Stephen Hampshire
@shampshire.bsky.social
Customers, psychology, music, history...
Ha! I know exactly what you mean.
a cartoon of a family guy in a bathtub with the caption it insists upon itself yarn
Alt: The family guy “it insists upon itself” meme.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Ha! I know exactly what you mean.
I have bid. Though admittedly not €1 jillion.
December 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I have bid. Though admittedly not €1 jillion.
What?! Someone should have sent me an email!
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
What?! Someone should have sent me an email!
The details need thinking about, but this is broadly the right idea. It should be impossible to become a billionaire.
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The details need thinking about, but this is broadly the right idea. It should be impossible to become a billionaire.
I think I probably don't quite grok the idea yet.
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I think I probably don't quite grok the idea yet.
(It's extremely likely that I'm missing something!)
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
(It's extremely likely that I'm missing something!)
It strikes me as sort of trivially true in some senses, but meaningfully not very significant, unless I'm missing something?
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It strikes me as sort of trivially true in some senses, but meaningfully not very significant, unless I'm missing something?
Now THAT is how you do a cover, people!
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Now THAT is how you do a cover, people!
Anne of Green Gables is a banger, to be sure, but I might find the cover offputting.
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Anne of Green Gables is a banger, to be sure, but I might find the cover offputting.
I absolutely crave this.
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I absolutely crave this.
I really, really, want to know which painfully worthy books he's passing on.
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I really, really, want to know which painfully worthy books he's passing on.
Ha! Me too, and that is a surprisingly good simile.
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Ha! Me too, and that is a surprisingly good simile.
Yeah, which is why I worry some may be put off by its (unfair) reputation for holier-than-though progressiveness.
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Yeah, which is why I worry some may be put off by its (unfair) reputation for holier-than-though progressiveness.
Bluesky is pretty silly if you follow the right people, and not nearly as censorious as people make out (although admittedly people with a profile like yours will come under much more scrutiny than me). There was a period where it was exhaustingly self-congratulatory, but that’s largely passed.
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Bluesky is pretty silly if you follow the right people, and not nearly as censorious as people make out (although admittedly people with a profile like yours will come under much more scrutiny than me). There was a period where it was exhaustingly self-congratulatory, but that’s largely passed.
What a cover that is!
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
What a cover that is!
Well, he’ll say “Up the RA!” for £50.
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Well, he’ll say “Up the RA!” for £50.
One thing social media has taught us is that a surprisingly large chunk of people simply do not understand jokes, satire, or any form of irony. (Also the difference between a protagonist's views, a narrator's views, and an author's views, but that's a point for another day.)
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
One thing social media has taught us is that a surprisingly large chunk of people simply do not understand jokes, satire, or any form of irony. (Also the difference between a protagonist's views, a narrator's views, and an author's views, but that's a point for another day.)
They’re possibly (and I recognise this may be optimistic) trying to be funny?
December 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
They’re possibly (and I recognise this may be optimistic) trying to be funny?
Ooh, they’re great!
December 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Ooh, they’re great!
There’s something very compelling about the ambiguous date of stone heads - always makes me think of that passage in one of Anne Ross’s books where she sees a pair in situ as gateposts.
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
There’s something very compelling about the ambiguous date of stone heads - always makes me think of that passage in one of Anne Ross’s books where she sees a pair in situ as gateposts.