#babbelcause

On both sides of the Channel, Britain’s “imminent” departure from the European Union has fossilized into a series of political quirky rituals that tour guides use to entertain foreign tourists in London. Ceremonial debates are held in the Commons every 29th march, where everyone makes sure no option ever gets the majority of the votes. In Brussels, every EU legislature begins with the voting of an extension on the negociation period until the next one. Cohorts of bored schoolchildren visit in Calais the aging infrastructure build to survive the creation of a new border overnight.

I guess some of them must be looking for reassurance because doctors and diagnoses sound scary

I suspect that the problem is more ‘anon is from the US and doctors are hellish expensive so any way to avoid throwing your money that way is an acceptable one’ 

I accidentally found myself doing just that at work today. I ended up explaining to two guys twice my age what mirror neurons were after one of them had done some small talk about how he yawns when he sees someone else yawn x)

That's why it always worries me a little when a show/film claims to tell the truth about an event. It's still a piece of media which needs to be entertaining enough for a broad public.

Yes, exactly. That’s why the podcast is so great on many levels. One the one side, it gives insight into the way storytelling in entertainment works. Right in the first episode they say, that usually writers are told to never ever tell events how they happened, because they should rather tell stories. That was kind of shocking. In this case though it worked that the events that did happen do tell the best story. So they did keep actual dialogue from the events.

And on the other hand I think it only adds to their authenticity, if they are confident enough to stand up and say “hey, we needed to change this or that for these reasons, that’s what actually happened”. It makes it more believable, because actually some of the things that sound more like typical story-telling devices (main character recording his view of things on tape) did happen. So transparency helps here. It gives credibility and that is what many true stories really need. 

"Skipping school ain't gonna change a damn thing for the climate" says the 50yo obtuse who never moved his butt for any damn cause in his life

Yep, Politikverdrossenheit is such a great German word - being disappointed, disgruntled, and disinterested in politics. 

men consistently hold the door for me at the office and it’s c o n f u s i n g

I’ve come to the point, where I let them hold the door, if I know they kind of insist. But only if we happen to go to the door together. And the door is heavy and/or I have something in my hands. Kind of to avoid the hassle that I HATE those fucking doors...

(Sorry, just saw this now. :/)