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Posted: 2025-05-16 03:29pm
You sneak that on the clock, or during a "potty break".
And no, I'm not joking.
And no, I'm not joking.
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Posted: 2025-05-17 11:10am
I was actually going to guess two hours. Long enough to actually cook a meal for myself at home, walk my dog, maybe a little *ahem* quality time with my lady. You know, the way I got to live when I was a cab driver AKA: When I was happy with my life. Buddy of mine from high school teaches college in China for twenty years now (English and English Lit, of course). He says he loves it there. Dude's about 6'5", 120#, which is considered a lot more of a chick magnet there than at home for some reason.
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Posted: 2025-05-19 08:40pm
TIL that I suck at taking selfies 
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Posted: 2025-06-21 10:11pm
TIL that Batman is also a place in Turkey.
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Posted: 2025-08-10 07:49pm
TIL the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at Bush the Stupider has a social media account.
https://x.com/muntazer_zaidi
https://x.com/muntazer_zaidi
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Posted: 2025-08-10 08:35pm
And was elected to public office if I remember right.muse wrote: 2025-08-10 07:49pm TIL the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at Bush the Stupider has a social media account.
https://x.com/muntazer_zaidi
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Posted: 2025-08-10 09:30pm
Not exactly. He ran for office but failed.Ralin wrote: 2025-08-10 08:35pmAnd was elected to public office if I remember right.muse wrote: 2025-08-10 07:49pm TIL the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at Bush the Stupider has a social media account.
https://x.com/muntazer_zaidi
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Posted: 2025-08-17 11:10pm
TIL the US Department of Defence is actually run by Russians.
Yes, this is real. The comments are...amusing...
https://x.com/DeptofDefense/status/1933947548965781863
Yes, this is real. The comments are...amusing...
https://x.com/DeptofDefense/status/1933947548965781863
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Posted: 2025-08-18 04:35pm
TIL that Flag Day is a thing 
Just not the right flag
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Posted: 2025-08-19 02:48pm
TIL that our departments "enhanced security checks" for dealing with more sensitve cases is, drum roll please....
A 2 question form:
Question 1: "Are you a terrorist?"
Question 2: "Are any of your family terrorists?"
I wish I was making this up.
Of course, given that peacefully participating in protests organised by Palestine Action now officially counts as terrorist behaviour, the word has lost all meaning.
A 2 question form:
Question 1: "Are you a terrorist?"
Question 2: "Are any of your family terrorists?"
I wish I was making this up.
Of course, given that peacefully participating in protests organised by Palestine Action now officially counts as terrorist behaviour, the word has lost all meaning.
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Posted: 2025-08-20 12:01pm
One of the online forms I had to fill in to fly to the USA had questions that asked the same thing, the wording is they ask if you're involved in any terrorist activities 
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Posted: 2025-08-21 03:47pm
When I went to the States back in 2013, on the visa form, right after "Date of Birth" (1992) was "Were you a member of the National Socialist Party between 1939 and 1945?"
I mean, come on.
I mean, come on.
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Posted: 2025-08-21 07:45pm
Yeah, that question becomes redundant once they 'know' your date of birth but how are they supposed to know at the time you're filling it out?
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Posted: 2025-08-22 11:15am
The annoyance was more at the very specific nature of the question, it's position at nearly the top of the page, and the thought that in 2013 I had expected the US to ask "Are you part of Al-Qaeda?" or similar, not "where you a Nazi in this specific period?"Batman wrote: 2025-08-21 07:45pm Yeah, that question becomes redundant once they 'know' your date of birth but how are they supposed to know at the time you're filling it out?
I mean, what would they do if someone ticked "No, I got kicked out in 1937?" or "I only joined in 1950?" It was just so weirdly out of place.
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Posted: 2025-08-22 02:49pm
Now that I think about it, my trip was in 2012 and it had that question asking whether I was a Nazi.
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Posted: 2025-08-23 08:42am
TIL humanity is an anal probe arms race with extraterrestrials.
It's the only rational explanation for this device.
It's the only rational explanation for this device.
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Posted: 2025-08-25 11:27am
What kind of "treatment" are they doing with something that big, prepping you do a cam show with a Clydesdale?
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Posted: 2025-08-25 12:35pm
It's a reverse engineered anal probe machine from an alien spaceship and humanity will use it to violate every space alien we encounter!Raw Shark wrote: 2025-08-25 11:27am What kind of "treatment" are they doing with something that big, prepping you do a cam show with a Clydesdale?
Or at least all the ones with a back orifice.
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Posted: 2025-08-26 11:24am
Maybe it's the full size version of this thing?Raw Shark wrote: 2025-08-25 11:27am What kind of "treatment" are they doing with something that big, prepping you do a cam show with a Clydesdale?
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Posted: 2025-08-28 05:48pm
Why stop there? Orifice violation and awkward poses....muse wrote: 2025-08-25 12:35pmIt's a reverse engineered anal probe machine from an alien spaceship and humanity will use it to violate every space alien we encounter!Raw Shark wrote: 2025-08-25 11:27am What kind of "treatment" are they doing with something that big, prepping you do a cam show with a Clydesdale?
Or at least all the ones with a back orifice.
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Posted: 2025-09-07 10:13pm
TIL who the Rootes brothers were and how they influenced the history of British car manufacturing.
And that fire extinguisher spheres are a thing.
And that fire extinguisher spheres are a thing.
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Posted: 2025-09-12 05:14pm
TIL Nepal chose its new leader with ChatGPT. All hail our silicon overlords?
https://themorningtelegraph.com/32915/
https://themorningtelegraph.com/32915/
In one of the most extraordinary political developments in Nepal’s modern history, a wave of youth-led protests driven by Generation Z forced the resignation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli within just 48 hours. What began as an uprising against corruption, nepotism, and restrictions on digital freedoms quickly snowballed into a full-blown movement that shook the foundations of power in Kathmandu. Yet removing Oli was only the first step. The next challenge was determining who would lead the interim government. Instead of relying solely on political elites or party deals, Nepal’s restless Gen Z looked elsewhere, and in an unprecedented twist, they turned to artificial intelligence. ChatGPT, the AI chatbot, was consulted by youth activists to help guide the choice of a new leader.
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Posted: 2025-10-02 01:52pm
TIL it's illegal in Canada to cyberbully people into committing suicide.
Fuck this stupid law, there's a bunch of MAGA-tards and Canadian right wing morons who deserve to get harassed until their lives are ruined.
Fuck this stupid law, there's a bunch of MAGA-tards and Canadian right wing morons who deserve to get harassed until their lives are ruined.
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Posted: 2025-10-02 05:22pm
I counter you with the young girl that was raped after being drugged at a party, the video posted online, and she was cyberbully'd to the point she took her own life.aerius wrote: 2025-10-02 01:52pm TIL it's illegal in Canada to cyberbully people into committing suicide.
Fuck this stupid law, there's a bunch of MAGA-tards and Canadian right wing morons who deserve to get harassed until their lives are ruined.
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Posted: 2025-10-02 09:18pm
TIL what "cribbing" is in a firefighting context.