My manager just told me when she was a kid in Australia there was a monitor lizard that walked up and down the street at 3:30pm and everyone had to give it a boiled egg or it would tap angrily on the window with its foot.
@glasgowfilmfest
Erm you need to justify this more than "they're Russian", are the filmmakers big Putin fans or is it literally just their nationality? If the latter I assume you'll be doing the same for other filmmakers whose home countries are involved in conflict at the moment?
it's genuinely deeply sad that this girl is a) doing 28 A Levels and b) thinks this is important. she is 100% going to have a mental breakdown in any situation where her self worth can't be measured on a scale by exams!
someone said melanie lynskey???? you would be insanely lucky if she heard you out even for a second that woman is a beautiful saint oh my GOD straight men are criminals
after years of biting my tongue I have been forced to explain to my mum that glory hole has a common meaning that isn't "the cupboard where you store random crap". the final straw was her telling me the cat got stuck in the glory hole for 3 hours. thanks.
people hate jo swinson for being a blatant careerist who was happy to prop up the tories, spouts shit constantly, has no discernable policies except "remain and nuke things" and spends more time trying to discredit labour and split the left vote than criticising tories but ok
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you, on £25K: billionaires are good actually because they invest in people's skills through providing jobs
labour: we want to invest in the future by providing free education and training for adults, the rich will pay slightly more tax though
you: fuck you stalin
my boyfriend has made an hilarious martin luther football meme that he can't find an appreciative audience for so I said I would tweet it. he is very proud of it. I don't get it.
the myth that people on the tube are rude and people on public transport in the north are all sharing biscuits with strangers or whatever is so fucking weird man.
@ConnieMarkie
wow i'm glad that your kid has friends who understand their life and that LGBT children with mental health issues are able to come together and provide each other with the support they are clearly lacking at home xx
I once rejected my own short story from a magazine I was guest editing. The magazine had a blind submission policy, and I didn't recognize the story as my own and forgot I'd submitted it months before I was asked to guest edit the issue
honestly don't give a shit if any immigrant moves here and doesn't embrace whatever "british values", but especially not refugees from a country we decided to go and blow up for years for no reason 🥴