Look at the state of this insufferable smug cunt.
Like the illegitimate offspring of Paul Dano and Martin Lewis.
Joe Lycett did not shred £10k in David Beckham Qatar protest
(, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 16:32, Reply)
Big fan, aye?
Oh, wait, he's a bit camp and a bit queer, no surprise you can't stand him.
(, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 16:40, Reply)
When the evil Shredder attacks
that ten thousand
I'll never get back
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 16:44,
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At least he's actually trying to do something and taking action
instead of just being a twat about other people.
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Varmint, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 17:07,
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So you don't think he's wrong, you just don't like him flaunting his moral superiority and/or the way he looks?
Is this you signalling the virtue of not signalling virtues again? Got a touch of the homophobia?
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 17:10,
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You should go see his live tour
It’s genuinely one of the most joyful and uplifting things I’ve ever seen.
You’d hate it.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 17:23,
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I streamed it the other day.
It is very enjoyable.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 19:18,
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He's released it on his own site.
(He said Netflix had turned it down on RHLSTP)
watch.joelycett.com/
With Liz Truss cursor on desktop.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 10:38,
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I'm with you. He was quite good on sewing bee but i can't stand this smug, pious shtick to stay in the news
(, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 18:36, Reply)
Yeah.
Although, now that I have been informed of Mr Lycett's sexual preferences by the resident pearl clutchers, perhaps I should retract my statement before I get cancelled for gay bashing. What a relief that he isn't Jewish!
(, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 20:14, Reply)
You thought he might be Jewish because he didn't burn real money?
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 20:35,
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I hate this image
Weird reversed thumbnail, scales not following line of tail, random application of line thickness. Scientifically wrong!!!
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 13:33,
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Also instead of seashells there's now some kind of weird flower petal bra
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 13:35,
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Fictional child mermaids are sexy, you think
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 15:38,
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The whole thing looks like it's been slapped together using stolen clipart
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 16:07,
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Maybe, as a grown adult, you should have zero interest in such things
(, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 16:18, Reply)
As someone in a vaguely-related job I hate shoddy artwork that was obviously done on a budget of ten quid
Pay enough to have something done properly, or don't bother doing it at all
That it's for 5 year olds to scribble all over is irrelevant, standards and professional pride goddammit
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 16:51,
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It's a colouring book...
Surely they can be any colour the kid chooses?
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 19:04,
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As it's a colouring book, the paper background is white, strangely enough.
Other than more appearances of curly hair I'm not quite sure what black "features" the reviewer is looking for.
Perhaps it's just a troll post.
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 19:46,
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"But ... they're all white"
"Yes dear, you have to colour them in"
The paper is not skin colour, unless you live in 1980s Beanotown or got built by Dr Soong
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 19:49,
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Big lips, wide nose, crack pipe.
More importantly, could a POC mermaid actually swim, considering the higher bone density?
(, Wed 23 Nov 2022, 9:08, Reply)
That study seems to have a lot of maths in it. Maths is colonial and racist.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 23 Nov 2022, 17:53,
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Could you show me the part where I, or literally anyone else here, clutched their pearls?
The fantasy world you live in sounds awful. You should try to snap out of it.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 20:58,
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Not pearl clutching.
But determined to clear yourself of any pearl clutching allegations. Righto, pearl clutcher.
(, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 21:28, Reply)
I’ll stick to Dave Chappelle.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 19:31,
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people can advocate for any issue they want.
and I imagine as a gay bloke, he probably does feel like it's a good chance to make some noise while the attention is on qatar. Probably pointless, but who knows if they get enough international pressure
but let's say it's a cynical move only done for self-promotion by someone you think is smug. The only reason I know about it is you getting upset and posting about it, so you're aiding him by not being able to ignore
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 22:21,
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I think Beckham was an extremely poor choice of target.
