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Previously on "The problems with our society, in a nutshell"

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by FIERCE TANK BATTLE View Post
    Maybe I'm an idiot for saying this but I don't think just the rich flying around in private jets causes as much pollution as factories manufacturing millions of goods or even normal people flying around in jets.
    Sasguru has competition for the CUK cretin award. Introduce frequent flyer levy to fight emissions, government told - BBC News

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  • Whorty
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Churchy keeps mentioning something that happened in "Band-practice".
    Not sure what it was but sounds like he enjoyed it.
    The tall fat boy he met there, his name escapes me, something like BRIAn, blew his little penny whistle

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    You and Churchy really need to deal with your anilingus obsessions. I'm not judging, mind - consenting adults etc.
    Churchy keeps mentioning something that happened in "Band-practice".
    Not sure what it was but sounds like he enjoyed it.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I suppose its a worry for you. If sasguru was offline you would have no arse to stick your tongue up.
    You and Churchy really need to deal with your anilingus obsessions. I'm not judging, mind - consenting adults etc.

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    A Reverse Safe Space for the gammonflakes.
    I suppose its a worry for you. If sasguru was offline you would have no arse to stick your tongue up.

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  • FIERCE TANK BATTLE
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I was talking about individuals - not companies. For example, with video conferencing, very little business travel is needed. But people fly because they are self-entitled.
    Maybe I'm an idiot for saying this but I don't think just the rich flying around in private jets causes as much pollution as factories manufacturing millions of goods or even normal people flying around in jets.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    You could just stay in one. Preferably the one without internet access......
    A Reverse Safe Space for the gammonflakes.

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Yeah how I am I going to maintain my homes in different countries?
    You could just stay in one. Preferably the one without internet access......

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Sorry I mean Soviet, as in centrally funded by the state.
    Rule 3. Never apologise.

    I guess you think the British army is Soviet on the same basis.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I was talking about individuals - not companies. For example, with video conferencing, very little business travel is needed. But people fly because they are self-entitled.
    Yeah how I am I going to maintain my homes in different countries?
    But seriously I carbon offset my flights by working from home. Why do people commute to work at all?

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by FIERCE TANK BATTLE View Post
    What a pile of poo, the 10% are pumping out pollution to provide goods for everyone. You can't buy a packet of crisps and then moan about walkers making 10 million crisp packets a day and polluting the world

    They're literally making them cos you ask them to

    I was talking about individuals - not companies. For example, with video conferencing, very little business travel is needed. But people fly because they are self-entitled.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    You don't know much about Stalinism.
    Sorry I mean Soviet, as in centrally funded by the state.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Typical Labourite crap. If anything the UK needs to accelerate the rate of free enterprise and capitalism. Starting with privatising the NHS, a monolithic Stalinist organisation that eats up resources and will eventually bankrupt the country with the current demographic trends
    You don't know much about Stalinism.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I know I am going to regret asking. But I will try anyway.

    What gain do you think hedge funds provide to society? I know this is an extreme example....
    They make JRM and other "non-elites" rich

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  • FIERCE TANK BATTLE
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    50% of global warming is caused by 10% of the people.
    What a pile of poo, the 10% are pumping out pollution to provide goods for everyone. You can't buy a packet of crisps and then moan about walkers making 10 million crisp packets a day and polluting the world

    They're literally making them cos you ask them to

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