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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 10m

The reason we don't do well in Eurovision isn't down to some continental clique or voting tribalism. We just send absolutely shite entrants.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1h

Many people have a very strong tendency towards addiction, which can ruin lives. Rather than make things like alcohol and gambling a free for all, people should need a license to use either, issued by a medical professional. There's lots of other fun things to do.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 2h

We all know that most drones around here are used by burglars checking out the security on houses and flats. It's a real shame that the police don't investigate burglaries anymore because getting a list of all the people who've bought drones would be a great set of leads.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 3h

Nothing promises more and delivers less than a nectarine.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 4h

People make out like Blockbusters not buying Netflix was a stupid decision, but it wasn't. All they did back then was send DVD's in the post. The real stupid decision was not starting a streaming service.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 5h

Someone needs to explain when, how, and why all gym instructors became conspiracy theorists.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 14h

How ever has been playing "weekend at Bernie's" with Simon Cowell's body for the past few years, deserves major recognition but also needs to pack it in.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 15h

I'm entering my 60s and the one constant throughout my life has been the nasty, divisive influence of the Daily Mail on society. I think it has been a debilitating malady infecting our nation and should be dismantled.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 16h

How come no one, absolutely no one has thought to fit a hook above a urinal so you can hang a bag on whilst taking a piss in a shop or railway station toilet? Leaving your bag at the side or behind you is the perfect opportunity for thieves. Come on guys, do the right thing.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah, yeah. I know. America is important. But I'm so fucking sick of it absolutely dominating the UK news cycle. I get it. You voted in a turd and now you're swimming in fascist shit. But we have our own rightwing wanklord problems that need more national coverage.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 18h

Web based platforms are superior to apps, in nearly every way. I honestly think we've fucked it; we've overshot the "best" version of the internet and landed in this web 3.0, internet-of-shit wasteland.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 19h

In this modern day game of Risk, Russia tried to play as WW2 Germany but instead of rolling Poland they ended up in WW1 trenches in Ukraine. USA is playing as pre-WW2 Germany. China is pre-WW2 USA, & Britain is, what, Austria or Belgium or something? Is that right?

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 20h

People chucking their fag butts down, right outside the supermarket entrance door, then exhaling their foul mouthful of smoke as they step into the store, are cunts.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 21h

Either casting directors should make sure that no actor is the lead is more than one movie, or actors should be required to get significant plastic surgery for every new film. Can't have two characters looking the same. It's weird and off putting. Stop it, cinema!

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 22h

Looking forward to the day we stop saying "charcuterie" and go back to calling it nibbles.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 23h

Surely the escalating pace of major cyber attacks shutting production lines down all around the world should tell us we either need to take cyber security much, much more seriously than we currently do, or that we should stop connecting literally everything to the internet.

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