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Tech pessimist who's seen and understands the inherent dangers of tech reliance and privacy invasion. I do not post AI slop, I will not follow, and will unfollow anyone who does.

Neuro-spicy & on the spectrum with a tendency towards creating uncomfortable silences and the odd social faux pas.

4yrs on Mastodon, have switched instances

I will randomly comment on your toots, I will be attempting jokes, sarcasm, dark humour & obscure pop culture references.

Now with 50% more sarcasm!!!

What Am I?: A meatsack with an expiration date
Book Tastes: Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Humour/Thrillers
Movie & TV Tastes: Almost anything well written, acted & directed
Musical Tastes: 80's, 90's, Goth, Rock, Metal, Indie

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2026-07-08 16:27:24 UTC

Gym Bro: I get up at 4am and go for a run, by 6am I'm at the gym training... That's the peak of being an alpha male.
Me: Not it's not... Have you ever actually seen an apex predator... they're all lazy as fuck. Bears hibernate for months, lions sleep most of the day as do tigers, cheetahs and other large predators.
Gym Bro: So
Me: You know who gets up a 4am and runs about the place.
Gym Bro: Who?
Me: Squirrels... you're a fucking squirrel.

2026-06-28 18:22:41 UTC

Which one are you?
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2026-06-23 12:15:56 UTC

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This is intentional and part of the pump and dump strategy employed repeated by these people.
They do the IPO, immediate high valuation and increase. People buy into it, pension funds are virtually forced to buy stock as part of the NASDAQ 100 in the USA... Shortly after, the employees who are paid with stock options can sell theirs... prices fall, then more people can sell and the prices fall further.
Guess who can't sell yet... those pension funds and so forth... they're stuck with an ever decreasing share value until August.
It's always the same plan... always the same people.
This is the system working exactly as designed... for them, never for you.

2026-06-12 11:57:41 UTC

Please... take this with you and share far and wide.
#FuckAI
#NoAI
#AISlop
#BurnDownTheDataCentres
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2026-06-01 15:02:22 UTC

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It's thinking 'Shit... did I leave the stove on?'

2026-04-18 08:57:41 UTC

Japan had a national survey to decide on a new word to describe blisteringly hot days over 40ºC
The word is 'Kokoshobi' and means 'Cruelly Hot'
Finally... I have an appropriate word to describe my ex. 🤔 😆
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crr185nx0n9o

2026-04-14 15:15:30 UTC

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Then your problems are greater than a door that locks electronically and has no grabable handle to be able to open it.
Battery fires are a problem, that should be solved by new sodium/lithium batteries now available. China also developed a system that could eject a battery pack... not sure on it's actual practicality for use though.
But petrol tanks exploding is also still a thing, and that was the cause of an old friends death when she was just 21... a drunk driver ploughed into her head on and her car exploded.
The problem is technology moving faster than legislation... they're only just starting to realise that LED headlights on SUV style cars is becoming a problem... let alone battery fires.

2026-04-14 10:52:25 UTC

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China have actually banned the use of hidden door handles, now all doors must have a physical handle that can open it.

2026-04-07 10:04:59 UTC

I am the new AI replacement.
Ask Me Anything
Because I too can misinform you and hallucinate... But I use less water and electricity. I can run on cookies.

2026-03-20 18:31:17 UTC

I keep hearing about people saying that they can't survive for 2 months without an income.
This means we need to educate people on financial literacy.
So here's the first lesson.
The system is working exactly as designed, it's to concentrate wealth with the already wealthy and to keep the majority of workers on the brink of destitution, where they risk losing their homes, their possessions and their health if they dare to think they deserve better.
That's the first, last and only lesson... You are now financially literate.
Rise up... eliminate the ultra wealthy and remember that together, we have the true power.

2026-03-19 09:33:37 UTC

If you ever try to scrape ice of the windscreen of your car in the morning. Do not use one of those store discount cards.
You'll only get 10-20% off.
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2026-03-10 15:38:11 UTC

I learned a new word today.
'Binfluencer'
That's the guy on your street who puts the correct bin out early each week, thus signalling to everyone else which one they need to take out.

