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Calum Brough
@calumbroughingham.bsky.social
(He/Him) Dilletante and biology enthusiast. I do bits and bobs of writing and editing and some autism advocacy. Fairly Gay.
I prefer the part after the foreign language cast credits, where Russell Crowe appears and says "Frankie, did you really think you were the only one?" and then we see a single bandaged wrapped hand
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
That line about Charisma Carpenter
😙🤌
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"why did the dumb owl not get laid?"
"Because he lacked the wit to woo!"
-Colin Firth, Pride and Prejudice (1998)
November 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is very much like Freud being all "you know how everyone wants to fuck their mother with a cigar?"
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
You can also often find first edition hardbacks of harry potter 4-7 in charity shops. One I saw had a shelf with four orders of the phoenix.
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I don't know how much of a thing this was in America, but the sheer *amount* of copies of 50 shades being donated to charity shops *at the height of popularity* was *insane*. People were buying the books, possibly even mostly finishing them, and then immediately getting rid
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"you have some dark souls? *I* have Dark Souls Too! How many Dark Souls, three?"
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
There's a real thread I'm unpicking about Scotland as a colonial "province" along with the British Empire's obsession with cultivating "Warrior Races" that it seems Stevenson was *also* 100% aware of at the time.
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Like he *literally* took on a less Scottish name for high society, I'm thinking that "Hyde is Scottish" reading is more and more likely
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Oh wow, I was looking up his Wikipedia just there (no idea he died so young btw!) and get this! I've always known him as Robert Louis (pronounced as "loo-ee" in the french fashion) but his actual name is Robert *Lewis* (as in the Island, pronounced "loo-iss"), Louis was the *pen* name
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
That's pretty intriguing. I know I always forget that R.L. Stevenson is Scottish
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Can this cat not fucking read?!
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"Whomst amon-" nope. Just nope. If 16 is the age of consent in your area, that's a law to avoid 16-18 year olds being registered as sex offenders, and while there's always room for nuance THAT GOES OUT THE WINDOW WHEN YOU ARE IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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The Simpsons: Fortnite (2025)
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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"You have to give up YouTube and Netflix to save the planet" isn't rooted in any evidence or climate science, it's basically rooted in Puritanism and the belief that "eating bitterness" is mandatory...
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's basically Dragon Quest Builders 3, and while the first DQB was very limited (by it's hardware) DQB2 was *amazing*
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
*Boiled* dog semen, get your mind out of the gutter
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Ah, yeah, I always forget that most countries are way less damp than Scotland
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM