Maybe not next election yet as AI is not yet there. But in the next 3-4 years it will be 1984 ministry of truth batshit crazy. And we will all fall for it for a few ours at least if not never being able to 100% telling the truth
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Maybe not next election yet as AI is not yet there. But in the next 3-4 years it will be 1984 ministry of truth batshit crazy. And we will all fall for it for a few ours at least if not never being able to 100% telling the truth
The internet might actually have ruined the world irreparably.
Don’t give them ideas!
The entire purpose of the Tory party is to ensure that money stays with older money and doesn’t get wasted on the public.
You're about 20 years too late with this post.
In 2004 it was pretty good.
The problem is finding out 'the truth'
These days everybody (quite often embedded in their own 'silos') seems to have their own version of truth about almost everything, especially if it's capable of being made into/set in a political scenario. Almost anything political which goes into print, or on social media, etc.is up for being labelled 'false news' by someone and now the BBC and other so called 'legit' media outlets are also caught up in this maelstrom.
The 24/7 news cycle and the use of News Editors rather than News Reporters, just feeds the beast.
Great article in the New Yorker;
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/...en-years-of-conservative-rule-done-to-britain
The truth of public events ends coming out at some point. But often times, its too late and the damage is already done. Like brexit for example or others that sway public opinion. Then ooopsie, that is not what we meant or what it really happen. Is fast consumption and reaction
Fantastic piece. I was also agreeing with Dominic Cummings at the end.
I disagree, social media did this not the internet
Social media was inevitable with the internet.
Why you didn't create facebook before facebook then?
Tongue in cheek. I think the only thing that was inevitable with the internet was porn. The rest had been like when the dumb townfolk in the dark ages met to burn witches in the main square because power people told the morons that they were the cause of their disgraces and when that dumb mob pushed through, the relatively normal people went along.
On the XXth century, we got smarter and the dumbfecks got cornered and shamed. In the XXIst century, Internet through social media, joined them again in the main square and with the access of disinformation, they are played again and catching "normal" people with them
So is the combination of different factors, social media, disinformation, big data...now AI
We are going to some dark ages pretty soon
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Porn is owed a lot, much of the streaming technolgy has it's roots there and the drive for faster internet speed as well!
I know...Being 15 waiting for a picture to load little by little to see a boob while I was afraid my parents would wake up because they would hear the fan going to loud at half wank. Not talking about the sounds of the modem starting.
Fun years
Gullis appointed Deputy Chair of the Tories 
These feckers aren’t even serious anymore. Utter tools
These feckers aren’t even serious anymore. Utter tools
I don't know how true it is that the number of Tories sending letters in against Sunak is becoming critical, but given his stated priorities and claims of progress then this news could be enough to tip the balance.
https://news.sky.com/story/record-number-of-migrants-cross-english-channel-so-far-this-year-13102663
And I don't know if he'd fight to stay on, resign or what, just have a feeling that his end is nigh.
https://news.sky.com/story/record-number-of-migrants-cross-english-channel-so-far-this-year-13102663
And I don't know if he'd fight to stay on, resign or what, just have a feeling that his end is nigh.
They’ve moved from Thatcher to now Boris
Gullis appointed Deputy Chair of the Tories
These feckers aren’t even serious anymore. Utter tools
Priorities
That is pretty funny.
Reminds me of a panto that I read about years ago when Jim Davidson was playing a part.
One of the lines he gave was something like “so what am I?” And a teenage scout in the audience shouted “you’re a fecking wanker” and he completely lost his marbles and went into the crowd looking for the culprit. Which of course made it all the funnier for everyone.
Edit: not quite as I had described but funny nonetheless:
https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2006/12/20/4843/what_a_dick
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At least he's consistent.
The Tories recycling their old slogans.
They were really upset about turning the Saint George's Cross blue last week, but are strangely quiet on changing their own logo to a red rose.
The jocks have a thistle, but the rest of us have a red rose as the symbol of England's premier county. The welsh wanted a sheep but they got told to have the rose as well.
On election day, after Labour win, you're going to look foolish when Starmer pivots*.
*Into a fridge with his secretary, a pig's head and some strands of field wheat.
Don't they have the leek?
They fixed it.
It varies according to their inclination. Most of them are fond of sheep but some do unmentionable things with leeks, that is also true.