News of the day

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm sorry to say this, but women need to be stopped.

[Pepe]

I have a bunch of LEGO cars in my office. :uhoh:

[Boydy]

I'm sorry to say this, but women need to be stopped.

Neckbeards do the same with Funko Pops.

Look at how much both genders lap up Marvel slop as well.

Our generation is just a bunch of infantilised twats. Probably not all entirely their fault since a lot of the normal markers of adulthood have been moved beyond their financial grasp.

[Lewis]

She probably just wants a baby bless her.

[niko_cee]

That bitcoin nut now wants to buy the landfill site that it's in.

:face:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Neckbeards do the same with Funko Pops.

Look at how much both genders lap up Marvel slop as well.

Our generation is just a bunch of infantilised twats. Probably not all entirely their fault since a lot of the normal markers of adulthood have been moved beyond their financial grasp.

Yeah, perhaps an all-out ban on 'merch' is needed. Replica football shirts too.

[Boydy]

She probably just wants a baby bless her.

It's probably partly that too. I did think "just get a fucking pet" when reading the article as well.

[Shindig]

Our generation is just a bunch of infantilised twats. Probably not all entirely their fault since a lot of the normal markers of adulthood have been moved beyond their financial grasp.

The adulthood that's out of reach is an intellectual one, for sure. There's nothing stopping most of these guys and girls from opening a savings account and planning for a bleak future.

[Boydy]

The adulthood that's out of reach is an intellectual one, for sure. There's nothing stopping most of these guys and girls from opening a savings account and planning for a bleak future.

What age are you? Do you own a house?

[Shindig]

Fuck houses, mate. What are you buying the house with? I'm talking about a third of the adult population having no savings whatsoever. Is the £3000 on a child's toy woman popping into Lloyds to start an ISA/Fixed-Bond/Pension Fund? Nah.


What are the average savings of a 40-year-old UK? The average savings for a 40-year-old in the UK is around £6,751.

I find that number very low and it can't all just be 'well, times are tough'. How many people are actually smart with their money, Boydy? And when I say smart, I mean 'doing anything with it'.

[niko_cee]

Doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't have enough and everything is wildly expensive.

In other news:


A former colleague also claimed D'Acampo confronted a young crew member over ice cream in 2019, allegedly saying: “If you don’t get me a Cornetto, I will f*** your girlfriend.”

:D/:nono:

[Shindig]

Doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't have enough and everything is wildly expensive.


I live in the same world. The things they want are expensive, not everything.

[Pepe]

Probably not all entirely their fault since a lot of the normal markers of adulthood have been moved beyond their financial grasp.

I'm sorry, but that is complete nonsense. If anything, it is the other way around.

[Lewis]

The amounts mentioned aren't really enough to project a wider crisis NARRATIVE onto are they? I reckon a 'software specialist' can afford three grand on teddies, which football fans must easily shovel into a club that hates them every season, so hopefully the story gets her a few admirers.

[niko_cee]

At least that might get the birthrate up, which is perhaps a wider crisis narrative.

[randomlegend]

Doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't have enough and everything is wildly expensive.

In other news:



:D/:nono:

:lol:

[Pepe]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/08/its-horrible-hooters-plots-british-breastaurant-expansion-via-newcastle


Hooters, the American “breastaurant”, known for its chicken wings and female waiting staff in skimpy nylon shorts and tight vests, is launching in the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne.


“As a White Ribbon City, Newcastle stands against all harassment, abuse and violence against women and girls. All businesses in our city are encouraged to show their commitment to tackling these important issues and we will be raising it with the licence holder at these premises to ensure they understand our clear position.”

:happycry:

[Shindig]

I couldn't think of a more perfect place to trial it, to be honest. The fucking Bigg Market. :D


“It’s horrible,” responded Jen Bagelman, 41, a professor of geography at Newcastle University who lives close by in the city centre. “We can do better than this.”

[niko_cee]

I don't know why they keep trying with Hooters, no one outside of the US has any time for it, as demonstrated by it failing everywhere they try to install it.

[Pepe]

I don't think that they are doing that well in the US either.

[Spikey M]

Fuck houses, mate. What are you buying the house with? I'm talking about a third of the adult population having no savings whatsoever. Is the £3000 on a child's toy woman popping into Lloyds to start an ISA/Fixed-Bond/Pension Fund? Nah.



I find that number very low and it can't all just be 'well, times are tough'. How many people are actually smart with their money, Boydy? And when I say smart, I mean 'doing anything with it'.

The "average" is more than likely a nonsense, too. Skewed by the few with lots of savings. Also, those without any savings, will also likely be in quite a bit of debt, be it a flash car, a loan or the credit card they do every weekly shop on.

[Shindig]

Yeah, I couldn't trust it that much. I wasn't sure what it was pulling from. I assumed it was cash savings like ISAs, bonds, etc.

[Dquincy]

From my Ai.

"According to recent data, the average UK household savings were around **£9,633**, but this figure includes a wide range of individuals, from those with minimal savings to those with significant amounts.

However, the **median savings** (which is often a better indicator of typical savings, as it is less skewed by very high savers) was closer to **£2,160**. This suggests that while some people have substantial savings, many others have relatively little."

[Pepe]

Does, say, money in stocks count as savings? Because if it is only what is in a savings or checking account, then I don't have much.

EDIT: A very quick check suggests that savings calculations usually do not account for investments. Why would anyone have more than a few thousand bucks just sitting there doing nothing?

[Pepe]

My AI says:

Financial wealth (savings, investments, etc.): £71,500 (median)

[AJ23]

I'm sorry to say this, but women need to be stopped.

https://i.ibb.co/mVpcV3mF/IMG-6833.png

[Lofty]

The problem with Hooters now is presumably that in the age of thirst traps and OnlyFans you can make a lot more money dressing skimpily in your own home than waiting tables in hot pants. I went to the San Diego Hooters, the highlight being my idiot mate being cut off on his endless wings order for sharing them (explicitly covered on the menu) then in a tantrum signing off the tip on his bill as 1 cent :D

The waitresses there were pretty but a lot of women in service jobs working in California would be 10s in the UK, everyone moves there to be a star after all.

