Yes, that Emma Laslett @Houseofhubris Twitter profile

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

1 year

Obligatory "where I am elsewhere" tweet I can pin - Masto: houseofhubris @kind .social Sky: Hive: serasent Twitch: YT:

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

2 years

For the attention of anyone who feels the need to attack me for being on Brain of Britain/getting mentioned by Woman's Hour/having the audacity to be trans in the public eye: Why, when you could attack me for my questionable taste in fiction and excellent fashion sense?

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2 years

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

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2 years

(for the record, yes, I am riffing on a serious situation because that's what I do, everybody up in arms about this needs to just stop and take a look at their life choices rather than peddling hate on the internet. Also I did not even win the quiz, so give some respect to Sarah)

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5 years

@junodawson @knifefemme I mean, that's not even mentioning the best part: that this happened *on the fiftieth anniversary of Stonewall*.

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3 years

@uncanny_eli @bunchofbats I mean, you're seeing it top-down, so it could be a small slice from a deceptively tall cheesecake.

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2 years

@uncanny_eli Are they... You know... [makes ambiguous hand gesture] A *tourist*?

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@Houseofhubris

2 years

Love a 69% majority being "controversial", the days of the BBC putting out implicit transphobia are certainly coming to a middle

BBC Breaking News

@BBCBreaking

2 years

Scottish Parliament passes controversial law designed to make it easier to legally change gender

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2 years

@truesolicitor And once again, I didn't even win, can they just let it go already

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@Houseofhubris

6 years

@meakoopa It's an old pic, but here's me existing at and with Pride ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

2 years

I'll take "Technically True But Utterly Fucking Craven Responses" for 200, Alex

BBC Woman's Hour

@BBCWomansHour

2 years

The BBC has confirmed the following: "We can clarify that Brain of Britain's list of women finalists included a trans woman, a detail which was not made available to the Woman's Hour team when they covered the story."

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

1 year

Massive respect to everyone involved, love to those of them that deserve it, and once again, if you've decided that this was a good time to abuse trans people online and generally be a cunt, go ahead and show yourself out #onlyconnect

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2 years

@Atmyexpense @paulsinha (the contestant did not want to clarify this)

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

6 months

So yeah, guess you'll be seeing me next week, looking forward to it 💜 #jeopardy #ukjeopardy

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@Houseofhubris

2 years

@RoseSchmits My Twitter has been an absolute shitfire for the past few days since that happened, and I'm so tired

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@Houseofhubris

6 years

@kateleth *holds up a massive sign saying 'THAT YOU KNOW OF'*

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

2 years

My friends and the quiz community at large are such wonderful, supportive people, and I love you all 🦀💜

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

2 years

Both teams on #OnlyConnect tonight are lovely people (I have more direct experience of this with one than the other), and if you're tempted to be a twat, don't. And then maybe stop doing that the rest of the time too.

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

1 year

Another *amazing* schmuck-bait moment from @failbettergames , I love the existence of this option so much

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

8 months

@Ariadne_Reviews To quote myself elsewhere, was it camp and heavy-handed? Yes. But am I always gonna be here for things whose central thesis is "trans people will save the world?" Also yes.

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

1 year

You ever put in a bath bomb and just. Immediately regret your decision? 💩

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

2 years

If you follow me *and* follow Gr*h*m L*n*h*n (and I know these people exist), pick a fucking side.

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

6 months

It was a good run, though, easily my second favourite gameshow experience, and I came away with eleven grand and a new signature on the Jacket #jeopardy #ukjeopardy

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

2 years

I won't be around to watch #OnlyConnect as it goes out tonight, but I'll just say, before you get any big ideas: Be kind. Or at very least, try not to actively be a shit. *sharpens claws*

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

1 year

It's #TransDayOfVisibility , so... witness me, I guess?

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@Houseofhubris

2 years

@VictoriafromN I mean, I'm pretty much as out as you can be, so it could be worse in this case, but exactly.

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

6 months

Oh, and on that note, to all the people who apparently want to spend their time insulting #Jeopardy #ukjeopardy contestants online for their gender presentation: a) go fuck yourselves, and b) see you Friday 😉

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1 year

@sophie_frm_mars What the actual, everybody's profile is mostly selfies, we all carry cameras around everywhere

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

6 years

@EsserZed @cciccone @Nicole_Cliffe How else do you get wealthy?

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

3 years

Crossposting this from one of my (numerous) #VtM servers so everyone can appreciate my bad jokes

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@Houseofhubris

1 year

How it started/How it's going

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@Houseofhubris

6 months

A mood tbh

@UKJeopardy

@ukjeopardy

6 months

Emma's on a three-day run, but will it be four in a row? Jeopardy! UK is starting right now on @itv 1! @itvx #Jeopardy #UKJeopardy #itv

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@Houseofhubris

3 years

This is what being a quizzer is like

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@Houseofhubris

5 years

@EmojiMashupBot @AliceAvizandum Can we get a verdict on this from @infinite_scream

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

2 years

For every like this tweet gets I'll make another video game character trans. For every RT it gets, I'll make another character trans. Replies? You guessed it. Trans.

