year I have totally stopped watching the BBC. Once per month, there might be something on BBC4 I like, and if I slump on the sofa light night, I might watch a small sample of outdoor survival / cookery show tat (not BBC obvs), but literally once per month to both now. Sort of blows my mind.

I used to be a very strong advocate for the license fee and the BBC, but not anymore.

I think trying to get 1/1 pairity with the populace in all industries is insane, but so is making lists like this. I'd imagine it's easier to make it as an actor in Manchester and London than Cornwall and Llandudno, and oh, look, we have plenty of BME telly people. Anyway, lovely bit of racebaiting by The Paper That Shall Not Be Named, definitely what the country needs in this time of crisis.

>>66947
The Grauniad?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/17/shocking-lack-of-racial-diversity-and-women-in-uk-journalism-report

>>66943

The problem is more subtle than that. BME people aren't evenly distributed around the country, so most BME people live in places with a disproportionately high number of BME people; conversely, most white people live in places with above-average numbers of white people.

It's impossible to simultaneously represent the lived experience of someone who grew up in St Helens (98.8% white) and someone who grew up in Leicester (50.4% white). No matter what level of representation you choose, a lot of people are going to feel slighted.

>>439505
How is this the first mention of Mr Biffo I've seen on .gs over the past decade?

>>439506
People have definitely posted Digitiser videos on here before.

>>439507

I've probably posted about Octav1us doing something sexy on Digi.

The hardest I have ever laughed at anything is the Garden of Nivvin game from Episode 4 of Digitiser The Show. Skip to 29:50 and buckle up. Every time you think it's reached a new nadir, it just keeps going horrifically wrong.

>>439508

I had seen this when it came out but had forgotten/blanked out most of it.

No wonder Gannon is the way that he is.

>>439507
I wasn't even aware Digitiser had continued on the Internet, let alone have a YouTube channel.

I agree with this. Birds are awesome.
Sad fuckers complain about "nutters" feeding the birds, but they all understand and know this evolutionary truth - we are on the wrong path. Humans have dreamed of flying for thousands and thousands of years, and a bird just picks it up naturally. Who's the fool?

>>66937
THE BLACK IRON BIRDCAGE NEVER ENDED

BIRDS AREN'T REAL. THEY USED TO BE REAL, BUT THE CIA REPLACED THEM WITH SPY DRONES IN THE 50S.

>>66939
I wondet how well this line of reasoning will go with the Universal Credit lot.

>>7962
FAANG stocks are booming at the moment and will for a while - I am out of gold and back into them right now.

The Court of Appeal have rejected the challenge from WASPI to be compensated for the female State Pension age increasing from 60.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54158832

Got my annual pension statement today. Apparently my pot could be worth £105,000 at retirement, which will provide me with a whopping £220 per month.

>>8006
You'd only have to live to 107 to be in the black, off that.

>>8007
The assumptions used by providers are known to be overly pessimistic so I'm taking them with a pinch of salt. That said, the 'safe withdrawal rate' of 4% would only be £350 per month.

The mix of decent moderation and the general quality of posts. It's something I haven't found anywhere else.
I'm sure there are other nationalities here but the site actually feels, well British.
Sure the site isn't the fastest in the world for posts but I like it the way it is now.

>>439466

I come here for the Mods slow descent into madness. It is like a mix of East Enders and the Stanford Prison experiment.

>>439520
In what way?

Its just part of the routine.
Been around since Britchan fell, and it sort of feels like home.
I got a tad upset when I thought .GS was done for a couple of months back.

I come here because the mods make an actual effort to weed out all the cunts and wronguns.

>>13866
Fat bastard.

I remember having one of these one Xmas eve. It was as shite as you'd expect.

>>13870
Could be worse.

>>13871
"If you want a vision of the future of ready meals, imagine Peter Andre suppressing his raging boner with a mallet - forever." - George Orwell.

>>13872

>imagine Peter Andre suppressing his raging boner with a mallet

I can wank to that.

>>23234
SNEAKY SNEAKY

>>8000
I understand it, on a surface level. Yes, it's like a shit Neuromancer.

>>7999
> MTGOX

One of the funnier bits of bitcoin history.

>>7999

Interesting as I just saw an article published just this mornng suggesting that MtGox were holding large sums of BTC from the Silk Road. Sounds perfectly plausible to me.

https://medium.com/@cryptowhalex/the-silk-roads-biggest-mystery-444-000-bitcoin-are-still-completely-missing-from-the-original-e68b8867d26a

>>7999

I know a couple of people who lost bitcoins in the hack if they were ever to be returned they would become fairly rich, I believe the Japanese authorities set a final deadliine recently of October 15th for submissions to the rehabilitation plan but this shit has been dragging on for many years now so who knows what might happen.

>>7999

If you enjoy speculation about the identity of Satoshi you might like this 3 part documentary - a you tuber does quite a bit of research into it. The name he comes up with is not one I hear mentioned often, and it's not Hal Finney although he does get a mention.

>>8004

Three part documentaries that could be three paragraph articles can fuck right off into /101.

Sorry lad, I'm sure you mean well.

If you're in one of those placess, cost ceases to matter. it's funnny, even asking the question marks as you fun :)

>>2875
I was thinking of getting into the landscape gardening game and making fat stacks of cash off of ostentatious oligarchs. Seems like a pretty cosy job.

A quid says it's made of papier mache.

>>28342
I WANT TO BELIEVE.

I believe the Russians tried to build a TEL like that - the rocket is fine, its the transporter that doesn't work at that size.

>>28342 fiver says it's made of pixels

Does it really matter? The people they most want to blow up are an M6 motorway away and they can't get them off the ground regardless. And for the record I WANT them to hit Washington DC, I just don't think they ever will.

>>28344

The transporter is definitely real. China got into quite a lot of bother for selling the Norks half a dozen massive "logging trucks".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS51200

>>66539

Women: know your limits.

>>66540
Oh come on, that video is hilarious, and for the later sixties, fairly unsexist.

>>66541

At least they broke up the actual maritime issues with a bit of casual dolphin rape, like an amuse-bouche between courses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMzFGgmQOc
I wanted to hate it but it's really good.

>>66915

>>5484
Why would you post that picture? I hope you never get up to twenty.

>>5485

I did 5 this morning, fuck you.

What sort of audience enjoys that bit being dragged out for almost 4 minutes?

>>66912

Literally children.

>>66911
HE'S CHEATING