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by lotsofmangos 4341 days ago
You should get out more, I've needed those skills in one evening.

edit - Defending yourself is a basic life skill. Not ever getting into a fight means you are already fairly good at it.

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Let me guess: when you drink beer, you prefer Dos Equis.
Wasn't familiar with the advert till I just looked it up. But no, I have to say, that if I am feeling pretentious, I would have to claim to be more Churchillian in my tastes. What really sets you up for breakfast is some Carlsberg Special Brew, washed down with a nice glass of Buckfast Tonic Wine.
Buckfast Tonic Wine. Are you a Weegie?

Yeah, getting intimidated by neds was part of my growing up. You learn how to show them enough respect not to annoy them, without looking wimpish enough for you to be an easy target.

Some people must have proper sheltered lives.

Some people must have proper sheltered lives.

It is a software dominated forum. This is just an anecdote, but I'd guess >80% of the developers I have met are from comfortably middle - upper middle class families/areas.

You can see by the replies that they think this sort of thing is unacceptable. It is in a way, but it doesn't stop it being the norm for many, many people growing up. And that's in a developed country. Some kids are growing up in war zones.
So they don't like the bucky?