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by Callum Todd
Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:58 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 763
Views: 566923

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Tornado is really good by the way, the ending was immaculately performed and if Stew's comments on a recent podcast are to be believed, the TV version of it will feature a special guest appearance that should make it even better. I strongly recommend you watch it when it eventually is broadcast.
by Callum Todd
Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 763
Views: 566923

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

He did a tour called 'Snowflake/Tornado'. At each gig he would perform a separate hour-long routine either side of the interval (one called Snowflake and one called Tornado). The two sets were completely separated and not a continuation of each other. Normally a Stewart Lee show has one continuous t...
by Callum Todd
Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:33 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Republican Atheists
Replies: 10
Views: 893

Re: Republican Atheists

Monarch and God are concepts that fulfil very similar sociological roles, or even the same role. The focus on monarchy over the past few days, combined with a book I've been reading recently, has got me thinking a bit about the role of religion in our evolution, as we discussed a year or two ago on ...
by Callum Todd
Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:16 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 763
Views: 566923

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Oh and Tornado I think is being broadcast this weekend now. It got pulled from last weekend's schedule because of the Queen's death.
by Callum Todd
Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:14 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 763
Views: 566923

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

I saw the shows live a few weeks before they were filmed. Slightly odd that the BBC has broadcast Snowflake first as that actually was performed after the interval, with Tornado before it. There's even one slight callback joke early in Snowflake that subtly refers back to a theme of Tornado so would...
by Callum Todd
Sun Sep 11, 2022 12:30 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
Replies: 583
Views: 290309

Re: CO:parkrun Recaps

My research consisted of trying and failing to remember if co:parkruns were a thing in 2017 and 18.
by Callum Todd
Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:30 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Why do you never order a paratha?
Replies: 83
Views: 45420

Re: Why do you never order a paratha?

Paratha update: I finally made the above linked paratha recipe last night. I think I did a shit job if it, yet they were still nice, so imagine how nice they'd be if made by a competent cook! I also went to an Indian restaurant in Newcastle a few months ago that did stuffed parathas. I got a veg st...
by Callum Todd
Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:29 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
Replies: 583
Views: 290309

Re: CO:parkrun Recaps

Ah nice, so five years later Ollie has company in the parkrun/co-event double club.
by Callum Todd
Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:06 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
Replies: 583
Views: 290309

Re: CO:parkrun Recaps

We believe Maus is first to do the parkrun/co-event double (fastest countdowner at the parkrun on the morning of an event, then wins the event too). Bradley and I have been close before but no cigar. And I don't believe Ollie did a parkrun with other Countdowners before either of his London event wi...
by Callum Todd
Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:04 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
Replies: 583
Views: 290309

Re: CO:parkrun Recaps

Blackpool parkrun 10/09/22

Tom Carey
Callum Todd
Bradley Horrocks
Colin Peet
Dave Ryan
Suzy Turner
by Callum Todd
Sat Sep 10, 2022 6:03 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Why do you never order a paratha?
Replies: 83
Views: 45420

Re: Why do you never order a paratha?

Paratha update: I finally made the above linked paratha recipe last night. I think I did a shit job if it, yet they were still nice, so imagine how nice they'd be if made by a competent cook! I also went to an Indian restaurant in Newcastle a few months ago that did stuffed parathas. I got a veg stu...
by Callum Todd
Fri Sep 09, 2022 3:27 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
Replies: 63
Views: 3670

Re: Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

Marc Meakin wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 3:24 pm I would suggest she had bowel cancer
What a right royal load of shit
by Callum Todd
Fri Sep 09, 2022 11:16 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Overpopulation
Replies: 16
Views: 1460

Re: Overpopulation

Beautiful stuff Josh. I strapped myself in and thoroughly enjoyed the ride! Couple of tangents on your points: - I love the stuff about value and beauty being in the eye of the beholder. This is part of what I was trying to express in another thread recently but gave up and abandoned my post as I co...
by Callum Todd
Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:42 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
Replies: 63
Views: 3670

