equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Journalists nick stuff wholesale from blogs and websites shocker.
Why the Guardian is going down the pan!
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DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Give it a day and there'll be 700 words on that very hypothesis up on CiF
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i said that to a journalist once and i've never had a darker look from anyone in my life
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
He kind of should have known the answer to that you'd have thought, but no, publication on a commercial site like a newspaper when you have a CC NC licence is not legal.
Guardian's shutting down their online dating service. One less revenue stream to support the loss making newspaper side. But I guess it wasn't actually generating much support anymore anyway.
Did anyone ever use it? Must've been weird to know that you've been matched based on just you read the same news.
Did anyone ever use it? Must've been weird to know that you've been matched based on just you read the same news.
Guardian Soulmates to close next month
The newspaper's dating site says the platform is "no longer viable".
www.bbc.co.uk
My brother met his long term partner on Guardian Soulmates, and had a few solid flings before meeting her too - this was years ago though, internet dating was still pretty new then.
(The guardian isn't loss making anymore btw. Or it wasn't before the crisis - dunno what the situation is now.)
(The guardian isn't loss making anymore btw. Or it wasn't before the crisis - dunno what the situation is now.)
Raheem
Well-Known Member
I've heard of this happening, but reckon it might not be technically legal for most of them, because pubs usually have licences for consumption on the premises only.
scifisam
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Yeah, but you'd hope plod would be reasonable about it, as long as the queue was socially distanced and all that.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
I think I tried it out at one point but was put off by the vast number of questions.Guardian's shutting down their online dating service. One less revenue stream to support the loss making newspaper side. But I guess it wasn't actually generating much support anymore anyway.
Did anyone ever use it? Must've been weird to know that you've been matched based on just you read the same news.
Guardian Soulmates to close next month
The newspaper's dating site says the platform is "no longer viable".www.bbc.co.uk
It does have quite a good reputation, and at least you are unlikely to get matched with an out and out Tory I suppose.
andysays
Love and solidarity
The standard pub licence is (or used to be) for consumption on or off the premises (hence the expression 'off licence', where it's strictly off the premises).
JimW
支那暗杀团
I remember the old off sales window in a couple. Not sure if that was just to avoid a queue or if there's anything legal about it.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Think it is only some pubs that have an on or off licence.
Guardian's shutting down their online dating service. One less revenue stream to support the loss making newspaper side. But I guess it wasn't actually generating much support anymore anyway.
Did anyone ever use it? Must've been weird to know that you've been matched based on just you read the same news.
Guardian Soulmates to close next month
The newspaper's dating site says the platform is "no longer viable".www.bbc.co.uk
Damn. Off to the Telegraph version I go. Should be plenty of 30-something women there.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Cash from chaos
Work From Hope: buy a sustainable print and support the NHS
www.theguardian.com
It is printed on 100% sustainable bamboo paper and available in two sizes, A5 & A3. Seventy per cent of the Guardian’s profits will be paid to NHS charities
Work From Hope: buy a sustainable print and support the NHS
Work From Hope: buy a sustainable print
The Guardian Print Shop is offering readers the chance to own an exclusive work to coincide with the third ‘Clap for Carers’ tribute, saluting NHS staff and other key workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic
It is printed on 100% sustainable bamboo paper and available in two sizes, A5 & A3. Seventy per cent of the Guardian’s profits will be paid to NHS charities
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Cash from chaos
Work From Hope: buy a sustainable print and support the NHS
Work From Hope: buy a sustainable print
The Guardian Print Shop is offering readers the chance to own an exclusive work to coincide with the third ‘Clap for Carers’ tribute, saluting NHS staff and other key workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic
It is printed on 100% sustainable bamboo paper and available in two sizes, A5 & A3. Seventy per cent of the Guardian’s profits will be paid to NHS charities
Wow that is super-shit. All their deputy creative director's own work apparently.
YouSir
Retired from Urban
Cash from chaos
Work From Hope: buy a sustainable print and support the NHS
Work From Hope: buy a sustainable print
The Guardian Print Shop is offering readers the chance to own an exclusive work to coincide with the third ‘Clap for Carers’ tribute, saluting NHS staff and other key workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic
It is printed on 100% sustainable bamboo paper and available in two sizes, A5 & A3. Seventy per cent of the Guardian’s profits will be paid to NHS charities
Stupidly over priced as well as being shit. Mad that I could do the same, cheaper and with 100% of profits to charity, shows what a scam it is.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
As Europe emerges from lockdown, the question hangs: was Sweden right? | Simon Jenkins
Stockholm gambled in its response to coronavirus, but neither its economy nor its healthcare system has collapsed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
I know there's a debate about the long term effects of lockdown but this does gloss over a number of issues, not least the 3500+ deaths in Sweden :/
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
A friend, possibly ex-friend, met his wife through Soulmates and they’re Tory as fuck, weirdly
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Covid-19 hurts the most vulnerable – but so does lockdown. We need more nuanced debate | Joshua Craze and Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti
The class and racial consequences of this crisis mean we must think more carefully about how we ‘reopen’ the economy
This article is a bit muddled. I can't really understand what it's arguing .
Joe Wicks: 'I've got freakishly large big toes'
The fitness coach on his father’s addiction, his Beyoncé playlist and meeting his wife at a rave
Speaks for itself
Ahead of the curve: an eco dome by the sea
An architect’s striking home in a dome on the New Zealand coast is as visually interesting as it is groundbreaking
I'm so happy for them. Cunts.
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scifisam
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Joe Wicks: 'I've got freakishly large big toes'
The fitness coach on his father’s addiction, his Beyoncé playlist and meeting his wife at a rave
Speaks for itself
What's wrong with it? For a short Q&A I thought it was pretty interesting.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Think it used to be quite popular, pre-Tinder etc, as a dating site, not just an extension of The Guardian. I know a couple who met through it who are not Tories but not particularly Guardian readers.
scifisam
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A friend of mine used to use that seriously sometimes, with some success, and sometimes would also post total piss-taking ads. She stopped when a couple of women were disappointed to meet a woman who was merely noticeably taller than average rather than an actual giantess who had to bend down to enter train stations.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Marley
I'll assume that's a euphemism.
scifisam
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Nope - might be a little bit of an odd euphemism for a lesbian. From what she said they were actual crazy people who were expecting a giant.
I once put up a joke photo of me wearing a gold face mask on Tindr and was amazed by how well it was received. You couldn't see my actual face or body, just me in a face mask I'd ordered (it was meant to be like a mud mask, you know, a spa type mask, but made me look like C3P0) and I thought was funny. Never responded to any of the messages because, well, it was a joke.
Then a friend explained that some of the people messaging me were probably latex fetishists. Oh. So naive.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Artisan chocolate should always be savoured
Make time for a Babs Cartland moment on the sofa, says Annalisa Barbieri
It's the heading of the piece more than anything
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