Went to the Hooters Casino in Vegas and none of the women working there were particularly Hootery. Then we asked a taxi driver to take us to a strip club and he took us to a brothel with an ATM in the waiting room, we left and got into a dispute with another taxi driver.

This concludes my knuckle dragging essay on Hooters.

[niko_cee]

Good to see Jimmy's old overlords turning the cultural zeitgeist on its head once more (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gwjy18v4go).

[Jimmy Floyd]

The teacher had requested a six-month leave of absence citing depression on 9 December but she returned to school just 20 days later after a doctor assessed her as being fit to work, the Daejeon education office said.

She did not have a relationship with the student, authorities said.

Days before the stabbing, the teacher had displayed violent behaviour, including putting another teacher in a headlock, they said.

Fire up the national anthem (which is a very good one to be fair).

[Pepe]

I bet the little runt deserved it.

[niko_cee]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cn57nvklnypo

Is there any part of the Ineos sports empire that hasn't completely turned to shit once they've got involved?

The fufteen fufties could be dodging a bullet by getting out of bed with them.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It is a bit of a trend, now you mention it. Tidy offices though.

[John Arne]

This Sam Kerr case is interesting. She refers to a police officers skin colour in a derogatory manner, but is found innocent of being a bit of a racist, and is promptly celebrated by Guardian, and online lefties who would otherwise spend all day calling out anyone with a buzzcut as a member of the EDL. I reckon it's stuff like this that really harms the left when we let people get away with shit like this.

[niko_cee]

The copper clearly made up his complaint and the prosecution summing up was a hilarious series of semantic back flips, where the KC basically went down the if you swap white with black route, then about faced saying that was obviously too simplistic a way to view things and that the concept of racism was bound up in more things than mere physical characteristics, but that the law was drafted so as to allow the idiot interpretation and so she should be convicted. It was clearly all a colossal waste of time from the outset and the outcome was manifestly obvious.

[niko_cee]

From the beeb:


It can now be reported that Ms Kerr's legal team attempted to get the case thrown out at a preliminary hearing, arguing there had been an abuse of process by crown prosecutors.

Ms Kerr's lawyer Grace Forbes said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had violated its own guidance, adding that a "loophole" in the victims' right of review scheme was used to justify prosecution proceedings a year after the alleged offence.

A scandalous waste of public money.

[Waffdon]

This Sam Kerr case is interesting. She refers to a police officers skin colour in a derogatory manner, but is found innocent of being a bit of a racist, and is promptly celebrated by Guardian, and online lefties who would otherwise spend all day calling out anyone with a buzzcut as a member of the EDL. I reckon it's stuff like this that really harms the left when we let people get away with shit like this.

Stick to being a nonce, m8

[Spikey M]

Don't worry lads, Sir Nigel will fix it in a few years time, while he privatises the NHS and cuts taxes for the rich. Problem(s) solved.

[niko_cee]

It is a bit of a trend, now you mention it. Tidy offices though.

Sad day for them to announce they've had to melt down the Denis Law statue to cover Slabhead's goal bonus.

[Lofty]

Didn't she call him a white wanker or whatever on camera though? So that can't be made up. He may have not had the best bedside manner but the reasoning that a cab driver taking you to the nearest police station for being a pair of drunken states probably isn't some kind of deranged sex criminal isn't exactly Sherlock Holmes level deduction.

[niko_cee]

I think the phrase was "stupid and white".

It could be argued that observing someone's ethnicity and stating it might not reach the threshold of racist harassment.


intended or likely to intimidate, offend or harm an individual

You could probably stretch that to fit by saying intending to offend, but then I guess you have to prove intent and she came up with a better account in testimony than PC rewrote his statement 11 months later to try and secure a costly and pointless trial. That's the thing with evidence, it gets judged as to its plausibility by the jury. It's hard work being a straight up PC Plod under cross examination, the CPS must have known they were going to have absolutely no chance once one who's motives you can legitimately question got up there. She was lucky enough to be able to afford expensive lawyers to defend her, of which you never see any come back on costs, a normal person would probably have been hung out to dry by a corrupt prosecution. I think if one were going to say which side was doing the more overt harassment it probably wasn't the drunk Aussie bint.

[randomlegend]

Apparently some places have started putted people's scan reports directly in the NHS app as soon as they're done and there's plans to roll it out nationwide :D

Unbelievably stupid idea. Beggars belief the morons making these decisions.

[Spikey M]

We had similar - Albeit with a doctors receptionist on the phone - and spent half a week thinking my son had diabetes, when it turned out he just needed an iron supplement. Probably unwise to give medical jargon to people that aren't medically trained in general.

[Lewis]

I think the phrase was "stupid and white".

It could be argued that observing someone's ethnicity and stating it might not reach the threshold of racist harassment.



You could probably stretch that to fit by saying intending to offend, but then I guess you have to prove intent and she came up with a better account in testimony than PC rewrote his statement 11 months later to try and secure a costly and pointless trial. That's the thing with evidence, it gets judged as to its plausibility by the jury. It's hard work being a straight up PC Plod under cross examination, the CPS must have known they were going to have absolutely no chance once one who's motives you can legitimately question got up there. She was lucky enough to be able to afford expensive lawyers to defend her, of which you never see any come back on costs, a normal person would probably have been hung out to dry by a corrupt prosecution. I think if one were going to say which side was doing the more overt harassment it probably wasn't the drunk Aussie bint.

The FA will presumably step in now with a lengthy ban like they did when the criminal case against John Terry went nowhere.

