This is a young lady who has so much talent, is mature beyond her years, and speaks with such intelligence some of the commentary on here today has demeaned her and I am sad to have read it
A strange comment. From what I've read on here, everybody has said how marvellous her victory was, and how delightful a person she seems to be. So I'm not sure who's meant to have demeaned her. Quite the opposite.
Leon has been disgusting.
Did PB's IQ drop sharply while I was away?
Average IQ, or median?
I think IQ is a standardised scale where by definition the median = 100. So actually it can't drop, except in local pockets relative to the whole population.
But anyway, my reference was to the director's cut of PB's fave movie. Check it out.
This is a young lady who has so much talent, is mature beyond her years, and speaks with such intelligence some of the commentary on here today has demeaned her and I am sad to have read it
A strange comment. From what I've read on here, everybody has said how marvellous her victory was, and how delightful a person she seems to be. So I'm not sure who's meant to have demeaned her. Quite the opposite.
Leon has been disgusting.
Did PB's IQ drop sharply while I was away?
Average IQ, or median?
Median is average.
Average is more usually equated with mean. Median and mode are different
Most people usually associate it with the mean, but a lot of the time the median is more useful.
Agree - I much prefer median. But I don’t call it the average
I bet you do, I bet you just don't think about it when you do.
On average how many legs does a spider have? The mean average would be less than 8, for the same reason the mean average for people is less than 2.
Median is perfectly legitimate use of the word average, it just depends upon circumstances which is more applicable and if you need to be specific you should probably specify which average you mean.
Well the Cambridge University Dictiobary seems to think the average is the mean
Most people I come across use mean/median to avoid confusion, but whenever they say “average” they are referring to the mean. And since language is about communication I’d recommend going with the flow.
Are decimals allowed or are we using whole numbers with rounding?
Also what is the definition of a leg, and what happens if the leg has been amputated above / below the knee?
Rudy Giuliani taking the piss out of Elizabeth Windsor at 9/11 memorial dinner. Classy.
“She said, ‘You did a wonderful job on Sept. 11,” he said in an apparent attempt at a British accent.
“And therefore I’m making you an honorary knight, commander of the royal something or other,” he said, trailing off and reverting to his normal speaking voice.
He added, “I turned down a knighthood because if you took a knighthood, you had to lose your citizenship.”
Rudy Giuliani taking the piss out of Elizabeth Windsor at 9/11 memorial dinner. Classy.
“She said, ‘You did a wonderful job on Sept. 11,” he said in an apparent attempt at a British accent.
“And therefore I’m making you an honorary knight, commander of the royal something or other,” he said, trailing off and reverting to his normal speaking voice.
He added, “I turned down a knighthood because if you took a knighthood, you had to lose your citizenship.”
Rank dumbassery since afaik an honorary knighthood exists exactly to allow citizens of other countries to be honoured. Suggests Rudy stopped looking at the small print a long time ago.
Rudy Giuliani taking the piss out of Elizabeth Windsor at 9/11 memorial dinner. Classy.
“She said, ‘You did a wonderful job on Sept. 11,” he said in an apparent attempt at a British accent.
“And therefore I’m making you an honorary knight, commander of the royal something or other,” he said, trailing off and reverting to his normal speaking voice.
He added, “I turned down a knighthood because if you took a knighthood, you had to lose your citizenship.”
Rudy Giuliani taking the piss out of Elizabeth Windsor at 9/11 memorial dinner. Classy.
“She said, ‘You did a wonderful job on Sept. 11,” he said in an apparent attempt at a British accent.
“And therefore I’m making you an honorary knight, commander of the royal something or other,” he said, trailing off and reverting to his normal speaking voice.
He added, “I turned down a knighthood because if you took a knighthood, you had to lose your citizenship.”
I thought pre the election a lot of the stuff was trying to square the circle of dealing with Trumps craziness....but it isn't, he is also bat shit crazy.
California is asking the federal government to declare an “electric reliability emergency” so they can lean more heavily on fossil fuels to avoid blackouts
Rudy Giuliani taking the piss out of Elizabeth Windsor at 9/11 memorial dinner. Classy.
“She said, ‘You did a wonderful job on Sept. 11,” he said in an apparent attempt at a British accent.
“And therefore I’m making you an honorary knight, commander of the royal something or other,” he said, trailing off and reverting to his normal speaking voice.
He added, “I turned down a knighthood because if you took a knighthood, you had to lose your citizenship.”
Rank dumbassery since afaik an honorary knighthood exists exactly to allow citizens of other countries to be honoured. Suggests Rudy stopped looking at the small print a long time ago.
I can't quite figure out if he is just plain losing touch with reality, with all the spurious 'legal' arguments and conspiracies, or if he's on some weird late life crisis where is feels validated by the cheers of utter cretins.
This is a young lady who has so much talent, is mature beyond her years, and speaks with such intelligence some of the commentary on here today has demeaned her and I am sad to have read it
A strange comment. From what I've read on here, everybody has said how marvellous her victory was, and how delightful a person she seems to be. So I'm not sure who's meant to have demeaned her. Quite the opposite.
Leon has been disgusting.
Did PB's IQ drop sharply while I was away?
Average IQ, or median?
Median is average.
Average is more usually equated with mean. Median and mode are different
I find it helpful to use "number of legs (as a human)" as a test case. I have more than the mean, spot on the mode, and I'm not sure there even is a median.
You'd surely have spot on for the median for the same reason as you have the mode, even if it is above the mean average?
