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sober_monk lemmy.world sober_monk@lemmy.world
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Photo of Emma Stone at the Paris Fashion Week in a dress reminiscent of Philomena Cunk. Comment under the photo reads "Why does she look like she's gonna ask a historian if King Arthur came a lot".
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Noodle07 lemmy.world Noodle07@lemmy.world
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It's the bang

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wander1236 sh.itjust.works wander1236@sh.itjust.works
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It's the bang

That's why he came a lot

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mlatu moist.catsweat.com mlatu@moist.catsweat.com
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she looks like Philomena Cunk

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remon ani.social remon@ani.social
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she looks like Philomena Cunk

Check the community you're in.

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mlatu moist.catsweat.com mlatu@moist.catsweat.com
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Check the community you're in.

oh fuck... i thought it was sober monk... im so dumb

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SHBI7368 sh.itjust.works SHBI7368@sh.itjust.works
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sir please put your tray up the plane is about to land

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fartographer lemmy.world fartographer@lemmy.world
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Check the community you're in.

You're just proving their point /s

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StillAlive piefed.world StillAlive@piefed.world
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Emma Stone was born in 1988. Which means she missed the premier of the 1986 BBC sitcom 'Brush Strokes'.

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CallMeButtLove lemmy.world CallMeButtLove@lemmy.world
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Okay, I know the lady they are saying she looks like, but not who she is. Every time it's always a meme that references her to people who already know her, so there's never a name. Who is this red haired woman so many people know??? I gather she has some kind of show on British TV or something.

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TomMasz piefed.social TomMasz@piefed.social
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Have we ever seen the two of them together?

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egrets lemmy.world egrets@lemmy.world
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Okay, I know the lady they are saying she looks like, but not who she is. Every time it's always a meme that references her to people who already know her, so there's never a name. Who is this red haired woman so many people know??? I gather she has some kind of show on British TV or something.

Diane Morgan is an actor from the UK. She got a small recurring role in some of Charlie Brooker's shows (Screenwipe, Weekly Wipe, etc) as a vox pop interviewee, alongside Al Campbell, the director.

Her character (and Campbell's) originally had different names for each appearance, but Morgan's eventually settled as Philomena Cunk. It's meant to be an absurd name; Campbell's recurring name was Barry Shitpeas.

Cunk's character got a couple of spinoff mockumentary specials in around 2016 where she was the presenter, and then a couple of miniseries later ("Cunk on Britain" and "Cunk on Earth"). I imagine Diane Morgan has had increasing control of the writing and the character as it's gone on.

The shows are very funny but won't vibe with everyone's sense of humour.

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sober_monk lemmy.world sober_monk@lemmy.world
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Okay, I know the lady they are saying she looks like, but not who she is. Every time it's always a meme that references her to people who already know her, so there's never a name. Who is this red haired woman so many people know??? I gather she has some kind of show on British TV or something.

Philomena Cunk, portrayed by Diane Morgan.

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Janx piefed.social Janx@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-12-19
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Diane Morgan is an actor from the UK. She got a small recurring role in some of Charlie Brooker's shows (Screenwipe, Weekly Wipe, etc) as a vox pop interviewee, alongside Al Campbell, the director. Her character (and Campbell's) originally had different names for each appearance, but Morgan's eventually settled as Philomena Cunk. It's meant to be an absurd name; Campbell's recurring name was Ba...

The shows are very funny but won't vibe with everyone's sense of humour.

Is this a necessary detail to include? Humor is subjective, and I don't recall the character or shows ever generating controversy/backlash. Also, your statement describes all comedic content ever created...

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egrets lemmy.world egrets@lemmy.world
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The shows are very funny but won't vibe with everyone's sense of humour. Is this a necessary detail to include? Humor is subjective, and I don't recall the character or shows ever generating controversy/backlash. Also, your statement describes all comedic content ever created...

Same thing I'd say in person, and I included it because I know a few people who didn't care for it, but I agree that it's kind of redundant.

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Scratch sh.itjust.works DScratch@sh.itjust.works
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Emma Stone was born in 1988. Which means she missed the premier of the 1986 BBC sitcom 'Brush Strokes'.

However, she was just approaching her first birthday when Technotronic released their hit single Pump up the Jam.

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TrickDacy lemmy.world TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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I remember some toxic user recently said she was "not pretty, she's third or forth tier Midwestern at best" or some shit. People are strange.

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tempest lemmy.ca tempest@lemmy.ca
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I remember some toxic user recently said she was "not pretty, she's third or forth tier Midwestern at best" or some shit. People are strange.

It's sorta true though for a lot of celebs.
There are plenty of people you could pluck off a college campus and put a style team and personal Trainer / chef behind and would look as good as she does.

