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William Bruce West

@williambwest.bsky.social

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I used to say that I'd forgotten more about pop culture than you'll ever know. Then I got old. Now I've forgotten everything. Classically Trained Hater https://westweekever.com

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · Jan 21

I'm guilty of this, as it's Week One, and we're adjusting to The New Normal. But I've got new rules for 2025. If you're just gonna politidunk or repost a stream of "Can you believe what they did NOW?" stuff, then we're not gonna work out. My Zoloft dose just ain't strong enough for you.

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 58m

"Worry not, Alpha 5. Alert the ladies that I can still do mouth stuff."

William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 58m

Little did he know his penis would be trapped in a time warp or whatever

William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 1h

I hate when a company squanders a license. I was never a "Why do they spend so much time on MMPR" people, but BOOM spent WAY too much time on MMPR. And the legacy of that era was it created a bunch of roles for JDF he wouldn't, and now can't, play in other media.

William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 1h

You're not wrong. I just kinda miss the era of "Huh. Guess we'll never know." Or "Maybe Hexagon would have explained it. Oh well." They had to go and make the Morphin Masters the answer to everything, which just resulted in more questions.

William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 1h

Joke's on them! I stole that identity after I killed a guy!

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 1h

Also, they both got a free gift that amounted to a flower pot fit for a dwarf. I mean, thanks and all, but it was almost insulting.

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 1h

I took my girls to Miniso the other day, and signed up for their rewards program. They were like "Oh, for signing up, you get a shopping bag." I'm expecting something cloth, with the logo. Do you know this girl handed me a paper shopping bag? How is that a "perk"?

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 2h

Same!

William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 2h

New Little Caesars opened up the street yesterday. I just ordered the Hot & Ready Lunch Combo, and they said it would take 7 minutes. I say "But that's not 'Ready'." She tells me they just opened and are figuring stuff out. I get it, but words used to mean something. And I hate I've become THAT guy.

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 2h

So, he's really just "Ricky" from the planet Eltar?

William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 3h

I see MGM+ is taking notes from AMC: We don't need new ideas if we just keep making spinoffs for one franchise.

Even Paramount+ is looking at them like

William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 3h

Are we really supposed to believe Kevin Federline's Britney accusations? From what we know of that guy, if she had really been standing in the kids' room brandishing knives, he'd have been right next to her saying "Don't hit the larger organs. Those go for more money!"

William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 4h

I want to hate this, but it's quite the toyetic season. Translates well to the form factor

William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 4h

They sure are, yet I've curated my life to the point where comics are the only thing I still buy from small business owners.

William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 4h

He said "It's not like he cheated anyone." Talk about missing the entire point. Anyway, I always disliked that guy, and this was a good reminder as to why.

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 4h

He claims the message of the movie is "Capitalism Bad", due to the song calling Scrooge a "skinflint". Manager goes on to say that nothing Scrooge did was '"wrong", and it "was all within the bounds of legality." I meet more comic retailers like this than not.

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 4h

Here's why I tend to dislike a lot of comic retailers (Great topic for today, I know): I just went in a shop where I hate the manager, but I was in the area. He and the other employee get into a conversation about A Muppet Christmas Carol. Manager guy says he likes the movie but has one problem:

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 5h

Day 2 of Ranger Thoughts: When we thought Zordon was the end all, be all, then it made sense their vehicles would be called "Zords" - even if a bit narcissistic. However, he's just one in a long line of cosmic mentors, so those things should be called something else after In Space.

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 6h

a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something

ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 6h

Been a while since I've read a headline this out of touch. And that's saying a lot in 2025!

William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 7h

a woman says it 's me while smiling in front of a car

ALT: a woman says it 's me while smiling in front of a car

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 7h

It's about to be a terrible week for any of y'all that hate me on podcasts 😉

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 7h

So, THAT'S what happened! I was thinking "Was that Jaime?" 🤣

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 21h

I just realized that there was a period of time when TWO highly-rated, major network, primetime sitcoms had a straight male cast member named "Eric" playing a gay character on the show.