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a place near me put up a sign implying that they would soon begin serving smash burgers. So far there's no sign of any burgers at all: I may never learn what a smash burger is

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 5h

a fast food place opened near me a year ago and they put up a big sign that said "Smash Burgers". They didn't have any of course, but I assumed it was because they were still setting up and they would eventually add them to the menu. Anyway it's closed down now. The big Smash Burgers sign taken away

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 5h

especially if there are already a ton of translations out there; nothing to lose

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 6h

i'm running a long obsolete version of MacOS because I need it for 32 bit software that no longer works on the latest versions

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 6h

I think it's funny that millions of people would prefer to be at risk of cyber scams than update to the latest version of windows (where the cyber scam is considered an integral feature)

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 6h

she hasn't read his last one because she waits for the paperbacks

Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 6h

only 3 years? [sure Jan. gif]

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 6h

scratch that, I thought of a better joke. Imagine you said "partying + doing bare minimum etc" and then I said "and that's just the teaching staff!" laughing rolling head emoji

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 6h

Those campus novels aren't going to inspire themselves, Rick

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 6h

That's not how I remember it: we had to do the bare minimum at the end of EACH year otherwise they wouldn't let you into third year

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 7h

If they are "rip off" degrees than surely the profit margins are the highest: I thought Tories were pro-business?

(I'm also against rip off degrees btw, but the more logical solution is to abolish fees)

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 7h

I was tricked into buying a certain non-fiction book once by a 2,000 word review that, not only contained the entire thesis and argument of the book, but was infinitely better written (a classic: "this book could have been a review of itself" moment)

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 7h

you know, like the classic midcentury modern neo nazi graphic design motifs (celtic cross, swastika, Sonnenrad, broken sun)

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 7h

these angry bald men find comfort in their mashups of ancient Celtic and eh, Sanskrit imagery

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