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• Commented on Necroqueen!
  "How do I change my Display Name?" I'm sorry to inform you that that feature expired with the Queen. All names are fixed now and forever....
• Commented on London Bridge
  I think some people have no limit....
• Commented on London Bridge
  True, true of all of us at one time or another, yeah....
• Commented on London Bridge
  I didn't mean it to be a dichotomy, only a topic shorthand; it's perfectly reasonable to say "it's toxic at times but serves a useful function". I hadn't thought in terms of the forum being anyone's support group, least of...
• Commented on London Bridge
  Ah, sorry! I should have clarified that I meant the topic had been dropped after around #700-750 without really getting much in the way of replies from a lot of the old regulars. Fair call though, and points to you...
• Commented on London Bridge
  To anyone still following the "is the forum nice or toxic?" discussion, I think it's worth noticing how the relevant greybeards (OGH included) simply moved right past the issue without engaging it. Like they just couldn't be bothered. I think...
• Commented on London Bridge
  Justin @779, I agree with everything you said. I think it includes Charlie and flows from Charlie as the de facto moderator as well as the principal draw of the site. There's been a couple occasions where I've considered disagreeing...
• Commented on London Bridge
  Heteromeles, I'd like to call out @756 as one of the best and most socially adept messages I've ever seen on this board. You took the time to understand that your position was going to provoke a negative reaction, and...
• Commented on London Bridge
  I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that the commentariat culture here has gradually become poisonous and I should probably call time on this forum. In March 2020, I asked for a ban (admittedly too strong an ask, should have...
• Commented on London Bridge
  Also, she was a decent queen. RIP....
• Commented on London Bridge
  Welp. Blacklisting bbc.co.nk for a month....
• Commented on Public appearances in a time of pandemic
  moz 510: thanks, good idea! boss 528: I didn't know you knew him in person. Why would I? Still, glad you took a look, happy with the verdict. Thanks!...
• Commented on Public appearances in a time of pandemic
  Dear host, might you please ban Graydon from this thread for repeatedly stating that Covid-19 has a fixed morality rate of 6% in all symptomatic cases? He cited the Lancet, but his Lancet link did not state the thing he...
• Commented on So you think you can be a reality TV producer
  DMV/DVLA Survivor....
• Commented on The obligatory general election discussion post
  I just realized I'm a hopelessly, middle-class fuddy-duddy. Is there such a thing as a LIBERAL fuddy-duddy? There is. For Americans, if you watched "The West Wing", or you belong to one of those very progressive Presbyterian or Unitarian churches,...
• Commented on Sucker bet (a thought experiment)
  Why do I need to be a billionaire to play this game? I'm a healthy 36 year old. I look young for my age. It took me a long time and a lot of weight loss to accept that I'm...
• Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (2)
  "faraday purses" Around here we call them Farages....
• Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
  I heard a good term for this recently: terraf*cking...
• Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
  Endless Votes for Endless Logjam...