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Refugee from the Bad Place. Generally sarcastic, sometimes amusing, occasionally serious, generally dull. Zero life plan. Love a Bourbon. Dark sense of humour. Quiet... normally @maplefiltered over there

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The Long Game
Imagine you are a tenant, in the worst financial crash in living memory, and you discover that over three thousand of your very precious and irreplaceable euros have been sent by your idiot bank to your previous landlord.
And then he won't give them back. Not then, but also, not later either.
He just keeps the money, because that is how Irish private landlords behave. You pay a deposit to a landlord and then they try anything on to refuse to give it back.
Now imagine you spend the next 16 years seething every time that landlord appears on the
TV, being fรชted for his sporting triumphs, receiving state appointments and still never giving you your money.
And now, and I invite you to imagine this in full 8k Hi-Def Surround Sound, imagine seeing that guy announce he was running to be President and realising you were going to tell your story and End It.

The Long Game Imagine you are a tenant, in the worst financial crash in living memory, and you discover that over three thousand of your very precious and irreplaceable euros have been sent by your idiot bank to your previous landlord. And then he won't give them back. Not then, but also, not later either. He just keeps the money, because that is how Irish private landlords behave. You pay a deposit to a landlord and then they try anything on to refuse to give it back. Now imagine you spend the next 16 years seething every time that landlord appears on the TV, being fรชted for his sporting triumphs, receiving state appointments and still never giving you your money. And now, and I invite you to imagine this in full 8k Hi-Def Surround Sound, imagine seeing that guy announce he was running to be President and realising you were going to tell your story and End It.

I learned about Sports Thumb Jim Gavin dropping out of the Irish Presidential election from @tupped.bsky.social's The Gist this morning and I owe it to you to share this relevant passage, which got my week off to a great start:

06.10.2025 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 179    ๐Ÿ” 61    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

don't bully me I'll cum

06.10.2025 02:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

05.10.2025 08:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Congratulations are in order.

04.10.2025 08:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 89    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Coffee & Cake to start a weekend with the chaps!

Coffee & Cake to start a weekend with the chaps!

And so the weekend begins!
Supposed to biking and beering but the trails are closed due to wind ๐Ÿคฌ

03.10.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Stop taking my job!

03.10.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In memoriam...

03.10.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5420    ๐Ÿ” 1556    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 76
a bag of "Get Movin' Crackers."

a bag of "Get Movin' Crackers."

what the green flag means at a NASCAR race

01.10.2025 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 588    ๐Ÿ” 123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

I believe her name's Melania...

02.10.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Anyone fancy a Chinese?๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

02.10.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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๐Ÿง Excuse me!

24.09.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿซ‚

01.10.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

01.10.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She was rare, like porn that didn't involve a step-relative

29.09.2025 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In France, cheerleaders wave apple apples

30.09.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Someone frying an egg in a car bonnet

Someone frying an egg in a car bonnet

30.09.2025 21:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yes, I hate the demented circus peanut and everything he represents. No, I don't want to make it my whole personality. That's what my boobs are for.

29.05.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

โ€œbreast milkโ€ implies that we can milk other body parts

30.09.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 83    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

People who block over a bikini pic
probably wear turtlenecks to the beach.

30.09.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 160    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Did it just pop up one day?

30.09.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wow, that was brutal...I was dreaming about waiting for pizza delivery and instead I woke up to my alarm to get ready for work.

30.09.2025 09:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I work between the manufacturers and the customers and hear all the crap coming from the Brands about how good and important it is to connect your Dishwasher to the App on your phone.
So far ZERO people have asked for it in store & most shrug and say no point/don't want it/not arsed when I install

30.09.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't want smart appliances. I want dumb appliances designed by smart engineers.

30.09.2025 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 329    ๐Ÿ” 67    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Was going to say Jagger!

30.09.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man with angel wings says " you people " in front of an angel Alt: Alan Rickman playing Metatron unfurling his wings to prove he's an Angel

Dogma

30.09.2025 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Four paintings by artist  Octopus/Caveman are displayed on a grey countertop. I apologize for the low quality ALT Text description. I'm struggling to describe the paintings.

Four paintings by artist Octopus/Caveman are displayed on a grey countertop. I apologize for the low quality ALT Text description. I'm struggling to describe the paintings.

Got some wonderful pieces by @octopuscaveman.bsky.social. ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค

30.09.2025 00:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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