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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 51m

Film directors are really just project managers who pick good people to do the hard stuff. They have a tiny role in the artistic direction of a movie and they know it. Their two main skills are talking to money and letting real artists be creative.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1h

Why do nurses, when giving you an injection say 'you'll just feel a little pinch'? Pinch is the wrong word. They don't want to say 'little prick', do they.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 2h

When your kids complain about having to help you with technical things for the billionth time, just remind them who taught them how to use a spoon and how to not shit themselves.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 3h

Mount Everest is so littered with bodies, that if you were to murder someone by chucking them off the mountain you'd get away with it. In fact, dozens of people probably have.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 12h

The amount of e-waste created by Microsoft's policy to drop support for certain CPUs in Windows 11 is basically a crime against humanity.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 13h

All toilets should be designed with a gentle vacuum in the bowl. Not to help shift your load, but to suck all the piss and shit microbes that otherwise float out of the toilet, all over the bathroom - landing on every surface, the towels, toothbrushes and you

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 14h

The Mersey Rail Bridge is an epileptic's nightmare. I have to cover my eyes with my hands and look like a nutter every time I cross it.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 15h

If God did exist he wouldn't allow you to be woken up by your own snores just as you're drifting off.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 16h

The phase OEMs went thru of splitting HDDs in half, creating a second 'Data' partition on the primary drive was a mistake. So many normies got confused thinking they were backing up their C drive to it when in reality they were just moving deckchairs on the Titanic.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 17h

Can everyone in the UK get their heads around the fact that 'pressing charges' is a US thing and has no basis in UK law? The CPS decide whether to prosecute or not. They might consult you but ultimately it's out of your hands.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 18h

Anchovy paste that's been thinned out with olive oil and painted directly onto the pizza dough is a better way to present that anchovies that flicking a few anchovies on top of the black olives and chilli peppers.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 19h

Remember the TV show Wife Swap? Can we do the same but with algorithms? People of opposing views live with each other social media for two weeks. I think that would be very interesting TV to watch.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 20h

Men claim to hate women who are interested in them for their money but as soon as they get any significant money a lot of men surround themselves with people like that.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 21h

American Horror Story: Hotel works so well because at any given time there's about a 65% chance that Lady Gaga isn't playing a character & it's actually her autobiography.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 22h

As a dad, the end of the joyous full-fat milk interlude between your kid's first and fourth birthdays after which the wife brutally reimposes semi-skimmed is only offset by this being the moment regular sex finally gets going again.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 23h

A tattoo should only be something that is very personal to the individual. Such as a name, a date or something. If you're picking some design out their book, or something you've seen on instagram you're having it for the wrong reasons and you'll regret it.

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