Hrothgir O'Domnaill
@hrothgir.bsky.social
"Out of Context Comment" are things I want to remember I said
"Quote of the day" are things others have said that I want to remember.
I am not 'better than that' nor am I the man Mr Rogers knew I could be - I can live with both.
No DMs, No Porn, No Crypto
"Quote of the day" are things others have said that I want to remember.
I am not 'better than that' nor am I the man Mr Rogers knew I could be - I can live with both.
No DMs, No Porn, No Crypto
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Hrothgir O'Domnaill
@hrothgir.bsky.social
· Nov 16
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Out of context comment
"While I admire your missionary zeal, I really don't see the point of interacting with people so easily pleased that an animated shop dummy hits their sweet spot."
"While I admire your missionary zeal, I really don't see the point of interacting with people so easily pleased that an animated shop dummy hits their sweet spot."
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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"While I admire your missionary zeal, I really don't see the point of interacting with people so easily pleased that an animated shop dummy hits their sweet spot."
"While I admire your missionary zeal, I really don't see the point of interacting with people so easily pleased that an animated shop dummy hits their sweet spot."
Out of context comment
"A man so foul, you don't even want him in your spam folder"
"A man so foul, you don't even want him in your spam folder"
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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"A man so foul, you don't even want him in your spam folder"
"A man so foul, you don't even want him in your spam folder"
Out of context comment
"After all what's not to love about the warm feeling of 'Here I am... on the other side of the country... and witnesses to say I am.' The only thing that can beat it is 'I was out of the country at the time'."
"After all what's not to love about the warm feeling of 'Here I am... on the other side of the country... and witnesses to say I am.' The only thing that can beat it is 'I was out of the country at the time'."
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Out of context comment
"After all what's not to love about the warm feeling of 'Here I am... on the other side of the country... and witnesses to say I am.' The only thing that can beat it is 'I was out of the country at the time'."
"After all what's not to love about the warm feeling of 'Here I am... on the other side of the country... and witnesses to say I am.' The only thing that can beat it is 'I was out of the country at the time'."
Out of context comment
"One of my selection criteria for university was 'active Heavy Rock society,' so I'm not going to critique that one, but I knew I was temperamentally unsuited to positions of power..."
"One of my selection criteria for university was 'active Heavy Rock society,' so I'm not going to critique that one, but I knew I was temperamentally unsuited to positions of power..."
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Out of context comment
"One of my selection criteria for university was 'active Heavy Rock society,' so I'm not going to critique that one, but I knew I was temperamentally unsuited to positions of power..."
"One of my selection criteria for university was 'active Heavy Rock society,' so I'm not going to critique that one, but I knew I was temperamentally unsuited to positions of power..."
Out of context comment
"I've never counted 'modesty' among my manifest and manifold character flaws."
"I've never counted 'modesty' among my manifest and manifold character flaws."
November 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Out of context comment
"I've never counted 'modesty' among my manifest and manifold character flaws."
"I've never counted 'modesty' among my manifest and manifold character flaws."
Out of context comment
"He attempted to detest me more than I detested him. The amateur had no chance, but it was sweet he tried."
"He attempted to detest me more than I detested him. The amateur had no chance, but it was sweet he tried."
November 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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"He attempted to detest me more than I detested him. The amateur had no chance, but it was sweet he tried."
"He attempted to detest me more than I detested him. The amateur had no chance, but it was sweet he tried."
Out of context comment.
"Why, yes, my inner world is a hellscape that would have made Giger give it up and paint the Danube. I'm flattered you noticed"
"Why, yes, my inner world is a hellscape that would have made Giger give it up and paint the Danube. I'm flattered you noticed"
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Out of context comment.
"Why, yes, my inner world is a hellscape that would have made Giger give it up and paint the Danube. I'm flattered you noticed"
"Why, yes, my inner world is a hellscape that would have made Giger give it up and paint the Danube. I'm flattered you noticed"
(Following unsolicited advice on my appearance)
<looks them slowly up and down>
"Thanks - but I really don't need tips from the October 93 issue of Cosmo"
<looks them slowly up and down>
"Thanks - but I really don't need tips from the October 93 issue of Cosmo"
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
(Following unsolicited advice on my appearance)
<looks them slowly up and down>
"Thanks - but I really don't need tips from the October 93 issue of Cosmo"
<looks them slowly up and down>
"Thanks - but I really don't need tips from the October 93 issue of Cosmo"
Out of context comment
"They all look the same to me. I knew it wasn't Gordon Banks"
"They all look the same to me. I knew it wasn't Gordon Banks"
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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"They all look the same to me. I knew it wasn't Gordon Banks"
"They all look the same to me. I knew it wasn't Gordon Banks"
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"I do like her voice... and her peppy foot tappers about addiction and loss."
"I do like her voice... and her peppy foot tappers about addiction and loss."
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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"I do like her voice... and her peppy foot tappers about addiction and loss."
"I do like her voice... and her peppy foot tappers about addiction and loss."
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"There are some things too terrible to contemplate. A geometry of terror, a proportion of panic that one can never fully see, lest ones sanity be peeled away like an onion skin."
"There are some things too terrible to contemplate. A geometry of terror, a proportion of panic that one can never fully see, lest ones sanity be peeled away like an onion skin."
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Out of context comment
"There are some things too terrible to contemplate. A geometry of terror, a proportion of panic that one can never fully see, lest ones sanity be peeled away like an onion skin."
"There are some things too terrible to contemplate. A geometry of terror, a proportion of panic that one can never fully see, lest ones sanity be peeled away like an onion skin."
Out of context comment
"I usually congratulate them on surviving to adulthood without losing an eye during a nose picking session.
