13esq

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[–] 13esq 1 points 1 day ago

Just wanted to say that you shouldn't be getting downvoted.

Your question is quite unusual, but it appears to be written in good faith. Please don't be put off from making further posts.

[–] 13esq 1 points 1 day ago

I'm not a violent person, but I like war films. I would think that the same logic could be applied.

[–] 13esq 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We spent £250bn to get us through a COVID pandemic and two years later we can't handle a fucking flu.

[–] 13esq 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I wasn't making a comment regarding Germany or Russia specifically.

I was saying that if there is a choice between an honest cunt and a deceitful cunt then the honest cunt is going to appear rather appealing to some people.

It's not ridiculous, it's an inevitable consequence of decades worth of a widening equality gap and declining social mobility.

[–] 13esq 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I don't watch asmongold, but my GF does. I don't think he's perfect, but I also don't think he's dumb, it's actually quite refreshing to see someone who says what they think even if they know it might be an unpopular opinion, we live in an age where people are scared to offend and we end up with a load of boring fence sitters.

He is gross tho, I'd watch the shit out of a Asmongold spring cleaning stream.

[–] 13esq 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was playing an online team game the other day. A team mate was banging on about how well he was doing and how he was going to post a video to tiktok, I said "dude, no one cares", he didn't post anything after that.

I actually really regret it and wish I could be a more positive person, I'm not sure how though.

[–] 13esq 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That's confirmation bias

[–] 13esq 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I am an anarchist.

That sounds quite interesting! What do you do that relates to or supports anarchy? (Except not voting obviously)

[–] 13esq 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Exactly, and a lot of people find it hard to swallow, but we should absolutely want the best and most able people as our MPs, not just the people who were born in to wealth and have nothing better to do.

That means if a great scientists, doctors, business men, engineers etc etc need to be tempted to become MPs rather than take private sectors roles, then they should be. To me this means the salary must be very attractive and I'm fine with this also meaning "no second jobs".

Inb4: "yh, but being an MP has prestige, it's worth more than money!!!".

How many people do you know that do a job for the prestige of it? How many banks accept prestige for their mortgage repayments? Money is the bottom line and if you want more talent and less Jacob Rees Mogg, you have to pay for it.

[–] 13esq 8 points 5 days ago

Thank god they gave us all those years of austerity!

[–] 13esq 3 points 5 days ago

Sorry, amateur mistake, I meant Britain.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by 13esq to c/[email protected]
 

My dad always likes to tell us about the Christmas when my uncle bought my aunt a tin opener (a good one!) for Christmas, she was apparently rather unimpressed but the story has given years worth of good laughs.

I also remember when my dad bought a holiday in New York for my mum and himself for Christmas, but the tickets were in a small envelope right at the bottom of a HUGE box filled with packing peanuts.

What terrible/joke presents can you think of that would be a good laugh on Christmas day?

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Elon Musk is not an idiot (self.unpopularopinion)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by 13esq to c/unpopularopinion
 

I understand why he is unpopular with many people and to be frank I have quite the distaste for all billionaires, but he is not stupid which is something that is often claimed.

No-one becomes a multi-billionaire due to a lack of intelligence or common sense.

Musk knows exactly what he is doing, he didn't buy Twitter to make a quick buck, he bought it derail it and he's done that quite thoroughly. $35bn to Musk is pocket change.

I mean I get it, if I was a big Twitter user and a new CEO made it something that I now hated, I'd think the bloke was an idiot, but that is actually just a difference of opinion and has nothing to do with intelligence.

In short, whilst Musk is clearly very unpopular with some people and I can understand why, the man clearly is not an idiot. Some people really don't like it when you tell them that.

Edit: 14 downvotes in 30 minutes lol, I can't say I wasn't expecting this but judging by the replies so far, I think it just proves that it's an unpopular opinion!

 

I'm looking for inspiration! She wants to go on a holiday at some point during the year as a gift, but I really want to give her something on Christmas day.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by 13esq to c/[email protected]
 

The weather has finally warmed up here and now there plenty of super annoying houseflies. They're way to fast to swat and have an annoying habit of landing on you.

I've tried Google's suggestion of water/vinegar and a bit of dish soap in a bottle, but they don't seem to go for it at all.

I'm up for trying anything, please make suggestions!

Edit: Thank you to all for your suggestions. So far I've tried the idea of spraying them with surface cleaner which appears to work well

 

It's already well known at work that I don't just not like gore videos but that I hate them and actively avoid them.

A colleague sent me a video of a man being murdered by axe via WhatsApp to my personal phone on my lunch break. Before I opened it I asked if it was a video that I would want to see (because I know what sort of character he is), he implied it was fine.

Despite my suspicion I took his word and watched it. I immediately scolded him, he then made light of the situation, I told him that it wasn't funny and that if it ever happened again I would be making a formal complaint immediately.

A couple of minutes later, another colleague came in to the mess room, the guy that sent the video made fun of me for not liking the video in front of them. I told him that he was making fun of me and that I wasn't ok with that.

Do I have the right to not be sent murder videos? What would an employer do if I made a complaint?

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