#shitshow

[sgiandubh]

OMG! I can practically see her pulling at her pearls in indignation and fury! I wonder how many wet dreams he rejected her to result in this anger 🙃🙄😜 https://www.tumblr.com/maximumwobblerbanditdonut/747779411400671232/public-intoxication-sh-was-invited-to-the-landcon?source=share

Dear Pearl Clutching Anon,

This woman is the worst mythomaniac and the most pathetic know-it-all of the entire fandom. Mark me: probably a sock account of one of the Mordor sopranos, who'd like to play it cool otherwise. She is an impostor, pretending to be a Scot. But her grammar and spelling recurrent mistakes point to anything else but an English native speaker.

Prized and praised as she is by the dim-witted, she is living proof of the fact that you cannot reasonably and endlessly pretend to be an expert in hair implants, cocktails/bartending, audiovisual production, copyright, alcohol sales and pretty much everything in between. To me, she is at her most pathetic when she pretends to analyze the legal intricacies of the French regulations applicable to public alcohol tasting events.

What happened, in fact, at the Landcon 6 whisky tasting?

Ok. So, this was announced by the French organizers on March 5th and presented as a limited audience event, priced at 350 euros.

This idiot's comment is absolutely priceless:

She would be surprised to find out that, unlike the US, there has never been any Prohibition decreed in France (Hell would have frozen). Even more interestingly, the only venues where French law specifically prohibits alcohol tastings and sales are enumerated very clearly in regulations far above her intellectual abilities:

The main idea is that you cannot sell/organize alcohol tastings in public health venues (hospitals, clinics, etc), rehabilitation clinics (d'oh!) - both for alcohol and drug addictions -, schools, youth summer camps, sports arenas, swimming pools or any other public or private sports venues.

(Source: French Public Health Code, https://www.dalloz.fr/documentation/Document?id=CODE_CSPU_ARTI_D3335-1&scrll=CSPU022225&FromId=CODES_SECS_CSPU_TALPHA)

To these limitations, the French national professional organizations add, as best practice, the following: churches, cemeteries, prisons, military barracks, railway/public transport facilities (including depots).

(Source: Vin & Société's Guide juridique de la dégustation/Tasting Legal Guide - https://www.syndicat-cotesdurhone.com/upload/article/file/202103guidejuridiquedeladegustation-60658bb9468b4.pdf)

To my knowledge, Landcon's venue was neither a cemetery, nor a church (the latter could be, however discussed: wee & lame joke, btw). And for that poor woman's information, you would not need an exemption, but a permit, or licence. In current French law, there are four such sale permits, ranked from I (soft drinks, such as Orangina) to IV (all drinks, including spirits). The fabled Licence IV (also the name of a beloved 90s French kitschy music group, LOL) is now impossible to obtain and if you want to have one, you have to buy the venue (cafe, nightclub, bar, bistro, restaurant or buvette) that had it issued first, many moons ago.

That problem solved, we would have to further analyze the type of event hosted by the Landcon. Was it a tasting or a sale, according to French regulations?

If it was a tasting, no licence is needed. If it was a sale, you might need a temporary licence, granted by the Mayor, provided you have notified them at least 3 months before the event. These are also famously hard to get and very sparingly granted, too.

Because tastings are an exception, they are strictly defined by French regulations as 'free alcohol consumption' and their regulations are excruciatingly detailed. Procedures and limitations vary according to the type of event: sports, tourism promotion, markets and fairs, public gatherings or cultural events (which is the one that seemed the closest to our situation). But a cultural event-cum-tasting would have to be completely free of charge (no paying access tickets), in order to be exempt from any legal obligation. This was not the case, as we know there was a rather steep, 350 euros fee, to be able to attend it:

(Source: Vin & Société's Guide juridique de la dégustation/Tasting Legal Guide - https://www.syndicat-cotesdurhone.com/upload/article/file/202103guidejuridiquedeladegustation-60658bb9468b4.pdf)

That new activity was certainly not a tasting, as defined by French law. An amateur could then conclude, that S's event was, in fact, a disguised sale and that he is either a sinister fool or a filthy conman.