Seems they don't take praise well."
"I usually congratulate them on surviving to adulthood without losing an eye during a nose picking session.
Seems they don't take praise well."
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Out of context comment
"I usually congratulate them on surviving to adulthood without losing an eye during a nose picking session.
Seems they don't take praise well."
"I usually congratulate them on surviving to adulthood without losing an eye during a nose picking session.
Seems they don't take praise well."
Out of context comment
"Ah, you celebrate the full Stations of Manhattan. I'm more a 22nd November Cafeteria observant. Anything else is a little too "high church" for my tastes."
"Ah, you celebrate the full Stations of Manhattan. I'm more a 22nd November Cafeteria observant. Anything else is a little too "high church" for my tastes."
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Out of context comment
"Ah, you celebrate the full Stations of Manhattan. I'm more a 22nd November Cafeteria observant. Anything else is a little too "high church" for my tastes."
"Ah, you celebrate the full Stations of Manhattan. I'm more a 22nd November Cafeteria observant. Anything else is a little too "high church" for my tastes."
Out of context comment
"One could almost believe that the stumbling demented child-king who owns it is a petty tyrant, devoid of aught but bile and spite."
"One could almost believe that the stumbling demented child-king who owns it is a petty tyrant, devoid of aught but bile and spite."
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Out of context comment
"One could almost believe that the stumbling demented child-king who owns it is a petty tyrant, devoid of aught but bile and spite."
"One could almost believe that the stumbling demented child-king who owns it is a petty tyrant, devoid of aught but bile and spite."
Out of context comment
"It's good my pathological drive for accuracy has an outlet."
"It's good my pathological drive for accuracy has an outlet."
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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"It's good my pathological drive for accuracy has an outlet."
"It's good my pathological drive for accuracy has an outlet."
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"There's nothing that I can think of that would make me say 'te absolvo' to Caligula, and I'm told I'd have made a fine Jesuit"
"There's nothing that I can think of that would make me say 'te absolvo' to Caligula, and I'm told I'd have made a fine Jesuit"
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Out of context comment
"There's nothing that I can think of that would make me say 'te absolvo' to Caligula, and I'm told I'd have made a fine Jesuit"
"There's nothing that I can think of that would make me say 'te absolvo' to Caligula, and I'm told I'd have made a fine Jesuit"
Out of context comment
"If anyone addresses me as 'Young Man' at my age, I tend to assume they're embarking on a dramatic recitation of "YMCA"."
"If anyone addresses me as 'Young Man' at my age, I tend to assume they're embarking on a dramatic recitation of "YMCA"."
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Out of context comment
"If anyone addresses me as 'Young Man' at my age, I tend to assume they're embarking on a dramatic recitation of "YMCA"."
"If anyone addresses me as 'Young Man' at my age, I tend to assume they're embarking on a dramatic recitation of "YMCA"."
Out of context comment
"So - is this 'manifest character flaw', 'merely amusing', or some intoxicating combination of the two?"
"So - is this 'manifest character flaw', 'merely amusing', or some intoxicating combination of the two?"
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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"So - is this 'manifest character flaw', 'merely amusing', or some intoxicating combination of the two?"
"So - is this 'manifest character flaw', 'merely amusing', or some intoxicating combination of the two?"
Out of context comment
"I think my guy card elapsed in 1979"
"I think my guy card elapsed in 1979"
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Out of context comment
"I think my guy card elapsed in 1979"
"I think my guy card elapsed in 1979"
Domestic vignette
"Neither of them can do a hyoid strike properly, otherwise there'd not be a fight now"
"Neither of them can do a hyoid strike properly, otherwise there'd not be a fight now"
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Domestic vignette
"Neither of them can do a hyoid strike properly, otherwise there'd not be a fight now"
"Neither of them can do a hyoid strike properly, otherwise there'd not be a fight now"
Out of context comment
"I ape the manners of a gentleman - I'd hate to be mistaken for one"
"I ape the manners of a gentleman - I'd hate to be mistaken for one"
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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"I ape the manners of a gentleman - I'd hate to be mistaken for one"
"I ape the manners of a gentleman - I'd hate to be mistaken for one"
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"I'm expecting it to go along the lines of the smooth handover between Caligula and Claudius... Although Caligula wasn't expecting the Praetorian guard"
"I'm expecting it to go along the lines of the smooth handover between Caligula and Claudius... Although Caligula wasn't expecting the Praetorian guard"
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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"I'm expecting it to go along the lines of the smooth handover between Caligula and Claudius... Although Caligula wasn't expecting the Praetorian guard"
"I'm expecting it to go along the lines of the smooth handover between Caligula and Claudius... Although Caligula wasn't expecting the Praetorian guard"
Out of context comment
""It's already dead, you hysterical wanker" was a common phrase that tripped lightly from my lips."
""It's already dead, you hysterical wanker" was a common phrase that tripped lightly from my lips."
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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""It's already dead, you hysterical wanker" was a common phrase that tripped lightly from my lips."
""It's already dead, you hysterical wanker" was a common phrase that tripped lightly from my lips."
Out of context comment
"It was as if a trombone obbligato was scented with raw meat and sulphur"
"It was as if a trombone obbligato was scented with raw meat and sulphur"
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Out of context comment
"It was as if a trombone obbligato was scented with raw meat and sulphur"
"It was as if a trombone obbligato was scented with raw meat and sulphur"
I can see why MAGA Christians don't like the new Mayor of NYC. Seeing a man of middle eastern origin reaching out to marginalised groups in their spaces is tweaking something.
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I can see why MAGA Christians don't like the new Mayor of NYC. Seeing a man of middle eastern origin reaching out to marginalised groups in their spaces is tweaking something.