It was only today I finally thought to myself "aw spoon has gone again" and then you come back with this pearl of wisdom.
Yes. Yes it is.
04-02-2021 05:22 PM
#901
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It was only today I finally thought to myself "aw spoon has gone again" and then you come back with this pearl of wisdom. | |
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04-03-2021 04:03 AM
#902
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Yeah Ong, usually we have to rely on you for all our pearls of wisdom itt. | |
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04-03-2021 04:25 AM
#903
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idk, that was a pearl of wisdom, thanks for that insight. | |
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04-03-2021 12:17 PM
#904
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04-07-2021 07:31 AM
#905
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#MEGA by getting everyone to leave. | |
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04-07-2021 10:32 AM
#906
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"In the short-term, the long-term impact is not good" | |
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04-07-2021 11:10 AM
#907
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^ Not exactly what she meant I don't think. | |
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04-07-2021 12:07 PM
#908
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The economy as a whole supposedly suffers anytime something is done for lower-level working class people, so whatever. | |
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04-07-2021 12:17 PM
#909
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Oh good mojo hasn't left. I was slightly worried. | |
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04-07-2021 03:28 PM
#910
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Heh. I was half-listening I guess. Oops. Pretty shameful to quote so badly out of context. Feels bad, man. | |
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04-07-2021 03:58 PM
#911
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It's not an issue with the size of the population it's an issue with having the right balance of people to do the jobs that need to be done. | |
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04-07-2021 03:59 PM
#912
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@mojo - If you want to remind yourself you're definitely not dumb, go to the physics thread and tell me what the fuck they think they've found in these muon experiments at Fermilab. | |
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04-07-2021 04:06 PM
#913
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04-07-2021 04:15 PM
#914
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Do you think so? I'm not sure backbreaking work makes anyone happy. I think people do it 'cause they can make good money at it short term and/or because they don't have any better options. | |
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04-07-2021 04:44 PM
#915
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04-07-2021 06:34 PM
#916
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Because they want to make what to them is a good chunk of money before going back to Poland for the winter. Because doing a shitty job for what to them is a good chunk of money appeals to them. Because they have no better prospects where they come from. | |
Last edited by Poopadoop; 04-07-2021 at 06:38 PM.
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04-07-2021 07:21 PM
#917
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04-08-2021 03:40 AM
#918
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Last edited by Poopadoop; 04-08-2021 at 03:42 AM.
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04-08-2021 06:47 AM
#919
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The minimum wage here is a lot higher than the minimum wage in Poland. There it's 614 Euros/month, here it is 1599. So these people make about 2.5 times as much working here than they would at similar jobs in Poland. | |
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04-08-2021 08:39 AM
#920
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04-08-2021 08:55 AM
#921
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I understand your personal experience working with Poles in hotels makes you an expert on immigrant farm labour from Poland. But, what I'm talking about is people who come here from Poland to pick fruit. It's seasonal labour. They can stay if they want, but they can also take what they've saved and go back home where it's worth a lot more. I personally think it's irrelevant what they do because either way they won't be coming this year because of Brexit. That's kind of the point you're so conveniently trying to deflect. | |
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04-08-2021 09:29 AM
#922
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More fallout. Northern Ireland seeing riots. | |
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04-08-2021 09:58 AM
#923
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04-08-2021 10:15 AM
#924
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Yup, but not for a long time. | |
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04-08-2021 10:23 AM
#925
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Last edited by OngBonga; 04-08-2021 at 11:24 AM. | |
04-08-2021 10:29 AM
#926
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Heh | |
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04-08-2021 10:52 AM
#927
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On a roll... | |
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04-08-2021 01:13 PM
#928
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...which was because the choice was between a border in the Irish Sea which economically put NI in the EU, and a hard border on NI/IRE that would break the GFA and make us an international pariah, at the same time pissing the other side off so they would be the ones rioting instead. | |
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04-08-2021 01:19 PM
#929
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I think we should be promoting immigration now with our aging demographics and the exodus of EU workers that has happened due to Brexit. But it should be more like a 1m than 100k. I don't care where they're from really, but poorer would be better since those are the jobs that will need filling. If only we were part of some organisation that allowed free movement of people between borders... | |
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04-08-2021 03:14 PM
#930
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04-08-2021 03:29 PM
#931
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Good thing we haven't done anything to encourage Scottish independence then. | |
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04-08-2021 03:59 PM
#932
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04-08-2021 04:04 PM
#933
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Andrew Neil (right-wing media pundit in the UK, for you non-MEGAs) has just declared "gammon" a racist term. lol, what a snowflake. | |
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04-08-2021 04:07 PM
#934
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04-08-2021 04:10 PM
#935
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I do get a kick out of the idea that you think the problems in NI and Scotland were already there and that Brexit is just a minor contributor to them, rather than pouring gasoline on a fire. | |
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04-08-2021 04:38 PM
#936
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Why don't you think "gammon" is racist? Do you have different standards for racism when it's against white people? | |
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04-08-2021 04:40 PM
#937
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04-08-2021 05:32 PM
#938
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White people calling other white people names? How is that racist? I guess you have a point you wouldn't call a black person a gammon, but it's like black people calling each other the n-word, and then Jessie Lee Peterson calling them racists. Does not compute. | |
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04-08-2021 05:37 PM
#939
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04-08-2021 05:39 PM
#940
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You're right about some people on twitter being pretty funny though. | |
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04-08-2021 05:47 PM
#941
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What ever happened with Oskar and his Brexit bicycle? Is it still in customs somewhere? | |
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04-08-2021 06:29 PM
#942
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04-08-2021 06:36 PM
#943
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04-08-2021 07:09 PM
#944
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That's not the question I asked you. If it's said by one black person to another, is it racist. Yes or no? | |
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04-08-2021 08:19 PM
#945
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04-09-2021 03:29 AM
#946
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But it's not insulting that person for being white, it's insulting them for being an angry ignoramus who's getting flushed in the cheek. | |
Last edited by Poopadoop; 04-09-2021 at 03:31 AM.
