Chris@feddit.uk to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months ago

Amin Abed

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Amin Abed

Chris@feddit.uk to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months ago

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Not normally on Faceb**k but happened to see this.

BBC News just interviewed a guy in a bed called Amin Abed. Could this week get any better 🤣

Source: https://www.facebook.com/100050247169746/posts/pfbid02bfxBZMQnE7PDk6Y7Pq8dtdPLFa7ijA8HLES4dc9FoK2RTg7UzKodRLQsP8GNAxtPl/?app=fbl

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Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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Ha, I originally thought the joke was that the guy in the bed was labeled an “activist”, but that’s even funnier.

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  I hadn’t spotted the Activist thing. It just gets better!
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  Mans is a sleep activist
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Sadly the reason he’s in a bed is much less fun than his name
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  Holy shit

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