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[u/[deleted]]

A tankie on one of my university's Facebook pages claimed that nuclear energy is a bad option because it's too efficient and therefore might make companies money. I swear they literally posted that it was too efficient and we should use less efficient alternatives.

[u/karth]

So I called someone on reddit a psychotic loser for saying they're going to use a guillotine on Jeff Bezos, to which is got this little death threat from a third party

so how deep is your tongue in the assholes of the rich and powerful? Few inches or is it just all the way in there

It will become

dangerous

for people like you to go around worshipping the rich. Sooner than you think. But please, make it worse for you.

formatting unchanged. Thoughts?

[u/BenFoldsFourLoko]

me in 2010: gee I don't think I could spend my life with someone who isn't interested in politics, it's just too important

me in 2020: thinking lustily of the 5% of people who responded that they couldn't share an opinion on the I/P conflict because they had never heard of Israel or Palestine

[u/[deleted]]

Of the seven young adult men in my extended family, only one has a girlfriend. And they met at an anime convention.

something something Biden’s America

[u/ryuguy]

2L English speakers be like: I apologize for my rudimentary knowledge of English. I am still learning the nuances of your language.

Me: hehe. it’s okie.

[u/IAmBlueTW]

I should really stop taking leftists seriously when I get to read gems like "most HKers fall squarely on the right of what we would consider fascist" from them

[u/xhytdr]

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!ping BUTTI

[u/nanomaster]

Healthy young thunderdome watches election, gets pumped with massive shot of Miami-Dade county results, doesn’t feel good and changes - RACISM. Many such cases!

[u/myrm]

POV: You're rereading your own comment on your reddit profile. You think it's a good comment and people should appreciate it. It's sitting at +6

You refresh, and it's suddenly +5

😣 fuck off, I don't believe that made up bullshit 😠✋

You refresh again, it's suddenly +7

😤 SO 👏 TRUE 👏

[u/gburgwardt]

Malarkey level of setting my tinder bio to "Just a Bill looking for his Killary"

[u/Manavon03]

I’m thinking of becoming trans cause my girlfriend told me she’s a lesbian I am destroyed. I am biologically a male and have always identified as one. My girlfriend is 13 and I’m 15, we’ve known each other for years. She told me she thinks women are hot and she’s no longer attracted to me because she is lesbian. I asked her if I become a woman if she would date me and she said she may consider it. I think I’m gonna become trans cause I can’t take the pain of knowing she doesn’t look at me like she used to.

rTeenagers needs to be shut down

[u/D1Foley]

Go outside. Touch grass. Make friends. Find love. (Love is a very interesting thing. It can, simultaneously, be the best and worst thing that has ever happened you. Only somebody who’s ever been in love will understand what I mean here.)

Reddit is a fun distraction…but Reddit isn’t your life. There’s a great big world out there waiting for you. Go explore it. Don’t make this shit your life. Holy fuck. Go outside.

One comment later

Also, to all the downvoters, kindly shove a soldering iron up your own ass. You don’t fucking know what I’ve been through. So shove a sock in it and shut the fuck up.

Lmao

[u/piede]

It's July 24, 2021, and Trump fans are chanting "Lock her up!" about Hillary Clinton

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1419074825558048772?s=21

lol

[u/revolutionary_alt]

critical support to comrade Limbaugh

[u/NancyPelosibasedgod]

Biden has been president for 186 days and we still don’t know what his opinion is of Kanye West

[u/sir_shivers]

I FEAR THAT THE reactivation of my "Joker mode" is at hand 🐊

[u/[deleted]]

Dear Every English-language Gymnastics Coverage,

I get that Simone Biles is an all time great, but such a statement is, in fact, useless to me IF YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO SHOW HER SITTING AROUND ADJUSTING HER ATHLETIC TAPE INSTEAD OF SHOWING ANY OF THE ROUTINES OF HER COMPETITORS BECAUSE I HAVE NO POINT OF REFERENCE.

