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These kind of “social trend” stories are always historically illiterate. Go back 150 years and swathes of offspring – the ones who survived childhood – sailed to other countries and never saw their families again.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Seems like a lot of people see “might accidentally give five bucks to a scammer” as a materially worse outcome than “might give nothing to a family being starved”

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Things I learned: Quakers are dope, actually

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

“You are the Joe Rogan of the left” is like the monkey’s paw result when you wish to be famous

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Every morning we wake up to Israel’s live-streamed genocide by starvation, and the ‘international order’ countries are still maxed out at writing stern letters

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

So… Starmer’s new angle was to burn welfare, trans people, and migrants, and now the super racist voters hate him even more, the mid racist voters hate him the same, and he’s lost half his own voters? Truly the sweet spot of ethics and tactics

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Hey if you’re a writer whose work was improved by AI then your writing fucking sucked

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Such an American contradiction that the self-styled tough guys with guns always claim being scared Middle-aged child lunks in shorts, on the stoop pumping rounds into a stranger’s car because “parking made me fear for my life”

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Modern dentistry is super impressive, in that nobody else can get you to pay so much money for having such a bad time

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Reckon if they started asking the fighter jets to come down on land instead of the sea they wouldn’t lose as many

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

We keep hearing that billionaire CEOs are bad, but from the ads I’m seeing they’re just busy recommending the top nine books that will really change my life

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

It’s 106 miles to Chicago, I’ve got the full blessing of the papal conclave, half a pack of communion wafers, it’s dark, and I’m wearing a mitre. Hit it

submitted 28 days ago • 6 comments

I know Matt Canavan is a space cadet, but like… showering before work is a great idea for any job. Showering after work is as well. This guy wants to lead a country but hasn’t fully grasped washing

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

Stunned to learn that an elderly pope might lean conservative on homosexuality and abortion

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

I do not know what a Will Stencil is, please stop making me know what it is doing

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Very much enjoying the body language of that pilot

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Everyone’s super pissed because 3% of the cardinals are voting for Jill Stein

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

I don’t know man, what could it possibly be?

submitted 32 days ago • 282 comments

All of medicine is a scam to make you “stretch” and “drink water”. Obviously I don’t want to do that, that’s why I’m here

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments