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I've done that thing where I liked something so dipped my toe into the subreddits and realised the fandoms are in a frothing war with some extremely niche bugbears
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I've done that thing where I liked something so dipped my toe into the subreddits and realised the fandoms are in a frothing war with some extremely niche bugbears
Cosmic momento mori cat 💀
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Cosmic momento mori cat 💀
It's this kind of faux-profoundity that fuels my low-stakes conspiracy that Rings of Power was largely written by AI and this was going to be triumphantly announced by Amazon when it was a barnstorming success, so they could enjoy the share price uplift of having the Makes Great Content machine.
Just had Gemini rewrite the story in the style of Cormac McCarthy (sorry CmC, RIP).
The river breaks the stone not in wrath but in the counting of days.
The general spat on the floor. He looked at the screen and then at the glass.
Damn them, he said.
[Nailed it!]
The river breaks the stone not in wrath but in the counting of days.
The general spat on the floor. He looked at the screen and then at the glass.
Damn them, he said.
[Nailed it!]
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It's this kind of faux-profoundity that fuels my low-stakes conspiracy that Rings of Power was largely written by AI and this was going to be triumphantly announced by Amazon when it was a barnstorming success, so they could enjoy the share price uplift of having the Makes Great Content machine.
I made this guy at Halloween 🎃
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I made this guy at Halloween 🎃
A PR piece in the wild. "Will this film address all that horrible stuff? I guess we'll just have to watch it to find out!!"
Michael Jackson is moonwalking back, but after the Springsteen flop is the pop biopic still relevant?
Michael Jackson is moonwalking back, but after the Springsteen flop is the pop biopic still relevant?
Jackson’s songs are back on charts and biopic trailer racked up 116m views in 24 hours, yet there is a certain hesitation
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A PR piece in the wild. "Will this film address all that horrible stuff? I guess we'll just have to watch it to find out!!"
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
What's your favourite ever movie review and why is it Gabe Delahaye's Eat Pray Love installment of The Hunt For The Worst Movie of All Time?
Man I miss Videogum.
stereogum.com/1765909/the-...
Man I miss Videogum.
stereogum.com/1765909/the-...
The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Eat, Pray, Love
A clarification: I haven’t read Eat, Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I actually really want to. I’ve hated that book for years, but I’ve never actually read it, and I think I owe MYSELF more. Forget E...
stereogum.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What's your favourite ever movie review and why is it Gabe Delahaye's Eat Pray Love installment of The Hunt For The Worst Movie of All Time?
Man I miss Videogum.
stereogum.com/1765909/the-...
Man I miss Videogum.
stereogum.com/1765909/the-...
I've never read the books but I suspect the new 'The Forsytes' series might be painting in somewhat broader strokes
Goodie: "I think men dying down mines is bad"
Baddie: "Men dying down mines doesn't matter if you make money!" 😈
Goodie: "I think men dying down mines is bad"
Baddie: "Men dying down mines doesn't matter if you make money!" 😈
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I've never read the books but I suspect the new 'The Forsytes' series might be painting in somewhat broader strokes
Goodie: "I think men dying down mines is bad"
Baddie: "Men dying down mines doesn't matter if you make money!" 😈
Goodie: "I think men dying down mines is bad"
Baddie: "Men dying down mines doesn't matter if you make money!" 😈
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November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Book bonanza this last birthday!
I'm entering my 68 year old mam era with the interest in WW2 history, naturally
I'm entering my 68 year old mam era with the interest in WW2 history, naturally
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Book bonanza this last birthday!
I'm entering my 68 year old mam era with the interest in WW2 history, naturally
I'm entering my 68 year old mam era with the interest in WW2 history, naturally
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the thing about the ed gein show is that it's extremely bad
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
the thing about the ed gein show is that it's extremely bad
The Internet has allowed adults to chase after the trends of youth culture for dissection and elderly mockery at alarming and unnatural speed. Leave them alone! We're not meant to know!!
LOL: is this the ultimate texting faux pas (and what should you use instead)?
LOL: is this the ultimate texting faux pas (and what should you use instead)?
From abbreviations to happy poos, gen Z has strong opinions on appropriate texting behaviour. But can anyone keep up with the ever-changing rules?