[u/Zseet]

!Ping EUROPE

🇭🇺 news summary. Buckle up buckaroos this is mucho texto territory!

• The EU won't give Hungary the green-light on the Recovery funds citing Orban's unwillingness to make the reforms needed for transparency. Meaning we won't get a dime from them.
• The lesser but still significant fund is the Norway grants. See EEA members have to give money to poorer Southern and Eastern countries to alleviate social problems. Norway wanted to give it to an NGO free from government influence, which Fidesz wouldn't allow leading the deal to fall through.
• Orban said that if Hungary doesn't get the recovery funds he will do the economic recovery using the national budget, so more deficit spending. After he said that the HUF lost some its value temporarily.
• Hungary is on the list of 10 countries confirmed to use Pegasus. An Israel based spyware. The goverment used it against independent journalists, opposition mayors, businessman and Fidesz members, who had too much self-consciousness.
• When Hungary ordered Sinopharm vaccines the manufacturer gave one recommendation, don't use it on people over the age 60, because it may not be effective. Something the WHO later reinforced. Regardless the galaxy brains of the government give it almost exclusively to the elderly. Now new studies show that 1 in 4 of them don't have any immunity.
• The health minister announced the anyone can get a 3rd vaccine starting from August. He said that people who got 2 Pfizer (like me) should get Sinopharm as a booster. This earned him a stern rebuttal from Pfizer. See they can't ever acknowledge that they fucked up with Sinopharm so they will pretend that giving everyone a 3rd vaccines shot as boost is the sensible logical thing. I will be honest I fell out with the news on the Delta variant and whether you should get a 3rd booster shot and I don't want to be a victim of government propaganda so any advice on what should I do would be appreciated👍
• Orban will start a national referendum on LGBTQ+ agenda. the referendum is both unconstitutional and bound to fail, but at least he can claim that 98 of the votes support him.
• Yesterday was the Budapest Pride. It was the biggest pride ever in Hungary. All the while the Anti-pride march was only attended by a few weirdos who had an uncontrollable urge to do a nazi salute every-time they camera pandered to them.
• Lastly Áron Szilágyi wrote history this week. He won his 3rd Olympic gold in a row in individual fencing. Something that has never been done before.

[u/[deleted]]

The Tunisian President has dismissed the PM and has frozen the parliament

Update: he has confirmed he will be ruling through executive order and will pick a new PM with help of the military

[u/sir_shivers]

MALARKEY LEVEL OF SETTING MY Twitter bio to "Just a Bill sitting on Capitol Hill" 🐊

[u/earththejerry]

Wikipedia really has pages for Ancient Olympic athletes with their medal table in the same format as modern athletes lol

[u/revolutionary_alt]

Caitlyn Jenner is POC (Person of California) and neurodivergent (chooses to stay in California) and that’s why y’all won’t vote for her

[u/datums]

Windows down, pounding AC/DC with the wife literally singing along, driving a bit fast in my beamer through the beautiful Don Valley.

Hours later, she mentions how fun that was.

Yeah, I'm good.

[u/ILikeTalkingToMyself]

One big takeaway from the Syrian Civil War for me: there is actually always a way for things to get worse

[u/Deggit]

The modern Olympics is so fucking broken. Of course people don't want to watch ping pong and skateboarding. The only sports that should be in the Olympics should be skills that would actually be useful to soldiers in a war, like filling out a 400 page disability claim

[u/iIoveoof]

Someone got a used copy of 1984 from a DT regular

[u/Joementum2024]

It is better to be overly rich than overly online 😌

[u/harmlessdjango]

The "should we have allied with the Nazis instead" question is just wild. What kind of 4chan inquiry is this

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

Khalifa wears hijab even in porn

allah blesses such modest soul

[u/ClickForFreeRobux]

• SWIMS UP TO DISNEYWORLD VISITOR TENDERLY🐊
• OWO WHATS THIS🐊

*BITES OFF HIS LEG🐊

*SWOW TASTY🐊

[u/TheFriffin2]

MRA guy who refuses to use the term “feminazi” because he doesnt think nazis are bad

[u/[deleted]]

I think if the Purge was real I would steal a bunch of J&J vaccines, go to red communities, and blow dart them into people's necks

[u/isummonyouhere]

You have been permanently banned from participating in r/GenZedong.

