Bond casting speculation is plagued by two of the worst kinds of social media posting: over-earnest centrist wishful thinking (I hope Amazon’s film about a British spy stars a girlboss!) and low effort banter (lol they should cast Matt Lucas). My least favourite click bait.
The Independent@the-independent.com · 9h agoJames Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’
The trouble with creating a culture of “he said sorry so let’s draw a line under it” is you need quite a sophisticated demos to decide which apologies it does or doesn’t apply to
Iced coffees are a lot like life: expensive, the start is rich and exciting, the end is weak and watery and people have weirdly Protestant opinions about you not finishing it
Not speaking ill of the dead means not telling your aunt that her husband was a dickhead at his funeral, it doesn’t mean not mentioning the well-publicised and literal crimes of celebrities you never met
You know when standup comedians make jokes about ringing your mum and she’s all “guess who died?” - that’s what it’s like logging on here
Using “gravel polishers” as a slur for neighbours who keep their front gardens too perfect
Men crave the built-in approval of uniforms because they are born followers, which is how they end up wearing black leather on a sweltering August day, just because something is labelled a “rock” festival
Come on, you can’t be making fun of boomers getting fooled on Facebook AND be telling a total stranger your grandparents’ jobs 100 years ago
“Why don’t you contact your MP?” His wife works for them
Stephanie@stephknee.bsky.social · 6d ago12 days before they even come out and look at a burst main, meanwhile they’re emailing us all every five minutes about Why not sing a song to yourself to time your shorter showers?!
12 days before they even come out and look at a burst main, meanwhile they’re emailing us all every five minutes about Why not sing a song to yourself to time your shorter showers?!
Here you go - a post about Jared Leto, immediately followed by a rape joke
Stephanie@stephknee.bsky.social · last wk.If you post like that I will show you someone you follow making a rape joke and invite you to confront him about it right now in public
Going to scream if I have to read one more man performatively asking “how does Jared Leto keep getting work???” Men individually may care about violence towards women and girls but men as a class, as a system, do not - and you know that
Was talking to a man who wanted to be friends, to date me, I was the most fascinating woman ever etc - he didn’t know what my job was because he never asked. When I called him out on it he said he “didn’t want to pry” 🤷🏻♀️
Kate Griffin@griffinkate.bsky.social · last wk.Straight men on dates will inflict physical pain on themselves rather than ask the woman a single question
Robert Pattinson IS Pheidippides, Zendaya is Some Woman Pheidippides Runs Past In Theatres summer 2030 “We’re doing….long distance”
Been down a Wikipedia rabbit hole that has left me flabbergasted - Ned Boulting off the cycling has the same grandfather as Jordan from Rizzle Kicks???? And that same grandfather was the identical twin brother of Crispian Mills’ dad????
Was looking into meat-free sausages because I can increasingly no longer justify eating such a smart animal and how are they MORE expensive than pork??? How subsidised is eating meat
Saints preserve me from being one of those people who reply “this person in the news is x age and looks bad?? But that’s x years younger than me and I look much better??”
I love the new route around Montmartre so so much, it makes the final stage much more fun #TdF
I’m watching the tdf live coverage on s4c through the iPlayer and there are adverts on it??? How does that work???
The two dog walkers who linger in the orchard behind my garden to have an emotional affair are back, and it seems her dog is called Teddy. Full offence to my friend who has called his dog Teddy but that is the live laugh love of dog names
This thread is hilarious - there are people replying “Beyoncé” and “Angelina jolie” and they’re completely serious!!!
Jeremy Dauber@jeremydauber.bsky.social · 2w agoRandom question: what celebrity have you met in real life who was dramatically better looking than ypu thought they were based on on screen appearance?
Sad child voice "Naughty, Naughty.... Very Naughty". Slow piano version of The Shamen's Ebeneezer Goode plays.
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2w agoFirst poster for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. “Before he was Scrooge, he was Ebenezer”
Bought “light” clover because Asda were out of the proper stuff and it seems I can’t taste any difference?? Health W, taste buds L
If his mindset puzzles you, you live in a city. He means “working” quite literally; where I live, 3% of people who work commute by bus
Pete Fraser@petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 2w agoOk, talking about class in vox pops is now banned until it starts making any sense.
I really miss twitter because this is exactly the sort of thing I enjoyed: I’d reply “ugly” to every male actor Americans suggested and end up getting death threats, or my selfies ruthlessly criticised
Stephanie@stephknee.bsky.social · 2w agoShould do a gender swap Odyssey and then we can all argue forever about which men in Hollywood are hot enough to start a war over - because it’s not Matt Damon
Should do a gender swap Odyssey and then we can all argue forever about which men in Hollywood are hot enough to start a war over - because it’s not Matt Damon
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
