Shadow298

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Bolt shoud've been fired years ago but he's one of the few people left at Sky/Murdoch that will so willingly debase themselves with stupid options & say such pathetic things to get a smidgen of views without demanding a better spot & higher pay.

 

Aussie dessert makers Sara Lee have filed for voluntary administration as they seek a new buyer for the company and are currently undergoing restructuring so their staff don't lose their jobs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They're back... FOR REVENGE!!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Keep the Nazis out. with flames and force is necessary. Both online & in real life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

"Sir, how high are you?" "Yes."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fucking duh!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Fuck, I love that meme.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I briefly lived with a Kiwi years ago and he thought I hated him because I kept calling him 'mate'. And I thought he hated me because he kept calling me 'bro'.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I know the issues, especially the issues with disability and mobility issues have with them, but my personal sense of nostalgia trumps all of that.

(obvious sarcasm is obvious)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pity. I grew up with the classic ones. Wish they kept them around, even if just for the sake of tourism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I miss those trams. They might still have them in Melbourne but I'm not down in Melbourne.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Tom Holt is much in a similar vein as Pratchett (even shared the same cover artist for a while) with his satirical takes on fantasy & fairy tale tropes.

Surprised no one has mentioned Robert Rankin, who has a darker view that Adams but is good at satirical takes, even though some of his works do feel dated since they were written for the contemporary audience of the publications time.

Diana Wynne Jones is also recommended, she was an influence on Pratchett to a degree. She picks apart a lot of fantasy tropes in her books. she was also a friend and teacher to Gaiman. Most people know her for the Ghibli adaptation of her book Howl's Moving Castle.

Jasper Forrde has been described to me as like Adams but haven't read his book yet.

and finally the Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake, which was referenced a lot in the early Discworld novels.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is god.

 

Not sure if it's happening to anyone else, but my MalwareBytes Browser Guard keeps trying to block this Instance whenever I try to access it. Anyone know possible reasons for this? Thanks in advance for any help.

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