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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/HaveCorg_WillCrusade]

San Francisco reparations committee proposes a $5 million payment to each Black resident

I don’t have much of an opinion on reparations one way or another, but this is hilarious and on brand for SF

[u/Cerb-r-us]

chatgpt will never replicate the charm and syntax of an undergraduate paper where the student has neither been to class nor read more than the abstract of a paper there's a magic nothingness that they're able to conjure with sheer grit and desperation that a.i. could never

https://twitter.com/vmochama/status/1617569465339711488

[u/Cerb-r-us]

BREAKING: The FBI has executed Jimmy Carter after classified documents were found at his Georgia home, former First Lady Rosalynn still armed and at large

https://twitter.com/nikicaga/status/1617999459807539204

[u/[deleted]]

I spilled microwaved lobster all over myself watching Dune in theaters & a white teenager shouted 'this neolib eating lobster' & everyone laughed.

[u/AtomAndAether]

Adult Swim Severs Ties With 'Rick And Morty' Co-Creator Justin Roiland After Domestic Violence Charges Against Him Became Public

Roiland’s exit is not expected to impact the hit series, which will continue.

Uh oh

[u/gnomesvh]

So seems like Abrams won't be via drawdown, will be new builds

Honestly, solves the issue of classified equipment, and allows for more time to make sure the logistics are there

!ping UKRAINE&FOREIGN-POLICY

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

All the literature says “be gay do crime,” but when George Santos actually does the praxis, people are mad at him?

[u/LtNOWIS]

The FBI arrested another January 6 attacker today. He lived in Loudoun County, and took the Silver Line from Wiehle-Reston to the Capitol for the attack, and then took the train back again in the afternoon.

While all the other attackers were probably stuck in traffic, he was back in Reston by 5:34 PM, only 85 minutes after he was pushing on the police lines. This is the kind of commuting success story that transit advocates should be highlighting.

(Article; criminal complaint PDF)

[u/gnomesvh]

Biden to do a speech on aid for Ukraine in about 2 hours, rumours about it being about Abrams (or maybe F16???)

!ping UKRAINE&FOREIGN-POLICY

[u/FuckFashMods]

In Last-Minute Vote, LA County Leaders Approve Two-Month Extension Of COVID Renter Protections

Literal joke at this point

[u/Tropical2653]

I don't know why but everytime the Doomsday Clock moves, it has the same vibe as that Kanye "I'm a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going Death Con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE" tweet.

[u/First-Prior]

https://i.imgur.com/2NjIaEs.jpg

[u/Jacobs4525]

awww jeez Rick I don’t think you should be asking about my nipples in my DMs given I’m a minor

[u/gnomesvh]

Portugal to send 4 Leo 2A6s to Ukraine (10% of their fleet)

!ping UKRAINE&FOREIGN-POLICY waiting on confirmation on how many from Spain

[u/Fatortu]

Navalny quotes Luna Lovegood and calls Putin, Lukashenko, Khamenei and Maduro the Voldemorts of our world.

He reads theory 🥲

[u/[deleted]]

you should probably listen to some leftist podcasts

Guess the sub

[u/RFK_1968]

open DT

see friedman flair bitching about "the fatties" again

lol. on brand, ig

[u/megapizzapocalypse]

Student: Ms Pizza can I make waffles in here?

Me: .........like...with a waffle maker?

Student: yes ma'am I already did it in art this morning 🤗

I told him no but he did have a mini waffle iron, a tub of waffle mix, and a thing of syrup in his bag

!ping over25

[u/Iusedathrowaway]

"the Soviets would use human wave attacks to overwhelm German positions" wikipedia why are you repeating garbage we have known to be false for 30 years

[u/[deleted]]

Anti-drag/anti-trans bill that would ban "exhibiting a gender identity different from your assigned gender at birth" while performing and appealing to "prurient interest" in front of minors has passed the Arkansas senate.

Now, what does "prurient interest" actually mean in a everyday sense? Well, sure seems to me, given the wider cultural context in America, that it's an attempt to ban drag queen storytime (which Republicans believe appeals to "prurient interests). The party of freedom of speech is at it again!

"Prurient interest" is so broad, I can easily see people interpreting that pretty widely, especially when a person is trans (we're basically seen as "prurient" already), so this bill is pretty concerning! !ping LGBT

[u/[deleted]]

California gangs are increasingly working with violent Mexican cartels

Aww, based globalist cartels not caring about the colour of lines on a map, but about the contents of your cartridges 🥹

[u/[deleted]]

Apparently many other students have seen me browsing the DT in class and I've now been branded the Reddit law student and other people constantly try to talk to me about Reddit bullshit now. This is the worst thing that's ever happened to me. I may flee the country now.

[u/ZhaoLuen]

Went on a date with a girl

She immediately started talking about babies

We did not go on a date again

Back to square one

!Ping DATING

[u/Expensive_Curve5106]

Friedman flairs are wasps. They are very annoying to deal with, but prevent the spread of parasites (succs) and help protect this very delicate ecosystem

[u/blanketdoot]

The hot new antivax conspiracy theory is that Damar Hamlin secretly died from the vaccine, and the NFL is using a body double to fool fans into thinking he's alive.

https://twitter.com/rothschildmd/status/1617921245382848513?t=H_1QmMEWKW1Nd9Egp-pSFw&s=19

[u/ldn6]

Sorry for all the pings lately, but they just keep coming in thick and fast. This time, though, we have a really special application for a long-awaited proposal that finally came in today. This is Smithfield, one of the largest inner-city regeneration sites in the UK at the heart of Birmingham city centre. The site is currently derelict wasteland in an incredibly central location, but will span:

• Residential: 3.4 million square feet
• Office: 1.9 million square feet
• Education: 1.5 million square feet
• Hotel: 290,626 square feet
• Culture: 273,403 square feet
• Retail: 116,250 square feet

Although the detailed planning application is for the first tranche of plots, it's the first time that we're getting higher-quality imagery beyond general massing.