If over 50% of a population have the same figure, then by definition it must be both the mean and median average.
Not the mean, surely? If a million people had two legs and one person had 1, the mean would be something like 1.99999.
Typo I clearly meant modal and median, since I'd already said mean is different.
Hence why mode and median are both the same answer, for the same reason. Since over half the population has 2 legs, 2 legs must by definition be both the modal (most common) and median (in the middle) average.
Mean average will be less than 2.
Mode and median don't have to be the same.
22223456789 has a mode of 2 and a median of 4.
You dropped the conditional. I said if over 50% of the population has the same figure, then the mode and median do have to the be the same. In your example 2 was only 4/11 so not over 50%.
If your series were 22222256789 then 2 would need to be both median and mode since its over 50% of the population.
Rudy Giuliani taking the piss out of Elizabeth Windsor at 9/11 memorial dinner. Classy.
“She said, ‘You did a wonderful job on Sept. 11,” he said in an apparent attempt at a British accent.
“And therefore I’m making you an honorary knight, commander of the royal something or other,” he said, trailing off and reverting to his normal speaking voice.
He added, “I turned down a knighthood because if you took a knighthood, you had to lose your citizenship.”
Rudy Giuliani taking the piss out of Elizabeth Windsor at 9/11 memorial dinner. Classy.
“She said, ‘You did a wonderful job on Sept. 11,” he said in an apparent attempt at a British accent.
“And therefore I’m making you an honorary knight, commander of the royal something or other,” he said, trailing off and reverting to his normal speaking voice.
He added, “I turned down a knighthood because if you took a knighthood, you had to lose your citizenship.”
This is a young lady who has so much talent, is mature beyond her years, and speaks with such intelligence some of the commentary on here today has demeaned her and I am sad to have read it
A strange comment. From what I've read on here, everybody has said how marvellous her victory was, and how delightful a person she seems to be. So I'm not sure who's meant to have demeaned her. Quite the opposite.
Leon has been disgusting.
Did PB's IQ drop sharply while I was away?
Average IQ, or median?
Median is average.
Average is more usually equated with mean. Median and mode are different
Most people usually associate it with the mean, but a lot of the time the median is more useful.
Agree - I much prefer median. But I don’t call it the average
I bet you do, I bet you just don't think about it when you do.
On average how many legs does a spider have? The mean average would be less than 8, for the same reason the mean average for people is less than 2.
Median is perfectly legitimate use of the word average, it just depends upon circumstances which is more applicable and if you need to be specific you should probably specify which average you mean.
Wasnt there some programme that attempted to find the average Australian by taking the average of about 10 characteristics and then finding a aussie that had them all - Turns out there was not one single one.
The US airforce famously had this problem when designing cockpits for their aircraft.
They designed for the "average" physical characteristics of their pilots. They later discovered even with pretty large bounds on the range "average" covered for each characteristics that zero pilots were average in every category.
If you limited it to just 3 of the 10 measurements then less than 5% of pilots would be average in those 3 categories.
Completely changed how airplane cockpits for jets were designed.
'Is Covid-19 pandemic the only way to keep the United Kingdom together?'
No. That's Sturgeon keeping the UK together.
Really? I shall try to be more kindly disposed toward her.
Well, look at it objectively. What restrictions are still currently in place? Most of them were lifted in August.
The restrictions on physical distancing and limits to the size of social gatherings have been removed, and nightclubs are allowed to reopen.
Facemasks in shops and on trains and in secondary schools - hardly seems like a reason why an independence referendum can't happen.
Giving details to businesses to comply with track and trace - ditto.
2m distancing remains but only in healthcare settings - ditto.
You had 50,000 fans at the Old Firm game, 50,000 at TRNSMT. OK, there might need to be some applications for permissions for those and perhaps a vaxport in October (maybes), but again, how's it stopping indyref2?
No, it's just another nebulous reason why they can continue to talk about wanting indyref2 but not actually wanting indyref2.
It's in the first half of the parliament, but it's before the end of 2023, but it's after covid restrictions, but only if the NHS isn't under "pressure". It's not exactly subtle bullshitting now.
Yes, that lines up exactly with what my cousin said on timing of it.
He's been told that everyone in groups 1-9 will be contacted 6 months after their second dose and that groups 10-12 will also be eligible but not actively contacted. Everyone gets the opposite of what they had last time unless there are specific heart conditions for Pfizer recipients or blood clotting issues for AZ recipients.
Oh, come on. Her parents had all this planned. Just look at her name: Emma Raducanu.
E R
So obviously a tribute to Her Majesty.
Her name is interesting. I have a Scottish friend who married a Korean woman, and they had some trouble finding a name for their daughter that sounded good in both languages.
So a Chinese mother and Romanian father pick a quintessentially English name...
Huh? Quintessentially English?
Origin: Ancient Germanic, Ancient Scandinavian, Old Norse, Italian, and Modern Scandinavian (wiki)
I don't think origins necessarily prevent a name from being being associated quintessentially with somewhere else. Whether Emma falls into the category I have no idea, I suppose it would depend how common a name it is in other places.
I think you have to be very privileged to live in London and not realise the city has a major problem with specifically Romanian gangs committing crime.
Yes it is to do with the fact they are Romanian, it is ingrained within a lot of traveller cultures, and to deny is to have your head in the sand, it is not just because they are young and poor and men and poorly educated.
Not Ranucanu'd out yet.. I just found this, my favourite, picture of her serving in the QF
Her outfit looks a bit like the Romanian flag.