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04-09-2021 04:58 AM
#947
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Ong, don't eat too much fish, the British cheese industry needs you too! | |
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04-09-2021 05:22 AM
#948
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Seems "gammon" has been around for a long time, and has always meant the same thing. | |
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04-09-2021 06:30 AM
#949
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04-09-2021 06:34 AM
#950
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That guy talking about gammon is an idiot. Every time he says "gammon", replace with "darkie". Is what he's saying acceptable in that context? | |
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04-09-2021 06:38 AM
#951
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Here you go poop... the guy who I quoted yesterday is posting this today... | |
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04-09-2021 08:54 AM
#952
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If it's another black person who says it? Yes I would find it funny. | |
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04-09-2021 09:00 AM
#953
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It's exactly the problem. What do you suppose made it more difficult to sell cheese to other markets? Could it possibly have anything to do with the fact that we had a trade deal with most of those other markets when we were in the EU, and now that's gone? I'll give you a hint: the answer is yes. | |
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04-09-2021 09:59 AM
#954
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04-09-2021 10:23 AM
#955
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Ong, your arguments are ridiculous. Go stock up on your cheese, you piece of broccoli. | |
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04-09-2021 10:26 AM
#956
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lol, you can't make this shit up. | |
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04-09-2021 10:30 AM
#957
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By the way, clear examples of racism from white people on other white people would be discrimination against Jews, or Roma, or people of Spanish descent. Similarly, black people can easily be racist to other black people of different ethnic origin. So the idea that you can only be racist to those of different skin colour is clearly absurd. | |
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04-09-2021 10:31 AM
#958
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04-09-2021 10:34 AM
#959
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04-09-2021 10:46 AM
#960
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04-09-2021 10:51 AM
#961
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04-09-2021 10:57 AM
#962
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That assumes they walk into the EU the day after independence. If they leave the UK, they will face a period of economic difficulties. I assume you'll be quick to tell them they made a mistake? | |
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04-09-2021 11:17 AM
#963
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I wouldn't pretend that everything is sunlit uplands and ignore any problems that might arise, if that's what you mean. But I don't live there so I'm less interested in how it affects them than in how Brexit affects me. | |
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04-09-2021 11:31 AM
#964
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04-09-2021 11:57 AM
#965
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Not amongst economists, only amongst unicorn salesmen. | |
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04-09-2021 08:37 PM
#966
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04-10-2021 03:37 AM
#967
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I meant we won't be exporting it in the same volume that we did to the EU. | |
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04-10-2021 07:08 AM
#968
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04-10-2021 03:53 PM
#969
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We always had the option to carve our own paths with the vaccines. There's no law in the EU that says when a country can or can't give a vaccine. | |
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04-10-2021 03:57 PM
#970
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04-10-2021 04:03 PM
#971
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"Oh crap, we don't need to pay anything to export stuff, and where's all the paperwork I enjoy? Someone tax me more! And also tax all that incoming stuff, I got way too much money already!" | |
04-10-2021 04:11 PM
#972
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But you have negotiate to get those things. And if your choice is between negotiating a deal with a market of 60m and a deal with a market of 300m, well do the math. | |
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04-10-2021 04:27 PM
#973
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04-10-2021 04:28 PM
#974
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04-10-2021 04:31 PM
#975
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I did a space comma. | |
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