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This is also something that infuriates me. It's nothing to do with Skype though, it's people. People are terrible.

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People do that with Whatsapp messages too. Send a sentence or two at a time.

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Oxford Mail:Oxford artist fined £1,300 for killing pigeon in neighbour's garden

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Oxford Mail:Oxford artist fined £1,300 for killing pigeon in neighbour's garden

The accompanying photo is brilliant.


that pose is copyrighted by Liam Gallagher surely?

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If they're really struggling then you can defer it once if your work can provide a letter stating that.


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Yeah, we're aware of that, ta. Think they're just going to bite the bullet and let me go on the date mentioned.

There's a business case for us taking on a junior designer (something I bring up regularly when I'm due to go on holidays etc), hopefully this situation will add more weight.

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Oxford Mail:Oxford artist fined £1,300 for killing pigeon in neighbour's garden

The accompanying photo is brilliant.


Interesting how they just throw in the paedophilia at the end as an afterthought.

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Perhaps he's acting out all the Tom Lehrer songs. For reasons of Art.


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Erm, I really don’t understand the “controversy” of this “racist” Dove advert at all. It just reminds me of the end of Michael Jackson’s Black or White video.


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Oxford Mail:Oxford artist fined £1,300 for killing pigeon in neighbour's garden

The accompanying photo is brilliant.


So is the issue him killing the bird or killing the bird when it was in the garden next door?

EDIT: Think the issue was he was a twat with the Police so they prosecuted him under some little-used law ( at least for pigeons)

I looked this up you can kill a large array of wildlife in your garden using a "general license" you don't need to apply for this just follow the guidelines.

This is what you can dispatch ...


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General licences
You can use a general licence to kill or capture certain wild birds (including removing or destroying their eggs and nests) to:

prevent the spread of disease
stop serious damage to livestock, food, crops, growing timber, fisheries or inland water
preserve public health and safety
conserve other wild birds
A general licence is for killing or capturing these wild birds:

feral pigeon
crow
collared dove
lesser black-backed gull
jackdaw
jay
magpie
rook
woodpigeon
Canada goose
monk parakeet
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Erm, I really don’t understand the “controversy” of this “racist” Dove advert at all. It just reminds me of the end of Michael Jackson’s Black or White video.


I can see how it can be viewed as "use Dove and you too can become nice and clean like a white person". Whoever gave it the green light was an idiot.

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So is the issue him killing the bird or killing the bird when it was in the garden next door?

If the bird was not in his garden and he shot it with an air rifle, he's lucky he's not gone to prison for 5 years. Firing outside of his boundary, or within 15 metres of the centre of a public highway, would be treated as a firearms offence (even though it's an airgun) and is strict liability - no defense. Punishable by 5 years in prison (minimum).


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Erm, I really don’t understand the “controversy” of this “racist” Dove advert at all. It just reminds me of the end of Michael Jackson’s Black or White video.


I can see how it can be viewed as "use Dove and you too can become nice and clean like a white person". Whoever gave it the green light was an idiot.


I could watch it a hundred times and still wouldn’t get that impression. Not least because the white person immediately turns into someone else.


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Erm, I really don’t understand the “controversy” of this “racist” Dove advert at all. It just reminds me of the end of Michael Jackson’s Black or White video.


I can see how it can be viewed as "use Dove and you too can become nice and clean like a white person". Whoever gave it the green light was an idiot.


I could watch it a hundred times and still wouldn’t get that impression. Not least because the white person immediately turns into someone else.


Sure. But if 10 people do have that reaction then it's a shitty ad campaign.

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Cras wrote:
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Satsuma wrote:
Erm, I really don’t understand the “controversy” of this “racist” Dove advert at all. It just reminds me of the end of Michael Jackson’s Black or White video.


I can see how it can be viewed as "use Dove and you too can become nice and clean like a white person". Whoever gave it the green light was an idiot.


I could watch it a hundred times and still wouldn’t get that impression. Not least because the white person immediately turns into someone else.


Sure. But if 10 people do have that reaction then it's a shitty ad campaign.

hundreds of people complained about that KFC ad where the call centre people spoke with their mouths full (for reasons ranging from it will encourage kids to speak with their mouth full to its insulting to call centre workers). Doesn't make the complainants any less stupid

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I can only find a photo, is there supposed to be a video?

