Scotland was, oddly, the last country in the UK do get rid of blasphemy laws, so the generation before mine used phrases like -

Jings, crivvens and help ma Boab!

And

In the name o the wee man!

The French - Would you like me to burn your fucking car?

Polite society - “Never, ever discuss politics or religion. Thinking that you can change someone’s mind on either of these subjects is foolish and arrogant and the conversation will always, without fail, end in an argument”

Americans for some fucking reason - “Hold my high fructose corn syrup”

I love books

My biggest recommendation is to avoid asking for recommendations online, particularly in reading - centric communities.

People love to pretend their favourite books are classical just through sheer pretentiousness

The most genuine people you’ll find in life are the ones that are perfectly happy to admit they fucking love a trashy thriller

I always find it strange that nobody ever mentions World of Goo

I hate games like that but I couldn’t put it down!

You hit the nail on the head when you said “expats or exiles”

They’re immigrants, and it’s only Brits and Yanks that refuse to admit it

I’m an immigrant. Learn the fucking language yous cunts. Respect the country’s mindset. Pay your fucking taxes.

Aye it’s only a 22 hour drive OP, on you go 😂

Yes, someone tells you a story about themselves and you just have to make it about you and shoehorn in some moral superiority

So you can install Linux but you couldn’t figure out how to use Rufus to install Windows? Figures

When I started working decades ago, we were taught how to use bent bits of fence wire to find underground pipes before digging

I literally found scores of pipes that way, and saw dozens of other people do it regularly. It was even taught at a local agricultural college as part of the horticulture course

Then someone told me it was a myth and doesn’t work, so I set up a blind test with a hidden bucket of water and I utterly failed to find it

I simply cannot explain this

Is that just omelette with high fructose corn syrup?

I think this is actually the first photo of the Boucle that I’ve seen that isn’t horribly oversaturated

The heather and trees do actually go that colour at this time of year

You’re confusing “Dutch” with “edible cuisine” 😂

PhD

🤨

Even better, the Welsh political party called Cumrag

Hyacinth Bucket (ITS BOUQUET)

Has anyone actually found a good use for having any LLM function handy on your phone?

That’s rock concerts you’re thinking of

I pay for my fibre, and my phone. They’re indispensable.

Oh and a VPN

I can see why people pay subscriptions for media, but people who pay subscriptions for software or services are a massive problem. If people refused to use a service as soon as it turned to a subscription model, the idea would’ve died out

Nope, folks are fucking stupid

I haven’t read such an incorrect statement since someone said “I think Liz Truss will be great for the British economy”