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I often think about this one, which made the same point more succinctly. theonion.com/new-bomb-cap...
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To be fair, he calmed down very quickly once he understood, but I'm not taking that chance again. It was mostly for his benefit, anyway. He was trying to stop me on a 55 mph two lane road with no streetlights at 1 AM, and I didn't want his guts all over my car.
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You know how they tell you that if a cop tries to pull you over in a bad area, you should put your flashers on, slow down, and wait until you get somewhere safe to stop? That always sounded reasonable to me. Then I tried it, and when I finally saw the cop he was clearly ready for a shootout.
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Is there any way that the DOJ could somehow blow the state case, assuming they decide that they want to? Maybe conceding on a constitutional issue?
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For me it's the broken dove(s).
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Sometimes they use jam instead of sugar in their tea, which always sounded exciting to me. Eventually I tried it. I was not impressed.
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I did laugh at this, though:
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I read the article, because I was wondering how they can make a coherent argument that "New York is not a democracy." They don't. It's just a lot of vague griping about both candidates.
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Come to think of it, I wonder if they just colored them wrong? If your knob matched the guy on your left instead of matching you, then it would be a hand.
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Yeah, I don't see how this could happen by accident. The color tells you that they're limbs, and all of the hands are already accounted for.
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They should have just added an asterisk. No footnote, just an asterisk.
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I think you're mistaken. Those are juvenile fire trucks. They haven't developed wheels and ladders yet, but their sirens are almost mature.
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I like the one that's stubbornly hanging on.
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I bet Hegseth thinks he's smarter than RFK and Tulsi Gabbard. And he might be right, depending on your definition of "smarter".
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I don't understand what's going on with Columbia. This would be an easy way to win back a little goodwill.
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Sounds like you'd like the "Dune: Prophecy" TV series. It's 100% scheming catty little shits.
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Pretty sure that means that the flight is overbooked and they don't actually have a seat for you right now, but they're hoping one will open up in time. Which it almost always does, to be fair.
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Can he send the Texas National Guard into California, with Abbott's approval?
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That's such a great design. I particularly like how it's presented in two very different lights (literally and figuratively) in the movie.
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Are "BBY" and "ABY" used in the Star Wars universe? I was just thinking that yesterday, because I watched an episode of Andor (no spoilers please) that started with a card saying that it was "3 BBY". I don't remember if I've ever heard a character say it.
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Did someone stuff a stack of cash into his dominatrix boot?
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I can't get past "crisp, fresh salad."
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Unfortunately, the posts about them that don't mention their names (or misspell their names) are always the worst.
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The watermelon smash at 0:22 was extremely impressive.
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I know this is the AP's standard format, but it's very weird to refer to McDonald's as "the Chicago burger giant." I didn't know they had a connection to Chicago at all.
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I like the first one, but the second one is giving Michael Myers.
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It's all about the concentration. Stomach acid is in fact mostly hydrochloric acid. It's just a lower concentration, and it's not supposed to be in your throat.
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Both misleading and imprecise. "Modified" could mean "I rewrote the quote to say the opposite of what the original said."
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I just worry that a lot of people either won't vote for someone they don't know (which is frankly pretty reasonable,) or won't vote for someone who they think will lose (which is unreasonable but extremely common.) The "don't rank Cuomo" campaign won't persuade those people.
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I really wonder if this 100% anti-Cuomo strategy is a mistake. I'm fairly engaged and live in a NYC suburb, and as of this moment I can't name any of the candidates besides Cuomo. Yes, I realize one of them started this thread, but I've already forgotten his name.
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Some surprisingly easy math suggests that a large bucket would be 45 servings, including 11.25g of sodium, which is only about a third of a lethal dose for a 150 lb. adult. I guess you're good to go! Maybe don't get a refill.
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Pretty sure popcorn and chicken are the only foods that can be safely eaten by the bucket, and chicken is pushing it.
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They're independent in the sense that they don't need to sacrifice news to protect their retail empire and space launch business, which really does give them an advantage over much of the mainstream press.
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I've seen a lot of "fancy" bathrooms that have touchless everything, and then just a stack of paper towels sitting on the countertop where everyone drips on them.
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Your link is broken, at least for me. This one works: outreach.faith/2025/05/gay-...
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I enjoy The Onion's headlines, but I admit that I almost never click the links. For some reason I was moved to read this entire article, and damn was it worth it.
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xkcd.com/2115/
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Similarly, if you take a book out in the sunlight and hold your hand over the page to cast a shadow, the "white" in the shaded part is darker than the "black" in the unshaded part. Brightness is relative.
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I've heard of birth tourism. I've never heard of a "baby mill motel," which I guess implies a motel dedicated to housing foreigners just long enough to give birth in the U.S.? That's more insane than the usual conspiracy theories.
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What the fuck is a "baby mill motel"?
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I always thought it was intentional that Skynet was really bad at infiltrating. The terminator was sent to do a job that he wasn't suited for, so he kept screwing up and drawing attention to himself.
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Is it the judiciary's job? I think they'd be right that no one has standing for a civil suit. Seems to me it's up to the DOJ, which is corrupt, or Congress, which is... Congress.
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This is good, but opposing family separation is the lowest bar for a Pope. I bet even Benedict spoke out against it.
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Uh... spoiler alert. "I Shot an Arrow into the Air" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Shot_...
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There's a Twilight Zone or Outer Limits episode where this happens, and it turns out that they're literally in the Mojave.