5 votes so far today on /links
Night of the Wolverine - Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes
while I'm thinking about wolverines
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 19 Mar 2026, 4:37,
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James J. Corbett vs Bob Fitzsimmons (17.03.1897) – First Recorded Heavyweight Title Fight (boxing)
No sound, desiccated potato picture quality, missing scenes/reels, some bizarre editing and production decisions...
Baffling fight quality. It looks faker than pro wrestling does today. They fight like children. Boxing has come a loooooooooong way.
Gentleman Jim's ring attire is possibly NSFW in 2026, apparently gender was more fluid in 1897.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Thu 19 Mar 2026, 1:38,
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Jim's attire in some of his photos is little different from that worn by boxers when Gillray was drawing them
apart from the shoes not having buckles
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Looks like mixing and matching different film.
Maybe some of it had deteriorated.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Thu 19 Mar 2026, 13:18,
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The first ever SNL sketch
Possibly even less funny than the one below despite having Chevy Chase in it. Feels like they watched Monty Python while fucked on drugs and then tried to recreate it.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Wed 18 Mar 2026, 17:38,
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I was reminded of this old Sock by D. Firth
- dream-inspired oddity. No doubt glasscock from like 20 years ago.
Machine gun cat at 1:36
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 13:33,
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I wanted more of this world.
"...and I don't like it when you speak Russian".
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 16:05,
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I'd forgotten all about that gem
Cheers for the reminder - it really did stand out at the time.
Does anyone remember a website that had loads of 'w's in the URL and had pages with strange images and random links to navigate between them? On reflection it might be better just remembering it...
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 21:56,
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That's rather special!
It wasn't the one I had in mind - the one thing I remember is a picture of some pigeons on the ground, with small buttons scattered around the screen which may or may not link to a different, unpredictable page. It was all very odd and unsettling. The pigeons were inexplicably menacing!
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Thu 19 Mar 2026, 13:51,
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Not sure about the quantity of 'w's in the URL,
but I'm glad www.superbad.com/ is still online.
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benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 22:09,
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One of my absolute favourites
Me and my wife still quote bits of it.
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It's a shame that none of that was even slightly funny
and it's an even bigger shame that Tina Fey's competent delivery does not flatter the rest of them by comparison. I feel embarrassed just watching.
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It's an odd one,
its fame/reputation in the UK massively outweighs its actual exposure. Most of us know of it because of its A-list comedy alumni, but very few have actually seen more than the odd [unfunny] clip.
Seems an odd brand to launch a provincial spin-off from, can't imagine there's any significant demand for it. Maybe they're hoping it'll seize the zeitgeist, but early signs are not hopeful.
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the weirdest thing for me is the 'live' part
when a more important attribute for entertainment is 'good'
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It makes sense for stand-up, as you want that edge.
Not sure it adds anything to a sketch, though, except lower quality production.
Should bring back Friday Night Live. The one-off they did a few years back was surprisingly good.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 19 Mar 2026, 11:24,
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Does everyone have Sky now?
People seem to be talking about this as if it's a major show, but surely no one gives a shit about anything on Sky?
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monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 16:37,
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Didn't even know there was an SNL UK.
What a terrible situation. Someone should delete it immediately.
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Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 16:46,
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If GB news have any validity with a claim of having more viewers than Sky news then i'd guess not
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I have not operated a television in a long time but the last time I did I think there were 2 or 3 sky channels on freeview.
The SNL format has never worked here. American humour is all about cruel stereotypes, punching down, and contrived animalistic whooping.
I've only heard about this because BBC News decided it was more urgent than the massive gains Ukraine has been making recently, the continuing genocide in Palestine, Farage's links to Russia, the flailing state of the Artemis project, and several other stories that I give 2 shits about.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 17:46,
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If that is true,
find me Ken Korda's The Priory commentary!
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monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 19 Mar 2026, 11:30,
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I think SNL in the US keeps its ratings as it's become a cultural touchstone
something people have watched since childhood. The actual show is patchy, not nearly the pace and standard of the better british sketch shows. This has none of that support, it's a tough ask. The US show also leans heavily on satirical impressions, i wonder if there's much talent among this lot to do a farage or a king chuck
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 21:03,
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I'm glad I watched that
now I know to avoid the actual show.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 23:12,
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They've closed the file on Len Deighton
One of my favourite authors, but 97 is a good innings
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 23:53,
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i'd prefer to see the raw footage
- instead of "comedy" edits with "funny" noises
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 7:25,
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Welcome to b3ta.com
One assumes you're already familiar with the original footage and are well prepared for the satire.
