Ben Usaf
cockbeard.bsky.social
Ben Usaf
@cockbeard.bsky.social
Kickyball, data science, and grumpiness
Cherries, Preds, and punk rock
I have to this day never fly fished directly underneath HV lines
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I know

You should always hang shirts from the hem

You destroy the shape by doing it at the shoulders
November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Plus we'd have to take the Euro which means ceding huge amounts of soft power away from London and to Frankfurt

But then if we had a strong government, Cameron would have had the balls to say, "Cheers for your opinion, fuck off, stupid turkeys voting for Christmas"
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I'm no Brexit apologist, I was no brexiteer at the time either

However I'm genuinely unsure at the moment, a strong government would remember that 90% of EU trade deals were British deals grandfathered in when we joined the EEC, and that by rights we should still be able to use them and update them
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
You talk a lot of sense

Reversing it however is a madness now. We have to find a way to lead from the outside, rejoining will make us weaker as we'll never get as favourable terms as we previously had
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Also Rez, but with artistic license

Wish I could remember who made it and credit them but oh well
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
That's more than 3
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This means you'll likely never get to find out just how good @afcbpodcast.com is, that's a shame ;)

#afcb #utciad #botn
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Codemasters are gonna chase this for IP infringement

But then we've waited a long time for a Dizzy remake
October 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Acting like you never played a table top game back in the day

Grid paper and a pencil, all you need is a start point
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Ironically by us

Yet becauuse we called it 'European' they all thin be itsshite suddenly
October 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Don't be silly

They were "better" qualified because you were overqualified

You probably bothered to actually answer the phone
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Be "better"

Be the better you deserve

Stop looking outside

It's honestly not that deep

It's not easy either, but it's not complicated, it's just difficult
October 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"chat shit get banged"-rupted

Could happen to a nicer bloke, horrible twat
October 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I remember meeting a girl with a different area code and thinking she was proper exotic
October 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I just kinda wish we ALL stopped voting for parties, and started voting for representation and policies instead
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
TBF Given the way numbers work, nearly 50% HAVE to be below average

And I'd bet given the amount of films we never even hear of let alone see, I'd wager that actual average is a lot lower standard than we think it is
October 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's a drum I've been banging for about two decades now, so I've maybe brainwashed myself a little bit

Weirdly the idea of citizens assemblies was one I came across long afterwards. I just think the commons and civil service could be made up of partitioned random groups from relevant parties
September 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
September 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Just wear them a touch lower

It becomes platonic, and weirdly much more comfortable

Wait shit, have I become asexual??
September 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This is why democracy has been utterly broken for decades now

Time to bring in sortition and remove this celebrity circus popularity contest

It's just 'Britain's Got Liars' at this point
September 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
That's a great thing to have, not everything needs to be finished or polished

I wish I could follow my own advice, I'd much rather have loads of WIP than just loads of half forgotten ideas
September 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Precisely why we need to remove the cult of personality from our electoral process

Sortition is surely the only genuine way forward
September 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
You are home

When this nation projected itself upon the entire globe it also until the need to look after those places it took over

That's how responsibility works
September 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM