mangaman74
Akatsuki
A belated Happy Birthdayst_owly said:
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-Danielle-
Death Scythe
Hope you had a good Birthday Owly and got nice stuffs 
First day back at work is POO!
First day back at work is POO!
Kite
Pokémon Master
My poor car has developed a tiny fuel leak in the 'fuel return' pipe from the one of the injectors, the problem has been identified, the bad news is that a replacement set (as you can't buy them separately) is £60+VAT, at trade price. Although should be fixed tomorrow, so no more fuel will be wasted or cause any more damage. Skodas are good value, until you reach a VW part (Golf engine)
st_owly (witch)
Time-Traveller
Bahahahahahaha
ayase
State Alchemist
I think it's high time we decided if we're a capitalist or a socialist country. Because either would be better than the "socialism for the rich, capitalism for everybody else" system we have currently.
If we're a capitalist country, NO private business should be propped up with public money. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Banks, railways, all should have to make a profit and if they can't, they go bust just like any other business and anyone invested in them loses their money and anyone employed by them loses their jobs. Tough sh*t, that's the free market. If we're a socialist country, then those businesses that we think are necessary but unprofitable should be nationalised and run on a not for profit basis. And the managing directors of these public companies should earn under £100k rather than £217bn a year. The fact that we have unprofitable private companies propped up with public money, paying their bosses as though pissing the country's money down the drain was an accomplishment deserving of reward has me longing for the France of the 1790s.
As for UKIP, believing that people deserve better by virtue of being born on a specific patch of land is frankly as ludicrous a concept to me as people deserving better because they were born a specific colour. They might not be a racist party, but honestly if they're still going to discriminate against people on arbitrary factors of birth they're still just as unreasonable. As far as I'm concerned we should open all the world's borders and let anyone live and work where they please. I'm working on leaving anyway because I'd like to get into the EU (where there are in fact plenty of opportunities for British citizens if they'd only look up from their copies of The Sun for a minute) before the UK gets out of it. Then the country can catch fire and sink into the Atlantic for all I care. Everyone would have to be immigrants then.
If we're a capitalist country, NO private business should be propped up with public money. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Banks, railways, all should have to make a profit and if they can't, they go bust just like any other business and anyone invested in them loses their money and anyone employed by them loses their jobs. Tough sh*t, that's the free market. If we're a socialist country, then those businesses that we think are necessary but unprofitable should be nationalised and run on a not for profit basis. And the managing directors of these public companies should earn under £100k rather than £217bn a year. The fact that we have unprofitable private companies propped up with public money, paying their bosses as though pissing the country's money down the drain was an accomplishment deserving of reward has me longing for the France of the 1790s.
As for UKIP, believing that people deserve better by virtue of being born on a specific patch of land is frankly as ludicrous a concept to me as people deserving better because they were born a specific colour. They might not be a racist party, but honestly if they're still going to discriminate against people on arbitrary factors of birth they're still just as unreasonable. As far as I'm concerned we should open all the world's borders and let anyone live and work where they please. I'm working on leaving anyway because I'd like to get into the EU (where there are in fact plenty of opportunities for British citizens if they'd only look up from their copies of The Sun for a minute) before the UK gets out of it. Then the country can catch fire and sink into the Atlantic for all I care. Everyone would have to be immigrants then.
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st_owly (witch)
Time-Traveller
Agree entirely, ayase. The banks should've been left to rot, not propped up by the government. No business is too big to fail.
-Danielle-
Death Scythe
That's too funny Lawrence!
My waistline isn't going to approve on my eating over the next 2 weeks although I will try and be good with what I pick!
Going to the Grinch (Mud crab industries place) on Friday with work for food then loooooads of drinks after. On Monday I'm going to Gourmet Burger Kitchen for lunch. On Friday (24th) I'm going to Five Guys, on Saturday (25th) I'm going to Bella Italia for my Birthday with family then finally on Sunday (26th) I'm going to Byron for my Birthday with friends! hahaha. My Birthday is the 27th
My waistline isn't going to approve on my eating over the next 2 weeks although I will try and be good with what I pick!
Going to the Grinch (Mud crab industries place) on Friday with work for food then loooooads of drinks after. On Monday I'm going to Gourmet Burger Kitchen for lunch. On Friday (24th) I'm going to Five Guys, on Saturday (25th) I'm going to Bella Italia for my Birthday with family then finally on Sunday (26th) I'm going to Byron for my Birthday with friends! hahaha. My Birthday is the 27th
Phobos
Titan
-Danielle- said:That's too funny Lawrence!
My waistline isn't going to approve on my eating over the next 2 weeks although I will try and be good with what I pick!
Going to the Grinch (Mud crab industries place) on Friday with work for food then loooooads of drinks after. On Monday I'm going to Gourmet Burger Kitchen for lunch. On Friday (24th) I'm going to Five Guys, on Saturday (25th) I'm going to Bella Italia for my Birthday with family then finally on Sunday (26th) I'm going to Byron for my Birthday with friends! hahaha. My Birthday is the 27th
Happy prebirthday!
Lutga
Mad Scientist
I had my birthday about a month ago (my 25th) - I have to admit, it felt weird being halfway through my twenties. Like, am I supposed to be an adult now? I don't really feel like one, ha... And is that a good thing or not?
I've never really made a big deal out of my birthdays, but this one in particular just seemed to really pass me by - I didn't do anything, and I didn't ask for much. But it's kind of scary in a way to think that in five more years I'll be thirty - I think I just have this misguided sense in me that one day I'll wake up and feel like I'm all responsible and stuff, but maybe that's just wishful thinking.
