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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is lunch like in exclusive private schools for rich kids?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Private schools in the UK serve awful food. Stews, custard with a skin, spotted dick, that kind of stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Street Racers "bad people"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Will you stfu already?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are podcasters/vloggers suddenly holding tiny mics?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t mind the Kallax or Ivar shelves with stuff. It’s a cheap way to show what your videos are about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are podcasters/vloggers suddenly holding tiny mics?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I find it obnoxious and distracting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Plastic Mr. Fantastic⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They didn’t invent plastic recycling. They are, however, using it as an excuse to make more plastic. The EU had regulations against over packaging (like putting cucumbers in plastic) for a while until plastic recycling became a thing and they went ‘meh’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I keep a 9 year old from constantly licking erasers and putting them in his mouth⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Other kids have to use them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft doing shady Microsoft stuff again⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The people who wouldn’t notice wouldn’t have changed their browser.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨QUACK QUACK QUACK⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The entire antivaxx movement has 7 people at its core, all of whom have something to sell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨QUACK QUACK QUACK⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  EBay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can someone give me some primers/resources on understanding politics in the Netherlands?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Anyone who votes PVV, VVD, BBB or FVD is against democracy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Brb, painting cow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's your take on employers banning the use of languages other than English between coworkers at the workplace?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The vacancy required German, but the department is from all over the place and we speak English a lot of the time. Nobody cares because they’re not bigoted asshats.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨POV⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  *pickanic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is in for the antivax in a government?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  RFK has a business selling snake oil. All those at the root of the antivaxx movement (and iirc that’s only 7 people) have something to sell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Piercing headaches sounds more like Covid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My credit union no longer allows me to payoff pending purchases made on my credit card⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pay it automatically with a direct debit. I can’t remember the last time I paid a bill manually.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The New Guy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dudley Moore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has Charlie Kirk ever changed his views on a subject during a debate?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I doubt it. I’m in a group with 3 MAGAts, a British incel and 26 liberals and despite having access to sources through this group for the past 15 years, they still vote Trump (and love Kirk).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Join forums with people who have similar interests instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forum sites with a wide selection of topics and/or a setup like the Craigslist forums?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been on the Internet since 1992, even ran a BBS, and it never looked like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to Decide what an Appropriate Medical Response is for Loved Ones⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My own parents didn’t take my son to the emergency room when he had an asthma attack and was literally turning blue because they’d been taught asthma isn’t ‘that bad’ and people who have it are hypochondriacs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are a lot of statues vandalised with traffic cones in Scotland?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Vandalised? You can take them off!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨STRAIGHT 2 JAIL⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is the weirdest generalization I’ve ever read.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨STRAIGHT 2 JAIL⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is no such thing as ‘a European’ woodland.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I beat the roaches in this house?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends. If you’re in a tropical area they could just be part of the local wildlife.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it better to: [A] watch videos content on a flagship/midrange smartphone that you already have, OR [B] get a cheap tablet (say, around $200 USD) to watch videos?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you have a laptop? I use my old work laptop to watch movies. Bonus: adblocker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wife has COVID and I've had a lung infection for almost 2-weeks. Should I worry? (background in post, mods read the first bit!)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The newer versions are just as bad as the old ones (and more contagious AND you’re immune for just a few months after catching them). Vaccinations just make them less bad.

  Test again. It can take a while for them to work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not conflating anything. I know her. She’s smart. I know a lot of scientists, plenty of them are dumb as a box of frogs.

  She was persuaded by a friend to go to a particular church and she was brainwashed in no time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  TomTom did this too. You paid them a life time fee and then they decided you had to start paying an additional fee every month.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know a very smart lady (university professor, STEM) who voted for him. Church bubble.