Michael McDoormat
@glasshalfarsed.bsky.social
I have a PhD in physics that I'm not using, if anyone wants it?
Mostly known as:
Trinity Collidge Guy.
Failed Seanad candidate.
He/him.
Mostly known as:
Trinity Collidge Guy.
Failed Seanad candidate.
He/him.
Why do people think that the '12 Days of Christmas' starts on the 1st of December?
Like, do they not find it odd that there is no actual overlap with Christmas doing it that way?
Like, do they not find it odd that there is no actual overlap with Christmas doing it that way?
December 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Why do people think that the '12 Days of Christmas' starts on the 1st of December?
Like, do they not find it odd that there is no actual overlap with Christmas doing it that way?
Like, do they not find it odd that there is no actual overlap with Christmas doing it that way?
If this wasn't a few weeks after Musk directing his chatbot to tell everyone that he was the smartest, sexiest, most athletic person who ever lived, I'd say this was the most embarrassing thing anyone has ever done.
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If this wasn't a few weeks after Musk directing his chatbot to tell everyone that he was the smartest, sexiest, most athletic person who ever lived, I'd say this was the most embarrassing thing anyone has ever done.
2025 Book #19: Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome
I enjoyed it but you absolutely have to go into it already a fan of the character. I think it only works if you read everything in his voice.
It's honestly like a novelisation of a Darkplace film.
I enjoyed it but you absolutely have to go into it already a fan of the character. I think it only works if you read everything in his voice.
It's honestly like a novelisation of a Darkplace film.
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
2025 Book #19: Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome
I enjoyed it but you absolutely have to go into it already a fan of the character. I think it only works if you read everything in his voice.
It's honestly like a novelisation of a Darkplace film.
I enjoyed it but you absolutely have to go into it already a fan of the character. I think it only works if you read everything in his voice.
It's honestly like a novelisation of a Darkplace film.
What the fuck is anyone on LinkedIn ever talking about?
December 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
What the fuck is anyone on LinkedIn ever talking about?
Someone in the office who I've only ever interacted with on Outlook walked by while I had an email from them open.
They were wearing the exact same outfit as they had on in their profile image and it just looked like this:
They were wearing the exact same outfit as they had on in their profile image and it just looked like this:
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Someone in the office who I've only ever interacted with on Outlook walked by while I had an email from them open.
They were wearing the exact same outfit as they had on in their profile image and it just looked like this:
They were wearing the exact same outfit as they had on in their profile image and it just looked like this:
There's some incredible levels to this.
Matthew Holness is writing a book in character as Garth Marenghi.
The book Marenghi has written has a self-insert character who is also a horror author called Nick Steen.
Steen has also written a book with a self-insert author character.
Matthew Holness is writing a book in character as Garth Marenghi.
The book Marenghi has written has a self-insert character who is also a horror author called Nick Steen.
Steen has also written a book with a self-insert author character.
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
There's some incredible levels to this.
Matthew Holness is writing a book in character as Garth Marenghi.
The book Marenghi has written has a self-insert character who is also a horror author called Nick Steen.
Steen has also written a book with a self-insert author character.
Matthew Holness is writing a book in character as Garth Marenghi.
The book Marenghi has written has a self-insert character who is also a horror author called Nick Steen.
Steen has also written a book with a self-insert author character.
The lack of any additional context makes this read like the most pointless headline ever.
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The lack of any additional context makes this read like the most pointless headline ever.
2025 Book #18: Prelude to Foundation
Hari Seldon is such a powerful figure in the other Foundation books because of how little you know and here he's a bit of an annoying dipshit.
Maybe it's better if you read the Robot books first but I found this one really underwhelming.
Hari Seldon is such a powerful figure in the other Foundation books because of how little you know and here he's a bit of an annoying dipshit.
Maybe it's better if you read the Robot books first but I found this one really underwhelming.
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
2025 Book #18: Prelude to Foundation
Hari Seldon is such a powerful figure in the other Foundation books because of how little you know and here he's a bit of an annoying dipshit.
Maybe it's better if you read the Robot books first but I found this one really underwhelming.
Hari Seldon is such a powerful figure in the other Foundation books because of how little you know and here he's a bit of an annoying dipshit.
Maybe it's better if you read the Robot books first but I found this one really underwhelming.
I only learned today that Ethan Slater played Spongebob Squarepants in a musical.
I honestly thought people referred to him as "Spongebob" because he was ugly.
I honestly thought people referred to him as "Spongebob" because he was ugly.
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I only learned today that Ethan Slater played Spongebob Squarepants in a musical.
I honestly thought people referred to him as "Spongebob" because he was ugly.
I honestly thought people referred to him as "Spongebob" because he was ugly.
Um, you can't park there
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Um, you can't park there
Reading 'Prelude to Foundation' and that is... certainly one way of letting the reader know that not everyone in the galaxy is white.
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Reading 'Prelude to Foundation' and that is... certainly one way of letting the reader know that not everyone in the galaxy is white.
2025 Book #17: Excession
Another Culture novel. Was really interesting to learn more about the Minds though I found the actual organic characters to be a little dull.
Still a fun read, but I'd rank it somewhere in the middle of what I've read of the series so far.
Another Culture novel. Was really interesting to learn more about the Minds though I found the actual organic characters to be a little dull.
Still a fun read, but I'd rank it somewhere in the middle of what I've read of the series so far.
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
2025 Book #17: Excession
Another Culture novel. Was really interesting to learn more about the Minds though I found the actual organic characters to be a little dull.
Still a fun read, but I'd rank it somewhere in the middle of what I've read of the series so far.
Another Culture novel. Was really interesting to learn more about the Minds though I found the actual organic characters to be a little dull.
Still a fun read, but I'd rank it somewhere in the middle of what I've read of the series so far.
It bodes so well for the future that millions of people are becoming reliant on this technology for information.
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It bodes so well for the future that millions of people are becoming reliant on this technology for information.
This is much, much funnier than the post itself could ever be.
Like the app itself is cutting me off from posting dumb bullshit.
Like the app itself is cutting me off from posting dumb bullshit.
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is much, much funnier than the post itself could ever be.
Like the app itself is cutting me off from posting dumb bullshit.
Like the app itself is cutting me off from posting dumb bullshit.
It's cool just on how many levels that description of Foundation is incorrect.
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It's cool just on how many levels that description of Foundation is incorrect.
"Maturing is realising that Quagmire is right."
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Maturing is realising that Quagmire is right."
Made Mary a lasagna for her birthday.
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Made Mary a lasagna for her birthday.
If you've seen Garth Marenghi's Darkplace you'll appreciate this.
October 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If you've seen Garth Marenghi's Darkplace you'll appreciate this.
Every time I've run for office I stripped naked and examined myself to make sure I hadn't accidentally acquired any Nazi tattoos.
Would've thought that was the first step in any political campaign.
Would've thought that was the first step in any political campaign.
October 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Every time I've run for office I stripped naked and examined myself to make sure I hadn't accidentally acquired any Nazi tattoos.
Would've thought that was the first step in any political campaign.
Would've thought that was the first step in any political campaign.
This is great design because he can also use it next time he runs in an election.
October 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is great design because he can also use it next time he runs in an election.
Doing the Teelings tour and apparently the thing at the end was meant to be a "tasting" and not a race?
October 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Doing the Teelings tour and apparently the thing at the end was meant to be a "tasting" and not a race?
I think this is something called a "devil's coach-horse beetle" and I simply didn't know we had insects built like that in Ireland.
October 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I think this is something called a "devil's coach-horse beetle" and I simply didn't know we had insects built like that in Ireland.