I had my graduation on Wednesday, the certificate is so bland and I've never particularly liked my university's logos. I'm certainly not getting it framed, it can stay in an envelope at the bottom of a drawer.
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UK/R.O.I GAF - Thread of geopolitical confusion
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I had my graduation on Wednesday, the certificate is so bland and I've never particularly liked my university's logos. I'm certainly not getting it framed, it can stay in an envelope at the bottom of a drawer.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
it's gonna be a self loathing exercise isn't it?
fuck you guys the opening ceremony is directed by the man who gave us this
and will be a british rock opera
and will be a british rock opera
Hasn't made a good film since 1996.
At least it won't be Galvanise's ode-to-war idea though.
StealthGoblin
Banned
Song choice is rather poor. They've missed out one of the biggest bands England has ever had, and one that promotes the East End wherever it goes. Some gems in that tracklist of course and the fireworks could make it work, but yeah. Its a wait and see on that account.
I actually think it'll be ridiculous. One part in particular sounds hilariously awful. I wonder if you'll be able to pick it out when you watch it. I'm actually a massive massive fan of both parts that make that segment up, too.
Not sure why we're giving a fuck what he says tbh. He's clearly writing cheques that his ass can't cash come November.
It's already fizzled out, no point in dumping on it now. He really shouldn't have used hosting Olympic games without disaster as a claim to fame though.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
I actually think it'll be ridiculous. One part in particular sounds hilariously awful. I wonder if you'll be able to pick it out when you watch it. I'm actually a massive massive fan of both parts that make that segment up, too.
Only thing i've read about it is there'll be "scary" redcoats? Something i find particularly ridiculous considering they've drafted in thousands of soldiers to take up the security of the games, plucked from shore leave and put them in shit conditions with no compensation.
It did pretty quickly, but it was getting silly, with typical Yanks defending fucking everything this guy says and adding in layers of more jingoistic bullshit as they are still bitter that we invented their country, language and the industrial age they seem to have done so well out of.
MmmSkyscraper
Unconfirmed Member
I actually think it'll be ridiculous. One part in particular sounds hilariously awful. I wonder if you'll be able to pick it out when you watch it. I'm actually a massive massive fan of both parts that make that segment up, too.
I'm not sure what to expect really. China was epic in terms of scale and co-ordination, not sure we can match that* Regardless of the visuals, I hope it holds up on the audio side as my favourite band composed the original music.
*I'll settle for Boris Johnson jumping through a ring of fire on a tricycle.
I just linked to one of 00s only great sci-fi films in the post you quoted. Your post: invalidated.
Sunshine is half a good film, and half Hellraiser XII. It says more for sci-fi in the 00s than it does for the quality of the film itself.
We'll never agree on films. That much is obvious.
I'm no fan of Pinbacker but I still don't think he's bad enough to mar a tremendous third act. The final ten minutes of that film are just incredible.
Only because the 30 minutes before that were so dreadful.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
Crazy talk, this is the land of theatrics and music. Fucking communist china should be pisspot pretenders.
Musha_Soturi
Member
I'm going out for a friend's birthday, but the pub we're going to does have a large screen so I'm hoping they'll show it, otherwise I'll have to watch it later.
I never saw the Chinese opening ceremony so my standards are pretty low.
Hah I know right, at least they didn't use cheap paper, it seems to be a reasonably good quality piece of card as far as I can tell.
In my mind, it's actually the opposite - everything else in the film is so exquisite that everything which falls below those expectations immediately stands out.
Most of the film is just an Underworld music video containing good looking spacemen, spacescapes and sterile sci-fi sound stages. Once it's time for a story Garland farts and follows through, messy.
Currently in Starbucks and someone left a copy of The Sun on the table. I'd feel sooooo bad paying 40p for this crap. No tits on page 3 either because of the goddamn Olympics opening ceremony
EDIT: its on page 11 instead. Paper redeemed.
Have fun tonight Musha. Seems that this event has been hyped up as much as the royal wedding last year so there is bound to be at least one place showing it.
Ha! Great Britain vs UAE football on Sunday. That would've been fun to watch if I was still in Abu Dhabi.
EDIT: its on page 11 instead. Paper redeemed.
Have fun tonight Musha. Seems that this event has been hyped up as much as the royal wedding last year so there is bound to be at least one place showing it.
Ha! Great Britain vs UAE football on Sunday. That would've been fun to watch if I was still in Abu Dhabi.
broadwayrock
Member
Currently in Starbucks and someone left a copy of The Sun on the table. I'd feel sooooo bad paying 40p for this crap. No tits on page 3 either because of the goddamn Olympics opening ceremony
You can get that for free on their website, they even have a page360° (which does exactly what it says on the tin)
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
How the fuck did I not know about this!
