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Ginger
@gingerpimpernel.bsky.social
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Man of things and stuff. Streams and that.

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ICYMI, I did a video about all the cool things I got to see and do during the Edinburgh Fringe. This is a few short clips from it!

Wanna see the full thing? Go here: youtu.be/TrZdRXJ0L-8
September 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Volunteered at a stage hypnosis show during the Fringe the other night. We got given the suggestion to imagine the audience naked. Most giggled, averted their gaze, etc.

I am staring directly at my partner @kaiju-womble.bsky.social, and my gaze did not budge an inch.
Shot of a handful of volunteers at a stage hypnosis show. We've been given the suggestion to imagine the audience is naked. On the left is a young man sitting down, looking away to his right. Behind him is a man looking out into the audience, who actually got sent back to his seat because it wasn't working on him. Next to the seated man is a redheaded woman (my friend Kat), who is looking down and covering her eyes. To the right of her is a young woman, also looking off to her right. Another volunteer is stood behind her, doing the same. To their right is a redheaded man in a red Hawaiian shirt - that's me. I am staring directly at the person taking the picture, who happens to be my partner.
August 28, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Everyone is (rightly) lauding Peter Cullen for his work on Transformers - he's synonymous with it.

This is the intro for a largely forgotten cartoon called 'Vytor, the Starfire Champion'. Wait for Peter Cullen's voice to come in during it, it RULES.
August 27, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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Also please enjoy me being a sassy bitch
Me onstage as a volunteer during Matt Hale's stage hypnosis show. I'm wagging my finger at him, in a fairly sassy manner. Some other volunteers are dancing in the background. The fact I managed this without laughing tells you it worked, tbh
August 17, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Some Fringe highlights so far.
August 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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You know, the argument could be made that such a restriction renders a package tracking service meaningless.
A screencap of the 'track your parcel' service on Royal Mail's website. At the top reads "Track your item". Below that reads "Your reference number" above a text box. To the right of the text box is a red box with the "Track your delivery" option in it. Within the text box, my tracking number has been redacted because fuck y'all. Below the text box is the text that popped up after I tried to track my parcel. It reads: "An update will only be provided when we attempt to deliver your item"
August 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Wrestlers billed as being 6 foot tall when you bring out the measuring tape
1/2 A screenshot of the Monty Python's Flying Circus episode 'Archaeology Today'. John Cleese, Michael Palin, and Terry Jones are playing archaeologists on a chat show. Jones is kneeling and wailing - his subtitle reads "My little 5-foot-10-inch body.", while Cleese tries to ignore him, and Palin looks down at him with contempt. 2/2 A screenshot of the Monty Python's Flying Circus episode 'Archaeology Today'. John Cleese, Michael Palin, and Terry Jones are playing archaeologists on a chat show. Jones is lying face down on the floor, pounding it with his fist. His subtitle reads "[Sobbing]". Cleese is now looking at him with contempt, while Palin looks on admiringly at Cleese.
August 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Terry Jones dressed as his character 'The Bishop' from the Monty Python's Flying Circus episode 'The Buzz Aldrin Show'. He's literally just dressed like a bishop, and has what I think is supposed to be a scar on his cheek, but it just looks like someone's drawn a "Y" on there.
August 3, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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A shot of the character Jack Jarvis from the TV show 'Still Game'. He is an old, slightly chubby man with white hair and moustache, a plaid flatcap, and a brown jacket with what looks like a maroon scarf underneath. He is played by Ford Kieran, and his aged appearance is the result of makeup. He is outside, and attempting what he calls "The young patter". The subtitle, spoken by him, reads "I like the PlayStation, d'you like the PlayStation?"
July 26, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Need everyone to know that I've lived in Edinburgh for over a decade now, and only just realised there's a bit called this in the city.
A cropped image of a map of Edinburgh city centre. The area name over the streets, buildings etc reads "Dumbiedykes".
July 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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The bit from Twin Peaks when The Giant stands in front of the red curtains and says "It is Happening Again", but his head's been replaced by that of Thomas Tuchel.
July 15, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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It's funny that so many comedians defend shitty edgelord humour because they don't think they can get laughs otherwise, when this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
In a yard full of discarded objects, a middle-aged, beared man is holding a banner. In front of him is a table full of leftover materials used to make the sign. Also at the table is a small, gray dog pupped called Sweep. The sign reads "cos tooty poo smesh".
July 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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My favourite Edinburgh Fringe listings are the ones that feel like shitposts.
