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Doug, Persisting

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · Dec 15

He’s getting a cat
To kill in a way
Dependent on quantum
Atomic decay
Schrödinger is coming to town

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 5h

The Vale of Belvoir, Kibworth Beauchamp, Loughborough. The usual

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 6h

Basically any nice food now causes me days of agony. All I have to look forward to now is salad, and Death will be a sweet release

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 6h

Just to add some behind-the-scenes gossip, the horrific acid reflux and gastric discomfort this caused has only just finally subsided

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 3d

Chippy tea on a Monday? A Monday you say?

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a green wall and saying `` marvellous '' .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a green wall and saying `` marvellous '' .

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 6h

‘Chimney charisma’ is quite the mood

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Arcane Bullshit @arcanebullshit.bsky.social · 1d

My sweet, beautiful wife and I welcomed a powerful new foe/daughter one week ago today! Here are some more pages from the pamphlet they gave us at the hospital.

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 7h

Gonna step in here and say that I loved that record and will defend it against all comers

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 7h

I like to think it was inspired by Paul and Charlie going on package holidays to Franco’s Spain when they were kids and watching dictatorship telly

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 7h

It’s the bits I’d forgotten that are the best bits - the catchphrases for flogged to death, the real interest in the one-off weird stuff

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 7h

I’m really enjoying it. Also sure that lots of it would be nearly incomprehensible to anyone under 40

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 7h

It’s a terrible faux pas if your soirée clashes with someone else’s soirée

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 7h

The Fast Show is on iPlayer. 30 years old now. Some of it is still superb, lots I’d forgotten and about 40% is crap. The perfect ratio for a sketch show

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 11h

America is fighting for its life etc

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 11h

A good friend of mine once forgot the word 'postcode' and instead used 'numbers and letters for where you live'

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 11h

Love how thoroughly The Times research their subjects these days

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 11h

In this vein, where do post-structuralist brush their teeth every morning?

The Barthes room

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 13h

We were so busy wondering we could, we forgot to consider if we should

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 16h

I don't see 22-year old voters in 2029 saying 'I won't vote Labour because they deregulated pub opening times' in large numbers to be frank

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 18h

If you were ever wondering what 'bathos' was, this article contains an example that will make sure you never forget

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 18h

The first guy went on GBNews to advocate for being able to marry your cousin, apparently. Tremendous checking of their sources by [shuffling of papers]... The Times

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 18h

I dunno, people could just not go if they don't want to. Is that a thing?

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 20h

I’m always disappointed to see the sweet style of Sylvester McCoy’s doctor co-opted by callous, thick shithouses

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 20h

You get this at every Tory conference though - the four there people under sixty always get in the paper as the face of a ‘new breed of young Tory’ and are immediately never heard from again

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 21h

Oxford Brookes strikes again

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Had some fun, killed some time, got in The Guardian and The Sun, never got piled on, travelled, even a couple of girlfriends. Most of all, met @therealxine.bsky.social through it, who remains one of my best friends despite the distance to Newcastle, where she thoughtlessly continues to live

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 1d

I've done well, some mixed bits, but overall it's been fun