Oh, the man who can't say his K's saw cheggers getting a tan.

SOL

That's the song, not the band.

Go on.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DICY0LHNxZh/?igsh=MWowN25jZXczZm5wcQ==

As a kid, I remember worrying that my body was gaslighting my brain into thinking that I wasn't actually well, so I thought of a machine where somebody else could feel what my body feels and see if it's healthy or if there's some underlying problem I've never picked up on.

Years later, Karl mentioned the exact same thing, same concept. Uncanny

It seems possible that Ricky resents the fact that more and more people see him as basically being a real life David Brent. Perhaps part of the reason he wrote After Life was to portray himself as something else. David Brent was unpopular with his colleagues so Ricky writes himself in After Life as being popular at the office (regardless of his terrible behaviour/personality). David Brent can't get a relationship so Ricky writes After Life as him having the "perfect", long term marriage that only ended because she died. David Brent is uncool and mostly cowardly in the face of Finchy/Neil but in After Life he struts about wearing sunglasses, fighting off street thugs. David Brent pathetically does a few sit ups in the office while in After Life, Ricky is sparring with the punching bag like (in his mind) a champ. Brent is rubbish at squash where as Ricky smashes his younger brother-in-law while drinking beer in After Life. It seems like one big cope to try and say "I'm not like Brent. I'm a badass really. Think of me this way"

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Li

I swear in the 1000’s of listens through the drivel, I’ve never heard (or remembered) Karl saying that before