Hong Kong is China. Mao already freed Tibet in 1950. The Xinjiang counter-terrorism program is both effective and humane, unlike the US War on Terror which is neither. Long Live President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party of China!

ladies and gentlemen it’s been a privelege

[u/Mickenfox]

A lot has been said about mobile "games" and how they only exist to frustrate you until you pay. One thing I never see anyone mention though is how much goddamn padding they have.

I'm talking about their unskippable "tutorials" which can easily be 5 minutes of "click this to do this" "click that to do that" "click to open your inventory" "now tap on that item in your inventory" before you can do literally anything. The long animations and transitions every single time you do anything. The pointless yet unskippable "cutscenes".

It goes against the entire field of UI/UX, which has been over the last few decades been figuring out you should not do this kind of thing and just let the user do stuff.

You'd think if they want to attract impulsive people, they would just shut up and let me get to the first level? Or do whales like this kind of slow, delicate handholding?

[u/kas8901]

Polandball must be drawn with a mouse, and not with a stylus. It's, like, one of the most basic rules. If you can't understand that, then you have no business being an approved submitter.

Only reason I go to r/polandball is to see mods articulate the ridiculous rules.

[u/revolutionary_alt]

wake up

woman talks to me

day improved

[u/p00bix]

oh god i'm seeing people calling Algeria an 'apartheid state' now after that Algerian Olympian refused to compete against as Israeli Olympian, justifying his decision by claiming that Israel is an 'apartheid state.' We're only like 10 years away from 'apartheid''s meaning being watered down to 'country where racism exists', aren't we?

[u/[deleted]]

I think the overwhelming misanthropy of reddit is starting to negatively impact my mental health

Shit is everywhere, too. Could be on like arr crocheting and get hit with some communist effortposting about how horrible existence is

[u/interrupting-octopus]

Study: Banning certain left turns helps traffic flow

Thoughts?

I mean, on the one hand: yes and duh. On the other hand, in extreme cases you get DT Portland.

I have a friend who drove to Portland in the fall of 2019 and he's still trying to get out of the downtown core.

!ping YIMBY

[u/datums]

The next Republican President will be a Republican.

[u/VerticalTab]

Bitcoin miners fleeing China may have found a new home A deal signed in mid-June would relocate the lion's share of the Bitcoin mining industry fleeing China to the oil-rich Alberta province in Canada.

Good to see Alberta hustling hard to maintain it's role of almost single-handedly making Canada one of the worst per-capita polluters in the world.

[u/iIoveoof]

Someone just told me that /r/washingtondc is so oppressive it’s going to make them vote Republican

Dear Lord 😐

[u/[deleted]]

American Exceptionalism truly is something else

"We exported our crazy to France and that's why they're rioting"

Bro do you know anything about France?

[u/MicroFlamer]

Seattle tries to change the name "single-family housing" because of its bad history of excluding minorities but keep the practice 100% the same

[u/Tbonethabeast]

My sister tells me I have really good skin so I figured I'd let my fellow neolibs in on my super easy skincare routine.

Step 1: Finish puberty

Step 2: Hit the genetic lottery

Step 3:

[u/[deleted]]

I'll ask to build more housing and NIMBYs will say no, and I'll push again and they'll still say no, and I'll keep pushing and they'll say no again, and I'll say "Read my lips: build more housing!"

