http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/29/football-quiz-around-the-world-in-80-questions
this is a good, but incredibly difficult, football quiz
― trickle-down ergonomics (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 17:42 (eight years ago) link
That was fun. 63/80, though quite a few of those were flukes.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 19:56 (eight years ago) link
I got something like 41, ha.
― trickle-down ergonomics (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:00 (eight years ago) link
Damning read on Rusbridger's spendthrift ways http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/guardian-editor-alan-rusbridger-rupert-murdoch
― stet, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 15:19 (eight years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/29/the-guardian-view-on-londons-mayoral-race-elect-citizen-khan
... the chaotic charisma of Boris Johnson ... the socialist swagger of Ken Livingstone ...
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Saturday, 30 April 2016 11:49 (seven years ago) link
the competent drum work of Caroline Pidgeon
― some men just want to watch the world Bern (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 30 April 2016 11:56 (seven years ago) link
The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner etc
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Saturday, 30 April 2016 11:59 (seven years ago) link
oops, meant to say Zac Goldsmith there. Dammit.
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Saturday, 30 April 2016 12:00 (seven years ago) link
Rusbridger taking over as chairman of the Scott Trust has been nixed. Katharine Viner was reportedly opposed to it and the board failed to agree to his appointment yesterday. They were due to meet again today but the reports suggest (correctly or otherwise) that he has decided to step aside to resolve the impasse.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Friday, 13 May 2016 11:28 (seven years ago) link
I sort of want to say.... thank fuck?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 13 May 2016 12:09 (seven years ago) link
this thread will be going when every original ilxor is dead
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Friday, 13 May 2016 13:55 (seven years ago) link
reckon we'll outlast the guardian tbh
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Friday, 13 May 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
i would hate not to see my 40s
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Friday, 13 May 2016 13:57 (seven years ago) link
How many articles about Top Gear ffs
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 07:10 (seven years ago) link
Irritating: from the plugging of nephew, to the crap ideas, and the general privileged view that people have parents in large houses to move into..to just about everything in the article really.
Living in boxes (and thinking out of them) might solve our housing crisis
― Half-baked profundities. Self-referential smirkiness (Bob Six), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 07:43 (seven years ago) link
The tldr extract to give a flavour of this is:
Aviva estimates that by 2025 3.8 million people aged between 21 and 34 could be living with their parents (compared with 2.8 million in 2015).What’s most surprising about this is that people don’t even seem to mind that much.
What’s most surprising about this is that people don’t even seem to mind that much.
― Half-baked profundities. Self-referential smirkiness (Bob Six), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 07:50 (seven years ago) link
entirely reasonable if you're ignorant that the rest of the world exists
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 07:54 (seven years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ojXEDll.png
it's no "and here's why", but I feel that "I can't believe I have to say it" has potential as a clickbait headline formulation
― soref, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 23:25 (seven years ago) link
That aside I completely agree with him.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 01:38 (seven years ago) link
There is a woman in the comments who says without question 10 times over she'd save the gorilla over a child. WTF, humanity.
oh, I don't disagree that a human life is worth more than a gorilla's, was just amused by the combination of silly headline and reproachful byline photo.
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/contributor/2016/1/20/1453280306466/Dave-Bry-L.png?w=300&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=588921b9a0dbf5f04a9e32fc4c318d9c
― soref, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 01:45 (seven years ago) link
I don't think tits particularly irrational or gross to say that the gorilla's life was worth more than the child's there being something like 7 billion humans and around 100,000 lowland gorillas and just over 600 (!) mountain gorillas. Of course it's not about maths and I wouldn't strongly hold this view myself, but I think the they are equally valuable is what I would say. I don't know how I would feel if Harambe had been a mountain gorilla, for example, or whether the figure of 600 or so of those would give the gorilla's life priority.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 02:01 (seven years ago) link
lol @ "reproachful byline photo"
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 02:10 (seven years ago) link
trying to find a cartoon of Harambe and Cecil the Lion chilling together in heaven, but I'm not coming up with anything.
this slate article seems pretty sensible to me:
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/05/harambe_s_death_is_not_a_reason_for_moral_outrage_it_s_an_opportunity_to.html
We should look at Harambe’s death as an unfortunate consequence of what essentially amounts to a freak accident and invest the time and money being spent mourning him into doing things that actually matter for gorilla survival. Unfortunately, these things—preserving their habitats, stopping poaching, slowing climate change—are much more difficult and complex endeavors than advocating that child protective services investigate whether the 4-year-old’s parents acted negligently.
