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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This one we can all agree on⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Working retail can be embarrassing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨Not the one holding the record for longest cave hide and seek⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should try again tomorrow⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨Rest in peace⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Even proper food has fewer nutrients than it used to

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pictures of Animals Getting CT Scans Against their Will: A Thread⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They really just folded that snake up

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you see a bunch of otherwise normal people with the same odd behavior then you are probably seeing the effects of a marketing campign. The effects can last for years, even decades.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Or new slang

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Found this kinda funny⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a fucking tongue twister.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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 ⁨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 ⁨Happy Easter⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3077: de Sitter⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Look at you, making it all easy to understand

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3077: de Sitter⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love reading about physics things that I just can’t conceptualize. Spaces with more or fewer than 360 degrees of rotation? Cool, I absolutely can’t imagine it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3076: The Roads Both Taken⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s already an “I” earlier in that sentence, so it’s not necessary necessary, especially in poetry, but it would absolutely be clearer with another.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As a US citizen who was born in the UK, how risky is it to leave and reenter the US right now?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Baltimore blast sounds like a designer version of naloxone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always explains so much⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also not an exact science, especially if you’re not on hormonal birth control. My cycle is 27-29 days, unless I’m stressed, in which case it can be up to 40 days. My period then lasts 3-4 days, but every 7-8 months, it instead lasts a full week and is way, way heavier and more painful than normal. No medical issues that my doctor can tell, sometimes it just be like that. So I will know that I should be getting my period in the next couple of days, but it’s never exact.

  I used to be better about tracking it, but I realized I could feel a twinge about 20 minutes before the bleeding starts. Now I’ll even wake up to it, so there’s really not a downside to not tracking my period. (Except unforeseen medical issues, bc failures, and general bodily awareness)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t disagree with you that society does think that way, but I disagree with the sentiment so much.

  I’m 33 and afab. I accepted being called a “girl” until I was about 23 (probably not a coincidence that that was the age at which I graduated college), but it started chafing at like 16, even though I didn’t have a good alternative at the time (because I agree that “female” as a noun feels gross). If someone called me a girl now I would correct them without hesitation in basically every scenario outside of a eulogy or wedding speech.

  I really wish there was a better option. I don’t really like “woman,” but it’s better than gal, lady, dudette, chick, or girl imo. I’m perfectly fine with guy or dude, especially in plural, but I’m probably an egg, so that colors my perspective for the singular use a little.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨James Bond is responsible for many wasted vodka martinis⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I like tequila with a pickleback, which is the way less classy version of this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why women live longer then men⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry for the TMI

  That video helped me understand my own mortality. I recognized that “huh, I guess I’m fucked” look from how my mom reacted when her cancer came back and it suddenly clicked that anything can happen to anyone at any time. This was several years after she died, but somehow it still hadn’t occurred to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why women live longer then men⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been reading too much fanfiction about cardassians lately for this not to resonate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disappointing coyote attack⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know coyotes aren’t exactly massive, but the six year old is fine?? Good news, but that coyote must be embarrassed as hell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you are ever feeling like what you are doing is meaningless, remember that there are American lawyers and judges who have spent many years studying US constitutional law.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I worry they’ll be trillionaires and everyone else will be the millionaires, carting our wheelbarrows full of useless dollars around

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pets hate the vet clinic and groomer because they smell the combined terror/anger of a thousand other animals who've been poked and prodded in that room⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My cat’s cool until they try to take her temperature, which she hates. She always looks at me like I’ve betrayed her and I can’t blame her, it’s a pretty invasive thing that I can’t exactly explain to her. She just knows that I brought her somewhere and tried to calm her down before someone put something in her ass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pineapple was never the problem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s definitely not for everyone, but the only thing stopping me from making a mac and cheese sandwich is shame.

  I will say, most of the mac and cheese pizzas I’ve had were more enjoyable(for me) than good and the texture is the reason. To do it well, you basically just need a good thick cheese sauce that coats the noodles well enough to insulate them from getting simultaneously soggy and burnt, but the best sauce for that is not the best sauce for standard mac and cheese

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pineapple was never the problem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  When I clean the fermentation cabinet at my bakery, I start craving subway because of the smell. It was annoying until I actually realized what caused it, and since then it’s just gross.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pineapple was never the problem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know, I know. But have you had it?

  I was the kid who used to make mashed potato and stuffing sandwiches after thanksgiving, if that’s relevant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just sayin’ bro⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I assume they just made the mistake of turning on video in a public discord or something.