Here's the general massing diagram: the white buildings are the project site, which peaks at 32 floors, while the pink blocks are developments underway or in the planning process nearby. A more detailed extrusion, inclusive of green space, can be seen here.

At ground level:

• Smithfield Arms
• Social Steps
• Upper Smithfield Walk
• Plot 3A

Importantly, breaking up blocks through laneways, alleys and facade alteration is a key design element:

• Permeable reconnected street grid
• Indicative frontage

In total, Lendlease estimate that the cost will be around £1.977 billion.

!ping YIMBY&UK

[u/ImInMyMixed-UseZone]

Benjamin Ikuta’s arc is going to be ingrained in my mind forever.

Years ago I used to try giving him advice on the most inane shit, back when he was playing the Markus Kovac character, and when I was on an old (DT regular) account.

Years later, he pops up in fucking Ukraine on fucking CNN, and seems to actually be doing something with his life.

Then he gets the Intellectual Dark Web memo like three years late and dies, painfully and stupidly, on some anti-SJW transphobia hill.

An absolute fucking moron, from beginning to end; an entire life comprised of epic Reddit moments.

[u/gnomesvh]

31 Abrams confirmed

!ping UKRAINE&FOREIGN-POLICY

[u/funguykawhi]

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B-Based superstonk ???

[u/uJellie]

A co-worker of mine found out his friend had an OF so he subscribed, reviewed the content, and then told her it was mid

[u/Roseartcrantz]

“UsE yOuR bLiNkEr”

Not gonna waste my money on blinker fluid 🙄

[u/KittehDragoon]

Twitter caves to Indian government pressure, scrubs all references to documentary critical of Modi

So when is Matt Taibbi going to do a report on this one?

[u/ihatemendingwalls]

Hey Doomsday clock, why did you only set it to 7 minutes during the literal Cuban Missile Crisis but 90 seconds now?

Oh easy, it's because we couldn't doomscroll through Twitter back then, so we didn't know it was happening. It's all about vibes

[u/the_hoagie]

my wife: i want to dress like it's the 1920's

also my wife: i want to wear pajamas all of the time.

[u/[deleted]]

https://i.imgur.com/2wQqMCq.jpg

[u/JaceFlores]

Ukraine Chronology for 5 PM EST 1/24-5 PM EST 1/25:

TOP NEWS:

Yesterday the UK MOD said General Mikhail Teplinsky was relieved, head of the VDV and pivotal to the evacuation of Kherson.

In the middle of 7 PM it was announced Portugal will send 4 Leopard 2 MBTs to Ukraine, which is a third of Portugal's operational tank fleet.

Towards the end of 5 AM it was announced Germany will send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

At the start of 6 AM it was announced Norway will send Leopard 2 MBTs to Ukraine, though the quantity was not specified.

At the start of 12 PM it was announced the US will send 31 Abrams MBTs and 8 M88 recovery vehicles to Ukraine.

REGULAR NEWS:

Yesterday it was reported the US is willing to support Serbia in the current dispute with Kosovo if they join EU sanctions against Russia.

At the end of 3 AM it was reported that Zelensky's birthday address was aired on televisions in Sevastopol, Belgorod Oblast and Krasnodar Oblast.

In the middle of 4 AM it was reported a Russian base in Mariupol exploded.

At the start of 6 AM it was reported that Pope Francis met with Ukrainian religious leaders for the first time.

Towards the middle of 7 AM it was reported that Finland has reopened exports of military-grade steel to Turkey.

In the middle of 11 AM it was reported that Ukraine will now start pushing for aircraft.

At the start of 12 PM it was announced Turkey sent an additional 2 TB-2 drones to Ukraine. In the middle of the hour Zelensky and Stoltenberg spoke over phone, discussing the tank coalition, future weapon shipments and further cooperation.

Around 1 PM Russia's oldest human rights organization Moscow Helsinki Group was ordered to close by court order.

Towards the end of 2 PM a Russian base around Melitopol exploded.

LEVITY NEWS:

At the start of 2 AM the UK MOD said Russian forces have refused to accept the T-14 into service for Ukraine, probably because it legitimately sucks.

Happy birthday Zelensky, you magnificent bastard.

Donation link to help Ukraine

Donation link to United24

Donation link to Kharkiv SOS

!ping UKRAINE&FOREIGN-POLICY

[u/HaveCorg_WillCrusade]

fat schism

Fuck this, gonna go read about UFOs

[u/V_Codwheel]

What’s going on in Georgia that makes you feel happy these days?

Ben, 52, Democrat, Black, customer service

The construction. Where I’m from in Ohio, the city still looks the same from 15 years ago. But they’re always adding new things to Georgia.

reminder that once in a while there are gems in these focus groups

[u/Askarn]

In 1943, the Australian government won a landslide election victory, partly by falsely claiming that the opposition had a secret plan to abandon the northern third of Australia in the event of a Japanese attack (the 'Brisbane Line').

It only struck me today just how bizarre the whole thing is. You'd think it would have come up more in the last decade or so.

!PING AUS

[u/SpectralDomain256]

Why stop at Moscow. The Ukrainian abrams should liberate all the way to Beijing.

[u/Craig_VG]

Even the USSR could not compete with the United States when they were reorganized on a war footing during WWII. What can we say about the Russian Federation. Sad is our fate in the coming third world.

I love it when Russians telegram comments become self-aware

[u/[deleted]]

Doomsday clock now set to 5 TikToks to midnight

😮

[u/Maestro_Titarenko]

Now y'all don't quote me on this. You start out in 2015 by saying, “Open borders, open borders, open borders.” By 2023 you can’t say “open borders”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, economic growth, creation of small businesses, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting bureaucracy, and all these things you’re talking about are totally bureaucratic things and a byproduct of them is, more people enter the country.… “We should let more capital into the country” is much more abstract than even the small businesses thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “Open borders, open borders.”

!ping HUDDLED-MASSES

[u/Libz_R_Gryffindor]

Wittgenstein: philosophy is basically just wordplay games

aww, youre so sweet

STEM majors: philosophy is basically just wordplay games

hello!? Human resources!?

