OrangeMKN wrote:I'm sure the Royal British Legion does some very worthy work, but it's wrong that veterans should rely on charity to fill the role of offering support that the MoD should be responsible for.
Knoyleo wrote:Getting too make the poppys is to good for em. They ortta be locked up with no windows 26 hours a day for life. Remember those who died for are freedom!!!
Moggy wrote:twitter.com/ghosteggs/status/1454227240980471811
Rik_ wrote:Alongside the hypernationalism and jingoism that poppies encourage there's also the fact that they're produced using prison labour:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 17146.html
https://corporatewatch.org/poppies-pris ... r-machine/
But of course it's not wearing a prison-made pin badge that's policed as immoral
Vermilion wrote:The carpet shop in town now has a window full of poppies and bullets, because nothing says 'come and buy our carpets' more than a big pile of oversized bullets.
Vermilion wrote:The carpet shop in town now has a window full of poppies and bullets, because nothing says 'come and buy our carpets' more than a big pile of oversized bullets.
Moggy wrote:Benzin wrote:[ results in nonsense like Cookie Monster wearing one.
Just in case anybody thinks you were joking.
twitter.com/giantpoppywatch/status/1455814343665270785
Vermilion wrote:I've seen a few of them (non poppy ones) around the place too, they're actually really neat.
As much as i hate to do it, been filming in portrait for the whole youtube #shorts thing they're doing, as only those filmed in portrait are eligable. One quickie vid from the phone got picked up by the algorithm that way and registered 40k views in just 2 hours one morning.
Ironhide wrote:Vermilion wrote:I've seen a few of them (non poppy ones) around the place too, they're actually really neat.
As much as i hate to do it, been filming in portrait for the whole youtube #shorts thing they're doing, as only those filmed in portrait are eligable. One quickie vid from the phone got picked up by the algorithm that way and registered 40k views in just 2 hours one morning.
WTF?
Barbarians.