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Conscript armies still work pretty well when you've got a single mission you can train them on, which matches the role they'll be performing if war breaks out. It makes sense for all the countries that border Russia or Switzerland, because their single mission is to learn how to live in a...

Can't you just take them to church on Sunday?

The UK army has long been focused on small numbers of highly motivated, highly effective professional soldiers. I'm not really sure what the hell they'd do with 30,000 useless conscripts a year. They'd probably better serve the country by being made to pick up litter.

Strong cope.

Yeah, the kids are screwed through no fault of their own. We're several generations away from the time when there was somebody in most households who could cook good meals from scratch.

The illegals aren't the flood. We have 10 legal immigrants for every illegal... and they're not hard working Christian Polish people anymore. The tories are failing on just about every measurable metric there is. This isn't so much a distraction technique, rather a total diversion, attempting...

Junk food isn't the cheapest option though. These "food deserts" exist because poor people are also badly educated, and easily manipulated. The cheapest option is cooking with simple staples like oats, lentils, carrots and potatoes. These are in a totally different category to whatever hipster...

I expect you meant this thread to be about great performances, but this scene set the new low point not just in acting, but filmmaking in general.

I think this is one of those hobbies that starts off innocently enough. It's probably quite fun exploring the beginner caves, when you're booked onto a group with experienced guides who know the cave like the back of their hands, and have plans and experience for extracting people if somebody...

That's nothing. Australia has an ex prime minister who eats onions like apples.

I have never seen it, but I guess it exists as a counterpoint to all the shows like Cribs and The Kardashians, which are for people that worship those who are more attractive and successful than themselves. If I had to choose between the two, I'd definitely put myself more in the hater camp.

I vote for Paul Daniels. He had a prime-time show for 15 years in the UK which was essential viewing when I was growing up. Also the lovely Debbie McGee made my peepee tingle before I knew what that meant.

The "roof knocking" is blatant copium. A really weak attempt to justify bombing dense urban areas, combined with victim blaming all the innocent people they murdered.

Does cheesecake count as cake or pie? Even though it's got cake in the name, it has the same structure as a custard pie, or a tart. It doesn't have the flour or leavning agent required to make it a proper cake.

This always gets me. The movie isn't perfect, but it's just about the greatest story of self-rescue ever told. The soundtrack is seriously underrated and there are some really great performances by relatively unknown actors.

The French bred their dogs so they'd be better at kissing.

I like Jameson's as a cheap everyday whiskey. It's very smooth and light, goes down very easily, but lacks the complex flavours of single malts or more expensive blends.

The guy single-handedly took down the soviet union and ended the cold war. They should send him to fix the middle east next.

When they became part of the USSR probably. That was one of the main reasons US dropped the bomb. They wanted Japan to surrender to them, and not the Russians who would have invaded from the north. Ultimately Japan was probably better off the way things turned out. Nations that had US help in...

I can definitely recommend not getting a pop-up tent. The convenience of an easy setup is easily outweighed by all the areas in which they're shit. The "poles" are shit and non-replaceable. After like a couple of mildly windy beach trips they'll be done and the tent will be permanently saggy...