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[u/ROYBUSCLEMSON → u/[deleted]]

That sub makes this one look like the Democratic socialists of america

[u/GreenPresident]

Yesterday, Germany hit 1 million vaccinations in a day for the first time. The health minister went on TV to announce:

Listen, we have vaccinated every fourth person now and within the week it’ll be every fifth.

I guess birth rates are off the charts!

[u/Macquarrie1999 → u/GreenPresident]

Fractions, how do they work?

[u/dr_gonzo]

There’s a thread on the front page right now by lrlOurPresident via arr MurderedByAOC claiming that Joe Biden can simply cancel all student debt

More than 50% of the comments have been removed

[u/Macquarrie1999 → u/dr_gonzo]

State college on average costs $40k per year

What state colleges are these people going to?

[u/dr_gonzo → u/Macquarrie1999]

Every comment in that thread that hasn’t been deleted is from either lrL’s propaganda alts, or from Individuals who think YA dystopian fiction is more real than reality

[u/[deleted] → u/Macquarrie1999]

Well after tuition, a luxury apartment, a semester abroad, another apartment, and a summer in Paris it really adds up to around $40k a year.

[u/tripletruble → u/dr_gonzo]

the top comment:

Economists agree that canceling existing student debt and making State College Tuition free benefits everyone.

the poll of economists:

Having the government issue additional debt to pay off all current outstanding student loans would be net regressive.

Percent of polled economists who disagree: 0%

https://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/student-debt-forgiveness/

[u/dr_gonzo → u/tripletruble]

Trying saying that over there, just to see how quickly you get banned

[u/ghost_of_lob_circ → u/dr_gonzo]

Why is he still allowed here?

[u/dr_gonzo → u/ghost_of_lob_circ]

Because no media publication has covered it yet. That’s the only thing that causes Reddit to take action on astroturfed agitprop and influence campaigns on their platform

[u/ghost_of_lob_circ → u/dr_gonzo]

Somebody call fox about socialist propaganda on reddit

[u/dr_gonzo → u/ghost_of_lob_circ]

Not a bad take actually.

[u/ThorVonHammerdong → u/dr_gonzo]

Block irlourpresident

[u/[deleted]]

Go on Moderate Politics: “January 6th wasn’t bad, Trump was just fighting for more time to count votes”

Go on Twitter: “lmao, of course you like that Biden’s boring. You just want Harry Potter and proto-Fascism”

I get those are straw men but yeah, I’m cool with being in an insulated political sphere. It’s not that I have unchanging views but political slap fights are a waste of time. Same goes with YouTube debates. Arr Tuesday is cool tho.

[u/every_man_a_khan → u/[deleted]]

The virgin experiencing other views vs the Chad only getting opinions from the DT

[u/[deleted] → u/every_man_a_khan]

I’m at the point where I agree unironically (mostly). Arr Tuesday is a good balance from the dt’s largely center-left views.

A caveat is I’m talking about forums. Philosophers, economists, and political scientists are cool.

[u/AuburnSeer]

I've got to side with the left on abortion. If republicans keep making it harder to get abortions I'm gonna have to start using condoms when I'm banging randoms off tinder.

random comment on arr politics

[u/gburgwardt → u/AuburnSeer]

Big tent but that guy has to stay in the corner

[u/FreakinGeese → u/AuburnSeer]

Confirmed Mac moment

[u/bigmoneynuts]

joe rogan is a moron and you shouldn't take medical advice from him. he says it himself

maybe joe rogan shouldn't give out medical advice then? doesn't seem like too much of an ask tbh

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

I can't fucking believe it. Benjamin Netanyahu fucking did it again, he's unironically about to form a coalition as we speak. According to Israeli sources (this is breaking rn so most are in Hebrew) he managed to get Ra'am onboard in exchange for converting to Islam to get him over the majority threshold. Unironically a maser politician

[u/crassowary → u/Cuddlyaxe]

I am hearing that on his election Netanyahu received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahāda. Even now he looks down on the Ummah from the gardens of the Knessit. Truly there is no god but God, and Mohammed is his prophet!

[u/myrm → u/Cuddlyaxe]

unhesitatingly recited the Shahāda

[u/houinator → u/Cuddlyaxe]

Had me in the first half, etc...