[randomlegend]

Yeah I mean blood results are bad enough, but imagine finding out you've got inoperable metastatic cancer from an alert on your phone.

Nevermind the fact there are complex scan reports I wouldn't be able to make head nor tail of as a doctor not in the relevant speciality. The fuck benefit is it to patients being presented with that? Cue a load of people rocking up at A and E or their GP demanding someone explains their fucking scan report to them. And me getting a load of people asking me what their report means, which I will not be going near with a fucking bargepole.

[Magic]

Yeah I mean blood results are bad enough, but imagine finding out you've got inoperable metastatic cancer from an alert on your phone.

Nevermind the fact there are complex scan reports I wouldn't be able to make head nor tail of as a doctor not in the relevant speciality. The fuck benefit is it to patients being presented with that? Cue a load of people rocking up at A and E or their GP demanding someone explains their fucking scan report to them. And me getting a load of people asking me what their report means, which I will not be going near with a fucking bargepole.

I mean it's better than waiting 12 weeks amirite.

[randomlegend]

You'll still be waiting the same amount of time for someone to actually explain it to you. Now you'll just spend the whole time thinking your incidentaloma means you're going to die.

[Magic]

Yeah I don't see the problem here. Getting results is better and they could explain WHAT THIS MEANS and if you need a follow up. Much better than the current process.

[randomlegend]

Have you ever read a CT or MRI report?

[Spikey M]

Yeah RL, stop being a twat. Mrs Smith will be absolutely fine about waiting 12 weeks to find out what her Ovarian Cancer means for her future. She definitely isn't going to be fretting about it, doom scrolling Wikipedia pages and bothering every medical profession she can access out of desperation.

[Magic]

Can't wait till AI replaces all these so called medical professionals.

[randomlegend]

Perhaps you could ask AI to explain to you what your job is.

[Magic]

Perhaps you could ask AI to explain to you what your job is.

Exactly and I still get paid a lot more than you lmao.

[niko_cee]

The FA will presumably step in now with a lengthy ban like they did when the criminal case against John Terry went nowhere.

Aye, absolutely the same.


Terry himself admitted that he had directed the words "fucking black cunt" at Ferdinand

System worked for him though and it was basically thrown out for lack of evidence. Like wot should have happened here.

[randomlegend]

Exactly and I still get paid a lot more than you lmao.

Yeah, and it makes you so happy that you keep trying to jack it all in to fail at starting coeliac tripadvisor or fail at becoming a counsellor.

Lmao.

[John Arne]

Stick to being a nonce, m8

Original. Boring cunt.

[Magic]

Yeah, and it makes you so happy that you keep trying to jack it all in to fail at starting coeliac tripadvisor or fail at becoming a counsellor.

Lmao.

You're not happy either.

[-james-]

Fucking hell you lot.

[Spikey M]

Fucking hell you lot.

No you

[John Arne]

Someone post some news.

[Spikey M]

https://news.sky.com/story/nationwide-power-outage-in-sri-lanka-blamed-on-a-monkey-13306607

[Giggles]

Someone post some news.


:cool:


1889419077875106275

[niko_cee]

:D

I love how you are ostensibly a leading expert on compo grift culture.

€50 a week? :happycry:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yer90xpzno

People like that guy probably need to be stopped. They aren't improving the gene pool.

[niko_cee]

A warning has been issued to residents in a Lincolnshire village after a number of cats had patches of fur shaved off. Lincolnshire Police is receiving reports of cats returning to their homes in Pinchbeck, near Spalding with some of their fur missing, with a similar incident also reported in Kirton, near Boston.

The cats do not appear to be physically harmed and the shaven area appears to be small and caused by some form of hair clippers. It is not clear who is doing this or what the motivation is.

If anyone finds that something has happened to their cat, they should report it to the police immediately. An update was shared by South Holland Police to its Facebook page on Sunday, February 9. It states: "It has been brought to the attention of the Local Policing Team that some cats have been returning to owners addresses in the morning with parts of their fur having been shaven off.

"This appears to be in the Pinchbeck area. There has also been a case of this in Kirton near Boston. The motivation behind this is not known. The cats do not appear physically harmed and the shaven area appears to be small and caused by some form of hair clippers."

It continued: "Whilst not appearing physically harmed this behaviour will cause the cats anxiety and will have a lasting impact beyond the simple physical act." Regarding the incident, Inspector Matt Dickinson said "This behaviour is completely unacceptable. Whatever the motivation behind this it is not something that should be taking place.

"The cats in question are someone's pet, part of their family and not only will these actions cause anxiety to the animal they also cause worry to their owners. Anyone who is evidenced to be responsible for doing this will have robust action taken against them and where necessary be prosecuted for any criminal offences identified.

"This is not a bit of fun and needs to stop now" (https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/police-tell-people-stop-shaving-9932044?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop).

lol

[randomlegend]

You're not happy either.

Wrong

[Manc]

You can tell we're in the depths of winter. Never seen so much hatred.

[Kikó]

Noob.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Original. Boring cunt.

Didn't deny it, hmmmm.

[Ben]

We have to thank Trump for lighting a fire under this forum again.

[Magic]

Blown your new car up yet, cunt.

[Lewis]

I lolled at 'coeliac tripadvisor'.

[Ben]

Blown your new car up yet, cunt.

Collecting Friday. Will let you know over the weekend.

[Pepe]

:drool:

[niko_cee]

Someone has driven a Mini into a bunch of people in Munich.

The identity of driver will be interesting for the political fallout.

Hope it wasn't Dawson.

[Boydy]

Someone check what nationality/ethnicity he was today.

[niko_cee]

Although reading between the lines it sounds more like someone has passed out behind the wheel.

[Jimmy Floyd]

No way the terrorists of any kind are using a Mini. No heft behind it, no prestige.

[niko_cee]

Well, it was a new mini, so pretty bloated, although not one of those big country ones.