An Edinburgh Fringe show listing for 'Mark Silcox: Gold Trading Sucks, I Lost Everything', as part of the PBH Free Fringe. Description is: "I thought I will make my first million in no time but I lost everything. The world is full of scammers." Show is taking place at the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh city centre. Runs from August 8th - August 30th at 2pm. Free admission.
July 6, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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I am very much not joking btw.
A photograph from a wrestling show. A man with long hair, back turned to the camera, is in the ring addressing someone. The someone he's addressing is a skinny man in a bald cap, with a blue line painted across his face. He's holding a microphone in one hand, and a briefcase in the other. He's wearing a red neckerchief, a black sleeveless vest, and white shorts, which appear to actually be capris that have been rolled up a bit. This man is Jack Gleeson, an actor best known for his role as the detested King Joffrey in the show 'Game of Thrones'. Also a cameraman is standing on the far side ring apron filming them, but that's not important.
July 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Cardona's tan hitting "makeup job on the worst part of that movie from the 60's you decided to watch" levels.
A picture of four wrestlers. From left to right: I don't know who the first guy is, but he has long-ish dark hair pulled back, black trousers with a pink and blue design (kind of reminds me of the tights Wheeler Yuta used to wear), and one of those "Hello I'm..." name tag parody shirts that people were already sick of about the time Blade III came out. It says "Hello, I'm not toxic on it, because sure, why not. Then it's Matt Cardona, and the only description I can give is this is the brownest white man I've ever seen, apart from maybe former Aberdeen FC manager, Jimmy Calderwood. He has a level of tan I can only describe as 'racially insensitive'. Then it's Danhausen, with his white facepaint and black tights. Then it's The Miz, who i genuinely didn't recognise at first, despite him looking no different. Maybe the angle? Who knows/cares. Anyway he's got a similar shirt to the first guy, but his says "Hello I'm not cursed". I don't think it ever stopped being 2005 for that walloper.
June 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Via Hippo from the Discord server.
A man is praying to the skies. In the skies is Craig Gordon, the best Scotland goalkeeper of the last 30 years.
June 24, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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Stop the group now, wrap it up.
BBC graphic showing the standings for Group C in the World Cup. 1st place: Scotland, 3 points. 2nd place: Morocco, 1 point. 3rd place: Brazil, 1 point. 4th place: Haiti, 0 points. Below are the results so far and next fixtures: Brazil 1 - 1 Morocco Haiti 0 - 1 Scotland 19th June, 23:00 (BST) Scotland v Morocco 20th June, 1:30 (BST) Brazil v Haiti
June 14, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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Text image reading: Scotland XI to face Haiti Haiti v Scotland (02:00 BST) Scotland XI: Gunn, Hickey, Hanley, Hendry, Robertson, Gannon-Doak, Ferguson, McTominay, McGinn, Adams, Shankland. A screencap of my Bluesky post drafts. The sole draft reads "Craig Gordon would have saved that."
June 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Famous actor Owen Wilson with a speech bubble below his face
June 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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You ever see something so stupid you forget how to speak?
Screencap from the BBC's live text report of the opening game of the World Cup. Segment refers to a service allowing people to catch up on results through game highlight reels. Timestamped at 22:59 BST. Headline for segment reads: "Catch up on the World Cup without any spoilers". Sub-heading reads: "FT (referring to full time): Mexico 2-0 South Africa"
June 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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Me when the subtitles have been encoded by an American.
An image from the pilot episode of the show 'Mr. Mercedes'. An aging man with grey hair and beard stands in the foreground, against a backdrop of police and police cars. The subtitle, spoken by the man in the foreground, reads: "(Scottish accent) Holy fuck." The main in the foreground is a character portrayed by Brendan Gleeson. Despite the subtitles labelling his a "Scottish accent", Brendan is an Irish man with an Irish accent, from Ireland, and is making no attempt to hide that here. So, that's the joke.
June 1, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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[tw: Flashing/flickering lights]

Oh yeah, since videos are longer here now, here's (most of) the time Björk went on 'Top of the Pops' to do 'Army of Me' and decided to bring Skunk Anansie with her.
May 25, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Pro wrestler Arn Anderson (a white, very balding guy with a beard wearing black trunks and a black leather vest) making his entrance on a 1996 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, accompanied by Woman (an attractive white woman with dark hair, wearing a purple dress, and shiny earrings and necklace). Behind them is the Nitro entrance set, lit in red and yellow lighting. Below them is an orange nameplate with a steel backdrop and the WCW Monday Nitro logo, and on it reads: "ARN ANDERSON WITH WOMAN". See, it's funny because her name is Woman, but to the uninitiated, it'd just look like it says "Arn Anderson with woman", as in not her name, but a vague description of what she is. You get it, right?
May 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Things used to be better.
NFL legend and pro wrestler Steve "Mongo" McMichael on the set of WCW Monday Nitro. He's wearing tinted sunglasses and gesticulating excitedly. He's pointing with one hand, and with the other, he's holding a Chihuahua called Pepe, who is wearing a black jacket and hat, and wearing a pair of novelty googly eye glasses.
May 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Brendan Fraser in 'Monkeybone' (2001)
May 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM