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  1. Vashdaman

    General Politics Thread

    Hilary Benn or Margaret Hodge? Oh please god no, not those idiots. That's just my opinion of course. I just disagree with you JPT that anyone who is selling the message and policies of Corbyn or anything like them will ever be "loved" by the mainstream press. It's a fantasy to think the press...
  2. Vashdaman

    General Politics Thread

    Yes, but you've just proven my point, none of that is real toxicity, it is media spun toxicity, and was exacerbated by centrists within the labour party who instead of challenging the false narrative agreed with it. He has talked with the IRA, and with other groups you may believe it is...
  3. Vashdaman

    General Politics Thread

    It really does bemuse me all this talk of Corbyn being so toxic apparently. I mean, it's obvious that a lot of people clearly consider him to be, but as ayase said earlier, what exactly that opinion is based on appears to be a mystery. Unless it's simply based on the media's baseless smears, and...
  4. Vashdaman

    General Politics Thread

    Jeremy Corbyn was truly too good for Britain, we clearly don't deserve him. Seeing all the centrists crawling out of the woodwork now and putting the boot in and blaming 'corbynism' is making my stomach churn. What a truly truly heartbreaking night. I really thought this time a change might...
  5. Vashdaman

    General Politics Thread

    Yeah I'm 100% voting Labour on Thursday. All these polls so far had better be wrong and I'm hoping the youth turn out to vote like never before and vote for JC.
  6. Vashdaman

    General Politics Thread

    I'm really torn about whether to vote tactically or not. My constituency in London has usually been a labour/ conservative marginal sort of seat, Labour lost here in 2017 but not by much at all. However, I saw some poll recently suggesting the Lib Dems have shot to popularity here lately (no...
  7. Vashdaman

    General Politics Thread

    @ayase Oh I completely agree about climate change and I absolutely respect people protesting for the cause and trying to gain people's attention, because the situation is of course really urgent and that's an understatement. But I'm just not sure all publicity is good publicity, which...
  8. Vashdaman

    General Politics Thread

    Yeah, but to be fair, they chose Canning Town as the station to disrupt, so if they didn't expect to be pulled off that train by angry working class Eastenders on the breadline trying to get to work then the protesters were pretty stupid. The choice of station was completely misguided, and only...
  9. Vashdaman

    Neon Genesis Evangelion Netflix Streaming Launch Date Revealed

    Yes I can't wait! When this comes out on netflix, I'm properly going to submerge myself into Evangelion for the first time and watch it the right way. Before now I only ever really saw vol. 7 or some such of the VHS release (it was the only volume HMV had in stock and I thought it was better...
  10. Vashdaman

    The General Conversation Area

    This evening on the tube I could have sworn I saw Jeremy Corbyn. But as the guy walked past me to get off I realised he was way too tall to be the real Corbs. I then repositioned myself more comfortably after the doors closed and realised Keir Starmer was standing next to me, and it was really...
  11. Vashdaman

    Are you proud to be British (or wherever you're from)

    Yeah I think that was what I felt too, to be honest. In fact I think that sentiment basically encapsulates the whole feeling I'm trying to describe too. I think for me, it's not even so much what we've made or done, but more the people this country has churned out, I genuinely love the people...
  12. Vashdaman

    Are you proud to be British (or wherever you're from)

    Yaas replies! Yeah I pretty much agree with everything everyone here has said. Particularly ayase. But it is an interesting point this thing about the word pride. Personally, I'd use it and say I do feel proud of being British on occasion, even though it isn't something I actually achieved...
  13. Vashdaman

    Are you proud to be British (or wherever you're from)

    So, are you? I always used to shrug my shoulders when asked this, I always used to tell myself I shouldn't or just didn't, or rather I suppose I used to think it limiting to think along those lines, or rather I suppose I always thought my connection to the country I've lived all my life in was...
  14. Vashdaman

    The General Conversation Area

    Anyone else here a fan of Front Row with Mary Beard? Jeez I love Mary Beard. And anyone a fan of Only Connect? It makes UC (University Challenge not Universal Century) seem easy in comparison, and I've never got a question right so far. I love the host, she's so quick witted.
  15. Vashdaman

    Aion's AUKN Archaeology and Sociology Thread (off topic split from Anime Industry)

    While it is maybe more popular now to do this kind of criticism, it isn't really new either. It's been a part of criticism for probably a long time to read into a work along social and political lines, and to use the author's biography as a tool too. Although anyone who engages in it should know...
  16. Vashdaman

    General TV Discussion

    I've been watching Madmen on Netflix and I've been loving it. It always sounded boring, a show about 60s New York ad men, and I assumed it just glamorised and glorified the culture of cocksure, swaggering high powered suits. Sure it probably does glamorise it a bit (these guys drink and smoke...
  17. Vashdaman

    Your anime viewing journal

    Hero/Mask ep 1: I watched this with the dub as I was with my brother and he prefers that to subtitles. It was a bit disappointing that they couldn't have hired English voice actors rather than American considering it's set in England, a missed opportunity there. And the episode as a whole we...
  18. Vashdaman

    The General Conversation Area

    Yeah, someone I don't know very well at all wished me all the best for 2019, and I was quite moved strangely, it's a lovely sentiment. All the very best for 2019 AUKN, happy New Year!
  19. Vashdaman

    Your anime viewing journal

    My quest to find a new anime I can get into on Netflix continues. Baki ep 1 : Wow, what an unpleasant viewing experience, such an ugly anime in every way. Ludicrously violent and grotesque. Not my cup of tea at all so I'll not be continuing with it, although I suppose it does have a strong vibe...
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