Body mods that look good in the traditional sense are generally called plastic/cosmetic surgery. Breast implants, face lifts, hair implants, etc. are the same idea as body mods, just with the goal of achieving a more mainstream idea of beauty.
The shortest song I ever found at a karaoke place was You Suffer by Napalm Death. It’s 1.3 seconds long.
For what it’s worth the UK uses mph and we’ve had the Internet for a little while now too, and here e-scooters are technically illegal to ride anywhere other than on private land, i.e. not on pavement, on bike lanes or on the road.
The exception is if you’re in one of the cities which is operating a “trial” rental scheme, in which case the rental company will let you know where they think you should ride. But I believe even in those areas privately owned e-scooters remain illegal to use in public.
Well I certainly wouldn’t want to change my pupils without their consent, that’s for sure!
I seem to recall Nadine Dorries proposing an end to the TV license, which apparently would come about in 2027 if it happens. But with a complete roster change in the tory government since then and a likely loss in the next election, we’ll have to wait and see what Labour decide to do about that.
It’s English, but not as we know it, Jim.
Translated it reads: “The Liberal Democratic Party will ruin everything” competition between two left-wing parties in mid-Bedfordshire by-election could split votes and result in a win by the Conservative Party.
This reminds me of two recent posts that I got involved in here.
The first was about Wales’ upcoming 20mph zone, where people were complaining that “they’re just trying to generate revenue”. Well, only if you decide to break the law, surely?
The other was a discussion on the cyclists who were “caught” speeding in Devon. Drivers were outraged and wanted cyclists to adhere to the speed limits (good luck without a speedometer). But they would get apoplectic when you suggested that they should do the same.
As a cyclist it always strikes me that we probably don’t need any new laws to make the roads safe, we just need the current laws to be enforced and obeyed. If every driver gave every cyclist 1.5m of space, priority at junctions, kept out of the cycle lanes, etc. as they’resupposed to then the roads would be a lovely place to cycle.
FYI the English name of that cask is “tun”.
The bicycle industry really needs to settle on a singe bottom bracket standard. It’s not like there’s a significant difference in performance from the million different variations. An industry-standard rear derailleur hanger would also save a lot of headaches where people try to hunt down a replacement for a frame that’s been out of production for years.
As mentioned in the article the American Bully XL isn’t a recognised breed, so the name likely came from the owners themselves making it up.
This has always been the case in the UK and I hate it. My city actually planned on banning it on two of the busiest roads in the city (because obviously people constantly pulling in and out of traffic will always make it worse), but the drivers protested and now the plan is scrapped.
Modern petitions seem pointless at the best of times, but petitioning a private company seems particularly futile. They have zero obligation to even recognise the petition, let alone act on it.
An incredibly tone-deaf choice of words just one day after her hot mic “sitting on their arses” comment.
I don’t think it would be up to us to decide if it is acceptable or not. We don’t ask the cow if they think it’s okay that we take their milk, their skin, their meat. Likewise, I doubt a more advanced alien species would bother asking for our permission if they decided they had a use for us.
On a more philosophical point though, there’s also the matter of sentience. As far as we’re aware the animals we use for food, labour, etc. don’t have the mental capacity to really understand the situation they find themselves in. They can’t process and understand the fact that they are being used. As we are a species that can, the chances that we’d let another species, even one more advanced than us, exploit us without resisting are probably pretty low.
I know we’re dealing with human aliens, but there is actually a thing called takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as “broken heart syndrome”, where your heart weakens as a result of emotional trauma.
It is rarely fatal, but deaths have occurred as a result of it.
One of those things is illegal, the other is not. One puts others at risk of injury and death, the other does not.
I read it as being a riff off of “speed” cameras, which are obviously cameras triggered by speed and not cameras that capture the concept of speed on film.
Just went down the legislation.gov rabbit hole, and it seems there are regulations on headlight height and angle that have been in place since 1989, but unfortunately no maximum power or brightness restrictions.
Which means that although a driver could be fined for using excessively bright headlights, the manufacturer of the car could not be fined for making the car like that in the first place.
Perhaps if things like these noise cameras gain in popularity it will encourage the lawmakers to look at other issues like this one.
There is already the regulation in the Highway Code:
114: “You MUST NOT use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users”
The “MUST NOT” indicates that this is a legal requirement and so it is a criminal offense to disobey it. Now if we could get the police to actually ENFORCE the legal requirements in the Highway Code, then maybe things might improve on the roads.
Somewhat relevant YouTube video from 12 years ago.