Just imagine 12 of her moving in next door to you. Unfortunately certain PBers have already started doing this.
Leave wouldn't have won the referendum!
All Romanians are clones of her, of course.
And with the best will in the world I can't think of any theory which says that she is anything other than Canadian or British, as anything other than racism.
This is a young lady who has so much talent, is mature beyond her years, and speaks with such intelligence some of the commentary on here today has demeaned her and I am sad to have read it
A strange comment. From what I've read on here, everybody has said how marvellous her victory was, and how delightful a person she seems to be. So I'm not sure who's meant to have demeaned her. Quite the opposite.
Leon has been disgusting.
Did PB's IQ drop sharply while I was away?
Average IQ, or median?
Median is average.
Average is more usually equated with mean. Median and mode are different
I find it helpful to use "number of legs (as a human)" as a test case. I have more than the mean, spot on the mode, and I'm not sure there even is a median.
You'd surely have spot on for the median for the same reason as you have the mode, even if it is above the mean average?
If over 50% of a population have the same figure, then by definition it must be both the mean and median average.
Not the mean, surely? If a million people had two legs and one person had 1, the mean would be something like 1.99999.
Typo I clearly meant modal and median, since I'd already said mean is different.
Hence why mode and median are both the same answer, for the same reason. Since over half the population has 2 legs, 2 legs must by definition be both the modal (most common) and median (in the middle) average.
Mean average will be less than 2.
Mode and median don't have to be the same.
22223456789 has a mode of 2 and a median of 4.
You dropped the conditional. I said if over 50% of the population has the same figure, then the mode and median do have to the be the same. In your example 2 was only 4/11 so not over 50%.
If your series were 22222256789 then 2 would need to be both median and mode since its over 50% of the population.
Not Ranucanu'd out yet.. I just found this, my favourite, picture of her serving in the QF
Her outfit looks a bit like the Romanian flag.
Just imagine 12 of her moving in next door to you. Unfortunately certain PBers have already started doing this.
Leave wouldn't have won the referendum!
All Romanians are clones of her, of course.
And with the best will in the world I can't think of any theory which says that she is anything other than Canadian or British, as anything other than racism.
Well the quote was "Just imagine 12 of her moving in next door to you.", so the context was clones of her
'Is Covid-19 pandemic the only way to keep the United Kingdom together?'
No. That's Sturgeon keeping the UK together.
Really? I shall try to be more kindly disposed toward her.
Well, look at it objectively. What restrictions are still currently in place? Most of them were lifted in August.
The restrictions on physical distancing and limits to the size of social gatherings have been removed, and nightclubs are allowed to reopen.
Facemasks in shops and on trains and in secondary schools - hardly seems like a reason why an independence referendum can't happen.
Giving details to businesses to comply with track and trace - ditto.
2m distancing remains but only in healthcare settings - ditto.
You had 50,000 fans at the Old Firm game, 50,000 at TRNSMT. OK, there might need to be some applications for permissions for those and perhaps a vaxport in October (maybes), but again, how's it stopping indyref2?
No, it's just another nebulous reason why they can continue to talk about wanting indyref2 but not actually wanting indyref2.
It's in the first half of the parliament, but it's before the end of 2023, but it's after covid restrictions, but only if the NHS isn't under "pressure". It's not exactly subtle bullshitting now.
If the SNP were pushing for an immediate referendum, you can be certain that opponents of independence would be using the fact there's still a pandemic on as a attack line. And that attack line would have huge traction. Pushing hard on a referendum now would be a huge gift to those who oppose independence.
Of course there's no way opponents of independence wouldn't just fall back on any of the other three hundred reasons they've been pushing for years as to why there shouldn't be an independence referendum.
But it's by the by. Post-covid the SNP will find another reason to say why there should be another independence referendum, just not today. Probably because there will be some other sort of election about to happen.
Not Ranucanu'd out yet.. I just found this, my favourite, picture of her serving in the QF
Her outfit looks a bit like the Romanian flag.
Just imagine 12 of her moving in next door to you. Unfortunately certain PBers have already started doing this.
Leave wouldn't have won the referendum!
All Romanians are clones of her, of course.
And with the best will in the world I can't think of any theory which says that she is anything other than Canadian or British, as anything other than racism.
Well the quote was "Just imagine 12 of her moving in next door to you.", so the context was clones of her
Well yes, but what makes that a valid thought experiment?
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
This is a young lady who has so much talent, is mature beyond her years, and speaks with such intelligence some of the commentary on here today has demeaned her and I am sad to have read it
A strange comment. From what I've read on here, everybody has said how marvellous her victory was, and how delightful a person she seems to be. So I'm not sure who's meant to have demeaned her. Quite the opposite.
Leon has been disgusting.
Did PB's IQ drop sharply while I was away?
Average IQ, or median?
Median is average.
Average is more usually equated with mean. Median and mode are different
I find it helpful to use "number of legs (as a human)" as a test case. I have more than the mean, spot on the mode, and I'm not sure there even is a median.
You'd surely have spot on for the median for the same reason as you have the mode, even if it is above the mean average?
If over 50% of a population have the same figure, then by definition it must be both the mean and median average.
Not the mean, surely? If a million people had two legs and one person had 1, the mean would be something like 1.99999.
Typo I clearly meant modal and median, since I'd already said mean is different.
Hence why mode and median are both the same answer, for the same reason. Since over half the population has 2 legs, 2 legs must by definition be both the modal (most common) and median (in the middle) average.
Mean average will be less than 2.
Mode and median don't have to be the same.