I had a look on Google Videos and found myself on a channel of some twat who was filming himself in his living room.

He couldn't describe who Dove was or what they sold but got straight into the fact everything was racist.

I suspect that 16900 of the 17000 views he had were people like me searching for some info and context :)

I didn't think (what I saw) was offensive, not sure if there was more to follow that may have given more context?

Did read Dove had run a positive campaign for some 13 years called Real Beauty

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"Real Beauty" ads have long centred around rejecting standard, racially insular notions of beauty while vowing to feature "real women of different ages, sizes, ethnicities, hair color, type or style."


Sad thing is this will be a forgotten story by Wednesday as Trump will say something offensive or Boris maybe !


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This is it apparently. Rather than a TV commercial it’s just a Facebook ad by the looks of it.



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I can only find a photo, is there supposed to be a video?

I had a look on Google Videos and found myself on a channel of some twat who was filming himself in his living room.

He couldn't describe who Dove was or what they sold but got straight into the fact everything was racist.

I suspect that 16900 of the 17000 views he had were people like me searching for some info and context :)

I didn't think (what I saw) was offensive, not sure if there was more to follow that may have given more context?

Did read Dove had run a positive campaign for some 13 years called Real Beauty

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"Real Beauty" ads have long centred around rejecting standard, racially insular notions of beauty while vowing to feature "real women of different ages, sizes, ethnicities, hair color, type or style."


Sad thing is this will be a forgotten story by Wednesday as Trump will say something offensive or Boris maybe !

It was a short looped video. The white woman then pulls off her tshirt in the same manoeuvre to reveal a woman of colour.

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Ah, that’s the one. Yes, I think it as just FB (possibly IG as well).

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I can only find a photo, is there supposed to be a video?

I had a look on Google Videos and found myself on a channel of some twat who was filming himself in his living room.

He couldn't describe who Dove was or what they sold but got straight into the fact everything was racist.

I suspect that 16900 of the 17000 views he had were people like me searching for some info and context :)

I didn't think (what I saw) was offensive, not sure if there was more to follow that may have given more context?

Did read Dove had run a positive campaign for some 13 years called Real Beauty

Quote:
"Real Beauty" ads have long centred around rejecting standard, racially insular notions of beauty while vowing to feature "real women of different ages, sizes, ethnicities, hair color, type or style."


Sad thing is this will be a forgotten story by Wednesday as Trump will say something offensive or Boris maybe !

It was a short looped video. The white woman then pulls off her tshirt in the same manoeuvre to reveal a woman of colour.

They do apparently have form...
https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/ ... wsrc%5Etfw

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I can only find a photo, is there supposed to be a video?

I had a look on Google Videos and found myself on a channel of some twat who was filming himself in his living room.

He couldn't describe who Dove was or what they sold but got straight into the fact everything was racist.

I suspect that 16900 of the 17000 views he had were people like me searching for some info and context :)

I didn't think (what I saw) was offensive, not sure if there was more to follow that may have given more context?

Did read Dove had run a positive campaign for some 13 years called Real Beauty

Quote:
"Real Beauty" ads have long centred around rejecting standard, racially insular notions of beauty while vowing to feature "real women of different ages, sizes, ethnicities, hair color, type or style."


Sad thing is this will be a forgotten story by Wednesday as Trump will say something offensive or Boris maybe !

It was a short looped video. The white woman then pulls off her tshirt in the same manoeuvre to reveal a woman of colour.

They do apparently have form...
https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/ ... wsrc%5Etfw

I thought I remembered a similarly stupid decision a while back but couldn’t remember what it was. Oddly, I don’t think I’d seen that second one. The thing is, the ad is wholesome in its intention. If they’d had the women standing in a different order, it would likely have been received well. They need to take an extra step in their thinking. I don’t think there is an ounce of maliciousness in it and I think it’s a shame they’ve missed the mark in such a stupid way if it means that it undoes the actual good body positive work they’ve worked on as a brand.

I don’t know. Maybe they did think it through and thought that the white woman in the tshirt ad changing to a darker skinned woman blanaced the earlier change from dark skin to light, all beautiful. It does, really, in its best meaning form, but it can’t in a world that’s so unbalanced and growing ever more concious of that fact.

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There was an advert that said something along the lines of "good for you, whether you're black, yellow, brown or normal". Not Dove though.

