Hrothgir O'Domnaill
@hrothgir.bsky.social
"Out of Context Comment" are things I want to remember I said
"Quote of the day" are things others have said that I want to remember.
I am not 'better than that' nor am I the man Mr Rogers knew I could be - I can live with both.
No DMs, No Porn, No Crypto
"Quote of the day" are things others have said that I want to remember.
I am not 'better than that' nor am I the man Mr Rogers knew I could be - I can live with both.
No DMs, No Porn, No Crypto
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Hrothgir O'Domnaill
@hrothgir.bsky.social
· Nov 16
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Out of context comment
"He's the renaissance man of flatulation... you think that's a brass section? Oh, sweet summer child..."
"He's the renaissance man of flatulation... you think that's a brass section? Oh, sweet summer child..."
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Out of context comment
"He's the renaissance man of flatulation... you think that's a brass section? Oh, sweet summer child..."
"He's the renaissance man of flatulation... you think that's a brass section? Oh, sweet summer child..."
"He was the best. They always are..." The moment you realise that humans are the Time Lords of Dogs.
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"He was the best. They always are..." The moment you realise that humans are the Time Lords of Dogs.
Out of context comment
"I don't know... use guns, or something"
"I don't know... use guns, or something"
December 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Out of context comment
"I don't know... use guns, or something"
"I don't know... use guns, or something"
Unpopular opinion
"Angie Baby" always had a "A Rose for Emily" vibe for me. Y'all can't tell me he wasn't mummified in that closet.
"Angie Baby" always had a "A Rose for Emily" vibe for me. Y'all can't tell me he wasn't mummified in that closet.
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Unpopular opinion
"Angie Baby" always had a "A Rose for Emily" vibe for me. Y'all can't tell me he wasn't mummified in that closet.
"Angie Baby" always had a "A Rose for Emily" vibe for me. Y'all can't tell me he wasn't mummified in that closet.
Out of context comment
"You know where I'm from - it didn't lend itself to an interest, unless one liked hair shirts and the taste of loss"
"You know where I'm from - it didn't lend itself to an interest, unless one liked hair shirts and the taste of loss"
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Out of context comment
"You know where I'm from - it didn't lend itself to an interest, unless one liked hair shirts and the taste of loss"
"You know where I'm from - it didn't lend itself to an interest, unless one liked hair shirts and the taste of loss"
Out of context commen
" I've been to both towns, and 'magic' isn't an adjective I'd use."
" I've been to both towns, and 'magic' isn't an adjective I'd use."
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Out of context commen
" I've been to both towns, and 'magic' isn't an adjective I'd use."
" I've been to both towns, and 'magic' isn't an adjective I'd use."
Out of context comment from 2011
"I just used the phrase 'accomodationist stance' - It sounds like the defence a GOP senator uses when caught cottaging."
"I just used the phrase 'accomodationist stance' - It sounds like the defence a GOP senator uses when caught cottaging."
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Out of context comment from 2011
"I just used the phrase 'accomodationist stance' - It sounds like the defence a GOP senator uses when caught cottaging."
"I just used the phrase 'accomodationist stance' - It sounds like the defence a GOP senator uses when caught cottaging."
Out of context comment
"Okay, it's a llama rather than a sheep. That doesn't make it twerking any less disturbing."
"Okay, it's a llama rather than a sheep. That doesn't make it twerking any less disturbing."
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Out of context comment
"Okay, it's a llama rather than a sheep. That doesn't make it twerking any less disturbing."
"Okay, it's a llama rather than a sheep. That doesn't make it twerking any less disturbing."
Out of context comment
"That means something very different now.
Think something akin to the drift from "awful intercourse" meaning a great conversation to "We shall never speak of this again" while not making eye contact different."
"That means something very different now.
Think something akin to the drift from "awful intercourse" meaning a great conversation to "We shall never speak of this again" while not making eye contact different."
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Out of context comment
"That means something very different now.
Think something akin to the drift from "awful intercourse" meaning a great conversation to "We shall never speak of this again" while not making eye contact different."
"That means something very different now.
Think something akin to the drift from "awful intercourse" meaning a great conversation to "We shall never speak of this again" while not making eye contact different."
Domestic vignette -
Me, entering lounge from kitchen: "Tea's abrewing, Timer's running... Mad-ness, takes control..."
Me, entering lounge from kitchen: "Tea's abrewing, Timer's running... Mad-ness, takes control..."
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Domestic vignette -
Me, entering lounge from kitchen: "Tea's abrewing, Timer's running... Mad-ness, takes control..."
Me, entering lounge from kitchen: "Tea's abrewing, Timer's running... Mad-ness, takes control..."
Out of context comment
"He seems pretty robust, throwing the verb 'think' around like that"
"He seems pretty robust, throwing the verb 'think' around like that"
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Out of context comment
"He seems pretty robust, throwing the verb 'think' around like that"
"He seems pretty robust, throwing the verb 'think' around like that"
Saying this again
Out of context comment
"If calling him 'old frog face' seems disrespectful, I'd like to make it clear I was aiming for 'disrespectful.'"
Out of context comment
"If calling him 'old frog face' seems disrespectful, I'd like to make it clear I was aiming for 'disrespectful.'"
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Saying this again
Out of context comment
"If calling him 'old frog face' seems disrespectful, I'd like to make it clear I was aiming for 'disrespectful.'"