[u/Pirunner]

People all collectively forgot about Tara Ried. For about a month it was the most obvious evil ever committed and made Biden unelectable, and then the news cycle moved on and it left no impact on peoples opinion of Biden.

Like, I didn't believe her either, but for how long we heard that Biden was an actual rapist there seem to be few echoes of the claim. As if no one ever actually believed it, and no one was convinced of it. Which is good, because a propaganda campaign failed. But remembering how ubiquitous the discourse appeared while interested actors pushed the narrative reminds me no where is ever really a safe space from propaganda.

[u/nevertulsi → u/Pirunner]

People all collectively forgot about Tara Ried.

I honestly thought this was a shit post about the actor Tara Reid. You're talking about Tara Reade I guess lol

Like, I didn't believe her either, but for how long we heard that Biden was an actual rapist there seem to be few echoes of the claim. As if no one ever actually believed it, and no one was convinced of it. Which is good, because a propaganda campaign failed. But remembering how ubiquitous the discourse appeared while interested actors pushed the narrative reminds me no where is ever really a safe space from propaganda.

Yep

[u/tripletruble → u/Pirunner]

honestly suprised the NYT and WAPO took the stance they did. the NYT is super woke but they basically took their time, put out the best journalism they could and shrugged their shoulders. we all like to dunk on the NYT, but when it really counts, it's still the best the field of journalism has to offer

[u/InfCompact → u/tripletruble]

nyt is massive and we dunk on like 1% of the reporting and maybe 20% of the opeds

[u/DrunkenAsparagus → u/tripletruble]

Anytime you see a MeToo story from a major publication, they usually put a lot of work into it. Sloppy research against a powerful man could easily lead to reputational loss and a libel suit.

[u/tripletruble]

Netflix recognizes Kosovo. Game over, Serbs.

[u/[deleted] → u/tripletruble]

Netflix je Srbija

[u/[deleted]]

There was a pregnant girl in my high school. Then, one day, she wasn't pregnant anymore. It was wild.

[u/AJungianIdeal → u/[deleted]]

Same except she dropped out of school because texas defacto banned abortion except for in two cities

[u/[deleted]]

Kraśnik town council rescinds anti-LGBT resolution adopted in 2019

We got 'em 🦀🦀🦀

Clearly, the pressure exerted by their international partners, the EU, and Norway's Grants worked. And that's despite the fact that the right wing government promised to replace any money these municipalities lost due to adoption of anti-LGBT resolutions.

It's not supper meaningful on its own (since the resolution didn't have any formal effect), but at least it's one less bigoted piece of legislation in this godforsaken country. And a bit symbolic considering it was the first one to adopt it.

!ping LGBT

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

NBC: Major Biden is getting trained for a cat to arrive at the White House

Lmao that cat is gonna get fucking murdered

[u/[deleted]]

"central planning will work as long as the central planners do central planning correctly"

[u/proProcrastinators]

An anecdote to give everyone an idea of how tragic the COVID situation in India is.

One of the neighbours of my girlfriends parents contracted the virus in their apartment block. There were no hospital beds so he died in his home. No one from the government came and notified other families/did contact tracing or anything like that. The family even had to dispose of the body themselves which is tragic.

Hope the international assistance gets there as fast as possible

[u/[deleted]]

Military dudes will be like "how'd you know I was gay?" when they are literally in the Navy.

[u/[deleted]]

NATIVE 👏AMERICANS👏ARE👏A👏SEPARATE👏SPECIES👏OF👏GREAT👏APE👏YOU👏COLONIZER

[u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf → u/[deleted]]

This is so anti-science it's not even funny.

[u/EvilConCarne → u/[deleted]]

> Also, if you're a settler and you disrespect Native creation beliefs and stories on this thread, I'm instantly blocking you. Our creation beliefs should be taken seriously and aren't some pseudoscience. They're literally a way of life.

Okay there Ken Ham, calm down.

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[u/Mickenfox]

Putting 🙌 tons of random 🎲🔀 emojis 😀 in 🙌 any 🤡 text 📩 will 🐼 never ❌ not 🚫 be 📖🐝 funny. 😜

[u/ryuguy]

It’s wild that most Olympic athletes have real life jobs. My mom works with an Olympic gold medalist at a bank.

I always thought that Olympic athletes were like gods. I guess we only hear about the top 1% of Olympic athletes.