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

6 months

And thus, the dread hand of hubris comes for us all. I even thought through "This isn't my best subject, FJ has been hard this season, Dean does game theory and I don't know if he's great at this subject, so I shouldn't go too hard... Eh, sod it, just get it right" xD #jeopardy

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

2 years

There's worse ways to spend a Saturday morning.

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

5 years

This is important, and it's why the WWE Name Eater predominantly preying on people of colour/people with 'non-American' names is such an insidious problem. Justine explains it better than me:

pasta 🏳️‍🌈🍉

@pastasauca

5 years

Mustafa's thing from the beginning has been that white people judge him by his name, and he makes them question their learned racism with passion and skill Mustafa is not just a name, it's been essential to his story, and WHY his success is so monumental

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

4 years

OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING #Mastermind

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

6 months

Let's gooooooo #Jeopardy #ukjeopardy

@UKJeopardy

@ukjeopardy

6 months

Just three contestants, and one big quiz wall... Jeopardy! UK starts in thirty minutes! @itv @itvx #Jeopardy #UKJeopardy #itv

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2 years

@roun_sa_ville Genuinely uncontrollably giggling at this

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

4 months

But seriously, it's #TransDayOfVisibility , so here's me, looking very it's-been-a-long-weekend but still hot as heck and generally thriving, we've been here for years 💜🏳️‍⚧️

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

1 year

This is me consciously stopping looking at the #onlyconnect tag, because Christ in a canoe but you people have too much time to abuse people who never asked for or deserved it. Today of all days, it is free to just shut the everloving fuck up.

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

1 year

Bold of the Netherlands to promote their #Eurovision entry with a publicity shot that just screams "We saw you from across the club and we really like your vibe"

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

6 months

So, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... one more? #Jeopardy #ukjeopardy

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

2 years

I'm not going to give the interview traffic, but honestly a big fan rn of Margaret Atwood being like

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

2 years

The co-occurrence of this, a guillotine joke, and casually supporting Tibetan sovereignty has to make this one of the real top tier of #OnlyConnect episodes

Victoria Coren Mitchell

@VictoriaCoren

2 years

Ah yes, here we are. A quizzing anthem for our times.

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@Houseofhubris

5 years

@infinite_scream Yeah, that's what I thought.

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

5 years

Thanks to everyone with nice things to say about #Mastermind tonight, really hard luck to three very strong competitors, and to a certain corner of douchebag Twitter...y'all can get fucked? 🤷‍♀️

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

3 years

My taxi app just gave me the most ominous notification ever

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2 years

So yesterday's tournament went well 🏆

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

4 years

@YepItsZak @pegallmen Hot new conspiracy theory: Wales and Bhutan are secretly running the world as agents of dragons. Wait, shit, is this how we get to Shadowrun?

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@Houseofhubris

1 year

Entering my sundress era 🐟

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@Houseofhubris

6 months

And thus I met my personal goal for this show, beating my sibling's Chase total #Jeopardy #ukjeopardy

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@Houseofhubris

1 year

I'm not going to comment on the news directly because I already woke up with a headache and I don't have the space for it, but fuck. I am furious, I am sick of this, and I am heartbroken. We do not fucking need this.

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

2 years

@RoseSchmits I lost my absolute shit when this happened, but somehow then forgot it until just now? Art.

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

4 years

One more time, if you want to see me answering questions in a really nice coat, tune in to #Mastermind on BBC Two at 8:00 (less than an hour now)

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@Houseofhubris

2 years

Just a reminder that this is happening every day this week, 5pm BST, Channel 4 (and on their website, for those of you who don't have terrestrial TV) @tvmoneybags

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@Houseofhubris

5 years

Triple H in Dad Max #WrestleMania

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5 years

Best word? Best word.

Haggard Hawks 🦅📚 Words | Language | Etymology

@HaggardHawks

5 years

PHOENICOPTER is a 16th century word for a flamingo. It literally means ‘red-winged’.

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@Houseofhubris

2 years

Dear randomers on Twitter, Can you just not. Love, Everyone

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

2 years

@DailyMailUK Cool, but can I at least get credit for all the photos of mine you've found?

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1 year

@thestuffofmemes Had us in the first 99%, not gonna lie

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6 months

Yeah, alright, I could do a third one #jeopardy #ukjeopardy

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1 year

@OnConflict @yilinwriter @britishmuseum Calm down, Pierre Menard

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@Houseofhubris

1 year

And you may tell yourself,

luke

@lukeoneil47

1 year

That is NOT my civil partner’s penis.

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6 months

Oh hey, I know her #ukjeopardy #jeopardy

Michael Hutchinson

@MiguelHutch

6 months

In preparation for tomorrow’s #jeopardy episode, my favourite souvenir of the experience. Three generations of @ConnectionsOQL champions in the green room of #UKJeopardy @Houseofhubris @PlanningActBlog

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2 years

@Ranting_Trans I think we proc at the same time as sagas?

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@Houseofhubris

2 years

@AnaMardoll The King knows you don't like him, and he is not deterred.

