Carl Maxim
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I don't have time for a fourth dimension.
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Last night's meeting of the Pessimist Society was very disappointing. Yet again, the room was half empty.
about 2 years ago
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Someone just ran up to me in the street and tried to intimidate me with a hardback copy of Heidegger's Being and Time - I'm so sick and tired of these existential threats.
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And yet Alan Titchmarsh is still allowed to roam free.
#TwoSecateurKeir
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester
Samuel Rowe, who was returning from allotment, seeking to overturn caution for possession of offensive weapon
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/28/man-allotment-gardening-tools-arrest-armed-police-manchester?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
3 months ago
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TOP TIP: Save time in arguments by instantly jumping to other people's conclusions.
about 2 years ago
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In the future, historical re-enactment societies will re-run the culture wars with people standing in a muddy field typing angry messages into their phones.
8 months ago
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Is it so they can bend over backwards claiming they're not fascists?
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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Why do fascists love yoga? | The Observer
For more than a century, elements of the far right have been attracted by the rigour of eastern disciplines. But does the connection stand up?
https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/why-do-fascists-love-yoga
3 months ago
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Saw a shop offering a service called 'microneedling', so I went in and they annoyed me ever so slightly.
12 months ago
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Relaxing with a big black marker pen and the existential abyss colouring-in book.
3 months ago
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I'm short-sighted in my mind's eye so I can only imagine things really close up.
almost 2 years ago
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During the war my grandfather worked as a military mime artist. It was his job to convince the enemy there was a large invisible wall blocking their path.
3 months ago
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Managed to do 60,000 steps today, which is one of the benefits of having your stairs designed by MC Escher.
11 months ago
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Reminder: There's no need to verify your age if you are using the
#totp
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3 months ago
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Still not sure about self-driving cars. I've seen Herbie Goes Bananas and it was absolute chaos.
3 months ago
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I've been seeing a daydream therapist. It's like dream therapy but you spend the whole session just staring out of the window.
12 months ago
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Soon to be known as the YourHypnoBoobParty
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Zack Polanski βopen toβ working with new Corbyn and Sultana party
Green leadership candidate says any decision on alliance would be one for party members
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/25/zack-polanski-green-party-alliance-jeremy-corbyn-zarah-sultana-new-party
3 months ago
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Tonight's meeting of the Hindsight Society has been cancelled due to what, in retrospect, were entirely foreseeable circumstances.
11 months ago
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"What do we want?" "Delayed gratification!" "When do we want it?" "Erm..."
3 months ago
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Saw a Creationist at the Natural History Museum. He couldn't believe God had gone to all that trouble to test his faith.
almost 2 years ago
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Paul Bassett Davies
3 months ago
My ex got custody of my inner child.
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This is getting ridiculous. I've just been asked to verify my age in order to access my subconscious.
3 months ago
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The headquarters of the Rorschach Test Society is a real blot on the landscape.
almost 2 years ago
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The first rule of Performative Outrage Club is an absolute disgrace and I have just tendered my resignation.
almost 2 years ago
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The theory of Nominative Determinism was first proposed by Professor Norman T.F. Determinist.
about 2 years ago
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Applied for a job as a contingency planner. No idea what to do if I don't get it.
about 2 years ago
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Took an overdose of placebos and a doctor had to pretend to pump my stomach.
almost 2 years ago
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It's not Your Party, and I'll cry if I want to.
3 months ago
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add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
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I'm sick and tired of the clear political bias of anyone who disagrees with me.
11 months ago
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Yes, these can be the only two possible explanations.
3 months ago
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My kettle is at boiling point The authorities need to get a grip And quickly (This tea won't make itself, you know)
3 months ago
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Surprised they didn't go with MechaHitler Youth.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Musk Says xAI Will Make Kid-Friendly App Called Baby Grok
Elon Musk says his artificial intelligence startup will make an app dedicated to kid-friendly content and call it Baby Grok.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-20/musk-says-xai-will-make-kid-friendly-app-called-baby-grok?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=687c70d1c94eaa00014a0405
3 months ago
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Surprised they didn't go with MechaHitler Youth.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Musk Says xAI Will Make Kid-Friendly App Called Baby Grok
Elon Musk says his artificial intelligence startup will make an app dedicated to kid-friendly content and call it Baby Grok.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-20/musk-says-xai-will-make-kid-friendly-app-called-baby-grok?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=687c70d1c94eaa00014a0405
3 months ago
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In the future, everyone will be sued by Trump for 15 minutes.
3 months ago
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You don't believe I can give up being a shameless exhibitionist? Well, you just watch me.
11 months ago
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Must be one of those urbane foxes.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
3 months ago
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Got thrown out of the National Portrait Gallery for trying to take a photo in landscape mode.
3 months ago
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This sounds like a case for Avon and Somerset Police.
3 months ago
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Sorry to hear the new genetically modified apple has gone pear-shaped.
3 months ago
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The rot only set in with the introduction of Scrappy-Doo.
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
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Morris Dancers have to wear all those bells in order to stop them killing garden birds.
4 months ago
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In the future, everyone will be sued by Trump for 15 minutes.
3 months ago
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I always say: if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well, so maybe somebody else should do it.
11 months ago
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Surely they mean a 'vain condition'.
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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Trump diagnosed with common vein condition after leg swelling
The condition, which affects about 1 in 20 adults, is the result of blood not efficiently returning from the legs to the heart.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/17/trump-diagnosed-with-common-vein-condition-after-leg-swelling-00459983
3 months ago
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We must protect the under 16s from being corrupted by the internet, but once they have been corrupted then they should be given the vote.
3 months ago
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Unfortunately, someone asked it the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything, so we won't hear anything from it for seven and half million years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK's most powerful supercomputer Isambard-AI comes online
The Isambard-AI supercomputer is made fully operational as the government unveils fresh AI plans.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rpnlrj7ppo
3 months ago
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Got thrown out of the National Portrait Gallery for trying to take a photo in landscape mode.
3 months ago
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Sorry to hear the new genetically modified apple has gone pear-shaped.
3 months ago
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The Pavlov-Milgram Experiment showed that whenever a bell was rung, 65% of dogs would administer a lethal electric shock to their owner.
11 months ago
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Reminder that if you are voting in the election for leadership of the Freudian Society then you will be required to show your id.
3 months ago
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We must protect the under 16s from being corrupted by the internet, but once they have been corrupted then they should be given the vote.
3 months ago
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BREAKING: 16 year-olds get right to vote at next general election, but only if they have tidied their bedrooms.
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