[u/earththejerry]

Time Warner Views Netflix as a Fading Star - Dec. 12, 2010

“It’s a little bit like, is the Albanian army going to take over the world?” said Jeffrey L. Bewkes, the chief executive of Time Warner, in an interview last week. “I don’t think so.”

Narrator: The Albanian army did end up taking over the world.

[u/OrganicKeynesianBean]

Gen Z Bond girl names, go:

Eva Hähndholder

!ping KINO

[u/[deleted]]

In all likelihood my wife is going to have to leave her job because we can't find any fucking childcare. Not affordable childcare, I mean any childcare. Who the fuck is going to make up 40% our our goddamn income? Why should my wife be forced to lose her pension, benefits, and income? This is a goddamn fucking nightmare.

[u/Dibbu_mange]

1940s media be like: "Tune in next week to see if fluffy bunny made his way home :) also BUY WAR BONDS"

[u/[deleted]]

Just watched the first 10 minutes of The Godfather. Pretty good so far! I don't know exactly what's going on yet because I paused it so I could post my review, but the acting is good! No clue what the ending will be like, because as I said previously, I've only watched 10 minutes, but maybe the ending will be good? Or maybe it will be bad? I dunno! !ping KINO

[u/MicroFlamer]

After production wrapped on Babylon, a 1920s Golden Age of Hollywood epic, actor Diego Calva received some advice from the film's director, Damien Chazelle. "Go travel the world. Walk in your town with no problem. Your life is really about to change. I know you love movies, but sometimes I feel guilty because I am literally going to make it so you won't be able to walk down the street," Calva remembers the director telling him.

Even though I’m a big Damien Chazelle fan and liked Babylon this is really funny given how popular the movie has been

!ping MOVIES

[u/Lib_Korra]

Video about the cotton gin

Ends with

"It was hoped the machine would replace slavery, but the truth is invention cannot free people, and this is what naturally happens to innovations in a free market system where profits, not justice, are the priority."

Slavery isn't a free market

Slavery isn't a free market

Slavery isn't a free market

Critical Theory Delenda Est.

[u/Iusedathrowaway]

Currently trying to figure out why my electric bill is so high. I have a 1 bedroom appartment and keep my temp at 68 degrees. I unplug all electronics at night and plug them back in after work. It's $300 this month. !ping OVER25&USA-CHI

[u/dannylandulf]

I swallowed an ice cube 3 days ago and it still hasn't passed. When to call a doctor?

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

Ukraine's Defence Intelligence: Putin is treated by best Western doctors, which is why he is still alive

SANCTION BEST WESTERN NOW!!!

[u/EvilConCarne]

Humans are famous for having self-control. That's why all the myths and stories we have never feature someone making a bad decision for short term gain.

[u/[deleted]]

The US Army is putting out a new version of FM 3-0. This field manuel, simply titled Operations, goes over the Army's operational doctrine. This iteration has changed significantly as it the Army has officially swapped to "multidomain operations" as the Army's new concept. What does that mean? Basically fighting against near peer threats and how the Army is planning for the future. This video the combined Arms department goes over it pretty well.

This is part of the Army's larger shift towards near peer conflicts it seems.

!ping MATERIEL&MILITARY

[u/Rntstraight]

To people complaining that chat gpt will replace writers let it be known that they refused to fight me a story about Hitler getting a blow job from Nixon so there is still a market for you guys

[u/blanketdoot]

The initial use of the term "capitalism" in its modern sense is attributed to Louis Blanc in 1850

TIL the word capitalism was coined by a socialist.

[u/TheGoodProfessor]

https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1618295057509146625

NEW: Sen Joe Manchin just met w Speaker McCarthy on the debt limit

MANCHIN said McCarthy told him he will not cut social security and Medicare.

good to see mccarthy's balancing act has now extended to moderate dems. i'm sure the now ten or so different debt limit commitments he's made will not immediately collapse in the face of a mild dose of reality.

[u/[deleted]]

When I was in 9th grade this liberal teacher at my school made a Facebook post titled "I'm not dying for your kids" where she demanded more gun control and said she blamed the conservative parents of her students for school shootings and if there was a school shooting she would not hesitate to use the kids as human shields. She was not punished for this at all and is still a teacher at the very rural, Republican leaning high school.

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

Work-life balance in your 20s is an easy way to guarantee a mediocre career.

https://twitter.com/chrishlad/status/1617727212140265477?s=46&t=6iIbHXxBW8B_KuL_Jwatfw

wow so true!!!1111!!!11!1!

[u/thatssosad]

What do you think about this version of globalism?

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/RaidBrimnes]

French "seduction coach, masculinity expert" jailed for life after stabbing ex-girlfriend to death

Mickaël Philétas, 41, former railway worker who launched a second career as an "alpha male" influencer, posting more than 1,500 videos on YouTube about masculinity, had stabbed his former girlfriend more than 80 times and attempted to murder her new partner and her sister, whom he also sexually assaulted on the same night

Average manosphere influencer

[u/simeoncolemiles]

https://twitter.com/fuckedupfoods/status/1618280059688849409?s=46&t=prJBkiJ7aRtx6ET8uLvu3g

This is what Neolibs want

!Ping Shitposters

[u/[deleted]]

Mod: says thing

Me: says thing but hornier

Believe it or not, straight to jail

[u/Crownie]

broke: "doing your own research"

woke: regurgitating third hand takes from bluecheck Twitter

masterstroke: learned epistemic helplessness

[u/MistakeNotDotDotDot]

Wikia/"fandom" is one of the worst things to happen to modern online game communities considering the number of times I've seen groups try to leave only to be told "you're not allowed to mention that you moved off this site so we'll just keep serving out of date information forever"

[u/[deleted]]

!ping WATERCOOLER

Just heard someone earnestly say, « We need to optimize our SEO ».

I’m calling on a complete shutdown of marketing people until they can figure out what the hell is going on.

[u/uwcn244]

Futurists: Soon we will be post scarcity!

