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I doubt the childishness of the interview is down specifically to Maggie and I don't think it's reasonable to blame her for it.

That's the thing.

You're right - I wouldnt have said exactly the same thing; but I would have said something more or less the same.

If some bloke was interviewed and said "I'll miss shopping, hair gel, and cologne if I get to Mars" then I'd have been equally dismissive of the guy as a candidate.

It's nothing to do with her being a woman, it's my contempt for supposedly serious people possibly 'missing' stupid shit like cosmetics, and conspicuous consumption. So back off with the sexism insinuations. I treat all morons with equal disdain regardless of gender.

So only morons enjoy makeup?
Going round in circles a bit here.

The fact that it's for Newsbeat actually changes my opinion for the better - apparently girls believing science is not for them is a problem. Not the only problem or obstacle, as the girls who ignore such things and go for science anyway, discover. But if it's "not for girls" it's even more "not for girls who are into shopping and mascara", so yay, positive role models.

My opinion of it was rather less when I assumed it came from a tabloid.

So only morons enjoy makeup?

Nah, that's not what he said. More like, who cares about shopping when you're going into space.

I'd have said "I'm not going to miss anything, in fact I'm counting down the days until I leave this Godforsaken rock and take my rightful place in the annals of scientific history. Now leave me to my space maths, you filthy media person."

Or something.

This seems appropriate:

She'd be doing all the cool shit in space, they'd have fucking lasers and chemicals and all sorts of cool rocket stuff coming out of their arses, plus getting to piss about without gravity and all that. The only things left to miss, assuming all people left behind are cunts, is small, pointless luxuries, like lego and bike polo and mascara.

They even get to piss in zero gravity.

Yeah, how much fun does that sound?

I think one of the biggest things I miss is not being able to dip [a cookie] in a cup of milk

Suni Williams (aboard the ISS)

hot thread. would bang a+++

'Why I have resigned from the Telegraph', Peter Oborne

(in summary: editorial vs. advertorial - even in such a heavyweight broadsheet stalwart!)

Good repost

you know what's wrong with the world today? you can't even throw a black guy off a train while chanting 'we're racist' without the PC brigade accusing you of being a massive racist.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-HWuXuCMAA1Pwx.jpg

Jesus! What horrible part of the internet did you venture into to find that lot?

daily mail, obvs.

Ignore me. Sorry everyone!

If they are lahndan Chelsea fans, then does that mean that they (not-so-)secretly want to do that every time they take the tube but restrain themselves?! They must go through life angry...

They're animals, not real Chelsea fans... I spit on them...

They're real Chelsea fans - they go to the away games, follow them around Europe, do the gas-chamber hiss at Spurs, have the tattoos, and emulate their captain's on field behaviour. It's disingenuous to claim that because someone's racist, they aren't a 'real' fan, rather than face up to the fact that a lot of real fans, who love the game and the team as much as anything else in their lives, are also bigoted cunts. Is Arrigo Sacchi not a 'real' football manager'? Is Suarez not a 'real' footballer? etcetc Saying they aren't real fans makes it sound as if you're saying Chelsea don't have a problem, when they do, along with most other clubs.

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Of course it's a football wide problem, I went to school with the fathers of idiots like that... The same wankers that called me a dago or a wop in class...

There are Chelsea pubs in my old neighbourhood that I can't go into because those cunts are in there making monkey noises at the screen when an opposing black player gets on the ball... Rami, Willian, Zouma, Drog et al are OK tho'...

Go figure...

Hmmm.

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new darwin award nominee

RAF jets scrambled after Russian aircraft seen off Cornwall

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