Too Fat to Tranquilise
@raspberrycarnation.bsky.social
Connoisseur of fine things; comics, theatre, wine, quizzing, cats, sitting down, Björk, good TV, bad TV, hot nerds and equality.
Slap-bang in the middle of a mid-life crisis.
Slap-bang in the middle of a mid-life crisis.
Pinned
Nobody asked for this. But here’s a thread of outfits I’ve seen Björk in. I think. Some records are… hazy.
First: Shepherd’s Bush Empire - London, 2003
First: Shepherd’s Bush Empire - London, 2003
Stop crying about James Bond and just do a James Bond: No Way Home with Connery, Dalton and Brosnan. Use it to introduce Elba.
Bish bash bosh. Job done.
Bish bash bosh. Job done.
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Stop crying about James Bond and just do a James Bond: No Way Home with Connery, Dalton and Brosnan. Use it to introduce Elba.
Bish bash bosh. Job done.
Bish bash bosh. Job done.
People need to understand - a lack of space for tall people isn’t inconvenient… it’s painful.
Planes. Trains. Theatres. Stadiums.
Sometimes literal agony for me, and I’m only 6’2”.
Planes. Trains. Theatres. Stadiums.
Sometimes literal agony for me, and I’m only 6’2”.
I'm 5'1" and I used to only date men 6' and taller. I had a weekend away with an especially tall man who suffered after the hellish cramped seating for him on the flight out. Ruined weekend. Turns out there's more to dating than tall men. Height is no longer the measure.
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
People need to understand - a lack of space for tall people isn’t inconvenient… it’s painful.
Planes. Trains. Theatres. Stadiums.
Sometimes literal agony for me, and I’m only 6’2”.
Planes. Trains. Theatres. Stadiums.
Sometimes literal agony for me, and I’m only 6’2”.
Apparently one of my new medication’s side effects is depression and, yes; that explains a lot.
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Apparently one of my new medication’s side effects is depression and, yes; that explains a lot.
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What they always mean by leftwing bias - without exception - is that they saw two queers kissing on EastEnders or someone with blue hair on Strictly. It's never deeper than that
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
What they always mean by leftwing bias - without exception - is that they saw two queers kissing on EastEnders or someone with blue hair on Strictly. It's never deeper than that
Can anybody show me ANY pro-trans or pro-queer bias on the BBC please? Because I’d love a bit of it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Can anybody show me ANY pro-trans or pro-queer bias on the BBC please? Because I’d love a bit of it.
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When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia
I had to go google the Joyce Carol Oates thing.
Very accurate. Very cutting. Good for her.
Very accurate. Very cutting. Good for her.
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I had to go google the Joyce Carol Oates thing.
Very accurate. Very cutting. Good for her.
Very accurate. Very cutting. Good for her.
If the BBC want to show the orange sex-pest they’re not “institutionally biased” maybe they could do a supercut of all the times they’ve presented what he said as facts without any challenge.
Because that is lots and often and very frequent.
Because that is lots and often and very frequent.
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If the BBC want to show the orange sex-pest they’re not “institutionally biased” maybe they could do a supercut of all the times they’ve presented what he said as facts without any challenge.
Because that is lots and often and very frequent.
Because that is lots and often and very frequent.
Friday night: Tarot class and excellent TV.
Saturday: All day comics and movies.
Sunday: Chores, gym and theatre.
What a weekend. Can I have another one now, please?
Saturday: All day comics and movies.
Sunday: Chores, gym and theatre.
What a weekend. Can I have another one now, please?
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Friday night: Tarot class and excellent TV.
Saturday: All day comics and movies.
Sunday: Chores, gym and theatre.
What a weekend. Can I have another one now, please?
Saturday: All day comics and movies.
Sunday: Chores, gym and theatre.
What a weekend. Can I have another one now, please?
A one-night-only West-End performance of Acorn Antiques to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre?
I should coco! #TheatreSky
I should coco! #TheatreSky
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A one-night-only West-End performance of Acorn Antiques to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre?
I should coco! #TheatreSky
I should coco! #TheatreSky
It’s a full-on fascist state.
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It’s a full-on fascist state.
Back at the gym today for the first time in over a month - only 30 mins of cardio, but worth it. AND I’m back on the jabs.
Hoping to carry on the enthinenning. I’m dreaming of a world where there’s only one X before my L and my weight can be measured in double-digit kgs.
Hoping to carry on the enthinenning. I’m dreaming of a world where there’s only one X before my L and my weight can be measured in double-digit kgs.
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Back at the gym today for the first time in over a month - only 30 mins of cardio, but worth it. AND I’m back on the jabs.
Hoping to carry on the enthinenning. I’m dreaming of a world where there’s only one X before my L and my weight can be measured in double-digit kgs.