Don't try to get your news from Vic Berger (or Tim Heidecker, or even David Liebe Hart).
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 14:49,
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Hitchens v Iran
Remember Christopher Hitchens? He was a great journalist when journalism was a thing. Here are his thoughts on Islam.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Tue 17 Mar 2026, 18:06,
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Most powerful cults pose a threat when they want to expand.
Hitchens makes some decent arguments and is willing to be frank.
However, it seems a little out of date now, given what is happening in the US, white evangelical Christians pose more of a threat.
They are trying to spread it all over Europe (in a political sense) backed by lobbying and funding.
Some of them want the 'end times', an apocalyptic vision, to bring Jesus back.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 19:11,
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There's a fucking brilliant Storyville documentary that goes into this.
Praying for Armageddon.
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I might have seen part of that.
Many religious beliefs seem disturbingly devoid of morals or rationality.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 13:03,
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I made this postcard move - Royal Horse Guards Sentry, Whitehall, London.
I made this!
Horsepower
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That was very good indeed
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 18:00,
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Splendid!
I try to anticipate what will happen in your moving postcards, and I'm always wrong-footed.
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Varmint, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 19:07,
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Boffins build fart-tracking pants
Researchers at the University of Maryland built a sensor that clips onto underwear and listens for hydrogen.
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Good that they were going after H2
Because not everyone produces methane, which appears to be at least partly produced by those weird archaea living in the gut. But there may be enough H2 to run a fuel cell to charge your phone. Silent but deadly.
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I need pants that warn me...
A crafty fart will turn into a massive follow through
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 22:00,
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Some folks also need ABS
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hoppitygoestotown The temporal displacement occurred exactly, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 1:23,
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Man parks in every space at his supermarket
Made a spreadsheet and everything.
And people call me sad.
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Wiltshire
It's not like there's much else to do
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TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 15:07,
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I like this except the part where it costs all the money.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 19:22,
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it's in Denmark www.grobund.org/kopi-af-bliv-medlem
it's 50,000DKK which is about £5k fro the factory
I would love to do it apart from my commitments - and no visa :(
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I watched all of that
Much of it was pleasing. Thank you
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unclepills, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 19:51,
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Bored? I've been looking at the doohickeycorporation
a reddit thread of people posting vids of homemade, stupid, or otherwise notable or convoluted contraptions
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 1:57,
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Play the Only Connect walls
Someone gathered up all the OC walls and made an interactive games out of them
Great stuff if you're like this sort of thing
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Sn0tters 🇯🇴🇧🇧🇮🇪, Mon 16 Mar 2026, 21:28,
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They put one in the Radio Times every week too - good stuff
If my mum didn't get it every week (ooer) I'd have been under the impression it was defunct.
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VicJameson : fucking internet virgins since, Mon 16 Mar 2026, 21:35,
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Just had one where the connection was "end in letters of the alphabet".
What bloody words don't?
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jonbob loves you, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 2:42,
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Awa', Jonbob, awa'!
Tho' sceptic of this connect round
Your lack o' gen of the poets sound,
means you'll do no good at a'
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Unless we’re talking tlhIngan Hol, apostrophes are not letters.
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jonbob loves you, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 9:33,
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Something something serious Burns unit.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Wed 18 Mar 2026, 18:42,
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I couldn't watch more than 5 seconds of that.
I'm sure his skit was lovely, but the Oscars just turns my fucking stomach.
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Grrr self-congratulatory cunts wanking over each other at an awards show that means nothing.
Whilst the plebs sit ogling at them as the world falls to bits around us.
It's just a massive fucking circlewank for the film industry.
One Battle After Another was self-indulgent bollocks and easily one of PTA's weakest films.
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"Grrrr. Movie with Lib themes"
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 0:27,
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I honestly cannot be fucked with writing up my own interpretation outlining how fucking low-rent OBAA is.
But this bloke pretty much sums it up perfectly
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that doesn't seem to be a critique about any of the elements of movie making
like plot, performance or direction. It sounds like somebody whining that the baddies could have been more subversive, like some other film he recently watched, and then some irrelevant bollocks about trans athletes, and why he thinks other people liked it on the assumption everyone's just as much a reactionary as him, rather than it being a cool, well-made film with good performances and a chase.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 7:15,
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It's okay to have a difference of opinion, hun.
No need to get so worked up about it. Personally, I didn't think it was much to write home about, either. It's certainly not the worst film I've seen in the past 12 months, but it's a poor effort in comparison to There Will be Blood and Boogie Nights.
