cis white male here (boooo hisssss) but honestly I’ve done twelves for the last twenty odd years and I’m really starting to like them now.

I know persistent twelves are very much a British shift pattern but I love being able to come off a 12hr night and take my kids to school, or do a 12hr day and still come home to an evening of wine and shit TV.

Granted, shift work has proven to be… lesser spectacular for one’s health but whenever I go on a 9-5 course, I get to 4pm and start fancying lunch and I’m like “omg I’m nearly done yaaaasss”

Horses for courses. Either way, I hope you find enough time to rest well and be kind to yourself!

More importantly, drams of what?

they have played us for absolute fools

At least as tall as a traffic cone I’d say.

I mean … aside from the expenses and extra retention payments, the troopers effectively get the same salary as equivalent rank/service counterparts in the tri-service pay bands. The top ups are nice but aren’t game changing money.

It’s hard not to see the financial draw from private enterprises such as these. Especially if it’s “money for old rope” when it comes to cascade training, and it’s entry level people they’re instructing.

It’s not like it’s a new trend either. For as long as the UK has had a decent reputation for doing something - armed forces, aviation, counterintelligence etc… there’s always been folk out selling their training to anyone with money, be they “friendly” states or otherwise.

If they’re not really interested it going back to the UK… there’s not much that can be really done about it if the nation where they’re training folk isn’t interested either.

I know I’m missing the point here but that sounds like three man-made ecological disasters right there 🙁

I’ve still got this sitting on my shelf on the 360.

I’m a big Ridge fan but I could never get this game - it’s not bad by any means but it never grabbed me like RR6 did. The change of stylistic direction certainly is something.

The soundtrack is a fucking banger though.

Mr bin Sunglasses seems to read the room before taking in all the pertinent information, looks at the best decision he can make, and thinks to himself “…nah fuck that” and picks the worst possible answer to most situations.

It’s almost a skill.

A vocalisation of the Family Fortunes incorrect answer noise is my reply of choice.

Probably for the same reason that Kiribati has them.

GPS spoofers, and fake nominations.

TrainerTips did a great video on the island and a good waste of fifty minutes of your time. It’s worth noting that Kiribati has the advantage of proximity to the international date line, where Epstein Island doesn’t.

Quality language, da iawn.

Ah man, that sucks.

They may have been in your world for a short time, but they have gifted you a lifetime of memories.

Be kind to yourself, friend.

"Hey, I don’t work here "

Shame really.

DMA Design were literally at the cutting edge of game design and new ideas. Their implementationz were pretty fucking awesome too.

Money got involved. Publishers got more leverage. The name changed to Rockstar. And it all went to shit.

Shame.

edit: that mistyped “s” is a banging typo, I’m keeping it

Jesus, the gamesradar site is absolute ass

The data: https://weloveit.io/developers/steam-revenue-report/

I take my eldest son out running with me. He plays sport at a national level (not yet near the international stage) so it’s nice to go out to bang in five kilometres every now and then - it’s a great bit of cardio for him, and it drags me out to keep me healthy.

Honestly, 25 of those minutes are robloxrobloxrobloxrobloxrobloxfortniterobloxrobloxroblox and it can get draining… but it’s important to him so it’s important to me.

Honestly, it’s just time spent alone with him that makes the difference for me. He’s got some big changes coming up in life and I want to be there for him, so if he ever drops that little breadcrumb into conversation that he’s got problems with his boyfriend or girlfriend, or if he’s getting a hard time off someone, or if the studying and sport is getting him down - then I’ll have hopefully made a space safe enough to chat freely and openly, and his mental health doesn’t take a battering before it’s too late.

One can dream.

Was it not just an collaboration of SomethingAwful forumites that founded Goonswarm?

Isn’t this just Twitter with more steps?

Yeah in fairness (and I’m not defending anybodies practices here, about 50 pence of that is fuel taxation, along with 20% on top.

The actual cost to the consumer of the fuel itself is probably “only” around 70p.

It’s kinda fucked to be fair - I’m all for reducing our reliance on car transport but the interim step of EVs is getting hosed as well now.