Hossenfeffer @ Hossenfeffer @feddit.uk

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I don't hate the guy or anything, I just find his deadpan delivery a little dull and don't understand why he gets as much work as he does.

Of course Thickie Hawking would say that ~Albert Einstein

It'll be fucking Romesh Ranganathan, won't it, because everything made at the moment has to have him in it.

I mean, I don't disagree with anything you say, but that's because I have a progressive mindset. Which kind of was the point.

Yes, I agree.

But surely you can acknowledge the possibility that some people believe transgenderism is an affront to god and an existential threat to children, or whatever, then their position is not dissimilar.

That’s the issue. What makes ‘this is offensive’ more valid than ‘this is dangerous’?

This is just another front in the war between religion and reason.

Sweet baby cheesus I love me some mane. Ooh, yeah, baby girl, wear that mane!

I may be confused.

I mean it's not an easy question to answer is it? How is my ideological position that 'nigger' is not acceptable and removing it makes the book suitable for modern readers any different from someone else's ideological position that, e.g., 'transgender' is not acceptable and removing it makes whatever book suitable for modern readers?

Setting things up to allow him to become the world's first trillionaire.

The important stuff is about crippling regulatory mechanisms, opening up huge government contracts, and dismantling workers rights. Everything else is just smoke and mirrors.

A punchier example would be And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - the best selling murder mystery of all time - which was first published as Ten Little Niggers

There are many, but my current bugbear is the wireless Apple mouse. It has a built in rechargeable battery and and a tiny little port for you to plug the recharging cable in. The port is mounted on the bottom of the mouse rendering it useless while it's being charged. I guess it's to make it look nicer but it's so stupid.

That’s why you should just drink it straight from the bottle box.

FTFY

You've got to be very careful when you're chopping the garlic.

Every time someone turns the kettle on I wait ‘til their back is turned and switch it off again.

Catcher in the Rye, of course.

Make sure to scribble madly, illegibly, in the margins and the occassionally glare at your fellow passengers while making finger guns.

He looks like he'd give good hugs.

I like this one:

The Solderer

When a retired assassin repairs a personal computer belonging to the daughter of the President of the United States, something, something, a lot of kicking and grunting. Starring Jason Statham

Agreed. I didn't come here to learn, dammit! Where are my shits and giggles? Where? WHERE?

It's turtles all the way down, young man.

small voice Oblate spheroid.

I inherited my mum’s first edition copies. She worked in publishing and had some great stories. She met Tolkien and Ian Fleming through her job.

So, no, kindle, you cannot compete with that.