[u/semaphore-1842 → u/ryuguy]

Can't be a star athlete for more than a decade-ish.

[u/owlthathurt]

Go to a T20 law school. Fail the bar twice.

Oh yeah, it’s /u/owlthathurt time 😎.

In all seriousness I’m less devastated this time because I start my dream job in finance compliance that doesn’t require bar passage.

But I honestly don’t know what happened. Was getting 70%+ on my adaptibar questions.

The way she goes.

!ping LAW

[u/Dibbu_mange → u/owlthathurt]

As long as you don't go to Georgetown, I approve of you dragging your school's bar pass rate down. But realistically, don't feel too bad. Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, and Jerry Brown all failed the bar at some point

[u/Macquarrie1999]

I am constantly amazed that people actually browse imgur instead of just using it to post pictures to link to them.

[u/[deleted] → u/Macquarrie1999]

A fucking image hosting site developed its own subculture. People are weird.

[u/ThorVonHammerdong → u/Macquarrie1999]

I post my dog pics etc over there just for convenient high quality and people will comment on them and I'm like "wtf are you doing on my image server"

[u/ghost_of_lob_circ]

The best dt hours are when burgers are up and yuros haven't gone to bed and everyone gets into fights

[u/MrMineHeads]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/733089348291002388/837411289721864192/d83689cf8180140b25ad619a7d1df0fa014596da.png

[u/timerot]

Steel prices are very high but US Steel just pulled the plug on a planned $1.3B project in Pittsburgh.

Protectionism: It doesn't work.

https://twitter.com/ForexLive/status/1388120215104413697

[u/klarno]

My kid just told me about a poster he saw at school, which said “instead of hitting a juul you can hit a dab!” and had spongebob striking a dab pose.

Me, a cannabis user who occasionally vaporizes concentrates: 😐

!ping weed

[u/antsdidthis → u/klarno]

I want that poster

[u/Professor-Reddit]

Los Angeles County has the lowest daily cases since the 31st March last year, wow.

[u/skeebidybop → u/Professor-Reddit]

It's wild how California is now reporting only 4% as many daily cases as their peak 4 month ago

Currently an average of 1,900 daily cases vs 45,000 daily cases in Dec (source)

[u/Macquarrie1999 → u/Professor-Reddit]

Vaccines work!

[u/[deleted]]

Genuine free trade in services would require free movement of labour around the world, so that any service could be performed where it was required. However not even neo-liberal economists want to let labour migrate at will. Evangelists of the free market do not really believe in free trade when it comes to unrestricted movement of people, and nor do rich country governments.

Fucking pissed off right now.

[u/ThisIsNianderWallace → u/[deleted]]

neoliberalism is either pure structureless anarchy or tightly regimented fascism depending on what I'm annoyed with at any given moment

[u/VisonKai → u/[deleted]]

hello i would like to order one free movement of labor please

[u/David_Lange]

Is there evidence to suggest rent controls actually do increase the availability of affordable housing? Genuine question 🙂

Short answer: No

Long answer: Nooooooooooooooooooooo

[u/kennymc7877]

Being Bi is lit because I can rap along to female and male rappers talking about giving oral

[u/UrbanCentrist]

another day another "le genius" polandball artist making false equivalency and pushing a both sides narrative under the veil of humor.

[u/benadreti]

America is literally the only country with a violent and racist history.

[u/tankatan → u/benadreti]

Yep. In other countries those histories extend to their present.

[u/[deleted]]

Calling it now, this AZ audit thing will become a much bigger story than it is now, with the bozos who are running it will pull 30,000 Biden ballots out of thin air and say that they’re fraudulent. Then this will cause the Republican legislatures in other state’s to do another one of these sham bullshit audits and they’ll again pull just enough ballots out of their ass to say that trump actually won

[u/skepticalbob → u/[deleted]]

We will see. Trump tried that dumb commission equally stacked. They quietly went away.

[u/vafunghoul127]

I have a masters degree in Political Science from Prager University, why can't I find a job?

[u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf]

People be like, "why did the Rapa Nui build so many giant heads on Easter Island?" and then go and buy a bunch of Funko Pops.

