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This. So this. My parents fall into this trap of thinking from time to time too. They always say they didn’t spend much money when they were young, no treats etc., yet I was having a conversation with my mum the other day about what I take into work for lunch with me and she just said so offhand ‘oh we used to go the cafe down the road every day when I was in my 30s’. And I was like wait whattt??? To which she said ‘oh it was cheap, it was only just this little cafe, nothing special. But now even just the little independent cafes down the road are expensive. No one could just afford to go there every lunchtime. I don’t have a single colleague who goes out to buy lunch instead of bringing in food from home. That’s the thing, previous generations did spend money, did buy commodities which could have been cheaper, but they were so cheap already they could afford it and didn’t need to think about it. They could afford the coffee, just as they could afford the house. Just as they could afford to go watch their football team every weekend instead of spending a fortune on streaming the matches because even that is still cheaper than a ticket. Rant over.

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#all of them

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#the caption knows what’s up #’while he pretends to be annoyed’ #hmmm yeah sure #pretty Paulie with flowers in his hair

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Whatever you did with your day, I know mine was better because it involved eating McDonald’s fries in Aunt Mimi’s front (best) room.

I quite literally felt her turning in her grave, but I hope it gave John a laugh!

#the Beatles #John Lennon

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john lennon on twitter in 2011: i've always said two of us was gay as hell *turns off his computer by yanking out the power cord*

#yes and then his husband (Paul) would have turned to him and said something akin to ‘no shit Sherlock’

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#excuse me you forgot pistachio

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kind of obsessed with this comment on a video of “i don’t know (johnny johnny)” like girl what are you talking about. i love this take though

#‘there’s no pic of them kissing so there’s no proof’ #hun what part of ‘it was illegal’ do you not understand?!?! #facepalm

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“We tried to think of a number to finish off with so I can get out of here and be sick, and we thought we'd do a number of an old, estranged fiancé of mine, called Paul.” John Lennon, 1974

This continues to be bonkers, by the way. The quote itself, the use of the word fiancé, the choice of song. And the fact that Elton is happily all up in the Lennon-McCartney madness. Then there’s that extra layer of Paul serving as intermediary for John and Yoko’s reunion.

These incredibly straight men and their incredibly straight marriage to each other. Tell me more about your engagement, Johnald. When do you consider yourselves affianced?

#I’d sell my soul to Elton for him to tell me what he knows

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Robert Downey Jr regarding the Oppenheimer screening in the Hamptons over the summer

#the only situation to be watching Oppenheimer in which would be even more distracting than Cillian’s blue eyes #I hope he told Cillian this so he could join in on the fangirling major Beatles fanatic that he is

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Has anyone ever thought, yes each day that passes is another day Paul has lived without John. More than 40 years and counting…

But, each day that passes brings Paul closer to the day on which, he believes, he will be with him again.

And yes, on that day we’ll all be fucking heartbroken, but surely this will be the only thought which will bring any of us any comfort, right?

Excuse me while I scream into the void

#mclennon #rambling mclennon thoughts #john and paul

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Not to be dramatic, but have I ever told you that I love Paul McCartney? As in, that I utterly utterly adore James Paul McCartney? That I love him to the very marrow of his bones? That I love him from the top of his, once dark brown now silver haired, head to the very tips of his toes? That I love him not in spite of his downright weirdness, but because of it? That I love him so much I no longer know what my joy, or my comfort, are without his music? That I will love him until the last moment I draw breath?

I have?

Well I’m doing it again because I haven’t told you enough.

#my baby boy #my utter oddball #my black sheep #my joy #my comfort #my complete and total obsession to the very end of my days #no one come here and tell me he’s not perfect because he is #(but also because I do know that but I’m still going to love him anyway and sometimes even because of) #paul mccartney

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The Beatles during their first professional photography session with local wedding photographer Albert Marrion in Wallasey, England | 17 December 1961 © Albert Marrion (I) (III)

#see that adorable perfect 19 year old who is staring at his boyfriend like he put the sun in the sky #yeah him #I’d give him the world #(and so would his bf) #also sorry George and Pete…but what is even the point of you two being there? #absolute crime that some of this set of photos were just desposed of #good lord did John and Paul make a beautiful couple

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Seconds Apart on instagram

#I…wouldn’t #ever

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pictures that fill me with infinite tenderness

insp

#my beloved

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peter jackson thinks this was john speaking to me directly - and you know what? it's very nice for me to think. so i'll have that. thank you john!

paul mccartney about now and then, on the talk show "conversa com bial" (aired on 12.02.2023)

#Paul baby we’re so proud of you #and so is John I’m sure #I love the little smile he can’t quite hide when he realises he’s managed it #seriously so well played #this is the opposite of all those times he’s said something and stuck his foot in it #own the love that’s always been yours my love

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I’ve always always thought Get Enough is about John. To the point where, when he says ‘girl’ right at the end, completely without reason because the song works absolutely fine being genderless, if I’m listening to it in my car I shout ‘Paul, you chicken!!’

Has Paul ever used the phrase “now and then” in any of his songs post johns death? especially considering it’s ties to the last thing John ever said to him I’m sure that’s part of the reason he’s had such a strong connection to this John demo

Well, you’ve got me stumped there, anon! I’m not an expert on Paul’s solo stuff, so the short answer is, I don’t know. But if what Carl Perkins said was true, I’m sure it adds to the meaning for him.

It certainly adds to the meaning for me!

#mclennon

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Right, I’m off to read the cheesiest fluffiest fic I can possibly find, in the hope that it may relax my mind after the emotional steam-rollering of today…