I assumed the byline pic had been tailored for this story about periods, given that

[Monty92]

it looks like the author is crippled over in pain and is in abject misery.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/05/period-poverty-women-sanitary-products

Turns out it's just how she poses for photos.

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/frances-ryan

[Sir C]

it looks like the author is crippled over in pain.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/05/period-poverty-women-sanitary-products

Turns out it's just how she poses for photos.

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/frances-ryan

They're mad for menstruation at the Guardian, aren't they?

Do you think that a chap who identifies as a woman suffers period poverty?

[Monty92]

Oh hang on, she's a raspberry. My bad :-\

758


it looks like the author is crippled over in pain and is in abject misery.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/05/period-poverty-women-sanitary-products

Turns out it's just how she poses for photos.

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/frances-ryan

[SWv2]

Oh hang on, she's a raspberry. My bad :-\

758

Really?

A new low even for you.

[Pokster]

Really?

A new low even for you.

Is that really a new low for m? It's good to see he still lives in the 1970's

[Burney]

They're mad for menstruation at the Guardian, aren't they?

Do you think that a chap who identifies as a woman suffers period poverty?

This was by far the most distressing article in The Guardian this week. I almost threw up thinking about the state of this woman's undercarriage.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/02/vivienne-westwood-filthy-as-i-am-designer-and-husband-too-posh-to-wash-water

[Burney]

Oh hang on, she's a raspberry. My bad :-\

758

She's a very irritating raspberry the Guardian wheels out (literally, I suppose) now and again to rail against some latest aspect of how spackers are horribly mistreated by the evil, bloodthirsty tories who apparently all dream of euthanasing anyone with a disability greater than mild shortsightedness. :yawn:

In other words, she may be a cripple, but that doesn't make her any less of a cvnt.

[Sir C]

This was by far the most distressing article in The Guardian this week. I almost threw up thinking about the state of this woman's undercarriage.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/02/vivienne-westwood-filthy-as-i-am-designer-and-husband-too-posh-to-wash-water

Oh dear Jesus. There really are no depths to which lefties won't stoop. :-(

I told you they stink.

[Burney]

Oh dear Jesus. There really are no depths to which lefties won't stoop. :-(

I told you they stink.

Note the entirely selfish, solipsistic tone of the thing. Sort of 'I don't wash and that's great for me. All the rest of you are idiots'. Never mind the poor fvckers who are forced to smell her every time she drags her appalling, reeking carcass out in public.

That's what these people are like.

[Peter]

She's a very irritating raspberry the Guardian wheels out (literally, I suppose) now and again to rail against some latest aspect of how spackers are horribly mistreated by the evil, bloodthirsty tories who apparently all dream of euthanasing anyone with a disability greater than mild shortsightedness. :yawn:

In other words, she may be a cripple, but that doesn't make her any less of a cvnt.

Wow....you are not a fan of the disabled are you, b :D

[Burney]

Wow....you are not a fan of the disabled are you, b :D

Well, they’re a bit fùcking needy, aren’t they? :shrug:

[Monty92]

Well, they’re a bit fùcking needy, aren’t they? :shrug:

A lovely girl with MS on my Facebook feed was complaining about the PIPS payment system this morning. It does sound pretty appalling what they put (already vulnerable) people through :-\

The problem is that in the quest to make the system horrible for people who are on the make, you are hurting people who have simply been dealt a ****ty hand in life (such as this poor girl, who was a micro-biologist before her MS set in).

[Burney]

A lovely girl with MS on my Facebook feed was complaining about the PIPS payment system this morning. It does sound pretty appalling what they put (already vulnerable) people through :-\

The problem is that in the quest to make the system horrible for people who are on the make, you are hurting people who have simply been dealt a ****ty hand in life (such as this poor girl, who was a micro-biologist before her MS set in).

Unfortunately, that is the nature of any process of scrutiny. Anger should be directed against the cùnts who abuse the system, not the poor sods tasked with trying to stop them.

[IUFG]

Never mind the poor fvckers who are forced to smell her every time she drags her appalling, reeking carcass out in public.

That's what these people are like.

