BBC Washes Whiter documentary back in the late 80s, “germs replaced Germans” youtu.be/m44hhZCo_Ic?... (yes, that’s me 😂)

I had no connection for 3 weeks. Finally gave up and went to another provider. @virginmedia now threatening to charge me over £600 to get out of my contract. They are the worst.

I had no connection for 3 weeks. Finally gave up and went to another provider. @virginmedia now threatening to charge me over £600 to get out of my contract. They are the worst.

Cause and correlation are not the same thing. Increased violence against women may correlate with climate change, but it is caused by men.

And for a deeper dive into this principle see @carneross.bsky.social carneross.substack.com/p/deep-struc...

(By the way, both of these from songs that I love.)
Your examples? 4/4

For “You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright, and that's alright with me” read “Let me re-iterate that you are not an attractive woman, but I will do you the enormous favour of staying with you as long as you know your place and put up with my incessant belittling of you”. 3/4

from being bullied in school”. For “Oh, you were beautiful to me” read “Not to anyone else, obviously, so you’d better stay with me even if I behave really badly cos no-one else will be interested in you”. 2/3