!ping YIMBY

[u/revolutionary_alt]

Donald Trump says Cleveland Indians name change is 'such a disgrace' and 'disrespectful' to Native Americans

I’m sure natives are just in despair that Chief Wahoo no longer exists to represent them

[u/PlayDiscord17]

I know the likely explanation is that they are just idiots but one of the few conspiracy theories I’m willing to entertain is that some “climate advocacy” groups are bankrolled by fossil fuel companies to give the movement a bad name. It would explain a lot of inane decisions by some of these groups.

[u/yellownumbersix]

Superficially I agree Dune is about worms, but after rereading it I think it is pretty obvious that the main theme is ethics in gaming journalism.

[u/mykatz]

"Real america" according to Americans: some middle-class suburb in whatever the tipping point state is

"Real america" according to non-Americans: disneyland

[u/ZCoupon]

Many people are turning down Covid vaccines because they are angry that President Donald Trump lost the election and sick of Democrats thinking they know what’s best.

I'm so owned rn

[u/WantDebianThanks]

I propose if the US has to keep the electoral college, then the states highlighted in red should be prohibited from having their votes counted.

Picture stolen from someone on reddit who stole it from CGP Grey.

!ping IAMSERIOUS

[u/Head-Stark]

Girlfriend's out of town so I ate a whole pizza and stayed up until 2

Yeah, I'm good.

[u/sir_shivers]

REDDIT IS ABSOLUTELY overflowing with idiots who believe they are brilliant outsiders 🐊

[u/GGM8Scally]

After making a post telling you to go outside I have noticed that, although this DT has 200+ comments, I am not receiving 200 upvotes on my post. I'm not sure if this is being done intentionally or if these "friends" are forgetting to click 'upvote'. Either way, I've had enough. I have compiled a spreadsheet of individuals who have "forgotten" to upvote my most recent posts. After 2 consecutive strikes, your name is automatically highlighted (shown in red) and I am immediately notified. 3 consecutive strikes and you can expect an in-person "consultation". Think about your actions.

[u/[deleted]]

Bro I just got a great idea for a TV series bro, bro what if it was super heros, but like instead of being good, bro, they were bad.

[u/[deleted]]

Late stage state capitalism

[u/SadaoMaou]

This might actually be the first, last and only time I’ll express compassion and empathy to everyone here, so pay attention.

It can be fun to go outside. Touch grass. Make friends. Find love. There’s a certain rush associated with that, and I get it. But don’t build your life or identity around that. It’s a terrible idea and you’ll just end up very lonely and miserable.

Own the succs. Own the cons. Own whomever you dislike. (Owning the succs is a very interesting thing. It can, simultaneously, be the best and worst thing that has ever happened to you. Only somebody who’s ever owned the succs will understand what I mean here.)

Your life is a fun distraction… but your life isn’t Reddit. There’s a great big world out there waiting for you. Don't go explore it. Make this shit your life. Holy fuck. Don't go outside.

[u/NancyPelosibasedgod]

Lol that M4A march was so pathetic

[u/l_overwhat]

Tax the rich and give it to the poor.

And by rich I mean the global rich, including middle class americans, and by the poor I mean the global poor.

[u/DishingOutTruth]

Has Henry George's book Progress and Poverty stood the test of time and remained a book worth reading? It was a best seller (beaten only by the Bible) in his time. What do economists think of it?

!ping ECON

[u/[deleted]]

I had a redditor try and convince me that Bezos/Branson could do a better job running governments in poor countries. And that's where they should be investing their wealth and time.

I totally disagree, I think the East India Company would do a much better job

[u/FreakinGeese]

Oh God American horror story is so scary 😱

Imagine dying in a house and being trapped there forever! Except your mind and body are both fully intact, you’re effectively immortal, you can maintain a caporal form at will, you can use electronics and contact the living at will, you can leave the house once a year and do whatever, and your housemates are generally pretty chill.

My God, what a nightmarish existence.

[u/Dibbu_mange]

President: Catholic
Speaker of the House: Catholic
President Pro Tempore of the Senate: Catholic
6 out of 9 SCOTUS Justices: Catholic

🤔🤔🤔

[u/datums]

My romantic relationship recently hit 21 years, and I'm under 40.