The trouble is, French legislation tolerates one single, overruling exception to everything I wrote above: sale by the producer of said alcohol. It is to be found (or rather interpreted - and it has been so by myself AND the French professional organizations), in the Code Général des Impôts/ French Tax Code:

To avoid a tedious legal translation, the idea is that if you do not sell your own produced booze, you are automatically considered as a stockist/trader and as such, subject to alcohol sales' regulations. If the Landcon organizers would have sold/promoted Laphroaig, for example, they would have needed the permit. But hosting a paying tasting event organized by SRH, promoting SRH's whisky and which profits entirely belonged to SRH is a sale by the producer, as defined by French law, not needing a permit:

(Source: Vin & Société's Guide juridique de la vente/Sales Legal Guide - https://fgvb.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Vin-et-Societe-Guide-juridique-de-la-vente-19042021.pdf)

So: even if the tasting event was, in fact, a sale, French law allows a producer to sell his own alcohol, for promotion purposes as a side event, with no further need to obtain a permit. And this is exactly what their legal team rightfully advised them to do and completely what I would advised them to do, too.

That woman is so often and in so many ways completely wrong, that she is absolutely ridiculous. She (and also her other Big Friend) should perhaps stop pretending to be whatever they are not. Infantilizing, bullying and snarling at people does not help with their credibility.

Such women are genuine Frauds and absolutely despicable. People spend years fucking their eyesight in law school and we do not joke about interpreting and reading legalese. Ever. But to see idiots pretending to know just because they fucking used Google for ten minutes is just infuriating: it took me two hours to find the exception and another two to write this comment.

I hope this long, tedious answer was helpful, Anon.

#anon #fandom #shitshow

[violeth-r04]

So apparently Chris and abba are trying for a baby?? Lmao good luck with that, I mean, imagine taking care of a human child let alone a whining 26 year old who throws temper tantrums whenever she doesn’t get her way😂😂 have fun Chris

#chris and alba pr #shitshow #chris evans shitshow

[sdreamersc]

This pic!!! I can't believe there are people who, after seeing this pic, still think they are not/have never been together. I mean, are you blind or what?! I am like a newbie newbie in this fandom, but after seeing this picture for the first time which was last year, I knew right away that there was something special between these two, and I believe there still is despite all the bullshit!

#samcait #sam and cait #caitrionabalfe #sam heughan #shitshow

[dougielombax]

Holy shit.

The whole bloody thing is in the water!

Got hit by a massive container ship.

Fucking hell.

I hope nobody was on the damn thing when it collapsed.

Look at it!

It’s GONE!

Fuck.

What’s that?

They already changed the wording on its Wikipedia page?

Jesus Christ wikipedia!

You fuckers really do work fast!

Oh my GOD!

I’m not trying to sensationalise this btw.

I just wasn’t expecting it.

I’m not anticipating such incidents like some ghastly disaster-worshipping ghoul with issues.

I just hope nobody was hurt or killed.

I also worry that the conspiracy nuts will try saying it was faked or some crap. Fuck that shit!

#dougie rambles #personal stuff #news #maryland #bridge #bridges #bridge collapse #crash #cargo ship #what #fucking hell #wikipedia #Baltimore #river #Francis Scott key bridge #patapsco river #beltway bridge #key bridge #Baltimore harbour #container ship #container shipping #editors #bloody hell #dali #singapore #disaster #shitshow #maersk

[monkeyfishgirl]

starship exploded so twitter could implode 😍

#elon musk #elon twitter #twitter #twitter.com #elon #ffs #starship #shitshow #lmao #space x #hubris

[whatevergreen]

Exactly.

And the UK government is currently like the Amazon warehouse, at this rate so many people Tories are resigning and opposing (and all to save their worthless right-wing skins) that Johnson will have nobody left to fill the posts.