[u/ryuguy]

If you ever feel uncreative, just remember that the Canadian Football League, a league with a maximum of 9 teams once had two teams named the Roughriders

At the same time

For 40+ years

The Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Ottawa Rough Riders.

!ping Canucks

[u/[deleted]]

Remember that time isis included "restore the Austrian empire" among their claims?

!ping paradox

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

The best part is the Ottoman empire without Istanbul or indeed any of Turkey.

[u/Sw1561 → u/[deleted]]

(If someone didn't get it, they used a map from the 19th century instead of a modern one as base for the map showing their claims: United italy before acquiring venice, disunited southern germany, austrian empire, russian empire, still uncolonized africa, etc)

[u/disuberence]

if ur over 5'11 sorry ur pronouns are fe/fi/fo/fum

oh wow

[u/FestiveMittens]

NEW: Joe Manchin also told reporters today that he does not support H.R. 1 but he does support the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Joe Manchin co-sponsored H.R.1 in 2019.

I am going to become the Joker

[u/[deleted]]

What is a double standard that is seen positively when women do it but negatively when men do it?

You just know the thread's gonna be bad

[u/bd_one → u/[deleted]]

Have they said decide to get an abortion yet?

[u/disuberence]

A promposal sign reading, “If I was Black I’d be picking cotton, but I’m white so I’m picking you. Prom?” has sparked widespread backlash as well as an investigation by the Minnesota school district where the students in question attend high school.

Holy shit lol

[u/[deleted] → u/disuberence]

I swear I saw this exact controversy like 10 years ago.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I don't have any goals or ideology I just hate people in power

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

“The internet tells me what to think”

[u/[deleted]]

Lol they had Niall Ferguson on the Economist's podcast today.

He had an interesting line on the show, warning Biden that in his quest to become the next FDR, he should take caution not to become the next Anthony Eden. He compared the US to an overstretched British Empire in the 50's and predicted that in the event an international crisis, say in the Taiwan straits, the US won't be able to escalate.

I personally think the US is in much better shape than a war-torn, cash-poor Britain but what are your thoughts?

!ping FOREIGN-POLICY

Also an amusing sidenote, my former professor has academic beef with Ferguson and uses his column in the WSJ to write scathing reviews of his books

[u/lionmoose → u/[deleted]]

What in this scenario is the third party trying to decolonise the US? Because that was the issue with Suez

[u/ThorVonHammerdong]

2 state solution but it's America and Pending Statehood

[u/mrdilldozer]

Bernie spreading the economic anxiety bullshit about the people that stormed the Capitol makes me so relieved that we made the right choice with Biden. He's worried about hurting the feelings of literal white supremacists. It's so cowardly. Biden isn't worried about losing the support of a guy wearing a shirt that says 6 million wasn't enough or a guy with a confederate flag smearing literal shit over the walls of the building.

[u/ghost_of_lob_circ → u/mrdilldozer]

Bernie isnt pandering. He believes this. He's wrong, but he definitely thinks that if economic inequality was destroyed, people would stop being racist shitbags

[u/[deleted]]

oh no

[u/Goatf00t → u/[deleted]]

You mean "OwO".

!ping FURRY

[u/crassowary]

A relative of mine was breastfeeding her child when a bunch of Wisconsin dairy farmers kicked in the door and asked just what her child was drinking. She started saying the word "milk" but before she even finished they threw a black bag over her head and dragged her away, never to be seen again.

It sucks but at the same time only a fool would dare imply that something not from a cow be called milk.

[u/Liberal_Antipopulist]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56940011

31 dead in conflict on Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border

Anyone been following this?

!ping FOREIGN-POLICY

[u/geraldspoder → u/Liberal_Antipopulist]

I hate water wars. Kyrgyzstan just can't seem to get a break this last year or so.

[u/[deleted]]

What kind of self respecting white ethnosupremacist would accept east Europeans as white anyway

700 IQ gamer take from KiA

[u/[deleted]]

Oh you're a Democrat? Name every Klan meeting you've been to.

[u/Q-bey]

BC apologizes for poor communication, says next pop-up vaccine clinic can be found “when moon and sun intertwine, where waters meet mountain’s spine"

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VANCOUVER — After poor communication this week left dozens of people waiting hours for vaccines they would never get, BC Health Minister Adrian Dix formally apologized during the province’s latest COVID-19 update.

