Testing Episode IV: A New Lament

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Re: Testing Episode IV: A New Lament

#201 Post by Dude »

Did Scotland even decide how big of a majority they needed to seperate?
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#202 Post by Stofsk »

Literally it was 50%+1 IIRC

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#203 Post by Dude »

Oh for fucks sake.
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#204 Post by Stofsk »

Yep. Once in a lifetime opportunity and the Scots decided 'nope'

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#205 Post by Ralin »

Stofsk wrote:I very much doubt Westminster will allow another ballot box on this matter, not with that turnout and not with a mere 5% majority.
So what exactly is stopping British nativist parties or whatever from going out of their way to fuck Scotland over from this point on?

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#206 Post by Stofsk »

*shrug* Nothing, I guess. I'm not holding my breath anyone from Westminster will hold to the promises they made during the campaign either.

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#207 Post by Crazedwraith »

Stofsk wrote:Yep. Once in a lifetime opportunity and the Scots decided 'nope'

Yeah. And?

That's as valid a choice as yes.
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#208 Post by Stofsk »

They're not going to get another one anytime soon.

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#209 Post by joviwan »

my friends near the area are having a laugh about it because the yes people are angry

and to them the no people are literally No True Scotsmen

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#210 Post by Stofsk »

Haha I'll pay that

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#211 Post by RogueIce »

:colbert: "A handful of people on a leaky boat are going to save the world."
:sun: "Exactly."

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#212 Post by Oxymoron »

"Loneliness"/"Solitude"


Note: that guy was, just an hour before, sprawled on his back passed out drunk just in front of the supermarket this is the parking lot of.

Everytime I pass there he's here. Haunting the place with his gaunt frame, ravaged by alcohol and years of living in the street.
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#213 Post by Dude »

We got a call last night from a little girl asking for help, her moms ex bf was going to kill her. No number on the display, couldn't get any details and she hung up when I suggested she call the police. She called back less then a minute later and then hung up when I asked where she was.

So I called the police. It took them about half an hour but they got the number and then called back asking if I knew a Lucy Campbell out of Ebb & Flow (nearby First Nations reserve). I don't, though I get a lot of calls from the community centre looking for various people.

They said when they tried to call, whoever answered just hung up so they were going to go to the residence.

I stopped in the local store today and the lady who runs it got a similar call but heard laughing in the background so it was probably a prank. Who does that to a kid?
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#214 Post by Oxymoron »

Man that's fucked up.
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#215 Post by Big Orangutan »

Stofsk wrote:Yep. Once in a lifetime opportunity and the Scots decided 'nope'
The people in "No" camp were generally older, with higher paid jobs and private property. I prefer a Federal system and don't like moribund Westminster at the moment, but Salmon seemed to have had an unrealistic "we'll cross that bridge when we get their attitude" and even George Galloway was in the "No" camp.
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#216 Post by Oxymoron »

Just encounter in the Paris' underground people from an anti-gay manifestation. The father, the mother and the six under-10yo kids all wearing pink and brandishing French flags, fighting against the perils of Gay Marriage and LGBT Rights (apparently they have also started fighting against Trans rights now...).

My blood is still boiling from that. Didn't say anything, but the scowl I had on my face must have said it all. Don't think they saw it, though, absorbed as they were on the idea of going on a family picnic under the Eiffel Tower before going on walk to fight against my rights to be their equals.

Goddamn motherfuckers.
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#217 Post by The Spartan »

Would it make you feel better if we dropped a bomb on them?

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#218 Post by Oxymoron »

Probably for a few seconds, but that wouldn't solve anything.
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#219 Post by The Spartan »

I know. There's just not enough bombs. ;)

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#220 Post by Oxymoron »

I was mainly thinking about collateral damages and radicalization of the otherwise-moderate majority.

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two in the heart and one in the mind
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#221 Post by The Spartan »

You're trying to explain headshrinking to an engineer!?

To the mines with you!!!

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#222 Post by thejester »

Dat moment when you come out of a murky lagoon and realize you're staring at a sea snake

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#223 Post by Stofsk »

Dat moment when your dog wakes up from surgery and begins crying

He's settled down now and might be nodding off, but mang feeling helpless while a loved one suffers is shit

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#224 Post by thejester »

:(

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#225 Post by Dude »

Health Canada is hilarious. "We don't recognise the medicinal benefits of marajauna"

Then why do you have an access program? Why did you make it easier to apply?


Why do you give me this Health Canada sheet saying this with every prescription? Have I forgotten about that since last time?

Your not fooling us CPC, I'm just going to assume you mean the opposite of what you say from now on.
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