#boris johnson #uk politics #shitshow

[sonandheirofnothinginparticular]

#shitshow

[adulting-sucks]

There’s a stark difference between accidentally releasing a dick pic and dropping a full nude shower scene to distract from the vile and disgusting human she actually is…but the idiots and hypocrites on this app will fully ignore that to fit their narrative and agenda

#chris evans #fake #alba baptista is antisemitic #alba baptista is racist #alba baptista is fatphobic #i hate it here #fake as fuck #shitshow #fuck alba baptista

[rnope-c1e]

LMAO

Oh what a shitshow

Skibidi Toilet was shown in the Legislative Assembly and criticized by the Commissioner for Children's Rights in St. Petersburg, Anna Mityanina. The ombudsman also does not like the voice assistant "Alice" from Yandex and the title of the last year’s publication by ЗАКС.ру about her report:

«I want to turn now to those Telegram channels, the media, which, after each of my speeches, allow themselves such snide headlines: "Defender from the Internet in the Mariinsky Palace." I have talked and will talk about information security and hygiene. Both children and parents should be taught that it is dangerous and very harmful to health. Please take this into consideration.»

This is hysterical

#russia #hypocricy #shitshow #skibidi toilet

[gabriels-golden-kazoo]

What if both Sam and Gabriel decided to propose at the same time?

Gabriel would go to Dean, maybe ask for permission(?) but mostly ask for advice on how to do it because he’s aware that he is a bit over the top and he doesn’t want to do that and ruin his chances.

Sam would have gone to Dean, but Dean would have definitely teased him so he goes to Cas instead. The issue is (as we have seen in the past) Sam and Cas tend to go a tad overboard, and Sam would definitely want a proposal that he felt matched Gabriel’s style.

So in the end Sam has this over the top, stupid, glittery proposal that would definitely make Gabriel cry and Gabriel has this really simplistic cute proposal that would also make Sam cry but both plans can’t exist simultaneously.

Dean and Cas obviously want to see how their plans pan out and excitedly run to tell each other what they have done like the silly husbands they are and that’s when they work out how horrifically wrong it could all go and just decide to see what happens because they don’t want to ruin the surprise.

In the end, after all the plans have blown up, they both nervously ask at the same time, only for Sam to jinx Gabriel out of habit and then they just stare at each other basically start laughing/crying and neither of them actually ever say yes but they still end up married.

Years later at like two am Gabriel suddenly realises that Sam never actually said yes and freaks out all did you even want to marry me? And Sam, who is barely coherent after being shaken awake, just wants sleep and is so confused as to what's happening because how could Gabriel ever question Sam loving him when they are literally lying on top of each other in their shared bed, with the two dogs that are spoiled enough to be their kids at their feet.

(Feel free to add details of the proposals if you have ideas, I would love to read them.)

#sabriel #supernatural #sam x gabriel #sam winchester #gabriel spn #destiel #dean x castiel #dean winchester #castiel #incoherent brain rot #proposal #shitshow #they are all trying #silly and gay #gay husbands

[frenchgrandebouche]

Always Jinx :)

#chrisevans #albatrash #cancelalbabaptista #pr #nowedding #circus #shitshow #caa #noweddinglicence #albabaptistaracist

[sgiandubh]

LOL... she was also unhappy with Sam's absence from that event in Germany and his presence at the Glasgow event. In fact, she is never satisfied with absolutely anything about him. A tremendous smell of despair and rejection... https://www.tumblr.com/maximumwobblerbanditdonut/747778111526092800/1-hour-is-the-average-flight-time-from-paris-to?source=share

"The evidence doesn't lie, people do." 🙄 🙄 🙄 Jesus...calm down, woman...

Dear Calm Down Anon,

To quote The Genius:

Read her lips, people: she's been thinking about it.

