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@BJSSLtd
. My views, etc. Father of daughters. Busy. I talk about my day job—sometimes—but I mostly just react to politics and memes.
The age of average.
My latest article is now live!
TLDR: From film to fashion creative fields have become dominated by convention & cliché. In every field we look at, we find that everything looks the same. Welcome to the age of average. Let’s dive in.
@angryaboutbikes
People who think this is a numbers game that can be won by volume or attrition annoy me. Preparing and submitting an application is emotionally exhausting, if you care about the job you're applying for, and it's unrealistic to expect people to be able to do that daily for months.
@gregisenberg
Do you know what would save even more time? Never applying to work for the kind of companies who think this would be an acceptable hiring practice.
@brokenbottleboy
Well, they do know their readership: decaying, declining, moneyed Shire Tories.
That or they've been infiltrated by Viz and no-one's noticed.
@JonnElledge
I live within sight (and, on a quiet night, sound) of one of the oldest onshore wind farms in the UK, in upland Yorkshire, and it's just beautiful:
@alisonkatebr
I would be surprised if the cost of administering it, to try to weed out fraud, didn't far outweigh any losses that would otherwise accrue. Meanness, spite and nastiness ingrained in the system pour encourager les autres.
@brumcyclist
@RantyHighwayman
This was Leeds last year, days after a new two-way cycle track was completed. Note physically segregated carriageway (not just paint), and double yellows, and still they did this:
@PhilBuxton2
@fesshole
The other £240 covers knowing exactly which part to get, how to get it, getting it, fitting it correctly, removing the old one, checking it all works again, ownership and guarantee of the work done, time, labour, overheads... but you do you.
@CitizenUddin
In this context, yes: when your green light shows, is your way clear? Don't proceed until it is. In any case, remember the hierarchy of road users.
@ejhchess
I don't say this out loud very often but the softer coup is the one which actually happened where everyone in a position of influence, when faced with the very real prospect of some mild socialism, did everything they could to stop him while pretending that they weren't.
@johnandi
@RachelWardbooks
Not enough. They need to not be able to set up nice cushy jobs for themselves when they leave office either, nor—while in office—be able to influence what their family, friends, acquaintances, etc might receive as a result of Government contracts, etc.
@brokenbottleboy
Gen X here. They're not Gen X. Not that it would normally matter, but if you're going to open an article with a basic factual error then it does matter.
@gnomeicide
@Byclemore
@ormondroyd
How a person can be anti-cycling while living in, working in, and allegedly representing Cambridge of all places, is breathtaking.
@thomashallett
The road may be private but if it's a public bridleway you can pass on foot, pedal or stirrup whatever the unofficial signage might say.
@SkiptomyLoulou
I wonder if the replies from Head Office were along the lines of "Thank you for your letter. We pinned it up in the break room and haven't stopped laughing at it all week."
@brumcyclist
@RantyHighwayman
However the parking wardens are pretty sharp round there and things settled down quickly. Hope things calm down for you there too.
@SamAllardici1
@big_man_joshy
It's not even gentrification (which involves doing up old building not knocking them down for rebuilding anew) but social cleansing.
@ReiMurasame
@rosagilbert
The question was essentially: "What do think about this totally reasonable guy we've been monstering every day in the press?" With an implied dig in the ribs. Of course, Trump didn't know but any other President would have declined the comment anyway.
@baratheongirl
The "h" they drop from "herbs" is redeployed into "Anthony" just to really grind your gears. As for "vehicle" they practically gag on the word, so some sort of restorative justice is meted out.
@gregoryBertran2
@jzux
That's normal. You don't remember it *because* it's the same route each time. A lot of driving is mentally automatic. Try changing up your routine every now and then.
@adilray
@bbcquestiontime
Jon Stewart couldn't have put it better (or more relatably for those unaffected): "You're tired of hearing about it? Imagine how exhausting it must be living it."