alistair pomegranate 'lappy' percival
@lappypercival.bsky.social
chairman of the overseas committee for the promotion and defence of british interests | nanny-statist | anglican protestant (TEC) | grad student somewhere (econ)
Philippians 2:12-13
Philippians 2:12-13
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this is going to be fun i think
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
this is going to be fun i think
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As any parent knows though, TikTok and YouTube content creators were grinding out KPop Demon Hunters and Labubus content this summer/fall — the two feed off each other.
There’s a fundamental flaw in the premise here — “mass culture” is defined as film, TV, music… when in reality culture is downstream of TikTok, YouTube, the internet and there’s no stagnation there
Movies are irrelevant to mass media - but still relevant to commentators
pca.st/episode/ab91...
Movies are irrelevant to mass media - but still relevant to commentators
pca.st/episode/ab91...
A Grand Unified Theory of Cultural Stagnation
pca.st
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
As any parent knows though, TikTok and YouTube content creators were grinding out KPop Demon Hunters and Labubus content this summer/fall — the two feed off each other.
i have a HS friend/acquaintance who serially ends up deciding that guys who are flirting with her are deliberately insulting her intelligence and while she correctly identified that they overestimate their own intelligence she is only able to do so by overestimating her own intelligence
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
i have a HS friend/acquaintance who serially ends up deciding that guys who are flirting with her are deliberately insulting her intelligence and while she correctly identified that they overestimate their own intelligence she is only able to do so by overestimating her own intelligence
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Or, failing that, you could just get a rail replacement bus to Ebbw Vale…
If you prefer mountain views to dazzling cityscapes then make your way to Fujairah
Don’t fancy Dubai? Have we got an emirate for you
If you prefer mountain views to dazzling cityscapes then make your way to Fujairah
www.thetimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Or, failing that, you could just get a rail replacement bus to Ebbw Vale…
we really are the richest state in the union
This is just a few minutes from my old Congressional office. Local high school has a 97% graduation rate, Netflix is opening a $1B movie studio down the road, and Bruce Springsteen was born and raised around the corner (and still lives there). So yeah…tell me more.
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
we really are the richest state in the union
every week there's a new plan for some highway or airport and every one of them is stupid and either they pull the plug after the next national congress or it will all go to shits
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
every week there's a new plan for some highway or airport and every one of them is stupid and either they pull the plug after the next national congress or it will all go to shits
parents' investment updates: they're planning to buy gold
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
parents' investment updates: they're planning to buy gold
oh apparently they ended the interview waiver for student visas so now if i want to go home or leave the US then i will need to book an interview to get a new visa this time
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
oh apparently they ended the interview waiver for student visas so now if i want to go home or leave the US then i will need to book an interview to get a new visa this time
one of my mum's colleagues and former teacher to one of my HS friends (although she's 2 years younger than me) suggested that she [as in my friend] and i have a lot in common and should consider marrying
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
one of my mum's colleagues and former teacher to one of my HS friends (although she's 2 years younger than me) suggested that she [as in my friend] and i have a lot in common and should consider marrying
my high school is really really extorting parents to pay for landscaping and new plants
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
my high school is really really extorting parents to pay for landscaping and new plants
i have tried 'do they know it's christmas' and it's weird to sound so cheery while singing what is effectively a modern lyrical equivalent of hard times come again no more
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
i have tried 'do they know it's christmas' and it's weird to sound so cheery while singing what is effectively a modern lyrical equivalent of hard times come again no more
this summer i was staying at a hostel in portland and met a guy named alex from basingstoke who said he dropped out of his uni programme in business to go sell vans bc he realised he wasn't learning much (he's no longer selling vans and was maybe illegally working on US summer camps without a visa)
We see that in course choices, too: often for the worse (to mount my hobby horse, the real scam in HE is the 'business degree' to an undergrad who would be better served just by getting a maths or history degree).
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
this summer i was staying at a hostel in portland and met a guy named alex from basingstoke who said he dropped out of his uni programme in business to go sell vans bc he realised he wasn't learning much (he's no longer selling vans and was maybe illegally working on US summer camps without a visa)
come to think of it am *i* sb who keeps trying to be edgy and controversial but i refuse to acknowledge it. like i tend to think i am a conflict avoidant person and all that jazz but am i or do i just think so of myself bc i think it's desirable.
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
come to think of it am *i* sb who keeps trying to be edgy and controversial but i refuse to acknowledge it. like i tend to think i am a conflict avoidant person and all that jazz but am i or do i just think so of myself bc i think it's desirable.
a guy i found attractive is a libertarian? shocking
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
a guy i found attractive is a libertarian? shocking
suddenly had a thought that rich people save more but rich countries save less and now idk how the hell that works much less how that appears in a model
November 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
suddenly had a thought that rich people save more but rich countries save less and now idk how the hell that works much less how that appears in a model
JMP analysing dog owner speak when
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
JMP analysing dog owner speak when
what do canadians think about this
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
what do canadians think about this
ao3's latest canonical tags additions
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
ao3's latest canonical tags additions
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Das Crazy
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Das Crazy
'atheist who inexplicably have a specific grudge against all forms of protestantism' is kind of a good bit
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
'atheist who inexplicably have a specific grudge against all forms of protestantism' is kind of a good bit
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Your Party running a sortition exercise for their founding conference then purging nearly 10% of those selected to attend isn't doing anything to dispell the notion that they're less a political party and more a performance art piece meant to mock the entire concept of left-wing organising
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Your Party running a sortition exercise for their founding conference then purging nearly 10% of those selected to attend isn't doing anything to dispell the notion that they're less a political party and more a performance art piece meant to mock the entire concept of left-wing organising
one weird thing in those health supplements or treatments infomercials is that occasionally they will literally say 'not only is this recommended by doctors but it is also used and recommended by famous artists and celebrities'
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
one weird thing in those health supplements or treatments infomercials is that occasionally they will literally say 'not only is this recommended by doctors but it is also used and recommended by famous artists and celebrities'
lol there are experts on vietnamese TV complaining about how if you put a tax or credit restrictions on second homes then who will invest in homes for rent
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
lol there are experts on vietnamese TV complaining about how if you put a tax or credit restrictions on second homes then who will invest in homes for rent