I think that’s a weirder scale than the one I’m using.

They are naturally imbalanced though (and they’re slightly different for posts and comments) - in some sense they are for increasing and decreasing visibility, promoting and demoting i.e.

upvote being “I liked this so much I think more people should see it”

no-vote “I don’t care about this, or dislike it - I don’t think it should he seem by more people”

downvote then being “I hate this so much I wish to actively stop other people seeing it”.

Perhaps an easier way of looking at it, is you go to see a gig, and the band finishes a song - if you like it, you applaud loudly. If you don’t like it, you stay silent, or give a half-arsed polite applause. If you hate it, or find it offensive, you actively attempt to “booooooooo” them off the stage.

It may of course just be cultural differences about positivity and negativity.

In the other hand, it may of course just be me, being weird :)

I’d still upvote something if it contributed to the conversation/discussion/argument, even if i personally didn’t agree with what the person is saying.

If it didn’t really contribute anything, I’d leave it blank.

Not really, I would say I take them as intended.

I wouldn’t downvote something unless it was hateful, bigoted, offensive, bullying or so horribly wrong as to be offensive. [Edit] or spam.

Just bear in mind that it’s dependent on where you live, and possibly the specific GPs, whether they’ll allow this or not.

Yeah, but what about downvotes?

That’s like 15 people walking up to you to say “I liked that, thank you”, but then one person comes up to you, calls you a cunt and punches you in the face.

Some places may allow you to ask for a “double appointment”, and even take a pre-written list in (I once had to do this after waiting months for an appointment).

The receptionist will look at you as though you just pulled down your trousers and pants and shat directly on their desk, but they may reluctantly strain themselves to click the box to give you a bit of extra time.

I didn’t realise the Two Point games were British actually - they seemed very based on an American style hospital/university, so just assumed they were American.

A warrior’s colour pattern!

Sounds lovely!

Also, that definitely would have seduced me back in the day - so I can confirm that is indeed “one better”.

Even… black, green or red leather (or fake leather) cover, with gold writing?

Mould deflection is one of the lesser known type-G plug and socket safety features.

Bibi’s Buddy’s Channel

Sadly, I fear you could paste Wes Streeting’s face over Boris’s and it would still be true :(

I appreciate it’s for consideration and they’re asking for options and opinions (and agree that pesticides in water is not a good thing) but putting the already expensive flea treatment behind a “vet paywall” is going to cause a lot of unnecessary suffering for animals.

Also, I can’t see how this would actually restrict any use, unless there’s people out there practically painting the stuff on their dogs every week, that need to be told to do it less often.

As already mentioned, Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries, but you’ve also got Collins Dictionary and Chambers Dictionary.

If you want the genre defining original, there’s always Samuel Johnson’s “A Dictionary of the English Language”.

So far, I’ve never heard this. I hope it becomes “uncool” quickly enough that I never do.

“Well, the shareholders of the theme park will need new yachts, so there’s all the new jobs making and staffing the yachts, […] and the cleaners of the yachts will need to eat gruel, so that’s some extra jobs for oat farmers”

As with any "creates n-thousand jobs’ headline, they tend to inflate the numbers by including things such as the jobs during its construction and the “support jobs” that are required for for the workers (in construction and then operation).

That’s including stuff like “some of them will get a sandwich at lunchtime, so the sandwich shop will need some extra staff” and so on, as well as the support jobs for the running of the plant e.g. materials delivery, extra uranium mining or whatever.

Even so, it still seems a pretty large number, even if you’re including “extra teachers and landlords and barstaff” or whatever.

The article itself now has the slightly clearer title of:

“Green light to build nuclear power station that promises 8,000 jobs”