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Graeme Bowman went viral after posting a framed picture of the receipt on Reddit.

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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Mr Bowman thought about making a curated shopping list more than a decade ago after he found a “vaguely amusing” receipt which read “hair gel, hair gel, newspaper”.

Proper mad lad there.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Speaking of, it's a shame we don't have an r/madlads community here. The one on sh.itjust.works seems to be about corn? It's also dead.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Be the change you want to see - start it.

The one on sh.itjust.works seems to be about corn?

Urm, nope, can't explain that.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The idea of being a mod fills me with anxiety tbh. I also don't have enough material to fuel it. I'm extremely bad at posting.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been a mod of casualuk and got one report over the last few months because somebody posted a legitimate link to Chinese social media which two people mistook for spam

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

That was me, I hit the nuke button cos the weird emojis freaked me out. Glad the cooler heads prevailed

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The idea of being a mod fills me with anxiety tbh.

There's nothing much to it and Admins get reports too so we can keep an eye on things.

I also don’t have enough material to fuel it.

Just checked out r/madlads and there looks to be plenty of it out there.

I’m extremely bad at posting.

Practice makes perfect.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's nothing much to it and Admins get reports too so we can keep an eye on things.

Responsibility like that makes me uncomfortable and I'm trying to keep my Lemmy experience a positive distraction rather than a burden. It's why I also mostly stay out of news and politics subs.

Just checked out r/madlads and there looks to be plenty of it out there.

Well sure, but I don't necessarily want to be just stealing people's content from Reddit.

Practice makes perfect.

Look I am trying. I've made some posts lately!

...At least I try my best to comment a lot.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

No worries, do what you are comfortable with.

I may start a mad lads community one of these days.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

r/foundpaper could also work

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I don’t understand why “hair gel, hair gel, newspaper” is funny 🙁

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Thank you this didn’t help me at all

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Same reason that badge badger snake is funny

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's just something that sparked a train of thought. Probably because it didn't say "2x hair gel" and made a list instead. One which he realized he could curate into something interesting.