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Post by perrykneeham on Oct 31, 2024 19:32:50 GMT
What a shower of cunts though.
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Post by flatandy on Oct 31, 2024 22:16:58 GMT
The Tory government who killed this poor girl? But refused to accept responsibility? Absolutely a shower of cunts.
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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 1, 2024 6:30:28 GMT
Labour's Khan, you mean. Khant, more like.
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Post by Repat Van on Nov 1, 2024 7:03:25 GMT
The Tory government who killed this poor girl? But refused to accept responsibility? Absolutely a shower of cunts. It’s absolutely awful. Poor woman. Poor girl. |
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Post by marechal on Nov 1, 2024 22:41:29 GMT
The Infinite Monkey Theory debunked. Two Australian mathematicians have called into question an old adage, that if given an infinite amount of time, a monkey pressing keys on a typewriter would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespeare. Known as the "infinite monkey theorem", the thought-experiment has long been used to explain the principles of probability and randomness. However, a new peer-reviewed study led by Sydney-based researchers Stephen Woodcock and Jay Falletta has found that the time it would take for a typing monkey to replicate Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and poems would be longer than the lifespan of our universe. Which means that while mathematically true, the theorem is "misleading", they say. www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748kmvwyv9oAs an aside, some infinities are more "infinite" than others, which seems very weird. |
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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 10, 2024 14:43:05 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 10, 2024 14:43:40 GMT
Also, her mate .... kuh-waaaaaaaaak!
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Post by mids on Nov 10, 2024 14:58:57 GMT
No insurance? Fuckin' eejits. From that photo, it looks like it should have been the middle sister (or she might be the mother).
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Post by mids on Nov 10, 2024 15:00:10 GMT
Also, her mate .... kuh-waaaaaaaaak! I'm not clear on the relationships in that pic. |
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Post by mids on Nov 10, 2024 19:43:47 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 10, 2024 20:17:17 GMT
"Never miss any of the fun stuff. Get the biggest stories and wackiest takes from the Daily Star, including our special WTF Wednesday email"
An unfortunate advert, given the context
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Post by mids on Nov 10, 2024 21:32:35 GMT
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Post by flatandy on Nov 10, 2024 22:30:30 GMT
Whut? Nah? On the birth certificate or just as a nickname, it ain't great.
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Post by Repat Van on Nov 11, 2024 8:56:06 GMT
I hope that’s a nickname - I have definitely heard the name “Pudge” as a nickname many times (including my nephew and grand niece) but as an actual name….?
The parents should be shot.
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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 11, 2024 9:58:10 GMT
Haha. Canthelled. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4l3yz76neoHonestly, why doesn't he just tell 'em to jog on? It's not like he's re-written Sambo, is it? I expect they'd have let it go for a few crates of grog. |
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Post by Repat Van on Nov 11, 2024 10:35:29 GMT
“ The book's publisher, Penguin Random House UK, said Oliver had requested Indigenous Australians be consulted over the book, but an "editorial oversight" meant that did not happen.”
You would think this is the bare minimum you would do when writing a book featuring a community you are not part of.
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Post by moggyonspeed on Nov 11, 2024 11:24:59 GMT
The book is children's fiction, not non-fiction, and that is the ultimate determining factor here.
If Oliver gets things "wrong" in the book, then his response should be "yes, it's fiction".
Where does this "consultation" stop? Should we somehow think less of Shakespeare for (probably) not having consulted Venetian or Cypriot blacks before publishing Othello? Should George MacDonald Fraser have consulted each and every culture acting as a backdrop for his anti-hero Harry Flashman? Should Alexander McCall Smith, even though he was born in Rhodesia, have consulted black women in Botswana about his wanting to write the brilliant The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series?
As I say - where does it stop?
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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 11, 2024 11:50:50 GMT
Maybe they asked Diane, by mistake.
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Post by perrykneeham on Nov 11, 2024 11:51:26 GMT
Also, fuckem. They've got the right to reply. Leave it at that.
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Post by Repat Van on Nov 11, 2024 12:13:45 GMT
The book is children's fiction, not non-fiction, and that is the ultimate determining factor here. If Oliver gets things "wrong" in the book, then his response should be "yes, it's fiction". Where does this "consultation" stop? Should we somehow think less of Shakespeare for (probably) not having consulted Venetian or Cypriot blacks before publishing Othello? Should George MacDonald Fraser have consulted each and every culture acting as a backdrop for his anti-hero Harry Flashman? Should Alexander McCall Smith, even though he was born in Rhodesia, have consulted black women in Botswana about his wanting to write the brilliant The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series? As I say - where does it stop? It doesn’t matter if it’s fiction. You do realise that authors also tend to do research for works of fiction too right? Do adequate research so that your depictions are characters not caricatures. |
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