22223456789 has a mode of 2 and a median of 4.
You dropped the conditional. I said if over 50% of the population has the same figure, then the mode and median do have to the be the same. In your example 2 was only 4/11 so not over 50%.
If your series were 22222256789 then 2 would need to be both median and mode since its over 50% of the population.
HBF
Harsh but fair, I hasten to clarify, now that I see that glossed as "hand butt fuck" by the internet. What will they think of next?
Not Ranucanu'd out yet.. I just found this, my favourite, picture of her serving in the QF
Her outfit looks a bit like the Romanian flag.
Just imagine 12 of her moving in next door to you. Unfortunately certain PBers have already started doing this.
Leave wouldn't have won the referendum!
All Romanians are clones of her, of course.
And with the best will in the world I can't think of any theory which says that she is anything other than Canadian or British, as anything other than racism.
Well the quote was "Just imagine 12 of her moving in next door to you.", so the context was clones of her
Well yes, but what makes that a valid thought experiment?
This is a young lady who has so much talent, is mature beyond her years, and speaks with such intelligence some of the commentary on here today has demeaned her and I am sad to have read it
A strange comment. From what I've read on here, everybody has said how marvellous her victory was, and how delightful a person she seems to be. So I'm not sure who's meant to have demeaned her. Quite the opposite.
Leon has been disgusting.
Did PB's IQ drop sharply while I was away?
Average IQ, or median?
Median is average.
Average is more usually equated with mean. Median and mode are different
I find it helpful to use "number of legs (as a human)" as a test case. I have more than the mean, spot on the mode, and I'm not sure there even is a median.
You'd surely have spot on for the median for the same reason as you have the mode, even if it is above the mean average?
If over 50% of a population have the same figure, then by definition it must be both the mean and median average.
Not the mean, surely? If a million people had two legs and one person had 1, the mean would be something like 1.99999.
Typo I clearly meant modal and median, since I'd already said mean is different.
Hence why mode and median are both the same answer, for the same reason. Since over half the population has 2 legs, 2 legs must by definition be both the modal (most common) and median (in the middle) average.
Mean average will be less than 2.
Mode and median don't have to be the same.
22223456789 has a mode of 2 and a median of 4.
You dropped the conditional. I said if over 50% of the population has the same figure, then the mode and median do have to the be the same. In your example 2 was only 4/11 so not over 50%.
If your series were 22222256789 then 2 would need to be both median and mode since its over 50% of the population.
HBF
Harsh but fair, I hasten to clarify, now that I see that glossed as "hand butt fuck" by the internet. What will they think of next?
LOL
That means "Lots Of Love" according to David Cameron.
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
Judging by her social media, she very rarely used Twitter, and all she does there is make anodyne and pleasant statements about her friends, her country, the royals, English football, F1, and her A Levels. Immensely sensible
Her bigger presence is on Insta where she suddenly has 1.4m followers and is one of the biggest tennis stars on the planet already. If the Chinese really take to this Mandarin speaking teenager, she will own the world. Plus Tik Tok
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
What's the secret? Her Dad is Romanian, so of course she both is, and is proud of being, part Romanian. Same way 3/4 of my girlfriends Grandparents were Irish, and she considers herself part Irish.
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
Judging by her social media, she very rarely used Twitter, and all she does there is make anodyne and pleasant statements about her friends, her country, the royals, English football, F1, and her A Levels. Immensely sensible
Her bigger presence is on Insta where she suddenly has 1.4m followers and is one of the biggest tennis stars on the planet already. If the Chinese really take to this Mandarin speaking teenager, she will own the world. Plus Tik Tok
Da kidz don't do twitter.....all about the gram and tik tok.
Not Ranucanu'd out yet.. I just found this, my favourite, picture of her serving in the QF
Her outfit looks a bit like the Romanian flag.
Just imagine 12 of her moving in next door to you. Unfortunately certain PBers have already started doing this.
Leave wouldn't have won the referendum!
All Romanians are clones of her, of course.
And with the best will in the world I can't think of any theory which says that she is anything other than Canadian or British, as anything other than racism.
Well the quote was "Just imagine 12 of her moving in next door to you.", so the context was clones of her
Well yes, but what makes that a valid thought experiment?
'Is Covid-19 pandemic the only way to keep the United Kingdom together?'
No. That's Sturgeon keeping the UK together.
Really? I shall try to be more kindly disposed toward her.
Well, look at it objectively. What restrictions are still currently in place? Most of them were lifted in August.
The restrictions on physical distancing and limits to the size of social gatherings have been removed, and nightclubs are allowed to reopen.
Facemasks in shops and on trains and in secondary schools - hardly seems like a reason why an independence referendum can't happen.
Giving details to businesses to comply with track and trace - ditto.
2m distancing remains but only in healthcare settings - ditto.
You had 50,000 fans at the Old Firm game, 50,000 at TRNSMT. OK, there might need to be some applications for permissions for those and perhaps a vaxport in October (maybes), but again, how's it stopping indyref2?
No, it's just another nebulous reason why they can continue to talk about wanting indyref2 but not actually wanting indyref2.
It's in the first half of the parliament, but it's before the end of 2023, but it's after covid restrictions, but only if the NHS isn't under "pressure". It's not exactly subtle bullshitting now.
If the SNP were pushing for an immediate referendum, you can be certain that opponents of independence would be using the fact there's still a pandemic on as a attack line. And that attack line would have huge traction. Pushing hard on a referendum now would be a huge gift to those who oppose independence.