Maybe it was Mellin working for the Peoples Front of Longbridge, or the Londbridge Peoples Front.

[Pepe]

Although reading between the lines it sounds more like someone has passed out behind the wheel.

Not surprising that someone would fall asleep on the wheel of a new mini.

[niko_cee]

Plot thickens with eye witness reports of the police shooting one of the two people in the car. Imagine having the driver pass out and crash and then being shot as the passenger.

[Boydy]

Afghan refugee. That's an AfD win next weekend then.

[niko_cee]

Aye, here come the [actual] Nazis. Tremendous.

[Giggles]

Someone check what nationality/ethnicity he was today.

And then decide whether to report it or not based on which it was.

[Kikó]

If this if another asylum seeker who's been asked to leave and hasn't :rolleyes:

Another shocking incident.

[Lewis]

The Germans all stood around baffled that he didn't leave when asked.

[Kikó]

I think there are challenges sending people back to Afghanistan but still, it's ridiculous.

[Magic]

Afghan refugee. That's an AfD win next weekend then.

Absolutely. I bet we'll see more of these in the near future. We've fucked Europe totally.

[Giggles]

Absolutely. I bet we'll see more of these in the near future. We've fucked Europe totally.

Yep fucked it big time. Hopefully the tide will start to turn from here though.

[Boydy]

And then decide whether to report it or not based on which it was.

No, I was joking that Kiko himself might have done it depending on what nationality he was today.

[Pepe]

Kiko too much of a high roller to be seen in a mini.

[Kikó]

The AfD aren't winning the election. They will get a good percentage though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Stuff like this also doesn't really move votes in the way one assumes. People vote for themselves.

[Yevrah]

Arrived 8 years ago, was refused asylum, has a record and yet was still there.

Utter insanity.

[Dquincy]

1890035692803403883
Doesn't paint a great picture tbf.

[Shindig]

I do find it odd that terrorism has shifted from organised groups into mad loners who seem to radicalise themselves.

[Lewis]

It's interesting to speculate how Germany, who was floating banning a mainstream political party for some fruity comments, would respond if the 'far right' was doing a terror attack every ten weeks.

[phonics]

Not that I’m thick enough to have my worldview shaped by a rapper but Stormzy posting “in the future, if there is ever a clear injustice in the world no matter how big or small, 100 times out of 100 I will always be on the side of the oppressed. Free Palestine” and the deleting said post for a McDonalds ad deal is truly hilarious.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Germans are completely buggered on every level, but they deserve it for 1933-45 so fuck 'em.

France back at the head of Europe within five years if it isn't already. First time since, what, 1770 or so.

[Kikó]

The Saudi was a bit of an outlier in that group but yes, not really a good time for asylum seekers here. Not being able to remove(quickly) rejected asylum seekers has become a huge issue.

[niko_cee]

Japan getting in on the shop crime epidemic (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5025n2g2o), albeit in a predictably insane way.

[Pepe]

Bun squashers and sushi terrorists deserve anything that comes their way.

[niko_cee]

Stuff like this also doesn't really move votes in the way one assumes. People vote for themselves.

Whilst I don't necessarily agree with this, I think the parallels to Jo Cox for example are limited, I do wonder how much having idiots like Vance parading their stupidity and lecturing is probably doing as much damage the other way for the like of AfD.

I feel there was a fair bit of understated push back against the Trump/Russia peace process and whilst there must be a degree of 'just hold on four 4 years and these idiots will fuck off' thinking there is also likely to be a distancing of traditional allies from Trumptopia.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Munich peace conference featuring a dumb arse yank lecturing the Europeans on things he doesn't know about, with statements going out from 'Weimar Plus', is far too silly to be taken seriously.

It's very much like the ill fated Obama brexit intervention.

[Lofty]

I mean it would be more silly if there wasn't a large land war in Europe that the 'dumb arse Yank' was favouring the aggressor of.

[Spikey M]

Shit like this never fails to brighten my day.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgpj82j7qqo

The pictures. The outrage. Pure art.

[Gray Fox]

Shit like this never fails to brighten my day.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgpj82j7qqo

The pictures. The outrage. Pure art.

Before I scrolled down, my mental image of the people complaining was exactly how they came to look in the pictures. They're going to be fucked when it gets up to 10 degrees in the summer and the fans get turned up.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

"Jacquie Christie said her 80-year-old mother, who has lived in the same house for 50 years, could feel vibrations from the powerful fans and it was "horrendous"."

Bet she's fucking loving it.

[Giggles]

In fairness, if I had those before/after views that are shown in the article then it would have been burnt down long ago.

[randomlegend]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/20/doctors-change-gender-scrub-records/

@DS

Is this your doing to protect one of the trannies you've boshed?

[Shindig]

Mad as in deranged, not Madeleine. ("https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx29k37lyp9o)

Been a strong couple of days for stalking weirdos.


A 60-year-old woman from Wales, who was also arrested alongside Ms Wandel on suspicion of stalking, has been released on bail, Leicestershire Police said.

Imagine some old deary vouching for this mentalist.

[phonics]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/20/doctors-change-gender-scrub-records/

@DS

Is this your doing to protect one of the trannies you've boshed?


If someone talked about people you do like in the same way you do about people you don't like you'd call them a facist.

[randomlegend]

If someone talked about people you do like in the same way you do about people you don't like you'd call them a facist.

I don't see the relevance between the post you've quoted and what you've said. Do you think I don't like trans people?

[phonics]

Its a fucking weird way to go about it if you do.

"Hey Jimmy Floyd, here's a story about those faggots you like to suck off”

"How could you imply I'm being weird about gay people"

[Magic]

Ooh look the lefties are eating themselves. :drool:

[phonics]

Nah English people are even weirder about trans stuff than anything else so hopefully it’s a learning moment.

[randomlegend]

Christ, I'd have thought the many posts I've made on things like Tavistock would be taken as a more accurate reflection of my views on trans people than a stupid flippant comment to DS.

