If it were that simple then I'd be right there with you calling for exact same thing.

But think about it for a minute. We already know Orban's tongue is firmly embedded in Putin's arse. Where exactly do you think he'll go? I doubt it would be good for the EU to have a Russian forward base that far west.

Anyway the people voted Orban in, and they can vote him out too. What they didn't vote for was an exit from the EU, they're not that dumb.

Every person has their needs met, even if they don’t want to work.

Where can we observe that working in practice?

Seems reasonable, considering the general tankie view is that everything to their right is Nazi.

Now we know what it's a trap's mum looked like.

Tricky with just one data point. If we assume the rate of denials has dropped to zero (from a previous poster, again just a single data point), and that in time that rate will pick up again, we'll need to know what effect the next murder has, if the rate again drops to zero or hovers somewhere above it, then we should be able to come up with a reasonable estimate of how many denials a CEO is worth. The rate at which denials picks up again will in any case give a good initial estimate of that with no second murder needed, but more data will lead to greater accuracy.

Another friend once thought twat was a synonym of twit. First time she called someone a twat in my presence I was gobsmacked but thought I must have misheard; there was definitely nothing twattish going on.

The next time it happened I made a note to raise it privately with her later. "You do know what twat means don't you?" "Yeah, it's another word for twit." "Er, no."

I mentioned once giving a person of the female persuasion a wide berth (meaning to avoid that person. I can't remember why, maybe she was particularly annoying or something).

My friends face made me realise he didn't know that particular word and couldn't work out what a wide birth was.

Bthoth, due to the cycylic nature of the caclendadar.

Honestly I don't care what you want to eat. It's your body, you can shove whatever you like into it.

Where vegans become a problem is where they're being evangelical about their beliefs and trying to force their audience to feel the same shock and horror as they feel when contemplating the meat industry. If all I hear from you is restricted to when I offer you food and ask if you have any dietary requirements, and is of the form "I'm vegan", that's absolutely fine. If we're friends I'll adjust the menu for you, although you might have to accept it's only your plate that gets veganified.

You going "eww" and talking about "rotting corpses" or whatever is where it becomes a problem. If I've asked, obviously I've brought your response upon myself but you should still tone it down for the non-vegans. "I've looked into the meat industry and I didn't like what I saw" would be a good first response; make sure not to release any gory details unless people are really pressing you for that level of detail.

That said, none of this is based on actual experience of offensively evangelical vegans. I've heard they exist but haven't met one yet. I've known some people for quite a while before finding out they're vegan, veggie or whatever.

Not a cryptographic expert by any means but maybe something like this would work. This'd be implemented in common places people shop: supermarkets for instance. You'd go up to customer service and show your ID for visual confirmation only; no records can be created. In return the service rep would give you a list of randomised GUIDs against which the only permissible record can be "has been taken". Each time you need to prove your age you'd feed in one of those GUIDs.

I know what you mean. I used to spend a lot of time going round to see other people, until it dawned on me that I was always the one making the effort and I started asking myself: are these people really my friends or are they just being nice and only tolerating my visits?

Those I consider my true friends are the ones that come and see me from time to time. I don't care if it's equally balanced; it just has to happen "sometimes". Of course the number of friends I have dropped like a rock, but only if I considered as friends those who were just nice but would never otherwise bother with me.

There's no way I'd stay friends with someone I felt didn't treat me well. I'd be to them one of those who is just nice but wouldn't otherwise bother.