Of course there's no way opponents of independence wouldn't just fall back on any of the other three hundred reasons they've been pushing for years as to why there shouldn't be an independence referendum.
But it's by the by. Post-covid the SNP will find another reason to say why there should be another independence referendum, just not today. Probably because there will be some other sort of election about to happen.
Prediction: there won't be another indyref before 2030, now. Too many mad obstacles, and the momentum is dying
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
There's also a huge debate about Fernandez's complaining about the MTO.
Although she has now said it happened in the heat of the moment it hasn't stopped Twitter holding forth.
Both late-teen girls who have done brilliantly. Welcome to the social media age which admittedly they grew up in but which must be harsh nevertheless.
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
Judging by her social media, she very rarely used Twitter, and all she does there is make anodyne and pleasant statements about her friends, her country, the royals, English football, F1, and her A Levels. Immensely sensible
Her bigger presence is on Insta where she suddenly has 1.4m followers and is one of the biggest tennis stars on the planet already. If the Chinese really take to this Mandarin speaking teenager, she will own the world. Plus Tik Tok
Yes I've followed her on Instagram along with what feels like half of my Instagram followers. If she actually does it herself it might be interesting, if it's just over managed and sanitised content loads of people will unfollow in a few weeks.
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
Judging by her social media, she very rarely used Twitter, and all she does there is make anodyne and pleasant statements about her friends, her country, the royals, English football, F1, and her A Levels. Immensely sensible
Her bigger presence is on Insta where she suddenly has 1.4m followers and is one of the biggest tennis stars on the planet already. If the Chinese really take to this Mandarin speaking teenager, she will own the world. Plus Tik Tok
Yes I've followed her on Instagram along with what feels like half of my Instagram followers. If she actually does it herself it might be interesting, if it's just over managed and sanitised content loads of people will unfollow in a few weeks.
Don't most young famous people now have their public social media accounts managed for them?
Johnson's 10 point poll lead over Labour restored.
Labour jabber, Boris jabs.
Unnecessarily, says the actual inventor of the vaccine.
Vaccine gluttony?
We have been quite the vaccine gluttons, which I think is quite reasonable for one of the worst affected (in admitted deaths, hospitalisations and infections) countries in the world.
We also tried our best to make the vaccine for the poor in the world.
Unfortunately this noble effort was hamstrung by the deliberate, idiotic, and frankly evil, actions of Macron, the EU (NB NOT the EMA, given the fine institution that they've proven themselves to be), and the FDA (who clearly have their nuts held by US Pharma)
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
What's the secret? Her Dad is Romanian, so of course she both is, and is proud of being, part Romanian. Same way 3/4 of my girlfriends Grandparents were Irish, and she considers herself part Irish.
Well indeed, but reading Twitter it's apparently some massive secret and she's not really British and it might finally be that one thing that reverses the leave vote. 🤷♂️
Oh God, Johnson is "dead set" against another lockdown.
Why am I filled with a sense of dread?
There won't be another lockdown. PLEASE listen to me for once.
I was being a bit flippant based on Johnson's repeated statements that X and Y would or would not happen during the plague years. e.g. "Xmas is definitely on - get grandpa a train ticket booked"
I think you are right, but I'm interested as to what's your reasoning?
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
What's the secret? Her Dad is Romanian, so of course she both is, and is proud of being, part Romanian. Same way 3/4 of my girlfriends Grandparents were Irish, and she considers herself part Irish.
Well indeed, but reading Twitter it's apparently some massive secret and she's not really British and it might finally be that one thing that reverses the leave vote. 🤷♂️
Outside of social media loons, i think most people saw a nice young lady playing some cracking tennis....and that was about it.
Same way as nobody was going through the detailed familiar background of every footballer in the Euros or the medalists in the Olympics.
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
Judging by her social media, she very rarely used Twitter, and all she does there is make anodyne and pleasant statements about her friends, her country, the royals, English football, F1, and her A Levels. Immensely sensible
Her bigger presence is on Insta where she suddenly has 1.4m followers and is one of the biggest tennis stars on the planet already. If the Chinese really take to this Mandarin speaking teenager, she will own the world. Plus Tik Tok
Yes I've followed her on Instagram along with what feels like half of my Instagram followers. If she actually does it herself it might be interesting, if it's just over managed and sanitised content loads of people will unfollow in a few weeks.
Don't most young famous people now have their public social media accounts managed for them?
Yes, there's a few notable exceptions like Lewis Hamilton who definitely dies his own stuff as it has spelling errors sometimes.
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
How it always starts on here is always the same: someone with a foreign born parent wins something and everyone is delighted, and then some weapons-grade cocksucker comes along and says Hur Hur Hur, isn't it funny how all the people who object to furriners (spelt thus, because of how clever and funny that is) don't object to this particular furriner? And that's such an original and insightful point that a vigorous and good natured debate naturally ensues.
'Is Covid-19 pandemic the only way to keep the United Kingdom together?'
No. That's Sturgeon keeping the UK together.
Really? I shall try to be more kindly disposed toward her.
Well, look at it objectively. What restrictions are still currently in place? Most of them were lifted in August.
The restrictions on physical distancing and limits to the size of social gatherings have been removed, and nightclubs are allowed to reopen.
Facemasks in shops and on trains and in secondary schools - hardly seems like a reason why an independence referendum can't happen.
Giving details to businesses to comply with track and trace - ditto.
2m distancing remains but only in healthcare settings - ditto.