― soref, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 02:14 (seven years ago) link
Surely something can be done along the lines of a certain US NFL team and hat-cat, say with the word "gorilla"?
― ghosts that don't exist (Neil S), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 06:35 (seven years ago) link
woah, so louis ck really likes gorillas then
― it's getting ott in here / so take off all your clothes (stevie), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 08:17 (seven years ago) link
I can't believe I have to say it: I don't think tits particularly irrational or gross
― reader, if you love him so much why don't you marry him? (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 09:01 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjvOrbUWkAAr5oi.jpg:large
― reader, if you love him so much why don't you marry him? (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 09:02 (seven years ago) link
lol you made that right
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 09:26 (seven years ago) link
xp hahaha
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:11 (seven years ago) link
The little ad boxes pretending to be articles we're egregious enough without me spending the whole day wondering what this bafflement inducing fuckery is supposed to mean and and what it could possibly have to do with lifehacks.http://i.imgur.com/y3cmxvw.png
― tsrobodo, Friday, 3 June 2016 11:15 (seven years ago) link
I dont believe it
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 3 June 2016 11:30 (seven years ago) link
Spoiler alert: it's the Americans.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Friday, 3 June 2016 11:32 (seven years ago) link
get those adblockers updated, every penneth of revenue you deprive them of is a small victory.
― calzino, Friday, 3 June 2016 11:40 (seven years ago) link
adblocking is killing music
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 3 June 2016 11:45 (seven years ago) link
i really could do without seeing a finely-detailed photo of polly toynbee's face in the middle of EVERY SINGLE ARTICLE i read in the guardian app.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 3 June 2016 12:08 (seven years ago) link
if I had 24 hours to live I would click on every one of those weird grainy listicle ads. right now I'm scared of the consequences
― reader, if you love him so much why don't you marry him? (DJ Mencap), Friday, 3 June 2016 12:43 (seven years ago) link
If you click on the ads you die within 24 hours so it's win-win.
― ǂbait (seandalai), Friday, 3 June 2016 13:24 (seven years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/08/am-i-a-hipster-google
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 09:10 (seven years ago) link
Amazing.
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 09:34 (seven years ago) link
even if I'm just using some random computer for a few minutes, Ima install adblock. Afraid that any business model that depends on my tolerance for online adverts is gonna need a bit of rethinking.
― So you are a hippocrite, face it! (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 09:43 (seven years ago) link
the whole tweed trousers ww2 moustache plus bowtie thing, has anyone seen more than like 1 or 2 of this chimerical figure, ever? maybe 4/5 years ago? the weird thing when people talk about "hipsters" in the uk is that splinters of the hundreds of strange mini-trends that might be swept together in a thinkpiece seem to have spread outside london, creating some warped vision. like deep fried pickles or whatever are like in provincial hotels. craft beer is in weatherspoons. like it's always been a meaningless catch-all, but the word hipster in the uk now seems to be associated with a heaving weight of things, as evidenced by that article. it feels like "hipster" things have become so mainstream that there's now some kind of self-hatred/misanthropy at work, like everyone dismissing a thing even as a byron burger opens up on every street.
essentially some of the greatest fucking idiots in britain are the ones who are really confused about what the word "hipster" means, but very angry about it too.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 09:59 (seven years ago) link
was more peeved about claiming plaid shirts and Arcade Fire albums as "normal" tbh
― The Brexit Club (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 10:02 (seven years ago) link
there are prob like 40 irritating things in there
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 10:05 (seven years ago) link
Do I have to read that?
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 10:08 (seven years ago) link
it speaks to a deep existential lostness seething away
― The Brexit Club (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 10:08 (seven years ago) link
or maybe it is just a bit of fun
― The Brexit Club (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 10:09 (seven years ago) link
I'm not sure what kind of fun
just banter
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 10:10 (seven years ago) link
at this point I wd quote the bit in Ulysses where Bloom reads that short story on the bog but I'm not sure I can be bothered to do the work
― The Brexit Club (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 10:10 (seven years ago) link