Can you point them out? Name one?

Nee, want jy is 'n ouskool pre-94 wit-Afrikaner.

Trial lawyer

That makes so much more sense than pure time off.

If I ever emigrated, it would be to Nederland. Weather be damned, the Dutch are top-tier.

Barrister here. Our courts go on recess for about as long as schools go on holiday. Alas, for us, the knock on effect is dire:

• Court logs are jammed and hearing dates are pushed absurdly far in the future. (Application becomes opposed = see you in a year from now; trial becomes defended = see you in five years, at best.)
• We’re also all sole practitioners (members of the various Bar councils) so, no work no fees.

June-July and December-January are devastating. If I had kids I’m sure I’d appreciate these forced breaks, but I don’t, so I can’t.

Teachers, however, deserve it waaay more than us, that’s for sure. If I won €1 billion I’d give 99% to teachers. It’s an inexcusable tragedy that you’re paid so little for an incredibly tough job with significant social importance.

I tip my cap to teachers. You’re fucking hero(in)es.

My point was that their proud wearing of MAGA caps, in my view, renders them deplorable even if their child’s killing spree was not in any way their fault. (Which, come on, it almost certainly is.)

Fuck them in spite of him.

If you’re MAGA, you endorse Jan 6 and support a convicted felon to lead the world.

Fuck MAGA.

Fuck these two—in spite of their alleged murderer son.

That is not, in fact, doxxing.

Damn. 👊🏼

Alas, true for mine

You should already be underground

Definitely not what looks like the hottest place on earth

Mine was actually a mid-reaction for an intellectually dishonest comment. You didn’t discover anyone, you pretended to, so you come across as non-mainstream.

I don’t mind feeling insecure. I wear it on my sleeve.

You’re too young to realise how hackneyed and stale the “I’ve never heard of… [celebrity you’ve definitely heard of]” is. Nobody cares who you’ve heard of.

Google exists.

You’re in a UK thread and you’ve never heard of Gary Lineker?

Sounds like you don’t consume any media or you have a TBI.

And you’re weirdly expressing pride at your own ignorance.

What an odd fucking comment.

You’re forgetting hole in the ozone

Or techno viking

And it was a second class cabin. I was equally surprised. They seemed very humble though.

We actually talked mostly about South African politics. It was a month before Mandela passed away. They were fascinated to hear about living in SA.

When I travelled India a decade ago I shared a cabin on a 24 hour train journey with the head of the Indian air force and his father, the former head of the Indian air force, who flew jets in the last Indo-Pakistan war.

That’s my story. Thanks for listening.

Without clicking the link, that headline is tough to unpack.

The “peer” that reviewed it was another LLM.