You had 50,000 fans at the Old Firm game, 50,000 at TRNSMT. OK, there might need to be some applications for permissions for those and perhaps a vaxport in October (maybes), but again, how's it stopping indyref2?
No, it's just another nebulous reason why they can continue to talk about wanting indyref2 but not actually wanting indyref2.
It's in the first half of the parliament, but it's before the end of 2023, but it's after covid restrictions, but only if the NHS isn't under "pressure". It's not exactly subtle bullshitting now.
If the SNP were pushing for an immediate referendum, you can be certain that opponents of independence would be using the fact there's still a pandemic on as a attack line. And that attack line would have huge traction. Pushing hard on a referendum now would be a huge gift to those who oppose independence.
Of course there's no way opponents of independence wouldn't just fall back on any of the other three hundred reasons they've been pushing for years as to why there shouldn't be an independence referendum.
But it's by the by. Post-covid the SNP will find another reason to say why there should be another independence referendum, just not today. Probably because there will be some other sort of election about to happen.
Prediction: there won't be another indyref before 2030, now. Too many mad obstacles, and the momentum is dying
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
Judging by her social media, she very rarely used Twitter, and all she does there is make anodyne and pleasant statements about her friends, her country, the royals, English football, F1, and her A Levels. Immensely sensible
Her bigger presence is on Insta where she suddenly has 1.4m followers and is one of the biggest tennis stars on the planet already. If the Chinese really take to this Mandarin speaking teenager, she will own the world. Plus Tik Tok
Yes I've followed her on Instagram along with what feels like half of my Instagram followers. If she actually does it herself it might be interesting, if it's just over managed and sanitised content loads of people will unfollow in a few weeks.
Good for her. Let it stay sanitised and boring. She is just 18. She should steer entirely clear of politics and religion and Woke and anything like that. I doubt people will unfollow her. Fangirls will stan her to the edge of the universe
She'll get 10m followers within a year, if she carries on winning
'Is Covid-19 pandemic the only way to keep the United Kingdom together?'
No. That's Sturgeon keeping the UK together.
Really? I shall try to be more kindly disposed toward her.
Well, look at it objectively. What restrictions are still currently in place? Most of them were lifted in August.
The restrictions on physical distancing and limits to the size of social gatherings have been removed, and nightclubs are allowed to reopen.
Facemasks in shops and on trains and in secondary schools - hardly seems like a reason why an independence referendum can't happen.
Giving details to businesses to comply with track and trace - ditto.
2m distancing remains but only in healthcare settings - ditto.
You had 50,000 fans at the Old Firm game, 50,000 at TRNSMT. OK, there might need to be some applications for permissions for those and perhaps a vaxport in October (maybes), but again, how's it stopping indyref2?
No, it's just another nebulous reason why they can continue to talk about wanting indyref2 but not actually wanting indyref2.
It's in the first half of the parliament, but it's before the end of 2023, but it's after covid restrictions, but only if the NHS isn't under "pressure". It's not exactly subtle bullshitting now.
If the SNP were pushing for an immediate referendum, you can be certain that opponents of independence would be using the fact there's still a pandemic on as a attack line. And that attack line would have huge traction. Pushing hard on a referendum now would be a huge gift to those who oppose independence.
There's a notion at large that Sturgeon doesn't want indy, she just wants to dominate a devolved but never quite leaving Scotland. I find this odd and not supported by anything other than a presumed ability to divine her deepest inner thoughts and see that they are totally at odds with everything she has ever said.
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
Judging by her social media, she very rarely used Twitter, and all she does there is make anodyne and pleasant statements about her friends, her country, the royals, English football, F1, and her A Levels. Immensely sensible
Her bigger presence is on Insta where she suddenly has 1.4m followers and is one of the biggest tennis stars on the planet already. If the Chinese really take to this Mandarin speaking teenager, she will own the world. Plus Tik Tok
Yes I've followed her on Instagram along with what feels like half of my Instagram followers. If she actually does it herself it might be interesting, if it's just over managed and sanitised content loads of people will unfollow in a few weeks.
Don't most young famous people now have their public social media accounts managed for them?
Yes, there's a few notable exceptions like Lewis Hamilton who definitely dies his own stuff as it has spelling errors sometimes.
Do you think Marcus does his own? I noticed a your/you're error in one of his (message of support to Emma that she RTd) earlier. Didn't notice a single grammatical error in any of hers (@HYUFD is that the point of grammar school?)
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
Judging by her social media, she very rarely used Twitter, and all she does there is make anodyne and pleasant statements about her friends, her country, the royals, English football, F1, and her A Levels. Immensely sensible
Her bigger presence is on Insta where she suddenly has 1.4m followers and is one of the biggest tennis stars on the planet already. If the Chinese really take to this Mandarin speaking teenager, she will own the world. Plus Tik Tok
Yes I've followed her on Instagram along with what feels like half of my Instagram followers. If she actually does it herself it might be interesting, if it's just over managed and sanitised content loads of people will unfollow in a few weeks.
Don't most young famous people now have their public social media accounts managed for them?
Yes, there's a few notable exceptions like Lewis Hamilton who definitely dies his own stuff as it has spelling errors sometimes.
Do you think Marcus does his own? I noticed a your/you're error in one of his (message of support to Emma that she RTd) earlier. Didn't notice a single grammatical error in any of hers (@HYUFD is that the point of grammar school?)
No he doesn't...it is well known a company is charged with managing it, and tweets have been sent when he was training and also dumps of facts that come really quickly that no normal person just has on hand.
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
Nothing good comes from Twitter.
