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JFairfax posted:can you wrap elastic band around your thumb and index finger like this? big scary monsters posted:Technics turntable and when the belt e: 1999 - Scottish and Welsh governments meet for the first time, national minimum wage is introduced, the submarine Kursk completes its only mission, a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean. Guavanaut fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Aug 16, 2016 |
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loving hipsters!
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Aug 16, 2016 17:56
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Oberleutnant posted:loving hipsters! Audiophilia is not only for hipsters. Besides, when you're old man offers to give you his record player worth high four figures & his record collection you don't rush to say "no thanks, dinnae want to be a hipster". Led Zeppelin sound even better on vinyl man, them's the rules.
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Aug 16, 2016 18:00
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Oberleutnant posted:loving hipsters!
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Aug 16, 2016 18:01
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Oberleutnant posted:loving hipsters! the term hipster originated in the 1940 and referred to hip cats really into the jazz scene: To the hipster, Bird was a living justification of their philosophy. The hipster is an underground man. He is to the Second World War what the dadaist was to the first. He is amoral, anarchistic, gentle, and overcivilized to the point of decadence. He is always ten steps ahead of the game because of his awareness, an example of which might be meeting a girl and rejecting her, because he knows they will date, hold hands, kiss, neck, pet, fornicate, perhaps marry, divorce—so why start the whole thing? He knows the hypocrisy of bureaucracy, the hatred implicit in religions—so what values are left for him?—except to go through life avoiding pain, keep his emotions in check, and after that, "be cool," and look for kicks. He is looking for something that transcends all this bullshit and finds it in jazz. or The hipster world that Kerouac and Ginsberg drifted in and out of from the mid-1940s to the early-1950s was an amorphous movement without ideology, more a pose than an attitude; a way of "being" without attempting to explain why. Hipsters themselves were not about to supply explanations. Their language, limited as it was, was sufficiently obscure to defy translation into everyday speech. Their rejection of the commonplace was so complete that they could barely acknowledge reality. The measure of their withdrawal was their distrust of language. A word like cool could mean any of a number of contradictory things—its definition came not from the meaning of the word but from the emotion behind it and the accompanying non-verbal facial or body expressions. When hipsters did put together a coherent sentence, it was always prefaced with the word like as if to state at the onset that what would follow was probably an illusion. There was neither a future nor a past, only a present that existed on the existential wings of sound. A Charlie Parker bebop solo—that was the truth. The hipster's world view was not divided between "free world" and "Communist bloc", and this too set it apart from the then-current orthodoxy. Hipster dualism, instead, transcended geopolitical lines in favor of levels of consciousness. The division was hip and square. Squares sought security and conned themselves into political acquiescence. Hipsters, hip to the bomb, sought the meaning of life and, expecting death, demanded it now. In the wigged-out, flipped-out, zonked-out hipster world, Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Truman, McCarthy and Eisenhower shared one thing in common: they were squares ... . [T]he hipster signified the coming together of the bohemian, the juvenile delinquent, and the negro.
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Aug 16, 2016 18:02
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"I called people hipsters before it was cool"??
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Aug 16, 2016 18:04
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Guavanaut posted:
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Aug 16, 2016 18:08
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I was in Edinburgh last week and a guy leafleting for a Fringe thing told me "we don't normally let hipsters into our show but we've decided to make an exception for you". I didn't go though.
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Aug 16, 2016 18:09
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I only listen to music in minidisc format
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Aug 16, 2016 18:10
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minidiscs were dope
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Aug 16, 2016 18:15
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Mostly it'd just be nice to have my dad's old turntable working, if I'd known it was broken I'd have tried when it was still my grandmother's, I think she just didn't want to admit it'd broken. I might order one if they're still making them. The actual thing is a bit hard to take apart without instructions but managed to get it open last time.