Re: Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

Fiona T wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:28 am I'm no monarchist, but had a lot of respect for the queen and the dignified way she conducted herself, and it does feel like the end of an era - actually Newsthump put it pretty well

https://newsthump.com/2022/09/08/goodbye/
Yeah this sums it up for me, thanks Fiona.
by Callum Todd
Fri Sep 09, 2022 6:42 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
Replies: 197
Views: 27783

Re: Next Champion of Champions series

#JusticeForIan #Volante2022 #Yorkshire
by Callum Todd
Fri Sep 09, 2022 5:35 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
Replies: 197
Views: 27783

Re: Next Champion of Champions series

Colin hosting a CoC will be superb. Have fun everyone involved!
by Callum Todd
Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195307

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Women's football transfer record likely to be broken soon . Barcelona reportedly ready to spend over £300k on a Manchester City player. I was shocked that the record is so low. And yes I am aware of how silly it is to think of such a sum of money as 'low' but when we've just come out of a men's tra...
by Callum Todd
Tue Sep 06, 2022 2:20 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Overpopulation
Replies: 16
Views: 1460

Overpopulation

The overpopulation debate has occasionally briefly arisen on here in other threads but not to my knowledge been discussed more thoroughly. Those interested might enjoy this long article on BBC Future.
by Callum Todd
Sun Sep 04, 2022 11:43 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Co-Blackpool 2022 (Saturday 10th September 2022)
Replies: 3
Views: 5308

Re: Co-Blackpool 2022 (Saturday 10th September 2022)

Are we doing the Fleetwood Promenade parkrun for this one (just round corner from venue) or are folk staying in Blackpool?
by Callum Todd
Fri Sep 02, 2022 2:02 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Euphemisms like 'meat' actively remove emotion from the topic, but in doing so they obscure the truth I'm not sure I'd really call "meat" a euphemism. It may lessen the impact of what is being talked about (compared to e.g. "animal corpse"), but it's a word that's been around fo...
by Callum Todd
Thu Sep 01, 2022 6:49 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Colin Murray’s future at Countdown
Replies: 34
Views: 5056

Re: Colin Murray’s future at Countdown

Philip A wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:48 pm According to The Times, he is contracted to stay on until March 2023
#Deeks2023
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 31, 2022 2:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Contestant guidelines - dictionary differences
Replies: 24
Views: 1969

Re: Contestant guidelines - dictionary differences

SUNCREAM was valid once upon a time so perhaps these guidelines were once totally accurate and the result of painstaking research into the intricacies of the dictionary, but now dictionary changes have rendered them incorrect. So difficult to keep track of (at least for the "average punter"...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 31, 2022 2:20 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Apple variety rankings
Replies: 17
Views: 1282

Re: Apple variety rankings

Apple tasting: coming to a co:event near you soon.
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:05 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Apple variety rankings
Replies: 17
Views: 1282

Re: Apple variety rankings

JackHurst wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 11:53 am One thing I there's consensus on is how shit red delicious are.
If they have to put 'delicious' in the name they must be shit.
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:37 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Apple variety rankings
Replies: 17
Views: 1282

Re: Apple variety rankings

JackHurst wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:38 pm Shit tier:
Granny smith
I'll fight you.
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO MSO Sunday 28th August 2022
Replies: 12
Views: 3501

Re: CO MSO Sunday 28th August 2022

Nice!
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO MSO Sunday 28th August 2022
Replies: 12
Views: 3501

Re: CO MSO Sunday 28th August 2022

Nice podium pic. Looks like ronan has two medals, did he win another event?
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 29, 2022 8:19 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Settlers of Catan
Replies: 17
Views: 1353

