Post Truth

TheCatWoman said:

we keep getting told we live in a post truth world,

I've never heard this phrase before so I don't know where you are hearing it.

Stuart333 said:

If you want to believe The Clangers were real

I don't 'believe' it, I know it to be the truth.

Oxford Dictionaries reference (2016):

"post-truth – an adjective defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief’."

https://web.archive.org/web/20161116101017/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/word-of-the-year/word-of-the-year-2016

... recently, I would say the utterances of The Clangers seem to make more sense than some of the "News" coverage.

For the younger / international among our community:

The Clangers (Stop Motion Animation UK TV Series, of the 1969 - 1974 vintage); "Far from Earth, on a distant planet, live The Clangers".

There is now a BBC Knit Your Own Clangers Pattern:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/clangers-knitting-pattern

or, people can knit a BBC Clangers Mug Cosy?:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/clangers-mug-cosy

As a child, my knitting skills were "very basic".  Therefore, a Clanger was instead made from one of my Father's black, ribbed, socks (...we didn't have a colour TV), complete with felt feet and a detailed sparkly waistcoat (I wish I took a photo).

To gain an impression of the original "The Clangers" series (rather than the circa 2015 "Clangers" version):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kDuEN8mSxi4

I love the Clangers, the soup dragon was a real favourite  and maybe a distant relative?

I love the clangers too, but its a shame what was supposed to be a more serious thread has become one about the clangers instead.

I love the clangers too, but its a shame what was supposed to be a more serious thread has become one about the clangers instead.