2026-03-10 00:10:51 UTC

I've been getting into writing a lot of short fiction.
I call them 'to do lists'

2026-03-03 16:59:52 UTC

Well... that's pretty accurate.
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2026-03-01 17:59:13 UTC

I feel like I'm in a safe place amongst a lot of other 'ZEROS' on here.
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2026-02-21 17:11:40 UTC

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In my late teens and early 20's... so... first half of the 90's. We used to go to a rock club, in one corner they had what was for the era... a giant video wall of CRT TV's in a 4x4 grid.
They used to play pingu episodes all night whilst a few hundred metal heads head banged away on the dance floor.
Not quite sure why... but rockers all love Pingu... and if you didn't like Pingu... we thought you were sus.

2026-02-19 22:41:56 UTC

No comment needed
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2026-02-08 10:12:20 UTC

Had a visitor yesterday, got to spend a lot of time with Ziggy... He is fascinated by my beard... he's also a poser. Loves the camera.
There's something wonderful about sitting back on the sofa, with a puppy on your chest, his front paws either side of your neck and his face snuggled up against your beard... and you look down into those big beautiful eyes staring at you.
I'm definitely becoming his favourite... he makes a bee line for me all the time.
#DogsOfMastodon
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2026-02-02 20:25:17 UTC

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Given that there's a lot of retro looking pixel art games being released these days, and I'm an older gamer from the 80's onwards and don't recognise it... but it's in the streets of rage style.... I'm going with modern.

2026-01-30 11:06:02 UTC

Undiagnosed neuro-divergence is like playing a video game on the hardest settings, whilst everyone else is gaslighting you by saying it's on the easy mode.
When you are diagnosed (even self diagnosed) it's like realising you are on the hard setting, it doesn't make the game any easier... But you know you're going to struggle and can find ways to work around the problems to better suit your abilities.
#neurodivergent

2026-01-20 10:41:09 UTC

30yrs ago, I started using the internet as an escape from reality.
These last few years, I've started using reality as an escape from the internet.

2026-01-18 15:28:23 UTC

My finger when using the cheap toilet paper at some one else's house.
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2026-01-17 18:20:55 UTC

I've officially met the puppy and he's adorable... but more important... he adores me. He couldn't get enough of my beard, snuggling up under my chin. He kept making a bee line for me at every opportunity.
He's being trained too, so I made sure I was given some treats and made him do a few things... sit, lay down, took him for a pee in the garden and so forth.
He's such a good boy, very clever too... but he's a collie... so we knew he was going to be smart.
#DogsOfMastodon
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2025-12-15 11:36:44 UTC

Santa: You're either on the naughty list or the nice list.
Me: What if I'm trying to be good, but have to do bad things for good reasons.
Santa: Naughty or nice, you're either with me or against me.
Kenobi: Only a sith deals in absolutes
Santa: (hissing noise as lightsaber ignites)

2025-12-14 11:18:43 UTC

I sometimes wonder odd little things... Like if the first person to ever be killed by a sex robot has already been born and is wandering around oblivious to the fact they will eventually have a Wikipedia page detailing their death.

2025-12-06 10:10:00 UTC

It may have taken 26yrs, But Lou Bega has finally dropped a sequel to his biggest hit.
#WhenYouGetIt
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2025-11-22 13:09:39 UTC

Demon: Welcome to hell, here you will be eternally punished for your sins, and you were guilty of gluttony.
Me: Cool, I've always been a glutton for punishment.
Demon: (picks up walkie talkie) Erm, could I get a manager down here please.

2025-11-22 12:07:24 UTC

Dumb internet article: Here's 5 reasons you should be helping your wife clean the house.
Me: If all 5 reasons aren't 'Because you FUCKING LIVE THERE' then it's bullshit misogynist clickbait

2025-11-19 17:59:27 UTC

I've invented a new religion, everyone must worship a specific shade of blue.
We're going to be Cyantologists.

2025-11-13 12:12:42 UTC

Me: Did you know that after the Neanderthals died out there was a new, quicker moving sub species that wandered the plains and aimlessly looking for food and water, and never settling anywhere for more than a few days?
Friend: I've never heard of them, what were they called?
Me: The Meanderthals.

2025-11-07 11:27:23 UTC

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It's often a massive circle jerk
Company A invests in company B
Company B invests in company C
Company C invests in company A
If that's happening (which it is), it's an attempt to boost values and stave of the bubble bursting.

2025-10-03 20:53:17 UTC

Manchester police having a higher body count than the synagogue attacker is not the headline I was expecting.

2025-08-30 19:38:21 UTC

The racists in this country right now fuelled by fake patriotism, the media and politicians.
I'd much rather see an immigrant working hard, than the English working hard to destroy England.
#TheEnglishFlagIsARascistDogWhistle
#RacistsFuckOff
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2025-08-17 20:42:00 UTC

After 4yrs in storage, I've finally got my original Mathmos Telstar lava lamp out and running. I've had this for 30yrs now, I remember getting it from them on one of my visits to London. The metal could do with a good polish, and it's got a little dent on the back... But it's so much better than all of the cheap knock off ones you see, and I remember being a little kid and loving the one my folks had and always wanted my own.
I replaced the bottle about 10yrs ago, as they don't last forever. But you can still buy original replacements online.
It also uses an incadescent spotlight bulb... So if that fails, I'll have to figure out a replacement as LED won't work.
But for now, got some more peaceful mood lighting in the bedroom.
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2025-07-30 13:03:38 UTC

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In my town there are 3 banks left, soon to be 2.
My mum banks with one that's still open, the one I bank with is closing in Sept.
I tried to make an apt for my mum so she could discuss options for a loan as she wants to replace the conservatory and can't afford to pay it all cash.
They offered to make her an apt with some one in the branch.
Then proceeded to tell me, she needed to bring her laptop with her and install zoom for the apt.
I looked at her and said 'she doesn't have a laptop, nor does she use zoom... she's 79yrs old'
She was unable to offer an actual solution that involved... actually making an apt with a person face to face. I left, telling them exactly how stupid and pathetic it was and that the treatment of people without expensive electronic devices, or unable to use them was discriminatory.
I walked around the corner to my bank and made a face to face apt for her with them... and they're the branch that's closing... But because she's not a customer of theirs, they couldn't offer her favourable rates.
My brother in law banks with Barclays... the nearest branch for his is now 35 miles away... in a tourist town with expensive and hard to find parking.
We need legislation that forces banks to participate in banking hubs, so that people have actual access to in person banking on at least 1 or 2 days a week.
Or we continue to punish anyone who can't or won;t participate in the enshitification of everything as 'undesirables'

2025-07-26 09:38:59 UTC

I know that I need to get my life together. But I'm kinda waiting to see how quickly the world comes to an end before I consider putting in the effort.

2025-07-25 08:49:53 UTC

Inside you are two wolves.
Inside Mozart were like 10 or 12 wolves... that's why he was called Wolfgang.

2025-07-22 09:10:15 UTC

The sound of this balloon being popped in a cooling tower is amazing.
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/896/102/711/998/176/original/16e2493a2faace33.mp4

2025-07-21 09:15:38 UTC

The best kind of venn diagrams are the honest ones.
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2025-07-11 16:41:52 UTC

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Do we even need the tax?

2025-07-11 15:05:11 UTC

Ex: Could you pop over and help my dad?
Me: Sure, what does he need me to do?
Ex: Put up a wall bracket for a tv
Me: No problem, be there shortly.
(1hr later)
Ex's Dad: Thanks for doing this... have you ever mounted something before?
Me: What, aside from your daughter?
Ex's Dad: What!
Me: Nothing

2025-07-01 12:39:29 UTC

Wait... the whites do what in eton?
#WhenYouSeeIt
#WhenYouGetIt
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2025-06-15 18:23:31 UTC

There's a King and then there's the Sausage King.
#NoKings
#FerrisBeulersDayOff
#80sMovies
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2025-05-30 08:00:58 UTC

I'm sick and tired of seeing articles like
'Introverted? Here's how to be more social'
FUCK OFF!!!
How about an article with the headline
'Extroverted? Here's how to shut the fuck up'

