but y'know, someone from Seattle having opinions on California politics is geographically similar to someone from say, Denmark having opinions on UK politics
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:34 (four years ago) link
Idg the state/country comparison (if that’s being made). I don’t think that works at all.
― median punt (gyac), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:34 (four years ago) link
xp Mordy -- I feel we can put a name to this, and call it "the gabbneb rule"
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
xp what are your thoughts on all the actual foreigners who live in the UK and who have thoughts about its politics? Or those who live outside it and who also post there who never ever attract any of this? Do you think there might be anything controversial about that at all?
― median punt (gyac), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:36 (four years ago) link
ha, i am looking at a map and I think I always place oregon where idaho is.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:38 (four years ago) link
xp what are your thoughts on all the actual foreigners who live in the UK and who have thoughts about its politics?
If you live in the UK, then obv. its politics affect you. If you are an expat, you at least have some familiarity and history with a place ... idk, I am with Mordy, in that if you are an "outside observer" it should entail a certain humility and taking a step back
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link
and how should foreigners living in the UK posting about its politics react to someone living outside the UK calling them (for example) a xenophobe for their constant shitting up the thread?
― median punt (gyac), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
I'm an American, and I follow a fairly isolationist approach to this issue ... not my country, not my thread, not my place to judge
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:45 (four years ago) link
they should call them out on the posts you had second thoughts about and decided not to post - post them here thread
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link
sorry that someone's shitting up your thread tho
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
What if you live in a neighbouring country that is inordinately affected by the flatulent ripples of a certain other country's general shenanigans. Or if you live in the Middle East.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:50 (four years ago) link
then you should post links to a thousand furious tweets about why the iowa caucus results are taking so long to come in
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:51 (four years ago) link
as in "unban Heave Ho"?
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:51 (four years ago) link
Denmark is not inordinately affected by the flatulent ripples of Bojo's Britain afaict.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:53 (four years ago) link
pretty sure America is the most flatulent and rippling
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:53 (four years ago) link
Which is why Fred is always welcome in US political threads.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:54 (four years ago) link
California is home to Cowschwitz fwiw
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:54 (four years ago) link
Frantically saturating a given thread with tweets is a good rule of thumb when approaching topics that may in fact exceed your ken.
xps
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:54 (four years ago) link
loathe as i am to suggest an additional politics thread (as opposed to a politics board which i support) maybe a US and the World thread series could help fulfill foreigner desires to discuss how the hegemonic superpower impacts them and stop having to worry about every minor gossipy news story to come out of american media about the primaries
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:55 (four years ago) link
consider that if you find yourself in this situation you have a third choice which is not to post at all
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link
Nonsense! The aim is to share the gems you've unearthed in your quest for international omniscience.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:58 (four years ago) link
Now you're sounding like me, pom.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
pom, do you like canine poms?
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
Just pointing out yet again I was posting about Scandinavian politics and a uk poster told me I didn't know what I was talking about and should shut the fuck up
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
We've always been on the same wavelength as regards this… most enriching invention.
2xp
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
Funny you should ask, sarahell. The answer is no.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:00 (four years ago) link
Looking forward to you being characterized as doddery old buffer too.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:01 (four years ago) link
lolpom otm re canine poms, they’re horrible. our old dog was 1/4 pom and that was more than enough tbh
― median punt (gyac), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:02 (four years ago) link
Just pointing out yet again
not to be a dick, but in general, if you start a sentence with this phrase, it is likely you actually don't need to post that sentence, and you aren't going to change anyone's minds.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link
It was on a uk newspaper thread as well. I've put forth the very reasonable suggestion that we split ilx in two and let the uk posters have their own space, and the rest of us can post in peace.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link
I know that sara. The uk posters are constantly lying no matter what. Still.
Wouldn't mind visiting Pomerania, though. Gdańsk aka Danzig is in it.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:04 (four years ago) link
Partition always works when the UK’s involved!
― median punt (gyac), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:04 (four years ago) link
Can I have danelaw back?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:05 (four years ago) link
No hint of xenophobia in Fred's last two posts. Reasonable as ever.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:05 (four years ago) link
pomeranian dogs are very very cute imo
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:05 (four years ago) link
Gdańsk is very good, can strongly recommend. Pretty sure we visited a restaurant Hitler had been to (not on purpose) & I got some lovely amber there.
― median punt (gyac), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:06 (four years ago) link
xp they are but they have horrible temperaments.
― median punt (gyac), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:07 (four years ago) link
Betcha Hitler was fond of Pomeranians.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:07 (four years ago) link
so *is* the guardian worse than it used to be
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:08 (four years ago) link
Discuss pomeranians and someone has to mention Hitler, isn't that always the way?
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:09 (four years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/45/9b/c8/459bc8153cfe261c96038b494040784f.jpg
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:10 (four years ago) link
https://www.tripsavvy.com/thmb/-QRO26P42zi_bezoMQ5jBgdpDVA=/950x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/pomeranian-dog-in-travel-bag-200570896-001-5b12e61c04d1cf003749eafc.jpg
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:11 (four years ago) link
He owned a German Shepherd iirc. But yeah, this is not how I expected this thread to prove (yet again) the validity of Godwin's law.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:12 (four years ago) link
Pretty sure Hitler would have no truck with pomeranians, tbf to Hitler.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:12 (four years ago) link
curprev 13:39, 14 March 2019 81.154.164.231 talk 12,187 bytes -398 fake undo Tag: references removedcurprev 13:34, 14 March 2019 81.154.164.231 talk 12,585 bytes +68 Blondi was not just propaganda hitler was truly an animal lover he was a vegetarian undocurprev 13:23, 31 May 2018 Kierzek talk contribs 12,662 bytes -1,304 rv addition as this is not an article about Hitler's dogs, but one dog of his; the others can be mentioned, for historical context, but not info boxes of each undo
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:17 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DBEtJj-BWo
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
I only appear less combative because there is less to be combative about not because I have calmed down. I will never calm down.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, February 26, 2020 4:55 AM (four hours ago)
lock ILX obv, but isn't this a retcon?
eh, Seattle is like South Vancouver imo
― sarahell, Wednesday, February 26, 2020 9:33 AM (twenty-one minutes ago)
Seattle is north of Vancouver tho
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/AnimalRightsNaziGermany.jpgHitler's repulsive treatment of Blondi should have fucked up his PETA NSDAP membership!
― calzino, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:31 (four years ago) link
Just pointing out yet again that I have been OTM on this thread.
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:37 (four years ago) link