Alex Callinicos/SWP vs Laurie Penny/New Statesman Facebook handbags

[Fozzie Bear]

yet one more example of the twattery that is rampant in today's society.

Would another example be people having tattoos?

 

[Delroy Booth]

LLETSA?

 

[el-ahrairah]

To be fair, women addressing other women or mixed company as 'guys' is yet one more example of the twattery that is rampant in today's society.

In fact anybody but an American saying 'guys' in any context is a twat.

hello again *waves*

 

[el-ahrairah]

LLETSA?

great minds...

 

[Delroy Booth]

 

[killer b]

There really isnt any glory in outing him, guys.

 

[Idris2002]

What is Game of Thrones? Genuine question.

Genuine answer: it is a TV series based on a series of fantasy novels.

 

[Idris2002]

Undoubtedly. And multiple piercings. The mass outbreak of self-mutilation is disturbing, and another example of the erosion of individualism that gathers pace by the day.

Actually, round my way you get lots of 50 and 60 year old punks, apparently because that sort of thing was forbidden in the GDR, so they've had to make up for lost time.

 

[Idris2002]

This is what the Wall was torn down for. Worldwide twattery.

Riek Machar, who challenged John Garang for leadership of South Sudanese liberation forces back in the early 90s, didn't have the ritual scarifications that are traditionally proof that a Nuer or Dinka man has gone through the male initiation rites. Yet he was also (like Garang) a pretty ruthless guy, and maybe even a bit of a twat.

 

[Idris2002]

Twat pride worldwide.

We had an antifa demo in town the other week, when some neonazis tried to march through Halle. We stopped them getting past the railway station, and the antifa crowd included both normal people (lots of families with young kids) and also tattooed punk rockers.

 

[JHE]

Actually, round my way you get lots of 50 and 60 year old punks, apparently because that sort of thing was forbidden in the GDR, so they've had to make up for lost time.

Ageing punks can jeer "noooooo fuuuuuutuure" with added conviction.

 

[Idris2002]

Ageing punks can jeer "noooooo fuuuuuutuure" with added conviction.

Actual German antifa slogan: "Keine Zukunft fur Vergangenheit", i.e. "No future for the past".

 

[el-ahrairah]

There really isnt any glory in outing him, guys.

chillax man, the mods don't read this thread!

 

[el-ahrairah]

He doesn't mind, though. No hard feelings, guys.

*high fives*

 

[Idris2002]

Ah, I didn't realise that Brandon, the graduate who's just moved in next door but one with his girlfriend, with his tattooed calf and bicep, had been through some male initiation rite.

I just thought he'd been a member of Lager Soc.

We had a Japanese guy in QUB back in the 80s who was researching a Congolese ethnic group. He went through their male circumcision rite. . . and something went wrong, he had to be airlifted out, and was never the same again.

 

[frogwoman]

Twat pride worldwide.

v

 

[Idris2002]

Oh.

I'm not having a go or anything, but are you OK? You don't seem your usual self.

 

[Idris2002]

I've been feeling a bit 'fuck it all' for about a year, actually. Mid-life crisis maybe.

Well chin up. There are lots of people round here who think you're all right, even if you can be a pain in the arse sometimes.

 

[frogwoman]

Well chin up. There are lots of people round here who think you're all right, even if you can be a pain in the arse sometimes.

this, hope you manage to stick around a bit longer this time

 

[Idris2002]

Actually, I quite like it.

Ac

Not a chance.

Actually, you should give Game of Thrones a chance. It's view of the universe would sit fairly comfortably with your tendency to pessimism.

 

[frogwoman]

Maybe dye your hair, get a tattoo

 

[The Pale King]

• 1. Laurie Penny ‏@PennyRed 1h
  2. Writing some NSFW feminism. Not sure if I'll be allowed to publish it. #sorrynotsorry
  • Eh?

 

[butchersapron]

Later that night, as he thanked me for the best birthday present he had ever received, I explained I was going to have his ass tattooed. `Property of Leroy Jones. Access strictly forbidden except to owner.' I had it done a week later. You might see us around, my boy and me. I'm the one with the sharp suit and the big dick. He's the one with the tight ass, staring at his brother with silent love, ready at a moment's order to drop to his knees or to part his ass cheeks for his boss. If you see us, come say hi and get your wallet ready. I have lots of fit, prime boys you can buy -- and one very special one you can't

 

[killer b]

never gets old

 

[Sue]

What is this utter rubbish?

 

[The Pale King]

• 1. Paul Bernal ‏@PaulbernalUK 11 Jul
  2. Suffered from depression or mental health problems? Lost your job as a result? Need help? I'm #HappyToPayYourBenefits
  3. Retweeted by Laurie Penny

Yuck. I'm not on twitter so don't know if this is doing the rounds, but it seems at best patronising, lordly and misguided and at worst it simply reinforces Tory logic w/r/t the social security system (i.e if you're not the kind of sort whose benefits I'm 'happy to pay' we will take them away and only give them to the 'deserving').

 

[killer b]

What is this utter rubbish?

Johanns incest nonce porn.

 

[Sue]

Johanns incest nonce porn.

Oh, Johann Hari? Can't say I'm familiar with his work...

 

[Belushi]

Later that night, as he thanked me for the best birthday present he had ever received, I explained I was going to have his ass tattooed. `Property of Leroy Jones. Access strictly forbidden except to owner.' I had it done a week later. You might see us around, my boy and me. I'm the one with the sharp suit and the big dick. He's the one with the tight ass, staring at his brother with silent love, ready at a moment's order to drop to his knees or to part his ass cheeks for his boss. If you see us, come say hi and get your wallet ready. I have lots of fit, prime boys you can buy -- and one very special one you can't

That must be a huge elephant in the room at family get togethers.

 

[Firky]

• 1. Paul Bernal ‏@PaulbernalUK 11 Jul
  2. Suffered from depression or mental health problems? Lost your job as a result? Need help? I'm #HappyToPayYourBenefits
  3. Retweeted by Laurie Penny

Yuck. I'm not on twitter so don't know if this is doing the rounds, but it seems at best patronising, lordly and misguided and at worst it simply reinforces Tory logic w/r/t the social security system (i.e if you're not the kind of sort whose benefits I'm 'happy to pay' we will take them away and only give them to the 'deserving').

Billy Bragg said the most nauseating and smug thing in that hashtag campaign. It felt like a punch to the guts to read it.