Last April, a lefty friend of mine expressed some outrage that Ukraine had been preventing men leaving in order to run an army, but allowing women to do so. 'Not very 2020s', she said, rath… (View Post)

Not just on the extreme right. I rather thought that a military whose main aim was to win wars, from a culture who weren't really that bothered about how it did so, would have an edge over a mil… (View Post)

This sounds horribly stupid, but my preferred means of discovering new music (aside from the radio - no, actually including the radio) is youtube. They may bombard you with adverts but for me the alg… (View Post)

Really?! If I'm not missing sarcasm here, that's the strangest thing I've heard on here for months. I did like minidisc. Tape, only better. For a brief window, they did their job bette… (View Post)

It was a more easygoing age. I was a regular at a pub at 16. It was probably a different sort of pub, but still. I'm a big supporter of underage drinking in pubs. Let 16 year olds learn adulting… (View Post)