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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 13h

Niall Donald talking about how Jim Gavin ripped him off included the truest, most Irish statement I’ve ever heard in my life, like this absolutely would be what your friends would say to you in these circumstances

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 14d

We're watching the last season of What We Do In The Shadows.

At this stage, they're really leaning into Matt Berry's pronunciations for laughs more than anything else.

I'm not complaining, by the way.

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 14d

This looks like a press conference calling for any information the public might have about the whereabouts of a missing child, organised by parents that did the kidnapping themselves

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 14d

Yeah I dunno man

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 15d

I always found his stuff to be a snide punchdown at working class areas and people, which was particularly galling considering his family background.

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 15d

Down like a dog has to be one of the worst ways you can get gunned.

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 15d

I’ve been playing video games for nearly forty years and the High Halls gauntlet in Hollow Knight: Silksong is the first time where I’ve really felt that whoever made this particular segment was going through a bitter divorce at the time

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 16d

I only vote for one Steen

a man in a wrestling ring holds a sign that says kevin owens for prime minister of canada

ALT: a man in a wrestling ring holds a sign that says kevin owens for prime minister of canada

media.tenor.com

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 18d

That’d want to be a pint of fuuuckin Smirnoff hi

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 21d

Yes indeed! (He’s also no longer with us either)

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 21d

Well this is it too! Middle ground is where you want to be :-)

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 22d

RIP Robot Redford

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 22d

Absolutely maddening at times

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 22d

Oh listen, I have a list of names I'd love to give a fucking off to, for this very reason

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 22d

Hard agree. I seem to be on to a winner here.

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 22d

I had a consultation at the dentist today. They were very helpful, informative, and above all else considerate. Which I suppose is better than sitting me down and saying listen pal, you have a mouth that looks like a poorly played round of Tetris.

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McNastyPrime @mcnastyprime.bsky.social · 24d

Jesus Christ!

Steve F @uppertiersteve.bsky.social · 24d

When you see it.

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 24d

We're watching Final Destination: Bloodlines. If you're settling in for Halloween you could do a LOT worse than work through the whole series. There's a real goofy joy in seeing a household item fall onto another then another then BOOM, someone gets turned into babbyrags

a young boy in a tuxedo and bow tie stands in front of a building

ALT: a young boy in a tuxedo and bow tie stands in front of a building

media.tenor.com

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 25d

Looked it up and you are right!

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 26d

Ha, indeed!

Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 26d

We’re watching One Fine Day. Peak 90s Clooney, back when he couldn’t keep his fuckin eyes open. And indeed peak Michelle Pfeiffer, hotter than a $2 pistol. Batman & Catwoman, now that I think of it. Anyways LOOK AT THIS PHONE. What were the 6 buttons beside red & green even for?

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 27d

Rewatching live TV footage from the day is fascinating. You can see what would become seeds of conspiracies emerge. Throwaway remarks from hosts would later mutate into people spouting 'I remember hearing secondary explosions reported on TV, but they never investigated it later'.

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 27d

If you have time, here's live daytime TV from the morning of 9/11. Absolutely fascinating to see the hosts react in real time to it all. They do their best to go ahead with light entertainment until the scale of the day just overwhelms the entire studio.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h1w...

9/11/01 Live Regis and Kelly (Entire 58 minutes of the show)

YouTube video by Jerry L. Small

www.youtube.com

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 27d

Nut remains freaked to this day

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · Sep 5

The best part about Bertie Ahern not getting to be president is knowing that he would have FUCKING LOVED to get to be president.

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