Edit: it was fake, amusingly http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/equally.asp


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Mimi wrote:
Malc wrote:
Mimi wrote:
asfish wrote:
I can only find a photo, is there supposed to be a video?

I had a look on Google Videos and found myself on a channel of some twat who was filming himself in his living room.

He couldn't describe who Dove was or what they sold but got straight into the fact everything was racist.

I suspect that 16900 of the 17000 views he had were people like me searching for some info and context :)

I didn't think (what I saw) was offensive, not sure if there was more to follow that may have given more context?

Did read Dove had run a positive campaign for some 13 years called Real Beauty

Quote:
"Real Beauty" ads have long centred around rejecting standard, racially insular notions of beauty while vowing to feature "real women of different ages, sizes, ethnicities, hair color, type or style."


Sad thing is this will be a forgotten story by Wednesday as Trump will say something offensive or Boris maybe !

It was a short looped video. The white woman then pulls off her tshirt in the same manoeuvre to reveal a woman of colour.

They do apparently have form...
https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/ ... wsrc%5Etfw

I thought I remembered a similarly stupid decision a while back but couldn’t remember what it was. Oddly, I don’t think I’d seen that second one. The thing is, the ad is wholesome in its intention. If they’d had the women standing in a different order, it would likely have been received well. They need to take an extra step in their thinking. I don’t think there is an ounce of maliciousness in it and I think it’s a shame they’ve missed the mark in such a stupid way if it means that it undoes the actual good body positive work they’ve worked on as a brand.

I don’t know. Maybe they did think it through and thought that the white woman in the tshirt ad changing to a darker skinned woman blanaced the earlier change from dark skin to light, all beautiful. It does, really, in its best meaning form, but it can’t in a world that’s so unbalanced and growing ever more concious of that fact.
I dunno, I think it obviously wasn't the point of the advert. But typical twitter-mob bellends, hungry for outrage with all the critical faculties of the average Daily Mail reader.


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Really busy at work at the moment, so much so that they've agreed for me to work on a project at home in the evenings for overtime. Looks like this will be ongoing for some time.

Are you still at the same place I used to visit?

Yes. Same place but now owned by dnata who are 100%* better to work for. Also, now we've restructured theres a high chance I'll be visiting That London fairly regularly so we'll have to sort something out if I'm down that way.

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Mimi wrote:
Malc wrote:
Mimi wrote:
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I can only find a photo, is there supposed to be a video?

I had a look on Google Videos and found myself on a channel of some twat who was filming himself in his living room.

He couldn't describe who Dove was or what they sold but got straight into the fact everything was racist.

I suspect that 16900 of the 17000 views he had were people like me searching for some info and context :)

I didn't think (what I saw) was offensive, not sure if there was more to follow that may have given more context?

Did read Dove had run a positive campaign for some 13 years called Real Beauty

Quote:
"Real Beauty" ads have long centred around rejecting standard, racially insular notions of beauty while vowing to feature "real women of different ages, sizes, ethnicities, hair color, type or style."


Sad thing is this will be a forgotten story by Wednesday as Trump will say something offensive or Boris maybe !

It was a short looped video. The white woman then pulls off her tshirt in the same manoeuvre to reveal a woman of colour.

They do apparently have form...
https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/ ... wsrc%5Etfw

I thought I remembered a similarly stupid decision a while back but couldn’t remember what it was. Oddly, I don’t think I’d seen that second one. The thing is, the ad is wholesome in its intention. If they’d had the women standing in a different order, it would likely have been received well. They need to take an extra step in their thinking. I don’t think there is an ounce of maliciousness in it and I think it’s a shame they’ve missed the mark in such a stupid way if it means that it undoes the actual good body positive work they’ve worked on as a brand.

I don’t know. Maybe they did think it through and thought that the white woman in the tshirt ad changing to a darker skinned woman blanaced the earlier change from dark skin to light, all beautiful. It does, really, in its best meaning form, but it can’t in a world that’s so unbalanced and growing ever more concious of that fact.
I dunno, I think it obviously wasn't the point of the advert. But typical twitter-mob bellends, hungry for outrage with all the critical faculties of the average Daily Mail reader.

The impact of its message is far more important than its intentions. Fuck good intentions if they harm people.