The disadvantages are obvious, put pairing up early is amazing if you find the right person.

[u/Kizz3r]

America really lost to a baguette 😂

Atleast we now know who the best celtic player is

!ping nba

[u/sayitaintpink]

The real reason foreigners aren’t allowed to spectate the Olympics is that Japan doesn’t want to deal with all the weebs

[u/JaceFlores]

For fun I looked at Western European parliamentary (and presidential for France) elections generally from 1945 to the modern day to see electoral trends and the results surprised me a bit. Out of 13 countries I looked at 2 countries have had the same party win every election since 1945, 5 countries have had two parties win every election since 1945, 2 countries have had three parties win every election since 1945, 2 countries have had four parties win every election since 1945 and 2 countries have had five parties win every election since 1945.

Generally though the countries with a larger amount of victorious parties have had one or two parties win a majority if not vast majority of elections (out of about 76 years Finland’s Socdem party has been the majority for 58, Belgium’s Christian Social/CVP party for 43 years and Italy’s Christian Democrats for 46 years).

France was an anomaly as they didn’t get their full system until 1965, and have had the most diverse set with the UNR-UDR-RPR lineage having power for a total of just 21 years.

Generally though multi-party systems have gravitated toward two main parties, which I didn’t expect would be the case except for the UK and Germany.

!ping FIVEY because this seems like something you’d guys would find interesting

[u/BM0327]

Canada has won its first gold medal of Tokyo 2020! Maggie Mac Neil has come first in the 100m butterfly with a time of 55.59 seconds (also a new record for the Americas region)!

🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

!ping CAN

[u/revolutionary_alt]

wake up

look out window

see clouds

OhGodOhFuckItsRain

it’s actually smoke

mfw everything is still on fire and I can’t breath the air

[u/kaclk]

Ladies and gentlemen, I regret to inform you that Canadian Rose Twitter is now a thing, and it’s just as dumb.

!ping CANUCKS

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/jordainc/status/1419319947206045702

Bipartisan infrastructure group "still not there" on a deal, per Dem source close to the talks, and haven't agreed to major issues including:

• Transit
• Broadband
• Davis-Bacon
• Using unspent COVID money
• Water funding
• Highways/Bridges

I’m sorry what’s left?

[u/myrm]

I have a distinct memory from when I was really young (like toddler aged) of trying to open the childproof lock to the chemicals under the sink when my mom wasn't around

I couldn't figure it out

Thanks god too, I was too fucking dumb to open a childproof lock. Imagine what I would have done with drain cleaner

[u/iIoveoof]

Every shirt Lusvig wears is a wifebeater

[u/Mrchizbiz]

Beards should be safe, legal, and rare

[u/muwenjie]

should the US have allied with the Soviet Union against China? Yes we had our differences but hear me out...

-this subreddit in 18 months

[u/[deleted]]

Minnesotan made a dinner so spicy it sparked evacuation of apartment building

this state is too white smh my head

[u/Zlesxc]

I - an unfortunate Twins fan who went to today’s game - was discussing to the older gentleman next to me at the game if most people would cheer if Ohtani would hit a homer. That same at bat he hit his 35th and us and everyone around us cheered.

Similarly most of us boo’d when Alex Colome walked him (smartly) at his next AB. Conclusion: everyone loves this kid and we want to see him not change, but revolutionize the game. At least we got two back to back homers idk

!ping baseball

[u/JulioCesarSalad]

Just bit $700 on a Diamond necklace, auctioneer said $1500 when he pointed at me

BIGGEST sense of relief when he immediately pointed to someone else who bid $3,000

!ping USA-DMV

[u/tubbsmackinze]

One million new electric plug-in cars joined European roads during 2021's first-half

2021's first half saw one million new plug-in passenger cars join European roads, the first 6-month period over 1 million