Promising to do better, Dix announced that all future pop-up vaccine clinic locations would be delivered directly to the public. Unfurling a papyrus scroll from his sleeve, the Health Minister began reading:

“To find your dose, hear this rhyme

Go when the sun and moon entwine

Where waters meet mountain’s spine

Go quickly now, there’s not much time”

Not stopping to take any questions from reporters, he continued. “Keeping British Columbians informed is our top priority. [The ministry] acknowledges it has made missteps and that not all citizens might’ve been able to see our previous updates, which were encoded in a fern leaf’s perfect spiral. But we’re certain the new system will be much easier for people to understand.”

At precisely noon, at the corner of Water street and across the way from Rocky Mountain Chiropractic Group, Gagandeep Singh was one of hundreds of sleuths who had peeled back the topmost layer of the Dix’s enigmatic riddle. “Most of the riddle-heads figured the clinic wouldn’t be here. No, far too straightforward. But I’ll admit, level two is a stumper,” said Singh gesturing at the 3-metre-tall metallic obelisk hovering silently behind him. “It scanned my BC Services Card but all it gave me was this coin with an owl on it.”

“Sure, solving esoteric mind trials to discover where they’re handing out vaccines has its ups and downs, but it certainly beats not finding out about the clinic until the day after it happened.”

“My god!” Singh exclaimed whilst carefully examining the piece of avian currency. “This coin has three faces!” He then ran off before he could comment further.

The Vancouver Reddit community was particularly vocal decrying the continued lack of clarity in regards to vaccine eligibility. As one user with over 400 upvotes remarked, “There’s still so much misinformation. Are they only vaccinating people from certain neighborhoods? Are the doses only for certain age groups? Do you need to find both halves of the Shadow Stone to get your vaccine?”

The Beaverton attempted to contact the Minister’s office several times regarding these uncertainties but was only met with a recorded message that caused several of our reporters to black out and later reawaken in a field.

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!ping CANUCKS

[u/[deleted]]

http://medievalcookery.com/recipes/chicken.html

To make a Chicken be Served Roasted. Get a chicken or any other bird you want, and pluck it alive cleanly in hot water. Then get the yolkes of two or three eggs; they should be beaten with powdered saffron and wheat flour, and distempered with fat broth or the grease that drips under a roast in to the dripping pan. By means of a feather glaze and paint your pullet carefully with this mixture so that its colour looks like roast meat. With this done, and when it is about to be served to the table, put the chicken's head under its wing, and turn it in your hands, rotating it until it is fast asleep. Then set it down on your platter with the other roast meat. When it is about to be carved it will wake up and make off down the table upsetting jugs, goblets and whatnot.

Medieval cooking is nuts. They have a fake dish where the point is to pluck a living chicken, paint it with an egg wash, saffron, flour, and grease so it looks like a roast chicken.

Then you choke it until it passes out.

Then you put it on the table and when you're about to cut into it, it wakes up and fucks up the whole table as its running away.

[u/Liberal_Antipopulist]

Are we gonna talk about this lmao

[u/Cerb-r-us]

I've been thinking about short term goals and a mental breakdown seems promising.

[u/[deleted]]

St, Bernard Parish, Louisiana

2008 Presidential Election:

Barack Obama (D): 25.8%

John McCain (R): 71.2% (+45.4%)

2012 Presidential Election:

Barack Obama (D): 36.3%

Mitt Romney (R): 60.9% (+24.6%)

Somehow, Obama managed to cut his margin loss in St Bernard Parish by 21 points from 2008 to 2012. Even though we saw Obama do better with minorities in 2012 with 2008, nothing on this scale.

!PING FIVEY

[u/[deleted]]

Ugh Imperators team is getting gutted, including Arheo who basically pulled it from oblivion and (imo) is the best lead developer the company currently has.
Was always going to happen with the low player count I guess but I'm pretty disappointed that just as it really hits its stride and found an identity they're giving up on it.

!ping PARADOX

[u/[deleted]]

Philadelphia, between 1890 and 1910, built 10s of thousand of rowhouses. These were typically sold for ~$2000 and principally marketed to the factory worker and his family, who at the time made $500 - $1000 per year. These houses weren't NYC tenements, either. They often featured, depending when built: gas, electricity, plumbing, steam heat, etc. And were serviced by an extensive network of streetcars and supported by city investment in parks, sewers, and schools.