I am currently in my book-invaded room, with boxes all around me, Baby the Diplodog taking roughly 3/4 of my king-sized Provence bed. I am also thinking, but the thoughts I do think might be of a more trivial nature:

don't forget to phone Lola (and now Baby)'s vet for a meet & greet appointment

get new, Romanian plates for Zorba the Car

phone the MFA and send back Greek Diplo plates with the customs' clearance

phone the MFA to get back my gasoline, accommodation and luggage shipping expenses

phone Mr. Zhou, my Chinese acupuncturist. My neck is killing me.

manage to tuck in four luncheons in town, three let's get some drinks and another two drop by for a chat - until Sunday

To obsess about S's Hyrox Rigmarole I and Rigmarole II is a bit much, when you have things to do, in real life.

This is also very enlightening, I think:

This is the kind of vindicative crap I just hate to read. People who write this particular kind of vindicative crap (or who paint a filthy portrait of you, publicly, to their friends of friends, just to seem RIGHTEOUS) are probably the same kind of people who would have sent anonymous letters to the Gestapo, telling them those very nice neighbors across the street are hiding Jews in their attic.

In her case, the plea is just ridiculous. Like the planet would give a flying fuck about some amateur competition's stats. Sure thing, it's childishly disingenuous of S to do that (if he did it). But as far as I know, these are not the Olympic Games or something. And even if a Hyrox Glasgow zealot would blacklist S, I think he and the fandom would survive it.

That woman's life must be so empty, even the echo in her parlor took some days off.

#anon #fandom #shitshow

[chrysocomae]

Renaissance art level pic

#us politics #shitshow #fuck trump #fuck the gqp #al drago

[demonsandpieohmy]

Are you guys ok over there

#Liz vs lettuce #rip liz pick one #Liz truss #uk politics #rishi sunak #prime minister #shitshow #lettuce #queen elizabeth #liz truss resigns #united kingdom

[whatevergreen]

The UK has yet another unelected head of state, a new and unelected prime minister and tory government, and is handing out $10s of BILLIONS to corporations (again). Meanwhile the literal majority of the population is going to be in poverty because of fuel and food bills by next year.

There're so many foodbanks that they're running out of food because fewer and fewer can spare/afford it.

Meanwhile the funeral for a dead billionaire queen who did nothing to help anyone is set to be the most expensive funeral in the history of the world.

Nearly 300,000 people are homeless in England alone.

The NHS (National Health Service) without which many would not be alive, is being killed by the government, for the benefit of the private sector.

The current unelected government is trying to take away free prescriptions for people over 60, most of whom are already struggling/dying because of energy and food bills.

The energy companies are making $100s of BILLIONS in profits while their charges soar. 100,000s of people will become ill or die because of this.

Public transport is an overpriced fiasco.

Small businesses are dropping like flies while bloated corporations continue spreading their tentacles.

Climate change is causing increasing devastation, yet this latest sham of a government overturned the fracking ban before the queen was even cold(er), and they want to go back on other commitments.

Covid infection and death rates have been at all-time highs for months, but you'd think everything was fine.

The bulk of the mainstream media is biased, corrupt, and increasingly resembles the output of North Korea, from a capitalist-monarchist-fascist slant.

Anti-monarchist protestors are being arrested. Though that hasn't stopped the very vocal protests in some places.

Another unarmed black man, Chris Kaba, is shot to death by the Met police, while racists fall over each other to defend this.

Meanwhile the UK's racist anti-immigration juggernaut continues, but that's okay because the Home Office has just been handed from one god-awful brown fascist and racism enabling woman politician to another (Patel to Braverman). Being a woman and not white (version 2) however means that there's nothing to see here, if you like artificial, token progress that's like a flowery throw rug over a rotting corpse.

Anyone with long term illness/disability continues to be persecuted - and let's not forget that the Tory governments capitalist response to covid just added over 2 million and counting people suffering from long covid.

If the UK - England in particular - was an animal, it would be put down for suspected rabies.

#uk #royal #queen #shitshow #poverty #this is what centuries of servile bullshit gets you

[sonandheirofnothinginparticular]

#shitshow #chaos #fuck my job