(Not Very) Blessed Are The Cheesemakers

[Snackrite]

And the couple selling the Tom have a valid point or two.
https://www.itv.com/news/2022-12-20/brexit-costs-government-40-billion-a-year-in-lost-tax-revenue
Succinct video report right at the top.

[Zacs-Master]

If you use this site's search facility (yes, it does have one!) you can see many many posts by Incitatus. He explained his username thus:
This is answered elsewhere here...but to recap it's the name of Caligula's pet horse, which he made a senator, and which was technically a consul (or so Tacitus claims).

Doesn't sound much like any of FattiSnack's posts to me.

[Atheist]

Naomi: 12.56
How do people know that a new poster is just an old one who has changed name? Do you actually have a way of really knowing this, or is it just a hunch? It puzzles me why some seem to be a bit obsessed with 'outing' posters without ever substantiating their claims; what's the point anyway - it should be the quality of the post that matters, not who posted it?

[jno]

hmmm... ///Who said the rewards would be instantaneous ?///
David Davis? "There will be no downside to Brexit, only a considerable upside"

///Who thought there would be a war in Europe ?///
Anyone who'd watched Putin's annexation of the Crimea?

/// Who thought there was at the same time going to be a world pandemic ?///
All the people who carried out no fewer than 11 pandemic simulation exercises between 2015 and 2019?

All the warning signs were there, people just preferred to ignore them and now they pretend they were unpredictable.

[Zacs-Master]

It depends how controversial the old poster was, atheist. Fatticusinch has returned as Snackrite and he's admitted this. If there were any doubt, he (Sparkrite) posted a link via a picture hosting site which happened to have his old name on it.

[naomi24]

Atheist, call me perceptive. If you ask someone else you might get a different answer.

[Zacs-Master]

Snackrite is now User Inactive.

[naomi24]

He’ll be back.

[Zacs-Master]

Yes, watch out for another food based username ;-)

[Atheist]

Naomi. Being 'perceptive' isn't really a good answer. I had hoped for something more basic, such as Zacs' reply, which I can understand (although still not sure why people are bothered). This sort of stuff creates an impression of an oddly introspective and closed-off little society of in-crowders, which I personally find a bit off-putting - it seems to smack of ad hominem and lack of interest in issues for their own sake.
Just saying.

[Zacs-Master]

'an oddly introspective and closed-off little society of in-crowders'

would make a smashing strapline for AnswerBank, Naomi - can you petition the Ed?

[naomi24]

It’s the only answer I’ve got, atheist. I can’t help you further.

[naomi24]

Haha! Doubt I’d get far, zacs.

[Atheist]

Ah Ranks are closing.
I'll have to accept that some questions just won't be answered here.
Thanks for your time.

[Khandro]

This really is childish

[Zacs-Master]

I answered it!

[Atheist]

Zacs, you did indeed answer half of it; the how (in one instance, although not the general method if there is one), but not the why. I thank you for what you said.

[Zacs-Master]

Fair enough.

[douglas9401]

I'll be keeping an eye out for a new poster called Almat. :-)