Why the Guardian is going down the pan!

[PTK]

How I learned that night and day are totally different... how I learned that Equatorial Guinea and Baffin Bay are not the same... etc...

If that is a house, then the mittern belongs too. It could be that the ice cream cone does not belong, because these are not usually in a house.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Guardian readers will all be out mudlarking on the thames today with their straw hats on.

That sounds lovely, where can I sign up?

 

[two sheds]

I initially thought that you had invented that.
Did not the proof reader think that there was somehing fishy about a school being "off the coast"? And it turns out that it got the wrong county, too.

Does explain why it was closed though.

 

[Dystopiary]

Basically, Donna Ferguson writes an article about someone she'd never heard of and, with typical Guardian arrogance, assumes no one else could have heard of Ann Radcliffe either.

Guardian writers are terrible for this. Everything they and their posh mates have done is the British experience. Unless it's something genuinely remarkable and then they're just better than everyone else.

 

[krtek a houby]

In fairness, not all its writers are British, and there are 4 versions of it

 

[Dystopiary]

In fairness, not all its writers are British, and there are 4 versions of it

That's true. A generalisation really, but a fair one.

"British, middle-class Guardian writers are terrible..."

That's a lot of Guardian writers. But you are right.

 

[Larry O'Hara]

Urban outing?

The Curious Columns of Adrian Chiles - Off The Shelf

Adrian Chiles’s weekly column for the Guardian has gained a cult following for his unique insights into everything from the present tense in history podcasts to his favourite spoon, or the correct duration of a hug. Join him as he takes us on a bright, bemused tour of British life, delivering...

offtheshelf.org.uk

If I didn’t know this bellend tax-dodger Chiles was real I’d think this a (poor) comedy sketch…

 

[Serene]

That sounds lovely, where can I sign up?

I am not 100 percent, but I think they just arrive with a picnic at low tide.

 

[Pickman's model]

In fairness, not all its writers are British, and there are 4 versions of it

Usually people make a good effort after 2 or 3 versions

 

[frogwoman]

Does wearing a bra make breasts more or less perky?

Do boobs need to hold themselves up? Or does a bra prevent them from drooping over time? We asked experts

www.theguardian.com

Not read it, and it might be really informative from a health pov but jeez this title

 

[stethoscope]

‘We all hope it’s teething troubles – but worry it’s something worse’: the inside story of Labour’s first 100 days in power

Keir Starmer and other senior Downing Street figures on the new government’s bumpy start, from riots to rebellions

www.theguardian.com

No its not 'teething troubles', just shit.

At this year’s Labour party conference, health secretary Wes Streeting opened his DJ set at one late-night party with the feminist anthem Independent Women by Destiny’s Child. It was a tribute to Rachel Reeves, who was standing nearby.

<reaches for the sick smiley>

 

[SpookyFrank]

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"How I learned that two totally different experiences are totally different", wtf is this utter tenuousity.

How I learned that contact lens cleaner and kettle descaler are not the same thing.

 

[hash tag]

Hypocrisy or what.

Today's paper features an article about trophy hunting, using animals for entertainment etc and 2 pages further on it shows a picture of a lipizzaner horse in full flight, which feels more like promotion as opposed to condemnation.

Adverts for ‘cruel’ elephant rides still rising despite new UK law, says charity

MPs passed legislation a year ago to ban advertising of unethical animal tourism – but it has not yet come into force

www.theguardian.com

 

[Serene]

They blame environmental problems on other people. The readers also need to be told how common they actually are because they still use liquid soap. Obviously, also, their obsession with avocados beggars belief.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Does wearing a bra make breasts more or less perky?

Do boobs need to hold themselves up? Or does a bra prevent them from drooping over time? We asked experts

www.theguardian.com

Not read it, and it might be really informative from a health pov but jeez this title

I summary, gravity always wins and eating orange M & Ms doesn't make breasts grow any bigger.

 

[scifisam]

Does wearing a bra make breasts more or less perky?

Do boobs need to hold themselves up? Or does a bra prevent them from drooping over time? We asked experts

www.theguardian.com

Not read it, and it might be really informative from a health pov but jeez this title

I don't have a problem with it. "Perkiness" is what most women consider when deciding whether or not to wear a bra. Some women feel discomfort wearing bras but still wear them, even at home, for the terror of not having perky tits. And it is the perkiness they're concerned about, not actual breast health.

I gave up on bras, except when out for social occasions, when I was about 32. A lot of women I know force themselves into them because they think it will help.

And they aren't larger-breasted women who genuinely wear them for comfort when moving around or even just feel more comfortable in them overall, because they should wear bras regardless of any future perkiness. They are women of any breast size feeling discomfort from their bras and still wearing them when they don't need to because they think maybe they'll have perkier tits when they're older.

The older "them" keeps being the older them, so there's no point at which they can stop feeling strangled and pinched, except maybe a few days before they die they can look down and say "oh fuck, it didn't actually work did it?"

It's a very short article and not well-written - it puts one POV then another then stops. There really isn't a lot of real research, basically.

 

[Serene]

The Guardian seems to be obsessed with Wetherspoons breakfasts.

 

[brogdale]

What?

 

[JimW]

What?

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See, you don't get her.

 

[Serene]

What?

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The Guardian thinks that women are a team.

 

[SpookyFrank]

What?

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I guess if you don't identify with some posh woman wailing gibberish and torturing a Fairlight CMI to death then you're not a proper woman.

That being said, the first side of 'Hounds of Love' is pretty fucking good.

 

[furluxor]

I was very hopeful for The Guardian's new column called The Filter. I thought it would be like the NYT equivalent, or Which?, where they test a bunch of products in a category and give readers a comparison/tell them which one is best. Instead it's one person's favourites, which is about as useful as asking my neighbour. One item that was promoted recently was something I had, and it was awful quality.

I know, no one actually reads the lifestyle section, my own fault, etc etc.

 

[Idris2002]

What?

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Just like the good old days at the NME

 

[krtek a houby]

I guess if you don't identify with some posh woman wailing gibberish and torturing a Fairlight CMI to death then you're not a proper woman.

That being said, the first side of 'Hounds of Love' is pretty fucking good.

Donal Lunny, Liam O'Flynn and Bill Whelan are on the album, which is also a plus.

 

[hash tag]

Oh lord above; it's now running articles on the best something or other for Christmas. It's 2 months away yet. FFS.

 

[Wookey]

Oh lord above; it's now running articles on the best something or other for Christmas. It's 2 months away yet. FFS.

Once Halloween is out of the way, the retail calendar turns to Christmas. It's honestly not new.

 

[hash tag]

Once Halloween is out of the way, the retail calendar turns to Christmas. It's honestly not new.

But the guardian though. Bloody Christmas is an age away yet and there is still guy Fawkes to get through yet. #bored of Christmas.

 

[PR1Berske]

Clever Australian invention.

Oh dear

 

[Pickman's model]

Clever Australian invention.

Cleverer solution

For people with 2, 3 or even more friends

 

[Pickman's model]

The author does not suggest that Australia does not have a drinking problem:

"I certainly wouldn’t say that Australia has a more civilised drinking culture than Britain, or less alcohol-related harm: the sheer range of measures available (a schooner, a pot, a middy, a handle, a glass; some differing by state) speaks to beer’s central importance."

It's not the measures that matter but what goes in the glass and everyone knows what xxxx really means if they're unfortunate enough to drink the Australian excuse for beer