Re: Settlers of Catan

Think it's on boardgamearena nowadays to play online. And I think they play it at MSO? Not sure though, I've never played it.
by Callum Todd
Fri Aug 26, 2022 5:27 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Furthering this points, what do you think of all the other things that are artificially placed in the environments of creatures - cars are responsible for a lot of animal deaths and most definitely aren't natural. Hey Ell, I've spent a chunk of my spare time over the past few days attempting to for...
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 25, 2022 2:22 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

What would be interesting is if a plant based choice of food was significantly cheaper than a meat alternative. Maybe when (if) this happens then we might see a slow change Generally speaking, plant foods are actually cheaper than animal-based foods. All food really is just finding a way to turn su...
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

I haven't read much of this thread in detail, but I respect your opinions and your careful reasonings a lot Callum, so keep it up. I still remember a comment you made in the religion thread about religion being evolutionarily beneficial and this is something that at the time I had never considered....
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:36 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Strikes
Replies: 21
Views: 1122

Re: Strikes

Sounds good to me; nicely put, Dan.
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:03 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Strikes
Replies: 21
Views: 1122

Re: Strikes

Hey Ian, Thanks for the additional info on the barrister strike. I should have been more clear: I was just presenting my initial reaction to the stories; I really don't know much about the details other than the rough take-home salaries of the folks striking. Thats pretty shitty working conditions i...
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 25, 2022 10:52 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Veganism Discussion
Replies: 117
Views: 11116

Re: Veganism Discussion

by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:45 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

I think my point got missed - it's not necessarily about the accuracy of your language, it's about whether it serves your purpose. If you want to persuade a corpse-eater round to your way of thinking, if you make your points in a slightly understated way you're more likely to have a receptive audie...
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 25, 2022 7:49 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Things we will never see in our lifetimes
Replies: 6
Views: 451

Re: Things we will never see in our lifetimes

A fifth thread on this forum about veganism? :P
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 25, 2022 6:24 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 395654

Re: People you shouldn't trust

I'd be tempted to include "people who refer to meat as 'animal corpse'" but I know one of those, and he seems pretty trustworthy in general, so perhaps not. :D tell me it's not accurate. 'Meat' is a euphemism. See also: 'beef', 'pork'. Being "on your period" is a euphemism for &...
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 25, 2022 6:22 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:16 pm *Animalcorpseloaf
:D
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 25, 2022 6:22 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

How about torture - an expression you've used repeatedly? To me torture implies deliberate and sadistic cruelty which farming isn't. Most farm animals probably lead a less tortured existence than their wild counterparts - they're fed, watered, sheltered, get medical care and are protected from bein...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:44 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Ha I did think oh no not another thread taken over by the veganism talk! I get your point and that's why I try not to talk about the specifics of the cruelty that happens to animals too often, and I never really force the issue home by showing images or videos of it, for example. But when I'm trying...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 24, 2022 5:14 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 395654

Re: People you shouldn't trust

L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: Wed Aug 24, 2022 4:14 pm I'd be tempted to include "people who refer to meat as 'animal corpse'"
but I know one of those, and he seems pretty trustworthy in general, so perhaps not.
:D tell me it's not accurate. 'Meat' is a euphemism. See also: 'beef', 'pork'.
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 24, 2022 1:36 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown Lookalikes?
Replies: 390
Views: 222325

Re: Countdown Lookalikes?

Ha great spots!
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 24, 2022 1:35 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Strikes
Replies: 21
Views: 1122

Re: Strikes

Had a similar conversation with a friend yesterday. Don't know how it was before my time when there were strikes by minors and dockyard workers, etc., but normally the professions I hear about striking today are all quite well paid! Not well paid enough mind, and I do agree that teachers, train driv...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:58 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

If your argument is that it's wrong to artificially alter a food chain, then why should we not atomise this further and stop altering it for ourselves? We're artificially increasing our population by creating safe houses, and having hospitals and medicine. Via natural conditions, a lot more humans ...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:17 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Nonetheless, me being wrong in the following argument doesn't mean therefore I must have been wrong about everything I said beforehand Let's not discount the very real possibility that you are wrong in everything you said beforehand. Gotta keep our options open here. Sure! Maybe it's fine to kick a...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:53 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

