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Alexa and the Google equivalent – why is it that we are ok with mass surveillance of the population by private companies?
asks the superpowered anthropomorphic grey bat in a yellow costume with a big red “B” on the chest and red gauntlets and boots.
Omg, ur right....
Batfink's "supersonic sonar radar" is a super-powered version of a bat's echolocation, used to locate prey. Batfink's power takes the form of the letters of the word "BEEP" (or "BEEP BEEP") emanating from his mouth. The letters are anthropomorphic and sentient, and can fly wherever Batfink needs them to go – accompanied by a distinctive beeping noise.
The letters can see; feel fear; evade capture; and report back to Batfink on what they have seen.
Because someone above just called someone else a ‘bigot’ for stating that there were two. After such a nasty slur I’d expect them to have a concrete answer as to how many there are.
Sure, that's a fair request.
Firstly, I found the post I replied to offensive and responded in kind, in the same way that I'd have reacted to someone posting that they'd like to ban ****stanis. Not least because it was completely unprovoked and off-topic, it wasn't like we were twelve pages into a debate about gender. It was a cheap swipe at a persecuted minority (and in hindsight I should have reacted as a moderator rather than bitten at the bait, but here we are).
Secondly, it's bollocks. You want the science, here you go: There's XX and XY chromosomes, male and female, job jobbed, right? But there's also X, XXY, XYY, XXX, XXYY and probably others we don't fully know about yet. And that's the easy bit, before you get into the realms of hormones, surgical assignment at birth, sexual dysgenesis and a shitload of other complications.
“I disagree with you, therefore you’re a bigot” – not so much.
"I disagree with you" - no, this isn't opinion, it's well documented (and complicated) science.
"... therefore you’re a bigot" - no, you're a bigot if you thought it was appropriate to bring up in this thread the first place. Like, that was literally the first thing you thought of when you saw the thread title. You could ban Nazis or middle-lane drivers or Katie Hopkins or Love Island or racists or instant tea or people who ride fixies. But no, out of the entire gamut of things in the entire world you could possibly imagine to object to, the absolute first thing that leapt into your mind was "people struggling with their gender identity."
Also, I didn't say "bigot," I said "ignorant bigot." That other word was important. It's entirely possible that the poster didn't know any of what I just said in the previous post and thus the comment was born out of ignorance rather than malice. In which case I've been happy to help educate them.
Ban (delete) every post on STW which is off topic; binding decision taken by mods.
If decision appealed, appellant banned for life.
Can I ban Nigel Farage and Katie Hopkins?
No, because your post is already banned under previous nominations for banning off topic posts.
Old Nige and Katie are people like me or you, as much as that's a struggle for many to grasp.
I'm going to throw All Day Breakfast in a Tin into the mix. I have never seen anyone consume it but pretty much every work canteen, hostel or bothy I've been in has a tin in the "free food" cupboard. Sort of there as an emergency backup but no emergency that big ever comes. More landfill.
Segways.
But then how would we make a transition without interruption from one activity, topic, scene, or part to another?
No, because your post is already banned under previous nominations for banning off topic posts.
Old Nige and Katie are people like me or you, as much as that’s a struggle for many to grasp.
I'd like to ban aliens 👽 because, and I could be wrong about the origin of their specific species, but I'm fairly sure that those two are both not of this planet 🤣
Oh, I'd also ban those food items masquerading as pies that hsve fruit as a top. No. If I wanted to have something sweet/piquant with my fully pastry-enclosed pie, I shall add chutney, pickle, piccalilli etc.to my plate.
Agreed. And I made it pointlessly worse. I withdraw all my remarks
Good to see an early result from cougars reeducation camps
And you’re making that comment on here. Yeah, right. Think about it, son.
Saved by the gender/bigot kerfuffle...
Old Nige and Katie are people like me or you
They may be like you, but they are sod-all like me.
How about, instead of banning them, just ban the employment of them (and that Morgan git)? That'd be good.
As noted above by Fatmountain, sodding SUVs. They cost so much in fuel, tyres, space, etc. and offer so little in return just because people “like to be high up” FFS get a grip. My mate has just got a petrol engined X5 with the thick end of 600bhp as he now has 1 small child and needed something big and practical. He’s a **** idiot.
Instead of picking on a class of car like SUVs, how about we ban cars with more than 40bhp.
That was good enough to propel a Morris Minor at legal speeds, so for the sake of [s]cyclists[/s] the environment there is no need for anything bigger or faster.
Morris Minor achieved about 39mph, with godawful emissions.
Maybe we could set the bar just a teensy bit higher?
Or how about 80 mins of rugby?
Or sumo wrestling
80 minutes of Sumo Wrestling must require two very evenly matched opponents!
I'd like to ban bad science.
