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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alabama is forcing incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. Unionizing is illegal. The state takes 40% of wages.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  And besides, what’re they gonna do, put them in prison?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real NASA research papers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you really get other results, or did you get papers that were still accurately described by the editorialized titles? On the one I looked up, the author and publication date were the same, and it really was about “the repeated survival of systems never intended to work [under the more extreme than designed conditions they were subjected to]” even if the actual title wasn’t that spicy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real NASA research papers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure they are as real as OP claims, unfortunately. I looked up NASA-TN-D-6193, but its actual title is “Dynamic and static wind tunnel tests of a flow direction vane”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Naughty birds⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How do they not all get eaten by predators?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the optimal handle to chain length for a flail?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Real flails were medieval agricultural tools

  How were they used agriculturally?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Memory Express trying to claim a 2TB ssd is "$470 off"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No, the one that was damn near $100 before the BS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley Creator Shuts Down Rumors Haunted Chocolatier 'Will Be Abandoned,' Insisting: 'It Will Come Out When It’s Ready' - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  there is always going to be cut content

  Or said another way, not having cut content means they released a rough draft instead of editing and refining it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley Creator Shuts Down Rumors Haunted Chocolatier 'Will Be Abandoned,' Insisting: 'It Will Come Out When It’s Ready' - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Two free (major) updates: 1.5 and 1.6 both came out after Haunted Chocolatier was announced.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A matter of patience⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  (It’s funny because we can’t stop them from passing straight through the pool.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Truth hurts!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Utahraptor is the size of the ones in the movie and was discovered the same year the movie came out. I like to think that’s what they are, but Chriton and/or Spielburg just thought “velociraptor” was a cooler name.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evolutionary Planetary⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Please cite sources for your meme.

  (No seriously, I want to read them!)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you people all bots?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Let me guess, you’re a “business man”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do crappy parents defend their child when they are masively publicly misbehaving and being shitheads?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Get your car out of the bike lane” gets 'em real mad every time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Think about it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Welp, I guess that outs me as a not-gay; I didn’t even think about those.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Think about it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are there any hiatorically-accurate depictions of Mary Magdeline? That’d give us the answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are the marketing volunteers?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Could it be that marketing is an inherently pro-capitalism line of work and its practitioners are unlikely to be altruistic enough to volunteer, especially for something like Free Software?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Right to protest is under attack in England and Wales, reports warn⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am starting to get real sick and tired of all these fascist deniers pretending things aren’t getting worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Github Banned a Ton of Adult Game Developers and Won’t Explain Why⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m OOTL. Why don’t people recommend GitLab?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He took it literally⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not about confessing, it’s about being tricked into saying something innocuous in context that they twist to implicate you anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon thinks about wheat⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And porridge is just incomplete beer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon thinks about wheat⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And by “porridge” you mean “beer”.

  Booze was the real motivator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Snitches get switches⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what makes them the exception that shouldn’t be reported.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Snitches get switches⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, it’s sufficiently descriptive to imply that randos shouldn’t be messing with the plants on it. As a native English speaker, it makes sense just fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Snitches get switches⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It could mean anything from private land with an easement to prohibit building on it to a National Park, depending on context and jurisdiction. It’s just a non-specific term for “land that is conserved in some way.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨enclose.horse⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  64

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 10 most anticipated video games of 2026⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t say I’m “stoked,” but those two looked the most interesting in a list full of AAA licensed garbage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True of mine but he more than made up for it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How do you avoid accidentally buying the same thing twice?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes I know it doesn't work like that⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ordinarily, sure, but we’re talking about hot salt water, which is definitely less corrosive.

  Oh wait.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ġ̵̻ͅį̴̹̜̼̙͍͋̈̕m̷̦͎͈̎̄̄̿̈ṁ̶̭̫͓̞̻̾̂̚ë̶͚́̍̀͆ ̴̻͗̈́̿̂̚͝f̴̧̳̝͓̫̆̍͌͠u̸̧̖̠̗͔̽̽̾ȇ̶̝̠̎̔l̵̡͙͔̀́̃́̓͘,̵̠̜̽͛ ̴͙̜͇͚̥̜̑͛͐̓͆͒ḡ̸̮͝͠ḯ̸͍̩͛͗̍͝ṁ̶̛͎̖̭̖̓̃͑̃ḿ̵̫̇e̸͈͕̍̍͒ ̸̧̣̣̣̹̺͌̃ẇ̴̤̳͇̪̝̑̈́̏̚i̶͖͒̒r̶̢̪̙͉̭̥̂̐e̵̞̳̻̍͘⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “I’ll make my own wire! With ions! And plasma!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do US airports have a lot more jet bridges than EU airports?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe something to do with ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance? Europe tolerates a lot less accessibility by necessity since they have so many older buildings, so maybe that translates over into having more tolerance for stairs when boarding planes?