Aidan Williams
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Writer and okay human. Jack of all trades with interests but with a large emphasis on comedy. Improv comedy and tennis devotee. ♾️
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Confession: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Made Me Agree With Sephiroth - Power Up Gaming
*Spoilers* This writer explores human morality as he comes to terms with how Final Fantasy VII Rebirth made him agree with Sephiroth.
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Okay, so while job hunting and in interviews I rarely find it easy to dive into my favourite pieces or logic behind writing. So here's a quick thread on why this is one of my favourite pieces. 'Confession: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Made Me Agree With Sephiroth'
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I quite often end up having written jokes that I'll never be able to use publicly. I wrote one such gag late last night and like, it's always very bittersweet.
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I quite often end up having written jokes that I'll never be able to use publicly. I wrote one such gag late last night and like, it's always very bittersweet.
Occasionally targeted ads rub me up the wrong way. I've had a holiday advert for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Now this is a place I have no intention of ever visiting, nor do I ever look it up.
...But it is where I was born, and spent the first seven months of life. I've never returned, don't intend to.
...But it is where I was born, and spent the first seven months of life. I've never returned, don't intend to.
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Occasionally targeted ads rub me up the wrong way. I've had a holiday advert for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Now this is a place I have no intention of ever visiting, nor do I ever look it up.
...But it is where I was born, and spent the first seven months of life. I've never returned, don't intend to.
...But it is where I was born, and spent the first seven months of life. I've never returned, don't intend to.
It happens with job hunting don't get me wrong, but it's always frustrating when you have a week where the confidence just can't seem to come together.
October 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It happens with job hunting don't get me wrong, but it's always frustrating when you have a week where the confidence just can't seem to come together.
Don't get me wrong, I realise the fact I can do this and it be relaxing is a male privilege, but i love late night walks along the seafront to relax before bed.
October 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Don't get me wrong, I realise the fact I can do this and it be relaxing is a male privilege, but i love late night walks along the seafront to relax before bed.
This is bleak. I'd seen the show they were just at, Down The Hatch, a very cheap comedy night aimed at the LGBT and disabled communities - it has an agreement with my neurodivergent group for a table every time. It's a great, and really wholesome night: metro.co.uk/2025/10/06/r...
Rosie Jones has wine thrown on her in horrific ‘homophobic’ train attack
‘Three people mocked both of our voices, threw wine at us.'
metro.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is bleak. I'd seen the show they were just at, Down The Hatch, a very cheap comedy night aimed at the LGBT and disabled communities - it has an agreement with my neurodivergent group for a table every time. It's a great, and really wholesome night: metro.co.uk/2025/10/06/r...
Just completely out of ideas with job hunting this week. It happens, ill get through it, but its frustrating nonetheless.
October 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Just completely out of ideas with job hunting this week. It happens, ill get through it, but its frustrating nonetheless.
If I ever get as desperate for attention as the Beckhams are, then you have permission to shoot me.
September 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If I ever get as desperate for attention as the Beckhams are, then you have permission to shoot me.
I'm sorry, but these pieces just feel a bit reckless. Escalation of fear and tension just doesn't help right now: www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Horror map shows what happens if Russia nukes UK city after Putin ally's threat
A frightening new map reveals just what damage could be inflicted on the UK as Vladimir Putin's closest advisers urge him to nuke the UK - starting with the British elite
www.mirror.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I'm sorry, but these pieces just feel a bit reckless. Escalation of fear and tension just doesn't help right now: www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
They really need to have a mandatory 'reject all' function with cookies/interests on new websites. With job hunting I often end up chasing garden paths that accidentally lead to some weird sites, I generally just want to quickly peer onto a website, judge a job, then get out. Reject all would help
September 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
They really need to have a mandatory 'reject all' function with cookies/interests on new websites. With job hunting I often end up chasing garden paths that accidentally lead to some weird sites, I generally just want to quickly peer onto a website, judge a job, then get out. Reject all would help
If I could change one thing about me, I would 100% make myself less productive while listening to real murder mysteries. Seriously, they have consistently made my job hunt so much more productive.
