It's a weird and horrible bit of inverse snobbery that actually further keeps the imagined masses in their place. Reinforces the idea that culture is not for you, little person, put that Joyce down, Esstenders is on..
14.10.2025 11:41 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Yes sir, sorry sir! Just need to channel this spirit... Always ask, what would Cian Healy do?!
14.10.2025 10:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I'll bet if you yell that in your best Glaswegian it sounds more of a threat. Stick "pal" on the end of it!
14.10.2025 08:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Top floor flat, neighbours downstairs cracked early. Tbf it was assisted. Couldn't reproduce that form again.
14.10.2025 07:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The year I got to November 12.... that was special. May have sent an abusive and sarcastic tweet to British Gas.
14.10.2025 07:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The Faroe Islands locker room was quite rightly hyped after the territory of just 55,000 people stunned the Czech Republic 2-1 ๐ฅณ
Itโs their third straight World Cup win, arguably the biggest in their history, and leaves the Faroes one point off a World Cup play-off spot. Truly remarkable ๐ซ๐ด
13.10.2025 11:54 โ ๐ 2103 ๐ 218 ๐ฌ 66 ๐ 28
Get well soon sir
"I can't go on... I'll go on."
13.10.2025 18:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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Three Taiwanese films/TV series about the death penalty
"These three stories do more than just critique the criminal legal system; they dissect and obliterate illusions of meritocracy in a society whose winners were educated at top schools and have jobs that exert social and political power." [โฆ]
12.10.2025 20:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
She sounds like an absolutely incredible woman. My sincere sympathies to your family.
10.10.2025 19:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A forgivable error when you remember how she was!
10.10.2025 19:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Is it just Boris Johnson?
10.10.2025 18:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
What, for one of your breezeblock loaves?
10.10.2025 18:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
You're getting done for that
10.10.2025 15:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills
When all at once I saw a sight
A flock of white-sock wearing wools
10.10.2025 14:43 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
We only have to think of the speech the late Queen made in Ireland acknowledging past wrongs and ask yourself if you can imagine Vladimir Putin making a similar speech about past horrors let alone the present day.
09.10.2025 17:56 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Consuming the national assets there. A creamy pint of GDP!
09.10.2025 17:52 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I love that soliloquy. It's perfect.
09.10.2025 12:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I'll allow it
09.10.2025 11:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
And how was the play, Mrs Lincoln... etc
But yes, it's less and less a part of my life, and hearing anecdata that the kids are less and less keen to adopt it. Worth keeping an account for the schadenfreude orgasm when one of the big tech bros goes bankrupt.
09.10.2025 10:36 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I used to follow you on the dark place. Just checking, will there still be Deng Xiaoping memes?
08.10.2025 17:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
You know who doesn't integrate? People like Robert Jenrick. You think he works out at the local leisure centre? Goes to the Tuesday night pub quiz? You think his golf club lets anyone play? Or his private members' clubs let anyone in? He puts the ick in prick
07.10.2025 22:20 โ ๐ 596 ๐ 121 ๐ฌ 13 ๐ 10
Appears to be down for me too, even when searching for people in the news where you'd expect lots of results
08.10.2025 13:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Capitalism - the market will settle on a fair price for the exchange of commodities
Also capitalism- how about zero?
08.10.2025 13:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Don't threaten me with a good time
08.10.2025 12:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
A curse on it!
08.10.2025 12:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I feel ya
08.10.2025 12:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
๐ That's a brilliant phrase x
08.10.2025 11:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Let's uninvent that quickly
07.10.2025 22:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Ewww
07.10.2025 22:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
This is what we call life goals
07.10.2025 19:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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