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I've got something to tell you. Something that may shock and discredit you. And that thing is as follows: I'm not wearing a tie at all.
BE AWARE
BOOK: How the Grinch stole Christmas!
2000, Carrey: How the Grinch stole Christmas
2018, Cumberbatch: The Grinch
do NOT get marked down in your aggressively-marked workplace Christmas quizzes
BOOK: How the Grinch stole Christmas!
2000, Carrey: How the Grinch stole Christmas
2018, Cumberbatch: The Grinch
do NOT get marked down in your aggressively-marked workplace Christmas quizzes
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
BE AWARE
BOOK: How the Grinch stole Christmas!
2000, Carrey: How the Grinch stole Christmas
2018, Cumberbatch: The Grinch
do NOT get marked down in your aggressively-marked workplace Christmas quizzes
BOOK: How the Grinch stole Christmas!
2000, Carrey: How the Grinch stole Christmas
2018, Cumberbatch: The Grinch
do NOT get marked down in your aggressively-marked workplace Christmas quizzes
Got a Christmas card through the door that just said "no. 3". Put your name in it mate. A greeting maybe. The word "from". Thanks for the effort but please try harder
December 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Got a Christmas card through the door that just said "no. 3". Put your name in it mate. A greeting maybe. The word "from". Thanks for the effort but please try harder
"They say you die twice. Once when you stop breathing, and a second time, when people stop talking to the LLM with your face on."
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"They say you die twice. Once when you stop breathing, and a second time, when people stop talking to the LLM with your face on."
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Make the flag bigger until they forfeit. Easy dub.
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Make the flag bigger until they forfeit. Easy dub.
A 4-1 loss, or a "partial and narrow victory" as the papers call it now
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A 4-1 loss, or a "partial and narrow victory" as the papers call it now
So Roy Keane came on the Toy Show for all of ten seconds to hug a child, class act
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
So Roy Keane came on the Toy Show for all of ten seconds to hug a child, class act
Would absolutely watch an All Ireland Song Contest scheduled against Eurovision, if you're from RTÉ scanning the socials to test if there's a market for this
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Would absolutely watch an All Ireland Song Contest scheduled against Eurovision, if you're from RTÉ scanning the socials to test if there's a market for this
The dogshit Coke Christmas AI ad creating a beautiful shared tradition of booing it every time it's on
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The dogshit Coke Christmas AI ad creating a beautiful shared tradition of booing it every time it's on
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Blue Prince (2025)
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Blue Prince (2025)
Stranger Things is full of unimaginable lovecraftian horrors but I watch one scene in which they give Will dialogue and I'm like, good luck lovecraftian horrors
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Stranger Things is full of unimaginable lovecraftian horrors but I watch one scene in which they give Will dialogue and I'm like, good luck lovecraftian horrors
Making every episode of your series exponentially longer as a bit. Oh the finale is here. It's 1.1258999e+15 hours long
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Making every episode of your series exponentially longer as a bit. Oh the finale is here. It's 1.1258999e+15 hours long
£22.50 for 4.5L (vs 1L for £18, for some reason)
How much
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
£22.50 for 4.5L (vs 1L for £18, for some reason)
AMA: I bought the Henderson's jerrycan
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
AMA: I bought the Henderson's jerrycan
for the last time adobe i would not like you to do a generative ai summary of my train ticket qr code
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
for the last time adobe i would not like you to do a generative ai summary of my train ticket qr code
How does it cost $60 to break a lightbulb
New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...
www.404media.co
October 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
How does it cost $60 to break a lightbulb
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Curious how the Graham Linehan story is being spun, including by the BBC. He was arrested on suspicion of the criminal offence of inciting violence; but the BBC is now conflating his incitement with a "non-crime hate incident".
October 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Curious how the Graham Linehan story is being spun, including by the BBC. He was arrested on suspicion of the criminal offence of inciting violence; but the BBC is now conflating his incitement with a "non-crime hate incident".
[talking to a child] if you eat too many oreos Dr Chris van Tulleken will appear and not leave until he's successfully defined 'ultra-processed' in a way that isn't just 'any food that's been verbed'
October 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
[talking to a child] if you eat too many oreos Dr Chris van Tulleken will appear and not leave until he's successfully defined 'ultra-processed' in a way that isn't just 'any food that's been verbed'
Diane Keaton's best film? I'd probably have to go with Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 classic, "The Godfather". Five stars, for me!
October 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Diane Keaton's best film? I'd probably have to go with Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 classic, "The Godfather". Five stars, for me!
The nobel prize for everything goes to whoever invents a plant based burger the size of a normal burger bun
October 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The nobel prize for everything goes to whoever invents a plant based burger the size of a normal burger bun
"LATEX CONDO. Boy, I'd like to live in one of those."
what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"LATEX CONDO. Boy, I'd like to live in one of those."
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Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
So there are people who think you should be able to stay in the UK if you have a job... unless that job is specifically in the NHS?
The majority of Reform UK voters would see indefinite leave to remain removed from all of the groups we asked about, apart from those who have lived in the UK for 20+ years
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
So there are people who think you should be able to stay in the UK if you have a job... unless that job is specifically in the NHS?
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Great that he's put "he wouldn't" rather than "you wouldn't". Hard to disagree. Rooney couldn't score that overhead kick today, either
Graham Linehan says satire is 'dying' and that he wouldn't be able to make Father Ted today
Graham Linehan says satire is 'dying' and that he wouldn't be able to make Father Ted today
Graham Linehan has told Sky News he believes satire is "dying" and that it would be "impossible" to make his hit shows Father Ted or The IT Crowd today.
news.sky.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Great that he's put "he wouldn't" rather than "you wouldn't". Hard to disagree. Rooney couldn't score that overhead kick today, either
September 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM