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I find something dark but funny about the idea the bullet having left the gun, but I don't know what. Like the jeopardy is gone and the person is shouting angrily shouting McDonalds because they want to just watch a murder happen
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I find something dark but funny about the idea the bullet having left the gun, but I don't know what. Like the jeopardy is gone and the person is shouting angrily shouting McDonalds because they want to just watch a murder happen
Tbh I've been listening to that particular bit of the revolutions podcast repeatedly for years now and even with Mike Duncan talking to me like it's a miss Rachel episode it's just narrative spaghetti to me, I can't even tell if I'm listening to the episodes in order.
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Tbh I've been listening to that particular bit of the revolutions podcast repeatedly for years now and even with Mike Duncan talking to me like it's a miss Rachel episode it's just narrative spaghetti to me, I can't even tell if I'm listening to the episodes in order.
The problem is it opens the door to Hasset-Stripping puns. And nobody wants that mental image.
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The problem is it opens the door to Hasset-Stripping puns. And nobody wants that mental image.
The SNL skit about the title font is more enduring than the film itself.
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The SNL skit about the title font is more enduring than the film itself.
I mean, if the % goes down because the number goes up, that has nothing to do with extinction. 36% of 1.8bn is about 600m, 8% of 8bn is 640m. And I'm assuming in this definition, non-white people can never have white kids but white people can have non-white kids. And also it's nazi bollocks.
December 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I mean, if the % goes down because the number goes up, that has nothing to do with extinction. 36% of 1.8bn is about 600m, 8% of 8bn is 640m. And I'm assuming in this definition, non-white people can never have white kids but white people can have non-white kids. And also it's nazi bollocks.
Grant Shapps had websites blacklisted from Google for plagiarism, seems to have fabricated testimonials for his company, created a pretty much pyramid scheme, used fake identities and lied about having a second job. Then he was made a cabinet minister.
December 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Grant Shapps had websites blacklisted from Google for plagiarism, seems to have fabricated testimonials for his company, created a pretty much pyramid scheme, used fake identities and lied about having a second job. Then he was made a cabinet minister.
They are almost literally in his office when he said that to them.
Like, journalism is the only desk job where your boss shouts at you for being at your desk.
Like, journalism is the only desk job where your boss shouts at you for being at your desk.
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
They are almost literally in his office when he said that to them.
Like, journalism is the only desk job where your boss shouts at you for being at your desk.
Like, journalism is the only desk job where your boss shouts at you for being at your desk.
Oooh 9. That's not what planting stories means.
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Oooh 9. That's not what planting stories means.
5. Is his office not air conditioned?
6. Why not?
7. Is the air conditioning thing about the fake stories, or can you not bomb people with air conditioning on?
8. They're literally out doing their jobs in his office right now, asking questions about it.
6. Why not?
7. Is the air conditioning thing about the fake stories, or can you not bomb people with air conditioning on?
8. They're literally out doing their jobs in his office right now, asking questions about it.
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
5. Is his office not air conditioned?
6. Why not?
7. Is the air conditioning thing about the fake stories, or can you not bomb people with air conditioning on?
8. They're literally out doing their jobs in his office right now, asking questions about it.
6. Why not?
7. Is the air conditioning thing about the fake stories, or can you not bomb people with air conditioning on?
8. They're literally out doing their jobs in his office right now, asking questions about it.
Can it just put it's phone down and not doom scroll in bed?
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Can it just put it's phone down and not doom scroll in bed?
William the conqueror full on exploded, presumably cos they used a cork.
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
William the conqueror full on exploded, presumably cos they used a cork.
I am preparing accordingly by not taking for granted how many sinks or lavatories will be in any of the bathrooms. And getting a kitchen rucksack to carry things on the long journey all the way from the end of the kitchen to island.
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I am preparing accordingly by not taking for granted how many sinks or lavatories will be in any of the bathrooms. And getting a kitchen rucksack to carry things on the long journey all the way from the end of the kitchen to island.
In the UK McDonalds ran an ad campaign, literally to advertise they now sold flat whites and stuff, with basically this cartoon except at the end they do get a coffee. It was truly bizarre.
December 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In the UK McDonalds ran an ad campaign, literally to advertise they now sold flat whites and stuff, with basically this cartoon except at the end they do get a coffee. It was truly bizarre.
Low key burn that he thinks Charlie's +2s would be lies and non-truths.
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Low key burn that he thinks Charlie's +2s would be lies and non-truths.
I have to assume the conversation between the endless lies and the truth that will never be told is just awful and pointless.
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I have to assume the conversation between the endless lies and the truth that will never be told is just awful and pointless.
one has to imagine the germ happy
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
one has to imagine the germ happy
I always wonder if it's the same germs for each formula, or if it's like the most frustrating game of whack-a-mole for bleach producers
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I always wonder if it's the same germs for each formula, or if it's like the most frustrating game of whack-a-mole for bleach producers
TBF I have a job and my priorities mostly involve alcohol, food and naps.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
TBF I have a job and my priorities mostly involve alcohol, food and naps.
Yea, it's obviously not like we can't describe them. But they are different things to some people, and in some cases they can overlap in light/dark. Like Welsh never got to a word for brown, but describes brown things as gray or red.
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Yea, it's obviously not like we can't describe them. But they are different things to some people, and in some cases they can overlap in light/dark. Like Welsh never got to a word for brown, but describes brown things as gray or red.
TBF one of those doesn't refer to fossil fuels (I mean ... worse tho).
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
TBF one of those doesn't refer to fossil fuels (I mean ... worse tho).
Well, we all seem to invent words for colors in the same order (for a while there was a theory that ancient Greeks could only see like two colours), and some languages have more colours than english (some blue isn't blue). So in an (extremely loose) sense we don't see all the colours.
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Well, we all seem to invent words for colors in the same order (for a while there was a theory that ancient Greeks could only see like two colours), and some languages have more colours than english (some blue isn't blue). So in an (extremely loose) sense we don't see all the colours.
There's a really geeky way in which this is genuinely wrong. Like on one level, English speakers don't live in full colour.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There's a really geeky way in which this is genuinely wrong. Like on one level, English speakers don't live in full colour.
Apart from, like, everything else. this seems like really bad UX, like why would I want it to give me a less good roast the first time?
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Apart from, like, everything else. this seems like really bad UX, like why would I want it to give me a less good roast the first time?