Kobibi

joined 3 weeks ago
[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

Mate idk where you live but in the UK you aren't allowed to cycle on pavements. Call me a dick if you want but it's just how it is.

If you wanna use the pavement, get off your bike and walk. Dont get mad at me cos you don't like cycling on the road. Neither do I. So I walk.

[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Cyclists ringing their bell at pedestrians on the pavement is like cars honking their horns at cyclists in a bike lane

It's not your space, so don't impose on the people using it properly

I'm sorry that roads can be bad for cyclists, but making the pavement bad for pedestrians isn't the answer

[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

If I'm walking on the pavement and a cyclist rings their bell to make me get out of their way, I'm gonna get mad

I know cars suck. But you're meant to cycle on the road - You're not supposed to cycle on the pavement. I don't care if you do if the road is horrible, fair play, but ringing your bell at me? It's my right of way, so no thanks

[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

They've brought brought them back, at least temporarily. Got a six pack in my cupboard right now!

[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

History is key, which is why in parliament square opposite the statue of Churchill there's a statue of Hitler

... Oh there isn't? Huh

[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What's that Think You Should Leave sketch?

Some guy is playing cards with his friends bantering about their wives, then he flashbacks to his wife being supportive when he does community theatre

I'd find it and link it if I was less lazy

[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“While casinos and junkets have for years served as vehicles for regional underground banking and money laundering, the proliferation of ... underregulated cryptocurrency exchanges has changed the game, allowing for faster anonymized movement of funds"

From a 2024 UN report on money-laundering in casinos in South East Asia

Money laundering with casinos and with crypto aren't necessarily separate issues, particularly with the rise of online and digital gambling.

Casinos can be and often are fined if regulators suspect money laundering - the majority have systems in place to crack down on it. Crypto is part of this arms race between casinos and criminals.

[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Expect =/= deserve

The black panthers open carried in part to expose the hypocrisy of a system that was already indiscriminantly violent towards black people

[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's 'psychic paper', it shows what the holder wants it to. Like a super adaptable fake ID

It's 'shorted out' like an electrical appliance would if you overload it, because it's been asked to do too much

(in the Dr Who world, 'magic' things like psychic paper are acutally just advanced technology)