He obviously wasn’t going to respond. Lycett has also got a lot of form recently for pulling stunts where all is not what it seems to be, and has been in the tabloids for it, so the outcome is no surprise at all. If he had gone after one of his BBC stablemates, someone hyperactive on Twitter, say Gary Lineker, that might have been worth microwaving some popcorn for. He had big enough balls to undermine Laura Kuenssberg on her show, but he’ll not take on the jug eared fried potato vendor. Why not? Lineker has 8.6m followers. Lycett has 1.3m. Beckham appears not to be on there.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 22:55,
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Gary Lineker hasn't been paid £150million
by Qatar to tell everyone what a great place it is for 10 years, and has had least made some remarks about the corruption.
Not sure how the incredibly famous ambassador is a poor choice of target. His brand is being progressive, and I do think this has harmed it.
It is going to be an elephant in the room of any interview that doesn't bring it up.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 23:24,
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Beckham seems happy to deal with some pretty venal characters
But I always feel that criticising him is like bullying the special needs kid. I know it's just that essex childlike way he speaks that makes him sound like a simpleton and he must be more switched on than that, but I can't help it
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 9:51,
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I think he was a poor choice of target because he would never engage.
I never meant to imply he wasn’t a valid target. Your implication that Lineker is earning significantly less money and therefore is significantly less culpable is inane. Beckham is little more than a talisman. He rarely speaks publicly, and when he does it’s just bland platitudes. Lineker is endlessly promoting this tournament on the BBC and Twitter, and is very politically engaged, Beckham isn’t at all. Lineker is making very good money too. He really has no right to pass comment on Qatar’s human rights when he’s making so much money under their auspices. I’m not sure Beckham’s brand will be at all harmed. His brand is that of a nice guy former footballer, and this is a football tournament, he’ll be fine. I think he can weather the storm of a twenty year old very low circulation magazine cover being shredded.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 11:53,
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Linkeker's less culpable because he is earning no direct money from Qatar
to say they are great. He's even said the opposite.
He'd earn the same money no matter where the competition was. He's as culpable as anyone else working there who had no say in where it is.
Beckham's job is to be paid millions to be an ambassador for ten years, and do PR for the government.
I'd say that's a different league of culpability. You think it's inane to think there's a difference between working in a country and endorsing its government. That's where we differ.
I'd have not known about his deal if it wasn't for Joe Lycett, so there's at least one person who now thinks he's a dodgy cunt because of the deal. I suspect there are far more.
Also, I've not actually seen Beckham doing any ambassadorial work for his millions (admittedly I hate football). Lycett spend 10 grand and got a story about Qatar's shit human rights trending for days. I'd say that's the real target, and so it worked as a stunt. His initial plan was to hold a Pride there, and had nothing to do with Beckham.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 13:32,
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You make some good points.
I didn’t know the extent of Beckham’s role and renumeration for it before Lycett’s intervention either. Fair dues to Lycett for that.
Is Beckham worse than Lineker because he’s paid directly by Qatar? I guess, marginally. But he’s not as much as a hypocrite. Beckham is just an airhead talisman. He’ll jump on board any bandwagon world football gets rolling. None of this excuses Lineker. He is making shitloads out of this, and you think that because he piously wags his finger at those laying on the jamboree as he counts the cash he’s made out of it that it’s all ok. It ain’t. He’s a sanctimonious hypocrite.
I think we are on the same side on this. I just won’t let exculpation of Lineker (or anyone making money out of this) go unchallenged. The only reason I don’t go in as hard on Beckham is that I think he’s very thick, and isn’t intellectually capable of even trying to defend his position on this. It’s like blaming a one time Miss World winner for that misogynistic jamboree. Lineker is not as thick, and he is very vocal. He should practice what he preaches.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 14:19,
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I’m blaming spellcheck for that.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 22:39,
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I'm a big fan
Funny, smart, clever and played this very well.
Always enjoy watching the man on TV.
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simbosan is too tired, Mon 21 Nov 2022, 23:11,
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is it about the smugness?
would you like him more if his righteousness was po-faced?
(, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 7:31, Reply)
Mark Thomas did this stuff bettererer
but at least someone is doing it... for the entertainment and all that.
(, Tue 22 Nov 2022, 12:35, Reply)
hello the Daily Mail
maybe try posting about things you like
you might come across as less of a tedious arse
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