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TrickDacy lemmy.world TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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It's sorta true though for a lot of celebs. There are plenty of people you could pluck off a college campus and put a style team and personal Trainer / chef behind and would look as good as she does.

I'm sure people would be so denigrating to a man about his looks.

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Thunderbird4 lemmy.world Thunderbird4@lemmy.world
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Groovy jacket, baby! Yeah!

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SatansMaggotyCumFart piefed.world SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world
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she looks like Philomena Cunk

Weird.

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itsjustachairmary lemmy.world itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world
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I remember some toxic user recently said she was "not pretty, she's third or forth tier Midwestern at best" or some shit. People are strange.

Men rating women like they've ever actually seen a woman to begin with

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tempest lemmy.ca tempest@lemmy.ca
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I'm sure people would be so denigrating to a man about his looks.

Obviously society has a more extreme and ingrained beauty standards for women but I think my statement holds for both sexes equally.

For every movie star there are 10,000 Instagram influencers who are just as good or better looking by traditional beauty standards.

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TrickDacy lemmy.world TrickDacy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-27
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Obviously society has a more extreme and ingrained beauty standards for women but I think my statement holds for both sexes equally. For every movie star there are 10,000 Instagram influencers who are just as good or better looking by traditional beauty standards.

What I was pointing out originally is that I think it's toxic to go out of one's way to shit on a woman's looks. The fact that it came up is the point, not that famous men or women may not be as attractive as they appear on camera. To me that very much goes without saying.

The fact that someone found it noteworthy to point that out and then exaggerate it to say Emma Stone is not attractive seems like a pretty shitty thing to do and additionally they wouldn't have done it regarding a man. It seems like you're defending that person? I don't know, I'm not really sure what point you're making.

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ColeSloth discuss.tchncs.de ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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Check the community you're in.

Only 4 posts in past 6 months :-(

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caboose2006 lemmy.world caboose2006@lemmy.world
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#26 · Quote Reply

A Philomena Cunk reference? In this economy?

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remon ani.social remon@ani.social
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Only 4 posts in past 6 months :-(

Wait ... what? Who, me? Why does it matter?

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TankovayaDiviziya lemmy.world TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-22
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The shows are very funny but won't vibe with everyone's sense of humour. Is this a necessary detail to include? Humor is subjective, and I don't recall the character or shows ever generating controversy/backlash. Also, your statement describes all comedic content ever created...

British humour is sarcastic and crude, much cruder than most people's taste.

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sober_monk lemmy.world sober_monk@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-01-23
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Wait ... what? Who, me? Why does it matter?

No, the community :)

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remon ani.social remon@ani.social
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No, the community :)

Oh! Well, good job on your end for reviving it! I love myself some British comedy and she's up there! Subscribed!

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Captain Aggravated sh.itjust.works captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-20
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Diane Morgan is an actor from the UK. She got a small recurring role in some of Charlie Brooker's shows (Screenwipe, Weekly Wipe, etc) as a vox pop interviewee, alongside Al Campbell, the director. Her character (and Campbell's) originally had different names for each appearance, but Morgan's eventually settled as Philomena Cunk. It's meant to be an absurd name; Campbell's recurring name was Ba...

The overall joke of Philomena Cunk is, BBC documentaries try to be highbrow and prestigious, so what if one was hosted by someone who is thoroughly unsophisticated? My favorite individual joke is, beholding a baroque masterpiece painting, interviewing the resident art expert, she gestures to the painting and asks "What the fuck is this?"

It's basically the same joke as having Larry The Cable Guy host an episode of NOVA.

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Hemingways_Shotgun lemmy.ca Adderbox76@lemmy.ca
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A Philomena Cunk reference? In this economy?

I mean, c'mon. She must have chosen that outfit on purpose, right? It's too much of a similarity!

Either way. Looks good on her.

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acargitz lemmy.ca theacharnian@lemmy.ca
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Check the community you're in.

Well now, subscribed!

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elevenbones sh.itjust.works elevenbones@sh.itjust.works
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What I was pointing out originally is that I think it's toxic to go out of one's way to shit on a woman's looks. The fact that it came up is the point, not that famous men or women may not be as attractive as they appear on camera. To me that very much goes without saying. The fact that someone found it noteworthy to point that out and then exaggerate it to say Emma Stone is not attractive seem...

Men are bad

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socsa piefed.social socsa@piefed.social
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The overall joke of Philomena Cunk is, BBC documentaries try to be highbrow and prestigious, so what if one was hosted by someone who is thoroughly unsophisticated? My favorite individual joke is, beholding a baroque masterpiece painting, interviewing the resident art expert, she gestures to the painting and asks "What the fuck is this?" It's basically the same joke as having Larry The Cable Gu...