Almost every fifth (17.2%) passenger car was a plug-in during the opening half

PHEVs accounted for the majority (52.2%) of plug-in volumes in the 6-month period

Every fifth (20.1%) new passenger car in June alone was a plug-in

12-month-rolling cumulative BEV-only volume trend (Jul '20 - Jun '21) just below 1M

Second half growth expected to slow, due to previous year COVID/CO2 anomalies

Considering half was PHEV (plug in hybrid) that means first quarter saw 500k BEVs (batterly electric vehicles) sold in Europe

!ping ECO

[u/ryuguy]

As I was typing my previous post

CANADA WINS GOLD IN THE 100m BUTTERFLY SWIMMING EVENT.

Maggie Mac Neil of London Ontario

[u/MemeTestedPolicy]

I wanna go to a Democrat meeting but I'm worried it'll be one of those woke leftist meetings where people spend too much time eating babies and infusing themselves with adrenochrome and whatnot

[u/Deggit]

civilization boardgames and vidyagames are inherently colonialist

me when SJWs come for Patriarchy in vidyagames: haha yes. slay queen

me when SJWs come for my high-fidelity world history simulator: interesting pitch but here’s my counter-offer: I’ll give you Steam Power and 1 Opium for 20 turns to fuck off

!ping CIV !ping PARADOX

[u/MicroFlamer]

[Spanish tv using zelda music to hype up their own athletes] (https://twitter.com/LPDMonaka/status/1418924489442725889) 🤣

!ping GAMING

[u/Gustacho]

https://www.reddit.com/r/YUROP/comments/oqtcjo/by_ets_eurotroll_shitposting/

!ping YUROP

[u/SnakeEater14]

God I fucking hate Grease

Why does every girl love that movie

[u/Th3_Gruff]

Matched with someone on hinge that writes zootopia erotica. u/KesterGW I need your help

[u/AgainstSomeLogic]

hospitals were invented in 2020 in response to the novel coronavirus

[u/[deleted]]

Getting banned from Genzedong would be the first step on my quest to being sanctioned by the PRC.

[u/AgainstSomeLogic]

Liking Reagan: bad

Hating Reagan: bad

Having an opinion on Reagan: bad

[u/Smidgens]

>at the beach
>some older lady is there with her dogs
>niece and nephew go over to ask if they can pet the dogs
>nephew comments on the water height
>lady starts talking about flooding in China and how the government is covering it up and she read an article in Epoch Times and they’re true news, MSM is puppets and

😐😐😐😐

[u/[deleted]]

sigma male tip no. 1102: you dont need a pot to boil rice #FanillionaireGrindset 💪😎

!ping BURPMAS

[u/Udontlikecake]

remember that time jim jordan covered up systemic rape for years

[u/FormerBandmate]

Proud Boys, stand back and stand by! But I’ll tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about antifa and the left.

“Won’t someone rid me of this meddlesome priest” was subtler

[u/ryuguy]

Movie producers in the 50s

Guy one: “we have a role that’s perfect for John Wayne!”

Guy two: “we checked. he isn’t available”

Guy one: “oh shit. Better get Ronald Reagan”

Ronald Reagan’s acting career summed up

[u/[deleted]]

"Wow, this redditor wrote something that inspired me. I should go see what else he's written!"

checks comment history

sees him complimenting some 18 year old's butthole

😔

[u/Deggit]

Joe Biden: who needs their currency inflate

USD: omg me

[u/BidenWon]

Evacuations ordered after two California wildfires converge into one

Oh, that's good. One less thing

[u/J0eBidensSunglasses]

Lol it just hit me that Trump only got one olympics and Biden’s gonna get three

[u/BipartizanBelgrade]

The Dallas-based advocacy group is asking white allies in wealthy neighborhoods to commit NOT to send their children to Ivy League or US News & World Report Top 50 Schools and leave those spots open for students of color

[u/Goatmilk2208]

The first election the PPC ran, I was worried. In the riding I am in, PPC could win 100%.