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Aug 16, 2016 18:17
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did you try lifting the platter up? usually to replace the belt on a belt drive turntable you just lift up the platter, you shouldn't need to disassemble the unit
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Aug 16, 2016 18:19
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Yeah I got to it, it just has a few pieces of metal with some odd ways of unhooking them to get to the actual belt, and obviously not knowing anything about the machine I was loathe to start wiggling everything to see if it would come apart.
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Aug 16, 2016 18:20
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Jess Philips MP is having a panic room installed in her constituency office. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/16/labour-mp-jess-phillips-installing-panic-room-at-office-following-threats
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Aug 16, 2016 18:44
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Did I miss road chat? Because I would have contributed but was stuck on the westbound M27 between Junction 2 and where it becomes the A31 because apparently merging in turn when it goes from three lanes to two is too loving hard for people to work out
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Aug 16, 2016 18:54
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Junior G-man posted:Jess Philips MP is having a panic room installed in her constituency office. Well, I got nothing better to do, let's unbox this turd. quote:“It would be very, very difficult for me that if Jeremy Corbyn wins and something doesn’t dramatically change in the way people are being treated online, in the streets, our security,” she said. “I can’t imagine why I would want to stay somewhere where I am so obviously not welcome.” The slowest wind-up for the "Corbyn is personally responsible for the drastic rise in hate crimes" pitch ever. quote:Phillips, who has been a vocal critic of Corbyn’s leadership, said she did not feel welcome by “huge swaths of people” in the Labour party. Insert your own unpleasant racial epithet in "huge swaths of people". It's probably all of them. quote:Speaking on Radio 4’s World At One, Phillips also spoke about being “cavalier” in her attitude towards personal safety, especially following the killing of her friend and the MP Jo Cox. So she only suddenly feels threatened not when a psychopathic nationalist murders her friend, but when people call her bad names online. Still death-threats are unacceptable in any context. quote:Phillips said she would be forever disappointed by its failure to put women forward for the top job. She said her party had more female MPs than others, but that the Conservatives “have a march on us” with their two women prime ministers. She added that she had allowed Tory MPs “free rein to crow and mock me” over the issue. way to immediately undermine your own statement
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Aug 16, 2016 18:57
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OwlFancier posted:I'd wager he might be a bad enough dude to rescue the labour party. 
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Aug 16, 2016 18:58
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Wait is caring about dumb internet death threats a Thing with UK politicians now? I mean I'm glad that there's starting to be actual consequences for it because death threats are unacceptable in any context outside of "friends shooting the poo poo", but what brought this on?
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Aug 16, 2016 19:02
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Junior G-man posted:Jess Philips MP is having a panic room installed in her constituency office. She complains about feeling unwelcome in the party, but why would you expect to remain welcome after repeatedly attacking the elected leader and claiming Labour has no chance of winning an election? She's an elected representative, getting messages 'that [she's] not good enough, that [she] should lose [her] job' is a reflection of her not representing the people who gave her that job. She's also used the example of being sent a photoshopped picture in several articles now. Hopefully that means she hasn't actually been subject to any in-person abuse despite her desire for locksmiths, panic rooms and high-tech personal alarms.
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Aug 16, 2016 19:03
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Junior G-man posted:Jess Philips MP is having a panic room installed in her constituency office. Look, loudly and publicly commenting on her security arrangements; and recording her conversations at all times; are the only things keeping this poor woman's career safe from the bloodthirsty Momentum hordes. Truly this is Corbyn's "kinder politics" in action!
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Aug 16, 2016 19:03
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  Yinlock posted:The slowest wind-up for the "Corbyn is personally responsible for the drastic rise in hate crimes" pitch ever. Is it just me, or is the 'panic room' thing (being openly public about it) projecting a defeatist vibe as a public persona? Like "I'm ready to hide at a moment's notice from rabid Corbynites!" I'd have even preferred "I've bought one of those zombie knives to defend myself from rabid Corbynites!" followed by hiding in an unmentioned panic room if one actually does stop by to hand out a Trot newspaper. Making a huge public fuss about your security preparations is probably a bad idea too, unless they not only live up to but go beyond your hype.