I'm not sure that's *quite* correct. Without the interference, you'd (in my opinion) actually have more cats being born because you'd have millions of unneutered horny cats roaming around, which would (if true, and I concede that I'm basing this on intuition) inevitably lead to far fewer mice and b...
by Callum Todd
Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:33 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

If all pet cats were released completely in to the wild, they'd cause far, far more devastation to mice and birds. Birds and mice and simply further down the food chain than cats - it's completely natural. Stray cats live exclusively off prey that they kill, and they'd probably live in much the sam...
by Callum Todd
Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:52 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

You wouldn't deny a bird of prey the right to kill a rodent or a lion to kill a zebra Why shouldnt a man be alloeed kill a wild boar in order to feed his family? A bird of prey or a lion doesn't have the intellectual capacity, or the societal support, to decide to do otherwise. A man is (barring so...
by Callum Todd
Tue Aug 23, 2022 6:12 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

But why should we? We are a just another species, with certain natural programming. Needlessly acting against what is natural for us, may go a long way toward explaining the skyrocketing levels of anxiety & depression. Are you referring here only to our natural inclination towards interspecies ...
by Callum Todd
Tue Aug 23, 2022 5:47 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Have we discussed the circle of life and animals that eat prey. We can't stop that can we its nature Man hunting prey should also be considered natural. Ie fishing for food and shooting prey or trapping them. Modern humans have the capability to choose to not act in accordance with their "natu...
by Callum Todd
Tue Aug 23, 2022 5:39 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

You could argue from a suffering/pleasure perspective, the best thing to do is to put all animals into futuristic zoos where their needs are all catered for (futuristic because I'm unclear exactly how all animals fare in current zoos), and have no wild animals, but I think most people would view th...
by Callum Todd
Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:55 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

What's your opinion on keeping pets? This is really quite complicated. Sorry to issue the same old disclaimer again but on any of the more nuanced topics that cross into animal 'rights' rather than just animal welfare and basic morality I feel it's important to stress this: this is a nuanced topic,...
by Callum Todd
Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:07 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

What's your opinion on keeping pets? I've started (and will at some point finish) writing a detailed answer to this question but in the meantime, I just found when scanning through the earlier posts in this thread that I've already given a brief answer to basically the same question: Is feeding you...
by Callum Todd
Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:23 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

You're sort of delving in to the trolley problem with scenarios like this - how many human lives are worth one white rhino life? 1? 100? 1000000? I do love a good trolley problem! Raising the argument of individual experience as opposed to societal value is an interesting take, but how do you judge...
by Callum Todd
Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:37 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: 40th Anniversary Celebrations
Replies: 40
Views: 4109

Re: 40th Anniversary Celebrations

Colin sounds so happy about working on Countdown, lovely to hear :)
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 22, 2022 8:15 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Basically what Gavin said. I have the same inclination as you Fiona, but when I think about it I cannot for the life of me think of any rational justification for it. Is species a relevant distinction for the moral worth of individual experience? Would we save one white rhino rather than 1,000,000 h...
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 22, 2022 8:11 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Veganism Discussion
Replies: 117
Views: 11116

Re: Veganism Discussion

Just because someone mentioned environmental impact of transporting food elsewhere: Follow the Food That's a pretty poor calculator. You have to select exactly one from each category, regardless of whether you consume zero or more than one. It would be much better if you could just put in exactly w...
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:23 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Veganism Discussion
Replies: 117
Views: 11116

Re: Veganism Discussion

Just because someone mentioned environmental impact of transporting food elsewhere: Follow the Food
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:19 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Veganism Discussion
Replies: 117
Views: 11116

Re: Veganism Discussion

Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Aug 21, 2022 8:52 pm Grabs popcorn 😊
I hope it's not buttered! :)