JimBob SparePants
@jimbobsparepants.bsky.social
Complaining about situations I contributed to.
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Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
February 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
George Orwell wrote a pig who was a stand-in for Trotsky and didn't name him Trottersky, and that is a tragic missed opportunity in the history of literature.
February 2, 2026 at 11:25 AM
George Orwell wrote a pig who was a stand-in for Trotsky and didn't name him Trottersky, and that is a tragic missed opportunity in the history of literature.
The Mongols chose their leaders using a game where you had to remove the sticks from a pile without collapsing it.
Thus the supreme leader of all the Mongols was called the Jenga
Khan.
Thus the supreme leader of all the Mongols was called the Jenga
Khan.
January 4, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The Mongols chose their leaders using a game where you had to remove the sticks from a pile without collapsing it.
Thus the supreme leader of all the Mongols was called the Jenga
Khan.
Thus the supreme leader of all the Mongols was called the Jenga
Khan.
Merry War (Christmas is over)
January 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Merry War (Christmas is over)
Ever since people realised burning coal was bad for the environment, Santa's naughty list has become somewhat self perpetuating.
December 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Ever since people realised burning coal was bad for the environment, Santa's naughty list has become somewhat self perpetuating.
In the end, the real Animal Farm was the friends we made along the way.
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In the end, the real Animal Farm was the friends we made along the way.
The events manager in the Colosseum was named Caelius Tertained. He was often mistaken for his brother Nerius, the wealthy and powerful Senator. "Are you not N. Tertained?" people would ask him.
August 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The events manager in the Colosseum was named Caelius Tertained. He was often mistaken for his brother Nerius, the wealthy and powerful Senator. "Are you not N. Tertained?" people would ask him.
I was fired from my job in the canteen at NASA for causing a lunch failure.
July 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I was fired from my job in the canteen at NASA for causing a lunch failure.
71% of the world's surface is covered by non-carbonated water.
So technically, the Earth is flat.
So technically, the Earth is flat.
July 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
71% of the world's surface is covered by non-carbonated water.
So technically, the Earth is flat.
So technically, the Earth is flat.
Everyone thinks of changing the baby but nobody thinks of changing themselves.
July 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Everyone thinks of changing the baby but nobody thinks of changing themselves.
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At least 78.7% of the UK grid right now - potentially as high as 85.9% if we assume France is nuclear - is generated without carbon emissions. 🔥
June 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
At least 78.7% of the UK grid right now - potentially as high as 85.9% if we assume France is nuclear - is generated without carbon emissions. 🔥
Explaining science to 6 year old.
Me: water is surprisingly heavy.
6 yo: you're surprisingly heavy.
Me: water is surprisingly heavy.
6 yo: you're surprisingly heavy.
June 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Explaining science to 6 year old.
Me: water is surprisingly heavy.
6 yo: you're surprisingly heavy.
Me: water is surprisingly heavy.
6 yo: you're surprisingly heavy.
At least the people of Kyrgyzstan are safe from having a travel ban imposed on them, for reasons that should be fairly obvious.
June 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
At least the people of Kyrgyzstan are safe from having a travel ban imposed on them, for reasons that should be fairly obvious.
This recipe is stupid. It calls for ground ginger but I know they can't grow it anywhere else.
May 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This recipe is stupid. It calls for ground ginger but I know they can't grow it anywhere else.
The thing that is popular is trending.
Let me demonstrate how interesting I am by stating here that I don't like it.
No I'm not hiding behind a pseudonym this is my real name.
Let me demonstrate how interesting I am by stating here that I don't like it.
No I'm not hiding behind a pseudonym this is my real name.
May 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The thing that is popular is trending.
Let me demonstrate how interesting I am by stating here that I don't like it.
No I'm not hiding behind a pseudonym this is my real name.
Let me demonstrate how interesting I am by stating here that I don't like it.
No I'm not hiding behind a pseudonym this is my real name.
It's a little known fact that Shakespeare once had an animated argument with Christopher Marlowe about the best hardness of pencil to write a play with.
May 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It's a little known fact that Shakespeare once had an animated argument with Christopher Marlowe about the best hardness of pencil to write a play with.
The part I liked about this broadcast is that the BBC started reading out Robert Prevost's Wikipedia page about the same time I started reading it myself.
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The part I liked about this broadcast is that the BBC started reading out Robert Prevost's Wikipedia page about the same time I started reading it myself.
Technically it's only a "Jurassic Park" if it's set in the Jura region of Switzerland.
Otherwise it's just a sparkling dinosaur themed murder park.
Otherwise it's just a sparkling dinosaur themed murder park.
April 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Technically it's only a "Jurassic Park" if it's set in the Jura region of Switzerland.
Otherwise it's just a sparkling dinosaur themed murder park.
Otherwise it's just a sparkling dinosaur themed murder park.
"I am the Lorax I speak for the trees."
"Do you though? Only 30% of trees voted for you and that was just because you said there were too many rowan trees in the forest and someone should do something about it."
"Do you though? Only 30% of trees voted for you and that was just because you said there were too many rowan trees in the forest and someone should do something about it."
April 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"I am the Lorax I speak for the trees."
"Do you though? Only 30% of trees voted for you and that was just because you said there were too many rowan trees in the forest and someone should do something about it."
"Do you though? Only 30% of trees voted for you and that was just because you said there were too many rowan trees in the forest and someone should do something about it."
The American official addressed the French lawmaker. "You'd all be speaking German if it wasn't for us" he said, in English.
March 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The American official addressed the French lawmaker. "You'd all be speaking German if it wasn't for us" he said, in English.
Why do people keep joining Poirot in small groups in isolated places? How do none of them ever notice the pattern?
March 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Why do people keep joining Poirot in small groups in isolated places? How do none of them ever notice the pattern?
"Man who played Lex Luthor in film no longer wants to be associated with Mark Zuckerberg."
February 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"Man who played Lex Luthor in film no longer wants to be associated with Mark Zuckerberg."
When you forget the password into between typing it in at the reset screen and being redirected back to the login screen.
January 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
When you forget the password into between typing it in at the reset screen and being redirected back to the login screen.
So I chat very frequently to these electromagnetic waves I know.
"Actually we're particles now" they said. "Oh." I was a bit surprised.
"That's right. We're ex-rays."
"Actually we're particles now" they said. "Oh." I was a bit surprised.
"That's right. We're ex-rays."
January 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So I chat very frequently to these electromagnetic waves I know.
"Actually we're particles now" they said. "Oh." I was a bit surprised.
"That's right. We're ex-rays."
"Actually we're particles now" they said. "Oh." I was a bit surprised.
"That's right. We're ex-rays."
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“they’re consuming their own garbage” is not just an American phenomenon
there are no adults in the room anywhere
there are no adults in the room anywhere
December 31, 2024 at 4:56 PM
“they’re consuming their own garbage” is not just an American phenomenon
there are no adults in the room anywhere
there are no adults in the room anywhere