That’s the thing with mushrooms. Give them a chance and they’ll grow on you.

I guess it’s kind of like the save icon. Floppy disks have been out of use for so long, that there are adults who have never seen a floppy disk, but know the save icon.

Bob’s Your Uncle is a pretty fascinating phrase, because it doesn’t have a clear origin.

The earliest references to it are as a song title, mentioned in advertisements and later in a newspaper review, but neither the actual music or lyrics are known today.

Very soon after this first appearance, it starts appearing in print as a phrase people are using.

I appreciate this is probably the autism, but I’ve always been fascinated that most people seem to be comfortable with stripping down and being oiled up and touched by a stranger.

The odd thing is, I’d totally understand this in a sexual context - but for people to want this kind of contact just as a service, like a haircut or something, seems utterly alien to me.

I realise this doesn’t answer your question, but like I said, I’ve always been fascinated by the concept.

Still our number one favourite.

Both me and my wife had a Gamecube. For my stag weekend, I hired a country house in Scotland and took both, networked them together, hooked each up to a projector and we played Double Dash with 8 players at a time. It was loads of fun!

Started off with Toad in the original.

With Double Dash I moved on to Paratroopa / Koopa Troopa.

And with 8 I moved onto Shy Guy.

For the in-between games, I kept the same as the previous entry. Even though he’s not a light racer like the others, I switched to Shy Guy because I like the noises he makes.

Teeth.

American period films almost always have the main characters with super-white gnashers.

It’s both heavily subsidised by the government and heavily regulated to ensure access to quality care.

For an otherwise healthy adult, you’d pay ~30% of the cost. BUT there are laws that ensure privately-run healthcare facilities can only charge the same amount as publicly-run ones. So even at full cost, these prices are very low compared to the US.

There are also caps on how much someone will spend in a month, so even long-lasting illnesses/disabilities won’t bankrupt you.

The Saga of Erik the Red states: “In the summer, Erik left to settle in the country he had found, which he called Greenland, as he said people would be attracted there if it had a favourable name.”

Greenland - Wikipedia

In fairness, a lot of news organisations are run without input from adequate journalists.

Alterations to a comfort food! That’s exactly a problem I’m having at the moment.

Do any of you know if they’ve changed the recipe to Cadbury’s Fingers in the last few months? I used to always have a box in, but they’ve been tasting weird the last few months - so much so that I didn’t buy them in the last big shop.

I mean, Google has over 90% of the global search engine market share - I think it’s safe to assume that most of those users are not MAGA.

Sorry, no can do. I’ve never had an Instagram account, a Facebook account, a Bluesky account, a Snapchat account or anything like that.

My entire social media presence is/was a Twitter account that I abandoned even before Elon Musk bought it (because Twitter was turning into a tyre fire even back then), a Reddit account that I abandoned during the great exodus, and a YouTube account that I posted a single video on in 2012. And this, of course.

Also… Are you genuinely using the fact that someone uses Google as evidence that they’re a bad person?

All that following Charlie Kirk proves is that she clicked a button once. Literally that’s the sum total of the evidence.

It’s entirely possible that she’s not even aware of what her “public perception” from a few internet oddbods even is.

Look, I’ve been called MAGA in the past and I:

• A: Am British
• B: Have literally been on a march to protest Parliament’s decision not to ban Donald Trump from the UK (back in 2016)
• C: Would rather pay 100% tax than have a system that allows billionaires to exist

The internet is full of people who are eager to assume the worst about people. The world is horrible enough - if this woman hasn’t actually done or said anything bad, then let’s leave her be.

Sorry, but this is bad form.

The onus of proof is on you proving she’s MAGA, not on her proving she’s not.

To do something like this, something she will likely never see, and say that you’ll take it down if she proves your theory otherwise, is unfair.

Kudos for the seamless edit, but it’s not a cool thing to do.

My friend, nobody is blaming you - it’s a failing of the language. I was just explaining where the misunderstanding likely occurred.

I don’t think that’s the part of the sentence that’s the issue - I read it the same way as the previous poster, and realise what the problem is. You said:

But in every other civilized country they wouldn’t have to be able to self-assess something like that

On first read, it sounded like you’re saying “they wouldn’t have been able to self-assess something like that”, whereas you’re actually saying “they wouldn’t have needed to self-assess something like that”.

Please remember that this is an internet where seemingly half of the Americans we meet are 100% convinced that the US is the only place in the world with cars, electricity, running water, etc. The assertion that the US is the only country with nurses capable of self-assessing injuries totally seems like something that someone would post.

In the UK the mountain rescue air ambulance is free to use. As far as I understand it, that the pilots are actually RAF pilots assigned to the rescue teams as part of their training. Putting them in the rescue helicopters kills two birds with one stone. Many rescuers are volunteers, and the service is funded via tax and public donations.

There are definitely a couple of bits of the trailer that are pretty jarring, but the starter Pokémon feel like a welcome return to form - they’re clever and distinctive.

The bits that stood out to me as really weird in the trailer:

• The art style of the drawings changes in the beginning.
• The arm opening the door seems weirdly realistic.
• The Pokéball stays in mid air instead of landing on the ground after capturing something.

None of those things reflect on using AI to create the actual game, though.

Another touch typer here. I cut my teeth on online MUDs in the 90s - literally a type-fast-or-your-character-dies situation.