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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are any calls without caller ID legit?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I called 911 a few years ago and they had a police officer call me back when he got to my neighborhood. I had to do this a few times as the incident repeated a few days later. Each time the officer called me his number was hidden.

  That’s the only time I’ve ever had a call from a hidden number that was not a scam, but I would be hesitant to block them all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you do if you encounter a skunk?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone I know who has had a skunk spray was due to one of two causes:

  1). They ran it over with their car or 2). Their dog attacked it

  In general skunks are very reticent to actually spray. I’ve never known anyone to get it from just walking by. I knew someone who blocked a skunk with their shoe from running in the house, because they mistook it for their cat.

  From what I understand, they have poor eyesight and hearing, so in my experience they usually don’t even notice you. They are a wild animal though so the important thing would be to not surprise them. I think if you make noise, keep your distance, and never corner one you should be fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should you trust that doctor?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dr. Zoidberg also has honorary degrees in murderology and murderonomy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does the media print rags to riches stories?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They rage in favor of the machine Rage Against the Machine rages against

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lord of the SCIENCE⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw a comic about this once (xkcd, probably?) and going by the scene in the movie, where Legolas has human sized eyes, they deduced that Middle Earth must have an exotic atmosphere

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I need new glasses. The only insurance-approved place I can shop online will cost $250 with my needs. I went to a "cheap" glasses website that doesn't accept insurance: $250. Yay, America.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I got LASIK I wasn’t allowed to wear contacts for a few weeks before the surgery. I bought the cheapest pair of glasses from Zenni. I had new glasses for $17 + $10 shipping.

  If I had to do it again I would have my IPD measured by a proper optometrist first. I just guessed at it and got ones a little too small, so they had a kind of fisheye effect.

  Still, for <$30 it was a great bargain

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solve a puzzle for me⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lmao so he’s just swimming back across the river with the goat!

  Someone should try animating these solutions. I’m picturing close-ups of the goat wondering why the man has lost his mind

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cursed Milk⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And don’t forget piss! The guy that discovered phosphorus did so while boiling urine in an attempt to turn it into gold

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As if the tip actually goes to the dashers.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  God bless America

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As if the tip actually goes to the dashers.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t have to wait in line if you can’t afford to go in the first place Taps head