Hoping to carry on the enthinenning. I’m dreaming of a world where there’s only one X before my L and my weight can be measured in double-digit kgs.
All the Age Of Revelation second issues end with “To Be Concluded…” but other than Longshots, everything still feels like it’s still being set up; nowhere near a “conclusion”.
This is gonna go down in history like an Age of X-Man rather than an Age of Apocalypse, isn’t it? 🤷♂️
This is gonna go down in history like an Age of X-Man rather than an Age of Apocalypse, isn’t it? 🤷♂️
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
All the Age Of Revelation second issues end with “To Be Concluded…” but other than Longshots, everything still feels like it’s still being set up; nowhere near a “conclusion”.
This is gonna go down in history like an Age of X-Man rather than an Age of Apocalypse, isn’t it? 🤷♂️
This is gonna go down in history like an Age of X-Man rather than an Age of Apocalypse, isn’t it? 🤷♂️
One World Under Doom should have finished MONTHS ago. It’s just not enjoyable. It’s repetitive and, we know ultimately, irrelevant.
They should have capped it at 6 issues.
They should have capped it at 6 issues.
November 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
One World Under Doom should have finished MONTHS ago. It’s just not enjoyable. It’s repetitive and, we know ultimately, irrelevant.
They should have capped it at 6 issues.
They should have capped it at 6 issues.
I really wanted to love Imperial… like the old DnA space epics: Annihilation, Annihilation: Conquest and even War of Kings…
But this was just messy.
I hope Marvel get their “space” in order. And give us a classic, not-MCU-based Guardians book to help sort things out.
But this was just messy.
I hope Marvel get their “space” in order. And give us a classic, not-MCU-based Guardians book to help sort things out.
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I really wanted to love Imperial… like the old DnA space epics: Annihilation, Annihilation: Conquest and even War of Kings…
But this was just messy.
I hope Marvel get their “space” in order. And give us a classic, not-MCU-based Guardians book to help sort things out.
But this was just messy.
I hope Marvel get their “space” in order. And give us a classic, not-MCU-based Guardians book to help sort things out.
Is this Misfit’s first post-New-52 appearance in Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League? And with Flex Mentallo!
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Is this Misfit’s first post-New-52 appearance in Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League? And with Flex Mentallo!
Just watched Carol. A “good” film but… entirely joyless. Nobody smiles. Nobody is happy, even in private moments.
That’s no way to live.
That’s no way to live.
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just watched Carol. A “good” film but… entirely joyless. Nobody smiles. Nobody is happy, even in private moments.
That’s no way to live.
That’s no way to live.
I’ve seen a very bad Jesus Christ Superstar (O2 arena following that casting TV show).
I’ve seen a very good Jesus Christ Superstar (Regents Park).
Do I need to see Sam Ryder’s Jesus Christ Superstar at The Palladium?
I’ve seen a very good Jesus Christ Superstar (Regents Park).
Do I need to see Sam Ryder’s Jesus Christ Superstar at The Palladium?
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I’ve seen a very bad Jesus Christ Superstar (O2 arena following that casting TV show).
I’ve seen a very good Jesus Christ Superstar (Regents Park).
Do I need to see Sam Ryder’s Jesus Christ Superstar at The Palladium?
I’ve seen a very good Jesus Christ Superstar (Regents Park).
Do I need to see Sam Ryder’s Jesus Christ Superstar at The Palladium?
I live in a house where, sometimes, a kitten is gonna steal your croissant. Your full croissant.
That’s just the reality I have to cope with.
That’s just the reality I have to cope with.
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I live in a house where, sometimes, a kitten is gonna steal your croissant. Your full croissant.
That’s just the reality I have to cope with.
That’s just the reality I have to cope with.
If the Driscoll kids on #CoronationStreet were raised in Hull, why aren’t they codheads?
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If the Driscoll kids on #CoronationStreet were raised in Hull, why aren’t they codheads?
I truly am a prophet.
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I truly am a prophet.
My office has a bar. I realise how lucky I am in that this is a rare and privileged situation.
But their house white?
Fucking rank.
But their house white?
Fucking rank.
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My office has a bar. I realise how lucky I am in that this is a rare and privileged situation.
But their house white?
Fucking rank.
But their house white?
Fucking rank.
There is such a cute pair of “new couple” gays on the bus. It looks like they’ve been out all night and they’re in that shy-but-absorbed phase and it warms my heart. Their eyes are shining. 🥹
Be gay. Be in love. Be happy. ❤️
Be gay. Be in love. Be happy. ❤️
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
There is such a cute pair of “new couple” gays on the bus. It looks like they’ve been out all night and they’re in that shy-but-absorbed phase and it warms my heart. Their eyes are shining. 🥹
Be gay. Be in love. Be happy. ❤️
Be gay. Be in love. Be happy. ❤️