But fair enough, I can admit when I'm wrong.

[niko_cee]

:face:

[randomlegend]

I didn't say it gave me the right, I said I was wrong to use the word.

[Magic]

Ok JK Rowling.

[randomlegend]

Ok JK Rowling.

I have read Harry Potter to be fair, I guess I must hate trans people.

[Pepe]

RL has the T pass. He's good.

[randomlegend]

Thanks Pepe, it's good to to know my trans TTH friends know where my heart lies.

[Pepe]

:wub:

[Giggles]

Trannys should all be institutionalised for being mentally unwell.

The extreme left are only pushing the trans movement so hard as a means of normalising paedophilia.

[Kikó]

Ok Grandpa.

[John Arne]

Why is it that the only time I hear about trans rights or "there's only 1 gender" crap... It's always from people trying to remove those rights? I've never seen a group of people so obsessed by something they hate so much.

[Spikey M]

Have you moved to Thailand or something?

[John Arne]

I frequent the cesspit that is X.

[phonics]

Trannys should all be institutionalised for being mentally unwell.

The extreme left are only pushing the trans movement so hard as a means of normalising paedophilia.

This guy thinks he’s a centrist.

[randomlegend]

The extreme left are only pushing the trans movement so hard as a means of normalising paedophilia.

Wot

[Spikey M]

First Taz goes full ISIS, now Giggles is going full QAnon. What a place.

[randomlegend]

The right: "We want to examine children's genitals to determine who they should compete against in sports".

Also the right: "the left only care about trans people because they are paedophiles".

?????

[Giggles]

RL is definitely force feeding his first born puberty blockers.

[randomlegend]

Giggles down the local primary school netball match checking none of the girls have a penis.

[Spikey M]

This place is on fire at the moment.

[Lewis]

'Haha imagine Giggles carefully inspecting their delicate little genitals. Warming his big rough hands bef...'
*tweaking his nipples clean off*

[Spikey M]

https://youtu.be/QTeKW64bZG0?si=WTs9rsAxEzjN1I0S

[Disco]

RL is definitely force feeding his first born puberty blockers.

Preferable to the critical thinking blockers you seem to have been given.

[Yevrah]

Is it? Is it really?

Giggles has willingly chosen as an adult to be the way he is.

[randomlegend]

'Haha imagine Giggles carefully inspecting their delicate little genitals. Warming his big rough hands bef...'
*tweaking his nipples clean off*

It's pretty creepy that that's what's going on in your head, however much you're trying to project it onto someone else.

You'd be by far the least surprising person on the board to get outed as a paedophile if we're being honest

[Lewis]

Is that what that is, projecting? How did this discussion start again?

[Pepe]

Rl might be the new Harold. All forum drama seems to always start or be centered around him.

[randomlegend]

Is that what that is, projecting? How did this discussion start again?

Here's you not understanding the difference between bringing up something anti-trans people have actually said they want to be policy and you bringing up a scenario you've fantasised into existence.

[Pepe]

At least give us some funny WOO memes once in a while.

[Shindig]

How can we turn this into a Giggles v Randrew boxing match?

[Lewis]

Here's you not understanding the difference between bringing up something anti-trans people have actually said they want to be policy and you bringing up a scenario you've fantasised into existence.

I saw that story about doctors who change gender the other day, and, weirdly, who DS had 'boshed' never entered my mind. What a strange connection to make. And that's before we even get onto your 'flippant' use of language that you could project all sorts on to.

Strong transgender profile.

[randomlegend]

He both works for the GMC and has shared in explicit detail on here his sexual escapades with trans people. Hardly a giant leap to make an admittedly bad joke about it.

[randomlegend]

You acting outraged at the term 'boshed' whilst on the same page posting shit about kids' "delicate little genitals" is quite something.

[Boydy]

That Lewis post is noncey as fuck.

[Lewis]

My use of 'delicate' demonstrates concern for their well being. You using 'examine' and 'checking' is typical of the cold, clinical approach of those with a more predatory mindset.

You are such a humourless nause.

[randomlegend]

My use of 'delicate' demonstrates concern for their well being. You using 'examine' and 'checking' is typical of the cold, clinical approach of those with a more predatory mindset.

You are such a humourless nause.

Or maybe you just aren't that funny.

[Shindig]

I'm pretty sure 'delicate genitals' is a Gerry McCann quote.

[Yevrah]

As in Madeleine? What context did he say that in? Jesus.

[Lewis]

Or maybe you just aren't that funny.

It was moderately funny. Not worth your tragic response either way.

[Shindig]

As in Madeleine? What context did he say that in? Jesus.

Turns out it was Kate McCann describing a nightmare she had. The phrase used was, "her perfect little genitals being torn apart".

[Yevrah]

Such wrong uns' those two.

[Pepe]

Such wrong uns' those two.

Lewis and RL?

[randomlegend]

https://news.sky.com/story/calls-for-compensation-after-hundreds-of-doctors-got-wrong-exam-results-in-atrocious-and-life-altering-error-13313954


Some 222 doctors who thought they had passed a key exam they sat nearly 18 months ago have now been informed they failed. Another 61 who believed they had failed have now been told they passed in what has been called a "life-altering" and "catastrophic" error.

This is a genuine disgrace. Heads should roll and big compensation should be paid. In reality nothing will happen and we'll continued to get our lives fucked up at the whims of these morons. The impact of this on people's lives and careers will have been enormous.

[Spikey M]

Have we checked the genitalia of those that failed?

[randomlegend]

They're adults so I doubt any of Giggles lot would be interested.

[Pepe]

"Are they going to get sacked? How are they going to sort out their lives for a resit in six weeks? Do they really have to resit? What was their mark in the end? How has this happened? Why has it taken 18 months? That level of distress, that life and career-altering distress, has an impact."

