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Bunburying and wassailing into winter - thread 7

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CaraDuneRedux · 02/12/2020 11:41

Time for a new thread. Please can someone c&p the header post? (Am on phone.)

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CaraDuneRedux · 01/02/2021 12:49

@prisencolinensinainciusol2

Am I too late to make a joke?

I feel I've gulagged behind somewhat...

kaboom tish...
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StillAFeminist2 · 01/02/2021 12:47

NotFabulousDarling sadly it seems that useful phrase to describe what has happened to many of us is no longer allowed but I’ve never seen anything official

prisencolinensinainciusol2 · 01/02/2021 12:41

Am I too late to make a joke?

I feel I've gulagged behind somewhat...

NotFabulousDarling · 01/02/2021 12:32

Anyone know if the talk guidelines have changed again? My perfectly innocuous comment got deleted on a thread about a rather good documentary. I've scoured the guidelines (again) but can't see why this would be the case. Is a word that sounds like "peek" no longer allowed to be juxtaposed with a word which also relates to a specific type of isomer? That's all I can think of. Confused

ArabellaScott · 01/02/2021 11:42

what is it with the armed forces?

Strongest bastion of extreme masculinity I can think of.

ChattyLion · 01/02/2021 10:37

Another one bites the dust for unknown reasons: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4152840-To-think-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-trans-community

‘Message from MNHQ: Thanks for the reports. We're taking this one down whilst we have a look behind the scenes.’

(Reports of what wrongdoing? Behind the scenes at what wrongdoing?)

This was a thread raising some interesting important questions.. Sad

DaisiesandButtercups · 01/02/2021 10:24

Yes I didn’t want to mention it but it stood out for me too, what is it with the armed forces?!

nauticant · 01/02/2021 09:41

I noticed that: an early interest in becoming a soldier.

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CaraDuneRedux · 01/02/2021 09:33

Hmm, the link with ex military again!

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DaisiesandButtercups · 01/02/2021 09:29

Read your link Molesmokes. Just left me speechless.

Best stay that way I suppose! I would love to hear everyone’s takes though if it were possible.

NotTerfNorCis · 01/02/2021 06:22

The philosopher ones were mass reported. I got the impression they were taken down because of the way some people were using gendered pronouns.

MoleSmokes · 01/02/2021 01:28

MaudTheInvincible - was it this interview?

www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/oliver-thorn

Tyoesofcatalogue · 31/01/2021 15:19

Threads seem to be disappearing all over the place today. Dying to ask what happened on one but obviously can’t.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 31/01/2021 15:10

It used to be almost a definition that anyone who said he was a philosopher, wasn't, because somebody who was one wouldn't make a claim about it -- that would be contrary to what a philosopher would do.

Only other people could say you were, or something like that.

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CaraDuneRedux · 31/01/2021 12:57

@AskingQuestionsAllTheTime

As a matter of interest, what are the qualifications for being a philosopher? I don't think having taken a degree in the subject really counts, because that's like suggesting that a degree in English makes someone a competent author.
A faculty position and peer reviewed papers as a necessary but not sufficient condition? (I add the but not sufficient because one V Ivy meets those criteria and identifies Ivy-self as one but is a pretty crap one.)
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AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 31/01/2021 12:07

As a matter of interest, what are the qualifications for being a philosopher? I don't think having taken a degree in the subject really counts, because that's like suggesting that a degree in English makes someone a competent author.

MaudTheInvincible · 31/01/2021 12:05

It wasn't a yt video, but an interview about being a philosopher.

CoffeeTeaChocolate · 31/01/2021 11:56

Maud, could you PM me the link to the YouTube interview if you have it please?

MaudTheInvincible · 31/01/2021 11:53

@CaraDuneRedux

And another one gone.

Apparently discussion of YouTubers making offensive and untrue claims about women's health issues is not allowed.

Shock It's a shame that's gone. It was very enlightening to read the interview with said youtuber that was linked on there. Their statement all started to make sense after reading that.

Winesalot · 31/01/2021 11:28

We still have the one. If we keep it focused on just what was wrong with the statement , it might stand.

Everytime I read it, I hear Magdalen in my head saying ‘fuck of you **er’.

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CaraDuneRedux · 31/01/2021 11:19

And another one gone.

Apparently discussion of YouTubers making offensive and untrue claims about women's health issues is not allowed.

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MoleSmokes · 30/01/2021 23:14

Datun - thank you! 😘

Wordsinourmouths - no - just a two-parter because I exceeded the character count when I tried to put it all in one post Smile

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 30/01/2021 23:00

It was a catchy way to say that nuclear weapons are cheaper per enemy killed than soldiers are.

Variously attributed, some time during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, 1953.

www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/more-bang-for-your-buck.html

Manderleyagain · 30/01/2021 22:51

Now I'm intrigued. What then is the origin of the phrase more bang for your buck?

wordsinourmouths · 30/01/2021 18:59

mole is there a part 3?!

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