Daniel Hunter
@danielhunter.bsky.social
Breaking down the walls of heartburn
Punch In The Face, Actually (2025): a film producer releases a series of wildly successful films, even though every one is winsome and cloying. When he threatens to release another, complete strangers start punching him in the face. Starring Hugh Grant.
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Punch In The Face, Actually (2025): a film producer releases a series of wildly successful films, even though every one is winsome and cloying. When he threatens to release another, complete strangers start punching him in the face. Starring Hugh Grant.
I’m writing a story about a plumber who’s had Plumber’s Block for six and a half years. Every time they get near a cistern the inspiration fails them and they stand, wrench in hand, wondering if they’ll ever unblock another toilet.
December 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I’m writing a story about a plumber who’s had Plumber’s Block for six and a half years. Every time they get near a cistern the inspiration fails them and they stand, wrench in hand, wondering if they’ll ever unblock another toilet.
Humanity has been taken over by a brain virus and the only person who can save us is an inept, furious alcoholic who has temper tantrums like a three-year-old.
December 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Humanity has been taken over by a brain virus and the only person who can save us is an inept, furious alcoholic who has temper tantrums like a three-year-old.
Quite fancy having a pointless phaser battle on like space hovercrafts or something.
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Quite fancy having a pointless phaser battle on like space hovercrafts or something.
My view is the Christmas song canon doesn’t get formalised until 1985 with the release of Now’s Christmas album.
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My view is the Christmas song canon doesn’t get formalised until 1985 with the release of Now’s Christmas album.
The light is distressingly bad this time of year.
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The light is distressingly bad this time of year.
Have we drawn Scotland yet?
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Have we drawn Scotland yet?
If shaming a fascist over what he said at school works, it’s good. Life isn’t a debating society.
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If shaming a fascist over what he said at school works, it’s good. Life isn’t a debating society.
Self-Assessment’s going to be wild this year, when everyone realises they need a landline number they no longer have to get a verification code.
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Self-Assessment’s going to be wild this year, when everyone realises they need a landline number they no longer have to get a verification code.
I feel I want to move to a more traditional way of life, ie shipping contraband tobacco through the Isle of Man and having gun battles in Annan harbour.
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I feel I want to move to a more traditional way of life, ie shipping contraband tobacco through the Isle of Man and having gun battles in Annan harbour.
I’ve been working from home so long I’ve got albums that make me nostalgic for my early years of home working.
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I’ve been working from home so long I’ve got albums that make me nostalgic for my early years of home working.
Reading a Victorian novel about a miser getting redeemed in a snowy winterscape. Strangely, it’s not A Christmas Carol.
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Reading a Victorian novel about a miser getting redeemed in a snowy winterscape. Strangely, it’s not A Christmas Carol.
I think we can all agree that the greatest song ever written was Howzat? by Sherbet.
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I think we can all agree that the greatest song ever written was Howzat? by Sherbet.
‘The rustic beauty’s toilette’ is a fantastic phrase.
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
‘The rustic beauty’s toilette’ is a fantastic phrase.
I mean it’s an achievement of some description.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I mean it’s an achievement of some description.
The moment someone says Thatcher is a role model I stop reading. No, not interested in you or your wretched thoughts.
December 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The moment someone says Thatcher is a role model I stop reading. No, not interested in you or your wretched thoughts.
Thomas Frank should be sacked for chewing gum with his mouth open.
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Thomas Frank should be sacked for chewing gum with his mouth open.
Hark now hear the ennui sing
the frisson ran away
the frisson ran away
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Hark now hear the ennui sing
the frisson ran away
the frisson ran away
Can’t believe it’s been 170 years since them Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet To Come slags scared the shit out of old Ebenezer. Fucking muppets.
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Can’t believe it’s been 170 years since them Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet To Come slags scared the shit out of old Ebenezer. Fucking muppets.
Despite the redemptive nature of the final verse, Rupert Holmes and his lady had each consumed the forbidden fruit of infidelity. It was unlikely their future held too many shared Pina Coladas.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Despite the redemptive nature of the final verse, Rupert Holmes and his lady had each consumed the forbidden fruit of infidelity. It was unlikely their future held too many shared Pina Coladas.
All of the other reindeer
They were doing Satan’s work
That’s because Santa’s a demon
and everyone’s going to burn in hell
They were doing Satan’s work
That’s because Santa’s a demon
and everyone’s going to burn in hell
November 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
All of the other reindeer
They were doing Satan’s work
That’s because Santa’s a demon
and everyone’s going to burn in hell
They were doing Satan’s work
That’s because Santa’s a demon
and everyone’s going to burn in hell
I mean I try to keep the joy of Christmas in my heart throughout the year but typically it sputters out by January the third at the latest.
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I mean I try to keep the joy of Christmas in my heart throughout the year but typically it sputters out by January the third at the latest.
Cash ISAs are genuinely terrible tbf. Banks stick your money in an overnight fund and keep a large proportion of the returns.
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Cash ISAs are genuinely terrible tbf. Banks stick your money in an overnight fund and keep a large proportion of the returns.
‘Draw your signature on the screen with your mouse.’
These right-handers are fucking hilarious.
These right-handers are fucking hilarious.
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
‘Draw your signature on the screen with your mouse.’
These right-handers are fucking hilarious.
These right-handers are fucking hilarious.
Christmas is humbug. Fact.
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Christmas is humbug. Fact.