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[–] [email protected] 43 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Tbf, was your choice to allow push notifications. Probably a slow news day.

[–] 9point6 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I wish this was the case, but the BBC news output has really dropped off a cliff the past few years. Going by the notifications I was getting a few months ago before I finally killed them off, they are pretty much reporting only on asinine shit about royals, people killing themselves and the occasional weird article that tries to put a shine on what our shitshow of a government is up to.

The BBC intended to educate and inform is unfortunately dead.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean they're meant to be non-partisan, but if I recall, the Tories popped a bunch of high level execs in to skew things a year or three back.

Definitely not quite as impartial as it should be, and absolutely feels like the quality has dropped off since before the pandemic.

[–] 9point6 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cameron changed the rules of the BBC charter in 2015, and installed a load of Tory affiliated people. They first elevated Laura Kuenssberg to political editor, they then swapped the long time DG Tony hall for Tim Davie, someone affiliated with the Tories for decades. Then of course we had the Robert Sharp stuff with Boris. And we don't need to go into the drop in editorial quality.

The BBC is compromised

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Fuck....2015? Next you'll be telling me it's 2024....wait...fuuuuuuuck!

Jokes aside, it's fuckin criminal what the tories have done to this country.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Pretty much if something does not fall under the category of “might need my full attention within 5 minutes”, notifications are going to be off. So basically I have notifications on for all of my messaging channels (with most chats on mute), bank, security apps.

If theres any news worthy of a notification I expect the warning sirens to be on full blast and emergency broadcasts on every channel.

[–] Voyajer 19 points 8 months ago

Monarchism is a hell of a drug

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Do we have any updates on Charles' ass? It's hard to focus when there's such uncertainty looming...

[–] SlapnutsGT 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I’m in the US and got the same notification this morning through CNN. Guess we’re into butt stuff over here also

[–] Chriswild 4 points 8 months ago

CNN is butt so you wanted the butt stuff.

[–] Hikermick 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

In the US the big news is about Lloyd Austin NOT telling us about what's going on up his butt

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

If this leads to more men getting their prostate checked, I'm happy with that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Don't worry. Thanks to Ground News I'm up speed on royal rectal insertions. For only the price of a cup of coffee you too can get instant and unbiased updates on the Kussy.

EDIT: Yes, that means "King's boy pussy"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I really cannot wait for CRISPR injections I can self administer to induce targeted damage to my brain in order to forget the things I read sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I choose to believe you're reacting to the advert for Ground News and not the allusions to royal rogering.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I read the word "kussy" and my brain deciphered it as "king (charles) boy pussy" and I'm now looking for some bleach to drink.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Wait, my brain did the same thing. Is that not what it means?

[–] captainlezbian 7 points 8 months ago

Just imagine having to inform your entire country about what is in your ass

[–] gerbler 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For a split second I thought this was an amber alert or something and I was genuinely impressed at it's misuse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do we have amber alerts in the UK?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The technology exists but they never seem to use it to do that.

So far they've only ever done a test, which didn't exactly work brilliantly, and then never done anything else with it. Although in fairness I don't know if there's been any opportunities that would require it since the test.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I presume "public engagements" is a euphemism.

[–] Mr_Blott 3 points 8 months ago

I hope "period" is too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Typo actually, it was meant to say "pubic"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

It was in the breaking news section of SVT, the Swedish public broadcaster. But they love their monarchy news…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

TIL prostate surgery will cause men to have a short period.

[–] artichokecustard 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

my dad had a prostate biopsy and he did have a bit of bleeding afterwards..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Can we all talk less about bleeding prostates, please?

[–] Aux 3 points 8 months ago
[–] shalva97 3 points 8 months ago

that's some important news

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If it makes you feel better, it's closer to being an old man's g-spot. The bum is just the door.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

The p-spot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I saw the headlines on the Six O'Clock News. People get ill and need treatment, it's hardly a shocker.

[–] RattlerSix 1 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Did I just dream this or did we in the US have a president that had a colonoscopy and they broadcast the video on the nightly news? I swear that happened with Reagan or Bush or possibly Clinton but I can't find anything about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I thought your news was supposed to report on all the shit that your president was doing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What a lovely thing to be willing to do. I’m honestly really touched that she values reassuring others over her own privacy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Today she could have paid for the procedure by posting it on OnlyFans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't she only like a vice president or something though?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Famous news anchor :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Not a president/prime minister or anything important, but I think a celeb had a smear test done on a popular morning show here in the UK. Unless I’m also dreaming.

[–] RattlerSix 1 points 8 months ago

I guess I dreamed it. It wasn't Katie Couric because I was an adult when that happened. I remember being a kid at home and seeing the video of what looked like a tunnel but it was video of someone's colonoscopy.

What I did find was that Reagan had polyps removed and they basically showed a diagram of a person's digestive tract on the nightly news and Reagan's handlers were embarrassed by that. Maybe one station also showed the video through a random person's butt tunnel to go along with it or something.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Fuck Charles. (when he is better)

[–] Mr_Blott 1 points 8 months ago

You'd better go easy, and use lots of lube