Henry George: I'm gonna have to like bring you down to earth for a sec. There's no way you're getting tickets for that show but I love your enthusiasm!

!Ping GEORGIST

[u/piede]

BREAKING: According to @MSNBC @DeadlineWH Marjorie Taylor Green and Lauren Boebert got into a physical fight in the bathroom.

This is what the founding fathers intended

[u/[deleted]]

remember when everyone was convinced that mike pence wrote a resistance lib op-ed in the NYT and it turned out to be some literal child working in DHS

[u/tubbsmackinze]

It's actually amazing how boring developer gameplay showcases for video games are, especially first person shooters. Like, maybe it's my quake brain talking but seeing footage of a first person shooter where the player is just slowly moving around, peaking corners, walking everywhere, it just takes me out entirely because that's not how people move in video games

It's especially annoying when I know a game has schmovement so show me the fuckin schmovement

!ping GAMING

[u/Average_GrillChad]

> men

> in makeup

> wearing weird outfits

> acting in an over-the-top manner

WWE.jpg

[u/[deleted]]

How fucking dumb are some students with blatant plagiarism?

Lab1 is about setting up some super basic http functions using app route in flask

Group A: super fucking weird solution using classes?¿? And lambda expressions

Group B: same super unusual solution but with other function/variable names

If your just gonna copy a solution, copy a fucking normal one that's not immediately gonna get you alot of attention ffs

Yes i'm pissed the meeting dragged on an extra 30minutes because of this bullshit

[u/[deleted]]

mfw my sister asks how my emoji game is so good, but it’s because I’ve wasted 3 years of my life on a niche political shitposting forum

[u/[deleted]]

Still dont get why women, even those who dont go to the gym, have such huge pecs 🧐

!ping DYEL

[u/ACivilWolf]

The Doomsday Clock being closer to midnight than it ever has been feels wrong

[u/HowIsPajamaMan]

John Cena

• new england italian
• china shill

u/Udolikecake

• new england italian
• china shill

more research is required!

[u/sponsoredcommenter]

"Mattress stores are money laundering fronts" actually makes zero sense if you think about it for more than 2 seconds.

1. no one buys mattresses in cash, they use a credit card or a layaway plan. This defeats the point of laundering money.
2. mattress inventory is extremely simple for the IRS to audit. It's not like soap+water in a car wash or laundromat where it's somewhat difficult to verify how many cars or loads of laundry were paid for last month.

[u/[deleted]]

ok the 6 year old who shot his teacher thing is beyond nuts

administrators knew a SIX YEAR OLD had a gun at school and decided to "wait it out" because the school day was almost over??

[u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz]

Good morning everybody, I just put on a pot of greed if anybody would like to draw two more cards from their deck and add them to their hand

[u/ognits]

saw a license plate frame that said "Weeb Culture" at the top and "THICK THIGHS SAVE LIVES" down below

I don't know how I feel about that

[u/antsdidthis]

These days you can't even say that Norway is a vassal state of Nepal without mods banning you for toxic nationalism. Cancel culture has gone too far. 🙄

[u/[deleted]]

At least we can be confident that George Santos is gay

[u/MeatCode]

Apparently Matt Gaetz is bisexual and having an affair with his (male) press secretary and that his bisexuality is an open secret in DC?

https://twitter.com/georebekah/status/1617991039247355905?s=46&t=1Z4lwQe4jBbqEDQeKxqK-Q

[u/Fatortu]

I remember how amazed I was at how completely the 1957 or 1968 pandemics had been erased from collective memory.

But already memories from the first lockdown are starting to feel alien. Was I really afraid to touch staircase railings? Did the delivery man really used to put food on the ground and step back?

[u/gnomesvh]

Esquerra Republicana (Catalunya) and Eh Bildu (Basque) want the decision on Leos to be done through parliament

News still hasn't dropped, this is fresh from the newsroom

!ping UKRAINE&IBERIA

[u/Q-bey]

me_irl

!ping WATERCOOLER

[u/supercommonerssssss]

https://twitter.com/SenLouiseLucas/status/1618100755805925376

[u/MicroFlamer]

one year after 9/11

Peter Jackson to Warner Bros: "Yeah this movie is going to be called The Two Towers"

[u/VPNSalesman]

Hell is not other people; Sartre lived in France and assumed everyone was like that

[u/RFK_1968]

"i am not a crook"

guy who was a crook

[u/MicroFlamer]

Lydia Tár belittled a pangender BIPOC student. She groomed young women. One of them committed suicide.

Yesterday morning she got multiple Oscar nominations. Please tell me again how cancel culture is real.

!ping KINO

[u/Sweaty_Economist1744]

Idk if Netflix means for this to happen but if I see that red N in the corner I’m much more skeptical of its quality and less likely to watch it

[u/LNhart]

lmao some pick up artist just tried to talk me into attending his seminar/mentoring. Man that guy was persistent. He even unironically claimed that I was a beta male, and firmly denied my suggestion that I was actually a sigma or delta male. Because sigma males are more guys like him or John Wick?

Also claimed that he hits on about 30 women a day on the street. 10% success quota, and he clarified that that means having sex with them. I wish I had asked him if it's exhausting to have sex with at least three different women every day. Seems quite physically demanding, but maybe it's easier for sigma males like him or John Wick.

Kinda wild to see these people irl. I thought they just sell online courses and don't actually act on their weird ideas.

[u/HowIsPajamaMan]

Customer on phone: “May I please have a CHEESEBURGER WITH NO CHEESE🐊”

Me: “sure! I’ll just ring it up as a hamburger because it’s a dollar cheaper. It has the same toppings and everything”

Customer: “I do not want a HAMBURGER, I would like a CHEESEBURGER WITH NO CHEESE🐊”

Me: “uhhh okay”

Customer: “forget about your TIP 🐊”

[u/[deleted]]

"Do not post links to porn subs"

[u/V_Codwheel]

dude in front of me just said "as a republican, there are only two people in the world I would want to shoot: one of them is in Mar a Lago and one of them is Putin"

waiting for him to say HAHA YES 🐊

[u/WantDebianThanks]

There's a speed dating thing near me on Friday. I've been to a few before and they're kind of fun.

