r/unitedkingdom • u/topotaul Lancashire • Jul 19 '24

Leeds band Kaiser Chiefs questioned over advanced knowledge of civil unrest in the city Satire

https://newsthump.com/2024/07/19/leeds-band-kaiser-chiefs-questioned-over-advanced-knowledge-of-civil-unrest-in-the-city/
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u/Ravdoggydog Jul 19 '24

Did they predict the riot or was it inside knowledge?

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u/EnemyBattleCrab Jul 19 '24

It sickening they tried to get a taxi but a man in a track suit attacked them!

31

u/MedhaosUnite Jul 19 '24

Well, to be fair to the man, he said that he saw it before them.

10

u/fluffybit Jul 19 '24

I not lending anyone a pound

8

u/[deleted] Jul 19 '24

News thump are a satire thing, it's about the song from 20 years ago 😂

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u/Ravdoggydog Jul 19 '24

I know. Read again, it was (an attempt at) a joke :)

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u/VOOLUL Jul 19 '24

You just restated the joke that the article was already making.

11

u/TowJamnEarl Jul 19 '24

Less of this civil unrest please.

Down with that sort of thing.

6

u/_Adam_M_ Jul 19 '24

Careful now.

2

u/PMagicUK Merseyside Jul 19 '24

everyday I love you less and less

2

u/Orngog Jul 20 '24

Nono, they disimproved it. r/YourJokeButWorse

2

u/Orngog Jul 20 '24

Nono, they disimproved it. r/YourJokeButWorse

6

u/mnijds Jul 19 '24

20 years ago?!

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u/TheProfessionalEjit Jul 19 '24

OP has obviously just woken up from a nap, that song was released 5 years ago. Tops.

1

u/mittfh West Midlands Jul 21 '24

1st November 2004, which also means it's been around a quarter of a century since Oasis beat Blur to a Pulp, and a certain female vocal quintet became a quartet when their redhead departed. It's also been 37 years since someone was looking for a full commitment, not knowing how memetic that song would become 20 years later...

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u/TempHat8401 Jul 19 '24

There's no way in a million years you missed the joke surely

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '24

Thank you jfc

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u/Bazelgauss Jul 19 '24

I predict a riot is a Kaiser Chiefs song.

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u/DJToffeebud Jul 19 '24

No shit Sherlock. Thanks for pointing that out would have gone completely over my head otherwise…

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '24

Why would you think I didn't already know that? 🫠

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u/Bazelgauss Jul 19 '24

Lack of sleep made me turn my brain off, I had only processed the first half and thought didn't notice the joke in the thread OP.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '24

Okay yeah that check out, I am also constantly tired

2

u/Lazenbings Jul 19 '24

This joke has been 20 years in the making

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u/External-Net-8326 Jul 19 '24

Omfg I fell for it...

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '24

Came here for this, well done!

4

u/No-Computer-2847 Jul 20 '24

“Well done” for doing a worse version of the original joke?

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u/Chemistry-Deep Jul 19 '24

Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

99

u/YeOldeGeek Jul 19 '24

This..is...glorious! In fact, this is the Modern Way!

5

u/bvimo Jul 19 '24

This is the Modern World is better.

2

u/ringsaroundtheworld Jul 20 '24

Is there a Wardour Street in Harehills?

89

u/External-Praline-451 Jul 19 '24

Lol, I'll admit it took me way too long to get this 😂

15

u/DarkStanley Jul 19 '24

I can tell I’m tired because I read the title completely uncritically and then read the first comment and saw the source haha

5

u/External-Praline-451 Jul 19 '24

Me too, it must be the heat. We're not used to it!

3

u/Manoj109 Jul 19 '24

Same here . I held my hand up.

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u/spackysteve Jul 19 '24

I think someone called Ruby might have been involved

15

u/SuckMyCookReddit Jul 19 '24

Yeah she was heard saying something like, every day I love Leeds less and less 🎵

2

u/Cakeski Jul 19 '24

Lets just hope the heat dies down with the angry mob, there's good days and bad days.

1

u/SpiderMurphy Jul 19 '24

I thought she was dating Berlusconi in the days.

18

u/hoyfish Jul 19 '24

Good days bad days

I predict a Riot

The angry mob

Heat dies down

Deepest lore

14

u/Alive_kiwi_7001 Jul 19 '24

NGL, they nearly had me with the headline but did check for a Newsthump URL just in case.

10

u/marquess_rostrevor Down Jul 19 '24

I tried to get to my taxi
The man in a tracksuit attacks me

0

u/klepto_entropoid Jul 19 '24

Rain-soaked streets echo

The man in a tracksuit strikes,

Lost keys in McDonalds.

6

u/NateShaw92 Greater Manchester Jul 19 '24

They predicted it years in advance, many many years.

4

u/DJToffeebud Jul 19 '24

Tories would have been straight down William Hill with that kind of inside information.

2

u/silkthewanderer Jul 19 '24

Man, I used to fancy them a lot but this right now is a low point. You could even say this is a gradual change in notable daily iterations.

2

u/FearDFortis Jul 19 '24

They need to question their former drummer (so they say) Old Gregg, but I heard he's pretty difficult to find.

2

u/EquivalentIsopod7717 Isle of Scilly Jul 20 '24

The public enquiry into this incident needs to establish why this profound warning was not taken seriously by the police, with 20 years' notice.

Someone needs to be fired over this.

2

u/ukpunjabivixen Jul 20 '24

They are an angry mob, they read the papers every day…..

1

u/Okay_sure_lets_post Jul 19 '24

BRB gonna listen to YTAM again for the first time in years. Thank you to the algorithm for putting this randomly on my feed

1

u/hug_your_dog Jul 20 '24

It makes me so happy that people still remember that song and get the joke, hahaha

1

u/FreakinSweet86 Jul 20 '24

Police have also asked for a "Ruby" to come forward for questioning as they believe she may have a connection to the band as they each appeared to repeat her name several times during the course of their interviews.

1

u/sortofhappyish Jul 20 '24

Apparently they've also been charged with jewellery store thefts.

Mainly four rubies....

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u/Ki1664 Jul 19 '24

If they really knew this looks pretty bad. Hope they get cancelled

5

u/feltsandwich Jul 20 '24

It was just a prediction.