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Legendary actor Sir Ian McKellan on a motorcycle, UK, 1965 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 43 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Love the pic, but there's got to be a better way to phrase post titles like this without sounding like an obituary.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 10 hours ago

I did not read it like that at all...

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Same. Maybe start it with [Still alive] Sir Ian...

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

You could just title it Sir Ian on a motorbike in 1965

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

am not so good with the titles

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

No worries, just caught me off guard is all.