Do you wear a poppy?

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **OrangeRKN** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:08 am

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.

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Squinty** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:35 am

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.

This.

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Rik_** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:03 am

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

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Knoyleo** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:07 am

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!!!

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Moggy** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:09 am

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!!!

Dey shud b happi 2 mke dem 4 herros!!!!!!

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **rinks** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:31 am

Moggy wrote:

twitter.com/ghosteggs/status/1454227240980471811

They're secretly bratwurst.

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Rik_** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:08 pm

twitter.com/SpillerOfTea/status/1455839047402852352

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Ecno** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:57 pm

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

Disappointing, I always thought it was ex service personal making them, and that was one of the points of them.

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **OrangeRKN** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 6:42 pm

Well, some ex service personnel are making them!

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Vermilion** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 7:54 pm

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.

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Moggy** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 8:11 pm

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.

"Lest we forget....we keep bullets"

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Dowbocop** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:23 pm

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.

From Coventry to Dresden, Carpetright remembers...

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Skarjo** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 2:30 am

Moggy wrote:
Benzin wrote:[ results in nonsense like Cookie Monster wearing one.

Just in case anybody thinks you were joking.

twitter.com/giantpoppywatch/status/795710802280017920

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Preezy** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 9:29 am

I love this one:

twitter.com/giantpoppywatch/status/1455814343665270785

very normal :lol:

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Victor Mildew** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 9:49 am

Someone around our way has been knitting these tops for post boxes throughout the pandemic. Not poppy ones, but little village scenes, gardens, things like that. They're really impressive.

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Vermilion** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 9:53 am

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.

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Tomous** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:04 am

Surely they don't fare well in the rain?

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Ironhide** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 4:06 pm

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.

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Vermilion** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:07 pm

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.

It's true, i tried it with clips filmed in landscape and they weren't included in the scheme.

PostRe: Do you wear a poppy? by **Mommy Christmas** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 8:06 pm

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