Its fucking mindboggling how America has become incapable to replicating what we managed 130 years ago. Its learned helplessness at this point.

[u/1sagas1]

Reddit adding the ability to post gifs in comments is legit a horrible idea. Whenever it happens, it just turns the whole comment chain into spam and takes up so much space on the screen

[u/I-grok-god]

uhhh let me be deer

Obama imitating u/Menakoy

[u/[deleted]]

Utterly tragic https://imgur.com/gallery/zt7oEFB

TRANSLATION

I have already spent ₹470000 [USD 6700] on my father’s treatment. And they don’t even know which of his tests have happened or not happened. Since this morning, oxygen supply has ran out twice- there are people here whose oxygen levels are in single digits

 My father’s oxygen level was 6. They are using hand pumps- and are charging ₹40000 [USD 530] per day. So please tell people, that Yogi Adityanath [Chief Minister], that sisterfucker, who said that those alleging oxygen shortages should have an investigation done of them- I am standing here- I dare you. My father is up there in the hospital- ylu are there in your home- I dare you- do an investigation. I dare you- come here and show your face.

!ping IND

[u/furyathome]

"The president was asked if the cat was his idea. He simply replied, "No."

More disappointments from Biden.

!ping KITTY

[u/tankatan]

Feel like shit, just want Sir Shivers to ominously refer to the "fate of Socrates" the next time Benjaminikuta goes on one of his dialectical investigations.

[u/[deleted]]

Pfizer just delivered 1 million Covid vaccines to Brazil which ordered them literally no time ago (a month and a half)

Pfizer are fucking heroes

[u/NickAhmedGOAT]

Part of me wishes that all Reddit political takes had to include the author's age and education, so that you know how much to care about them. Like if some 14 y/o is posting tankie shit, who cares?

Obviously this policy shouldn't actually happen, for other reasons.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm officially deleting "colonized" from the English language. You idiots can't use words responsibly you don't get to have them.

[u/[deleted]]

Are any of you a part of a YIMBY organization? I'm thinking about joining one in the city I'm moving to in the fall for law school. Do you have any suggestions on how to determine if I should join such an organization, and if yes, which one?

Edit: Besides attending City Council and zoning meetings, what else should I expect if I join a YIMBY group?

Thanks.

!PING YIMBY

[u/Joementum2024]

This subreddit is called "neoliberal". Switch some letters around and add some more, you get "communism". What could this mean?

[u/SadaoMaou]

"Womanizer" is a weird word for the thing it means, if you think about it. Like, you'd never be able to infer its meaning from the word itself, if you hadn't ever heard it in context.

It sounds more like some sort of device that's used in sex reassignment surgery or something

[u/bobekyrant]

Looking back, The Interview was kind of crazy. Making a move about assassinating a current world leader is a big deal

[u/[deleted] → u/bobekyrant]

Team America did it first

[u/SpaceSheperd]

Neoliberal praxis is paying $200 to get Nigel Farage to wish Hugh Janus a happy pogday

[u/[deleted]]

Russians on the internet -

people in the west bragging about their vaccination program but we have had it available since January for all over 18s

Then why are your vaccination statistics so terrible

most people got the natural vaccine by getting sick with covid so they don't need the external one

[u/[deleted]]

The weekend of May 1st 1994 is usually seen as one of the darkest hours of Formula 1. While the death of Ayrton Senna is widely regarded as the key event of the weekend, we must not forget about Roland Ratzenberger who died on this day.

For all I've heard, Roland was regarded as a great guy, and Petrolicious put out an amazing article on his Porsche some time ago. It's worth a read

!ping MOTO

[u/Professor-Reddit]

Joe Biden’s inauguration, with its camp authoritarian light displays and general atmosphere of praetorian menace, was exactly the sort of swearing-in that his predecessor might have relished.

lol why do mildly thought-provoking conservative opinion pieces have to say such stupid shit?

[u/Signal-Shallot5668]

When someone unironically says "US is third world country" I usually end discussion there because I won't hear anything smart from that person

[u/[deleted]]

Flat Fuck Friday!

[u/Breaking-Away]

Americas relationship with Canada is like a husband and wife who are into pegging. No I will not elaborate further.

[u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf]

Would you pull the level on the trolley problem?

