The Nerdskull

Gavin Newsom: **does everything in his power to telegraph that he's a narcissistic power-hungry megalomaniac no better than Trump**

Liberals: Well, he's got my vote!

The Telegraph Graham Linehan My trans critics are cowards. Yes, Ardal O'Hanlon - that includes yOu I expected more from my friend of 25 years. But he would rather condemn me than fight for the rights of women and girls

I expected more from Ardal. I never thought he would intone the catechism. "I still get on great with everyone," he said in a recent interview with The Times, "though I haven't seen much of the show's creator, Graham Linehan, and am baffled as to why he got involved in the culture wars. I feel sorry for him - he's entitled to his opinions, but the way he presented them made it confrontational. When I read that, I phoned him immediately. When people betray me, I always make the mistake of phoning them straight away. My heart was thumping in my chest as I found his number and gave him a faux-polite, "Hey Ardal, how's it going?". My anger was already boiling. I knew exactly what he would say - the exact same things Bill Bailey said when I phoned him, the exact same things Amelia Bullmore said when I wrote to her. I knew, and I phoned anyway, because I can't help myself. And when he started reading from the same script as all the others, I lost my temper. At some point, Ardal said, "I just disagree with you."

I would have said all this to him on the phone, but I was so angry I could not get any of it out. In fact, at one point I said, "You're on my f--ing s--t list." Ridiculous, of course, but unfortunately true. Like Father Ted at the Golden Cleric Awards, I keep a tally of every person who took the easy path and watched me twist in the wind. I can't help it. I remember them all. Tim Heidecker saying I'd gone down a "rabbit hole". David O'Doherty, who didn't have the guts to speak to me. My own brother-in-law publicly calling me insane. Adam Buxton, Jon Ronson, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee. People who knew me, people who had my phone number, people who could have asked, people who assumed the worst because doing otherwise would have exposed them to the same treatment I was receiving. In condemning me, to use Douglas Murray's line, they raise a little flag outside their home so the mob will pass them by. And every time one of them hands a journalist another little quote - another "baffled," another "sorry," another "he's awful, but I hope he's okay" - they get to carry on with their lives while mine gets smaller. None of them

Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬

He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!

I better go check under the computer desk

Towel Wasps

I wonder if there is a fairy that is responsible for tangling up the cords of electronics

Okay, I really love all the ridiculous magical logic bullshit in Pratchett’s writing

I would throw the onions in the pan and sauté them and then add the beaten eggs.

The far right has never believed in free speech. Not for a moment.

All cops are scrooges

I am a bit suspicious of that one. I’ve had Bundaberg root beer and it was the first root beer brand I’ve ever disliked.

Cuba Libre?

That’s because right wingers have been trying to destroy the NHS since its inception and have been quite successful, similar to the postal service in America.

My favorite spiced rum, by far

You know, I love rum and coke as a simple mixed drink to make at home, but now I’m wondering if kraken rum would go well in root beer.

SQUEAK

I really should keep diced onions and diced ham in a ziploc baggie in the fridge. I love sauteed onions and some ham in my scrambled eggs but I rarely want to go through the effort to chop an onion at the time I make them.

Hear. Feel. Think. Cope. Seethe. Mald.

Though I am also partial to the Death of Rats, I admit.

Honestly, Death is my absolute favorite character in Discworld. It’s a very close competition honestly.

But Death is just so great.

Good on Death for ruining capitalism.

Or maybe a better comparison is The Nightmare Before Christmas. A bit of both.

I knew the basic idea of Hogfather. I did not realize that it was basically Death getting The Santa Clause’d.

I have an old Let’s play of Bloodborne going while I read and every time I look up I almost get mad because I’m like “wow this guy is SO BAD at Bloodborne”

Okay, Mr. Teatime is frankly terrifying.

I feel a little cringe right now but the request to erase “the Fat Man” just has me thinking of Family Guy where Stewie decides Santa Claus is part of a conspiracy against him.

This is a longstanding means of murdering indigenous Canadians, where it was given the poetic name ”starlight tours.”

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*gasp* A video game music opinion I disagree with? Well I never!

Yep.

Personally, I’m on the side of seeing what’s in the sealed door.