Big fuckup, obviously, but maybe they should have tried studying harder in the first place.

[randomlegend]

Big fuckup, obviously, but maybe they should have tried studying harder in the first place.

The ones who were told they'd failed when they actually passed are far worse in my opinion. They may (likely will) have missed out on higher speciality training jobs in order to resit, and competition ratios have continued to explode since 2023. Even if it only set them back a year, that's still a huge financial loss over the course of their careers, not to mention just the impact on their life. They'll have also paid out the exam fee to resit, paid for travel and accommodation to get to the exam in many cases, paid for revision materials; all when they'd already passed. Wasted their life revising for an exam they'd already passed. It's disgusting.

[Pepe]

Yes, those definitely got screwed big time.

[Dquincy]

Why is it that the only time I hear about trans rights or "there's only 1 gender" crap... It's always from people trying to remove those rights? I've never seen a group of people so obsessed by something they hate so much.

Surprised by this viewpoint. From what I see, both sides of the argument are just as vocal as each other. But the chicks with dicks are a bit more flamboyant about it.

[Dquincy]

The right: "We want to examine children's genitals to determine who they should compete against in sports".

Also the right: "the left only care about trans people because they are paedophiles".

?????

That first paragraph, fucking hell. If that's how you interpret things then that's mental.

[randomlegend]

That first paragraph, fucking hell. If that's how you interpret things then that's mental.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ohio-gop-anti-transgender-bill-student-sports-2022-6

Republicans in Ohio passed a bill forcing children to undergo internal and external examination of their genitals by a doctor if their gender was "disputed" during their participation in sport.

You can't access the actual bill any more because the Ohio legislature website has been taken down, presumably by Trump/Musk

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/

[Yevrah]

"A doctor will" is very different to "we want to".

EDIT: Not that I'm defending the bill mind.

[Dquincy]

https://www.businessinsider.com/ohio-gop-anti-transgender-bill-student-sports-2022-6

Republicans in Ohio passed a bill forcing children to undergo internal and external examination of their genitals by a doctor if their gender was "disputed" during their participation in sport.

You can't access the actual bill any more because the Ohio legislature website has been taken down, presumably by Trump/Musk

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/

So it's a doctor who would undertake the examination. I read your comment as if the pervy PE teacher was dropping shorts in the changing room.

[randomlegend]

Them trying to force the medical profession to play out their creepy power fantasies by proxy doesn't make it better.

[Yevrah]

Trying to force the medical profession to play out their creepy power fantasies doesn't make it better.

Believing biologically born males shouldn't compete with girls in sports isn't a creepy power fantasy.

[randomlegend]

It is when you're talking about school children.

Adults in competitive sports? I actually agree, especially when it comes to combat sports. I don't know all the solutions, but people who went through puberty under the influence of male hormones should not be boxing against women.

8 year olds playing football at school? Nah.

[niko_cee]

At that age most girls would probably batter most boys, or it would at least be an even split.

[Yevrah]

Yeah, but it's not just 8 year olds, is it. There's a reason why my 15 year old nephew doesn't play in the same football league as his similarly aged footballer girlfriend.

[niko_cee]

Let's not get away from the fact that this is an entirely imaginary problem.

There are no 14 year old transsexual boys looking to dominate girl sport.

[Yevrah]

Let's not get away from the fact that this is an entirely imaginary problem.

There are no 14 year old transsexual boys looking to dominate girl sport.

None? Not one out of however many 14 year olds make up the 350 million odd people in the US? And if there is one and they're getting in the way of a 14 year old girl achieving then it's not fair - we either have a gender divide in sports or we don't.

[niko_cee]

My completely ill-informed and archaic view would be that people who tend towards transgenderism probably don't like sport all that much so it isn't something to worry too much about at kid level.

It's also just a madly difficult thing to have a completely coherent opinion on when you get folk like Semenya.

I don't disagree that enabling potentially life altering decisions to be made during childhood should probably be avoided as much as possible, but let's not get bogged down in the niche of the niche.

[niko_cee]

Perhaps what I'm saying is that 14 year old Castor Semenya is more of a threat to your little girl in sport than some blue haired identity crisis is ever likely to be, and nobody shits the bed worldwide about that prospect.

[Yevrah]

Semenya is a red herring. She was born that way and while it's a difficult one to deal with it isn't a reason to go "fuck it" and add a load more difficult things to deal with on top for fear of being called a transphobe.

[Shindig]

My completely ill-informed and archaic view would be that people who tend towards transgenderism probably don't like sport all that much so it isn't something to worry too much about at kid level.


Yep. If they compete in anything, it's probably speedrunning videogames.

[niko_cee]

Where does Maria Mutolo rank?

It's not a red herring if the thing you are worried about doesn't exist. If it is a genuine problem, then fine, but I'm not convinced it is.

All of kid sport is dominated by developmental difference to some extent.

[Pepe]

My completely ill-informed and archaic view would be that people who tend towards transgenderism probably don't like sport all that much so it isn't something to worry too much about at kid level.

Then it shouldn't be an issue either way, right? If they are banned from competing, who cares? There cannot be that many of them anyway, right? What about Semenya? Ban her, she is just one person, right?

These things were actually simple for a long, long time. Then the woke brigade decided to complicate them, and here we are now.

[Pepe]

All of kid sport is dominated by developmental difference to some extent.

And adult sport by genetics. If we go that route, the only logical conclusion is to have no categories at all. I think the traditional men/women divide is better, and I assume most women would agree. Where do trans people go? In their biological gender. Ah, what about Caster? Either case by case basis, or men's division (aka the open/women division split).

[niko_cee]

Yeah, I agree, it's not a problem so either way it isn't something to get massively hysterical about. Can both sides of the argument be wrong?

[Pepe]

It is a problem that should be dealt by sport federations, not the president of a country, that's for sure.

