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#41

Gaming HQ / Re: Crusader Kings III

Last post by Syt - Today at 02:38:20 PM

Seems early, but it should give them enough room to fix the worst problems by Christmas break

#42

Off the Record / Re: Refractory Gauls, or the F...

Last post by Zoupa - Today at 02:27:20 PM

I've been a lefty/socialist my whole adult life, and I would never vote for Melenchon. He went off the rails 10-12 years ago.

#43

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Zoupa - Today at 02:24:19 PM

Thankfully for Merkel, the bar for worst German chancellor is absurdly high.

She should really just stfu and disappear.

#44

Off the Record / Re: The EU thread

Last post by PJL - Today at 02:23:17 PM

The EU parliament is solving the pressing problems of the continent: Non-meat food may no longer be called sausage or other similar terms for animal products.

 

So Yes Minister was just 40 years early then (as is it in most cases).

#45

Off the Record / Re: The EU thread

Last post by HVC - Today at 02:15:47 PM

Going back to sausage, I can sort of get things like steak or chop at the extreme end of misguiding the stupid, but aren't sausages just things in a casing? I don't automatically think meat.

#46

Off the Record / Re: The EU thread

Last post by HVC - Today at 02:13:30 PM

Drink sounds so much worse hah. Sounds like a euphemism for artificial.

#47

Off the Record / Re: The EU thread

Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 02:11:03 PM

A farmer's lobby with a Parliament attached

That being said I await the day all the "milks" have to be called juice. Almond juice just doesn't have the same ring to it.

I had started typing about this as that's already the case in Europe. The CJEU ruled that it would be misleading for consumers and there is a regulation on this. So it's "almond drink" or something similar in Europe.

It's also created a cottage industry of copywriters and lawyers trying to come up with words that gesture at protected dairy names like milk, butter, cheese, yoghurt without actually "misleading" a particularly stupid consumer

#48

Off the Record / Re: The EU thread

Last post by HVC - Today at 02:07:43 PM

You gave the farmers too much power

That being said I await the day all the "milks" have to be called juice. Almond juice just doesn't have the same ring to it.

#49

Off the Record / Re: The EU thread

Last post by Zanza - Today at 01:58:41 PM

The EU parliament is solving the pressing problems of the continent: Non-meat food may no longer be called sausage or other similar terms for animal products.

 

#50

Off the Record / Re: Grand unified books thread

Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 01:43:07 PM

So about a third of the way through the Booker dozen longlist. And either it's a very strong year or I've accidentally fucked it and front-loaded all the books I'll enjoy

But strong recommends on all of David Szalay's Flesh, Andrew Miller's The Land in Winter (possibly my favourite), Maria Reva's Endling and Benjamin Wood's Seascraper. Hopefully it's a very strong year because these have all been excellent. Flesh and The Land in Winter have made the shortlist, while Seascraper and Endling seem the two people are most annoyed didn't get to the shortlist.