Census 2021

[brogdale]

But to me,”the guvnor” is a stranger who I have no affinity with.

Says member of U75.

Odd, and possibly revealing, choice of vocabulary.

 

[Pickman's model]

Thing is, to you “the guvnor” is someone you know and clearly revere.
But to me,”the guvnor” is a stranger who I have no affinity with.
That might explain our differences.

Everyone you know were once strangers to you.

 

[Pickman's model]

Says member of U75.

Odd, and possibly revealing, choice of vocabulary.

Yeh but he is in Lenin's immortal phrase thick as pigshit

 

[T & P]

Not having come into this thread before, I thought it strange that a subject as tedious as the census had generated 34 pages so quickly, so I decided to go straight to the last page to see what the hot topic might be.

WTF is going on in here?

 

[andysays]

Not having come into this thread before, I thought it strange that a subject as tedious as the census had generated 34 pages so quickly, so I decided to go straight to the last page to see what the hot topic might be.

WTF is going on in here?

TBF, most of it is actually about the census, though I noted on page 30

I always thought the Census was a subject which no one other than a few local government statisticians would have strong opinions on.

Imagine my surprise when this thread turned out to be almost as bad tempered and contentious as some of the Brexit ones...

 

[Pickman's model]

I always thought the Census was a subject which no one other than a few local government statisticians would have strong opinions on.

Imagine my surprise when this thread turned out to be almost as bad tempered and contentious as some of the Brexit ones...

I keep forgetting you've only been with us since 2013

 

[andysays]

I keep forgetting you've only been with us since 2013

Yeah, this is the first census since I joined Urban, so I've missed any previous bad tempered and contentious census threads.

 

[BlanketAddict]

I live in a converted house (2 flats).

5 census letters through the door, not one of them correctly addressed, majority for non-existent numbers.

This property would never have been 5 separate dwellings, quite strange.

I might just open one and amend the address.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

Yeah, this is the first census since I joined Urban, so I've missed any previous bad tempered and contentious census threads.

I'm already looking forward to Urban in 2031.

 

[kenny g]

Just to make it clear, the rules here are that you don't use anyone's real name.

I've never met editor IRL, and while we have frequently had differences of opinion on various subjects, I am grateful to him for the online community he has created and still maintains for all of us.

I also recognise that he unfortunately has to put up with all sorts of shit, both here and IRL, precisely because of his position as the "figurehead" of Urban. So when mouthy unknowns like you turn up and start using his real name in the way you've done, alarm bells start to ring and some of us feel protective.

Maybe it's all been a terrible misunderstanding, and you're really a wonderful person who will turn out to be a valued member of our community, but up to now, from what I've seen, you're behaving like a bit of a cunt.

Sorry, if someone is being a c then everyone will see so no need to write screeds of tldr to explain the obvious.

 

[kenny g]

And the census letter remains like some totem to shite resplendent and unopened upon the windowsill.

 

[Spanner]

Everyone you know were once strangers to you.

That’s true.

Yeh but he is in Lenin's immortal phrase thick as pigshit

That’s false.

 

[Spanner]

Says member of U75.

Odd, and possibly revealing, choice of vocabulary.

What is?

 

[Spanner]

Just to make it clear, the rules here are that you don't use anyone's real name.

I've never met editor IRL, and while we have frequently had differences of opinion on various subjects, I am grateful to him for the online community he has created and still maintains for all of us.

I also recognise that he unfortunately has to put up with all sorts of shit, both here and IRL, precisely because of his position as the "figurehead" of Urban. So when mouthy unknowns like you turn up and start using his real name in the way you've done, alarm bells start to ring and some of us feel protective.

Maybe it's all been a terrible misunderstanding, and you're really a wonderful person who will turn out to be a valued member of our community, but up to now, from what I've seen, you're behaving like a bit of a cunt.

Yeah, I didn’t appreciate that the owner of this website has to “put up with all sorts of shit”.
Not just on the platform he created and which which he makes his living from, but “...in real life” too...unlike the rest of us, I suppose

 

[scifisam]

Sorry for another census question, but:
living in a shared house. Only been here a few weeks and don't particularly want my housemates knowing my business.
Was planning to get a code thing to fill in my own bit. But one housemate has taken it upon herself to complete the form the household, as her Mum told her she'd get a fine otherwise (?) and she's been knocking on my door and left a note asking for full names and giving a household code. Will the whole household be able to see what I put there if I use that code?

No, if you use that code your housemate will never see what you put on the census, and your individual response will over-ride anything they put down in your name.

It's specifically designed for people who need to enter their own info even if the householder thinks otherwise.

 

[andysays]

Yeah, I didn’t appreciate that the owner of this website has to “put up with all sorts of shit”.
Not just on the platform he created and which which he makes his living from, but “...in real life” too...unlike the rest of us, I suppose

It's increasingly looking like you've picked the wrong tool to name yourself after...

 

[Pickman's model]

That’s false.

Yet in post after post you demonstrate its veracity

 

[Spanner]

It's increasingly looking like you've picked the wrong tool to name yourself after...

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I’m a lot of things, but I’m not racist

 

[Orang Utan]

I’m a lot of things, but I’m not racist

Who said you were?

 

[Spanner]

Yet in post after post you demonstrate its veracity

Alright, big brain. Get over yourself.

 

[Spanner]

Who said you were?

The picture implies “spade” would be a more appropriate username for me than “spanner”. And that I should start digging my own grave because I’ve outsmarted a few of the old-guard.

 

[Orang Utan]

The picture implies “spade” would be a more appropriate username for me than “spanner”. And that I should start digging my own grave because I’ve upset a few of the old-guard in some backwater forum.

Interesting. So the first thing you think of is an archaic racial slur instead of the idea that you were digging yourself a deep hole. Keep on shovelling!

 

[Raheem]

The picture implies “spade” would be a more appropriate username for me than “spanner”. And that I should start digging my own grave because I’ve upset a few of the old-guard in some backwater forum.

And you feel, for some reason, that this is probably because you are perceived as racist?

 

[Spanner]

Interesting. So the first thing you think of is an archaic racial slur instead of the idea that you were digging yourself a deep hole. Keep on shovelling!

So it’s archaic now. Interesting

 

[Spanner]

And you feel, for some reason, that this is probably because you are perceived as racist?

No, I brought up the subject of racism to highlight the fact that you shouldn’t highlight pictures of open graves with “spades” next to them whilst implying, “hey, jump in and cover yourself over with dirt with this spade because you don’t agree with my our opinions”

 

[Humberto]

Why use it at all?

 

[Raheem]

No, I brought up the subject of racism simply to highlight the fact that you shouldn’t maybe highlight pictures of open graves with “spades” next to them whilst implying, “hey, jump in and cover yourself over with dirt with this spade because you need to do what I say”.

Where does you being racist come in?

 

[Spanner]

Where does you being racist come in?

#1008

 

[Spanner]

Why use it at all?

Good question. The answer is: “why do I need to explain my thought process to you?”

 

[Humberto]

kind of the point really. Otherwise it's just jerk-offs like yourself impressing yourself and confusing and boring the rest of us.