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Can I have a pool ball in my stocking this year
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Can I have a pool ball in my stocking this year
Lol I haven’t disagreed with you, I’ve said twice that the amount they have arrived at is too high. I agree the parameters / definitions in this example look to be hogwash.
I’m saying that using AN absolute measure (arrived at properly) is a valid thing to do. These people have not done that.
I’m saying that using AN absolute measure (arrived at properly) is a valid thing to do. These people have not done that.
December 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Lol I haven’t disagreed with you, I’ve said twice that the amount they have arrived at is too high. I agree the parameters / definitions in this example look to be hogwash.
I’m saying that using AN absolute measure (arrived at properly) is a valid thing to do. These people have not done that.
I’m saying that using AN absolute measure (arrived at properly) is a valid thing to do. These people have not done that.
I agree that the number they arrived at could be too high - I really don’t know how far $130k would get you in the US.
The article doesn’t define basic needs, may have included all sorts crap to arrive at that value.
This doesn’t mean a sensible estimate couldn’t be arrived at using absolute.
The article doesn’t define basic needs, may have included all sorts crap to arrive at that value.
This doesn’t mean a sensible estimate couldn’t be arrived at using absolute.
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I agree that the number they arrived at could be too high - I really don’t know how far $130k would get you in the US.
The article doesn’t define basic needs, may have included all sorts crap to arrive at that value.
This doesn’t mean a sensible estimate couldn’t be arrived at using absolute.
The article doesn’t define basic needs, may have included all sorts crap to arrive at that value.
This doesn’t mean a sensible estimate couldn’t be arrived at using absolute.
The amount may be too big (I don’t know how much that amount buys in US), but I think the concept of redrawing it based on an absolute measure is sound.
Should really be used together - absolute indicating a society’s ability to meet basic needs, relative indicating inequalities within a society.
Should really be used together - absolute indicating a society’s ability to meet basic needs, relative indicating inequalities within a society.
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The amount may be too big (I don’t know how much that amount buys in US), but I think the concept of redrawing it based on an absolute measure is sound.
Should really be used together - absolute indicating a society’s ability to meet basic needs, relative indicating inequalities within a society.
Should really be used together - absolute indicating a society’s ability to meet basic needs, relative indicating inequalities within a society.
I don’t understand why not. I read the article as proposing the $36k poverty line (which may well relate to relative poverty) is an unsuitable poverty measure and that an absolute measure (which they have proposed as over $100k) is a better reflection.
Soz, I sound facetious but not trying to be.
Soz, I sound facetious but not trying to be.
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I don’t understand why not. I read the article as proposing the $36k poverty line (which may well relate to relative poverty) is an unsuitable poverty measure and that an absolute measure (which they have proposed as over $100k) is a better reflection.
Soz, I sound facetious but not trying to be.
Soz, I sound facetious but not trying to be.
There are 2 kinds of poverty - relative and absolute. For example, if 90% of a population can’t afford basics such as food, water, shelter, heat etc (e.g. a society where all of the wealth is tied up in a handful of individuals) then there would be a high rate of absolute poverty.
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
There are 2 kinds of poverty - relative and absolute. For example, if 90% of a population can’t afford basics such as food, water, shelter, heat etc (e.g. a society where all of the wealth is tied up in a handful of individuals) then there would be a high rate of absolute poverty.
It’s about a tough, uncompromising Welshman
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It’s about a tough, uncompromising Welshman
I’ve re-read the Discworld series start to finish 4 times up to now. Each time I still discover new references and nuggets that I only get because I’ve lived a few more years since the last read.
RIP the greatest
RIP the greatest
September 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I’ve re-read the Discworld series start to finish 4 times up to now. Each time I still discover new references and nuggets that I only get because I’ve lived a few more years since the last read.
RIP the greatest
RIP the greatest
You can tell they know they are producing this to mislead readers by the fact they always say ‘x sacked AFTER saying y’ rather than ‘x sacked FOR saying y’. They know it’s isn’t the reason they were sacked but try and insinuate that it is anyway.
August 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
You can tell they know they are producing this to mislead readers by the fact they always say ‘x sacked AFTER saying y’ rather than ‘x sacked FOR saying y’. They know it’s isn’t the reason they were sacked but try and insinuate that it is anyway.
For a brief moment I thought you were telling us he’d converted to Islam whilst inside
May 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
For a brief moment I thought you were telling us he’d converted to Islam whilst inside
With randomised intoxication levels for each entrant
May 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
With randomised intoxication levels for each entrant
Kudos to the cameraman for zooming in at just the right moment
April 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Kudos to the cameraman for zooming in at just the right moment
Award-winning pedantry 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
April 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Award-winning pedantry 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
Exactly what I thought 😂
March 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Exactly what I thought 😂
Can they even do that? Given everyone adheres to SNA?
I mean I suppose they can do what they like but it will make thing incomparable with, we’ll, everyone.
Although that’s probably the point of excluding it
I mean I suppose they can do what they like but it will make thing incomparable with, we’ll, everyone.
Although that’s probably the point of excluding it
March 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Can they even do that? Given everyone adheres to SNA?
I mean I suppose they can do what they like but it will make thing incomparable with, we’ll, everyone.
Although that’s probably the point of excluding it
I mean I suppose they can do what they like but it will make thing incomparable with, we’ll, everyone.
Although that’s probably the point of excluding it
Are those words “fess” and “hole”?
February 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Are those words “fess” and “hole”?
He’s not kissing ‘that’ ring mate
February 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
He’s not kissing ‘that’ ring mate
Wash your mouth out
February 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Wash your mouth out
I thought Die Hard was a film about a tough, uncompromising Welsh Valley boy
January 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I thought Die Hard was a film about a tough, uncompromising Welsh Valley boy
What are the other methods for getting into the UK? I’d assume an asylum seeker couldn’t get on a plane or ferry, for example, without prior permission. I’m just wondering how else non-small-boat arrivals actually get here?
January 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
What are the other methods for getting into the UK? I’d assume an asylum seeker couldn’t get on a plane or ferry, for example, without prior permission. I’m just wondering how else non-small-boat arrivals actually get here?
Streets of Rage 4 background music is epic!
January 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Streets of Rage 4 background music is epic!
In Wales, half and half is half chips half rice
November 27, 2024 at 10:23 PM
In Wales, half and half is half chips half rice