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  1. elmarko

    Ok for 8 year old to have chicken vindaloo?

    I love spice, but the next day impact isn't great. I usually go for a Lamb Naga as got bored of my vindaloo - eye watering but loads more flavor. I'd let a child try some of my vindaloo, but I wouldn't order them a full one until they have tried it. Simple really.... not rocket science. I can...
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    And boomers wonder why millennials are bitter towards them..

    It's a problem I doubt any of our potential leaders would even attempt to resolve. 1. Too many MPs have multiple properties & would directly lose out on the change. 2. The grey vote, who are incredibly active in voting will certainly vote against any measure to reduce house prices (as they are...
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    And boomers wonder why millennials are bitter towards them..

    That's the thing also, I rent in an area in which none of the people I live near could either afford the rent or to buy a house in that area if they didn't purchase it a long time ago. I'm fortunate to be in the top 5% of earners (though a single earner with a Mrs/kids so get somewhat screwed...
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    And boomers wonder why millennials are bitter towards them..

    The issue is actually more complex than many first imagine. We need to consider proportion of income spent on rent/purchases for the median household in the UK to get a good picture, based on that measure all of the figures I could find do seem to indicate this has increased. This has some...
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    Visibly upset child made to run daily.

    The dad may not be great, but making a kid go for a fun isn't child abuse. On that alone it would be pretty stupid to contact social services. Going for a run isn't some form of torture, it may be that the kid just wants to play with his X-Box all day & the dad is forcing some daily exercise...
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    Kanye West running for President.

    Mentally challenged vs mentally infirm vs mentally unstable. To be honest if the world keeps electing utterly unprepared & incapable leaders we deserve to get destroyed by an asteroid.
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    Shutting down to social media

    You are just missing the point. Trump is pushing for extra regulation because "HE" has been fact checked, not that he's against fact checking in principle. Trump is fine with authoritarian measures whenever it politically suits his needs & suddenly is an advocate for 'freedom of fact check...
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    Shutting down to social media

    The problem is, facts tend to have an anti Trump bias. So of course Trump and his ilk will feel hard done by as a result of any system meant to winnow out liars and baseless claims. Two key factors, they are private businesses, they are not under any obligation to being neutral anymore than Fox...
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    The All Things IR35 Related Thread

    Highlighted a key part in bold. Surely if anything this proves you were essentially a perm employee in everything but name & tax?. Having a 10 year stable job at x3 the salary of the perm people doing the same work while paying less tax is clearly not as it was intended. Personally I couldn't...
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    Should a prime minister have personal holidays paid for?

    +1 I'm not allowed to accept or give gifts to people of influence of any value above £25 or something, due to anti corruption policies.
  11. elmarko

    Another bizarre "equality" case

    "Figures released by the NUJ, however, show the BBC One audience for Newswatch peaks at 1.9m on average, with a further 100,000 on the BBC News channel, while Points of View reaches 800,000 viewers." It's the only data at a quick glance which has data on comparable viewing figures. Looking at...
  12. elmarko

    High income child benefit charge...oh ****

    Thanks for the heads up, recently got a promotion at work & have a little one aged 2 so will need to sort this out - thankfully promotion came late this year so shouldn't be hit too hard.
  13. elmarko

    Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment)

    I'm not sure, sounds like you're exactly where I am at the moment. Overall I like the game, but it's not an A grade game, a good b- or c+. As others have mentioned, it lacks the pure action of the force unleashed & is ultimately far more shallow than a proper RPG. I'd even go as far as saying...
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    Facebook have removed search profile privacy

    I still have a facebook account, but it's simply used as a glorified news feed for a few news websites & somewhere for family to post updates. The trick to using facebook is not using it serious or caring about it (not putting anything important on it).
  15. elmarko

    Portsmouth

    Portsmouth isn't that bad, I lived in Southsea for a couple of years and the area had a nice feel to it by the commons and the sea. However, I did grow up in Birmingham so perhaps my standards as to what constitutes a nice area are lower than average... haha.
  16. elmarko

    Mother killed her kids because they got in the way of her sex life is jailed for life.

    It's not an either or argument It's not a case of, 1. Support death penalty 2. Support rehabilitation & eventual release. There are plenty of other options, for example 3. Disagree with the death penalty but also disagree with the prospect of rehabilitation & eventual release. Some people...
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    Trump reinstates death penalty for federal crimes

    Funny how all these anti government conservatives think giving the government the ability to legally kill a citizen is fine. Mistakes happen & innocent people will be executed, it's happened many times before & will happen again. For that reason alone I couldn't support it.
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    Homophobic attack on two women on London bus.

    Tbh growing up a very rough council estate in central Birmingham I have to agree with much of the above. (In a sense that I've witnessed directly this kind of random chav/thug attacks around me many times) The mindless thugs who did this are not likely to be people with homophobic views, I...
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    Finally the Jeremy Kyle show has been axed, 14 years too late.

    Polygraph tests are are not real science, it's not supported by hard evidence. "Polygraphs measure arousal, which can be affected by anxiety, anxiety disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), nervousness, fear, confusion, hypoglycemia, psychosis, depression, substance induced...
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