When people post factual information, such as opinion poll numbers, it's quite useful.
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
Judging by her social media, she very rarely used Twitter, and all she does there is make anodyne and pleasant statements about her friends, her country, the royals, English football, F1, and her A Levels. Immensely sensible
Her bigger presence is on Insta where she suddenly has 1.4m followers and is one of the biggest tennis stars on the planet already. If the Chinese really take to this Mandarin speaking teenager, she will own the world. Plus Tik Tok
Yes I've followed her on Instagram along with what feels like half of my Instagram followers. If she actually does it herself it might be interesting, if it's just over managed and sanitised content loads of people will unfollow in a few weeks.
Good for her. Let it stay sanitised and boring. She is just 18. She should steer entirely clear of politics and religion and Woke and anything like that. I doubt people will unfollow her. Fangirls will stan her to the edge of the universe
She'll get 10m followers within a year, if she carries on winning
Yes well if she keeps winning she'll be a global superstar. I also wouldn't want her to comment on any of that, Instagram isn't a good platform for it anyway. All you do is annoy everyone by talking about it. I think one of the Hadid sisters lost loads of followers when she started banging on about Israel/Palestine. People don't go on Instagram to be preached at, it's probably one of the last places on the internet that sits outside of politics.
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
How it always starts on here is always the same: someone with a foreign born parent wins something and everyone is delighted, and then some weapons-grade cocksucker comes along and says Hur Hur Hur, isn't it funny how all the people who object to furriners (spelt thus, because of how clever and funny that is) don't object to this particular furriner? And that's such an original and insightful point that a vigorous and good natured debate naturally ensues.
Remember the huge Twitter ruckus about the "narwhal-tusk wielding terrorist-thwarter". When Remoaners found out he was a "Polish cook" they all ejaculated over their poached eggs, and I believe A C Grayling had to be taken into care. Again
Of course since then it has turned out the narwhal-tusk-wielders were actually a white South African British chef and a white British murderer awaiting parole, and the Remoaners went all quiet. Again
It would be singularly hilarious in the best possible way if Raducanu's one single political social media statement is a heartfelt endorsement of Brexit. Just for the bantz and reax
Oh God, Johnson is "dead set" against another lockdown.
Why am I filled with a sense of dread?
There won't be another lockdown. PLEASE listen to me for once.
Sure. But Johnson's wording worries me, because I didn't think there was even an argument about it. If he suddenly said he was dead set against the compulsory sterilisation of labour voters, would you find that not at all unsettling?
Btw you can get a usef dvd of blade runner for about 3 quid. Just do it.
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
Judging by her social media, she very rarely used Twitter, and all she does there is make anodyne and pleasant statements about her friends, her country, the royals, English football, F1, and her A Levels. Immensely sensible
Her bigger presence is on Insta where she suddenly has 1.4m followers and is one of the biggest tennis stars on the planet already. If the Chinese really take to this Mandarin speaking teenager, she will own the world. Plus Tik Tok
Yes I've followed her on Instagram along with what feels like half of my Instagram followers. If she actually does it herself it might be interesting, if it's just over managed and sanitised content loads of people will unfollow in a few weeks.
Don't most young famous people now have their public social media accounts managed for them?
Yes, there's a few notable exceptions like Lewis Hamilton who definitely dies his own stuff as it has spelling errors sometimes.
Do you think Marcus does his own? I noticed a your/you're error in one of his (message of support to Emma that she RTd) earlier. Didn't notice a single grammatical error in any of hers (@HYUFD is that the point of grammar school?)
I think Rashford does some of it but also has got a pretty good social media agency as well who will validate before posting. For example is guess the stuff about him scoring goals for United or England will be 100% by the social media team. Anything about food poverty will be him but double triple checked for language and clarity of message before it gets posted.
I just hope that Emma Raducanu has stayed off Twitter. This argument about whether or not she's secretly Romanian is both patronising and racist. Why is it impossible to celebrate her victory and potentially amazing career she's got ahead of her without bringing race into it?
Judging by her social media, she very rarely used Twitter, and all she does there is make anodyne and pleasant statements about her friends, her country, the royals, English football, F1, and her A Levels. Immensely sensible
Her bigger presence is on Insta where she suddenly has 1.4m followers and is one of the biggest tennis stars on the planet already. If the Chinese really take to this Mandarin speaking teenager, she will own the world. Plus Tik Tok
Yes I've followed her on Instagram along with what feels like half of my Instagram followers. If she actually does it herself it might be interesting, if it's just over managed and sanitised content loads of people will unfollow in a few weeks.
Good for her. Let it stay sanitised and boring. She is just 18. She should steer entirely clear of politics and religion and Woke and anything like that. I doubt people will unfollow her. Fangirls will stan her to the edge of the universe
She'll get 10m followers within a year, if she carries on winning
Yes well if she keeps winning she'll be a global superstar. I also wouldn't want her to comment on any of that, Instagram isn't a good platform for it anyway. All you do is annoy everyone by talking about it. I think one of the Hadid sisters lost loads of followers when she started banging on about Israel/Palestine. People don't go on Instagram to be preached at, it's probably one of the last places on the internet that sits outside of politics.
Indeed. Memo to any sports star, young actor, etc. Avoid ANYTHING controversial during your initial and money-spinning career. Be Roger Federer
There are occasional stars like Rashford who do it, and do it well, but he is exceptional
If you have opinions wait until you've made your £100 million. And basically retired. Then rant away, as no one can touch you. Tho it will still be rough
I am very admiring of Martina Navrat and the way she stands up to the nastier elements of the trans lobby. Because, Jesus, they can be nasty
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Djokovic behind btw.
