BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[PurplePenguin]

A lot of places vary greatly in danger based on who you are as well. I suspect I would be far more likely to get mugged in Mexico as a visitor with sunburn, flipflops and some ill judged bathing attire than if I was a local.

The tourist bits are not as dangerous, but compare your flip flop walk risk between Seoul, Tokyo, Caracas and Lagos.

 

[briantrumpet]

Courtesy of a Telegraph columnist. Totes normal.

 

[First Aspect]

How many of those 296k views have resulted in a positive response?

 

[briantrumpet]

How many of those 296k views have resulted in a positive response?

 

[Pross]

Feels like incitement to me. She’ll soon whinge if the law pay her a visit. What was the context?

 

[briantrumpet]

Feels like incitement to me. She’ll soon whinge if the law pay her a visit. What was the context?

Batshit craziness, which is totes normal for her, to be fair.

 

[secretsqirrel]

Feels like incitement to me. She’ll soon whinge if the law pay her a visit again. What was the context?

I would say the context was unintelligent provocation designed to excite her readers.

 

[Pross]

I’ve got no idea who she is to be honest.

 

[briantrumpet]

I’ve got no idea who she is to be honest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Pearson

 

[First Aspect]

If you go on to the "views" part of here Wikipedia page it makes some entertaining reading. She is not a flat earther I don't think, but that's about the best spin you can put on it.

 

[Pblakeney]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Pearson

Reads like an opinionated nobody that some have been stupid enough to give a platform.
I'll happily carry on not caring what she says or writes.

 

[briantrumpet]

Reads like an opinionated nobody that some have been stupid enough to give a platform.
I'll happily carry on not caring what she says or writes.

I was going to say I don't know how such a batshit-crazy writer got a job with the Telegraph, but I guess I've answered my own question.

 

[First Aspect]

I was going to say I don't know how such a batshit-crazy writer got a job with the Telegraph, but I guess I've answered my own question.

On a slightly tangential note, batahit crazy opinion piece journalists are already easy to replace with AI.

Here's my initial brainstorming with Copilot:

You said​

I would like to write a batshit crazy political opinion piece for a UK paper

Copilot said​

Now that’s the spirit of righteous chaos! Let's crank the dial to eleven and stir the pot with flair, wit, and unapologetic audacity. Whether you're aiming for a full-blown takedown of parliamentary tomfoolery or a surreal satire about Westminster being run by trained ferrets in waistcoats, I’m here to help shape the madness into something sharp, punchy, and unforgettable.
To get the wheels turning, here are a few gonzo-style concept starters you could riff on:

• 🧠 "AI for PM: The Algorithmic Revolution" — A manifesto arguing that only a sentient spreadsheet can save Britain from itself. Bonus points if you give it a backstory as a disillusioned Excel macro.
• 🇬🇧 "The Great British Rebrand" — A wild proposal to rename the UK to “Ye Olde Chaos Archipelago” and replace the pound with a barter system based on Marmite and Greggs sausage rolls.
• 👑 "Abolish Everything Except the Queen’s Corgis" — A scathing critique of British institutions that suggests we dissolve Parliament, scrap the monarchy, and just let the corgis run the show. The public trusts them more anyway.
• 🌧️ "Why British Weather Should Be Our Next Prime Minister" — An argument that, given its consistency in disappointment, rain is the only reliable candidate left.

If any of these strike your fancy, we can dig in and draft it with full theatrical gusto. Or if you’ve got a different pet peeve or deranged vision you want to explore, toss it my way—I’m all ears and even sharper metaphors.


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Help me draft a crazy opening paragraph for my articleWhat are some current UK political issues I can satirize?Can you give me examples of famous satirical political pieces?









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[briantrumpet]

Reads like an opinionated nobody that some have been stupid enough to give a platform.
I'll happily carry on not caring what she says or writes.

 

[Pross]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Pearson

Yeah, I looked on there after saying I didn’t have a clue who she was. How do so many nutters get into supposedly elite universities?