SasaS

2 hours ago, cloggypop said:

 

Croatian? 

Guilty.

Endo and Gakpo totally nonplussed.

Titty City is the problem? Too many fakes?

18 hours ago, cloggypop said:

Godzilla Minus One is boss. 

I was just about to download it, now I am nervous.

Please tell me it's nothing like that Korean crap some of you like so much.

Like what? Dave recycling podcast jokes for reports and diary?

On 05/05/2024 at 09:37, Captain Howdy said:

Isn’t SasaS American?

On 05/05/2024 at 10:13, Anubis said:

I thought he was European. Not sure where though.

Eastern Eurotrash.

28 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

That would be a great post-apocalyptic mini-series. 

Bajcenbauer is finally back, that is the most important thing.

Kaiser Stef.

16 hours ago, lifetime fan said:

Terrorism has never been ‘cool’. 
 

A UK presence in Ireland is fucking grotesque though. 

I was very trendy in the '70s.

14 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

What the fuck is going on here in this thread?

 

Birds or gtfo.

Hey Jew - The Beatles

More like illegal settlements cropping up everywhere.

27 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

@SasaS

Leila Khaled 

 @Captain Willard songs that mention Palestinians and/or Israelis?

26 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

@SasaS

The original reason Celtic fans became so prominent in their support for Palestine is the PLO used to provide arms and support for the IRA.

It was the 70s, maaan. When terrorism was cool.

They all are.

Now if only someone can find a way to shoehorn Jews, Israel and Palestine into the Northern Ireland thread there will be none left.

There is no way Conservatives can avoid defeat in the general election. That will only be about damage limitation for them.

9 minutes ago, Arniepie said:

Can't you join the army at 16?

I don't know. In most countries you can't.

1 minute ago, Rushies tash said:

 

They can vote for the Scottish and Welsh assemblies as well. I haven't heard of any reported problems with that.

But the motivation was because the opinion polls showed they would be more likely to vote yes and SNP than the rival parties. If the polls showed teenagers prefer centrist and conservative options  like their grandparents, they would not be voting before centrists or conservatives take over. 

3 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Just missing that wee bit of centuries of cultures embracing the wisdom of their elders.

It's not about representation or participation or anything like it, it's about people expecting certain age groups would vote more or vote less in their favour. Like Scotland's independents referendum, when voting age was lowered because teenagers were less likely to think about financial and other implications of independence. . 

3 minutes ago, Rushies tash said:

And the drinking age of 18 only applies if you're buying it yourself. You can drink with a meal at a pub from 16 and if you're at home, you can legally drink from the age of 5. Not that I'd condone that sort of thing, mind.

 

You suspect that the reluctance to give the vote to 16 year olds doesn't really stem from anything other than the fact that barely any of them would end up voting Tory.

And vice versa. Since they don't vote in most, Tory-less countries.

5 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

In the UK, at 16 you're allowed to work as an adult, you just won't necessarily get paid the same as one.

And you probably won't be fully criminally responsible as an adult.

If you are protected as a minor, it means society thinks there is a reason for it, as in, your brain not being fully formed etc. Although it is often just a cultural thing.

Elections are every four or five years in most countries and denying people the right to vote would hurt society's cohesion. You can exclude the unemployed next, also, why should poor people have the same say as people who pay much more taxes. Test people how impressionable they truly are and give them the right to vote accordingly. Low IQ and and uneducated people should have half a vote, PhDs two votes each etc.

19 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

That sounds like a better way to go than burial or cremation.  I might tell Mrs O'T to leave me in the garden for the magpies and seagulls.

Maybe, but it may be tricky for cities with over a million people.

Also, I guess it's a cultural thing, but it was easier to bring some flowers and light a candle at my mother's grave, instead of checking out if vultures have finished eating her innards. Father though, I would have been quite happy to go Zoroastrian.