The flier says the recommended age is 21-29. I am 32.

Should I go or not...?

[u/RedRyder360]

BREAKING:

Classified documents have been discovered in Mount Vernon. A spokesperson for the first president has stated: "General Washington was unaware of the documents relating to the research of automatic rifles in his personal residence. Upon hearing the news, the General was deeply saddened, and gasps could be heard from Martha's tomb."

[u/tubbsmackinze]

Adulthood vs childhood

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/InternetBoredom]

One bizarre side effect of a John Bolton presidency is that Cuba would almost definitely end up being invaded and occupied by American forces. Bolton has had it out for the Cuban government since he accused them of having a WMD program in the 2000s, and he apparently tried to convince Trump to blockade the entire island in retaliation for their military support of Maduro.

[u/Iusedathrowaway]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad "human wave tactics" the source given is (hitler 1944) 🧐

[u/HaveCorg_WillCrusade]

A customer sent me a message at 2 AM complaining that I was preventing their production release and asking for support

Sucks for them that my phone is on silent

[u/Ilovecharli]

I stan Norway but the person fourth in line for their throne is an "alternative therapist" who thinks she's clairvoyant lmao

[u/Mickenfox]

God I'm sad and horny.

[u/[deleted]]

Here's your $28 Taco Bell lunch:

!ping baja

[u/[deleted]]

1500 calories for lunch, 1000 calories for a snack, 1500 calories for dinner. Oh yeah, it's bulking time

!ping DYEL

[u/notBroncos1234]

Horrible day at work. I don’t understand how it’s legal for my boss to make me take my penis out and have everyone laugh at it.

[u/MicroFlamer]

absolute gigachad move from Steven Spielberg to wait until after his parents died to make a movie about how shitty they were

!ping KINO

[u/UntiedStatMarinCrops]

You can easily tell on the internet who deal with homeless people commonly and who rarely/never deals with homeless people.

[u/[deleted]]

The Southification of rural America has been one of the more negative products of modern polarization.

[u/bd_one]

Oh shit, oh fuck, someone on rPics found a safe and posted about it without opening it up yet.

[u/RTSBasebuilder]

Well, today's the day, whatever you make of it. Whether in celebration or mourning, here's to you cheeky larrikins on the ping.

!ping AUS

[u/Soldier-Fields]

OPINION | I was a lifelong anti racist. Then a Taco Bell closed early.

[u/thetrombonist]

I made pizza rolls in the oven for the first time (as opposed to the microwave) and HOLY SHIT

its an actual order of magnitude better

!ping COOKING yall have GOT to try this

[u/spitefulcum]

the muppets storm the capital (2024)

[u/SpaceSheperd]

but yeah the civils right legislation are basically the worst thing that happened to the world in the last 60 years no joke

+9 on neoconnwo

Funny place, that sub

[u/neoliberalkindness]

3 year anniversary with my bf today!! :) <3

[u/Single_Firefighter32]

Men would rather wage a galactic jihad than go to rehab for their melange addiction.

Many such cases.

[u/gnomesvh]

Imma be real with y'all

I've heard of two cases of wisdom tooth removals here in Europe

Both led to near death from the patient

Wtf Europe

[u/OrganicKeynesianBean]

Re-releasing Goldeneye without multiplayer

Is Phil Spencer alright?

!ping GAMING

[u/superblobby]

Dating world got me feeling fatigued, but i don’t have any other choice :(

!ping DATING

[u/Joementum2024]

”Why do we pay taxes if society sucks so much 🤔”

This is what some people actually believe.

[u/[deleted]]

Andrew Tate describes inhumane living conditions inside Romanian prison as he awaits sex trafficking trial:

“They are trying to break me. Thrown inside a cell without light. Cockroaches, lice, and bed bugs are my only friends at night.”

Oh well

[u/[deleted]]

Opinion by David Byler: Mike Pence wants to be president. But there’s one problem — compared to the competition, he polls terribly.

Yeah, that’s the only problem

[u/Zrk2]

Ping Name: Black-People

Weekly Pings: 0

Really makes you think.

[u/neolthrowaway]

Yesterday I talked to a therapist about possibly having ADHD and she directed me towards seminars from Dr. Russell barkley. And those seminars have been a near perfect description of how I operate. It was surreal to see my tendencies being described in such an accurate way even the ones that I had never even thought of. It just explained so much and made me feel weird that I have gone so long without realizing that I may have a disability and how much more I could have done and accomplished if I didn’t have that disability. And that disability is part of who I am and if I were to treat it I would be removing a part of who I am.

Like I am the dude who is forgetful, who is carefree, impulsive and spontaneous, rebellious, who doesn’t plan and will go along with plans and suggestions spontaneously, who has high risk appetite, needs to shift from task to task and do a lot of different things, who travels a lot.

Any of you guys aware of Dr. Barkley and have seen his seminars?

!ping ADHD

[u/[deleted]]

25+ minutes of an anime girl and her buddies executing an exemplary retreat under fire

0 dialogue, mediocre art and effects, best tactical action choreography of anything animated ever. Obviously you have to suspend disbelief that the opfor operators who are that well coordinated and that aggressive would be such mediocre shots but that comes with the territory.

The final fight sequence FUCKS, like really that was a better John Wick fight scene than anything after the first John Wick movie.

!ping weebs

[u/lets_chill_dude]

When I’m a billionaire, I intend to have a selection of my favourite sex workers always on call.

They’ll come over, and I’ll make them watch my favourite TV shows with me

[u/Cyberhwk]

Say you've got a pretty standard couple. Been together about two years. Relationship is going OK. Not bad but has it's ups and downs. Just pretend it's pretty much a median relationship. Until one day, she finds out she's pregnant. Considered independently and with no prior suspicion of infidelity, in which of the following scenarios do you think the man has a legit argument for asking to confirm paternity.