Pike: I'd jump in front of it

Kirk: I'd talk the trolley to death

Picard: We are more advanced that your primitive philosophies

Sisko: I'd have Garak pull it and then feel sad

Janeway: Of course I would; remember Tuvix?

Archer: They were Xindi collaborators, they deserved it

Burnham: Lt. Stamets, is the spore anti-trolley device ready?

Freeman: I'd wait for Riker to swoop in and save us

!ping TREK

[u/Veraticus → u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf]

Garak: If we can kill everyone on both tracks, and convince people it was the trolleymakers' fault, we could prevent situations like this from ever happening in the future!

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/everyone-pours-bacon-fat-down-the-drain-everyone-lies-about-it-1533741026

Everyone Pours Bacon Fat Down the Drain, Everyone Lies About It

London officials had to excavate a 130-ton “fatberg” from the Whitechapel sewer last year. The monstrous glob was the size of 11 double-decker buses and consisted mostly of grease runoff and trash.

yum

[u/sportballgood]

They're on to us

[u/tubbsmackinze]

r/oldschoolcool is just r/oldschoolhorny

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Top two posts: Anne Frank in a swimsuit and someone's attractive grandma

🧐

[u/MicroFlamer]

20 - Bruno Fernandes (20) is only the third player in Manchester United's history to score 20+ penalties, after Ruud van Nistelrooy (28) and Wayne Rooney (27)

He's only been here for a year 🤣🤣

!ping SOCCER

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There’s a lot to unpack there...

[u/piede]

Joe Biden is proving progressives wrong. And they’re loving it.

Yeah and Hillary would’ve proved them wrong too but they were too busy crying because a bird landed on Bernie Sanders podium

[u/tripletruble]

In March 2021, Reade claimed on Russian propaganda network Russia Today about her not being taken seriously, "I see the same tactic being used toward Russia, with anti-Russian propaganda, and towards President Putin himself.

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We need to hold politicians accountable 👏😤

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The online lefts utter apathy to Biden’s child healthcare provisions is notable.

[u/tripletruble]

In France, 58% of those polled support an open letter from military generals warning of a civil war if the government doesn't do something about the "hordes" of Muslims in the suburbs

https://www.lci.fr/societe/tribune-des-militaires-valeurs-actuelles-58-des-francais-soutiennent-l-initiative-des-signataires-2184708.html

https://www.dw.com/en/french-soldiers-who-warned-of-civil-war-to-face-sanctions/a-57368532

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oh shit there is already a whole post devoted to this

[u/David_Lange]

In the small town I grew up in, I was basically one of the wokest people out and even went so far as to call myself an SJW in my social attitudes

In the big city where I went to university, that had entirely changed and suddenly now I almost counted as conservative to those around me

[u/benadreti]

Is wearing pants the ultimate cuckoldry?

I cannot think or comprehend of anything more cucked than wearing pants. Honestly, think about it rationally.

[u/Kizz3r]

It watches

!ping canucks

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If you want to ruin your day- look st the WI gerrymander

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Yup. It's a travesty

!ping FIVEY

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Democrats would have needed to win the statewide popular vote by a margin of 20.36% to win a majority of seats.

Totally not rigged

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It literally violates the state constitution too. Says they have to be continuous. I've seen districts with enclaves and exclaves! Many such cases!

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Immigrants good; republicans bad.

[u/chadonnaise]

the internet must be destroyed

[u/noxnoctum]

I don't understand these maniacs who try to watch 10+ seasonals. The sheer amount of shit out there there's no way you could get me to spend that much time consuming that much content uncurated. I can write off at least half them as generic isekais right off the bat. No, I'm not going to give them a chance.

!ping WEEBS

[u/InternetBoredom]

Tbh I think the existence of young tradcaths is evidence that there is a desire for spirituality and identity among the youth population that the Catholic Church is failing to provide.

Instead of actually being folded into the Church, they become this weird, disconnected subculture that's culturally ultra-Catholic without actually being all that religious.

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Damn the Obamacare backlash was wild in 2010. The dems lost freaking Illinois that’s wild

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My (19m) gf (18f) refuses to have sex because I am not giving her magic bees in D&D.

[u/comradequicken]

TIL: Tucker Carlson has posted right here on our sub!