I stood near a bohemian type woman in Asda in Cambridge last week. She stank so badly, I had to walk away.

I blame myself really. I mean, Asda?

[Sir C]

A lovely girl with MS on my Facebook feed was complaining about the PIPS payment system this morning. It does sound pretty appalling what they put (already vulnerable) people through :-\

The problem is that in the quest to make the system horrible for people who are on the make, you are hurting people who have simply been dealt a ****ty hand in life (such as this poor girl, who was a micro-biologist before her MS set in).

Everyone's got a fúcking sob story, haven't they?

Why aren't her family supporting her? Why are they leaving it to the state?

[Monty92]

Everyone's got a fúcking sob story, haven't they?

Why aren't her family supporting her? Why are they leaving it to the state?

Her mum has MS too and her dad (who physically and mentally abused the family for decades) just died.

I agree that women having appalling judgement in who they choose to breed with is a hugely ignored issue, when tackling it effectively would pretty much solve every social problem.

[Sir C]

Her mum has MS too and her dad (who physically and mentally abused the family for decades) just died.

I agree that women having appalling judgement in who they choose to breed with is a hugely ignored issue, when tackling it effectively would pretty much solve every social problem.

Self-inflicted then :shrug: I ask again, why does she expect the rest of us to pay for her fun and games?

[Burney]

Her mum has MS too and her dad (who physically and mentally abused the family for decades) just died.

I agree that women having appalling judgement in who they choose to breed with is a hugely ignored issue, when tackling it effectively would pretty much solve every social problem.

Mate, you’ve bred with a woman whose mum is mad and whose dad lives on a boat and recently married a Nigerian whore. :rubchin:

Poor old anus. :-(

[Peter]

Unfortunately, that is the nature of any process of scrutiny. Anger should be directed against the cùnts who abuse the system, not the poor sods tasked with trying to stop them.

And it partly is. Part of the problem is the political imperative to be seen as tough when it comes to public money. A noble enough thought but the problem is that the mounting costs are not really about those on the make. To put in place a tough policy that weeds these people out costs a fair bit of money- more than you lose to those who dont deserve the payouts.

So you have a tough and complex system that is underfunded and under skilled. For every scrounger you weed out you punish plenty of genuine cases and that is news.

THe winter fuel thing was a good example. Not opposed to means testing in general but it was clear that attempting to deny the allowance to those who didnt need it was going to cost more than it saved.

As usual, the real political figure is the number of people registered disabled. As long as that goes down nobody will ask whether the overall spend went down.

[Peter]

Everyone's got a fúcking sob story, haven't they?

Why aren't her family supporting her? Why are they leaving it to the state?

MS is a sob story?

[Sir C]

MS is a sob story?

Yes, of course it is. All common people have vulgar illnesses. I hear them talking about them. There is always something wrong with them.

Ask yourself why NHS hospitals are always so busy.

See?

[Peter]

Well, they’re a bit fùcking needy, aren’t they? :shrug:

I was at a do where it was explained that you should never look at a disability as a handicap. Disabled people can do everything you can do.

No, they cant. And if they can then I would argue that they are not ****ing disabled.

[Peter]

Yes, of course it is. All common people have vulgar illnesses. I hear them talking about them. There is always something wrong with them.

Ask yourself why NHS hospitals are always so busy.

See?

To be fair, if hospitals weren't busy it would be a shocking waste of public money. Or as you see it, your money.

[IUFG]

As usual, the real political figure is the number of people registered disabled. As long as that goes down nobody will ask whether the overall spend went down.

Do you actually register as disabled anymore?

You can register as blind and / or deaf. Or register for a blue badge.

after that, it is all about 'considering yourself disabled'* isn't it?

* affected by something that impairs your day to day living.

That is what the abusers use. Blame them. And the Equality Act.

[Sir C]

To be fair, if hospitals weren't busy it would be a shocking waste of public money. Or as you see it, your money.

If the poor stopped 'suffering' from their multitudinous so-called illnesses, we'd need about a quarter of the hospitals I'm currently paying for. :shrug:

Or, to put it more sensbily, if we closed down three-quarters of the hospitals and 90% of GP's surgeries and told the feckless wastrels that sitting around on their árses is no longer an option, I might be able to earn a living wage without the Revenue Thieves stealing 70% of it. :shrug:

[Peter]

Do you actually register as disabled anymore?

