I’m not sure it’s that you said the Wrong Thing as much as it is you write like a character from the Monty Python Upper Class Twit of the Year competition.

JKjemima.bsky.socialSep 22, 2024 5:02pm

Turns out this place feels less like a Stoke Newington drinks party when you are deemed to have said The Wrong Thing, intriguing www.ft.com/content/6596...

oh! and nigel has 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳!

a man in a suit and hat is saying nigel incubator jones his best friend is a tree

Alt: clip of nigel incubator jones (terry jones) in monty python's "upper class twit of the year" sketch. he raises his hat upon being introduced. text reads narrative fromnthe show: "nigel incubator jones. his best friend os a tree...and in his spare time he's a stock broker."

::doesn’t hear anyone talking about Charles Murray:: what is this some sort of Stoke Newington drink party??

GET OUT OF YOUR SILOS PEOPLE

a man in a suit and tie is holding something

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding something

Which would be fine if done as a bit, but actually seriously writing in that voice, and then being offended at being called out for it? 🙄

I mean the upper class twits wouldn't be caught dead in Stokey, but sure.

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Ah yes, the classic "Stoke Newington drinks party". A universally understood reference.

I heard it in Dennis Miller voice.

I couldn’t block fast enough.