It was also like Colbert in the early days at Comedy Central, where the guests didn't realize they'd been booked for a joke interview.

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Redfox8 mander.xyz Redfox8@mander.xyz
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The overall joke of Philomena Cunk is, BBC documentaries try to be highbrow and prestigious, so what if one was hosted by someone who is thoroughly unsophisticated? My favorite individual joke is, beholding a baroque masterpiece painting, interviewing the resident art expert, she gestures to the painting and asks "What the fuck is this?" It's basically the same joke as having Larry The Cable Gu...

I've taken it as a lampooning of documentary makers/presenters. Especially history ones. There's a definite vibe of "aren't I all fancy and knowledgeable?!" about many UK docs in recent years. The whole Brush Strokes/Technotronic thing is a jab at them trying to look cool & with the times, but missing by a mile, because they're history or science nerds! Having a dipstick presenter here adds a comedic counter to the fancy/highbrow presenters of real docs.

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Redfox8 mander.xyz Redfox8@mander.xyz
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It was also like Colbert in the early days at Comedy Central, where the guests didn't realize they'd been booked for a joke interview.

Oh I think they're all in on it, since Brass Eye back in the 90s that'd be a real challenge to catch so many people out. But they do a great job of going along with it!

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Redfox8 mander.xyz Redfox8@mander.xyz
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British humour is sarcastic and crude, much cruder than most people's taste.

On the basis of what?! Yes both aspects exist in British comedy, but there's plenty of depth too. If you're American, I can say that I'd take anything British over US comedy given what we get of that here! If you only get some of our stuff then you're not getting the full range (& vice versa).

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Captain Aggravated sh.itjust.works captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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I've taken it as a lampooning of documentary makers/presenters. Especially history ones. There's a definite vibe of "aren't I all fancy and knowledgeable?!" about many UK docs in recent years. The whole Brush Strokes/Technotronic thing is a jab at them trying to look cool & with the times, but missing by a mile, because they're history or science nerds! Having a dipstick presenter here adds...

It's fertile ground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjnmzljtREk

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Redfox8 mander.xyz Redfox8@mander.xyz
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#40 · Quote Reply

It's fertile ground. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjnmzljtREk

He knows it!

"Tree"

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TrickDacy lemmy.world TrickDacy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-27
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Men are bad

Coming from a user who once wrote "I like shoot dog."

Trolls are weird.

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caboose2006 lemmy.world caboose2006@lemmy.world
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I mean, c'mon. She must have chosen that outfit on purpose, right? It's too much of a similarity! Either way. Looks good on her.

Emma stone could make a dirty paper bag look good.

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VoxBunn lemmy.blahaj.zone RabbitMix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Its because, like me, she was raised in Arizona and our schools were terrible. Terrible to the point where our lack of basic knowledge is apparent at a glance.🫠😜

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TankovayaDiviziya lemmy.world TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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On the basis of what?! Yes both aspects exist in British comedy, but there's plenty of depth too. If you're American, I can say that I'd take anything British over US comedy given what we get of that here! If you only get some of our stuff then you're not getting the full range (& vice versa).

You think I'm American when I spelled humour with "u" after "o"? I live across the Irish Sea so I get the full range of British humour. When i said crude, I don't mean unrefined, what I mean is that there is plenty of very edgy and "toilet humour" jokes. I'm saying that people not familiar or did not grow up with British humour would be taken aback and find it distasteful.

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boaratio lemmy.world boaratio@lemmy.world
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Cunk on earth is amazing.

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elevenbones sh.itjust.works elevenbones@sh.itjust.works
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#46 · Quote Reply

Coming from a user who once wrote "I like shoot dog." Trolls are weird.

No, I like snoop dog.

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wieson feddit.org wieson@feddit.org
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It's sorta true though for a lot of celebs. There are plenty of people you could pluck off a college campus and put a style team and personal Trainer / chef behind and would look as good as she does.

I agree, but my takeaway is: humans are so beautiful in general. Like I pass by so many people I would love to paint. I wouldn't put down one because there is another. Let's lift us all up.

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Why is Lemmy so Racist? lemmy.world Abyssian@lemmy.world
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I didn't know this was here, but I support it. In spirit, not financially.

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Honytawk discuss.tchncs.de Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de
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A Philomena Cunk reference? In this economy?

Next thing you know they make an entire community around Cunk! smh

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Honytawk discuss.tchncs.de Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de
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I remember some toxic user recently said she was "not pretty, she's third or forth tier Midwestern at best" or some shit. People are strange.

I just wonder why celebrities need to be pretty.

Look at Steve Buscemi, wonderful actor.

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TrickDacy lemmy.world TrickDacy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-27
#51 · Quote Reply

No, I like snoop dog.

I know what you said

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