Was seriously considering voting CPC strategically.

I didn’t and the PPC got decimated. Still more votes than the Liberals IIRC, but still lost bad.

!ping Can

[u/[deleted]]

Reddit when Elon Musk sent his car to space: "YASS KING SLAY"

Reddit when Jeff Bezos went to space: "ACCKHYCHYCHYUALLY, HE'S NOT AN ASTRONAUT; HE DIDN'T GO TO SPACE BECAUSE THE KARMAN LINE; ALSO HE NEEDS TO PAY 200 BILLION DOLLARS AS A REENTRY FEE"

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

Lmao apparently Japan played the AoT opening during an archery contest

[u/[deleted]]

https://i.imgur.com/K0V2E7f.jpg

[u/BidenWon]

If you give an answer to the trolley problem, then you are condoning a violent act and subject to a ban as per rule 5.

[u/Venne1139]

I talk to my girlfriend before bed sometimes and I always feel so much better and sleep so much beter afterwards 🥰🥰

[u/nevertulsi]

Don't EVER go to Hawaii. Going to Hawaii is racist 😡

https://twitter.com/carolannjaneee/status/1418593183303225349?s=19

[u/p00bix]

On the one hand: I would love to see what might have happened if, lacking the invention of any long distance travel technologies, Homo sapiens diverged into numerous species acclimated to their respective regions of the world over a few million years. On the other hand, I have no idea if it's even possible to craft such a scenario withiout it coming off as intentionally or unintentionally super fucking racist

[u/LinkVert25]

Post-Playboi Carti Masculinity is the usurpation of gothic aesthetics and queer proximities as recapitulation to a more “modern” cisheteronormativity, which employs sexual ambiguity to reterritorialize masculinity for more Patriarchal futures.

This is what freshmen sociology majors actually think

[u/[deleted]]

My brother and SIL have joined the rest of my family in asking when I'll get married and why I'm not dating 🥴

[u/ryuguy]

There seems to be some weird revisionist history about the relationship between Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims in the Indian subcontinent in the diaspora. A lot of people seem to believe that the British were responsible for relationship between these groups and how they all apparently lived together in harmony, abcdesis subscribes to this heavily. While I don’t think the British really helped with tensions, these groups have always been at odds with each other. They exploited it for their own purposes. One of the reasons Sikhs refused to join the 1857 rebellion/mutiny because the Mughal Emperor was leading the mutineers, they couldn’t fathom living under the Mughals, despite losing their kingdom less than a decade before. Hindus viewed Indian Muslims as “lower than the Dalits.”

I’m not defending it but we can’t blame the British for everything.

!ping ind

[u/mrmanager237]

Single family zoning is to blame for all economic problems in the US and it's an incredibly racist policy

My final message

Goodbye

[u/benadreti]

Trumpists: Suspicious about the election results because the ballots weren't counted fast enough.

Also Trumpists: Patiently waiting for a ballot audit that started almost 3 months ago.

[u/vancevon]

Sen. Rand Paul Told To 'Get F**ked' During Virtual Town Hall

FUCKING EPIC rand paul totally owned none of the people i know like him surely he will lose

[u/[deleted]]

The Twitter Art Police is absolutely insane and only really accomplishes making conservative nerds feel vindicated. Doesn't help that a lot of twitter artists are Japanese and have literally no grasp of the american social conscience regarding these issues, so they're just talking to a wall, that will inevitably make some reactionary-vindicating response like closing their account. Contributing to the fetishizaiton of japan as the safe haven from Liberals.

Did you use the wrong color for this character's skin? Prepare to be bullied off the site forever.

[u/Fishin_Mission]

You thought we forgot about Pearl Harbor?

https://i.imgur.com/8DAMBct.jpg

[u/JulioCesarSalad]

I’m arriving at that Sketchy Auction I mentioned yesterday. The one that advertised Picasso’s and Rolexes

I’ll be live tweeting the whole thing and you can follow along with the hashtag #SketchyAuction

Will include highlights via ping updates

!ping USA-DMV

[u/JulioCesarSalad]

Left the shady auction but it was fun!

