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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 5 stages of Charles Manson⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Whaaaat, bottom middle for me, except he’s got mean eyes. That might be a reflection of his recent circumstances though, I can’t imagine he’s in a great mood.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨respect dandelions!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure that’s the only reason my great uncle used to make fortified tomato wine. I wasn’t around for it, but it seems to have exclusively been drunk by his kids, to their great regret. He could always tell by the uncontrollable retching

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon saved Portugal last month⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not British, but I’ve been a bartender (in a queueing place) and I’m almost certain they’re glad about the queues. I currently work at a bakery that tends to queue, but when it falls apart, people get unnecessarily pissy with me, as though I should remember who got to the twenty person clump first. I have to imagine it’s worse when everyone is drinking. The reaction to people jumping the queue certainly is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The unprompted texts I send my best friend.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Also pretty likely if they’re from MENA

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How sad for you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fingerprint matching in the 60s sounds, uh, time intensive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vampires are from Jersey⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Plus, there’s a (kind of) precedent. All you’d have to do is plan it for April fool’s day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First Nations writer speaks out after being stripped of $15,000 State Library of Queensland award over Gaza tweet⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wyld said at their meeting McDonald referred to a tweet Wyld had posted about the death of the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in October, which referred to him as a martyr. Wyld deleted the tweet shortly after posting it.

  Uh… was he not objectively a martyr? Like, an Israeli soldier who is very enthusiastic about their current assignment and is killed as part of them would also be a martyr. It’s just someone killed for their beliefs (including political beliefs), right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am convinced the makers of those ads are on something strong and very illegal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Mobile gaming ads on YouTube are like softcore animations of a compilation of really specific niche fetishes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the U.S., are all voting booth areas required to have carbon monoxide detectors?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I worked for an insurance company in latent bodily injury claims (asbestos, lead paint, etc), and the symptoms of lead paint poisoning include lowered IQ, reduced emotional control, impaired risk assessment, and increased aggression.

  There was a black man killed by cops for the crime of impoliteness in response to racial profiling several years ago, who had been one of our claimants. I didn’t find a reference to lead paint on the Wikipedia page, so I don’t think it’s public information and I won’t say who, but it’s unfortunately not a unique story.

  Lead paint is nearly exclusively still present in awful apartments rented by slumlords to the poorest people in the US.

  There’s also ambient exposure from leaded gasoline, but that’s not really an ongoing problem anymore (for now, I could see this regime fully legalizing leaded gas again). Even though lead hasn’t been legal in house paint since 1978, shitty landlords just painted over it instead of remediating it, so kids get exposed to sweet tasting paint flakes, as well as the dust released when it flakes off ending up in their homes or in the soil surrounding their buildings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paneraverse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That is JFK.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This one we can all agree on⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Working retail can be embarrassing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I work at a bakery and teach German classes (in Germany). One of my students came in the other day and I made her a sandwich to order, which I felt 100% normal about, but my bakery manager felt awkward about. The student seemed to feel a little weird too, but she ordered it, lol.

  Then she missed my class later that afternoon -_-

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP obsolete tech⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s just zoomer again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not the one holding the record for longest cave hide and seek⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People were shorter in the past, I don’t make the rules

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should try again tomorrow⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just FYI, to reckon is to figure and recon is short for reconnaissance, so to investigate/scout behind enemy lines or metaphorically do the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polar bears⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Polar bears hunt even when not hungry because of the general scarcity of food in their environment

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This was Alex Jones once⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even proper food has fewer nutrients than it used to

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pictures of Animals Getting CT Scans Against their Will: A Thread⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They really just folded that snake up

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some Grammaticial voices.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Elizabeth Holmes, when asked for data

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Found this kinda funny⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a fucking tongue twister.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 🤙⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🤙 hang ten 🤙⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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