I've never really made a big deal out of my birthdays, but this one in particular just seemed to really pass me by - I didn't do anything, and I didn't ask for much. But it's kind of scary in a way to think that in five more years I'll be thirty - I think I just have this misguided sense in me that one day I'll wake up and feel like I'm all responsible and stuff, but maybe that's just wishful thinking.
antonusklesk
Dandy Guy, in Space
Doing whatever makes you happy and being "responsible" are two completely independent things. For some reason people associate being responsible with giving up things they enjoy, you're only as old as you allow yourself to feel/seem.
I'm a couple of years on from that and now birthdays are fun again, but I did have a couple around 24/25 that felt a bit strange. Thankfully I'm at a point now where people have just accepted that I'm not going to grow up and it's just my personality.
I'm a couple of years on from that and now birthdays are fun again, but I did have a couple around 24/25 that felt a bit strange. Thankfully I'm at a point now where people have just accepted that I'm not going to grow up and it's just my personality.
Is there anything we could be doing to make the podcast more appealing? The degree of response to our attempted reboot so far has been enough to make me wonder if it's even worth our while trying to keep it going.
IncendiaryLemon
Captain Karen
GolGotha said:I don't think its the fact that the podcast itself isn't appealing, I was very tempted to apply myself but I decided against it because I have a horrible voice and i'm rather boring/not knowledgeable enough for these sort of discussions
Same goes for me. Add to the fact that I don't know anyone too well around here yet, I would probably end up just sitting awkwardly in silence.
ayase
State Alchemist
I have to admit, the potential of a public platform was slightly appealing to me as well. But I know my longevity and post count also comes with somewhat of a divisive reputation, and chaos would probably be the first to tell you I'm not the most dependable forumite.
I also have to admit to having not actually listened to it. I've never really been a radio person.
I also have to admit to having not actually listened to it. I've never really been a radio person.
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I'm afraid I don't listen to podcasts at all because I find them difficult to concentrate on if they're not seiyuu radio shows, but I think it feels a little detached from the forum. I know it gets discussed more in the chat and in private messages, but as a result it's probably harder for lurkers to feel as though they know the presenters here; Vivis doesn't post on the forums at all (she hasn't said anything in over a year and her account has been deactivated for some reason). Comparing (rather unfairly) to the ANN podcasts, they profile all of their participants and they are generally very active on the site or in the industry so people feel more emotionally invested in keeping up. While ayase may see familiarity as a double-edged sword, for me it makes things more interesting.
Perhaps there should be more on-forum discussion about the topics covered in each episode so people feel as though they're missing out and want to become involved? Again, apologies for not listening to it but I get the impression from past comments that the discussions tend to come to a natural end with all points covered quite well, so perhaps that makes new commenters a bit shy about weighing in? Or maybe each episode should feature a guest host, so the shy people can try it out without feeling it will be an ongoing commitment?
R
Perhaps there should be more on-forum discussion about the topics covered in each episode so people feel as though they're missing out and want to become involved? Again, apologies for not listening to it but I get the impression from past comments that the discussions tend to come to a natural end with all points covered quite well, so perhaps that makes new commenters a bit shy about weighing in? Or maybe each episode should feature a guest host, so the shy people can try it out without feeling it will be an ongoing commitment?
R
To some degree, I think we've landed outselves in a bit of a Catch 22 situation. People have raised valid points, but I don't know that we're equipped to cover them and we don't seem readily able to recruit people who can. I'd hoped we might have been able to interest some of the familiar faces from the boards for the sake of better representation, but hardly anyone seems to fancy it. Equally, One of the main objectives in looking for more presenters was to help spread the load so that we could get the episodes out more quickly.
Nevertheless, I do appreciate that it's not for everyone and I'm glad that folk have taken the time to respond, even if it's just to say that they don't feel up for it. I think it might be worth seeing if we can get a stickied thread for podcast topic suggestions and covering the pick of the new season certainly appeals to me personally, so I'll at least run that by m'colleagues and see if that's do-able.
Nevertheless, I do appreciate that it's not for everyone and I'm glad that folk have taken the time to respond, even if it's just to say that they don't feel up for it. I think it might be worth seeing if we can get a stickied thread for podcast topic suggestions and covering the pick of the new season certainly appeals to me personally, so I'll at least run that by m'colleagues and see if that's do-able.
Setting up a topic for the podcast is probably a fantastic idea actually. I think getting your feedback on it all and going for something suggested by those that use the forums on a more frequent basis will give you a bit more of an attachment to it, even if you don't feel you want to listen to it that much. It'll help with topic suggestions too.
Like Prof says, we've been trying to get a couple more presenters to join us so we can get something out more frequent. We suggested every 2 months because it felt better suited to how we where going by topics in the first place, but if topics come up which can be covered a lot easier/quickly by other ones working on the podcast, that could improve too. Again, ideas we need to probably take into consideration.
Heck, give us one or two other people and i'd be inclined to do a Jojocast every couple weeks too.
Like Prof says, we've been trying to get a couple more presenters to join us so we can get something out more frequent. We suggested every 2 months because it felt better suited to how we where going by topics in the first place, but if topics come up which can be covered a lot easier/quickly by other ones working on the podcast, that could improve too. Again, ideas we need to probably take into consideration.
Heck, give us one or two other people and i'd be inclined to do a Jojocast every couple weeks too.