oh look. it’s the brave little cis boy

What do you think is in the beans??

Fingers crossed!

The sheer pleasure in watching an arrogant tit get humbled was chef’s kiss. Once by someone who couldn’t give a shit about him, and was good enough to simply crush him the first few games and then dick about, and once by someone who really wanted a statement victory

It funny because yesterday the chess did not, in fact, speak for itself

The contrapoints video on cringe touches on her near the start. IMO it’s a topic that’s kinda sad.

Northampton resident detected. Your opinion is invalid.

Always glad to see a fellow beef head out in the wild. Beef out!

History podcasts I like:

Revolutions. Well known; Mike Duncan goes through various revolutions through history in an excellent, detailed narrative.

American History Too!: two academics from the university of Glasgow have various guests on to discuss different topics from American history. They know their stuff and are really charismatic.

In Our Time: BBC podcast that’s been going since the early 2000s. A panel of academics are interviewed and discuss a topic on which they are all experts. Incredibly well researched and interesting, though not especially humorous.

Some plants the flowers are very pretty, but the whole plant isn’t practical to be kept indoors (e.g. roses), and they don’t necessarily flower all year round. If someone has a favourite flower or favourite colour of flower, it makes them feel special when someone thinks to buy them for them (they get a flower they love to look at for the next week, and they know that someone cares about them enough to buy them flowers, and keep the knowledge of which like).

You could well beat a pro poker player in a hand – point is you’re never beating them over the course of a game.

Really interesting – thanks for sharing!

Whether you’re able to take a point depends on how much of the game/sport depends on chance. At one end of the spectrum, chess is minimal percentage dependent on chance; you’re never beating Carlsen in a match (though nor is 99.9999% of the population!), but on the other (e.g. poker) there’s a big element of luck, and the skill element is knowing how to play to your best odds.

GNU Terry Pratchett

Lichess :P

If you’re going by how we say years pre millennium, it’d be eleven eleven (to match e.g. nineteen eighty four), which still isn’t what’s in the op.

Today we’re preoccupied with getting rid of the Tories – so finally we’ll be able to unite in celebrating 4th July!

What about the comic made you think it was implying that?

This is a part of the SNP’s manifesto already, FYI.

I recommended this to someone else in the thread too, but I found Kat Blaque’s video really helpful as an explanation, because if you’re not familiar with the subculture the reasoning can be quite confusing.