September 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If I could change one thing about me, I would 100% make myself less productive while listening to real murder mysteries. Seriously, they have consistently made my job hunt so much more productive.
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People say "autism never used to exist" and then you go to the Natural History Museum and the exhibit has a caption like "Born in 1762, The Revd [name] was famously irascible, steadfast in his routine, and dedicated his life to collecting 25,000 rare beetle specimens".
Fundamentally, the headbanging Right doesn't believe Autism (or ADHD) exists. Or in so far as it does exist, a human conspiracy has created it.
We're back to their core outlook that 'It didn't exist back in the good old days so can't exist now.'
'It must just be some modern woke Marxist nonsense'.
We're back to their core outlook that 'It didn't exist back in the good old days so can't exist now.'
'It must just be some modern woke Marxist nonsense'.
September 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
People say "autism never used to exist" and then you go to the Natural History Museum and the exhibit has a caption like "Born in 1762, The Revd [name] was famously irascible, steadfast in his routine, and dedicated his life to collecting 25,000 rare beetle specimens".
I'm sure Saudi Arabia had a tonne of Tylenol in 1994.
These idiots will stop at nothing to make Autism sound worse than measles and kill people to end the condition.
I'm not worse than measles. For f**ksake no human should have to write that.
These idiots will stop at nothing to make Autism sound worse than measles and kill people to end the condition.
I'm not worse than measles. For f**ksake no human should have to write that.
September 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I'm sure Saudi Arabia had a tonne of Tylenol in 1994.
These idiots will stop at nothing to make Autism sound worse than measles and kill people to end the condition.
I'm not worse than measles. For f**ksake no human should have to write that.
These idiots will stop at nothing to make Autism sound worse than measles and kill people to end the condition.
I'm not worse than measles. For f**ksake no human should have to write that.
Okay I finished #Hacks last night and had to rant about it. It's incredible: open.substack.com/pub/aidanben...
Hacks Is Worth The Hype
I'm sold, it's brilliant
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September 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Okay I finished #Hacks last night and had to rant about it. It's incredible: open.substack.com/pub/aidanben...
Ah fuck. Hacks S3 E8, (I think, might be 7) has the most realistic depiction of improv comedy I've seen. I don't think I've ever cringed so much at such an honest and accurate depiction.
September 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Ah fuck. Hacks S3 E8, (I think, might be 7) has the most realistic depiction of improv comedy I've seen. I don't think I've ever cringed so much at such an honest and accurate depiction.
Okay so I've done a little light bit on the #EmmyAwards whereby I evaluate it while shamelessly admitting that I haven't seen like, half the shows.
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Emmy Hottakes From Someone Who Like, Watched Some Shows
Live thinkpiece! From a dude that doesn’t watch all that much TV
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Okay so I've done a little light bit on the #EmmyAwards whereby I evaluate it while shamelessly admitting that I haven't seen like, half the shows.
open.substack.com/pub/aidanben...
open.substack.com/pub/aidanben...
Burnley fans chanting, to the tune of Zombie by The Cranberries: "He's in your head, in your head, Hannibal, Hannibal" was a top-tier chant. Fair play.
September 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Burnley fans chanting, to the tune of Zombie by The Cranberries: "He's in your head, in your head, Hannibal, Hannibal" was a top-tier chant. Fair play.
I saw her live on Sunday! MCd the Down The Hatch show at the Komedia. Really great comedian: metro.co.uk/2025/09/11/i...
'I'm the first trans winner of the Oscars of comedy - but I refuse to get dirty'
She's not interested in getting into a spat with famous faces online.
metro.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I saw her live on Sunday! MCd the Down The Hatch show at the Komedia. Really great comedian: metro.co.uk/2025/09/11/i...
Gut instinct after watching the first two episodes of #ThePaper?
It's good, but its a fine reminder of how much people overrate The Office.
The style is mimicked, its familiar, its fun. Its very the Office US, which was never hilarious. It was warm, endearing and silly with a bit of great drama.
It's good, but its a fine reminder of how much people overrate The Office.
