@Hellybootwader probably sensible. It's a relentlessly bleak film with not even an ounce of feel good about it.

I saw a contemporary discussion panel from the BBC where someone said it was "unrealistic" because "what about the spirit of the blitz" which is... HMMM.

All in all, a masterpiece of film, but a troubling watch that shouldn't be taken lightly.

TONIGHT, ON CHANNEL 4

Robin drinks a bottle of wine while writing "What if Threads (1984) but catastrophic failure of telecommunications"

@ajroach42 seems fishy

@theynege for real though, it'll change *your* world, which is where all change starts

@theynege I mean why would you care about blatant misinformation?

I've just been out to the greenhouse to water the plants (I forgot for a few days, which is bad because it's been pretty warm) and one of the 6 tomato plants has the begginings of the first fruit! Lots of flowers on all 6 too!

Unfortunately there's also large quantities of dandelions and stuff growing through the cracks in the floor. Shall have to deal with that soon.

#gardening

Clearly even a nap and too much coffee isn't going to solve the "4 hours sleep" problem. Sorry, brain's closed, come back tomorrow

@djsundog a big part of the problem is that I often forget I have physical form and can manipulate reality with my grubby little hands

@djsundog I have the opposite problem, too much think, no do

@yassie_j yeah but techbros aren't human so it's fine* /s

Literally 1984

I just woke up from a nap. I was about to go and make a coffee, but then Tylers jumped on my lap and started purring. You've had over 4 hours to sleep on my lap while I was napping you silly cat! Why now??

@MagicLike @MiaWinter @neon @luna there's like 3 different standards for CB though, which is a bit annoying. US, UK, and EU all use different standards. I think the UK and EU ones have overlapping frequency channels, but the US standard is totally different. Afaik the UK standard is deliberately different from US just to fuck over people with illegal imported radios before they set up the band somewhere around 1980.

I have a modern UK set, it's pretty impressive how compact it is! They're pretty cheap, the only snag is that setting up the antenna is a bit fiddly the first time you do it. I am absolutely going to set it up in my Volvo when it's back on the road, so that I can listen to tractor drivers chatting shit at harvest time.

I also have an EU set that I have no idea where it came from, it just appeared in my life one day.

Something I do like about britain is that "I've got medical stuff going on" *points at own head* is the universal sign for "I am plagued by mental health problems but we don't have to get into it, it's chill"

@theynege silly Nege the UK isn't real

Sheffield's gonna get it

Watching Threads for the second time in a week because now I have a blu ray with the 2K film transfer (only in 1080p on the disk though)

It's nice watching it and it being film crunchy rather than vhs rip uploaded to YouTube crunchy

@jk you can just replace the fridge and shit, just ask if they want to put their one in storage

They'll put the rent up though because the place is nicer now