You haven't truly heard the English language until you've heard a Scouser describe a woman as being "as rough as toast".

We wunt be druv.

I know it's low-IQ Facebook engagement bait, but this is a good example of one of the various irritating ways a stung woman will try to cope in response to a man's lack of strong interest in her or failure to grovel: characterise it as somehow being an indication of a lack of masculunity.

Because y'know, any REAL red-blooded man would obviously find her irresistible and wouldn't be able to stop thinking about her.

It's so tiresome and obnoxious. The sheer conceit of it all.

Accept the logical consequences of the "equality" you shriek for in full, rather than just taking the immediately beneficial ones for granted and then complaining about the rest like a spoiled child, and fucking grow up.

Oh, and consider that actually, you actually might not be the most incredible woman in the world.

It's a bit like what I was saying at one point on my last stream about the phenomenon of women moaning to the effect of "OMG how about guys just actually plan dates? What happened to that??"

I mean, as I said during the stream, I strongly hold the old fashioned view that generally, it's a man's job to do all of that, and not only that, but it's actually one of the things I've always been decent at with women. Forming much of a bond with them, talking on the phone, tolerating disagreements, bad at all of that and plenty besides, but planning everything and taking the initiative, probably better than average, and I actually really enjoy it. Probably the thing I enjoy most.

And yet despite that, when I see women moaning about men not doing all that, or at least not doing it to their liking, I have two reactions at the same time.

One is, "yeah yeah, fuck off you ungrateful crabs, you could have a 6'5" billionaire with a Men's Health model's build and Chris Hemsworth's looks who treated you like a queen and you'd still fucking moan".

And the other is, "what makes you think you're worthy of any of it? What makes you think you deserve it? Are you some gently spoken maiden who exudes some sort of otherworldy elegance and decorum and has the traditional morals and beliefs that go along with the idea of it being a man's job to, as you all love to say, 'lead'? Better yet, do you even consciously try to get anywhere near showing a hint of that sort of virtue and likeability?"

Like, the idea of a woman planning a day together makes me feel slightly uncomfortable because you'd feel like you were letting a woman do what you're supposed to do as man, and something you're supposed to want to do well. And yet I feel a bit of glee at the thought of these ungrateful moaning twats feeling let down in that regard, purely out of the spite I feel towards them for their moaning and their entitlement, all whilst mostly offering very little, being terrible at being most of what woman are supposed to be, and worse, being mostly oblivious to those failings in themselves.

MILLENNIAL/GEN-Z WOMAN: See, my problem is I'm too much of a people pleaser.

I'll bet every piece of drum equipment I own that you're actually not enough of one.

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RIP

I have no experience whatsoever of raves or taking ecstasy, but this is a timelessly beautiful song.

https://youtu.be/GMAVR4AId1g?si=HVEh7kJwyuSL3dta

Get on that spin. 😂

Context: voice notes above.

Max from Phoenix Nights comes out from behind his congas to give it the bifters on Top of the Pops.

Context: voice notes above.

Looking at him again, he's like a cross between Max from Phoenix Nights and Kirk from Coronation Street.

"What about guitar playing? Who were your guitar influences?"

Nothing will improve your mood and mental well-being on a day-to-day basis more quickly than having little or no social media.

I've got a suspended X account that I can rarely even see replies on, let alone post on, and I basically use it to check two political accounts (Morgoth and Aris Roussinos), and two football accounts (Josh Williams a.k.a. DistanceCovered, and AnfieldEdition).

I've got an anonymous, unsearchable Facebook account which I basically only use to check a few pages. I have to admit that the algorithm lures me into commenting on an engagement bait post or two maybe once a day, but I'm relatively disciplined when it comes to not scrolling or getting drawn in. I was actually locked out of that account between getting a new phone in October 2021 and May 2024 so I had no access to Facebook at all.

I've got no access to Instagram.

On Telegram, I've got this channel and the "political" channel (Tollahgram), and I'm in one private group, plus a few subject-specific spin-offs of that group. Of the channels I follow, I reckon there are only about half a dozen that aren't muted, and any other groups I'm in are muted as well.

When you see almost nothing on X especially, you quickly become aware of how much less pissed off and mithered you are and how much more calm, content, and solitary you feel.