You can register as blind and / or deaf. Or register for a blue badge.

after that, it is all about 'considering yourself disabled'* isn't it?

* affected by something that impairs your day to day living.

That is what the abusers use. Blame them. And the Equality Act.

I dont know, but the figure I meant was the number receiving benefits for being disabled. Nobody actually gives a **** if you are disabled or not, its whether it costs the rest of us money.

[Peter]

If the poor stopped 'suffering' from their multitudinous so-called illnesses, we'd need about a quarter of the hospitals I'm currently paying for. :shrug:

Or, to put it more sensbily, if we closed down three-quarters of the hospitals and 90% of GP's surgeries and told the feckless wastrels that sitting around on their árses is no longer an option, I might be able to earn a living wage without the Revenue Thieves stealing 70% of it. :shrug:

The Ghost of Tom Joad really did just wash right over you, didnt it.

You're more like the Ghost of Norman Tebbit.

[Sir C]

The Ghost of Tom Joad really did just wash right over you, didnt it.

You're more like the Ghost of Norman Tebbit.

That song was written about my life and daily struggle to eat and support my family despite the best efforts of the forces of socialism. :shrug:

"Wherever somebody's fighting for a place to stand
Or a decent job or a helping hand
Wherever somebody's struggling to be free
Look in their eyes, Ma, and you'll see me""

[Peter]

That song was written about my life and daily struggle to eat and support my family despite the best efforts of the forces of socialism. :shrug:

"Wherever somebody's fighting for a place to stand
Or a decent job or a helping hand
Wherever somebody's struggling to be free
Look in their eyes, Ma, and you'll see me""

I meant the album more than the song.

[Ash]

Mate, you’ve bred with a woman whose mum is mad and whose dad lives on a boat and recently married a Nigerian whore. :rubchin:

Poor old anus. :-(

Yeah, but think who she's just bred with. An internet troll who wishes cancer on people and hurls abuse at women with withered limbs and twisted bodies in wheelchairs.

Why do some women desire to mate with evil men? Proof that there is no god, imo. Not a good one, anyway.

[Burney]

Yeah, but think who she's just bred with. An internet troll who wishes cancer on people and hurls abuse at women with withered limbs and twisted bodies in wheelchairs.

Why do some women desire to mate with evil men? Proof that there is no god, imo. Not a good one, anyway.

To be fair, I was the one hurling abuse at her. m just pointed out that she looked a bit funny. I was abusing her because I've actually read the appalling drivel she writes.

[Burney]

The Ghost of Tom Joad really did just wash right over you, didnt it.

You're more like the Ghost of Norman Tebbit.

My problem with The Grapes of Wrath was that 'Joad' always sounded to me like a euphemism for a turd to me.

As in 'Who left the enormous Joad floating in the pan, ffs?'

[Peter]

To be fair, I was the one hurling abuse at her. m just pointed out that she looked a bit funny. I was abusing her because I've actually read the appalling drivel she writes.

True. Monty just referred to her as a raspberry and moved on. He almost apologised.

[Peter]

My problem with The Grapes of Wrath was that 'Joad' always sounded to me like a euphemism for a turd to me.

As in 'Who left the enormous Joad floating in the pan, ffs?'

I suppose once that thought gets in your head it is rather difficult to shift.

[Ash]

I was at a do where it was explained that you should never look at a disability as a handicap. Disabled people can do everything you can do.

No, they cant. And if they can then I would argue that they are not ****ing disabled.

The Good Lie, you see. Hardly surprising that the swivel-eyed right foam at the mouth at the brazen mendacity underpinning the entire philosophy of the contemporary left, while traditional leftists who just seek a fairer share of the fruits of our toil through solidarity with our colleagues can only shake their heads at how far things have fallen.

[Sir C]

The Good Lie, you see. Hardly surprising that the swivel-eyed right foam at the mouth at the brazen mendacity underpinning the entire philosophy of the contemporary left, while traditional leftists who just seek a fairer share of the fruits of our toil through solidarity with our colleagues can only shake their heads at how far things have fallen.

