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Thanks, I didn’t see it and now have read it :) That Medium sign in method really sucks though.

Thanks, I didn't see it and now have read it :)

Can someone post the text? Medium won't let me sign in.

You Are Free To Do As We Tell You

Yes, I agree. I just wanted to point out that Brexit wouldn't have happened without some fairly serious money being put behind it (UKIP's funding had to come from somewhere and there were not one but two pro-Brexit campaigns Vote Leave and LeaveEU) and that money had to spent with a purpose.

This is a great post but I would say that there were some people who were absolutely dedicated to achieving Brexit and in large part their participation can be explained by the proposed financial transaction tax.

The idea that a supra-national entity might be able to impose a tax that could be difficult to mitigate was absolutely intolerable to various millionaires and billionaires e.g. The Telegraph owning Barclay Brothers. Any downsides from the resulting chaos, which in any case would only affect the working and lower middle classes, would be more than offset by the ability to bank offshore and retain their profits untaxed.

I just do Camembert and grapes in a bit of buttered French stick but your combo sounds very tasty.

I used to hate tomatoes too. Couldn't figure out why my brother and mother would eat them all the time, they dipped them in salt even. At some point I started liking foods made with tomatoes like pizza and so on. The point at which tomatoes started making sense to my is when I worked out they were a fruit, so rather than waiting for a savoury taste I knew I was getting a slightly less sweet grape. And then I deduced from that you could have a grape and Camembert sandwich. If you haven't tried this combo, you're missing out.

Could be that they're seeking exhaustion so that can push more of their privacy breaking bullshit in international trade agreements.

Yes it's not 'public' in a broadcast sense but it's in the 'no reasonable expectation of privacy' bracket.

I look forward to the aliens response being something along the lines of, "You're God's best boys and girls, yes you are, who are blessed little ape-beings? You are, yes all of you."

Back in the day they used to use more direct methods and I bet they still would today if they could get away with it.

It could be that what you're saying is correct but this post suggests otherwise.

Only server admins can see votes

But anyone can run a server.

Can you give an example?

I sometimes will write in a 'telling a funny story' style that is a little more ornate than everyday speech to make it more comic in tone throughout.

I think that downvotes became so heavily used as a disagree button because they were linked to visibility and, especially in political forums, it was a way of burying your opponent's good arguments and then you could promote the weaker arguments. I sincerely believe that it's some poor fucker's job to go through and do this, although the whole chatGPT stuff means they're going to find themselves out of work soon.

So I see you've got 8 downvotes for saying this, that's because some people have a stupid personal rule that says if someone complains about downvotes then they should be automatically downvoted. This is a stupid redditism. Downvote me as well if you want but know that here we can see who you are if we decide we actually give a shit.

He's free to deny service and the community are free to take their custom elsewhere. He's not a victim of anything. Anything external anyway.

Got in a drunk argument with a raccoon, which led to my first underage drinking ticket because I refused to be spoken to in that tone

Perfectly understandable and the fact that you later became friends shows that establishing boundaries is important.

We'll make great pets...