2025-05-24 14:59:08 UTC

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About 10-11yrs ago, I bought a Wileyfox phone that was built on the Cyanagen fork of android. Far more privacy and security than any android based phone
Sadly, not enough people bought them and a few yrs later, they went out of business.
The OS still exists though, it forked into lineage OS.
But until manufacturers are forced to unlock devices to allow another OS to be installed, these are niche markets that require devices to be jail broken.
Once a device is no longer supported with OS and security updates, the law should dictate that they be unlocked and if a company goes out of business and stops support for devices, they must be made open source so that others can modify them to still be usable.... most devices have a use life long past their 'planned obsolescence'

2025-05-15 12:51:33 UTC

We are all stardust.
#TerryPratchett
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2025-05-04 11:47:21 UTC

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Install the duckduckgo app and enable app tracking protection.
Then watch in horror as it tells you exactly what apps are trying to collect your info, what info and how often.
For example, looking at it right now, 1842 tracking attempts from just 3 apps in the last 7 days.
453 attempts just from my banking app in the last 24hrs... sending info to google and adobe. When you look at what kind of info... here's a list sent to google that was requested 240 times in the last 24hrs.
Device boot time
Gender
Device orientation
Postal Code
Device Model
Unique identifier
App name
Network connection type
Last Name
First Name
Address
Device Name
OS build number
State
Local IP address
Device memory
app version
City
Device brand
Advertising ID
Available storage
GPS co-ords
Headphone status
App install date
System volume
Screen resolution
Timezone
Country
Charging status
Battery level
Cookies
Network Carrier
That's 32 pieces of information sent to google constantly.
Adobe only want about 20 pieces of that information, but asked for it 213 times in the last 24hrs. Most of it the same as above but also requesting your email address, language settings and not so interested in device charging or battery level.
That's 1 app... in 24hrs.
It's worth noting that, this is the number of attempts that were blocked... not the actual times that info was sent. The DDG app blocks it, and my VPN app also has app tracking blocking.

2025-04-26 19:41:17 UTC

Friend: They say that if you put an endless number of monkeys....
Me: It's already been done.
Friend: What do you mean, I've not even finished.
Me: Infinite monkeys, infinite time... produce the works of shakespear... or a whole lot of monkey shit.
Friend: The first one.
Me: What you don't realise is that WE are the monkeys, and every day we produce endless amounts of word garbage 'and shit' and one of us has already written Macbeth.
Friend: We're the monkeys?
Me: Always have been, always will be

2025-04-21 13:36:27 UTC

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UK here, checking labels and boycotting anything that's from the USA, as well as other USA products that might be made here in the UK or EU.
Fascists fuck off!!!

2025-04-02 11:26:07 UTC

Caller: Hi
Me: Hello, IT Support, how can I help?
Caller: Yeah... my computer won't turn off and back on again.
Me (muttering under my breath): Fuck... what am I supposed to do now.

2025-03-26 16:34:00 UTC

Friend: What would the devil name his dog?
Me: Spot
Friend: Can't you ever be serious and give a reasonable answer?
Me: I did
Friend: WTF are you on about?
Me: Look, the hell hound Cerberus and guard dog of the underworld, comes from the indo-euro word Kerboros, which involved into the greek word Kerberos, which was then translated into Latin as Cerberus.
Friend: So
Me: Kerboros, means 'spotted'
Me: So Hades, lord of the dead, ruler of the underworld and precursor to the devil... literally named his dog 'Spot'
Friend: I fucking hate you... you take all the fun out of things with facts.

2025-03-23 14:43:15 UTC

Internet Ad: Sexy singles in your area
Me:( looking around at the deserted countryside around me)
Me: It's me... I'm the sexy single.

2025-03-16 10:28:43 UTC

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Based on my limited understanding of the law.
1: If you have the means to pay and it is offered, you have not broken any criminal laws.
2: There are civil laws that would cover it, but these would be very hard to take action on if the following (some or all, I cannot say) criteria has been met.
A: You have legal tender on you and have offered it as payment.
B: You were not implicitly advised that they only took specific types of payments before using their services.
C: You offer them your contact details, so you can return at a later date to pay.
If they call the police, they should be informed it's a civil matter not a criminal one and in no way should you be detained or harassed in anyway, which could be construed as criminal.
if anyone has a far better understanding of UK laws... please feel free to correct my misinterpretation of things.

