I think that in the upcoming enshittification of everything presenters (rather than just the tasks they perform) will be replaced by AI facsimiles. Forget Coke and McDonalds ads, everything will be AI generated and we'll be expected to love it. Most terrifyingly, 1984 style, people will.

It's not so much sad as it suggests compulsive behaviour which may be affecting your life beyond having a good wank. Worth talking it through with someone.

The political sphere too I think. Nobody much in politics seems to be standing up for them (with the notable exception of Zack Polanski).

The garden, with the abandoned ladder makes me laugh. All that effort on the inside and outside it's just another gloomy, damp, weedy suburban English garden (apart from the giant fountain).

I want to go for French citizenship as soon as my language skills are good enough but the prospect of being asked about this in an interview terrifies me. I'd have no chance.

It doesn't look remotely like a home to me. It looks like a hotel for rich people with no taste. How would you ever feel comfortable there just chilling out in front of the telly?

It's not even a pie, it's a tart.

English imported tons of words from French, sometimes twice. In Norman French 'G' is often replaced by 'W' (thanks Vikings). So "warden" and "guardian" are basically the same word but one came with William the Conqueror the other later with Richard I.