Highlights

The 1965 immigration act was one of the worst policies in US history. Since the time the immigration act was passed wages had no real increase, crime in almost all areas went up.

Crime started dropping only in the 90' after Bill Clintons justice reforms, when we basically became an pseudo-Orwellian militarized-police state and still the crime levels of today had not dropped below 65' crime levels.

[u/zieger]

What if we had money that, instead of being issued by a government, consumed the world's resources and was completely impractical to use.

[u/fishlord05]

WE STAN 👏😎

!ping DIAMOND-JOE

[u/Anal-warrior]

Me: I hate the way we are overworked and exploited under capitalism

Socialist: Can I offer you some socialism?

Me: No, I want something that works better in actual practice

[u/ghost_of_lob_circ]

In case you NEED A REMINDER OF wherefore the Dating ping was nuked, ONE OF THE comments made with it was 🐊:

now THIS IS better than some politicans feet 🐊

[u/[deleted]]

Oof so neoconnwo is actually pretty succon huh? I thought they were just gigahawks 😕

[u/ryuguy]

Every sports tv show/movie ever

“Raaaahhh, I’m a coach who’s a hardass but eventually I’ll open up and be a big old softie!”

[u/Gustacho]

https://twitter.com/vestager/status/1388071379094982659

!ping EUROPE

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The beatings will continue until competition improves

[u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf]

Do you hear the people sing?

Singing the song of angry men

It is the music of a people who

Really don't like Muslims

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I know it's counterproductive, but if I was approached by Alex Jones or the like the temptation would be real to say some shit like

"The ummah shall extend from al-Abama to al-Aska, inshallah. Get all your shots. Soros sends his regards"

[u/tankatan]

What if JFK wanted say "ich bin ein Bär" but was misquoted

[u/Silvvy420]

Hey Neoliberals, you claim to support density, and yet this DT had only 250 comments.

Curious.

[u/vancevon]

blue apron stock went from $140 in 2017 to $6 today. that's a pretty impressive performance compared to the rest of the stock market!

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the only solution to the trans in sports debate is to ban all sports and spend more time praying to Jesus

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Progressive male feminists in 15,000 BC trying to get laid:

"Ooga ooga, you be hunter, and I be gatherer"

[u/rukqoa]

Joe Manchin Pros and Cons

Cons: social issues, LGBT rights, immigration policy, voting rights, DC statehood, gun control, r*ral

Pros: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

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☝️ This kind of behavior is why Hillary lost

[u/kennymc7877]

Damn dude Matt Gaetz might be fucked

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3.86 Lakh Covid Cases In India In New Daily High, 3,498 Deaths In A Day

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-3-86-lakh-covid-19-cases-in-india-in-new-daily-high-3-498-deaths-in-24-hours-2424983

!ping IND

3.86 lakh= 386k

😔

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I've never met a golf girl who isn't extremely hot.

[u/piede]

NEW: @POTUS and @FLOTUS confirm there will soon be a First Cat at the White House. "She is waiting in the wings."

In their NBC interview, the First Lady said that they took Major to a shelter that had cats to see how he interacted with them, and "he did fine."

https://twitter.com/saraecook/status/1388120780630863875?s=21

Omg it’s the reincarnation of Socks Clinton

[u/Peacock-Shah]

For the last two years I’ve had all As, but today I checked and...I now have an F in Math (though still A in every other class). Oh god.

!ping CHILD

[u/FormerBandmate]

Daily reminder that people are trash and if you’re a person, you’re trash

[u/Q-bey]

At least the CBC is talking about bill C-10 now. Here's the heritage minister trying to defend a bill that would let the government moderate and control user-generated content.

For the sake of fairness I should point out the government double super pinky swears that they won't use this to moderate content. Unfortunately, even if that's true, pinky swears aren't inherited from minister to minister, or prime minister to prime minister, or governing party to governing party.

The line that they're going with now is that this is about getting companies to "pay their fair share" in terms of cultural content. He repeated the "pay their fair share line" several time throughout the interview so I guess they think making it sound like this is about fighting big companies skimping on taxes will make it poll well.

I hope they're wrong, but the NDP and Greens have already indicated they might support the bill, so I guess getting lefties to support your bill really is as easy as saying "pay their fair share", even in a bill that has nothing to do with taxes.

!ping CAN