2025-03-03 10:09:05 UTC

Is it too much to ask that they make a morning after pill for people who ate too much the night before?

2025-02-25 13:27:21 UTC

Left handed people used to be corrected through shame & violence, but they called it 'guidance'. So it always seemed growing up that there were very few lefties out there.
Then we stopped with the shaming and ridicule and all of a sudden there was a sudden spike in lefties.... then it plateaued and hardly varied at all.
This is actually a post about trans people.
#SafeSpace
#transgender
#Trans

2025-02-13 11:09:30 UTC

My mood today
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2025-02-12 10:24:02 UTC

Don't worry folks, spring is just around the corner.
#Punday
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2025-02-09 08:58:27 UTC

With all of the pollution in the oceans and the overfishing. We can no longer use the phrase.
'There's plenty more fish in the sea'
It's being changed to
'There's still a few fish left amongst all the rubbish'
Which ironically, is far more accurate.

2025-01-27 18:03:59 UTC

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I don't/won't have or use spotify I'm afraid.

2025-01-27 17:21:44 UTC

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I've never heard of them

2025-01-27 14:29:12 UTC

Being on the autism spectrum usually means that I'm either several years ahead of seeing what will happen... or I'm utterly clueless to what's going on right in front of me.
I'm either psychic or an idiot... there is no middle ground.
But when I'm psychic... years later when I'm proved right... 99% of the people refuse to acknowledge it and deny I ever told them what would happen.
It's to try and keep you in your place, because they only think of you as the idiot... they can't fathom that you're often the smartest person in the room by a huge margin and your only flaw is social.
What prompted this was reminding some people that about 7yrs ago, I predicted that Disney would reboot Daredevil (and most likely the other shows) after cancelling them with netflix and put them on their streaming platform, I even said they'd use the same cast.
Well... Daredevil: Reborn is due to air on Disney in a couple of months, with the same actors.
Typically, according to them.... I didn't say that... so I went and found the comments, took a screenshot and gave them a big old 'FUCK YOU' I'm not putting up with your gaslighting bullshit ever again.
#actuallyautistic

2025-01-19 09:56:37 UTC

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The only problem with that letter... is that Zuck never was the underdog, and he created the platform to stalk and rate the women at his college like the little incel creep he's always been.

2025-01-17 11:02:16 UTC

If a croque madame, speaks to another croque madame about anything other than a croque monsieur.
That would pass the bechemel test.
#WhenYouGetIt
#IfYouKnowYouKnow

2024-12-26 14:18:02 UTC

Friend: You need to mow the lawn
Me: Nah, I'm letting it grow wild to help the pollinators.
Friend: OK, so what about the sink full of dirty dishes?
Me: For the pollinators
Friend: and the pile of laundry I just tripped over?
Me: You'll never believe this...

2024-12-26 14:14:36 UTC

Ya know... the bible is basically a bunch of Essex man stories (Florida man to those in the USA)... try it for yourself.
Essex man threatens to cut baby in half to stop 2 women arguing.
Essex man finds out wife is pregnant and she claims god is the father.
Essex man summons bears to maul children who laughed at his bald head.
Essex man claims god ordered him to cut of part of his sons penis.

2024-12-20 09:00:33 UTC

Friend: Thinking of getting some Koi for my pond in the garden
Me: Cool. Did you know that Koi should always be bought in groups of 4.
Friend: Really, Why?
Me: It's a self preservation thing, they'll sacrifice one of their own to protect the group.
Friend: I've never heard of that and I've been researching them for weeks.
Me: Yeah, if the group is attacked Koi's A, B & C will scatter and leave the remaining one behind.
Friend: Hmmmm
Friend (2 mins later): D Koi... Fucking D Koi... you bastard.

