#42

Well Slovenia’s a bit different- they’re pretty modern/western/well-off. It’s basically Austria with a bit less money. Catholic too.

Anyway I had a photo of their sedate little Pride that was on while I was in Ljubljana, and comments that although they are way better than places like Serbia and Russia, there was still some way to go on certain legal rights/public attitudes according to Amnesty International.

#43

I am very tired and feel ill, should I go watch the sadies play my local venue or go home for an evening of unfulfilling internet

  • Go to gig
  • Internet, always the internet

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#44

Going for a run in a bit then watching the Apprentice

#45

Yes!

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#46

Not going to gigs is your favourite thing to do

#47

Yessssssss!!

#48

damn I’ve got a hankering for some chocolate and crisps :frowning:

#49

#cheekyone

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#50

We are in the process of getting a new Kitchen from Howdens. We are definitely going to get it but I’m waiting on a 0% credit card to turn up, and I was planning in popping in and paying for it as soon as I’ve got the card (hopefully) today or tomorrow.

But I think Howdens have got twitchy and have phoned me offering another £400 discount, if I pay by the end of October as its their sale month. I’m glad that card hasn’t turned up yet, otherwise I would have already paid.

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#51

True, I have improved my ratio recently though. Got a gig coming up next week in Guildford’s third best burrito restaurant, which seems particularly discentric, might not go

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#52

what are you reading? something about the police?

#53

Yeah sorta, i’m reading steven avery (of making a murderer)'s defense lawyer’s book about that case and some of his others.

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#54

Haha classic Witches :joy::+1:

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#55

More importantly, what beer are you drinking?

#56

Berliner pilsner :+1:

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#57

I’m pretty fucking upset (TW: rape/sexual harassment/assault chat)

Follow-on from this morning’s sexual harassment chat with my dad (Wednesdag), I tweeted “#Metoo (and we’re not just talking about a jokey comment at work, Dad)”. In the car on the way home, he goes “You didn’t need to tag me in that Me Too crap.” (I didn’t tag him.) Then we had basically the same conversation again, but a longer version of it.

PARAPHRASED CONVERSATION~ him: “SOME women would count a bantery comment at work as harassment!!! To me, assault is when you actually get groped…” me: “errrrr you’re conflating harassment and assault there” him: “PC GONE MAD etc… like that director, nothing’s been proved against him” me (genuinely no idea what he’s on about): “what director?” dad: “Weinstein” me (actually too shocked to string a coherent sentence together): “there IS evidence… [lots of stuttering] there’s a tape of him admitting to having groped a woman, in case you didn’t believe the 100 or so women that came forward about it…” him: can’t be arsed, walks off.

I can’t fucking believe that he’s more upset about some HYPOTHETICAL EXTREME here than about the fact I’ve been harassed. I had to pretend I was crying when I got home because some glitter got in my eyes. My experiences are at the light end of the spectrum but jfc, he doesn’t want to know and just assumes it’s me overreacting or trying to be trendy. I just… like, I can’t actually believe that I don’t think my own dad would believe me if I was raped. (That’s not even touching on the fact that he’s dismissed so many of my friends’ traumatic experiences, men too.) I spoke to my mum about it when he went to go and annoy Spice and she said that when she was pregnant a man pinched her bum and she was really upset about it. When she told Dad why she was upset, his response was “What’s wrong with that??” I CAN’T. HOW CAN YOU BE SUCH A SELFISH CUNT WITH SO LITTLE PERSPECTIVE. CHRIST.

#58

Had an odd email from of the IT guys at work today saying “Can you close this fake record please, the name entered is just gibberish”.

The poor lad’s name was something like Julius Chiurai Ibaka. Good work racist IT Dave.

#59

Ah man that’s bloody awful. There’s a clear generational disconnect in my experience of how people are taking this sort of news but that’s no excuse for him basically ignoring you as you say (and if you don’t mind me saying he then clearly behaves like a complete child rather than engage). I know it seems tough but I really do think you should move out.

#60

Never heard it called that before.

Also thought @ericthefourth was married.

#61

Keith!!!

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