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yellow legal pad? sorry, where I come from all pads are legal

Instead of driverless cars, they should great a system of pneumatic tubes that deliver snacks directly to your house, cutting down on the need for many needless journeys

Wow, didn't know this. Has anyone ever actually used a rubber bullet as intended? Been hearing about these all my life but only ever in the context of them being fired directly at people

I have complex nuanced opinions about assisted dying, except in the case of middle-aged guys who spend all day pure fuming about how much they hate Greta Thunberg. In that instance a quick visit to the vet (a farm up state where they can run around) is probably the most humane approach

Thinking about the people who played twitter on "one-player mode" just churning out the posts without ever getting any likes or comments from anyone

The fact that separate words for 'pillow', 'bolster' and possibly also 'cushion' can be reconstructed for Proto-West-Germanic suggests the early medieval world in northern Europe was a lot softer and fluffier than people may think.

I'm slightly fascinated by this memory of Twitter in its heyday being a marketplace of ideas. The only time I read something that challenged my perception of the world was the picture asking how a horse would wear pants.

Proud to announce that my town is the first to appoint an anti-mayor. Their role is primarily symbolic, attending the many closing down ceremonies, tying ribbons across the doors of failed businesses, ushering the final occupants out of social services premises, shutting the library down, etc.

I’m taking over as the menswear guy. Men should rotate through the same four band t-shirts for 35 years. Replace the shirts with identical shirts if the holes in them get big or you get too fat for them

After spending the weekend with a whole bunch of 10 year olds I am so fascinated by the wide range in personality and emotional age - one kid will sit down next to you and be like “tell me about yourself” while another kid runs by half naked and hitting things with sticks