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  • Doctor PhibesD Offline
    Doctor PhibesD Offline
    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on last edited by
    #21

    I seem to remember he sang out of tune in Blackburn, and threatened somebody who spat on him.

    Or that might have been Stiff Little Fingers. It's all a bit of a blur.

    I was only joking

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    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

      I seem to remember he sang out of tune in Blackburn, and threatened somebody who spat on him.

      Or that might have been Stiff Little Fingers. It's all a bit of a blur.

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      Aqua Letifer
      wrote on last edited by
      #22

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

      I seem to remember he sang out of tune in Blackburn, and threatened somebody who spat on him.

      Or that might have been Stiff Little Fingers. It's all a bit of a blur.

      That could really go either way, yeah. 😁 (Would SLF play in Blackburn, though? Were people generally cool with them playing anywhere outside of Northern Ireland? I can see the government not being too cool with their subject matter.)

      Please love yourself.

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      • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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        Doctor Phibes
        wrote on last edited by
        #23

        No, I definitely saw SLF play. They put on a great show.

        They weren't actually particularly controversial, considering what some of the bands were like - they got a lot of airplay on John Peel - the BBC's solitary punk DJ at the time

        I was only joking

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        • RainmanR Offline
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          Rainman
          wrote on last edited by
          #24

          Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
          You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

          And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
          🤡

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          • Doctor PhibesD Offline
            Doctor PhibesD Offline
            Doctor Phibes
            wrote on last edited by
            #25

            Speak softly, and carry a bloody good pair of running shoes.

            I was only joking

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            • RainmanR Rainman

              Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
              You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

              And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
              🤡

              JollyJ Offline
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              Jolly
              wrote on last edited by
              #26

              @Rainman said in Goodbye, Facebook:

              Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
              You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

              And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
              🤡

              Walk into any bar populated by more than ten people and there's always at least one guy that looks like he needs to have his ass whupped...

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • KlausK Offline
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                Klaus
                wrote on last edited by
                #27

                I closed my FB account years ago because of their censoring and privacy policies.

                I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

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                • KlausK Klaus

                  I closed my FB account years ago because of their censoring and privacy policies.

                  I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

                  Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                  Aqua Letifer
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #28

                  @Klaus said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                  I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

                  Maybe it'll grow? And how political is the platform? Is that all that's talked about?

                  Please love yourself.

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                  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                    @Klaus said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                    I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

                    Maybe it'll grow? And how political is the platform? Is that all that's talked about?

                    KlausK Offline
                    KlausK Offline
                    Klaus
                    wrote on last edited by Klaus
                    #29

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                    @Klaus said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                    I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

                    Maybe it'll grow? And how political is the platform? Is that all that's talked about?

                    I randomly searched for the word "Germany" on Parler. It's not a very partisan word.

                    Look at how often words like "QAnon" or "Nazi" or "Trump" show up in the results.

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                    I'm not saying it can't change or grow. But right now it seems to be populated mostly by hard core Trump fans and conspiracy theorists.

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                    • CopperC Offline
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                      Copper
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                      #30

                      Parler requires your phone # to create an account, forget it

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                      • JollyJ Jolly

                        @Rainman said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                        Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                        You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                        And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                        🤡

                        Walk into any bar populated by more than ten people and there's always at least one guy that looks like he needs to have his ass whupped...

                        Doctor PhibesD Offline
                        Doctor PhibesD Offline
                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #31

                        @Jolly said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                        @Rainman said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                        Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                        You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                        And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                        🤡

                        Walk into any bar populated by more than ten people and there's always at least one guy that looks like he needs to have his ass whupped...

                        And there's always one who comes back from the bathroom to find that some bastard's put a drawing pin on his chair.

                        I was only joking

                        JollyJ 1 Reply Last reply
                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                          @Jolly said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                          @Rainman said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                          Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                          You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                          And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                          🤡

                          Walk into any bar populated by more than ten people and there's always at least one guy that looks like he needs to have his ass whupped...

                          And there's always one who comes back from the bathroom to find that some bastard's put a drawing pin on his chair.

                          JollyJ Offline
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                          Jolly
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #32

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                          @Jolly said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                          @Rainman said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                          Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                          You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                          And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                          🤡

                          Walk into any bar populated by more than ten people and there's always at least one guy that looks like he needs to have his ass whupped...

                          And there's always one who comes back from the bathroom to find that some bastard's put a drawing pin on his chair.

                          Not down here, buster.

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          • Doctor PhibesD Offline
                            Doctor PhibesD Offline
                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #33

                            You need to get out more

                            I was only joking

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                            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                              You need to get out more

                              JollyJ Offline
                              JollyJ Offline
                              Jolly
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #34

                              @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                              You need to get out more

                              Nah, you need to hang around a bit more in the kind of bars where the band plays behind a chicken wire screen.

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              • Doctor PhibesD Offline
                                Doctor PhibesD Offline
                                Doctor Phibes
                                wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                                #35

                                Rough pubs are banned in England. I grew up completely surrounded by people who look and sound like Hugh Grant.

                                I was only joking

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                                • JollyJ Jolly

                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                  You need to get out more

                                  Nah, you need to hang around a bit more in the kind of bars where the band plays behind a chicken wire screen.

                                  KlausK Offline
                                  KlausK Offline
                                  Klaus
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #36

                                  @Jolly said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                  Nah, you need to hang around a bit more in the kind of bars where the band plays behind a chicken wire screen.

                                  Do those actually exist? Where would I find one?

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                                  • KlausK Klaus

                                    @Jolly said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                    Nah, you need to hang around a bit more in the kind of bars where the band plays behind a chicken wire screen.

                                    Do those actually exist? Where would I find one?

                                    George KG Offline
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                                    George K
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #37

                                    @Klaus said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                    Do those actually exist? Where would I find one?

                                    Link to video

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      Catseye3
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #38

                                      Also, the movie Road House would give you a good idea of what they're like.

                                      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                      • KlausK Klaus

                                        @Jolly said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                        Nah, you need to hang around a bit more in the kind of bars where the band plays behind a chicken wire screen.

                                        Do those actually exist? Where would I find one?

                                        JollyJ Offline
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                                        Jolly
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #39

                                        @Klaus said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                        @Jolly said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                        Nah, you need to hang around a bit more in the kind of bars where the band plays behind a chicken wire screen.

                                        Do those actually exist? Where would I find one?

                                        When I was a lad, you could find those on the TLO (Texas/Louisiana/Oklahoma) bar circuit. Usually, small dive bars with a mixture of cowboys, rednecks and roughnecks. You couldn't buy a beer except in cans, because they weaponized long necks, mugs and pitchers.

                                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #40

                                          You were warned.

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