Have you ever seen more punchable faces? Outside of the Trump family, of course. 

Counterpoint: anyone stupid enough to take financial advice from some prick on the Internet deserves no sympathy 

Waitlists are pretty grim in some of the European public health systems.. but that’s more to do with generations of Neolib governments gutting their funding in an effort to privatise them rather than the model itself

Yes, I can see a swift out of court settlement here, likely in seven figures. No way in hell Capcom will want this in front of a jury

Funt being another good portmanteau

now that’s not too bad a price! I work in a bookstore, so I was looking at retail cost over here in Ireland

the Blacksad bandes dessinees have been issued in English but I think they’re mostly out of print or in a really expensive collected edition. Worth tracking down.

Cool! My 48k (which I was gifted in the late 80s by an older cousin who used to write reviews for one of the Speccy mags, hence the shit ton of games) died in the 90s. I bought the 128 on a whim in Cambridge around 2004. I’ll deffo get the games out next time I’m at my folks (not had me jabs yet) and see what happens.…

I’ve got a 128k +2 and around 120 games in my parents attic. Was working fine last time I turned it on, about 10 years ago. Must get it down and see how its doing. Not sure how the cassettes are after 30+ years but worth finding out, I guess

Those are fine examples of Spoonerisms (after the Rev Archibald Spooner). It’s my belief that every man has an automatic tendency to spoonerize statements kick in after his Bortieth Firthday

My mother had a Simca 1000 right before I was born. Apparently it was a bit of a pig to drive but she still has a certain fondness for it. 

Of course they hate fun. That’s why they live in Walsall which is an utter, utter shithole

One of my biggest regrets was selling my GC and games (including PAL Twilight Princess. D'oh!) years ago. Luckily, due to the wonders of Dolphin I've recently replayed Eternal Darkness, Wind Waker, Animal Crossing and Killer 7. That was a great console. Retro? I guess it is

Yes. I kind of knew about the “madness” gimmicks in Eternal Darkness when I played it but damn if the “Deleting Save File” didn’t make me jump out of my seat the first time it happened.

Also: Measure Once, Cuss Twice (or into infinity)

Roo populations have a tendency to explode every so often to the point where they practically take over small towns. Eventually starvation thins the numbers back. They don’t really have natural predators (Dingoes get very young or old and sick ones) so you’ve had the army going up in helicopters to mass cull them.…

exactly this. 

Amen. And it should include Christmas trading. 

Yes. We set up fatballs and a seed feeder near the kitchen window and it’s basically the Super Bowl crossed with Game Of Thrones finale for the cat. The birds have figured out that she can’t get near them and ignore her.

“Arseholes Ruined Everything” is the perfect epitaph for the internet