Out of context comment
"If calling him 'old frog face' seems disrespectful, I'd like to make it clear I was aiming for 'disrespectful.'"
Out of context comment - or maybe a pithy aphorism
"Any pithy aphorism without explicit context is more or less a Rorschach test, since the only thing you can guarantee is there is what the reader brought with them"
"Any pithy aphorism without explicit context is more or less a Rorschach test, since the only thing you can guarantee is there is what the reader brought with them"
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Out of context comment - or maybe a pithy aphorism
"Any pithy aphorism without explicit context is more or less a Rorschach test, since the only thing you can guarantee is there is what the reader brought with them"
"Any pithy aphorism without explicit context is more or less a Rorschach test, since the only thing you can guarantee is there is what the reader brought with them"
Out of context comment
"My dad enjoyed talent shows. My mother detested them with a venom only my mother was capable of"
"My dad enjoyed talent shows. My mother detested them with a venom only my mother was capable of"
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Out of context comment
"My dad enjoyed talent shows. My mother detested them with a venom only my mother was capable of"
"My dad enjoyed talent shows. My mother detested them with a venom only my mother was capable of"
Out of context comment
"I long ago became my mother on a lot of levels... just not a Norman Bates one."
"I long ago became my mother on a lot of levels... just not a Norman Bates one."
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Out of context comment
"I long ago became my mother on a lot of levels... just not a Norman Bates one."
"I long ago became my mother on a lot of levels... just not a Norman Bates one."
Domestic Vignette
"And there are places in New England where they find a lot of Canadian feet"
I'm an utter delight.
"And there are places in New England where they find a lot of Canadian feet"
I'm an utter delight.
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Domestic Vignette
"And there are places in New England where they find a lot of Canadian feet"
I'm an utter delight.
"And there are places in New England where they find a lot of Canadian feet"
I'm an utter delight.
Out of context comment
"Unsurprisingly, I'm using a spelling which fell from grace in the 1800s.
"Unsurprisingly, I'm using a spelling which fell from grace in the 1800s.
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Out of context comment
"Unsurprisingly, I'm using a spelling which fell from grace in the 1800s.
"Unsurprisingly, I'm using a spelling which fell from grace in the 1800s.
Hot take - Machiavelli was the (old)Stephen Colbert of the Renaissance.
If you read Uncle Niccolo's life under the Medicis, and compare The Prince to his work before and after, it CAN only be satire. The Discourses are a far better insight into his thinking.
If you read Uncle Niccolo's life under the Medicis, and compare The Prince to his work before and after, it CAN only be satire. The Discourses are a far better insight into his thinking.
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hot take - Machiavelli was the (old)Stephen Colbert of the Renaissance.
If you read Uncle Niccolo's life under the Medicis, and compare The Prince to his work before and after, it CAN only be satire. The Discourses are a far better insight into his thinking.
If you read Uncle Niccolo's life under the Medicis, and compare The Prince to his work before and after, it CAN only be satire. The Discourses are a far better insight into his thinking.
Out of Context Comment - "There's nothing factually wrong with the description, while it has the redemption of being intentionally insulting."
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Out of Context Comment - "There's nothing factually wrong with the description, while it has the redemption of being intentionally insulting."
Out of context comment
"Some people shouldn't be allowed access to anything sharper or more stimulating than Play-Doh."
"Some people shouldn't be allowed access to anything sharper or more stimulating than Play-Doh."
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Out of context comment
"Some people shouldn't be allowed access to anything sharper or more stimulating than Play-Doh."
"Some people shouldn't be allowed access to anything sharper or more stimulating than Play-Doh."
Out of context comment
"It's funny because it's needlessly charitable compared to my actual response."
"It's funny because it's needlessly charitable compared to my actual response."
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Out of context comment
"It's funny because it's needlessly charitable compared to my actual response."
"It's funny because it's needlessly charitable compared to my actual response."
Out of context comment
"It was also the first time I've seen a Finnish professor of mythology used as a threat."
"It was also the first time I've seen a Finnish professor of mythology used as a threat."
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Out of context comment
"It was also the first time I've seen a Finnish professor of mythology used as a threat."
"It was also the first time I've seen a Finnish professor of mythology used as a threat."
Out of context comment
"The only serious criticism; it was teaching the Medicis to suck eggs"
"The only serious criticism; it was teaching the Medicis to suck eggs"
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Out of context comment
"The only serious criticism; it was teaching the Medicis to suck eggs"
"The only serious criticism; it was teaching the Medicis to suck eggs"
Out of context comment
"If that hadn't happened, I'd have gone to my grave perchance a little happier for being one ear worm lighter."
"If that hadn't happened, I'd have gone to my grave perchance a little happier for being one ear worm lighter."
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Out of context comment
"If that hadn't happened, I'd have gone to my grave perchance a little happier for being one ear worm lighter."
"If that hadn't happened, I'd have gone to my grave perchance a little happier for being one ear worm lighter."
Out of context comment
"I'm clearly not 'better than that,' and I didn't wish them dead, just enjoyed contemplating the circumstances of that inevitability"
"I'm clearly not 'better than that,' and I didn't wish them dead, just enjoyed contemplating the circumstances of that inevitability"
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Out of context comment
"I'm clearly not 'better than that,' and I didn't wish them dead, just enjoyed contemplating the circumstances of that inevitability"
"I'm clearly not 'better than that,' and I didn't wish them dead, just enjoyed contemplating the circumstances of that inevitability"