2024-12-04 15:18:21 UTC

Day 4 of watching Hans Gruber fall to his doom.
On the 4th day of Xmas my true love sent to me... 4 falling dudes, 3 french hens, 2 turtle doves and a Yippy Ki Yay in a duct
#AdventCalendar
#AdventCalendar2024
#DieHard
#HansGruber
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2024-12-02 10:01:14 UTC

Day 2 and Hans Gruber drops a little more.
#AdventCalendar
#AdventCalendar2024
#DieHard
#HansGruber
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2024-12-01 12:15:01 UTC

Yes, it's the time of year again when Hans Gruber begins his fall.
#AdventCalendar
#AdventCalendar2024
#DieHard
#HansGruber
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2024-11-29 17:01:01 UTC

I can't look at these games the same way as an adult... and this is why.
#Mario
#Nintendo
#RetroGaming
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2024-11-28 13:47:27 UTC

Me: I tried your advice
Friend: Which advice?
Me: Seppuku
Friend: You mean Sudoku?
Me: ???!!!
Me: I think I might need an ambulance

2024-11-25 14:24:48 UTC

Friend: Did you know that by law, if it's raining in Sweden you have to have your car lights on when driving?
Me: But I live in the UK, how am I supposed to know when it's raining in Sweden?
Friend: .......................
Me: Wait.... come back, explain it to me... please. 😂

2024-11-18 15:55:20 UTC

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So is my bacon, brie and caramelised onion baguette... too woke for them?

2024-11-16 18:11:29 UTC

#30BandsToKnowMe
1: Depeche Mode
2: The Cure
3: The Cult
4: Alice in Chains
5: Pearl Jam
6: Linkin Park
7: Simple Minds
8: Ultravox
9: Evanescence
10: Within Temptation
11: Airhead
12: Billy Brag
13: Biffy Clyro
14: Blondie
15: Spacehog
16: Counting Crows
17: Blues Traveller
18: Yazoo
19: Echo & the Bunnymen
20: Erasure
21: Foo Fighters
22: The Beatles
23: Paramore
24: R.E.M.
25: Squeeze
26: Tears for Fears
27: Tom Petty
28: The Wonderstuff
29: Julian Cope (inc Teardrop Explodes)
30: Green Day
There's a very long list of bands that very nearly made the list, and could easily make the list if my mood changes on any particular day. So the Mission, Sisters of Mercy, early Guns & Roses, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Blind Melon, Soul Asylum, Bush, Therapy!, The Smashing Pumpkins, Cranberries, Catatonia, Texas, Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead, Lenny Kravitz, Soft Cell, Duran Duran, Blur, Toyah, Pat Benetar, Adele.... the list goes on and on.

2024-11-11 10:05:40 UTC

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The whole row over this is manufactured bullshit.
They keep banging on about this '1 million' inheritance tax threshold... But when you factor in all of the other allowances and so forth... It only actually applies to farms worth over 2 million.
Which is a tiny proportion of them, and the vast majority of those are controlled by large corporations or the super rich already.
I've seen farmers complaining it will eradicate the £20,000 profits they make in a year.
News flash dickwads... if you're only making 20k a year in profit... your farm isn't worth 1 million, let alone 2.
It's manufactured bullshit from reform and tory supporting right wing loving wankers.

2024-11-10 14:19:11 UTC

6yrs ago, I was given a 'test' by the mental health team at my local GP (I've moved twice since then) regarding my 'potential' autism.
I scored 9 out of 11... and they said they'd refer me.
They never bothered.
Then covid hit, I moved twice and here we are almost 6 full yrs later... still no closer to an actual answer.
So a few yrs ago, I decided that I was just going to accept I was because a psychiatrist I used to know, said I showed all the symptoms, as have other people on the spectrum.
Today I read this article, that says 90% of all people over 50... have never been diagnosed.
The NHS simply doesn't have the resources to deal with between 250-600 thousand cases... or as is more likely, just doesn't give a shit because we're old and serve no useful purpose to society any more.
So I thought, I'd take the Simon Baron-Cohen QA test too.
I scored 38 out of 50. Anything over 33 shows significant autistic traits.
If I can actually find the will to phone my doctors... I'll be mentioning this... along with their utter failure to do anything about it for 6 yrs.
But that's a very big... if. Especially when you have zero number of people in your life who care enough to even bother to try and understand what it means... and expect you to be 100% normal like them.
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
#NHSFailures
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy87542l14ro

2024-11-03 09:55:08 UTC

Don't wait until your deathbed to finally let people know how you feel about them.
You might be too weak to speak or raise your middle finger.