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Internet has allowed adults to chase after the trends of youth culture for dissection and elderly mockery at alarming and unnatural speed. Leave them alone! We're not meant to know!!
People in the UK need to realise this too. While better than the US, healthy food & cooking from scratch is more expensive.
Even reasonable people have this weird folksy idea that if you boil your chicken bones you can live on a thruppence, a those in poverty are either a) ignorant or b) feckless
Even reasonable people have this weird folksy idea that if you boil your chicken bones you can live on a thruppence, a those in poverty are either a) ignorant or b) feckless
Why do people buy pizza with EBT?
Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money.
It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.
Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money.
It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
People in the UK need to realise this too. While better than the US, healthy food & cooking from scratch is more expensive.
Even reasonable people have this weird folksy idea that if you boil your chicken bones you can live on a thruppence, a those in poverty are either a) ignorant or b) feckless
Even reasonable people have this weird folksy idea that if you boil your chicken bones you can live on a thruppence, a those in poverty are either a) ignorant or b) feckless
Also on the subject: Millennials carefully avoiding emojis because the youth recognise them as cringe are COWARDS
I'm sure this has been said a million times before but aren't 100% of "Gen Z Traits" just being young?
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Also on the subject: Millennials carefully avoiding emojis because the youth recognise them as cringe are COWARDS
I'm sure this has been said a million times before but aren't 100% of "Gen Z Traits" just being young?
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I'm sure this has been said a million times before but aren't 100% of "Gen Z Traits" just being young?
It is confirmed. Fatherhood has only increased @lackingsaint.bsky.social's powers (his powers are making good videos everyone should watch)
youtu.be/pFdO8jYWOeY?...
Also I always assumed it was bots on Daily Mail articles saying that open sandwiches or grapes or whatever are woke but. I was wrong.
youtu.be/pFdO8jYWOeY?...
Also I always assumed it was bots on Daily Mail articles saying that open sandwiches or grapes or whatever are woke but. I was wrong.
There Are No More Normal Guys
YouTube video by Jack Saint
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It is confirmed. Fatherhood has only increased @lackingsaint.bsky.social's powers (his powers are making good videos everyone should watch)
youtu.be/pFdO8jYWOeY?...
Also I always assumed it was bots on Daily Mail articles saying that open sandwiches or grapes or whatever are woke but. I was wrong.
youtu.be/pFdO8jYWOeY?...
Also I always assumed it was bots on Daily Mail articles saying that open sandwiches or grapes or whatever are woke but. I was wrong.
I've found out pedigree cat ownership is rising and while I get it (fluffy relaxed interesting colour cats!) I have to extoll the core benefits of traditional cat rearing: adopting or being adopted by a mad semi-feral creature of indeterminate lineage who bestows love or violence according to mood
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I've found out pedigree cat ownership is rising and while I get it (fluffy relaxed interesting colour cats!) I have to extoll the core benefits of traditional cat rearing: adopting or being adopted by a mad semi-feral creature of indeterminate lineage who bestows love or violence according to mood
I worked for a supermarket in my youth and my favourite customer was a wild eyed, desperate woman who on the brink of Christmas barrelled her way towards me and cried "SPROUTS!!" at the top of her lungs.
Ah, retail jobs. I worked at the meat and fish counter of a supermarket my first year of college. A customer once reported me to the manager because she asked me if her cat would like a particular piece of fish, and completely earnestly, I replied: ‘I don’t know your cat’.
M&S mini thread for a Wednesday morning.
One day, the second time I worked there, I was ringing up a women's order and asked if she wanted cash back.
One day, the second time I worked there, I was ringing up a women's order and asked if she wanted cash back.
October 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I worked for a supermarket in my youth and my favourite customer was a wild eyed, desperate woman who on the brink of Christmas barrelled her way towards me and cried "SPROUTS!!" at the top of her lungs.
The publishing industry will fail in its goal of uplifting diverse & working class voices if it doesn't acknowledge it isn't even currently succeeding in uplifting "middle class" voices
Middle class does not = executive parents & a lesser private school. The grip of the privately educated is insane
Middle class does not = executive parents & a lesser private school. The grip of the privately educated is insane
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The publishing industry will fail in its goal of uplifting diverse & working class voices if it doesn't acknowledge it isn't even currently succeeding in uplifting "middle class" voices
Middle class does not = executive parents & a lesser private school. The grip of the privately educated is insane
Middle class does not = executive parents & a lesser private school. The grip of the privately educated is insane
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.
