Genuine question: re point 5. Is this some kind of joke? Political affiliation reflects one’s level of marksmanship? That’s an absolutely wild idea.

There was a king called “Cnut” - English/Danish name.

On a tangent I went to buy a secateurs (small plant chopper) off eBay - they wanted proof I was over eighteen; via a credit card. My eBay account is 16 years old. What the actual fuck?

There’s loads of internet radio stations with no commercials… and no dj’s neither. I just Shazam the tunes I really dig and go to eBay. Discovered a tonne of good acts this way.

The British army are/were looking into synthetic alternatives…

Have you met all of them?

I didn’t even notice I was 196-ing when I commented.

If Ada and the comm are explicitly anti-tankie I’d be neither surprised nor disappointed. Fair enough. I’m happy to browse .ml but really have no problem understanding why other corners of the fediverse / Lemmy avoid them. Not that all .ml uses are Tankies but, yeah. Blahajists have enough shit to deal with just by existing… best of luck to them all. 🫡

Lots of non-white Welsh people too.

Nice to see the word “tankie” used in its proper context; for once.

I like how you think. Why waste energy fighting your enemies when you can set them on themselves?

I swear one of my mates buys books as ornaments…

I think this is more of a geographic problem than a fashion problem.

Shout out to Ren whom I genuinely believe to be a generational talent - someone who has the potential to alter the course and content of popular music going forward.

The UK definition isn’t that wild - the ‘ra used to plant bombs and then phone it in. There’s still terror seeing a building explode - knowing the only reason there aren’t casualties is because the bombers, this time, called it in with 15 minutes on the fuse.

Believe in yourself - if nothing else.

I never knew that. I thought it went from beagle to seagull and then on to eagle…

A world where it’s not just actors, musicians and sports people who can become stars.

If everything else is wonky then “level” looks wrong.

Ignore what randos on the web say - the opinions of only two people matter. You and her. Good luck; however it works out.

More terrifying even then if they were competent?