Also, facebook (and all that) recommending more of the same.
Self righteous types who bang on about recycling, saving the environment, banning cars etc etc..Then have numerous children to further bleed the earth resources dry
In fact ban children in general..most of them annoy me..
I'd definitely ban intolerance.
That and organised religion.
Garish house signs and security lights that would out shine a light house.
mrmonkfinger
Morris Minor achieved about 39mph, with godawful emissions.
Don't know where you got that top speed from. Every Minor I owned could get up to 70 or a bit more.
As for emissions, surely a modern engine of that power would be a bit better?
I would like to ban the storage of all old banners.
Used once at a conference that no one will ever care about or remember, apart from Kevin in the mole catching division.They sit for years around offices, rolled up and gathering dust just because Kev thinks they could come in useful.
40bhp is good limit. Had a 998cc Mini that would easily do the speed limit and that only had 39bhp. Currently running a 1992 Polo 1L (45bhp) which can get up to 80mph with a tailwind, downhill.
Dad had a 1959 Minor, I don't think I'd have wanted to take that anywhere near 70 though.
Bank TV ads. Especially the one with the bloody horses. They should be begging for our forgiveness not telling us that they are friendly, cuddly and helpful.
Old Nige and Katie are people like me or you, as much as that’s a struggle for many to grasp.
As Dezb said up there, they are **** all like me thank you very much. I don't even consider them people. just oxygen thieves.
I'd like to ban excessively noisy cars and motor bikes.
Also, good call and perfume ads, they just don't make any sense!!
Don’t know where you got that top speed from. Every Minor I owned could get up to 70 or a bit more.
I see you spotted my deliberate mistake of conflating mph with mpg.
(whoops)
Bank TV ads. Especially the one with the bloody horses. They should be begging for our forgiveness not telling us that they are friendly, cuddly and helpful.
It's a bit like the bloody cuddly Shell adverts on radio at the moment. They infuriate me.
On perfume adverts,
Dodgy science and made-up stats on adverts. Like, "in tests, 90% of women agreed that their skin felt softer" (* small print at the bottom of the screen: "based on a survey of 10 women," and not mentioned anywhere, how many other groups were surveyed before they got the answer they wanted.)
Places like TK Maxx: "Sale: up to 50% off!" Here "up to" renders the claim meaningless, it could be full price and still be "up to" 50% off, they're just saying that there's nothing with more than 50% off.
"Only our yoghurt contains Biffidum Madeupium" - yes, because you've just pulled that out of your arse.
because you’ve just pulled that out of your arse.
How else would you obtain digestive bacteria?
I’d ban ignorant bigots
I'd ban SaxonRider. Every thread he posts - no matter how <i>apparently</I> innocent and well meaning turns into a gosh awful bigot-bun fight. Its happened so often it can't possibly be anything other than his intent for that to happen.
The man is clearly pure, condensed, conniving evil and should be launched directly into the sun.
I'd also ban apples because they make my teeth itch.
Cheap screen wash.
Tucking shirts in to jeans. Nobody wants to look like the cast of The Grand Tour or Top Gear. If you do, you have my deepest sympathies. Now get in the sea!
I’d ban SaxonRider. Every thread he posts – no matter how <i>apparently</I> innocent and well meaning turns into a gosh awful bigot-bun fight. Its happened so often it can’t possibly be anything other than his intent for that to happen.
I second that e-motion
Are we talking national or global bans here?
I'd also like to ban pedant's.
I’d also like to ban pedant’s.
pedants.
pedants.
I rest my case 😉
Yup, ban pendants.
Ban really long pendants. They get on my tits.
😂
They may be like you, but they are sod-all like me.
How about, instead of banning them, just ban the employment of them (and that Morgan git)? That’d be good.
If an alien came from outerspace and looked at Piers Morgan and you, they'd find very little to distinguish you. You both use the same language that relies on a very limited range of subjects / objects to convey ideas to people. You both behave in a similar way that's been programmed into you by society, where getting your argument to dominate the other persons is the name of the game. You would find absolutely thousands of things you agree on for every one you don't (for example, that you need to wear shoes to work, or that girls should go to school, that it's more normal for men's hair to be short, or that you don't get apple crumble for pudding if you've been bad, or that drinking alcohol is ok, that scarificing goats is not cool etc).
Really if you can't even accept the humanity of a somewhat cynical media personality then that's a bit troubling. What else is subhuman? What ideas mark the cut point?
You're also absolutely nothing like me, the polar opposite in every single way.. I can read for one thing.
Places like TK Maxx: “Sale: up to 50% off!”
Old blokes who whistle tunelessly in the supermarket. That is all.
I second that e-motion
The Scots are out in force against me. I feel so persecuted. 🙁