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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

It's about time we stuck it to smart kids fleeing war, they've clearly had it too good for too long.

Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I think that's fair and I also don't think it's what Abi was referring to in the original post tbf, you're saying please, plus your follow-up is still a question also! It's just the "I'll have X" with no follow-up I also feel is rude. But it's just a cultural language difference really.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

There are a few legitimate reasons they might say no e.g. it's sold out, it contains certain allergens. The conversation for me usually just goes like: "What would you like?" "Can I have the X, please?" "Yep that's no problem!" "Great thank you!" Doesn't feel stilted and just feels polite!

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Not sure if it's growing up in a UK school but hearing "I'll have Y" just makes me instinctively want to respond "oh you will, will you?"

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Feels more like the right are becoming more radically right (which is very concerning still) rather than people moving more to the right.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Hope to see a higher result for Greens in reality but still this would be a pretty positive result all in. Yes 18 Reform seats feels disgustingly high, but it's essentially just the people who already held those opinions and voted Tory last time.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Not gonny lie I'll never get the argument of getting angry at people that don't tip in the US cause "minimum wage is obscenely low". You know companies can pay more than minimum wage right? They choose the current system you guys have there cause it makes them more profit.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Gotta respect Amazon's lack of using an algorithm. You'll buy a curtain pole and it'll just recommend you 30 more curtain poles until you buy something that's not a curtain pole. No prediction, just raw recommendations.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

We should have support systems in place for people who regret a bad decision. But most of us will make 1000 decisions in our lives we'll regret later, some of which could've done with the gatekeeping that transition gets.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

There's no excuse for trans healthcare to not be the same way outside of bigotry, absolutely none. "Oh that's different it's for health reasons" they'll say. Completely ignoring how transition can literally save the lives of people contemplating suicide due to the lack of transition.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I just went for a consultation about my appendectomy. They laid out all the possible worst case scenarios, asked if I still wanted to go ahead with it, I said yes so they booked me in. That's an irreversible surgery, they can't just stick my appendix back in in a few months.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

bold statement about one of the best games ever made but I'll allow it

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

What did Balatro do to deserve this

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

But then it'd be considered hyperbole to call them murderers, despite making active decisions they are well informed can cause death.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I just feel like you have to be a certain type of person to get into politics. How can you listen to stories of teenagers killing themselves because they didn't have access to a *non-permanent* medication and still think "yes, we should make it harder to get exactly that".

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transmetalmum.bsky.social @transmetalmum.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Puberty blockers have been used safely since 1988 for trans kids. No issues. No one had concerns until GC's raised their ugly heads and decided it was best to eradicate trans people. It's never been about PB's, the agenda is purely and simply ensuring trans people and their healthcare doesn't exist.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Very funny to me and me alone that the joke Lonely Island song about how long it takes for the bass to drop, actually drops the bass about 2 minutes faster than the song Opus by Eric Prydz. Dude heard that song and said try me.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Liberals for some reason can't believe that transphobes actually mean what they say. They're so desperate to make excuses for them and give them the benefit of the doubt, but won't make a single step to do the same for trans people.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I hate that this is how I find how Jake Paul is actually younger than me.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

People who weren't victim to it could just ignore it, and pass off comments as jokes because it didn't affect them. They're more annoyed they have to acknowledge it now than necessarily annoyed about the issue itself.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Trans people should have the right to be cartoon supervillains just as the rest of us have!

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Either that, or my music taste is so incredible and broad that they can't find any deeper cuts than the songs I already listen to.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I really like YouTube Music, but they gotta sort their auto mixes. Personally I wouldn't call it a "Deep Cuts" playlist if every song is in my top 50 listened of the last year. That's literally the opposite of a deep cut, that's a surface scratch.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I know logically that tweet only makes sense to me because Twitter got so big. But in my heart it still sounds more understandable than skeet, which is an insane word for a short thought.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Absolutely devastating news to know there's more photos of me in existence.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Overwatch 2016 vs Overwatch Classic (It was a nightmare finding a photo of me in 2016)

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I would like to believe that most of the country would read things like this and not believe it, but honestly media literacy is at an all time low. The UK media (and to an extent government) will always follow the US, and then a good chunk of the population go with it.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I remember back in school doing Modern Studies, I was taught that tabloids like the style of reporting GB News does were always sensational, and the broadsheets were accurate. Now I'm older I've learned they all have the same opinions, it's just the tabloids are more direct about it.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

My toxic trait is spending hours doing and reading things, and yet still refusing to consider myself an expert in anything at all.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I've still not finished it, I got about halfway through Season 3 and have just stopped cause that show stresses me out. It's very good but my god.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 28/06/2024

Labour has some good people in there. Coincidentally also all the people who keep getting backbenched by the leadership. If Labour aren't actually going to give any meaningful change from the Tories, then sorry but I'm voting for someone that actually gives a shit, even if they'll likely not get in.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 28/06/2024

I hope Labour come in, tear apart all the terrible austerity and anti-LGBT policies the Tories implemented. However judging by their own words they're not gonna do that, so I'm genuinely asking. What's the difference between them?

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 28/06/2024

Now let's be clear, I live in an SNP hold, and even if it switched it'd switch to Labour, so I'm not gonna knock out a Tory or anything. However the small parties stay small because people don't vote for them cause they think they won't win. It's a catch-22.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 28/06/2024

If people wanna tactical vote that's absolutely fine. However I dislike the false dilemma many people put on you because you don't want to do that. I really like the Green in my area and I believe in their policies. Why should I vote for Labour instead when I disagree with them?

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 14/04/2024

Botany Manor is brilliant. Gorgeous looking game, fun and elegant puzzles, not too challenging but still makes you think. My only wish is that it was longer because I want to keep playing!

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

YouTube premieres are so funny. You get 2 minutes of the hardest cinematic visuals and instrumental going, and then it cuts away to "hey guys hows it going"

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

Feel like I need a Factorio pal. The game is really fun on your own, but there's sometimes just to much to be doing it gets overwhelming. Exact same thing with Satisfactory (though I do prefer Factorio, I love Satisfactory but the building in Factorio is much snappier).

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

Absolutely typical! It really often feels like so many of the people making the security decisions haven't a clue about storing things securely at all...

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

Yeah, I feel like most databases have upgraded since those days, but I know for a fact (the bank manager showed me their system) that they still run on software developed in 1998. They'll need to have added salt and hashing, but I'd be surprised if they've done more.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

This was a bit ranty, but given I've just spent like 2 weeks changing 700 passwords (not because they were duplicated, it's just been on my list to sure up all my security) you don't want to have to spend all that time in future. Easier if you sort it as you go.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

But brute force isn't impossible and becomes easier as computers improve, so good to futureproof by making your passwords long and complex. It basically means that whilst companies might get breached, that just leaves you with 1 password to change, rather than 100 across all your accounts.

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Adam Gaffney @adamgaffney.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

As I mentioned, password dictionaries released online are the biggest danger to accounts. Many big password managers can scan these for you and let you know when an account needs changed.

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