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not really a vent, but it was somewhat temporarily awkward.
I met one of my friends for dinner tonight, and I saw her in glasses for the first time I told her that she looked like a librarian, but my first thought was a pornstar that shall remain nameless >.>
Hm... good call on not mentioning the porn star. BUT I dunno! Porn stars are usually hot, so if someone said that to me I might actually take it as a compliment. Rofl... You know your friend better than I, though.
Hm... good call on not mentioning the porn star. BUT I dunno! Porn stars are usually hot, so if someone said that to me I might actually take it as a compliment. Rofl... You know your friend better than I, though.
she likely would not have been amused
Goddammit Great Britain.
I wish I still had some likes left for this post.
I can't believe this has happened...
You can just taste the regret.
With 62% of Scotland voting to stay, I feel like another independence vote is incoming.
When I think "pornstar librarian" my mind immediately goes to Amy Acker buuut she doesn't do porn. Pretty sure I'm projecting.
That's why Amy Acker can be considered the ultimate hot librarian. Because what is more appropriate for that archetype than being forced to rely solely on the imagination? 
Goddammit Great Britain.
Whether it be home or away, I think the general sentiment of "I'm surrounded by idiots" is the only thing that anyone in Britain can currently agree upon. So that's a silver lining, at least. 
I f'ing despise people who p*ss away their vote for bs "protest" reasons. That dumb sack in the photo basically said, "Oh... I voted Leave because I didn't think it would matter. Damn..." Sometimes all the choices suck. Such is the way of the world. Vote for the lesser evil. We're going to get people voting for the Green Party or Libertarian candidates for the same reason.
I can't even have any schadenfreude over these people because the whole thing is just so damn stupid (and that's kind of a-holey, anyway).
It's also pretty disgusting how the Leave people basically ran a Trump-style campaign playing off of people's selfishness and prejudices.
Although, I really have to wonder if the Remain people really did that terrible a job of driving home just how bad a separation would be, or if the campaign waged by the Leave people, in appealing to baser passions, just overwhelmed common sense.
With 62% of Scotland voting to stay, I feel like another independence vote is incoming.
This would be rather interesting, actually, so see if the people who voted Better Together originally are angry and feel betrayed by this Leave vote switch to Yes Scotland.
I also saw it speculated that N. Ireland might vote to rejoin Rep. of Ireland after this vote. That certainly would be... something. All of the strife over religion and all of that, especially with the turbulence of the 80s and IRA, to finally come back together because of something totally unrelated.
This piece on Fusion was pretty interesting, and had this graph. Basically, "Thanks, England!"
There is one thing that I don't quite understand about how the EU works and how much influence its members have over other members.
I read this one piece speculating that life for LGBTQ folks might be more difficult as a result of this. It contained the quote, "... the UK will no longer be in the EU to help put pressure on them to promote greater respect for their LGBT communities."
Is one member nation really that influential? I know it's Great Britain, and she does have a lot of influence, but enough to get some of these other countries to treat their people better? The article itself has an example involving travel restrictions, but that isn't really the same thing as influencing another country to change their own policies.
I don't think the UK really had a ton of leverage over stuff like LGBT rights.
Is one member nation really that influential? I know it's Great Britain, and she does have a lot of influence, but enough to get some of these other countries to treat their people better? The article itself has an example involving travel restrictions, but that isn't really the same thing as influencing another country to change their own policies.
The UK was one of the richest nations in the EU, as well as being ranked in the top three of most LGBT friendly nations in Europe, so I suppose we might have had the necessary money and influence to push for equality? It's the first I've heard of it though, so I dunno how true that is.
Although, I really have to wonder if the Remain people really did that terrible a job of driving home just how bad a separation would be, or if the campaign waged by the Leave people, in appealing to baser passions, just overwhelmed common sense.
Probably this. Rather than drive home a solid argument about the risks of separation, most of the Remain campaign was based around trying to instill how it was the lesser of two evils.
John Oliver hit the nail on the head, that even though us Brits have an intrinsic desire to tell Europe to go [bleep] itself, doesn't mean we should act on that impulse. Sadly, it seems that our inherent Euroskeptic nature got the better of us this time.
I f'ing despise people who p*ss away their vote for bs "protest" reasons. That dumb sack in the photo basically said, "Oh... I voted Leave because I didn't think it would matter. Damn..." Sometimes all the choices suck. Such is the way of the world. Vote for the lesser evil. We're going to get people voting for the Green Party or Libertarian candidates for the same reason.
