No, the BBC is funded through the licence fee, not the budget.

That's not how BBC funding works. The money the BBC's contractors collect goes to His Majesty's Bank Balance (or, the Consolidated Fund if you want to use official euphemisms). There is an annual vote for an Appropriation Act that returns a portion of His Majesty's Bank Balance to fund the BBC for the year.

No.

You're right, it's ableist of me to criticize people for chugging meat like it's a smoothie. I'm a bad comrade. There's actually no other sources of protein that don't have bones.

Thread needs a (CW: Food) and NSFW flag, btw.

This is stupid from every direction imaginable.

Boneless doesn't mean boneless? Oh, okay. Words don't mean things anymore. Cool.

But also, imagine inhaling your nuggies so fucking fast that you don't notice a fucking bone in your mouth. Do you just not chew your food? Pour that slop right down my esophagus, fuck yeah.

Just another iconic Canadian town deleted by climate change. Nothing to see here, folks.

I am extremely excited that he's survived his terminal cancer long enough for us to get King Charles coins and bills this year. They're going to be collector's items when he kicks the bucket soon!

It's got layers to it, like an ogre. That is one of them, yes. It's an incredibly sick dunk. S-tier material.

So if I understand this correctly:

The BBC is responsible for collecting licensing fees, so they contract the work out to companies that pretend they're the television cops, who collects the money for the BBC, who gives then gives it to the government, then the government votes to give the money back to the BBC every year as part of the budget, and it covers half their budget.

Is that about right? Did John Madden design this process?

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Wow it's Maxwell Smart's van.

Well, shit. I didn't know that. I apologize.

Huge "they photoshopped my face onto a cracker" energy.

New Guy Type drop: Romani white nationalist who speaks only English, and really hates migrants.

It's just pathetic how tone deaf and stupid liberals are.

It's difficult to look smart when you're paid to be stupid. They don't need to win to fundraise.

I can tell real Brits were involved in the script for this game, because I have no idea what the fuck the narrator is saying half the time.

Huh. That's weird. How come the capitol police didn't just open up the door for everybody this time?

Extremely inexpensive, from what I'm reading here!

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Ohhhhhhhh! I was really confused for a sec when I saw "EL BACKLIGHT" on one of the buttons. I thought it was just a really crummy translation into Spanish.

Wow. I can't believe that you progressive liberals are upset about John Fetterman's return to moderate politics. The adults are in the room now—this isn't the time for your purity tests. We could end up electing a President who would do a genocide if you don't fall in line!