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Anyone remember a British reality TV show where a group of strangers follow a couple around for a few days, observing everything and giving...

Anyone remember a British reality TV show where a group of strangers follow a couple around for a few days, observing everything and giving advice?
I never got round to seeing it. It was from a while back. It seemed really interesting but I can't find a trace of it anywhere.

If I choke on my own blood at least it's not false advertising.

If I choke on my own blood at least it's not false advertising.

Signed up for blue sky to try it out and a day later it won't let me in, so one point for here in the pros and cons list.

Signed up for blue sky to try it out and a day later it won't let me in, so one point for here in the pros and cons list.

Saw this before, assumed it was satire and it's actually fucking real. This is why I got out of the satire game. There's nothing to...

Saw this before, assumed it was satire and it's actually fucking real. This is why I got out of the satire game. There's nothing to satirise. We basically live in one giant Armando Iannucci sketch.

Bought a second hand copy of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Salute the Dark for £2 online, with free postage, and the thing is actually signed by...

Bought a second hand copy of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Salute the Dark for £2 online, with free postage, and the thing is actually signed by Tchaikovsky himself!

What does this sentence even mean? I feel old.

What does this sentence even mean?
I feel old.

This dog become a CEO and now it's fighting aging. Impressive.

This dog become a CEO and now it's fighting aging. Impressive.

Watching Starship Troopers, which I've never seen before, and it occurs to me that Michael Ironside has had arms ripped off in at least...

Watching Starship Troopers, which I've never seen before, and it occurs to me that Michael Ironside has had arms ripped off in at least three films.

I have two poems in this fantastic anthology of Kaiju-themed writing, available for pre-order now from Broken Sleep books. A portion of...

I have two poems in this fantastic anthology of Kaiju-themed writing, available for pre-order now from Broken Sleep books. A portion of proceeds go to Freedom from Torture. Please check it out.

https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/ed-alex-adams-aaron-kent-devastation-songs-an-anthology-of-kaiju-writing

Our Alexa can't find the internet and is now American.

Our Alexa can't find the internet and is now American.

Ah yes, the three groups that make up the whole of society: communists, Jews, and Esther McVey with a fag in her gob.

Ah yes, the three groups that make up the whole of society: communists, Jews, and Esther McVey with a fag in her gob.

I'm going to be honest, I haven't got the patience to do twenty of those #bookstodon things. Three will have to do.

I'm going to be honest, I haven't got the patience to do twenty of those #bookstodon things. Three will have to do.

#BookChallenge. Day ThreeThe challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no...

#BookChallenge. Day Three
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Do join in! #Bookstodon

#BookChallenge. Day Two The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no...

#BookChallenge. Day Two
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Do join in! #Bookstodon

#BookChallenge. Day one. The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations,...

#BookChallenge. Day one.
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Do join in! #Bookstodon

I think our local YMCA is trying to tell us something...

I think our local YMCA is trying to tell us something...

I miss pub quiz machines. It's just pseudo fruit machines now. If I'm going to be out of pocket it should be at least fun, not the...

I miss pub quiz machines. It's just pseudo fruit machines now. If I'm going to be out of pocket it should be at least fun, not the equivalent of being mugged a pound at a time. Anyway, first world problems and all that...

Maybe I was drunk.

Maybe I was drunk.

I don't know what happened on the eighth of May, but I just found six poems that I wrote and have no memory of writing any of them.

I don't know what happened on the eighth of May, but I just found six poems that I wrote and have no memory of writing any of them.

You'd think this was bait considering how bonkers and untrue these statements are. However the comments were thousands of people just...

You'd think this was bait considering how bonkers and untrue these statements are. However the comments were thousands of people just agreeing with them. I'm clearly not on the same wavelength as other people. Everything post Alien 3 was awful and I genuinely don't understand how anyone has anything nice to say about Prometheus.