OMG you really do not understand how the UK constitution functions. It is NOT a written document. It it a set of conventions laid down through laws passed in Parliament, traditions, legal precedents, etc. If she dipped a toe out of line of those conventions it would cause a constitutional crisis. Every time a royal…

In an ideal world this could be retrofitted to be a hospital ship or provide fresh water to coastal communities in need of it, because that’s a thing that’s been happening increasingly.

To be fair, I get it. I had surgery for bowel cancer which ended up mangling my belly button out of existence. I’m not a vain person, and didn’t think I’d have an issue with surgical scars, but oh wow did that freak me out. My brain flipped a switch or something and I was unable to touch that area without feeling…

Not a shock as many of us have been swilling in the greys for over a decade.

I’ve been a diehard disc user since the mid-90s (Flex is another brand, and they ship to the UK). There are also reusable versions made out of rubber (that you just rinse out while on your period and after you boil it to sterilise it), but I find them so much more comfortable than anything else. Cups hurt (why do so…

It’s just a thicker plastic, but still flexible. The plastic on the interior is thin like a plastic bag.

When you are aroused the shape of your vagina changes due to relaxation of muscles, so there is plenty of space for both the disc and the penis (or anything else). However the disc is harder to remove as it’s further inside than when inserted, and then you just wait until things return to normal if that makes sense.…

I am a monarchist solely because it sucks the glamour away from government, and I think that’s very important for preventing dictatorships from forming. I don’t care who the monarch is, or if it’s hereditary or some other system, but it makes things weirdly more functional to separate head of state functionality from…

I used to work at a book store and we were trained to shelve books in a very particular way that makes them look neat (other than grouping by subject): taller books go on the ends of shelves, with a gradual slope to the shorter books in the middle of the shelf, aiming for as much symmetry as possible. All the spines…

One year as a child I mashed the cranberry sauce from a can as I thought it would be nicer to serve it in a more naturalistic style, and my mom got mad at me. She also religiously made a green jello savoury salad for Canadian Thanksgiving and Christmas every year (raw julienned carrots, green onions, iceberg lettuce,…

I’m sure I’m in the minority here, and will probably be eviscerated for it, but I found Winter Soldier almost unwatchable. It was sooo boring. Maybe I just don’t connect with the genre, I don’t know (I also didn’t like Falcon and the Winter Soldier, although it had some interesting themes, but it didn’t do a great job…

The advertising slides were just black for me and only took a second of waiting to skip so I guess they are region specific? Still annoying though.

Yeah I mean I guess I fall into that category? I did 23andMe after I was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 39, because, WTF. Found out I had Jewish ancestry (where bowel cancer is at an elevated risk), as well as Native American, North African (probably remnants of Sephardic ancestors? No idea), Siberian, and East Asian,…

Okay so I haven’t made a comment in like 2 years because I never got out of the greys after about a decade, but I’m a huge space nerd but the bit about SpaceX is wildly wrong. SpaceX has done three manned flights over the last year or so, and is doing a private space flight later in the summer.

“defence” is a correct spelling...if you live in Canada, the UK or probably other places. There are MAGA supporting Canadians. I have a few in my family 🤦‍♀️

My 3rd grade Catholic class (I grew up in Canada where religion classes were a thing) watched Legend over a few weeks. I don’t know why it was being shown in religion class, and I also don’t know why the film has faded into obscurity, it was fun, and Tim Curry as Satan was fantastic (probably not the thing I was…

Yup. I live in London and I see few people wearing masks. They’re mandatory on the buses/tube and in shops, but as soon as people exit, off come the masks (or they wear them on the chin or dangling from one ear. Infuriating). I have seen people not wearing masks inside shops but I’m only seeing this from the window…

I actually do like it. It feels like armour. Plus there is no pressure to have anything other than resting bitch face under there and that’s liberating.

I logged in just to star this glorious comment.

Well, better to run with the Democrats than run as an independent and be the spoiler that helps Trump get re-elected.

I don’t have a dog in the hunt (I don’t live in the US) but Bernie can again shift the Overton window in the democratic debates. That alone is worth him running and losing. I doubt that universal…