2024-10-29 14:07:59 UTC

Just once in my life, I would appreciate things spiralling into control.

2024-10-17 18:52:42 UTC

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No they're not, it's the people that decide on how language evolves... if the majority say it's Gif, then it's Gif.

2024-10-17 18:08:53 UTC

In the 80's album covers were mostly pics of the artist trying to remember if they'd turned the oven off.
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/113/324/097/969/733/976/original/68b731cf6b9d3111.jpeg

2024-10-16 10:35:10 UTC

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Gen X also had ICQ (AIM was AOL Instant Messenger)
We also got to experience what the internet 'could' have been before it was enshitified. That's why we're so fucking angry.

2024-10-15 19:43:33 UTC

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When I used to do stand up, I had this whole 5 mins around religion and me looking like a fat jesus.
I had this imaginary scene, where I'd taken a lady friend back to my stable for some intimate times... and she was moaning and scream 'oh god, oh god... and I'm looking over my shoulder thinking dad's just walked in.
Sure enough... there he was a t the stable door. he looked her in the eye and said.
Actually, it's pronounced Jod.

2024-10-14 19:10:44 UTC

Public Warning.
If you EVER, and I do mean EVER see a QR code for anything... not just some things, ANYTHING.
Treat it as a scam, do not scan it, they can easily be covered up with malicious redirects to fake sites to steal your financial details. Direct you to malware sites to try and infect your device.
Treat them all the same... as toxic, potential harmful to your identity and security.
Never trust them... EVER!!!
If you 100% must use one, do what you should be doing at any (ATM) cash machine, check for devices that have been installed by crooks. See if you can peel the code off, not just at the area around the code, but the whole sign... look for anything unusual and if you have any doubts... even if it's 1% doubt... DON'T USE IT
This isn't scaremongering, scammers and thieves are out there every day, placing fake QR codes on signs all over the place. No where is safe from them. The way to win is not to play. Don;t buy into the enshitification of everything, don;t be told that you can ONLY do it one specific way (legally they have to offer more than one way to pay for a service).
Please boost and spread the word.
#QRCodes
#ScamQRCodes
#Scammers
#Thieves
#IdentityTheft
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/113/307/327/301/142/897/original/67e191d6b890944a.png

2024-10-04 10:04:47 UTC

Just a reminder that I don't always 'automatically' follow people back and the reasons why are as follows.
1: Incomplete profile, do I know who/what you are & what interests you
2: Lack of interaction - Have we interacted on posts before
3: You're a bot account
4: You've posted things unpalatable or conflict with my own views & beliefs.
5: AI Generated posts/images
6: I simply forget.
It's ok not to follow people back too. I'm on the spectrum and don't always want my timeline overloaded.

2024-10-04 09:23:10 UTC

I have now redirected my account to [email protected]
So you may be getting notifications about the new follow.
I'll be deactivating the mastodon.social account... that was clearly a huge mistake, it's so bad there... I felt swamped by ads, spam... if i wanted to be deluged with crap, I'd have used facebook.
I am sorry to be leaving mastodonapp.uk as it's been a fun almost 2yrs there. but the unreliability of the instance these last couple of months left me concerned for it's survival. I have the utmost respect for the admins who run these instances, and have and will continue to donate when possible.
Hopefully, I won't lose too many people in the move. So far it looks like I'm down about 5-10% of follows & followers.
I'll continue using the same hashtags as before, so you should be able to find old posts of mine easily enough.
#DIYDay
#BadPicsOfFood
#Solar
#Battery
#SolarUpdate
#GoingGreen
#EBikeRides
Thanks to all who have stuck with me in the move, it's very much appreciated.