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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Josquius - Today at 07:52:28 AMThe principle that refugees only get 2 years and the path to citizenship isn't straight and open I don't necessarily disagree with. It seems sensible.
But... Making them go through the same life or death process every 2 years, a life permanently in limbo with no chance of putting down roots.... It's too much. Too dumb.
The entire idea that this will dissuade refugees just seems broken. We've seen time and again people coming here have huge misconceptions about how it would work. Far from all of them are savvy operators.
But... Making them go through the same life or death process every 2 years, a life permanently in limbo with no chance of putting down roots.... It's too much. Too dumb.
The entire idea that this will dissuade refugees just seems broken. We've seen time and again people coming here have huge misconceptions about how it would work. Far from all of them are savvy operators.
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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Josquius - Today at 07:38:37 AMIs it new jersey accents that are the ones where they'd say order like "oy-da"?
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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by Syt - Today at 07:19:26 AMRewatching the Good Place. Tahani about a fictional British sitcom:
"It ran for 16 years on the BBC. They did nearly 30 episodes."
"It ran for 16 years on the BBC. They did nearly 30 episodes."
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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Razgovory - Today at 07:15:55 AM"The fun of paying money to President Donald Trump"
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Off the Record / Re: Grand unified books thread
Last post by Syt - Today at 06:52:37 AMNicholas Binge - Ascension
Very Lovecraftian in form - a man discovers his brother who had disappeared nearly 30 years ago in an asylum. The brother is incoherent and proceeds to off himself ... but he left behind a collection of unsent letters that tell the tale of what happened on that mysterious mountain back in the ancient past of ... 1991. (I feel old.)
It's a bit of At the Mountains of Madness, The Thing (scientists in a hostile cold climate), and X-Files.
It's a pretty quick read with enough crumbs along the way to get an idea what's happening before the main character does. Maybe a bit too cliché at times including some very stock characters. And the ending was a bit of a letdown for me, in the sense of, "Really? That's it?" I felt almost comedic.
7/10.
QuoteWhen a mountain mysteriously appears in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a group of scientists are sent to investigate – and discover what is at the summit.
Eminent scientist, explorer and chronic loner Harry Tunmore is among those asked to join the secret mission – and he has his own reasons for joining the team beyond scientific curiosity...
Very Lovecraftian in form - a man discovers his brother who had disappeared nearly 30 years ago in an asylum. The brother is incoherent and proceeds to off himself ... but he left behind a collection of unsent letters that tell the tale of what happened on that mysterious mountain back in the ancient past of ... 1991. (I feel old.)
It's a bit of At the Mountains of Madness, The Thing (scientists in a hostile cold climate), and X-Files.
It's a pretty quick read with enough crumbs along the way to get an idea what's happening before the main character does. Maybe a bit too cliché at times including some very stock characters. And the ending was a bit of a letdown for me, in the sense of, "Really? That's it?" I felt almost comedic.
7/10.
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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 04:17:23 AMIn Trumbo it 's John Wayne who sticks up for the blacklisted writer.
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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 04:14:53 AMHow much money has Trump and his family made off the presidency.
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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 03:08:06 AM....in a dingy room with cheap and uncomfortable plastic seats....
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Off the Record / Re: Best movie prologue
Last post by celedhring - Today at 03:01:42 AMQuote from: Oexmelin on November 15, 2025, 06:35:51 PMI also quite like explicit narration - and the contrast between Lynch's Dune opening and the music also stuck with me a lot, but that may simply be because my dad loved the movie, and it played a lot at home when I was a kid.
Funnily, I believe the opening narration for Lynch's Dune was imposed by the producer - since Lynch had in the script a different prologue featuring the reverend mother in Arrakis talking about the main players of the story much more vaguely, which was shot and then cut. While I've always liked Irulan's monologue (hence why I put it on the list), the original opening was more enigmatic. Probably too much and hence the removal
If you're curious, it's the second scene in this collection, after the cut bits of Irulan's speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKiG_TN5p6U
Oh, and I love the soundtrack of Lynch's Dune too. From Toto of all bands, never thought they'd have that in their pocket.
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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by garbon - Today at 02:13:30 AMQuote from: Josquius on November 15, 2025, 04:03:13 AMNot learning the lesson they should already have been learning from the Green surge then....
Oh apparently refugees can settle, they will just need to wait 20 years...