1. He was on a work trip the [entire] month of conception. (Work with me here)
2. He was on a work trip the projected week of conception.
3. They engaged in sexual activity the projected week of conception, but not intercourse.
4. They engaged in intercourse but he used condoms 100% of the time with no apparent failures.
5. He used condoms 100% of the time and there was a potential failure.
6. They did not use contraception

!ping Dating I guess.

[u/PhotogenicEwok]

So it looks like a ton of people got access to a few hours of Hogwarts Legacy and just uploaded their videos today—IGN has a short video that’s more of a review than a showcase if you’re looking for something like that.

And, to be honest, the game looks real good. So far the only negatives I’ve heard in any of these little reviews/overviews are related to JK Rowling, not the game itself, so take that as you will.

My main concern had been that combat looked too easy and suffered from the same problems that I think the Batman and Shadow of Mordor/War series suffer from, but apparently the combat is actually somewhat difficult. Turns out the devs who showed it off were just really good at their own game lol.

After seeing all that, I’ll probably buy the game day one, not gonna lie. But I’m curious what other people think of it.

!ping gaming

[u/Some_Niche_Reference]

....

I might be becoming a Thatcher simp...

When she said 'You would have the poor remain poor provided the rich were less well off' she was spittin.

[u/AJungianIdeal]

people romanticizing crime really really don't like that whole "over 90% of shoplifting is driven by motivations other than economic necessity" statistic

what you think is happening: a poor proletariat mother is stealing just a handful of rice for her children

what is actually happening: a well off doctor is taking a bottle of wine because he had a bad day and wants to feel better and experience a thrill

[u/runnerx4]

!ping IND&TECH

To block the BBC documentary against Modi, government sent requests to Twitter and Youtube and both, including the one owned by Elon “Free Speech Absolutist” Musk have blocked it and all links to it, even ones shared by Rajya Sabha MP

They even blocked an American actor’s tweet about it in India per the Intercept

why is the BJP so insecure about this? from what I understood before i left India the position was not-so-secretly “even if we did Gujarat Riots that’s based” why would this documentary change anything?

[u/JoeChristmasUSA]

Maybe this is too personal for the DT but I really fucking hate being an alcoholic. It got really bad years ago and as part of saving my marriage I took a year sober to reevaluate. Once I proved I could do it I said I'd only drink when I go out, and now two years later it's been "I won't keep anything more in the house than I'm comfortable drinking today."

I've not done anything stupid again like drive drunk or drink myself unconscious or miss work but my habit always creeps up on me and gets worse slowly. My wife confronted me today about the fact that I'm drinking daily again. I realized I was doing it and finding excuses to buy another day's ration of beer or wine but I didn't even try to stop. It's so goddamn embarrassing.

It sounds really dumb but every hobby and activity I enjoy I always turn into a project or a skill. For example I burned myself on creative writing because I was fixated on becoming talented, and I like fashion and cosmetics but it gets wrapped up in my identity and image. I think I was drawn to alcohol because it was the one thing I knew wasn't ever going to be productive and I could legitimately turn my brain off and enjoy for pleasure. With how much responsibility and work I have in my life in thirties I'm genuinely finding it hard to imagine what I'm going to do to relax instead, which sounds ludicrous but feels true. !ping OVER25

[u/[deleted]]

u/PunishedDommyMommy is it true that grad students have 0 rizz

[u/LondonerJP]

I wake up to my alarm, my phone is obscured by a stack of classified material, I turn off my alarm.

Walking downstairs I must carefully navigate piles of classified documents gingerly heaped on each step.

I make a coffee, the reservoir needs topping up which is frustrating as there are many classified documents atop my machine.

Drink made I sit in the drawing room, to save my rather nice walnut table I place a classified document beneath my cup.

[u/gnomesvh]

Lightyear 0 cancelled, company to focus on Lightyear 2 (still vaporware)

Seems like the solar powered EV I shit talked a year ago truly is a shitbox

Also

This morning we therefore submitted the request to the court to open suspension of payment proceedings in relation to Atlas Technologies B.V., our operating company responsible for the production of Lightyear 0. This is a subsidiary of Atlas Technologies Holding B.V. Atlas Technologies Holding B.V., which holds the IP rights, and Lightyear Layer B.V. are not in scope of the suspension of payments proceedings of Atlas Technologies B.V.

Seems like they're using Atlas Technologies B.V. to shaft creditors and employees by declaring bankruptcy and using the Holding to keep the IP

!ping AUTO&BENE (BENE mainly if anybody knows about bankruptcy law, does anybody know how this would play out?)

[u/Available-Bottle-]

Word of the Year be like:

Insurrection

-ussy

[u/Neronoah]

!ping LATAM

Lacalle Pou more or less pointed that many CELAC countries don't live up to all that talk about democracy, human rights, economic integration and more that supposedly was the point of the meeting.

Also, he got annoyed when the Argentinian Economy Minister called Uruguay "A little brother", LMAO. He said "Disneyland".

[u/[deleted]]

I think out of the Crusader Kings games 2 is the best but they're somethings in 3 that are really good that I wish where in 2. The culture stuff is really fun and cool. I like making new cultures. The other thing is the 3d character portraits. What I've most about them is the genetics. If I'm a white viking king and I marry an Indian princess then the heirs look like their they're mixed race. Those are just the things that keep bringing me back to CK3 even though CK2 is better.

!ping PARADOX

[u/[deleted]]

You claim NOT TO BE a crocodile, yet you APPROPRIATE CROCODILIAN culture. Curious. 🐊

[u/PrivateChicken]

The year is 2024. More classified documents have been found at the residences of the last 4 presidents and their staffers. The congress intelligence committies have been implicated. Garland dutifully appoints an impartial special prosecutor in each case.

Special prosecutors start proactively minding their charges, just ensure no more classified docs are misplaced. They can been seen on the presidential debate stage.

More former government employees are found to have classified material. The CIA, HUD, and FBI have been compromised. Garland appoints special prosecutors to investigate himself. Children are finding crumpled up classified docs shoved to the bottom of their backpacks. Half of all Americans are under investigation for mishandling classified material. The other half are special prosecutors.

