But the downside is that technically, regardless of what mechanism would trigger the dissolution of parliament, this has to be requested to and accepted by the King, who then sends out Writs of Electors

Of course in practice this is a rubber stamp tradition with no chance of not happening - if Charles went mad and tried to prevent this we would likely still have an election just with a side order of constitutional crisis and a wave of republicanism

But it’s still dumb

Interesting idea! What do you do if you’re busy in the evening and miss a show - save it til next week or do you catch up?

I think that’s a very narrow view of religion though, albeit one that is true of a lot and I agree is toxic. Ironically since you’re a UK person, it’s a type of religion I associate with the US and the American right (though I also know through friends growing up that it can be fairly common in some Muslim and Hindi groups)

I think a lot of times religion is used as a kind of cultural link: ‘this is why we have these traditions, this is a moral we have that we can explain with this story’ etc. And with that context I think it can be fine, even helpful to raise someone within a religious tradition

I guess I broadly agree with you mostly, but I would say that religion can be coherent with critical thinking and open-mindedness: it’s cultural as much as its about fundamental belief

(and when it is about fundamental belief then yeah it’s often awful)

Sometimes a lazy answer is worse than no answer

That is a very specific usage: ‘The Government’ as a proposer of law, Parliament as approvers. Outside of a PPE course it isn’t how the term is used and I think you know this.

In day to day use the government (small g) can be talked about as comprising anyone involved in governance, from the PM down to local councillors, depending on context

Calling people out on this based on a technicality is like correcting people when they say ‘speed’ instead of ‘velocity’, and it’s super irrelevant in a thread about MPs acting in a political capacity

You seem to be confused. The phrase ‘government official’ refers to anyone acting on behalf of the government, including backbenchers. This could even include unelected aides, spokespeople or some civil servants.

You’re thinking of the cabinet. You do not have to be in the cabinet to be a ‘government official’.

As a fellow brit, these Americans correcting you are right.

I’m the younger end of millennial - I did watch these as a kid but I was young enough that I don’t remember much. Don’t remember artax.

I wanna say there was a big big chill mammal thing but when I try to remember more I just picture Oppa from Avatar

Often in lower league football (soccer?), if there’s huge game (cup match against bigger opponent, playoff etc), tickets are prioritised for those who have been to more regular games. Makes sense, the more committed fans get priority and avoids scalping.

This just seems like the same thing to me

Yup

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Everything_Great_Again

Is pepperoni and jalapeños not super common?

In the UK, that’s called ‘an american’

It’ll be okay as long as you have that recipe again

I agree with your broader point about linguistics, but Chesterton’s fence has never sat right with me. Consider the inverse:

This annoying and unnecessary fence is an inconvenience, but since nobody can remember what it’s for, we dare not remove it

Smoke some cigarettes. The smoke will suffocate the bacteria in your stomach.

Just in case you’re not joking, that’s the point of this meme. That the big reveal and emotional moment at the end of the film has been misunderstood and reduced to a plot hole

I hate everyone on lemmy but at least I’m hating people

Let’s not downplay the threat of the AFD. 20% is a lot - more than enough to at least pull the Overton window to the right, like Reform is doing in the UK

Is that the consensus though? Recent EU elections have shown a small but steady rise in support for Euroscepticism

That’s not true for every chronic condition though. Lifestyle and diet can only do so much when your body just isn’t doing what it’s supposed to.

I’m not trying to defend pharma companies, but it’s the state of science today that some things can only be treated and handled with ongoing medication

I think you mean Henry Kissinger

The other answers are both partly right, but to be more specific: The albatross is really good at navigating air currents and ocean winds even when very far out at sea. If you could see an albatross, chances are you were safe from storms and such, and supposedly sailors would even sometimes use them to navigate by to stay safe. Seeing an albatross was good luck - not seeing one for an extended time was bad luck

So the comic inverts that from an Albatrosses point of view. Being followed by ships is an annoyance to them

That’s why the Mariner in the poem seems to bring a curse upon his ship when he shoots the albatross - he has literally destroyed a symbol of good fortune