Jonathan Duggan

If I hadn’t seen such riches, I could live with being poor

[KFC @KFCBarstool]

37 yr old ICU nurse Alex Pretti murdered by ICE in broad daylight with zero justification for deadly force. I mean ZERO. This feels like a watershed moment in American history that should enact change, but won't.
Very reminiscent of Sandy Hook when we all said "if that didn't get us to change, we never well!" Feels like another one of those. Because if you cannot admit this was wrong you're either an idiot or a liar, and I think you're a bad person and an unAmerican asshole. The hypocrisy from the same people who have been proudly screaming about the Ist and 2nd amendment for hundreds of years now trying to say protesting and carrying a legal firearm is reason enough to be murdered...what a joke. And the response from our leaders from Donald Trump to Tim Walz is all dangerous and pathetic. Were just a 3rd world country now where masked morons with no training and a gun can kill you for no reason other than "well we won't get in trouble for it tor" Out of all the dumb entities to blindly follow be of your political affiliation, supporting ICE is by far the most pathetic. ICE agents and their supporters the biggest trash in America maybe ever

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Suicide.

I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis.

You take a rope.
You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away.
You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck.
Then you drop.

Some are decapitated.
Some aren't.
All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them.
A son.
A daughter.
A brother.
A sister.
A mother.
A father.

I know 2 men who hung themselves.

One was found by his Mom.
One was found by his brother.
Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on.

A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something.

So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"?

A segway for a moment.

I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group.

After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is..

"Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue".

Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling.

"Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom.

After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle".

Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard".

And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying.

Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag.

If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention.

They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up".

They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them.

If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine.

Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out.

So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are.

You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked.

For those who struggle, you're not alone.

[M @25mahfuz]

Breh went to cop 12 bottles of bleach 😭😭😭

[Fake Showbiz News @FakeShowbizNews]

Jack Black and Carol Decker announce they’ve decided to name their new power tool company ‘Jack & Carol’.

“It wasn’t our first choice,” they admitted

[Jonathan Duggan @jonnyd91]

@PatrickChristys @RaheemKassam What would you like to say that you think you currently can’t?

[Jonathan Duggan @jonnyd91]

@Tgarratt10 Ashley Cole gets in ahead of marcelo 100%

[Honey @benegotherit]

[mark from peep show voice] should I get a latte? Can you have a latte at a murder? What if I want vanilla, is that weird? Vanilla murder? But if I get an americano it might be too hot

[Sheridan @sherrybucks]

POV Gregg Wallace comes round to borrow a cup of sugar.

[Jonathan Duggan @jonnyd91]

@bealolufc @meds89 It’s not just remembering people from WW1 and WW2 that’s why people like mcclean and nemanja matic didn’t participate.

[Jonathan Duggan @jonnyd91]

@nugs777 Why are people believing this? He’s from Ireland not Swansea 😂😂
Fair play for getting everyone nibbling though

[Max and Paddy Quotes @maxandpaddyline]

Just you wait.. the things am gonna do to you!

[Jack Hancock 🇨🇴 @HancockAnalysis]

To this day, I cannot believe we tweeted this

[Jonathan Duggan @jonnyd91]

@liamgallagher I don’t think I’ll get a ticket Saturday morning, can you just sort me out four and I’ll bank transfer you the money?

[Jonathan Duggan @jonnyd91]

@AlexHartley93 @AlisonMitchell @philtufnell @bbctms @MikeBubbins @elisjames a TMS classic