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Reply | We're all going to have to make some selfless sacrifices to get this country
at 12:54 24 Apr 2024
There are less babies being born so that damages the whole economic model and means that we have a demographic time bomb. Now we have a whole generation of young adults who are highly educated and are taught to be activists despite never really living a day in the real world.
Absolute nonsense. Clearly not of this generation you are talking about.
1. We can't save money to buy a house because houses are X times our salaries, and we pay X about in rent, which is X times higher than previous generations.
2. When we finally can afford the deposit we still can't get a house because the house is more than 4.5 times our salaries and banks think we are too risky compared to previous generations leveraging their existing properties to have another rental.
3. When we can finally afford a home it is a small apartment, not a house, so we don't have the room to fill it with children.
4. We are also unlikely to have pensions for later on in life, so we are balancing children against sorting out our own long-term future.
5. Many of us struggled to get decent jobs, because we entered employment during an economic crash and prolonged down turn. Many of my generation were also laid off and hit hard when there was a global pandemic.
In the meantime, it is our fault, because we were brazen enough to get an education. Previous generations are not the least but interested in looking introspectively, so we are labelled "activists" as if caring for the planet is a negative.
For my generation, it is pretty simple, our futures are screwed on multiple fronts, due to the selfishness of some of the generations before us - climate change denial and inaction, proliferation of multiple home ownership, decimation of public services, erosion of corporate benefits, and on and on.
And what do you care about going into the next election? Not rectifying these issues, it is over the definition of what a woman is. And you say we never lived a day in the real world... Time to wake up, mate! [Post edited 24 Apr 12:59]
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Reply | Yeah but you can't even be English these days
at 17:42 23 Apr 2024
Interesting point. To extrapolate it a little...
Those arguing we should conform to pseudo-nation-state bollox are eroding our English values and culture. |
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Reply | A blessing in disguise?
at 16:27 23 Apr 2024
[Is staying down] a blessing in disguise?
No it isn't.
We can more easily secure the club going forward. The money would allow us to pay for and attract targets that were financially out of reach.
We can bring forward off-pitch investments, which are setting the club and town up for future success
We stand a better chance off keeping our better players and manager
We can only ever have the potential to stay up upon promotion. [Post edited 23 Apr 16:42]
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Reply | Championship Opta predictions
at 13:09 22 Apr 2024
Incorrect, they are considerably worse than the average individual on a message board. They've been in the bottom 10% of predictors all season
Gameweek 43 Leaderboard
1 The_Messiah 92
2 cordonblue 92
3 The_Flashing_Smile 94
4 realprojection 96
5 jakeyboy26 96
6 BlueCanadian 96
7 thorpedo 98
8 PioneerBlue 98
9 portmanpensioner 98
10 slaughteredskipper 100
11 _81 100
12 ParisBlue 100
13 CoachRob 102
14 norfsufblue 102
15 thatbdude 102
16 the_toff 102
17 portmanroadblue 104
18 ChorleyBoy 106
19 Reus30 106
20 budgiebasher 106
21 bigmicksbarmyarmy 106
22 MattinLondon 108
23 ITFCed 108
24 positivity 108
25 Parky 108
26 Springfielder 108
27 StochesStotasBlewe 110
28 Dubtractor 110
29 monty_radio 110
30 pelles321 110
31 emergencylime 110
32 Jon_456 112
33 N2_Blue 112
34 ITFC_Forever 112
35 TractorCam 114
36 Lesta_Tractor 114
37 BluerThanBlue 116
38 ketton_itfc 116
39 Tractorboy24 116
40 LankHenners 116
41 Stenvict 116
42 marvellous 116
43 pointofblue 116
44 LegendofthePhoenix 118
45 IscaBlue 118
46 Yppswyche 118
47 quirkie 118
48 Vegtablue 118
49 crossyitfc 118
50 TractorFrog 118
51 BiGDonnie 120
52 brazil1982 120
53 Miaow 120
54 Sticks74 120
55 EatonBlue 120
56 KTBlue 122
57 north_stand77 122
58 SitfcB 122
59 rickw 124
60 Guthrum 124
61 Rozz 124
62 Bent_double 124
63 J2BLUE 124
64 Warkystache 124
65 tractordownsouth 124
66 Nthsuffolkblue 126
67 AK74 128
68 lowhouseblue 128
69 Charlie_pl_baxter 128
70 scants_itfc_88 128
71 BanksterDebtSlave 130
72 Kropotkin123 130
73 SlippinJimmyJuan 130
74 heavyweight 132
75 bluestandard 132
76 TheMover 134
77 hungarian_blues 134
78 goforbroke 134
79 Superblue95 136
80 wellsy700 136
81 Keno 138
82 Chondzoresk 138
83 Opta Analyst (Super Computer) 138
84 Sharkey 142
85 timhards 144
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Reply | Threatened with arrest for being openly Jewish on the streets of London
at 14:30 21 Apr 2024
Since when have you thought those in positions of power (police) must be exercising their power appropriately, because they are in a position of power?