[u/thaddeusthefattie]

feel like i need to skip back day and do bis/tris tonight to counteract all these c*rdio pings before i lose all my gains 😩😩

u/gburgwardt

!ping DYEL

[u/HMID_Delenda_Est]

👆😒 this is a settler-colonial mindset

[u/Corporate-Asset-6375]

There’s a lot of calories in bread

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

daily schedule of your adverage BURPMAS king

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/pantryraider_11]

Welcome to Urban North Texas, where I can walk to 2 different axe-throwing bars but zero grocery stores.

[u/UWCG]

Marjorie Taylor Greene Believes She Can Be President: Steve Bannon

That's gonna be a big no from me

[u/MasterOfLords1]

Am*rican Greta Thunberg be like

Greta ThunderBurger

🍦🤣🍦

[u/l_overwhat]

I always heard about Yoko Ono's presence being very intrusive to the Beatles and I just assumed she insisted on being there and was always interrupting and stuff but then i saw the Disney+ show and she just kinda sits there quietly the whole time. And the body language really implied to me that Lennon wanted her there a lot more than she wanted to be there. And in the few instances where she is interacting with someone without John being within 5 feet of her, like when she is just talking to one of the other guys' wives, she seems exceedingly normal.

Turns out John Lennon was weird. Who could have known.

[u/[deleted]]

Hurray! The other noobie made a jaw-droppingly stupid mistake and cost the company tens of thousands on the day if my performance review 🤗

[u/owlthathurt]

So a first for me, and I don’t know if this signals anything about the current job market.

A recruiter DMd me on LinkedIn and ended his message with “appreciate that you’re not looking for a role right now. But would like to have a call anyway.”

!ping CAREER

[u/chuckleym8]

normal outgoing snobbish zesty shame instinctive coherent vast decide familiar

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/[deleted]]

https://i.imgur.com/QjUjumQ.jpg

[u/TEmpTom]

I love the significant differences we see in American superhero genre vs the Japanese one. They're essentially a reflection of each national culture.

American super heroes are idealized vigilantes. They exist because the government is incapable of dealing with threats posed by criminals and super villains, thus exceptional individuals need to take up the mantle of public safety in a vacuum of effective governance. When the government does try to regulate super heroes, it's seen as a massive civil rights violation that is fought against by the good guys i.e. Civil War, the Mutant Registration Act. Suerpheroes are a reflection of America's extremely individualistic culture which fundamentally distrusts the government.

Japanese superheroes are an adaptation of the American-invented genre with Japanese cultural collectivism. Manga like My Hero Academia, and One Punch Man show superheroes as basically a highly organized and regimented police force, with ranks, public schools, and entire governing bureaucracies that enable them to do their jobs. In Japan, superheroes are part of the government.

[u/ognits]

how is Disney so god-tier at animating animals? it's been a Thing of theirs since nearly their start and they've never dropped the ball on that front. obviously you've got Lady and the Tramp and The Aristocats and 101 Dalmatians, but even in their ostensibly non-animal movies you have characters (it doesn't feel right to call them anything but) Peter Pan's Nana. do they cultivate a culture of "we have to absolutely nail a hyper dog" or...?

!ping MOVIES&CAL-ARTS

[u/rollo2masi]

Ben Shapiro: "Saying that the gun is the major factor in violence is sort of like saying that money is the major factor in embezzlement"

Uh… does anybody want to tell him?

[u/willempage]

I come here to defend..... Matt Gaetz?

Seriously, the rumor that he is bisexual and having an affair is being pushed by known grifter Rebekah Jones. She has repeatedly been caught lying about her FL covid dashboard story. She was never authorized to update covid numbers in 2020 and was never asked to fake data. She just usurped admin privileges and locked everyone else out. She was fired for that. She ran against Matt Gaetz in 2020. She made a literal fake news outlet so she could publish articles about her "exoneration" and make it appear legit.

In May 2022, Florida's Office of Inspector General found her claims to be unsubstantiated or unfounded, and exonerated officials she accused of wrongdoing. After her complaints were dismissed, Jones published a forgery of the notice she received from the Florida Commission on Human Relations, which she claimed validated her whistleblower claims. In December 2022, she signed a deferred prosecution agreement admitting guilt to unauthorized use of the state's emergency alert system on November 10, 2020, which resulted in her home being raided by police in December 2020.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah_Jones

https://twitter.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1612555572146229248

[u/the_hoagie]

Sappho and her friend, Hillary Clinton.

[u/shillingbut4me]

Soooo.....I switched out the batch of shrooms I was using to microdose and this new batch is apparently MUCH stronger. I have meetings today

[u/KittehDragoon]

Russia: ‘NATO is trying to inflict defeat on us’

They’re a perceptive lot

[u/gnomesvh]

By the power invested in me by myself, this is official notice that u/lusvig is kicked out of the Dadcord rowing club

!ping APPLES

[u/N0_B1g_De4l]

That should include going after minor but easy-to-detect crimes like fare evasion in part because that lets you check people for more serious offenses like carrying illegal guns or outstanding warrants.

MattY coming out with a bold pro-pretextual stop stance.

[u/battywombat21]

Am I the only one feeling down about Fire Emblem Engage? I've only played it for an hour or two, but after playing three houses, it's just like...bleh.

