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The Hobbling Hare

@thehobblinghare.bsky.social

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Disabled content writer whose body is ageing slightly faster than his mind. And as I get older, the less I feel sure of. Frequently baffled.

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The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 13m

No kidding. Just read that as I came in from my one day a week in the office, absolutely bushed. Give me books, give me coffee, give me a comfy chair.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 3h

It's a working class thing - at least where I'm from, anyway.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 4h

'Let Him Have It' is the film of that and the ending makes me feel sick.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 4h

That passes for a massive shit fight in certain circles.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 4h

In my case, a shattered relic who speaks like a Victorian fop.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 4h

If I moved to the US, would I therefore become more attractive?

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The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 7h

He's reinvented himself as Compassionate Wanker who makes people go 'aaaah'. ComWank. WankAssion.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 8h

I sometimes work at my Dad's. He has Alzheimer's and often noisily interacts with people in the meeting, shouting words of advice.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 11h

Shouting at the void news.

Off to work, armed with Baclofen and self-deprecation. Which is always a way of being defensive without being rude.

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武政諒 Ryo Takemasa @ryotakemasa.bsky.social · 12h

Leaves Dancing on the Walkway (2020)
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...

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The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 11h

There's a song called 'Big Iron' by Johnny Cash that tells a similar story. I won't spoil it for you, but I've always liked the idea of triumphing over evil, of striving when all seemed lost. That now looks madly quaint.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 11h

Quite possibly the best thing I've heard today. It's early, but that's put down a marker.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 12h

I see the same here in the UK and it's wearying. People end up with nothing they want and a weird sense of piety rather than half of what they want and a sense that they've compromised.

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The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 12h

The 'purity test' reference is very, very accurate. The Right rally behind any candidate - the Left look for reasons not to.

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The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 22h

Hmm. Close one. At least the turd could be washed off. You win.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 23h

But what is she surprised AT?

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The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 1d

'Will burn'
'Will burn lots'

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Rogan is confusing a podcast with reality.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 1d

That last line hits you like a punch.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 1d

I once had a massive, and I mean massive crap on the side of a large hill during a field trip. A high wind caught me as I stood up, I stumbled with my trousers around my ankles and stood in my Epic Crap. That is my shoe story.

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The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 1d

My self esteem is so fucked that although I've been writing professionally for decades, it feels like it's just better than I am so my entire linguistic persona is made of shadows and pretence.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 1d

He's now locked into saying he'll do a third term. If he doesn't, people will draw obvious conclusions about his health and forget the Constitutional argument that he can't. So he has to keep up the pretence, stumbling onwards.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 1d

In her head, she's thinking 'this is clicks'. And shortly after that 'maybe there's a vacancy for a new talking head'. You don't want to go out there being quietly kind or unobtrusively good. Make it all about you.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 1d

Worth it for the fake outrage.

The Hobbling Hare @thehobblinghare.bsky.social · 1d

He reminds me of PG Wodehouse in an odd way. You have to unclip some of the things that are holding you back and immerse yourself in their respective worlds.