We should assume someone is acting inappropriately because they are an "openly Jewish man"?
Dressing your statement up with softeners like "may be fair", "might have been", and "might get" makes your statement worse, not better, as it suggests you know and are hiding the core judgement. |
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Reply | Leeds next 2 games
at 13:43 21 Apr 2024
Things have changed with Southampton losing and Leicester winning. I get we just need to do our part. But if Boro beat Leeds we need 5 points to go up rather than 8 (9). That would be huge - 1W and 2 Ds compared to 3Ws. The probability of us doing it would be greatly increased. I'm not going to be idle on Monday, I'll be hoping and willing Boro on. |
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Reply | The RUN-IN ver 8.0 - still in our hands, come on Boro
at 18:40 20 Apr 2024
Point of order - Huddersfield play Birmingham next weekend. If the lose, they are down. But if they win, they are out of the relegation zone with Birmingham taking their place. No guarantees, but it couldn't be more in their hands ahead of our game.
Boro is huge. A win for Boro means we only need 5 points. Cross all your fingers for a Boro win. [Post edited 20 Apr 18:44]
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Reply | John Lundstrum
at 12:59 19 Apr 2024
Presumably you got banned for calling him a football manager? That or you forgot to mention he played for Dortmund. |
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Reply | Least disliked team from each division
at 12:36 19 Apr 2024
Tottenham (Dad's team + Son)
Bristol City (Lived the for uni + a bit after
Leyton Orient (Great Grandads team - Used to love visiting him and hear tales of Shelton's hands being as big a difference between his and mine to Shilton and his.)
Wimbledon (I just couldn't believe what happened to them at the time. I hated MK for a long time). |
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Reply | If every team wins their remaining games and Southampton win the head to heads
at 18:27 18 Apr 2024
If I actually live in hell...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
| Leeds United | 46 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 20 | 94 | 44 |
| Leicester City | 46 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 23 | 94 | 41 |
| Southampton | 46 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 94 | 34 |
| Ipswich Town | 46 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 94 | 33 |
| Cardiff City | 0 | 1 | Southampton |
| Leicester City | 0 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion |
| Middlesbrough | 0 | 1 | Leeds United |
| Leicester City | 0 | 1 | Southampton |
26th April 2024 | | Queens Park Rangers | 0 | 1 | Leeds United |
27th April 2024 | | Hull City | 1 | 1 | Ipswich Town |
| Southampton | 2 | 0 | Stoke City |
29th April 2024 | | Preston North End | 0 | 1 | Leicester City |
30th April 2024 | | Coventry City | 1 | 1 | Ipswich Town |
4th May 2024 | | Ipswich Town | 1 | 0 | Huddersfield Town |
| Leeds United | 1 | 1 | Southampton |
| Leicester City | 1 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers |
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Reply | Why do so many people confuse 'lose' with 'loose' ?
at 10:03 18 Apr 2024
Love how your example of "lose" in a sentence is "lost" 😂
Lose, choose, fuse... loose, juice, truce, misuse... English language creates confusion with inconsistent spelling, so not shocking that people get it wrong. |
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Reply | Attack on free speech in Brussels
at 15:43 17 Apr 2024
The consequence of standing up for freedom of speech in this specific case is standing up for the freedom of speech of two people who have attempted to silence their opposition through their constitutional changes and attacks on the judiciary. So yes, they are. |
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