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[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

I also get a Timothy Dalton vibe as well…

[–] qjkxbmwvz 10 points 16 hours ago

Ride, LYH26K! Show us the meaning of haste!

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 43 points 23 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 13 hours ago

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

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

am not so good with the titles

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

No worries, just caught me off guard is all.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Streetwear drip 100.

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

He's looking at a twink in the distance, maybe decades away.

[–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

It's the old twink-squint

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

It can't be. Sir Ian McKellen is old so this photo taken in 1965 is fake

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

truly one of the bestworst pieces of TV ever made