‘Threads’ ... where knowledge goes to die.
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@SimonWoods well, that’s a different post.
@ChrisJWilson i can understand you having to send the old one back - though that must be a new thing because somewhere in a storage container I have old out of date passports.
The hidden charges thing is annoying - BUT the 5 or 8 weeks isn't quite my point - just highlighting that in the USA
1) they clearly can't do it already and
2) if you do use it - it is slower than the old physical approach
My passport remains UK - and pretty sure last renewal was when I as in the UK and went into a Post Office. (NO idea when that was - but definitely less than ten years ago!)
@the that’s a very 'marketingy' thing to think - not sure GOVT thinks that way.
@sim0ne Porsche?
Yes - and ...
The group of 150 or so is not that big.
I KNOW the person. We haven't met in the flesh - have on Zoom and the spouse I have met IRL.
I am in New Zealand - but a Brit that has spent a long time in California.
The other person is an intelligent American from the North East states - living in the UK.
The group is primarily UK oriented.
In so many ways it is no big deal. Talk about first world problems! And it isn't that singular issue - but rather a broader thought - that IF someone I know can take umbrage at my throwaway joke and get offended (personally - or 'on behalf of') .. in a different space it could be a lot worse.
Maybe it's me - but then - 🖇️ maybe not
@writingslowly thank you for reading.
I guess in my mind I have 🔗 articles like this bouncing around my head - where there are questions around whether white boys not only 'can't jump' but should also be careful around performing hip hop. I don’t see too many articles the other way round - hence the Beyonce poke.
I think the point I was (badly) trying to make is really around 'two way streets' - and no 'cultural appropriation is not oft' discussed in there - but it is not shall we say a 'focussed' group.
I am not a fan of either Beyonce OR Country music - so maybe I should have just left alone .. it just stuck me as funny - and didn’t really expect a history lesson in country music and the role of race in the same and to be accused of not checking my facts - given that I hadn't used any.
In the end who cares? I can cross them off my Christmas card list - no big deal ... I just wonder if it is the very thin end of a very thick wedge being driven into communities.
@bobwertz unfollow is your friend.
@bobwertz and ...
- the repetition (of stuff already said elsewhere AND even within the same podcast - where the 'tell em what you are going to say, tell 'em and tell 'em what you just said has been taken to a whole new level) ... and ...
- the opening line .. 'lets get down to it' ... and ...
- the droning (on and on) ... and ...
- the lack of any knowledge about the topic at hand - but still the need to take a position
... with you.
There are some exceptions.