The other problem is that apathy might have played a factor, with people not bothering to vote because they felt that it was all hot air and bluster that wasn't going to happen.
Gibraltar voted 96% to stay, so they will probably also want out. I didn't think I'd live to see the Kingdom of England (and Wales), but it's a possibility now.
And now the leave side is doing some backtracking.
The problem is you could get a majority vote to leave in many EU countries, by just concentrating on the immigrants. Xenophobia is really on the rise here.
Gibraltar isn't going anywhere, and I doubt Northern Ireland will either, Scotland might, but depending on how long it takes for the Brits to actually leave the EU tempers may cool.
^ Well, apparently they want them to gtfo asap.
Yeah, and other EU nations, particularly Eastern European ones and even some parts of Germany (being a large trading partner with the UK) aren't really interested in a messy divorce. As far as I can tell its mostly France pushing for them to leave quickly partly I imagine because they want the UK to fail after leaving to prevent other countries (including France) from seeing it as an attractive idea
There is one thing that I don't quite understand about how the EU works and how much influence its members have over other members.
I read this one piece speculating that life for LGBTQ folks might be more difficult as a result of this. It contained the quote, "... the UK will no longer be in the EU to help put pressure on them to promote greater respect for their LGBT communities."
Is one member nation really that influential? I know it's Great Britain, and she does have a lot of influence, but enough to get some of these other countries to treat their people better? The article itself has an example involving travel restrictions, but that isn't really the same thing as influencing another country to change their own policies.
LGBT rights are a part of the EU push. At first EU campaigned LGBT rights in the UK, later the country became one of the more LGBT friendly, but I don't think the EU had much to do with it. Having the UK in the EU would probably be better for LGBT people, but the difference won't be that big. If the change doesn't come within the country, the EU is not going to force anything. Take for example the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Poland opted out of it, because the ruling party saw that as a backdoor to same-sex marriages. Germany is pretty LGBT friendly, and 2/3 support marriage equality, but the current conservative leading party will never pass it (they have in fact blocked it many times). The EU can push LGBT rights all they want, including declaring same-sex marriage a right, but no one has to listen to them.
Gibraltar isn't going anywhere, and I doubt Northern Ireland will either, Scotland might, but depending on how long it takes for the Brits to actually leave the EU tempers may cool.
If Scotland leaves, it's not that far-fetched to think others will start looking into it. And since the previous vote was a close call, I don't think Scotland will just cool down this time.
If Scotland leaves, it's not that far-fetched to think others will start looking into it. And since the previous vote was a close call, I don't think Scotland will just cool down this time.
Gibraltar can't go independent, it just simply can't support itself, the most likely alternative would be Spain and LOL@that. Wales had a majority vote to leave, and in Northern Ireland their only real option is union with the Republic, and while possible, I can't imagine that it will actually come to pass over something so silly as EU membership, especially before its become clear what benefits the UK will continue to enjoy in the EU.
And like I said, Scotland is hotheaded right now but tempers may calm in time, and separating from England given Scotland's reliant on currently depressed oil prices would be economic suicide, and that's even without bringing up how poorly the Eurozone is doing in general at this time.
Yeah, Gibraltar may have some pipe dream about leaving, but that's not happening obviously. But the rest might be. Some friends from Scotland said they believed a second independence vote could go through successfully, and that was before this week. Don't underestimate hotheadedness - it's what lead to the Brexit after all.
http://www.polygon.c...eads-status-quo
I apologize to anyone who's fan of Anita and Feminist Frequency, but criticizing Overwatch for being not "diverse" enough in their "state of the union" address. One of the reasons I love Overwatch when I played the beta was it's diverse characters, but now it's not enough for them?! I don't know about Uncharted since I haven't played it, but using Overwatch as an example of games appealing to white males is false and misleading considering they have vast array of females sexualized and non-sexualized.
Sometimes these "culture critics" just want to criticize just get attention regardless of how little research has been done.
And like I said, Scotland is hotheaded right now but tempers may calm in time, and separating from England given Scotland's reliant on currently depressed oil prices would be economic suicide, and that's even without bringing up how poorly the Eurozone is doing in general at this time.
I'm pretty sure being hotheaded is a national trait of Scotland. And I say that in a loving way.
I'm pretty sure being hotheaded is a national trait of Scotland. And I say that in a loving way.
I do have a bit of Scottish in my heritage.
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