Wait, you're telling me I'm a traditional leftist?

Who knew?

[Peter]

The Good Lie, you see. Hardly surprising that the swivel-eyed right foam at the mouth at the brazen mendacity underpinning the entire philosophy of the contemporary left, while traditional leftists who just seek a fairer share of the fruits of our toil through solidarity with our colleagues can only shake their heads at how far things have fallen.

I once sat through a lecture from a blind bloke claiming he could do everything we could do. I was so tempted to challenge him to a frame of snooker for a tenner.

Not being defined by your disability is fine. Just because a bloke cant walk it doesnt mean he cant get his round in- I get that and highly approve.

Moving the conversation on to see your disability as a positive can get very, very silly quite quickly.

[Burney]

I suppose once that thought gets in your head it is rather difficult to shift.

:nod: You'd need break it up with a bogbrush imo

[Peter]

Wait, you're telling me I'm a traditional leftist?

Who knew?

I see you more as a cartoon right-wing Colonel (retired).

[Peter]

:nod: You'd need break it up with a bogbrush imo

It isn't the greatest read either. Hardly Dickens....

[Burney]

The Good Lie, you see. Hardly surprising that the swivel-eyed right foam at the mouth at the brazen mendacity underpinning the entire philosophy of the contemporary left, while traditional leftists who just seek a fairer share of the fruits of our toil through solidarity with our colleagues can only shake their heads at how far things have fallen.

I hardly think one needs to be 'swivel eyed' in order to shake one's head in wonder at the way in which 'the left' has created rigid orthodoxies around comforting, but nonsensical fantasies rather than ever risk giving offence with the truth. One merely needs to have a nodding acquaintance with the concept of empirical truth, surely?

[Burney]

It isn't the greatest read either. Hardly Dickens....

None of Steinbeck is. They're kiddies' books, really. Much his best was Cannery Row.

[Ash]

Wait, you're telling me I'm a traditional leftist?

Who knew?

I thought you had chaps to do the toiling for you?

[Peter]

None of Steinbeck is. They're kiddies' books, really. Much his best was Cannery Row.

Of Mice and Men isn't great.

[Ash]

I hardly think one needs to be 'swivel eyed' in order to shake one's head in wonder at the way in which 'the left' has created rigid orthodoxies around comforting, but nonsensical fantasies rather than ever risk giving offence with the truth. One merely needs to have a nodding acquaintance with the concept of empirical truth, surely?

Indeed. I was just chucking some rhetoric around in accordance with local traditions.

[Burney]

Indeed. I was just chucking some rhetoric around in accordance with local traditions.

Oh, fair enough, then. Do carry on, you ghastly communist. ;-)

[Burney]

Of Mice and Men isn't great.

No. I read it when I was about 10 or 11, I think. I liked it then.

[Monty92]

Mate, you’ve bred with a woman whose mum is mad and whose dad lives on a boat and recently married a Nigerian whore. :rubchin:

Poor old anus. :-(

Women being wrong'uns isn't a problem. It's men with their predisposition to criminality and inclination to sack off their kids when they can't be arsed with the responsibility who are the cause of most of society's ills.

Mental women are barely distinguishable from sane ones, anyway :shrug:

[Sir C]

I thought you had chaps to do the toiling for you?

Well, yes, but without my giving them something to toil at, they'd have fúck all toiling to do. That is my toil, I create the toil. This toil creates money, which is taken by the Revenue and given to lazy people.

This process is called 'socialism'.

[Peter]

Women being wrong'uns isn't a problem. It's men with their predisposition to criminality and inclination to sack off their kids when they can't be arsed with the responsibility who are the cause of most of society's ills.

Mental women are barely distinguishable from sane ones, anyway :shrug:


True. The more accurate distinction is between diagnosed and undiagnosed.

[Peter]

Well, yes, but without my giving them something to toil at, they'd have fúck all toiling to do. That is my toil, I create the toil. This toil creates money, which is taken by the Revenue and given to lazy people.

This process is called 'socialism'.

Its actually called wealth creation.