gillo.bsky.social
Retired, escaped English/Drama teacher in the English Midlands. Now studying for the heck of it. EM drama, kidlit, Buffy, Rejoin. Cymraeg am byth!
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"I may do it, I may not" triggered a memory of something... huh... good. A line from Black Books:
"WILL YOU LEAVE ME ALONE? I'M BROWSING! MAYBE I'LL BUY THIS BOOK, MAYBE I WON'T, BUT YOU CANNOT INFLUENCE ME ONE IOTA, NOT ONE JOT! NOW THAT I'M DONE WITH YOU, GO AWAY!"
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Starmer is terrified of what Agent Orange could do to the British economy. He'd rather knuckle under than stand up for what we believe in.
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Orwell, 1984 and that bloody paperweight.
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And yet sometimes, "The meaning you found cannot be supported by anything in the text and you've produced no evidence to justify your claim."
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Just like the arms of certain women who come and go all the bleeding time yakking about Great Art.
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It’s almost like learning how to identify author intent, messaging symbolism, implicit bias, and unreliable narrators in media is a valuable skill to fight misinformation, propaganda, and fascism…
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The importance of friendship and the fact that it is never too late to seek redemption.
Also, gold rings? Shiny.
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Others may be worse, but this is bad. Raven droppings.
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The whole "the curtain is blue!" discourse has convinced half the population that artists have no themes or questions their work explores. People, this is not an English teacher conspiracy. Artists do include symbolism and subtext!
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Bigger than the one he usually wears?
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He'll really like it, especially if they wear those special boots.
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They are saving the goose-step for tomorrow?
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That’s more like it.
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Personally I feel (as an onlooker) the USA needs to be liberated from the criminal in the White House.
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You're not wrong.
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That sounds about right. One to avoid, I've always felt. Apparently they remove all the bones, so perhaps it's not as big as I imagine. Or perhaps it is:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken