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Post your favourite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

09.03.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

I forgot

09.03.2026 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They are, of course, mad at the hallucinating AI tool and inspector that caught their shit. Not their tall, management haired, white male selves. Goodness no. They are pure.

09.03.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Accept no substitutes:

09.03.2026 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1272    πŸ” 340    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 8
screencap from the youtube clip of the high five in jackass

a giant hand with bags of flour taped to it is released from a spring loaded mechanism by johnny knoxville and has completely wiped out bam margera. the still shows bam almost rigidly straight at a 45 degree angle as he falls.

screencap from the youtube clip of the high five in jackass a giant hand with bags of flour taped to it is released from a spring loaded mechanism by johnny knoxville and has completely wiped out bam margera. the still shows bam almost rigidly straight at a 45 degree angle as he falls.

fucks sake i forgot how funny bam's fall is

08.01.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just feel like if you tried to do a Gen Z Mr Beast pro streamer Jackass it wouldn't have that kind of dirty verisimilitude. they'd be overreacting before the snooker ball even smacked into their groin. they'd hide the hurt behind their eyes.

09.03.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Half proud the Hold Steady audience made the ceiling rain sweat in Dingwalls last night, half worried I now have conjunctivitis

09.03.2026 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Windows. Coveted with advertising at a Oxford station

Windows. Coveted with advertising at a Oxford station

At Oxford Station, they have had the bright idea of completely plastering the bridge between the entrance and platform 4 with HSBC marketing, blocking out 80% of the light. Just another example how capitalism drives enshitification. Making a note to avoid HSBC from now on.

09.03.2026 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

If you need it explaining - the fire was at the OTHER end of Union Street, and the building in the photo is, AFAIK, absolutely fine.

09.03.2026 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 223    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

I have been at an amazingly joyful gig but also it's got me thinking of departed friends. It's a great community, but community .eams keeping alive the names of those that have passed

09.03.2026 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In the Hold Steady party pit tonight: Ivo Graham #celebspotting

08.03.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alba actually provided a kiddie pool to keep some of the terf shit cordoned off from actual politics. In the meantime, the snp have made no meaningful move to the left at all, so you can expect there to be fuck all roadblocks to the worst people out getting involved with an actual government

08.03.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh noooo

08.03.2026 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope for her sake that that's changed by now

08.03.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just saw an electronic billboard with an ad for holidays in Dubai

08.03.2026 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a four-panel stick-figure cartoon

panel one:
three standing figures. from left to right, a guy wearing a necktie looking at his phone, an angry MAGA guy yelling FUCK YOUR FUCKIN POST FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, and a rando just standing there like an NPC. 

panel two:
the guy looking at his phone shows MAGA guy his hand, causing MAGA to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where fuckface once was. a green-bordered in-game message appears, reading "+2 Mental Health." now the rando is suddenly interested.

panel three:
as our man continues doom-scrolling, a sly grin on his face, the rando on the right puts on a punch-me face and snarls: "Typical lefty, blocking everyone who disagrees with-"

panel four
phone guy shows the hand to punch-me face, causing the rando to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where that dickhead was. a green-bordered in-game message appears again, reading "+2 Mental Health."

a four-panel stick-figure cartoon panel one: three standing figures. from left to right, a guy wearing a necktie looking at his phone, an angry MAGA guy yelling FUCK YOUR FUCKIN POST FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, and a rando just standing there like an NPC. panel two: the guy looking at his phone shows MAGA guy his hand, causing MAGA to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where fuckface once was. a green-bordered in-game message appears, reading "+2 Mental Health." now the rando is suddenly interested. panel three: as our man continues doom-scrolling, a sly grin on his face, the rando on the right puts on a punch-me face and snarls: "Typical lefty, blocking everyone who disagrees with-" panel four phone guy shows the hand to punch-me face, causing the rando to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where that dickhead was. a green-bordered in-game message appears again, reading "+2 Mental Health."

07.03.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6708    πŸ” 2089    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 85
A tuxedo cat sat on a seat at a pub bar

A tuxedo cat sat on a seat at a pub bar

Pub cat

07.03.2026 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A golden retriever and a very flat borzoi. The caption read "please, my son... He is very flat"

A golden retriever and a very flat borzoi. The caption read "please, my son... He is very flat"

07.03.2026 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An uncontrolled crossing crossing of a side road via a refuge in the centre of the junction. Near the camera, the dropped kerb has been totally destroyed and is surrounded by grey barriers with red and white stripes on the top. The road to the right of the barriered off section is littered with potholes.

An uncontrolled crossing crossing of a side road via a refuge in the centre of the junction. Near the camera, the dropped kerb has been totally destroyed and is surrounded by grey barriers with red and white stripes on the top. The road to the right of the barriered off section is littered with potholes.

View from the island back to the barriered off dropped kerb with te potholes to the left.

View from the island back to the barriered off dropped kerb with te potholes to the left.

Two weeks later and barriers have sprouted up on site, which makes it completely impassable if you need a dropped kerb. If you can cope with kerbs, you have to avoid twisting an ankle in a pothole.

Imagine if @london.gov.uk treated drivers like this, there would be outcry.

#EveryJourneyMatters

07.03.2026 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice

06.03.2026 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(if you're a very good technical downhill rider then attacking Tadej on the hope he crashes is a valid strat. Dirty, but valid)

06.03.2026 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If tadej's on the front, just sit in
If tadej's on the front, just sit in,
If tadej's on the front, unless it's a hard downhill, just sit in

06.03.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Four twenties, a ten and a five

06.03.2026 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've said this many times before so forgive me. But horseshoe theory is to political science what astrology is to psychology: a system uniting unrelated & different things in a way that confirms personal biases

06.03.2026 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Historically that would have meant no fan car, no six wheelers, and history would have been poorer for it

06.03.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Map of the Glasgow subway showing that it is in fact a single circle

Map of the Glasgow subway showing that it is in fact a single circle

somebody just stuck their head into the subway carriage and asked where this train was going, which caused some bafflement

06.03.2026 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

Reasons a cis women might have Y chromosomes:

- Twin brother
- Gestating a child with a Y chromosome
- Bone marrow transfusion from someone with a Y chromosome
- Being intersex (we know of XY women who have naturally conceived and given birth)

06.03.2026 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 486    πŸ” 178    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

Sugar is the most likely thing people will have on hand.

To anyone reading; DON'T USE HONEY! It can make bees sick by introducing diseases they have no resistance to.

06.03.2026 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A smol fren

A smol fren

It is smol fren season

06.03.2026 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was β€œyour piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

06.03.2026 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4510    πŸ” 846    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 57