I'm about to pay my first ever visit to the Sun's website.
Edit: Amy Child's new tits look phenomenal.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
Fuck nationwide, fuck that jobsworth bitch in nationwide. I took in about 20 bags of change just now in my belated lunch break and she started giving me shit about how I can only put in 5 at a time and I would have to come back next week or go to a different branch. What a fucking jeremy. I threatened to close my account and that got their attention, after a few minutes of backtracking and the manager coming out she did it.
I'm seriously considering voting to demutualise in the next round, put the fear of market forces into them and force them to improve. Right now it's just awful, they have a terrible attitude towards customers that no other bank can get away with and they don't offer a savings rate better or worse than other high street banks despite having no shareholders to pay dividends out to.
I'm lucky that I have enough saved with the bank that they would have to fire the employee before they lost me as a depositor, but if I didn't I really would have had to go to four different branches. What a shitty company.
I'm seriously considering voting to demutualise in the next round, put the fear of market forces into them and force them to improve. Right now it's just awful, they have a terrible attitude towards customers that no other bank can get away with and they don't offer a savings rate better or worse than other high street banks despite having no shareholders to pay dividends out to.
I'm lucky that I have enough saved with the bank that they would have to fire the employee before they lost me as a depositor, but if I didn't I really would have had to go to four different branches. What a shitty company.
Don't take your bottles of change to a bank you silly Jezzer. They hate handling actual money, it fills them with fear of the unknown. Take your moneybags to one of these instead:
http://www.coinstar.co.uk/
http://www.coinstar.co.uk/
MmmSkyscraper
Unconfirmed Member
They're a right bunch of Jeremy's. Threatened my mate with court action, they didn't have a leg to stand on and he called their bluff. They didn't bother turning up to court which is fucking rude.
you need to be knighted right now. Thanks!
Nah, those things take a fairly big cut of your money. It's usually <10% but it can really add up; it's not really worth the convenience of it all.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
Yeah, I don't have anything as fancy as a whisky bottle, I just use a shoe box and stick all of my coinage in there, this time around it got to £320. I've been thinking about opening an account with HSBC for a while, I like their HSBC Premier service as it offers free cash withdrawals worldwide and full banking services in any worldwide HSBC branch. I just haven't had the wherewithal to bother changing banks, so much hassle and considering I get half of my annual wages in dollars I have pretty weird requirements, nationwide have been accommodating in that way at least.
blahblah...blah
Member
How long does it take to accumulate £320 in small change?! I dread to think how much I've lost over the years by ignoring 1p, 2p, 5p, and often even 10p coins. And what do you do? Lump it all in bags and take it to the bank to sort out?
I use HSBC Advance, so get some perks (travel insurance, breakdown cover), isn't Premier the one where you need £100k in liquid assets?
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Your new av makes me crack up every time I see it. Perfect photoshopping there.
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Sure. (but bear in mind I'm doing this from memory!)
The High Court supported the Crown Court's interpretation of the mens rea of the s127 offence as being either (a) intent to menace or threaten or (b) awareness that the message could be taken as menacing or threatening.
That's the same definition as used for grossly offensive messages - and I think it is right for the "grossly offensive" offense.
But the mens rea should be tighter for menace. Probably it should be limited to where there is real intent.
The problem I foresee is with statements that are perfectly innocuous in their true context but might be taken as menacing if they stand alone - and where the person making the statement might well be aware of the possible alternative interpretation, and admit as much under questioning.
Consider some examples:
"I am coming after the Queen" - in the context of a game of chess
"You need to blow up the House of Commons by tomorrow" - in the context of making a photograph bigger for next morning's edition
"I'm going to slay them in the aisles" - in the context of the Edinburgh Fringe
Any of these might be made as individual messages, and any might be taken individually as menacing, none are intentionally so, none should be criminal.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Also - did it!
Now I don't look like me any more :\ will probably bic it later on too.
Now I don't look like me any more :\ will probably bic it later on too.
Musha_Soturi
Member
I have to thank photoshop master BGBW for that. He is king.
I think it's slightly better looking than the previous one.
Hot Coldman
Banned
That's a Charlie Brooker show though and that clip made me laugh loads, so fingers crossed!
TetraxShards
Member
I use one of these for small change:
It holds more than you think. Got about 120 last time I emptied it.
It holds more than you think. Got about 120 last time I emptied it.
That's a good, clean buzz. Get ready for 'fight with a lawnmower' comments from EVERYONE.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
newspeak violation detected, report ASAP to your nearest correctional facility for rehabilitation.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
Oh, ages. I think it's been like 3 years since I last did it. Yeah, count it up and stick it in bags.
I think £50k, but something like that. Now you know why nationwide were desperate to hold onto me as a depositor this arvo when I threatened to close my accounts and liquidate all of my investments made with them.
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