“And therefore I’m making you an honorary knight, commander of the royal something or other,” he said, trailing off and reverting to his normal speaking voice.
He added, “I turned down a knighthood because if you took a knighthood, you had to lose your citizenship.”
https://nypost.com/2021/09/12/rudy-giuliani-goes-on-rant-during-9-11-memorial-dinner/
Not sure if that really counts as taking the piss
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/tennis/tennis-teenager-makes-history-liverpool-10479751
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/feb/13/september11.usa
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9982931/Rudy-Giuliani-mocks-Queen-Elizabeths-British-accent-calls-military-officer-idiot.html
He's being a twat but doesn't look or sound drunk to me.
https://twitter.com/henrymance/status/1437151396210556937
I think once the understandable and deserved excitement of Emma has died down people will view Daley's achievement as being worthy of the award.
No. That's Sturgeon keeping the UK together.
If your series were 22222256789 then 2 would need to be both median and mode since its over 50% of the population.
https://twitter.com/MsHelicat/status/1437148616829935616?s=19
Seems to have been a sudden switch.
Did Javid threaten to resign over something he clearly hated? Gove overruled by PM under pressure? Just a thought.
Something happened imho.
Unfortunately certain PBers have already started doing this.
They designed for the "average" physical characteristics of their pilots. They later discovered even with pretty large bounds on the range "average" covered for each characteristics that zero pilots were average in every category.
If you limited it to just 3 of the 10 measurements then less than 5% of pilots would be average in those 3 categories.
Completely changed how airplane cockpits for jets were designed.
https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-force-discovered-the-flaw-of-averages.html
The restrictions on physical distancing and limits to the size of social gatherings have been removed, and nightclubs are allowed to reopen.
Facemasks in shops and on trains and in secondary schools - hardly seems like a reason why an independence referendum can't happen.
Giving details to businesses to comply with track and trace - ditto.
2m distancing remains but only in healthcare settings - ditto.
You had 50,000 fans at the Old Firm game, 50,000 at TRNSMT. OK, there might need to be some applications for permissions for those and perhaps a vaxport in October (maybes), but again, how's it stopping indyref2?
No, it's just another nebulous reason why they can continue to talk about wanting indyref2 but not actually wanting indyref2.
It's in the first half of the parliament, but it's before the end of 2023, but it's after covid restrictions, but only if the NHS isn't under "pressure". It's not exactly subtle bullshitting now.
He's been told that everyone in groups 1-9 will be contacted 6 months after their second dose and that groups 10-12 will also be eligible but not actively contacted. Everyone gets the opposite of what they had last time unless there are specific heart conditions for Pfizer recipients or blood clotting issues for AZ recipients.
Yes it is to do with the fact they are Romanian, it is ingrained within a lot of traveller cultures, and to deny is to have your head in the sand, it is not just because they are young and poor and men and poorly educated.
Labour jabber, Boris jabs.
Unnecessarily, says the actual inventor of the vaccine.
Monday's TELEGRAPH: Johnson to rip up Covid restrictions
#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/h9EzRbuJZD
We all know who really invented the vaccines. We saw him in his labcoat, in the lab... Inventing vaccines.
And with the best will in the world I can't think of any theory which says that she is anything other than Canadian or British, as anything other than racism.
Why am I filled with a sense of dread?
She's already done Vogue (between her QF and SF).
https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/emma-raducanu-interview
But it's by the by. Post-covid the SNP will find another reason to say why there should be another independence referendum, just not today. Probably because there will be some other sort of election about to happen.
That means "Lots Of Love" according to David Cameron.
Her bigger presence is on Insta where she suddenly has 1.4m followers and is one of the biggest tennis stars on the planet already. If the Chinese really take to this Mandarin speaking teenager, she will own the world. Plus Tik Tok
Although she has now said it happened in the heat of the moment it hasn't stopped Twitter holding forth.
Both late-teen girls who have done brilliantly. Welcome to the social media age which admittedly they grew up in but which must be harsh nevertheless.
We also tried our best to make the vaccine for the poor in the world.
Unfortunately this noble effort was hamstrung by the deliberate, idiotic, and frankly evil, actions of Macron, the EU (NB NOT the EMA, given the fine institution that they've proven themselves to be), and the FDA (who clearly have their nuts held by US Pharma)
I think you are right, but I'm interested as to what's your reasoning?
Same way as nobody was going through the detailed familiar background of every footballer in the Euros or the medalists in the Olympics.
(Ducks and runs for the door..)
She'll get 10m followers within a year, if she carries on winning
#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/CZxLmXmde3
Although it is rarely 100% one way or another.
Virginia did.
Of course since then it has turned out the narwhal-tusk-wielders were actually a white South African British chef and a white British murderer awaiting parole, and the Remoaners went all quiet. Again
It would be singularly hilarious in the best possible way if Raducanu's one single political social media statement is a heartfelt endorsement of Brexit. Just for the bantz and reax
Btw you can get a usef dvd of blade runner for about 3 quid. Just do it.
Has any non-white Brit done it?
There are occasional stars like Rashford who do it, and do it well, but he is exceptional
If you have opinions wait until you've made your £100 million. And basically retired. Then rant away, as no one can touch you. Tho it will still be rough
I am very admiring of Martina Navrat and the way she stands up to the nastier elements of the trans lobby. Because, Jesus, they can be nasty