origin shows from Portuguese and says it means "a long discussion or procedure"
I certainly wouldn't attach it to discussion. procedure - in the sense of all the stupid hoops you have to jump through with registering and passwords and log ins to get something basic, you'd say of that it was a palaver. yes?
There used to be a disability rights programmed on Radio 4 called "Does He Take Sugar". They cancelled it many years ago, said any disability content would be found within You&Yours, the consumer rights programme. I pointed out that having to listen to 45mins 5 days a week just in case they might mention disability stuff was a lot harder than listening to one 28min prog a week where you could be *sure* it would be relevant.
I also hear all the time there is no need for public buildings (eg dentist surgeries) to mention whether the building is accessible, as *all* buildings are accessible. Disabled people are just automatically included in all policy so we don't need policy officers.
@GrumpyOldNurse@Flick well it is. I'm totally helpless, but it is my business. Can't even make a dent in issues that affect the women here that are my category. But I can't not care. How do people manage to compartmentalise to that extent. Does not compute.
@inscius@Flick pardon. I've had ME for 39 years, so no, I won't tell you. You know what we've all been through with disbelief and the crap some come out with so I apologise if I was too snarky.
@Flick@inscius there's a tab for flu. you can see from this year's colour it's rising earlier. There's no wastewater testing for flu, and generally people don't get a test, so this is based on confirmed cases bad enough to have seen a doctor, and hospital admissions. Therefore general population cases will be *much* higher.
Due to prevalence of flu, covid is currently very low, off the wastewater numbers.
Not sure what you mean about entering the age of the virus - some of us have been struggling with post viral for a lot longer, just the vast spread of covid brought it to the attention of all the previously healthy people. And the vascular nature of it has caused such long term damage - the % infected continues to be so large globally that rare isn't rare any more.
I have decided to unionise my workplace. And start a splitter network within this new union. Elections for office bearers will take place next week and everyone eligible to vote (er, me) will receive nomination papers in their ducots (none of that app shite).
@Gnomeshatecheese@Flick he also stopped short with just the carrot thing, we don't know what point she was selling with that. But I did think it was interesting seeing an analysis of persuasion
Glasgow, Scotland. Actual Spinster. Disabled through chronic illness. Was anon before all this stuff, hoping to make contacts with real people.GCACG Gender Critical Against Chiropteran Guano.Pronouns - No Thank You