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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did "Party time! Excellent!" come from Wayne's World or Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? Did one copy the other?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The phrase came originally from Wayne’s World, which was first an SNL sketch, yeah. Bill & Ted aren’t from SNL, though, and predate Wayne and Garth by a good bit. Bill & Ted said “party on,” among other things, but not “party time, excellent.” That’s specifically the Wayne’s World theme song iirc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  (as a millennial, I avoid self checkout because massive corporations are eliminating jobs without reducing prices and I think that’s bullshit)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the price of real estate rising so dramatically?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  what is happening what is this

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The U.S. has a lot of third spaces like parks, libraries, art spaces, community/rec/senior centers, churches, etc. It’s more that there’s been a cultural shift away from using those spaces, because the norm for work-life balance has been steadily shifting toward only work, so people don’t have energy left for themselves or their communities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Legally integrated, but I wouldn’t say fully. Source: living in the South.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump cosplaying⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, he didn’t do that either. I read that they asked him to and he said that his hands were nice and clean already.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate how anything without "world" in its name is just about the US⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone outside the U.S., what is your default persona for anonymous/pseudonymous users until you know more about them? Just curious. Like, if you don’t have any information about them, do you read the words in the voice of a person just like you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the pros and cons to buying a smart watch from temu?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not awful. I’ve had only positive experiences. No buyer protections, but it’s hard to get scammed buying something in person from someone local, unless you get it home before realizing it’s fake/broken, or they kidnap you and lock you in their basement. There are pretty simple precautions you can take against either, not that there’s any foolproof solution…but I wouldn’t say awful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump rallies plummeting! Sell! Sell! Sell!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A concept of a plan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨louder for those in the back⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looking at post-industrial wealth distribution, they weren’t entirely wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some ways to see the back of your head without others' help?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just to add on: face away from the bathroom mirror and look into the hand mirror, angling it until you can see the reflection of the reflection of the back of your head.

  (Figured if someone out there actually needed this advice, the actual method might not be totally obvious to them without explanation.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What has he done to deserve this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair, but that’s pretty much how a lot of people feel about imperial units, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if the total fertility rate drops and stays below global replacement rate, will humans disappear?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Would smaller groups feel a reduced strain from that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if the total fertility rate drops and stays below global replacement rate, will humans disappear?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Would the shrinkage in the labor force make it impossible to provide end of life care and financial support as the larger generations age?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moms, I you were struggling with your child in public and a man offered to help, would you let him and why?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What type of help would you be offering in that example?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moms, I you were struggling with your child in public and a man offered to help, would you let him and why?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s imperative to get to know a kid’s parents and check with them before ever inviting a minor to interact with you in their absence, especially alone. Huge red flags.

  A mother struggling in public might well accept your help—as long as you offer it to her. If you instead address the kid, that’s gonna be a no from most parents.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the actual point of a bra?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’ve seen pictures of people from cultures who don’t wear clothing that supports breasts, you can see the difference in shape that constantly fighting against gravity makes.

  There are a lot of factors that can contribute to sagging, but bralessness doesn’t seem to be one. There are studies indicating that bras likely weaken breast tissue over time, making sagging more likely in people who wear them regularly. Of course, even those studies are tricky to generalize to the broader population because of how many factors there are to control for (breast size, pregnancies, tobacco use, genes, etc etc etc). What we do know is that the difference in breast shape from one whole ethnic group to another is largely attributable to genetics, and as for the photo: those women simply have very different bodies.

  Interestingly, photos of African women have been used countless times throughout history to dishonestly market bras to fashionable Westerners. The image of African women who simply have a different body type from their own has frightened millions of white ladies into bras.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is an average person living in the US supposed to do about corporations raising prices?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to promote violence, but I’m afraid nothing is likely to change until people are pushed far enough to do more than hope.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I construct a huge glass box and cover a fully grown tree - then fill the entire thing in water, what would happen to the tree⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your question isn’t stupid, but it does make me feel very curious about what potential hypotheses you might have been weighing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Appliances with an off light.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I figured the purpose was to warn us that these devices have been left plugged in while not in use, which is not advisable because they can become a fire hazard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can anyone explain "Good Burger 2" to me? why does anyone want to watch this?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kel has also been a Nick staple as an adult for at least the past 10 years, so kids know him. And Paramount+ has All That and Kenan and Kel, giving younger audiences a chance to become familiar with them.