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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 7m
The let's do natalism arguments can only hold for so long when it doesn't work. But this isn't imminent in many countries.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 20m
I'm fairly convinced in the long grass this will change migration politics on its head and countries will be actively and overtly competing for immigrants.
Angry tabloid headlines about the french attracting ours before they reach Calais.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 54m
Love the world food aisles. You get different selections in different places based on which communities are in numbers nearby. One little bit of local variation in a sea of supermarket uniformity.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1h
If for the purposes of the thought experiment you assume conversation stays off politics and on pets, weather, sport etc. and put aside the my prior strong negative feelings. I would probably add Farage reluctantly. This is basically what successful populists excel at.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1h
Ed Davey. Grooms chatty uncle at a stag do vibe.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 4h
Debt/Equity ratio?
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 18h
I guess the premiums for a company like that are now bonkers and needs a lot of bartering. And the draft contract is probably full of get outs and exclusions which your IT and Legal people need to spend weeks plugging before signing. Probably quite a long lead time.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 18h
Let it go I reckon, so few people are willing to change their minds these days we shouldn't make them do a repentance thing when they do. (Unless they deserve it).
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 20h
Yes , unfortunately my brain is meme-addled at this point. Beyond repair.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 20h
Samuel L Jackson saying The number of people incorrectly conflating food security and food self sufficiency is too damn high.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 20h
Tube or pills saying another unreliable meaningless poll 4 years out from an election. Being looked at by Lois griffin
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 21h
What's the condiment etiquette with that?
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 21h
Anon stopped thirsting around 2000. Long 25 years for anyone.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d
I think it's deeper than pensions etc. The workplace in large employers has become very transactional rather than interpersonal. Recruitment - online portal, Appraisal - portal, Training - portal. Feedback - portal. People management has been transformed and doesn't build affection.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d
This reminds me of the discussion where young people have less loyalty to employers than previous generations, and less prepared to sacrifice for them. I wonder if this revelation is the other side of the same coin.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d
The people you're debating with are saying that empty homes are not nearly ambitious enough to solve the problem, and lots more is needed. And you're twisting this into a view they are proposing nothing. Vlad the Reframer.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d
Naturally, a place cannot become Idyllic without a summerhouse.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d
Flanked by outbuildings, but definitely never a shed.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d
The collective noun for quaint cottages is a picturesque.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d
My pet theory is a lot of this is down to British class dynamics. *Well off* older people from modest backgrounds really struggle with identifying with the reality that they are likely more affluent than much of the population. Pensioner poverty is a more comfortable badge to carry.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d
Sure, but a talking of a generation is always a generalisation. And as an average* it's a reasonable shout.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d
Yes also walk to school is usually direct A to B. They way home is often more winding- mates house, shop, after school club. More time on the pavement.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d
This head is actually a coded signal the chancellor is very pro-Brussels.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d
The annual tradition of the weird young Tory conference photo-book article actually serves a public service. Keeping the stereotype alive helps ordinary young people to just say no.
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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d
Yes school safety is a fair argument. But with my kids, when they get home and it's dark so they can't play out, yet eat their breakfast/asleep in morning daylight, seems like such waste, especially in November & February with some spare daylight to go round. I'm team year round BST on balance.
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