[niko_cee]

And adult sport by genetics. If we go that route, the only logical conclusion is to have no categories at all. I think the traditional men/women divide is better, and I assume most women would agree. Where do trans people go? In their biological gender. Ah, what about Caster? Either case by case basis, or men's division (aka the open/women division split).

Agree, but with kids you also have age, which is quite an arbitrary one but we go with that, which is fine.

I have absolutely no problem with sports governing participation by sex at birth or whatever the era appropriate terminology is and I'm struggling to see how 'I don't give a fuck because this isn't actually a problem that exists' is being interpreted as some sort of extreme viewpoint in need of correcting, but there we are.

[Pepe]

Not giving a fuck is perfectly valid, imo.

[Yevrah]

Why is this article accompanied by a picture that's been photoshopped so badly that those responsible for Kate Middleton's dodgy effort could even spot it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rznw4j2e4o

[John Arne]

Had a meeting with a Japanese guy today. Told me his wife was pregnant, but only 2 months, "so the head and the body didn't join together yet"...

Thankfully, his Japanese colleague laughed at him and called him an idiot.

[Jimmy Floyd]

To be fair to him, for all I can ever see on those ultrasound things it might as well be that.

[John Arne]

To be fair to him, for all I can ever see on those ultrasound things it might as well be that.

Various types of potato.

[Manc]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/it-wasnt-nice-australian-couple-sat-next-to-corpse-on-long-haul-flight

:cab:

[Pepe]

:lol:

[Dark Soldier]

Alright lads simmer down I fucking love trannies and there was nothing weird about what RL said. That you're all obsessed with where I stick my dick, like, fair play. Rent free.

[randomlegend]

That's just standard procedure if someone dies on a plane isn't it? I'm sure I've heard similar stories 3-4 times before.

EDIT: covering them and leaving them in a seat, not DS sticking his dick in them, trans or otherwise.

[-james-]

Why didn't he just move? You don't need to ask permission.

[Magic]

You don't get compensation if you move.

[Shindig]

"They tried to wheel her up towards business class, but she was quite a large lady and they couldn’t get her through the aisle"

I shouldn't laugh at someone trying to Austin Powers a corpse but I will. :D

[Clunge]

I'd rather sit next to a corpse than most other people.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Corpse is lucky it wasn't an American flight, would have had to listen to the neighbour wank on about themselves the whole time.

[Magic]

They probably would have started to eat it.

[niko_cee]

Some interesting stuff in here (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c241pn09qqjo).

Perhaps a lot of it can be classed as unsurprising but I find little factoids like:


Children of first cousins have a third more primary care appointments than children whose parents are not related - an average of four instead of three a year.

Quite alarming.

Not so much for the disparity, but more the idea that on average every child in the country is going to the GP 3 times a year. Think my kids have probably had less than half a dozen trips to the doctor all in between the lot of them, whereas the average would suggest a number over 50 [it's actually 105]. This is what is breaking the health service.

[Magic]

More enriching of our culture.

[Jimmy Floyd]

My hottest and worst take is that modern parents love their children too much. Now this is a second order concern when set against the dog problem in this regard, but it's starting to become clear to me. Back in the day a bit of mild neglect balanced things out a bit.

This is why you end up with people bankrupting themselves at Christmas and GP surgeries filled up with nothing.

[niko_cee]

I see the tour is set to come to Britain in 2027, yay. Britain though, so bound to be some provincial disaster zone rather than the south east where all the wanker cyclists are, sad times. Also lol at the guy getting mugged for his 4 grand bike in Regents Park by some moped punks. Obviously no solidarity amongst the lycra clad crowd, I mean, where was the 30mph guy that wipes out old ladies when you need him?

Also, ITV4 and Eurosport losing the rights to TNT pretty much puts the whole thing in the bin. Sad.

[phonics]

Eurosport didn't lose the rights to TNT. Discovery own TNT and Eurosport so the channel no longer exists.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, yeah, whatever, it going behind the TNT sub paywall is adios from me, which is a shame.

It should be put on the protected list in respect for the ITV4 coverage since forever alone.

[phonics]

Oh I assumed it was on the protected list so they'd have to give out a youtube stream like the CL final.

I watched a video or read a piece about the Tour De France production and it was fascinating. Bores me to tears but my Dad (who also likes Cricket) loves it.

[niko_cee]

Not to take an instantly contrary position, but if the the tour is or was actually on the protected list we'd probably have to shut up shop as a country. I was more paying respect to ITV4 for largely making the thing a thing. Much like cricket, particularly overseas cricket, it will now go back to not being a thing.

[Disco]

I see the tour is set to come to Britain in 2027, yay. Britain though, so bound to be some provincial disaster zone rather than the south east where all the wanker cyclists are, sad times.

Yorkshire last time, so yeah.

[phonics]

As I said I find the whole thing insanely boring. I thought it always partly took place in the UK, mostly fueled by the fact that it went past my house when I was 6.

[niko_cee]

It is insanely dull for the most part, it's about the rolling countryside, the chateaux, the idle chit chat in the background to make the day roll by a little faster.

[Disco]

How did it come about I wonder, I remember watching it in the late 90's when it was still on Channel 4 but it seemed an odd fit then. No-one else really cared until Sir Bradley Wiggins invented cycling in 2008, was there a huge clamour from British audiences for more of Sean Yates or David Millar or was it some dire need for stuff to fill digital channels with?

[niko_cee]

Full day coverage started on ITV4 pre-Wiggins I think. Mostly filling the day time schedule with cheap shite I would imagine. Literally no one gave a fuck about it.

2002 apparently.

[phonics]

Same reason for Golf and cricket. It’s nice to look at and good background noise.

Like those channels at Christmas that just show a log fire.

[Disco]

It was highlights for years before that though, for the seven of us who cared to watch. I suppose it was something quirky for C4 to show that nobody else gave a shit about and was therefore cheap as frites.