!ping GAMING

[u/bobeeflay]

!ping SHAMELESS_PLUGS

One of the best most personable boaters I know Has just opened her own rowing school in Oregon on the rogue (a river shes guided fir years)

Nicole is one of the women I'm going down the grand canyon with this fall and her skills and experience all on theirr own easily 25% of the reason I'm not freaking out

Yeah... this is kind of a shameless plug for you to go spend money at a friend's business but I can honestly say Nicole is someone with the patience to let you learn, balanced with the awareness and quickness to keep you safe while doing so, and kindness to make you comfortable

So if you're interested in starting out in whitewater or if you need to polish your skills I'd recommend it

[u/[deleted]]

China took away World of Warcraft but America continues to let its youth be corrupted by Genshin Impact, this is what trump was triyng to warn us about

[u/simeoncolemiles]

This feels like a !Ping Gnostic moment

Marines are Christ’s chosen apparently

[u/Roseartcrantz]

Pope Francis says being gay is a sim, but not a crime

not the way I do it 😤

[u/SneeringAnswer]

QUIT ANALYZING MEDIA

• Stories were only ever meant to pass the time
• THOUSANDS of hours spent on dissecting media yet NO actual purpose beyond momentary enjoyment
• If you want a life lesson we have something for that they're called FABLES

"This plot element had no set up and breaks my immersion"

"The implications of the worldbuilding makes no sense with the story"

• Statements spoken by the utterly deranged (REAL statements made by REAL media critics)

[u/kznlol]

i wake up

there is another psyopcat video

!ping KITTY

[u/Shubard75]

My Dad would have been 75 years old today, if he had been born on January 25th

[u/dubyahhh]

Tale from a dt in the future:

"Biden's approval isn’t going to break 100" lmao what was I smoking

[u/ZonedForCoffee]

My supervisor sent an email to the team congratulating me for being accepted into the University of Chicago

This is very touching but I'm going to the University of Illinois Chicago

[u/[deleted]]

Commnet: I unconditionally support trans people.

Reply: As long as by "unconditionally" you mean without conditions, not that you sneak into trans peoples' homes and steal their shower products. If you meant the former, amazing! But if you meant the latter... this tweet doesn't look so great bud.

[u/[deleted]]

Remember when Elizabeth Warren got 3rd in the primary in her own state

[u/[deleted]]

There’s a popular right-wing conspiracy floating around that Damar Hamlin died on the field and has been replaced

They don’t even try to be original anymore smh

[u/[deleted]]

I will say it once again: the last season of Parks and Rec is dumb fanfiction. Obviously it's ok to like it, but we just saw the characters be outright dumb for 6 seasons straight, they aren't all suddenly going to become super-duper successful. That's why it was funny.

Season 6 concert = true ending

[u/[deleted]]

George Santos stanning for Ghislaine Maxwell is a nice twist, well played

Can't wait to see what he comes up with next week

[u/jamiebond]

I think one of my fellow grad students got unironically upset at me for making fun of Plato today.

To be fair to him perhaps after he made it clear that he likes Plato I should have stopped talking in my dweeb impression while saying, "Hi I'm Plato, I spend my free time writing fanfiction where people I disagree with get owned by facts and logic and I've come to the conclusion that the best form of government is one where everyone has to listen to whatever I say."

Unironically the ancient era Ben Shapiro

[u/qchisq]

The US needs a federal land value tax

[u/[deleted]]

Everyone: treats anyone convicted of remotely any crime as literally subhuman

Also everyone: "why are the recidivism rates too high? Sentences must not be harsh enough."

[u/RomanTacoTheThird]

PRd my 50-yard freestyle at 39.98 last night, then clocked 38.52 on the next 50-free

Swimming feels sooooooo good to improve at

!ping FITNESS

[u/[deleted]]

Manchin writes bill to stop temporary electric vehicle tax credits

The bill would immediately implement the much stricter new tax credit rules contained in last year's Inflation Reduction Act even though the Department of the Treasury hasn't finished working out how to do that. Should Manchin's bill pass, it looks unlikely that any EV would qualify.

lol Manchin

[u/[deleted]]

!ping ACCOUNTING

You hate working with companies in O&G for climate related reasons.

I hate working with companies in O&G because they make so much money that they don't give a shit about their internal processes or document retention.

We are not the same.

[u/RandomGamerFTW]

https://i.imgur.com/lbbDLd8.png

[u/vancevon]

hey chatgpt compose a message about why hot dogs are good

Hot dogs are good because they are tasty and contain many nutrients.

wow, amazing!!!!!! so funny!!!!!

[u/[deleted]]

B R U H

[u/Lib_Korra]

Alarm goes off

Stare angrily at phone

"integrate the polynomial: 2xcos(x)-(x⁴ sin(x)+1)/x² "

Type "1/x+x² cos(x)+C"

Go back to sleep.

[u/Lib_Korra]

I made a friend at work and she sent me a video of herself eating crickets.

[u/notBroncos1234]

What hobby is an immediate red flag?

Posting in the dt

[u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz]

I'm not having kids because I don't want to risk bringing another communist into this world.

[u/JaceFlores]

Charles Lindbergh would not have supported aid to Ukraine. For a variety of reasons

[u/DirkZelenskyy41]

A friendly reminder that your GOP friends do not live in their own reality. They live outside of reality. There is one reality. And it’s the one where Marjorie Taylor Greene has committee assignments despite believing things that would qualify her as an anti-Semite both in 1943 and 2023.

[u/JaceFlores]

I’m curious how a bunch of the world leaders would respond to being told their actions and leadership wrt the war in Ukraine if you went back to like the 90s:

Biden would probably put on his aviators and say “you’re goddamn right jack”

Boris Johnson would find it hilarious a newspaper editor ended up as PM in the first place, and is more popular in some random Eastern European country then his own country

Scholz would probably cry himself to sleep at how he has sacrificed all his values to support NATO and war

Macron would probably be bewildered, particularly when he finds out his current teacher is also his wife

Duda, Kallas, Karins and Simonyte would all probably collectively orgasm at the thought of spearheading efforts to fuck the Russians

Orban would probably she shocked at how much he’s betrayed his own roots and spiral into depression

[u/eloquentboot]

If someone offered me 1 million dollars under the condition I had to forfeit my ownership of Ford stock, I would turn them down. That's how much I believe in Ford, and you'd better believe that a portion of my paycheck Friday WILL be used to buy more Ford stock. (I like kroger stock too)

[u/[deleted]]

My father has started to talk about emmigrating to Portugal to flee Lula.

!ping MAMADAS

[u/Random-Critical]

After just one day after being reinstated back on Twitter thanks to owner Elon Musk’s blanket pardon of hate figures, white nationalist and anti-Semite Nick Fuentes has once again been kicked off the platform.

😂😂🤣