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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It is a statistical fact that white men in America couldn't get driver's licenses prior to 1850⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s say you could temporarily reverse the laws of physics and rewind the universe to the exact state it was in this morning. Would anything have happened differently?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It is a statistical fact that white men in America couldn't get driver's licenses prior to 1850⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on your view of free will. If they never did, they never could.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It is a statistical fact that white men in America couldn't get driver's licenses prior to 1850⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Number of men with driver’s license in 1850

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FACT: Belle did NOT know the beast could turn into a human, she was fully prepared to bang him as is⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Hollywood literally cannot tell a “looks don’t matter” story without sneaking the looks (or status) back in by the third act. The Beast turning into a generic prince. She’s All That spends ninety minutes insisting personality matters, then resolves it with a makeover. The Princess Diaries goes one further: “you’re fine as you are” turns out to mean “you’re fine as you are, also you’re secretly a princess.”

  I don’t think the people writing these endings believe the lesson themselves. An industry that runs on headshots and red carpets isn’t positioned to sell “looks don’t matter” with a straight face, and that disbelief leaks into the third act. Shallow people writing a story about looking past shallowness was always going to end with someone getting hot again. What bugs me is that they sell this corrupted message to our kids, repeating the cycle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unexpected item in the bagging area!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Self checkout works just fine in Sweden, the only people with an issue are dementia-ridden elderly (but they can’t make sense of how to pay with a debit card either).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's never been an easier time to boycott Microsoft, the most boring video game publisher in the business⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s always the option of not playing games and doing something else. They’re competing with every form of pastime out there, and need to be good enough to make their product worthwhile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[politics] she never recovered⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, but I still don’t get what the beans have to do with it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True words of wisdom⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Always put clothes on before peeing while standing up

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pro tip⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Says who? Certainly not the law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be The Sunshine ☀️⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you do if they still stay behind you, refusing to pass?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i once ate some dog shit,⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  and then, i was so mad, that i said things out loud that i swore i would never say out loud

  “Oh shit”? “Holy crap”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cushion sold separately⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I, for one, welcome the return to a classic meme format.Reece Witherspoon - Reece Withoutherspoon

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sounds plausible⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s okay, they’re third world babies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ever create an account just to leave a negative review?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes the issue is clearly budgetary constraints and/or the director’s fault. Additional shooting days or stunt doubles could have avoided the lack of credibility.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Modern lies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s BOSS Bottled Tonic. The idea I had originally was to not mix different scents randomly (soap, schampoo, deostick, EdT), potentially creating a dissonance or “frankensmell”.

  I don’t know enough about this to select a combo that works, but I can make sure to use the same scent across the board. BOSS Bottled Tonic existed as combined bodywash/shampoo, deostick and EdT. Unfortunately they seem to now have discontinued the deostick variant so I’m using the standard BOSS Bottled deostick as a replacement. It surprises and annoys me that companies aren’t consistent with the available scents across their product lines - did this mode of usage never occur to them? In my mind it should be a kind of baseline default.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Modern lies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a nicer shampoo that’s about 3x as expensive, but it’s also at least twice as strong so I only need about a teaspoon for a shower. And it smells like a spa. Makes me feel great, and my partner often compliments how good I smell after I’ve taken a shower.

  So yeah, I think it’s worth it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you goof on your spoof⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My dentist called me to book an appointment and less than 5 seconds later, my wife called. She’s obviously cheating on me with the dentist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean unless you lack hands, it’s easily preventable

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe they mean that you look like you have cool, youthful interests and values.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man on a mission⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently it’s not too late

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe three towels⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, the U.S. definitely weighs down the average (pun intended), but it’s only 4% of the world’s population.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe three towels⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Am I the only one who never felt that Deanna Troi wasn’t particularly attractive? I mean, she’s okay (enough that it doesn’t detract from other traits), but not above average. Yet she’s often presented as if she’s supposed to be eye candy for the show.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spring break on a budget⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shattered butt

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand how this is supposed to be some kind of gotcha or mind blowing realization. Isn’t it obvious to everyone older than 3yo in the entire world?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it should just say “this means your intelligence is below average”. I genuinely think someone with <80 IQ would have a very low chance of understanding the text as presented in the screenshot.

  Stupid people are people with human rights too, and they should be considered with empathy when building a society. That should be particularly obvious to a site that performs IQ tests. For every person with an IQ above 100, there’s a person below.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey... so, uh, whatcha doin' in there?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t we be better off alone? Nobody at home to give us shit. Just do whatever you feel like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where is my filet knife?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Raising landlords causes harm to the human tenants

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where is my filet knife?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only humans were harmed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The UN Voted to Make Food A Human Right, Only Two Countries Voted No: Israel and USA⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because nothing has changed since then, except for the worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe the annoyance was that it wasn’t annoying enough