I enjoyed Sinners a far more than One Battle and as irrelevant as the Academy Awards are, the Best Original Score was deserved. There's still no getting around the fact that it was still essentially just a blackified From Dusk Till Dawn, though. Still, a lot of fun.
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that was me having a difference of opinion, schnookums
I reckoned marty supreme was just the apprenticeship of duddy kravitz doing the queens gambit
I thought one battle was a great film. not a masterpiece, but a strong second half pay off after a lengthy disjointed set-up. felt like there was more at stake than similar violent tarantino/rodriguez/sinners style thrillers. And it had better car chases than There will be blood
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 13:12,
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The thing I don't get about OBAA is why
critics loved that but hated Eddington.
The latter was criticised for things that seem to apply to OBAA, whilst (to me) being no where near as fun or interesting.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 12:45,
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I guess it depends what you're after when you go see a film
if you're just interested in social commentary, than Eddington seems more hot button than the broader stroke themes of OBAA. But audiences found it a slog, and it dropped out of the box office in it's second week, so it wasn't just the critics. I found the first act of OBAA a bit of a slog too, but it redeemed itself by being a really well directed action thriller in the end. It had better performances, a clearer vision, tauter actions scenes, and funnier scenes when it needed to be. Eddington might have been a better film with a better filmmaker/script as the subject matter was interesting. imho
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 13:32,
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I'm aware it's ultimately just personal taste,
but I found Eddington funny and not a slog, but found OBAA a bit of a slog and not funny, so even in your post the criticism feels the wrong way round!
I mean, almost everyone seems to disagree with my opinion (except John Waters, as it was his film of the year) but it's weird when you really enjoyed something everyone seems to hate.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 13:46,
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fair enough
there's films I liked that nobody else seemed to and ones they rave about that left me cold. I can only say that somewhat objectively the actions sequences in the second half of OBAA were well put together from a purely filmmaking perspective, though if you weren't connecting to the characters or plot that's not going to help.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 22:44,
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i think the first cameraman when they cut to leo was tripping over
around 8:10 on the clip. Otherwise weird to cut to a camera that's pointing at the floor
Monologue was ok, a few were a bit lame
(edit)This might have been shared before so I'll whack it here. When I used to hang around tvc at the beeb, I was most impressed by directing live tv from the booth rather than the content, it's a real art. So it's noticeable when they fuck up like above. Here's a clip from the oscars from over a decade ago to see it done well: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vLVbhuzWOk&t=121s
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 16 Mar 2026, 6:20,
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The Shatner effect.
Some people just morph into a completely different face and body post-30.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 16 Mar 2026, 17:06,
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I guess I am in my 'not rich enough to completely melt' phase
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Octo I ruin everything., Tue 17 Mar 2026, 10:30,
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I think adding corn syrup to everything is what does it to the yanks.
Or maybe our lead poisoning keeps us trim.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 22:06,
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In light of current events.
And why couldn't I have' had a history 'teacher this hip.
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cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Sun 15 Mar 2026, 21:52,
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Interesting comments.
We should collectively decide racists aren't welcome here. I suggest you all stop interacting with them. Stop giving them comfort, stop giving them validation.
See someone doing racism? Report them, then ignore them.
Are you a moderator? Enforce the fucking rules then, you useless bastard.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 16 Mar 2026, 17:13,
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mmmmm, 'collectively', not sure we are? Perhaps the government or a 'moderator' can make a rounded assessment, to ratify its whining.
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I'm not exactly using complicated language to describe complex ideas here.
Try to keep up if you insist on joining in.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 16 Mar 2026, 22:35,
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What exactly do you mean?
Please use precise language to convey literal meaning.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 16 Mar 2026, 22:29,
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Too annoying, great ideas though.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Tue 17 Mar 2026, 0:51,
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Joe Dark vs Bigred - Don't Tell Me (Grange Street Mix)
I made this!
Long story, that this episode will be a chapter of the book that I'm going to write about it.
I accidentally ended up sharing an HMO/Crack Den with Joe at the end of last year for a couple of weeks. He told me I was a rapper, and I laughed at him. Every young kid is a rapper these days, eh?
He gave me some weed. I rarely partake these in such things these days, but two hours later I'd produced this remix for him.
Another two hours later, I'd made this video using the free version of Grok.
Turned out OK.
Maybe I should smoke more weed.
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I hope they get a conviction this time
They look like serial offenders
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 15 Mar 2026, 12:01,
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Cathedral stone mason short
CDC noses included
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sat 14 Mar 2026, 21:29,
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