I think you win the internet for a whole week with that one

I appreciate the sentiment, and it's not like we're not allowed to have any kind of firearm. It's not very well known, but we can all apply for a shotgun certificate and the police have to have a good reason to refuse it. It's just that most people have no idea.

Actual rifles etc. are a bit more difficult, but it's possible. Handguns were banned after a school shooting here decades ago though.

However, most of my 'countrymen' are pussified twats and if I ever let people know I use a shotgun they're typically a combination of mystified and horrified. The spine has gone out of the British people as a whole.

There may be 10-20000 true brits left, out of 60 odd million. We're fucked. It might not be so bad if they hadn't shut down all the pubs or convinced everyone to carry spy devices around all the time. Any actual action would, by necessity, need to be small scale and thus, more easily overcome/ignored.

Brits just don't have any experience of gorilla warfare anymore.

The only thing that wojld actually stand a chance is if they kept their money in their pockets, it's truly the most power we have these days and no fucker uses it.

If you do decide to visit, stick to the scenic areas, such as Scotland, Wales and the south of England (but not Kent) - think more Devon/Cornwall.

The Lake District is nice though, but I would advise going slightly out of season there, it's gets a bit mental.

Reform won another by-election in Bury St. Edmunds yesterday, so there's some hope at least.

It saddens me to see what has happened to Australia as well, here's hoping we can all get rid of the insanity.

There are also 5 little windows above the door.

Edit: In fact, the doors themselves are 5*5, which is really unusual to have an uneven number of windows on a pair of doors, isn't it?

What the hell is that squiggle supposed to be in the yes/no column?

I assume they weren't sealed either then.

Perhaps you could let them know they could sue ActBlue for a refund of all their 'donations' :)

I am able to visualise how a network packet traverses the internet at every level, it makes troubleshooting look like magic to other people, they just can't see the dots I'm using to join things up.

One of the most effective ways of navigating a difficult choice is to pretend someone else has come to you for advice on that very subject, and advise them accordingly.

Once you have done so, proceed to take your own advice, no matter what it is.

It is so much easier to listen.

Amen to that.

Your mother?

Sorry, no offense, it was just too good a line :)

Perhaps it was to show you that you can trust that inner voice, no matter how far you fall from the path, knowing that this will eventually bring you back to the path and the light.

Jesus plays such a long game he's the g.o.a.t. of quarterbacks :)

What's that, other Barry?

I have no idea Barry, none at all.

Ok, so this is going to sounds quite insane I'm sure, just bear in mind this is a personal experience, nothing more :)

There was a time I was deeply into meditation and on one occasion I was sat on the edge of my bed and decided to send my mind out into the Universe.

It was quite a journey, with my eyes closed, imagining my immediate surroundings and then moving my awareness 'up' (or 'out' if you prefer) in ever increasing steps - making sure I visualised each step before moving on.

So, room -> house -> street -> surrounding area -> county -> country -> globe -> solar system -> galaxy -> universe -> ..?

So, at the -> ..? stage things got a little...weird. Up to this point I had mental expectations of what was there so I have to accept that it was all projection, but I wasn't prepared for what I 'imagined' next.

After passing through the 'outside the universe' stage I came back up through the quantum level:- quantum -> atoms -> molecules etc.

So, after moving back 'up' the chain I 'literally' saw with my minds eye a figure sitting before me - it was the back of my own head!

I moved forward into my head and was once again looking back out through my eyes, but something felt totally different, but I couldn't put my finger on what it was.

After all the things I've learned in recent years I'm now wondering if I managed to shift my awareness to a different timeline.

Crazy, right?

edit: I forgot to mention that after this journey my impression of the Universe was that it was shaped like a torus (doughnut) - which is a close relative of the mobius strip.

Why is there a star of david in the corner?

Maybe not quite so far :)

So who's Waaaah!

Well, having no historical posts means it's impossible to gauge anything you say as having any kind of validity...no track record.

And if requiring evidence to support conclusions is 'defensive boomerism' then I think you might be the one who frequents reddit.

For one thing, pretty much everything in the human sphere is politics and for another the mindset of this community is 'evidence based' conclusions.

edit: and what do you know about typical for this site Mr 37 day old handshake?

The trouble is, without receipts it's all a bit griftery.

I just heard that Israel carried on bombing Iran afterwards, so this theory is a bit thin.

It's also a good idea to ask AI questions you already know the answer to. Watching it squirm and wriggle to justify lying to you is quite comical and scary at the same time. Think Killer Clowns from Outer Space.

If that's the case then it would happen pretty frequently I would have thought, and it would follow the same path too.

More like supersonic

too slow :)