@heyokyay 50% of people are below average intelligence. 51% of Americans voted for Trump. These things may be connected.

Let me make sure I've got this right. She proposed an expansion of the Child Tax Credit to $6,000. She proposed $25,000 in down-payment assistance for first-time homebuyers. She proposed expanding Medicare to offer home care services for the elderly. She was part of an administration that presided over the best economy in 50 years. Her opponent, meanwhile, simulated fellatio and said immigrants were eating dogs. But *she's* the one who didn't focus enough on the economy? #Politics #Election2024

Susie Dent's word of the day: recrudescence.

#SusieDent #Language #WordOfTheDay #us #us2024 #election2024 #election

@phil_smith A distinguished looking old chap.

@PGBeattie Consider yourself lucky you have an M&S nearby. The nearest equivalent where I live makes Lidl look like Waitrose.

I think I might wait for the VST plugin.

@Jawaka
You're right. At the moment I think it's better for them to actually deal with the reality as it is now. They've got 4 years to deal with, and if they don't start with the fighting spirit now, they're fucked. Which makes the rest of the world a bit fucked too.

@ProjectFearlessness I need to move to some isolated island on the other side of the world. Oh fuck, I already did that.

@ProjectFearlessness @phil_smith Just watch Trump’s controllers dismantle democracy in the coming years. It’ll start with any court cases against him being dropped.

They’ll be popping corks from fake champagne bottles in Moscow tonight. And in the offices of fossil fuel corps. And all the rest of the bottom feeders.

@ProjectFearlessness The resistance was needed months ago. Now is too late.

That’s it. The world is officially fucked. Well played, America.

And fuck you, Musk. Trump is about to learn the meaning of quid pro quo. Bend over, Donny, and no lube for you.

@kibcol1049 @CatoTheYoungest People speak the language they are used to and comfortable with. They are the only ones that know exactly what they mean. Any other meaning is someone else’s interpretation and is often wrong.

As Lewis Carroll wrote: “When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’

@kibcol1049 We get tossers around here who drive at 90km/h through the 100 km/h zones especially when there is zero opportunity to overtake safely. Imagine the tailbacks.

They then compound their crappy driving style by sticking at 90 when the limit drops to 80 in a village.

It looks like the results are settled for the Queensland elections. The fuckwits voted for a right-wing party. The only silver lining is they didn’t vote for the gun-cuddling, anti-abortion, Catholic nut job, pro-coal, extreme right party. However, that bunch of cunts are now our local representatives. Fuck Queensland and all who sail in her.

#AusPol #Australia #Queensland

@The_Sun Imagine the signs in the train toilets. “Don’t flush while in the station…or anywhere in between”.

@jbenjamint We have the opposite to this in rural Australia. I wish we could pay the same as the populated and affluent areas but we usually pay more for worse services. That goes for everything from fuel to food to telecoms. It’s a variation on “less is more”.

@stufromoz Looks like a knock-off of a Morgan. Morgans are popular in the replica car world, IIRC.

@franksting @dgar There are huge regional variations in accents in the UK. For example, Liverpool and Manchester sound very different despite being less than 50km apart. My wife is Australian and after 25 years together is still surprised that I can pick the birthplace of a Pom on TV just from a few seconds of voice.

Not sure what you mean about an r in a word. Red? Rocket? Birth?

@dgar In the UK the word cairn isn't pronounced as kaan. Cairn sounds the same as care with an n. Kaan sounds like can, as in tin can.

@dgar I still don't know why Cairns is pronounced Kaanz. There's also a nearby village called Deeral. I asked the chap at the local servo how it's supposed to be pronounced and said he knows of at least three different ways.