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Andboo Scare

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Software developer, poet, and only ever person to not be wrong about Doctor Who. He/him https://andrewblair.co.uk

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Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · Nov 17

Written a lot of poems, articles, and apps and put most of them here
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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 12h

What makes you proud to be British? For me, this is right up there.

A one-star review from a Texan tourist visiting Liverpool:

freddytexan (16 reviews)
“My wife and I visted Liverpool for our 30th wedding anniversary from Texas. Our evening was ruined when a man dressed as an adult baby called my wife a "Mad yank slut" because she'd never heard of a band called Steps.”

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Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 13h

Think a guy who maintained a lot of blocklists got his account removed for suggesting the CEO was kind of a dick

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Sudden Deth ☠️ @youreacuntmate.bsky.social · 16h

Found the worst playground in England

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Geoffrey David B. @geothetrickster.bsky.social · 17h

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 21h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 1d

They could also think he got attacked and then died later for unrelated reasons

Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 1d

Which writers have made me who I am?

Me.

Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 1d

For sale: baby. Feet don’t fit these rad shoes I bought.

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Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 2d

That stuff that leaks out of Cybermen in The Five Doctors = Tubby Custard

Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 2d

“Suggests” is also what Suggs calls eating

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Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 3d

So many. I was just thinking I’d get to the end of the chapter and then they kept on coming

Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 3d

Currently reading this

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Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 3d

Still recovering from the Greek centre back saying “ohh shit no we fucked it” entirely with his arms

Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 3d

Have we not stolen enough from Greece?

Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 3d

Can I just shock you

Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 3d

Will this be one of the challenges at your poetry workshops?

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 3d

Almost immediately finding out one of the Bad Dr Who Cosplay Young Tories whose clothes we were making fun of wants to legalise sisterfucking is like a really quick Milkshake Duck if instead of drinking milkshake, the duck had been filmed masturbating into a neighbour's wheelie bin

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Chris Farnell is behind you right now @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 3d

This is the only proper way to watch Beckett. This person understands Beckett on a level you and I cannot even hope to.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 4d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 3d

Absolutely they can and not a shock some of them respond to a guy from
space oxbridge going round the universe interfering in everything, but I didn’t feel the McCoy era was especially subtle in its politics