Steven McInerney

I really enjoyed Fantastic Four! Such a wonderfully breezy & fun film. Was it perfect? Of course not, but it felt so refreshing given where the MCU has headed...and that soundtrack. Oh man. Bombast at its best with such an all timer of a hook. Gets my blood flowing. Just screams wonder & adventure.

Thanks mate. I only worry about it in the sense that I worry about the world my sons are going to grow up in. I don't want that spark knocked out of him by a disengaged and dulled world incapable of human interaction. It's disappearing.

You can tell that they just have no reference point in how to be friendly or talk to people they don't know. I hear him talking to them so politely & it makes my heart swell with pride but he gets nowt back & it destroys me. I worry about him struggling to connect and having his confidence knocked

Strong agree. I see it everywhere. My son is an incredibly sociable already and he's only 2.5 years old. He approaches other children in the park or whatever to try and talk and play with them and they just stare at him blankly (even the older ones) and ignore him. I find it heartbreaking.

Presume the account was bought tbh

Yep. Hate saying this as a City fan...but this is what big successful clubs do. Great sides have numerous great goalscorers. Also, they have to replace Jota sadly. Nunez and Diaz leaving too. Isak and Ekitike doesn't actually seem excessive to me in terms of squad planning tbh.

Sorry. In a bad mood today. Just sick of witnessing all this stuff on a daily basis. Parenting is a sacrifice. It isn't meant to be easy. So what if your kid kicks off? Deal with it. Teach them how to be bored and teach them how to be an active part of society. They learn nothing from disengagement

The beauty of becoming a parent is that you realise how wonderfully simple life actually is...but the other side is that your eyes are opened to how much we are fucking up our kids so willingly with laziness while society laps it up, even encourages it. Stop ignoring your kids man. Just talk to them

Earphones in ignoring their kids when on a pram walk, tablet out when they're in a car or out eating, glued to screens when at home, phones immediately in their hands when they know how to use them. Is it any wonder kids are growing nervous of social interactions? So frustrating to witness.

Enjoyed that mate and tbh it feels like I'm already doing this instinctively anyway thankfully. Gently showing him fun things, tempting his curiosity, but keeping it gentle. I think a feeling of ownership is really important. If he feels like it's partly his call then he'll be happier/more invested.

Surprised myself by not really pushing my son towards football yet. He's 3 in a few months and I've not sat & watched a game with him yet. He knows what football is if he sees me watching it but his interest in kicking a ball lasts a few seconds. I guess it comes naturally? Dunno.

slight issue for me is my job is based aorund social media. i try my best to be as present as possible though!

Obviously it's a long way away for us, given our oldest isn't even three yet, but how have you guys found dealing with the smart phone issue with your kids? Genuinely hoping there are decent societal reforms by the time they're grown up. Don't want our sons anywhere near phones until near adulthood.

DK Bananza has got me gagging for a new Banjo-Kazooie. Obviously the mechanics are v different, but there's just sumat about the mood and level design that feels so so similar. Nowt has reminded me of it more than this. It's what Banjo-Tooie should have been when it tried for the bigger level thing.

Can anyone see any way out of the mess this country is in politically any time soon? The country is very obviously reaching a boiling point and there are incredibly vocal and angry voices on both sides of the political spectrum. It's going to explode and it's going to be very ugly.

Starting to feel for me that BlueSky is the app I prefer to have discussions around things that actually matter away from football. Impossible to have mature, reasoned discussions over on the other place. Just too much hate/negativity. Here you can without having to block half of the repliers.

I don't even know if there is a way to get through it other than just accepting it? I don't know. We're truly exhausted and sleep deprived too which doesn't help I guess. Maybe we just need to rest and remember everything was okay and we handled it brilliantly. Dunno.

I usually have the answer for most things. Bit of a smart arse that way - my own personal therapist... but I think this is the first time I've ever gone through something traumatic and been genuinely stricken by it. I think that's scared us too. We can face anything together, and it's frightened us.

We're both trying to process it and I guess this is also a part of me trying to process it too. It's such a surreal and frightening experience to feel so out of control. We handled it perfectly. Might have even saved his life...but man. I just don't know what to say or to do? Never felt like it.

My wife and I are okay but definitely in shock. It's terrifying. Especially given how unpredictable and random the cause is. We've done really well to avoid his allergens and he didn't even eat anything. Think it came from cross contamination of something we ate and him being all over us a toddler.

My two year old had the start of a severe allergic reaction last night. We rang 999 and I had to administer the EpiPen. He thankfully settled very quickly and was taken for observations and was fine etc. NGL, I definitely feel traumatised by it though. We're not even 100% sure what caused it.

Consoles exclusively. Have all the current ones

DK Bananza is a proper video game. Feels like I'm back playing something on the N64 again. It's incredible. Banjo-Kazooie with the scope of Mario Odyssey, the fun of the Galaxy games and the physics and creativity of the modern Zelda games...and Minecraft? Utterly engrossed by it already.

Didn't enjoy it with the first either tbh haha

people who prefer the newborn stage are mental. I love my son and all obviously, but they just shit, piss, keep you up all night and cry. toddlers >>>>>>>>

Full review please.

Space Station Silicon Valley. Come on.

Im delighted

And ps I hope you are enjoying new born life! Just joined that party too this week with our second 🩵

100% bang on. New girl is fucking hilarious. So so much better than people give it credit for.