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2 years

@uncanny_eli I am *honking*, I have long said you lived in a sitcom and this is your christmas special

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@Houseofhubris

7 months

Just pointing out that this feed exists, no particular reason~

@UKJeopardy

@ukjeopardy

7 months

Be right here TOMORROW as we are building up to ALL NEW Jeopardy! UK 🙌 @itv @itvx #Jeopardy #UKJeopardy #itv #christmaseve #merrychristmas

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

5 years

Just heard the Juno Steel season finale on @thepenumbrapod , and I'm avoiding spoilers, so I will just say holy SHIT you guys I am freaking OUT

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@Houseofhubris

1 year

Unplanned candid shot of me last night, I am a very normal and serious person

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@Houseofhubris

1 year

This Barbie understands the importance of having a sick ass jacket everyone recognises you by

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Yes, that Emma Laslett

@Houseofhubris

1 year

If human rights legislation is making it hard for you to "achieve your goals", then your goals are probably evil.

Peter Stefanovic

@PeterStefanovi2

1 year

Tonight’s GB news interview with the Home Secretary should terrify the country

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@Houseofhubris

1 year

@TheOnion Okay, but "Where does this all lead?" "To the grave, as do all things." is one of the rawest lines ever.

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@Houseofhubris

6 months

In two hours, watch me allegedly have control for the first time. #jeopardy #ukjeopardy

@UKJeopardy

@ukjeopardy

6 months

It's a new week, and all new Jeopardy! UK starts today at 4pm on @itv 1. To tease you out of your #Mondaymood ... can you identify this London landmark? 🤔🏰🗼 @itv @itvx #Jeopardy #UKJeopardy #itv #newseries

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6 years

Think what you will about #205Live in general (it's great, but go off), but it remains objective fact that @MustafaAliWWE 's promo videos have the best production values in the business 💙

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@Houseofhubris

4 years

@MichaelLCrick In unrelated news, my dog just went absolutely wild.

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6 months

Even getting a shout-out from the continuity announcer, what a time to be alive #Jeopardy #ukjeopardy

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4 years

Sorry all #Mastermind

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2 years

@FlagsMashupBot Itholy, if you will

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@Houseofhubris

2 years

I wonder what concert I could be going to tonight, let's gooooo

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2 years

Ykw, let's go, make me struggle to make decisions

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5 years

@Visa_rewards @zarawesome No love for the Interlace?

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@Houseofhubris

4 years

To everyone who wants to talk about #Mastermind

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6 years

@FinnBalor (Art by @Oniwanbashu - I know it says it at the bottom, but it's always worth crediting)

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@Houseofhubris

2 years

Getting new pyjamas for Christmas Eve has to be one of my favourite seasonal traditions, is this not adorable right here (and also the pyjamas are too)

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@Houseofhubris

7 months

Oh hey, I'm allowed to announce it now the series has started - as you might have guessed from me being in so many production shots, 18 days till I grace your screens once again in @ukjeopardy ! #Jeopardy

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@Houseofhubris

2 years

Okay, so by popular demand... Do y'all like my new necklace? 👉👈

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@Houseofhubris

5 months

There's so many of them (I look great, idk what to tell you), but honestly, this must have been like ten years ago and I'm still obsessed with it

Ty | The Marketing Bully

@MarketingBully_

1 year

What’s that picture that makes you say “wow, I’m so pretty!!” 👀👀

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NARRATOR: God did not, in fact, help her. #jeopardy #ukjeopardy

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@Houseofhubris

6 months

@StephenCra44736 God help me, but I can't stop punting.

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@Houseofhubris

2 years

So hey, if you haven't had enough of me answering questions, I'm in this little thing called the 69th (nice) Brain of Britain final, also the first all-female final they've ever had! Tune in Monday to see who becomes the first woman champ in 25 years:

BBC Radio 4 - Brain of Britain, The 2022 Final

The grand final of the annual general knowledge contest, chaired by Russell Davies.

www.bbc.co.uk

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4 years

Just got surprised by a guy directing traffic at the covid testing site suddenly knocking on my window. Turns out he recognised me from Mastermind. What even is my life sometimes.

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@Houseofhubris

2 years

(Didn't get a new pic this year, but) Happy Christmas Lilith, everyone 🖤

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@Houseofhubris

2 years

Idk, I think most of us would.

Edith

@thestuffofmemes

2 years

it’s a crime!

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@Houseofhubris

1 year

Alas, it's true, when I got my first role I signed my name into the Great Book of Acting that said nothing I said could ever be true again (not even this)

Malcolm Clark

@TwisterFilm

1 year

1./ Has @Channel4News become a work of fiction? I only ask because the trans activist they found to bleat about discrimination is an ...actor. Yes, little Mx Emma regularly appears on some second-rate science fiction podcast as a space cadet (no less)! Wait till you hear them. 👉

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5 years

@cryyptorchiid @SaltenVinegar @calypsowo @becinafew @Darth_Hanakin @bossbot_ceo @WeaselWords @qiripan @hotcistakes You're thinking of mosaic, Mosoginy is the glitched Pokémon that lets you duplicate items in your bag.

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