Black pudding: Not put off by the concept, just 👎
Eat Pray Love: Smug. Boring. Spiritually empty.
I Gotta Feeling: I'd rather put my feet in a bag of sheep's kidneys
Black pudding: Not put off by the concept, just 👎
Eat Pray Love: Smug. Boring. Spiritually empty.
I Gotta Feeling: I'd rather put my feet in a bag of sheep's kidneys
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.
Prawns. Not a fan of seafood generally but these twisty little dorks are the worst.
Monsters' Ball. Confuses "profound" with "relentlessly miserable".
You Get What You Give.
Prawns. Not a fan of seafood generally but these twisty little dorks are the worst.
Monsters' Ball. Confuses "profound" with "relentlessly miserable".
You Get What You Give.
“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”
Food: canned tuna fish
Film: Grease. I was horrified by its sexism from my first viewing at a sleepover and I remain correct
Song: Brown Eyed Girl. The worst
Food: canned tuna fish
Film: Grease. I was horrified by its sexism from my first viewing at a sleepover and I remain correct
Song: Brown Eyed Girl. The worst
October 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.
Black pudding: Not put off by the concept, just 👎
Eat Pray Love: Smug. Boring. Spiritually empty.
I Gotta Feeling: I'd rather put my feet in a bag of sheep's kidneys
Black pudding: Not put off by the concept, just 👎
Eat Pray Love: Smug. Boring. Spiritually empty.
I Gotta Feeling: I'd rather put my feet in a bag of sheep's kidneys
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Invest in the arts.
Buy-to-let businesses have become the largest single type of business in the UK this is why we are not productive, we are cannibalising ourselves.
www.ft.com/content/efed...
Buy-to-let businesses have become the largest single type of business in the UK this is why we are not productive, we are cannibalising ourselves.
www.ft.com/content/efed...
Rachel Reeves braced for huge hole in UK public finances after productivity downgrade
New OBR forecasts set to spark fierce dispute between Labour and Conservatives
www.ft.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Invest in the arts.
Buy-to-let businesses have become the largest single type of business in the UK this is why we are not productive, we are cannibalising ourselves.
www.ft.com/content/efed...
Buy-to-let businesses have become the largest single type of business in the UK this is why we are not productive, we are cannibalising ourselves.
www.ft.com/content/efed...
I have to go on X in a professional capacity and in case anyone's interest the Feed experience is now:
Elon (rocket)
The most racist thing you've ever seen
More racism
Nature is Amazing
D Trump
Elon
Racism
Random "Elon is so right about xyz"
Women Posting Ws
Tommy Robinson
Prank
Racism
Elon
Elon (rocket)
The most racist thing you've ever seen
More racism
Nature is Amazing
D Trump
Elon
Racism
Random "Elon is so right about xyz"
Women Posting Ws
Tommy Robinson
Prank
Racism
Elon
September 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I have to go on X in a professional capacity and in case anyone's interest the Feed experience is now:
Elon (rocket)
The most racist thing you've ever seen
More racism
Nature is Amazing
D Trump
Elon
Racism
Random "Elon is so right about xyz"
Women Posting Ws
Tommy Robinson
Prank
Racism
Elon
Elon (rocket)
The most racist thing you've ever seen
More racism
Nature is Amazing
D Trump
Elon
Racism
Random "Elon is so right about xyz"
Women Posting Ws
Tommy Robinson
Prank
Racism
Elon
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this is crude to say but starmer could goose step out on stage, throw a nazi salute & order every immigrant rounded up into camps, & it wouldn't convince a single fascist to vote for him, because what they want isn't rational. a far-right party would simply say "we'll do that but more & faster"
September 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
this is crude to say but starmer could goose step out on stage, throw a nazi salute & order every immigrant rounded up into camps, & it wouldn't convince a single fascist to vote for him, because what they want isn't rational. a far-right party would simply say "we'll do that but more & faster"