"I chime in with 'haven't you people ever heard of... What were you saying? Sorry, I wasn't really paying attention... I was just staring at the canopés'"

Sounds like a roving news reporter from Brass Eye

Fucking geologists, man :D

Me in Bristol next time; telescope-crown hat tipped forwards shading my eyes, piece of straw rolling round my mouth, big-ass Peruvian poncho on - "Lost me a tooth round these parts. I'm just here to get it back..."

Dave TV and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race...

The trick is to use a big enough hammer

Percusive maintenance is a literal thing that electromechanical engineers and mechanics use often, and it's hilarious. Genuinely works, and often just realigns broken/dislodged solder joints or mechanical components :D

Based Queen.

The irony of them blurring the cops' faces in this photo is not lost on me.

here in Spain and America and everywhere. We, the workers. We can build others to take their place. And better ones."

Because the fear of ruins is predicated by the unknown - the lack of confidence in our ability to manage the void that remains within those ruins /End.

I reckon the bit beforehand is probably the more relevant part of the quote for this context - "We have always lived in slums and holes in the wall. We will know how to accommodate ourselves for a while. For you must not forget that we can also build. It is we who built these palaces and cities -/1

history is not a series of narratives, we made that shit up!!!

I literally just discovered that you were on this app through this post, and I gotta say, having been a huge fan since reading Bear back in 2005-ish time, it makes me very happy to see you haven't succumbed to bullshit.

Love this for you.

Also I still read the Christmas Death Fairy every Xmas Eve

Ah yes. Famously not racist Richard Tice has an opinion on racism.

Ending scene in a Gregg's during a pogrom