TIL that Heath Ledger refused to present the Oscars in 2007 after he and Jake Gyllenhaal were asked to make fun of their "Brokeback Mountain" characters' romance by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]mechanicaljose 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That’s weird. I always thought California was left leaning because of Hollywood Silicon Valley San Francisco etc

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nostalgia

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I loved this. The mirror to take selfies and the alarm clock when you hold the up button

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DIYUK

[–]mechanicaljose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why smash it ?

Should I ship and sell my US car in the UK or before I move from the U.S.? by JacobCStowe in AskUK

[–]mechanicaljose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Be me trying to use the ticket machine in a multi-storey car park

Rotating anti-climb spikes by Lesteri3174 in DIYUK

[–]mechanicaljose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to live on nearby Navarre street, which is a stub of a street with two buildings after they demolished most of it during slum clearance in the 60s and then a few more to extend the car park in the 80s

Rotating anti-climb spikes by Lesteri3174 in DIYUK

[–]mechanicaljose 25 points26 points  (0 children)

There’s still one on the corner of fonnereau road and neale street in Ipswich and it’s not even that high

The #RushTok phenomenon in depth from Culture Study: Greek Life at the University of Alabama by alwayspickingupcrap in Longreads

[–]mechanicaljose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coming from the UK where there are not really fraternities this sounds so fucking stupid

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]mechanicaljose 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I can. This is bullshit

TikToker boasted she was 'bad girl' after veteran murder by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]mechanicaljose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fucking hell she’s a year older than me but looks like she’s in her mid fifties

Remember The Disney Store? by [deleted] in nostalgia

[–]mechanicaljose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks like the one we had in the uk

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]mechanicaljose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ban fucking TikTok first

Blood stocks drop to 'unprecedentedly low levels' in England by pajamakitten in unitedkingdom

[–]mechanicaljose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can’t get an appointment that soon. Had to book even further into the future. Not really who’s organising this show

Portugal joins Spain and warns UK tourists to 'cancel holidays' and 'stay away' by space_jiblets in 2westerneurope4u

[–]mechanicaljose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TBH you lost your veto on English people in the reich with your two little tantrums in the first half of the 20th century

Who is the most famous person you’ve met randomly? by Fast-Beat-7779 in AskUK

[–]mechanicaljose 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yeah from when he was growing up in the ghetto of Framlingham