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[–] WoofWoof91@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

it gets worse
it used to be called Fifth/Allende avenue

in harlow's meagre defense, nobody seems to like the change lmao

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

More evidence Democratic Socialism is always withered or washed away by neolib fascism… tsc tsc tsc.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh shit. That's up the road from me.

Sorry you had to find out like thischavez-salute

[–] Huldra@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why is fifth avenue funny.

[–] WoofWoof91@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

roads in the uk are almost never numbered
they usually have names like "cheese lane", "steve avenue", or "wanker's crescent"

[–] FrogFractions@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every single street name in the UK is actually a euphemism for some kind of sex act

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

St. Turd's Cockshot

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Almost, but they're actually named after words from Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky - Flaxton Street, Colwyn Road, Ingle Grove etc

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vorpal Court

Bandersnatch Lane

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

I've just realised my joke doesn't work without the fairly obscure pieces of knowledge that those aren't words from Jabberwocky, they're real street names.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago
  • Sir Chortley's Hollow
  • Prince's Hole
  • The Knob
  • Faffery Row
  • Milk Hill
  • Mustard Gate
  • Noncebury Square
[–] LocalMaxima@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I imagine it has something to do with reputation of 5th Ave in NYC for luxury shops compared to what the road in Harlow is like

[–] LocalMaxima@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And/or numbered avenues are largely an American thing

What lack of history does to mfers

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Its a candy bar

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I blame Keir starmer there is no pushback here to the pro ukraine narrative and it's gotten crazy as a result

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it has gotten crazy but at the same time I feel like a lot of people don't care at all until someone brings it up and they sputter to go uhhhhh I'm a good person Ukraine needs our support against the kremlins !!!

You can't do any pushback against it or bring up counterpoints though, yeah.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can't do any pushback against it or bring up counterpoints though, yeah.

I do it anyway lmao do not give a fuck.

I haven't met a person that disagrees that the US blew up nordstream 2 either. Or if they did they didn't feel strongly enough to push back on anything I say about it.

[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Remember ranting at anyone that was positing that Russia blew it up. It was just so obviously bullshit, yet it was peddled all over the media.

spongebob-i-fucking-love WHY THE FUCK WOULD THEY BLOW UP THEIR OWN LEVERAGE, THEY CONTROL THE SUPPLY THEY CAN JUST SHUT IT OFF.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Zelensky sucks so much lol

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Kashyyyk Avenue