FB reminds me of a 13 year old letter to the Daily Mail which rendered all subsequent letters to the Daily Mail redundant. This was the pinnacle. - ThreadSky

equusonthebuses.bsky.social • 65 days ago

FB reminds me of a 13 year old letter to the Daily Mail which rendered all subsequent letters to the Daily Mail redundant. This was the pinnacle.

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bowiegod.bsky.social•65 days ago

https://youtu.be/Xb82v7wh1Fw?si=JiB0Kg6sm1WLaFEX

beccoop.bsky.social•65 days ago

Seems like a standard post in Northwich Life tbf

nookrat.bsky.social•65 days ago

Has to be satire...surely

sloanysoft.itch.io•64 days ago

There's a lot to unpick, but that it leads with Melvyn Bragg strongly implies that he was the tipping point.

antarcticatv.bsky.social•64 days ago

I wonder if this was meant as a send-up?

rmhayes.bsky.social•63 days ago

Wait what did the host of the BBC radio show “In Our Time” do to upset people?

equusonthebuses.bsky.social•63 days ago

Probably invited some of those hated "experts" on to the show...

charliealpera.bsky.social•65 days ago

Are you sure this wasn't in Viz?

rich-bryant.uk•65 days ago

that's a lot of words for "I am now old and irrelevant".

samanthasearrings.bsky.social•65 days ago

"And Lin at the meat counter gave a better cut of pork to Stan, who contrives to have more hair than me even though he's 2 years older."

aunticles.bsky.social•65 days ago

British food lmao

oyin.bo•65 days ago

The little guy sure can moan 💪

theunfinished.bsky.social•65 days ago

Probably is dead now, so it worked out for him in the end.

rxcarter.bsky.social•64 days ago

This is perhaps the most British thing I’ve ever read 🤣🤣

unsheeped.bsky.social•65 days ago

I half expected him to sign off with "love to the family"
@explodingheads.bsky.social

twofatfeet.bsky.social•65 days ago

Diary entry, 2nd March 2025.

Still alive. Fuck sake. Oh and that letter’s on social media again

xtallokitty808.bsky.social•65 days ago

This is one step above poetry that's been submitted to their local paper.

multithinker.bsky.social•65 days ago

A time capsule of British discontent—equal parts despair, nostalgia, and Daily Mail energy. The irony? Every generation thinks their country is ‘ruined,’ yet the world spins on. Rage ages, but does it ever change anything? #BritishMelancholy #GrumpyLetters #NothingEverChanges