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Ben
Ben
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Some people really get on my nerves. Like I know they're probably OK but the sort of performative anger at global events and the finger wagging at everyone. Just feels like a clout play.

HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY NOTICED POLITICS AND STUFF LATELY IT IS BAD WHOS WITH ME ALSO WHO LIKES PIZZA

I suppose that is engagement for people who aren't clinically insane. But are they just furious all of the time? I feel like this is the polarisation - the online algorithmic echochamber we talk about. Have a day off dude. That doesn't need to be your whole brand. Enjoy some fruit. Smell the trees. Take in a show. Find a body of water and jump into it. Call an old friend. Make love to yourself under the moonlight. Make something with gravy then have too much gravy. Write your memoirs. Scare a goose. Straighten your hair and howl at a stranger. Learn how to do a backflip. Chant an ancient curse and summon the End Times. Grapple a boa constrictor. Burn all of your clothes. See how far you can throw a pineapple. Grieve the loss of your childhood innocence. Raise cattle from foals and then when fully reared release them into the wild. Become a famous weather presenter. Jump a motorcycle over 14 buses. Macrame an indoor plant hanger. Submit a winning entry to a book competition. Undergo extensive plastic surgery then run away to live in the forests of Paraguay. Enter and triumph at a Chris De Burgh lookalike contest. Never eat bread again. Evolve gills and live underwater. Bio-engineer a dragon. Recreate the Sistene Chapel in a Wetherspoons. I could go on.

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paul
paul
@amiserabilist@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey

well now i'm not doing it

well now i'm not doing it
well now i'm not doing it
well now i'm not doing it
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cmars
cmars
@cmars@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey I was with you until the gravy part. One can never have too much gravy.

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Nuclear Oatmeal
Nuclear Oatmeal
@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey

Well, that's ok. Any suggestions for tomorrow's activities?

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Ben
Ben
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@NuclearOatmeal

Just chill out a bit I reckon

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Wilhelm Scream Queen
Wilhelm Scream Queen
@wilhelmscreamqueen@theforkiverse.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey I like pizza

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Big Vimto
Big Vimto
@bigvimto@mendeddrum.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey

> Make love to yourself under the moonlight.

Aaaaand now I have Toploader as an earworm. Thanks Ben!

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Keith
Keith
@keith@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey that's one busy day! Maybe tomorrow..

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Keith
Keith
@keith@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey that's one busy day! Maybe tomorrow..

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Jonathan T
Jonathan T
@JonnyT@mastodon.me.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@keith @TheBreadmonkey If you've ever watched Viva Las Vegas! (I think... been a while) this is just listing what happens on Elvis's first date with the female lead. It only takes an afternoon.

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SueDiOh
@SueDiOh@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey I call it "outrage porn." It is meant to make us tired so that we'll quit fighting.
Take a break when you need to; shut it off and go out into the real world. Somewhere someone is macrame-ing a plant hanger.

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Anna
Anna
@mothninja@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey Ben, you are an inspiration. I'm going to add some line breaks and the title Bucket List, bbiab

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Anna
Anna
@mothninja@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey I already enjoy fruit, and once almost got a job as a weather presenter, I am going to ACE this

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Keith Judge
Keith Judge
@KeefJudge@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey I don't have the time to do all that!

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Nick
@Nickiquote@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey Right, I’ve got my paint set, my motorbike and my ramp, just point me in the direction of this Wetherspoons ceiling.

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Ben
Ben
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@Nickiquote

It's up

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Nick
Nick
@Nickiquote@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey Oh aye, fair enough. Should have guessed.

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ʙᴇɴ ᴄᴏᴛᴛᴇяɪʟʟ
@BenCotterill@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey Mate, you’ve answered your own question :)

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Olivia Grace 🌸
Olivia Grace 🌸
@olivia@theforkiverse.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey gotta get me a pineapple stat

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Alex Psmith
Alex Psmith
@alexpsmith@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey I hear that. I recently ended a friendship with someone who went completely off the deep end and became Political Voice 24/7. It wasn't for clout, which is even worse, but I had to sever ties to protect my sanity and my values.

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Ben
Ben
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@alexpsmith

I've got one I've limited contact with because he's furious all of the time and his politics have shifted and don't totally align with mine (which I try to be cool about). I can see where he's coming from, even though we're not on the same page, but it's also not something that I want to base an entire relationship on. I've got the Internet.

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Alex Psmith
Alex Psmith
@alexpsmith@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey Yeah, life is also wonderous and it's fun to share all the amazing things that are everywhere and make life worth living- everything from art to wildlife, literature, science, storytelling, moss, fungus, undersea worms, the cosmos- it can't all be Palestine, Trump, Putin, war, disease, famine, murder.

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Ben
Ben
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@alexpsmith

My filter alert just started flashing FULL HOUSE, BINGO!

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Alex Psmith
Alex Psmith
@alexpsmith@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey 😂😂😂

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Ben
Ben
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@alexpsmith

That's not strictly true. I have nearly a hundred words and phrases in my filters now. I occasionally deactivate just to see what it's like and it's..... not good.

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jack
jack
@jackeric@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey The #most irritating #ones are #the people #who flood #their posts #with hashtags #that don't #relate to #the content #of their #post

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Ben
Ben
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@jackeric

Fun to follow these hashtags to see who else is using them

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jack
jack
@jackeric@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey " #the" is mostly bots not understanding you can't put hyphens in a fediverse hashtag #the-fools

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Ben
Ben
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Always fascinating to be able to actually follow someone's descent into madness in real time.

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Chertridge
Chertridge
@chertridge@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@TheBreadmonkey Yes. Especially my own.

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