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Aug 16, 2016 19:05
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Yinlock posted:Wait is caring about dumb internet death threats a Thing with UK politicians now? its a good stick to bash corbyn with because you just accuse everyone of doing it being his supporter and the press will run with it
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Aug 16, 2016 19:06
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Yinlock posted:Wait is caring about dumb internet death threats a Thing with UK politicians now? "Get in the sea" is not a death threat
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Aug 16, 2016 19:08
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As far as I'm concerned this is the only bugger that can tell people to get in the sea.
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Jose posted:its a good stick to bash corbyn with because you just accuse everyone of doing it being his supporter and the press will run with it Ah.  MrL_JaKiri posted:"Get in the sea" is not a death threat True, I meant more in general.
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Aug 16, 2016 19:11
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Sea water is good for your skin. We should all get in the sea.
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Aug 16, 2016 19:14
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They're kinda edging around it right now but I'm still waiting for the Blairites to go all-in on martyring Jo Cox for the opposite of what she stood for. The logical endgame of that being "Corbyn's ~radical leftist~ policies are responsible for her death" I mean of course that's reprehensible on every level but like that's ever stopped them.
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Aug 16, 2016 19:18
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I got in the sea a few times already this year, it was refreshing on the hotter days. MP Thangam Debbonaire - PUT ON SOME SUN CREAM I look forward to my inevitable incarceration.
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Aug 16, 2016 19:25
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Guavanaut posted:Or castrate a bull using the old method. The method with the specialized drill bit is hosed up.
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Aug 16, 2016 19:26
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MrL_JaKiri posted:"Get in the sea" is not a death threat It's cool and good that modern technology has given old people the opportunity to embarrass themselves by not understanding teenager's in jokes in public for us all to see
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Aug 16, 2016 20:00
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Regarde Aduck posted:The right answer to the trolley problem is the same answer to all philosophical problems: Ascension from the system. Using a combination of transhumanist technology and a deep understanding of the ten sephirothic steps to godhead one can rescue all the people and do a sick move where you blow the trolley up with just your aura. I know I've been reading Kill Six Billion Demons too much because I can't quite tell if you're joking. ThaumPenguin posted:Sea water is good for your skin. I'll be honest before it was explained to me I assumed it was "to spare us all from your poo poo opinions for a while why don't you go on holiday, the med is lovely this time of year" 
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Aug 16, 2016 20:38
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Renaissance Robot posted:I know I've been reading Kill Six Billion Demons too much because I can't quite tell if you're joking. Consider: there is no such thing as a trolley.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:44
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Darth Walrus posted:Consider: there is no such thing as a trolley. Consider: How to get the trolley to go over one's self/
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Trolley is the mind-killer. Trolley is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my trolley. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the trolley has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:53
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Cerv posted:It's cool and good that modern technology has given old people the opportunity to embarrass themselves by not understanding teenager's in jokes in public for us all to see Unfortunately for the person who posted it, the person that Debonairre has to convince that it's a threat is a judge, and they're well-known for being with-it.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:53
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I started reading KSBDs when it started (no idea how) but despite the excellent presentation it seemed weird and a bit meandering. I'm guessing it's better when the plot hits? Edit: The trick is not to divert the trolley, that is impossible, but to divert yourself. namesake fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Aug 16, 2016 |
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Aug 16, 2016 20:53
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I liked this. But since it's in the Guardian nobody who really matters is going to see it. It's a shame.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:56
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ThaumPenguin posted:Trolley is the mind-killer. Trolley is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my trolley. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the trolley has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. no you won't cos the trolley will have pancaked you
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namesake posted:I started reading KSBDs when it started (no idea how) but despite the excellent presentation it seemed weird and a bit meandering. I'm guessing it's better when the plot hits? It works much better when you marathon it. Re-reads help, too.
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