God rest ye merry, Scornflake Grrrl

The best threads have both

I love when I wander upon a thread that starts just innocently like "I love blorbo bleepus" and then it cuts to further along in the thread and people are talking about either the specific functioning components of a steam engine or talking about butt stuff.

Sorry to hear that

feminists (who probably frequented the same forums). It was honestly eerie to watch

I spent a lot of 2011 on maternity leave and reading mumsnet at the time. Around then they started a lot of threads talking about the need to exclude trans women from some kind of conference, and over the months you could start noticing the same language seeping into columns written by certain

Rex -V- Graham Linehan Judgment Hearing dates: 4 and 5" September 2025 and the 29* October 2025 Representation: The Crown Prosecution Service represented by Ms Julia Faure-Walker The Defendant represented by Ms Sarah Vine KC Introduction and charges; 1. It is not for this court to "pick a side" in any matter of public debate. There is a continuing public debate about the rights of individuals and their sex and gender identity. This court is not concerned with that debate and does not have to determine and nor should anything in this judgment be viewed as the court determining any issues in relation to it. The only role that I have is to assess the evidence presented to me, apply the law and make the necessary determinations to enable me to reach decisions in respect of the two charges that the defendant faces. 2. Furthermore, I wish to make it clear how parties have been and will be referred to. I am grateful to counsel for agreeing before the start of the trial a use of language document. In summary the prosecution referred to the complainant using female pronouns and/or referring to the complainant as Ms Brooks or "Brooks". The defence, defendant and defence witnesses referred to the complainant with male pronouns and referred to the complainant as Ms Brooks. I will refer to the complainant using gender neutral pronouns and as "the complainant".

Maybe I’m petty but choosing not to use the complainants pronouns very much feels like picking a side

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

If it’s really Ed I’m doomed

It’s all very Hauptmann von Köpenick

Quite apart from the transphobic content of the reporting on the Sophia Brooks case, is the fact that most lead with the not-guilty verdict on harassment rather than the guilty verdict for a middle aged man angrily grabbing and smashing a teenager’s phone (all but Metro). Institutionally transphobic

The fish tank was years ago!

It slowly started building momentum around 15 years ago and really accelerated in the last 5 to 10.

yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal

Gingerbread Pepsi

God tier!

(Sorry)

Not come across a society yet where mothers (not parents, but mothers) aren’t shamed for working

CONGRATULATIONS!

If you get told you are a bad or deficient mother for rather going into the office a lot are taking that to heart

How much is it a want when society and tax are engineered around encouraging it?

I guess you’ll be well aware of the Mauerschützen Prozesse prosecuting former GDR soldiers for shooting to kill at the border

I walk 40 minutes to the office almost every day. On London days 30 to the station plus 2 hour train but as I can work on train it’s not too bad

Und dann zur Sportschau einen blasen Oder es gibt aufs Maul

Gingerbread Pepsi however is god tier

I know. Same reason i don’t think 3 year maternity leave is actually a positive policy. Everything over there is designed to chain Mama to the kitchen

Not sure I’d want that commute even for a lower price

Being able to pool resources with your partner is an advantage of having a relationship that occurs naturally. But don’t turn it into a trap.

Germany does the tax code thing and it often results in one partner (mainly female of course) being trapped in a low wage dead end job and financially dependent on the high earning partner benefitting from her tax allowance. It’s regressive

When I had one 6 years ago I paid £2k for a season ticket York-Leeds, a 22 minute journey. Im not sure I want to know how much it is now

I don't actually care whether Farage is personally racist. I care whether he continues to promote racist ideas and policies. Which he does. What he truly believes in his heart is an irrelevance to me.

Why is there a sudden influx of pornbots?

That said, secret santas that are voluntary and entail sincere rather than gag gifts are fine