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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This was Alex Jones once⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know if I just blocked the troublemakers early, but I haven’t seen any of the sniping over edits that was occasionally there on Reddit, at least. But yeah, I get annoyed when I have to edit a whole comment just because of formatting or a typo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This was Alex Jones once⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not the person you replied to, but I was taught to write very formally in school and while writing legal position papers at work and llms mimic a style that was drilled into me. It’s really frustrating, but other than swearing or making a dumb joke, I don’t know how to make it clear that I’m a person (and tbh, the former won’t work for long and the latter is already outdated).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Why yes, yes it does. It’s truly depressing that they don’t see other options for their daughter. Hopefully she makes one herself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Want happier employees? Start with a 32-hour workweek – and 4 weeks vacation.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So adults don’t rely on their community. If they need to, they should join a larger community, to make sure they can support others. Makes as much sense as I can expect for feeding a troll, lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Want happier employees? Start with a 32-hour workweek – and 4 weeks vacation.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But why should joining a union of other countries make a difference? Adults don’t rely on community support, as you explained upthread, so there’s literally no purpose to joining one. It’s not like you’re just reactively attacking whoever commented last or anything, so I’m sure you can figure out a way to make sense of this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Want happier employees? Start with a 32-hour workweek – and 4 weeks vacation.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I rely on community support, like most people. That can be your spouse, parents, or government benefits, in addition to things like food donation programs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rest in peace⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s so much worse. Solution and question aren’t as natural a pairing as solution and problem or answer and question, and the only only example of them going together as an established phrase that comes to mind is the nazi one.

  If the coworker exists, they must have hated him

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vitamin technology has advanced so much over the years⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Even proper food has fewer nutrients than it used to

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pictures of Animals Getting CT Scans Against their Will: A Thread⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They really just folded that snake up

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some Grammaticial voices.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Elizabeth Holmes, when asked for data

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Found this kinda funny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a fucking tongue twister.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  5, 1, 3, 4, 2 but I don’t actually like any of them. I want the smallest functional fork available (generally around 15cm/6”)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🤙 hang ten 🤙⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d have to wait two weeks, because she doesn’t check her email, but I already bookmarked it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🤙 hang ten 🤙⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I had my first class on heterogeneity in the classroom today and the teacher would have loved this tweet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chinese Factory Worker Can't Believe The Shit He Makes For Americans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  14 year olds in factories used to be a punchline. Now it’s just par for the course in some parts of the US

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh my god, that’s what I want too. I would love to have a garden and a nice kitchen and just concentrate on my little world. I’m just not selfish enough to fully abandon everything that’s not in my little bubble.

  The wanting isn’t the problem, doing it with no thought for anyone else is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m 33 and just taught my first real class at a university. The students are 19-21, and the first thought I had was that they were all babies. They’re not really, and they deserve all the rights that adults are entitled to, but they’re not dateable for me.

  I get that as an instructor there’s another layer of responsibility between us, but they don’t even look fully grown to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy Easter⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m genuinely trying to think if I’ve ever seen a single nonsecular Easter decoration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has regrets⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Preventing pregnancy is the most replicable effect of condoms. I’d be much more worried about gonorrhea, HIV, even syphilis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You are beautiful⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What does his forearm tattoo say?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My ravioli bowl won't unstick. Took about an hour of prying, and still I couldn't unstick the plate.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s just a bowl currently full of ravioli

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets outed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Banned from 4chan for underage shit? I can’t imagine this would be the thing they finally crack down on

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As a US citizen who was born in the UK, how risky is it to leave and reenter the US right now?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That Canadian actress was white and attractive. The German held for several days without sleep was also white and attractive (also a man in a relationship with a man, but I don’t know how likely it is that CBP could have known that).

  It’s probably protective, but it’s not sufficient

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember when she fucked up the economy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the value of charisma. I can’t not seethe while listening to Reagan shucks his way to destroying the welfare state, but he was an actor, I’ve got to assume he was good at striking the right note for people who didn’t have the consequences of his policies right at hand.

  I wish charisma were less effective, but unfortunately this is the world we live in. Even worse, the only Kennedy we have on the national scene is RFK Jr.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Baltimore blast sounds like a designer version of naloxone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AIRBUD⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Laika boss

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon meets pearl jam man⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thematically, perhaps it should have been last kiss, but I appreciate that the OOP wanted it to seem more believable. Plus there was no girlfriend in his car…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon orders food⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I try not to compliment men’s physical attributes. Given that around a quarter of them still react like I’m flirting when I compliment the pattern they have on while I’m wearing a wedding ring, I don’t want to go any further, lol. Maybe I should have said non-flirty instead of nonsexual though, because I agree, that’s not a sexual comment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon orders food⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s an example of a compliment I don’t give. I’m not trying to start something I don’t want to finish and I don’t want to finish anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon orders food⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I (afab) intentionally give my male friends and coworkers lots of non sexual compliments, and it’s been a mixed bag for people I don’t know well. I genuinely love men’s business wear, so I frequently go for a comment about what they’re wearing (think “I like your shirt” or “that’s a cool pattern,” not “that shirt makes your eyes pop” or “you look sexy in that shirt”), and about a third of the time, they still seem to think I’m coming on to them. Since I got married and wear my wedding ring, that’s down to about a quarter.