The style is mimicked, its familiar, its fun. Its very the Office US, which was never hilarious. It was warm, endearing and silly with a bit of great drama.
September 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Gut instinct after watching the first two episodes of #ThePaper?
It's good, but its a fine reminder of how much people overrate The Office.
The style is mimicked, its familiar, its fun. Its very the Office US, which was never hilarious. It was warm, endearing and silly with a bit of great drama.
It's good, but its a fine reminder of how much people overrate The Office.
The style is mimicked, its familiar, its fun. Its very the Office US, which was never hilarious. It was warm, endearing and silly with a bit of great drama.
September 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A tenner says that bloke from the Apprentice whines about Lara Croft being played by a woman: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
‘Tomb Raider’ Live-Action Series to Begin Filming in 2026, Sophie Turner Confirmed as Lara Croft
The "Tomb Raider" live-action series at Amazon Prime Video is getting ready to shoot.
variety.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A tenner says that bloke from the Apprentice whines about Lara Croft being played by a woman: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Rant on autism (1/?).
One of the biggest things since my diagnosis at the end of March has just been accepting and listening to my body. I wanted to go out tonight, but yeah burnout has kicked in quite strongly and I've just got to listen. I also have to accept that I have to be careful with it.
One of the biggest things since my diagnosis at the end of March has just been accepting and listening to my body. I wanted to go out tonight, but yeah burnout has kicked in quite strongly and I've just got to listen. I also have to accept that I have to be careful with it.
September 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Rant on autism (1/?).
One of the biggest things since my diagnosis at the end of March has just been accepting and listening to my body. I wanted to go out tonight, but yeah burnout has kicked in quite strongly and I've just got to listen. I also have to accept that I have to be careful with it.
One of the biggest things since my diagnosis at the end of March has just been accepting and listening to my body. I wanted to go out tonight, but yeah burnout has kicked in quite strongly and I've just got to listen. I also have to accept that I have to be careful with it.
This is probably one of the most haunting front covers you'll ever see:
September 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is probably one of the most haunting front covers you'll ever see:
Why are Labour so determined to alienate their own support with stuff like this? He incited violence, that's a crime. Enough said.
By suggesting this is 'culture war' stuff is in itself making it 'culture war' stuff. We shouldn't be excusing inciting violence, end of.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
By suggesting this is 'culture war' stuff is in itself making it 'culture war' stuff. We shouldn't be excusing inciting violence, end of.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Free speech laws need to be reviewed after Linehan arrest, says Streeting
The health secretary says ministers wanted police to focus on street crime rather than posts on social media.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Why are Labour so determined to alienate their own support with stuff like this? He incited violence, that's a crime. Enough said.
By suggesting this is 'culture war' stuff is in itself making it 'culture war' stuff. We shouldn't be excusing inciting violence, end of.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
By suggesting this is 'culture war' stuff is in itself making it 'culture war' stuff. We shouldn't be excusing inciting violence, end of.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kinda realise I'm at the point of job hunting whereby socially ill get so bored of writing my own voice that ill spend the next 50% of the message mocking myself.
*Sighs loudly*
Man needs to get hired.
*Sighs loudly*
Man needs to get hired.
September 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Kinda realise I'm at the point of job hunting whereby socially ill get so bored of writing my own voice that ill spend the next 50% of the message mocking myself.
*Sighs loudly*
Man needs to get hired.
*Sighs loudly*
Man needs to get hired.
Veronika Slowikowska had a very obviously stand out energy from her first scene in Tires. Don't get me wrong, only thing of hers I've seen, but felt like an obvious hire even then.
Very intrigued to see what this reworking of SNL will look like.
Also, not adding cast. PDD are leaving.
Very intrigued to see what this reworking of SNL will look like.
Also, not adding cast. PDD are leaving.
September 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Veronika Slowikowska had a very obviously stand out energy from her first scene in Tires. Don't get me wrong, only thing of hers I've seen, but felt like an obvious hire even then.
Very intrigued to see what this reworking of SNL will look like.
Also, not adding cast. PDD are leaving.
Very intrigued to see what this reworking of SNL will look like.
Also, not adding cast. PDD are leaving.