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So sorry. He was a lucky dog to be so loved, and he clearly brought you much joy in return

Wasn't most of covid legislation passed by rather shaky statutory instrument, at least initially. We were confined to our houses without a vote in The House

Never mind the lady standing there going "I've been trained to spot liars" and never getting murdered

I think she snapped once

There is a very particular style of the slightly unhinged which is different, but easy to spot in practice. It's more personal and less generic.
Unless it's freeman on the land, which is non AI template

I've been trained by the FBI should have been a huge red flag. Instead they all went "oh, so tell us the truth then". And Jessie kept telling them exactly right and they just patted her on the head and ignored her. Never mind "if I were a faithful"

I see grievances and complaints mostly. Over quoting legislation, no clear ask (but obsession with governance and process), over dramatising (an old sandwich left in the fridge becomes a breach of health and safety at work instead of a fair moan), too long, weird use of title case. I could go on...

How did they find the stupidest people in all of Britain #TheTraitors

I see a lot of AI written letters. It's currently very obvious what has been AI generated. Both in style and content

My guess is the supermarkets are all price setting on Tony's in a quiet window for confectionary sales. Big discounts back on it about March. Corner shops taking their chance at being the place it actually gets bought

And a wider deep dive into how the whole of the grocery market fell to DFS pricing. My daughter loves Dream Lengths shampoo. The 'real' price is about £3.25. You have to buy it wherever is in a fake discount period, not the ones doing a price setting period at £7 plus.

Their evening in A&E with a broken toe I guess...

I think people have become weirdly aggressive to all challenge. At the gym, a dad was teaching his sons to bench without clips despite also encouraging the sibling to stand in the ditch zone. I said "I'm done, would you like my clips" and the GLARE I got with the no

We have plenty of rules that exist so we can police them if we need to, not that we have mechanisms for perfect compliance every time

He's also deliberately missing my point.

Women who don't want transwomen in their CR aren't making that assessment because it's a transwoman. They're making that assessment because it's a male body, with male strength and male weaponry

Your book is obviously very good Jonn, but there is also a whole sodding genre on why this is bull . How has that entire cabinet at the bookshop passed him by

No, you really do not have any idea do you. That much is very, very clear.

So maybe you should go back and consider the start of this thread- the wisdom of men lecturing women on how they should feel and what they should think

I did. And the fact that you don't understand why I very intentionally used that word when discussing perception of transwomen in women's spaces says everything about your lack of understanding of women's entire lived experience

That's really the nub of it isn't it? As a man, you see women not wanting to be undressed around penises as no more objective than racism. You have not the slightest idea of how women have to try and guard themselves against violent males as a class in their whole f***** lives

It's not. He was arguing specifically about finding arrangements that suit everyone in the context of sex segregation. Which is the same point as saying its about determination of who fits in which sex class, but put in a more human focused way

For as long as you accept in principle that dividing changing facilities by men and women is acceptable, it's a nonsense argument to compare it to being gay or black. The question is who has the right to determine which sex class a trans person falls into.

It's not the same. You know it and the fact you use it shows youre not arguing in good faith.

And as I said, framing everything as prejudice is exactly why FWS ended up happening, with its difficult implications for trans people.

Completely agree with that. Those issues only really need to be considered by those working out, within the architectural limitations of the building, what options they can offer

The issue is treating everything as being about inclusion or bigotry. If we'd started from a point of recognising a difficult balancing act of legitimate but opposing positions, we'd be in better shape today

There are plenty of reasons - including past abuse and religion- why women may feel uncomfortable changing with a male body and are not related to ideology on trans.

Nah,they do it to larger suppliers too. Just not ones literally supplying raw materials

I am so sorry this has happened to you and hope you get answers soon

Personally I think we also need to stop tiptoeing around medical staff. You have described a number of interactions which are professionally unacceptable no matter how busy or under staffed you are. We need to also be honest that many NHS staff have lost all semblance of empathy

I love a duffle coat and have not owned one for years. I WORRY about the Paddington risk

I always think it boils down to two key factors to political success. 1. Voters feel you like them 2. The economy. We'll forgive a lot of 1 if 2 is there. Starmer is currently nowhere on either. The apparent active dislike of my demographic- despite it being his too- is quite special