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There was an advert that said something along the lines of "good for you, whether you're black, yellow, brown or normal". Not Dove though.

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Have you never had the classic 'sneaky card through the letterbox without knocking'?

I opened the door on a guy once and it seemed like a chore for him to actually get the parcel and give it to me. Pricks.


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Aside from Hermes twice leaving parcels in my wheelie bin in my back yard, they seem to be better than they were around here. They don't half get through their staff though; by the time I get used to seeing one driver, another one has taken their place.

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That's pretty much my thinking too although, our postman is very good so I wouldn't like to say that Amazon are better than him... Then again, Amazon do come in the evening which is much better so yeah... carry on.


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I just get all my Amazon stuff delivered to the nearby paper shop and pick it up whenever I want; fuck getting stuff delivered to your actual house.

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 Post subject: Re: Bits and Bobs 49
PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:05 
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Bamba wrote:
I just get all my Amazon stuff delivered to the nearby paper shop and pick it up whenever I want; fuck getting stuff delivered to your actual house.


Work are pretty good about personal deliveries, we have a Postroom and they send you an email when stuff arrives

The only time they get a bit pushy is over Xmas, even then they just send a email around asking people to collect stuff as quickly as possible

The odd time I send stuff from Amazon home, they are pretty good always leave with one of the houses next door, that does work both ways though :)


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 Post subject: Re: Bits and Bobs 49
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I've been invited to a local school (my old school in fact) next Monday to talk about what I do.

Of course, I'm not going to talk about my job because it's rubbish... Instead I think I'm going to go in there in the angle that I'm a "Yes man" and don't like to say no to anything which has enabled me to do some fun stuff in my time.

Hopefully I can convince the kids to do the same.


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 Post subject: Re: Bits and Bobs 49
PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:25 
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Amazon Prime deliverers > Royal Mail > Hermes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yodel


Don't Amazon Prime use those services?

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 Post subject: Re: Bits and Bobs 49
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I've been invited to a local school (my old school in fact) next Monday to talk about what I do.

Of course, I'm not going to talk about my job because it's rubbish... Instead I think I'm going to go in there in the angle that I'm a "Yes man" and don't like to say no to anything which has enabled me to do some fun stuff in my time.

Hopefully I can convince the kids to do the same.


That will go down well with the Stranger-Danger crowd.


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 Post subject: Re: Bits and Bobs 49
PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:28 
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TheVision wrote:
I've been invited to a local school (my old school in fact) next Monday to talk about what I do.

Of course, I'm not going to talk about my job because it's rubbish... Instead I think I'm going to go in there in the angle that I'm a "Yes man" and don't like to say no to anything which has enabled me to do some fun stuff in my time.

Hopefully I can convince the kids to do the same.


Pfft. Tell them you're a professional wrestler.

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 Post subject: Re: Bits and Bobs 49
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Zardoz wrote:
Amazon Prime deliverers > Royal Mail > Hermes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yodel


Don't Amazon Prime use those services?


I'm referring to the poor sods who turn up in the evenings and Sundays.

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 Post subject: Re: Bits and Bobs 49
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Zardoz wrote:
Amazon Prime deliverers > Royal Mail > Hermes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yodel


As I have quite a few parcels delivered lately, here's my current list -

Royal Mail > UPS > DPD > Amazon Prime > Hermes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yodel

That said, DPD annoyed me yesterday. They send texts with the time window they'll be arriving in, which is normally helpful. Yesterday they missed this time then sent a follow-up text which presumably should have had the new times in but just repeated the same ones instead.. So I gave up and went out and they turned up while I was gone. Hmph.
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I've been invited to a local school (my old school in fact) next Monday to talk about what I do.

Of course, I'm not going to talk about my job because it's rubbish... Instead I think I'm going to go in there in the angle that I'm a "Yes man" and don't like to say no to anything which has enabled me to do some fun stuff in my time.

Hopefully I can convince the kids to do the same.

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 Post subject: Re: Bits and Bobs 49
PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:48 
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asfish wrote:
Work are pretty good about personal deliveries, we have a Postroom and they send you an email when stuff arrives


I can't do that in my current work unfortunately because security. Technically that was true in my last job as well but the mailroom staff cheerfully didn't give a fuck. In fact one time I got something delivered there from the US and they even paid the custom charges for me. Your tax dollars at work!


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