Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

[ricky2tricky4city]

Douchebag isn't generally used in the context of being as strong as scumbag. Scumbag implies a degree of nastiness and ill intent that douchebag doesn't.

Using consistent parameters before labeling someone was my point.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

Or am I simply allowing myself to indulge in a deeper, more complex emotional intelligence than you are? Do you know how you are more likely to *defeat* the feelings she is exhibiting? Engage with them.

Just checking...You're not about to deliver an empathy masterclass?

 

[Grays_1890]

Just checking...You're not about to deliver an empathy masterclass?

"I worked as a lecturer on empathy at the university of badger counters..."

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

You're pretending to know what someone is feeling. I don't even know what my own wife and kids are feeling.

You've opened up about this before mate.

It says so much. The outward focus of the masses, on the masses, is on steroids. The good work that gets you into a better place is an inward focus, on yourself, and the closest around you.

You've identified a lovely starting point in your post.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

The country is on crack.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

The whole political class is full of failing upwards consultant types who would have made a great career doing PowerPoint decks for any of the big 4.

Known in business as 'AVB's

 

[Grays_1890]

You've opened up about this before mate.

It says so much. The outward focus of the masses, on the masses, is on steroids. The good work that gets you into a better place is an inward focus, on yourself, and the closest around you.

You've identified a lovely starting point in your post.

Absolutely this, family and friends first, best support network anyone can have. If you isolate yourself from that it can be a fairly dark place, I did it for years and as you grow older, IMO, branching back is a massive healer for the soul.

You become alot less angry with the world also in my experience

 

[Rorschach]

Absolutely this, family and friends first, best support network anyone can have. If you isolate yourself from that it can be a fairly dark place, I did it for years and as you grow older, IMO, branching back is a massive healer for the soul.

You become alot less angry with the world also in my experience

Wise words in here. Your connections are really what life is all about, not material brick. Everyone comes to this conclusion eventually, sometimes too late but we all get there. Your relationships and the time spent enjoying them are your real wealth.

 

[Seedy Ron]

Just seen the roundabout thing for the first time irl.

And crosses painted onto zebra crossing stripes.

This is absolutely mental, incredibly dangerous, I fear for the UK, on the precipice of fascism.

It's all a bit

I don't mind seeing flags flown, but if you go somewhere like Canada they have massive fudge off ones flying from proper flagpoles on the roofs of businesses, here we get a few A3 sized efforts cable-tied to a dual carriageway footbridge railing. It makes us look rubbish.

 

[Baleforce]

It's all a bit

I don't mind seeing flags flown, but if you go somewhere like Canada they have massive fudge off ones flying from proper flagpoles on the roofs of businesses, here we get a few A3 sized efforts cable-tied to a dual carriageway footbridge railing. It makes us look rubbish.

Oh they all look completely brick.

If I hadn’t have been driving I’d have taken a photo of the one where England was spelt incorrectly.

Thick as mince the lot of them.

 

[Gutter Boy]

Just seen the roundabout thing for the first time irl.

And crosses painted onto zebra crossing stripes.

This is absolutely mental, incredibly dangerous, I fear for the UK, on the precipice of fascism.

Its quite an old tradition for people to go a bit loopy this time of year. Going back centuries. Its when riots and wars usually happen. When the discipline of work breaks down. It'll all fade away when the harvest needs bringing in (back to school these days)

 

[Mikey10]

Its quite an old tradition for people to go a bit loopy this time of year. Going back centuries. Its when riots and wars usually happen. When the discipline of work breaks down. It'll all fade away when the harvest needs bringing in (back to school these days)

Summer ‘recreational rioting’ has gone on in Northern Ireland for decades . So strongly held are the political principles behind it that it stops as the rain, cold and darker nights arrive.

 

[Silly McSilly Face]

It's all a bit

I don't mind seeing flags flown, but if you go somewhere like Canada they have massive fudge off ones flying from proper flagpoles on the roofs of businesses, here we get a few A3 sized efforts cable-tied to a dual carriageway footbridge railing. It makes us look rubbish.

Well nothing says you're a patriot quite like tying a cheap polyester st. George's cross made in China to a lamp post