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General Discussion / Re: #MakeSwholliModerator2k16

« on: July 10, 2016, 03:39:14 PM »

I vote yes. Although not sure how far this will get.

Remember I don't hate you Swholli

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Off Topic / Re: [Math Lesson] Free School Meals in the UK.

« on: July 10, 2016, 11:15:15 AM »

Reading OP has seriously pissed me off. Though I'm happy some users have given good example of how money actually works because it will save me from losing my stuff and going on a massive rant. OP clearly has no idea how every penny counts for many families and how much free lunches can really help those who are struggling. Zack on the first page posted a very real example of what it is like to live in poverty and I strongly suggest you read it before deciding whether or not you should make a topic like this in the future.

In families such as Zack's circumstances I do agree with it and would never want to see food stamps/free meals be taken away.

However what I will say is in the U.K you get a lot of stories of "Single Mum uses free meals benefit to save money for cigarettes and alcohol"

It is true some people genuinely need it but you hear that some people take it just because it's there, not because they need it. And this irritates me.

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Clan Discussion / Re: Blockland News Channel [Reviving]

« on: July 10, 2016, 11:08:46 AM »

There usually isn't enough forum news to sustain a news source, the exception being maybe Blockoworld this summer, but after that, there isn't much

True this is what usually happens, I mean, I'm still waiting to see if a few more good stories come up before doing the first video.

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Drama / Re: Jitankcigarette Black Lives Matter activists, hi-jacks threads.

« on: July 10, 2016, 11:04:13 AM »

Don't bring your support to BLM anywhere, BLM is cancer

BLM isn't just cancer, it should be labelled a terrorist organization after what's happened.

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Off Topic / Re: [Math Lesson] Free School Meals in the UK.

« on: July 10, 2016, 05:57:42 AM »

what the forget
that is incredibly low

those figures are wrong, in fact the minimum wage is now 6.70 per hour.

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Off Topic / Re: [Math Lesson] Free School Meals in the UK.

« on: July 10, 2016, 05:10:16 AM »

so being able to realize that and not attempt to complain about the little benefits they receive is probably a good skill to have if you want to remain in good terms with most people.

A McJob in the UK pays an average of £6.64 per hour so I don't see how anybody could not afford lunch.

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Off Topic / [Math Lesson] Free School Meals in the UK.

« on: July 10, 2016, 03:11:06 AM »

Edit: Look guys I'm sorry for not making it clearer. I was pointing at the ones who exploit the system for free meals who don't actually need it and could easily live off their own money.

Of course I don't think people who genuinely need free meals or food stamps should be refused and left to starve.

They are the ones that need them most, I just hate it when people claim this stuff who could just pay out of their own money.

I hope this makes things clearer.


I know this is old but I still think the issue needs to be addressed.

So you're telling me people need Free School Meals because they can't afford a lunch for their child?


Let's do some quick math!

Capri Sun:

£1.99 for a box of 5 from Tesco http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=287041143

White Bread:

£0.85 for 800g from Tesco http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=256174499

Thin Ham Slices:

£1.60 from Tesco http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=292420459

Butter Spread:

£1.50 for 250g from Tesco http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=254263374&gclid=Cj0KEQjw5Ie8BRCJ9fHlr_bH24cBEiQAkoDQcbyiHjpDBjPMWQ4TfFXDQxHqAR0zKzjnTQaB1g_UfSYaAsUU8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

Children's Crisps:

£1.00 for a pack of 7 from Tesco http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=291986672&gclid=Cj0KEQjwwYK8BRC0ta6LhOPC0v0BEiQApv6jYZeX1AnDQzvCsazcmzo4CVgZp4u7vzt4L1YhtohK-NYaAiaF8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds


These will last for at least a week.

Now let's add this up.

£1.99 + £0.85 + £1.60 + £1.50 + £1.00 = £6.64


Now tell me you can't afford £6.64?

And they can even all be bought at the same shop.


Edit: Formatting

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Off Topic / Re: Death Predictions for 2016

« on: July 10, 2016, 02:49:55 AM »

I second Bill Murray, he looks quite ill.

Probably from looking at Ghostbusters Rebooted

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Drama / Re: Jitankcigarette Black Lives Matter activists, hi-jacks threads.

« on: July 10, 2016, 02:42:27 AM »

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tar%20baby&defid=750603

yet you still are trying to justify you being idiotic and prancing around on a loving pedestal
if you have no reason to argue in this thread since you're "done with your opinions" then why are you still posting in this thread

He can't bare the though that other people may disagree slightly.

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Clan Discussion / Re: Blockland News Channel [Reviving]

« on: July 10, 2016, 02:41:06 AM »

Clan members, we will be producing an episode shorty.

I have designed an overlay for our video so that part is done, just have to wait for a few more interesting things to happen.

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General Discussion / Re: Stop using MediaFire as download links please!!

« on: July 02, 2016, 12:22:24 PM »

I have reasons to believe people in this thread would even defend RapidShare if it was still around.

Some people still defend MegaUpload:

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Off Topic / Re: wreck it ralph 2 coming march 9th 2018

« on: July 02, 2016, 12:19:48 PM »

well i mean when you see orange and "hub" you connect two and two

Honestly it just looks like LubeHub to me.

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Off Topic / Re: A New Chronology of the Blockland Forums

« on: July 02, 2016, 12:16:55 PM »

Note: Zapk's spam singing is already up there in the OP

Missed that oops.
Don't forget Blockland Gold though, not sure if there is a better thread but here's the drama for it:
https://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=249231.0

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Drama / Re: :3:3:3:3's "Family RP"

« on: July 02, 2016, 11:50:45 AM »

You didn't give a technical explanation as to why a roleplay about a family is inherently going to make people act like jerks. You pulled a random reason out of your ass.

Family RP is a gamemode in Blockland based around the role-playing of family life. What causes people to act like jerks in this well-known gamemode?

Let's find out.

The fact that family life in general is usually frustrating and can often cause anger and issues to build up within the brain. When we play a video-game in this instance the game 'Blockland' our usual reason is to escape the realities around us such as:

• Family Life
• Work Life
• Social Life
• Life in General

When we are within our virtual world in which these realities are forgotten about the last think we want is a reconstruction of one of these realities. You see having a reconstruction of a reality in the world that we escape to can also cause frustration to build up, sometimes even more than if it were reality its self.
This results in users mimicking their real-life behavior in frustrating circumstances which often leads to:

• Bad mouthing others
• Getting on other peoples nerves
• Deliberately causing trouble

This relates to 'Family RP servers' as the whole point of this gamemode is to reconstruct the family life situation.

Conclusion:
Family RP servers do cause players to act like jerks as the content and role play lead to distress within the users and that this behavior is not suprising of such a server hosting such gamemode.

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Drama / Re: :3:3:3:3's "Family RP"

« on: July 02, 2016, 11:35:30 AM »

badspot made it a rule that you can't say
"you shouldnt have joined that server in the first place"

Unless you're about to go into a technical explanation about why the design of a particular game mode causes people to act like jerks