Noel_Skum

joined 1 year ago
[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Taikonauts are Chinese. All three words, Cosmo, Astro, Taiko - naut describe the same job; it just depends what agency certified you as to what you get called.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Seems reasonable. After I posted I realised that “Donald and Harris” would be a meaningless word-soup in my head for a few seconds if you’d gone with that instead.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don’t know. I live in one of the many western democracies that have maybe six or seven relatively normal parties to vote for; as well as a few more to the edges of the political spectrum. I think this question only applies to people in the US.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

“He always was a bit of a… reader when he was young.” said with such utter contempt and disgust; like it was a terrible thing.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

It does look like a Mini at first glance.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Just out of curiosity is there any reason, you’re aware of, that you went for “Trump and Kamala” as opposed to “Trump and Harris” when you wrote your post? I’ve got no clowns in this circus so it’s a genuine question.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’m not from the US but we do have FPtP here. I propose that all political positions should be filled in a manner similar to selecting a jury. Grab a bunch of citizens at random, do some vetting, install those that pass into the various positions. Three year limit. All major national policy votes taken via a (digital, on your phone) referendum. I strongly believe the only way to save politics is to remove “professional politicians” from the mix.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

The majority of UK building societies turned themselves into banks; maybe twenty years ago when the legislation was passed to enable it. A select few still exist though, but I don’t believe any are that large.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

I’ve just quoted your advice in reply. Again, thanks for the recommendation a while ago.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

In a thread of advice from gay men to straight men someone told us that gay guys have extra choice in underwear - it’s wild until you see it. They recommended: “Andrew Christian, Box, or Aussiebum, or any of the other underwear sites that cater to gay men. We have styles of underwear you wouldn't believe.” They weren’t wrong. I bought for comfort - not sexiness.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Have a wider choice of underwear. Some beautiful individual in another thread put me on to “gay” underwear… comfort settings I’d never dreamed of. I’d feel contained performing CPR in these badboys. Apparently this clothing change is the first step on the road to man love - according to the absolute brains trust I’ve had the pleasure of working with for the last couple of months.

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