[phonics]

Sorry I was showing my privelege there, we were the Sky household so Eurosport was one of the 18 channels or so you got.

[Pepe]

I really like cycling, but the Tour is only good for maybe 5, 6 stages. The rest is background, like niko said. Some races I can watch the full 4+ hours and actually be entertained.

[Disco]

Having just been on a nostalgic trip back through late 90's cycling I found this gem on the wiki page for Djamolidine Abdoujaparov:



In his last complete tour in 1996, Abdoujaparov achieved a mountain breakaway for his last stage win, unusual for a sprinter.


In 96 probably not that unusual actually, and he's done well to make it to 61 without his heart exploding.

[Giggles]

I definitely must be missing something with cycling as a spectator sport, I just can't see what people are watching. People complain about NASCAR's going around in circles but cycling is just people going in what's like an infinite straight line.

[Kikó]

There is a tactical element that you can start to enjoy the more you watch it although for long parts, it is just cycle very fast through an area.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's like watching the London marathon, but with more tan lines and Eurochat.

I used to love the team names. Can still rattle them off from 'my' era, no doubt it's all Team Saudi and whatever now. Cofidis, Euskaltel-Euskadi, AG2R, Agritubel, Françaises des Jeux, Davitomon-Lotto, Rabobank. Who were the Belgian lot with Tom Boonen. Quickstep? Might be the same as one of the above.

[niko_cee]

More goings on in Germany.

I rather fear that these events and events elsewhere leave Mrs Merkel's legacy somewhat in tatters.

Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. Maybe it was an AfD nut.

[Ben]

BBC: One person dead after car drives into crowd in German city of Mannheim, police say

Those pesky cars. :nono:

[Kikó]

Ban cars.

[niko_cee]

40 year old German . . .

You've not become one yet have you?

[Kikó]

I saw a Fulham kit and well...

[Manc]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/03/two-men-are-found-guilty-of-raping-teenage-girls-in-rotherham

Rotherham needs to be blown up at this point.

[Disco]

More goings on in Germany.

I rather fear that these events and events elsewhere leave Mrs Merkel's legacy somewhat in tatters.

Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. Maybe it was an AfD nut.

Bingo.

[-james-]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN1CR2dyfo8

Incredible that this exists.

[Shindig]

Really putting Gateshead on the map. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rzvrjkklko)


If there is a discrepancy a staff member will do a manual rescan of the whole trolley.

That'll go great.

[Spikey M]

Everyone should be resisting this shit anyway. They're coming for your jobs.

[niko_cee]

Don't really see how those things cut jobs anyway, beyond being part of the self-scan thing, as they'll still need to approve you buying a pack a paracetamol or whatever.

Is that how they are going to replace rescans? Seems a catastrophically unlikely to succeed plan - how are the scales going to be accurate enough, down to the gram, when you are potentially loading 30 kilos of shit on there? How would they know you have scanned 10 packs of Flaked almonds [100g/£1.65] but put in 10 packs of pine nuts [100g/£3.90] into your trolley? Same weight dipshits, £22.50 of value to Antony Worrall Thompson.

[Spikey M]

I mean, they already have. When I worked at Tesco they'd have 20 odd tills open. They introduced 8 self scans (manned by 1 staff member) and cut that down to 10. These days there's maybe 2 tills open, if you're lucky. 3 staff members manning the 16 odd self scans.

This is obviously an attempt to cut staff further and I can only hope it's as devastating a failure as you think it will be.

[Giggles]

My local Tesco doesn't have any manned tills open in the mornings at all.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You have to remember that in companies like Tesco, there are probably 35 people in head office whose job it is to identify cost savings.

Ironically it's their jobs which should be cut. CEOs are far too obsessed with costs and nowhere near interested enough in opportunities.

[niko_cee]

Are the people not on the tills now not just junking the shop up with their massive trolleys doing all the online shops?

[Spikey M]

No, they already existed and it takes far less people for far less hours. My wife used to do it. It's a maximum of 12 hours a week and it's only a team of 10.

[Giggles]

They must be on some fair tight deadlines because they'd mow you down if you're not watching out for them.

[Spikey M]

Yeah, they normally work before the store opens, but when busy they continue after opening. Their "pick speed" target remains the same regardless, which is why they'd sooner mow Brenda down than stop and tell her where the crumpets are.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've noticed there are far more active shelf stackers than there used to be, basically every aisle has one going full time in the shops I go to. Presumably they've cut the overnight shifts doing that.

[niko_cee]

Tesco's staff numbers (https://www.statista.com/statistics/490882/tesco-group-united-kingdom-uk-number-of-employees/) and share price (https://www.google.com/finance/quote/TSCO:LON?sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwjsltv4wvqLAxWuSkEAHdw1LawQ3ecFegQIPhAf&window=MAX) have been pretty stable over the past 12 years. I'm sure there's more to it than that, but that doesn't immediately scream of a big shift towards automation or massive price gouging.

[Manc]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/five-years-on-britons-among-hardest-hit-by-covid-fallout

Grift Britain.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q4nr42z20o

If only there were some other way to make underperforming people leave their jobs.

[-james-]

Has anyone been to Uniqlo or elsewhere where you just drop your basket into the thing and it automatically scans everything? My mind was blown. Presumably less feasible at Tesco though.

[Manc]

Welcome to 2022.

[niko_cee]

:D

Decathlon do that, although I find their tills are pretty bad at getting the prices right, often making errors significantly in their favour if something has some sort of special price.

[Ben]

At the danger of exposing myself for living in a backwater: Uniqlo have actual shops?

[Shindig]

Looks like they have two in London and one in Edinburgh.

[Bernanke]

At the danger of exposing myself for living in a backwater: Uniqlo have actual shops?

21 in the UK alone mate.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cjw29g426nvo

Yeah, fuck off m8.

[Shindig]

Imagine Rooney and co. trying to fill 15 minutes of analysis. It can't be done.