Dan

@flashinthedan.bsky.social

It is, so it is

Superb piece on the death of Dublin, killed by greed. It's not immigrants who wielded the blade; it's our own, developers and property owners obsessed with squeezing every penny of profit out of the city, on the backs of stressed, overworked people they've priced out of living in it #spéirġorm

Dublin is now a shell of its once former self - opinion - Western People

Dublin is now a shell of its once former self - opinion - Western People

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The fun thing about being a piece of shit contrarian journalist of the British school is you can recant and get away from your shit-ness, but sooner or later youre going to see a frog and sting it right in the back, because you'll see a chance to be The Smartest Person In The Room

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The monkeys paw curls a finger as a wish for the work intranet to be free of the curse of corporate memphis artwork...i open slack to be greeted by an AI poster for a 'hackathon'

I answered complaints calls for them back in the day, and the Channel 4 Special would be to have a show with a title like "The Undateables" but then be like "no you see we are questioning your preconceptions with the title and maybe it is you who is the bigot, hmm??"

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Terry Funk's story about the Insane Clown Posse, after they used pirated Japanese wrestling footage from Funk's stint in IWA-Japan for their legendary 'Stranglemania' tapes 🤼

And so the Insane Clown Posse came into the house, and Vicki had some chili cooked up. They sat down and ate a bowl of chili apiece and talked to me. They said they were sorry if I was upset over what they had said on that tape, and we buried the hatchet.
Then Violent Jay said,  "Terry, we want to leave you some money for using that tape of you."
I said, "No, no, don't do that!"
"Yes, Terry, we're going to leave it under this jar, on this counter here!"
I kept telling them not to, but I walked into the next room before them.
They followed me in, and told me they had to go. We said our goodbyes, and the Insane Clown Posse drove off in their bus.
And I walked back into the other room, to get the money I knew they'd left. I have to tell you, I was excited. I was thinking, "Oh boy, I bet they left me twenty bucks, or maybe even forty," which would have just tickled me pink. I thought I'd have enough to pay for the chili, at least, and so I was really happy at the notion of having twenty bucks.
I went in there, lifted up the jar...and there was four thousand dollars there!
And so let me tell you people something right now - I love the Insane Clown Posse! The next retirement match I have, they're going to be in the semi-final! They're the greatest band in the world, and I have all their records. Haven't got around to listening to the yet, but I have them here somewhere.