This totally feels like the kind of illustration you’d find in the old Rogue Trader book. Maybe in a page on trench warfare rules or more primitive planets.

I love how the beaky has the studs in their helmet too, nice detail.

That’s right.

Press the Print Screen button and then paste into a new Word Document.

The official line is that North Korea is thriving - it’d be political suicide for Kim Jong Un to accept help.

The comparison with the US isn’t unwarranted. The respective propaganda machines are the reason both countries are the way they are.

When people are told daily how their country is the best in the world, the ruling class can get away with an awful lot.

It’s 2025, and many places in the US don’t even have clean tap water. People are being “disappeared” off the streets by government agencies. People are dying from easily-treatable diseases. The wealthy ruling class live lives of luxury, while poor people work multiple jobs and still exist below the poverty line.

So, with all that said, do you think Trump would accept a deal that would allow better living conditions for his people? I think we both know the answer.

Absolutely love liquorice - well at least the British version of it which is like 50% aniseed. Not so much a fan of the Nordic version which tastes saltier than salt.

Other often-contentious dislikes of mine:

• Butter (ish - I have a really low tolerance before it tastes like it’s gone rancid)
• Yogurt
• Fish (fish that doesn’t really taste of anything, e.g. cod, is ok)
• Vinegar

I know taste is subjective, but as far as I’m concerned, those are three gigantic nopes. 😝

I wonder how many people dislike the same groups of things?

Boost shows that it was edited :|

In any case, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that I made a mistake in my original reply! :)

Burning effigies of migrants might be, though.

You’re not wrong.

I wish I could see the edit timestamps on Lemmy, because I’m sure that comment was different.

The stupid thing is, I’d originally written the comment with quotes to point it out, then chopped it back because I realised that I was massively overexplaining it. Those quotes would have been handy now!

I’ll strike my comment out so it’s not misleading, but I’ll leave it up so this still makes sense.

Same here - my kids had these, but I’m of the generation raised on Roger Red Hat.

Thanks for that - even though it was utterly depressing!

I live in the North of England, near Manchester, so I know our house prices are more reasonable than some other places, but I wasn’t expecting that I’d need to earn the value of our house annually to get a mortgage in San Jose. That’s crazy!

I think people are downvoting you because “effect” is in there twice.

The first one is right.

1. The baby doesn’t understand English (although they can recognise the rhythm and sounds of language).

2. The mother understands English

3. The baby experiences the same emotions as the mother.

In conclusion, read something that will make the mother relaxed and happy. If that happens to be The Cat In The Hat, then great. I read Don Quixote when my wife was pregnant with our first, our second got Moomin and Hairy Maclary (by virtue of being there when I read to the first).

The most important thing is to keep reading to them, every day, after they’re born too. Buy tons of children’s books (for your own sanity), do the voices and have fun with them.

It says “Access to this page has been denied” for me, so I’m just going to assume it’s a list of every US city.

Nice try Gary Glitter.

(Context)

I see two possibilities:

• You get paid for posting this kind of nonsense - in which case then I get it, everyone has to make a living.

• Your brain is actually broken

A quick run through your recent posts have shown that you’re actually the author of some of the worst posts I’ve come across on here, so kudos. But I’m afraid it’s now a “no” from me, and I’ll be blocking you from now on.

I love these kinds of stories, but I think that specific example is just a misunderstanding of idioms, rather than an example of pretending something isn’t happening, though.

Exactly this.

Warhammer is now what the Empire was parodying in the fiction.

A bloated system run by bureaucrats, keeping things exactly the same, because everyone involved in the creation, and who understands what made it good, is now gone.

Except instead of scores of over-zealous inquisitors they have a massive over-zealous legal team.

The game stopped improving in a meaningful way years ago. There are similar alternative systems that are more fun. Minis are available for a fraction of the price. Games Workshop’s entire M.O. nowadays is to make sure that as few people as possible catch on.

I’VE FOUND IT!

It’s called Cake Dance

Cake Dance

I’d completely forgotten that the animation was part of a larger story of other similar music videos called There She Is!!

OK, that’s my evening viewing sorted now! :)

20 - although that’s regardless of the season. I only ever wear pjs to bed if I’m ill.

Bit late to replying, but there was a UK Yellow Pages advert in the 1990s that followed this same plot. Maybe that?

https://youtu.be/Ws-0Ea9967o