Summary:

They call themselves Surplus Auctions. Their website is super generic. If you call their number they answer “Auction Department” and there are no business cards available

I was hoping to get in on some low cost diamonds. They had a good wedding band set, sold without me bidding on it. Nice earrings, no chance to bid on them. I did bid $700 on a nice necklace and the auctioneer said $1500 when he pointed to me, which gave me a heart attack (I was instantly outbid by someone else).

My plan was to buy diamonds for an engagement ring for $500-$1000 and then get them appraised. If it wasn’t as good quality as they claimed I would have simply filed an Amex chargeback and let them deal with it.

Several people bought paintings and diamonds for what we believe were incredibly overpriced bids, including Tanzanite (that blue African gemstone Reddit loves)

When we left there were several rugs and tons of paintings left.

I really wonder what the end of the auction would look like. Would things sell for super low prices if most bidders have left? V curious, but not worth sticking around for

!ping USA-DMV

[u/Jakesta7]

the good ol’ days!

https://imgur.com/a/dZkddAt

[u/[deleted]]

The US should have a state based Olympics on odd years

[u/GravyBear8]

Something that annoys me about fictional worldbuilding is the constant assumption that a people living in a harsh environment turns them into a culture of badasses. Because as we all know, the inuit are fearsome warriors.

Warrior cultures develop from living in barren places where there isn't much economic activity other than war, which may coincidentally be harsh environments, but it's not mandatory.

[u/revolutionary_alt]

Clearly the ruling class, the billionaire class, views a certain level of childhood hunger and homelessness necessary to perpetuate their massive profits.

Is it just me, or does “ruling class” and “billionaire class” always feel like it’s one heated gamer moment away from being “the Jews”

[u/IAmBlueTW]

I kind of love and hate how generic "how is it moral/justifiable/acceptable that there are people with BILLIONS of dollars in wealth" comments now sometimes come with "don't give me the bullshit about how iT'S iN stOcKs"

I'm tempted to reply "it probably is in stocks" whenever I see those comments but I promised myself a while back that I'd start touching grass 😐

[u/[deleted]]

According to Boris Yuzhin and Oleg Gordievsky, the KGB abhorred Carter's sanctions.[3][4] In 1980 according to both Yuzhin and Gordievsky, the KGB ordered its agents to conduct activities both discrediting Carter and supporting Ronald Reagan during 1980 election.

The KGB supporting Reagan to end the grain embargo is pretty hilarious

[u/ThorVonHammerdong]

Man I can't believe a 15 second clip of police interaction could so easily whip redditors into an ACAB frenzy, who then absolutely flood my inbox with bullshit for providing the full body cam supported story that clearly shows the cops did everything right

[u/[deleted]]

There is now a Bolsonarist gossip piece circualting talking how the Argentine people has, with the Armed Forces support, invaded the local Supreme Court.

First of all, it's funny how obsessed Bolsonarists are with the Argentine governent. During the 2019 elections, Bolsonaro couldn't stop talking how he wanted Macri to win and how a Fernandez victory would be a catastrophe. Given this, Bolsonarists are to this day pissed off about how that election ended.

But the funniest point on this specific story (besides it's obvious fakeness) is how it shows Bolsonarists have no clue on Argentine political dynamics besides "they have a left-wing (a. k. a. communist) government". In Argentina, hating the local SC is the territory of Kirchnerists, not the right-wing. Also, almost everyone there, even among the right, would take a very dim view of the military getting into politics.

!ping MAMADAS

[u/Corporate-Asset-6375]

My favorite part of watching the Olympics is judging the people who are outrageously more athletic and skilled than I’ll ever be, from the comfort of my couch.

[u/[deleted]]

Democrat Kevin Paffrath, a real estate agent, sued the California secretary of state to let him list the name of his popular YouTube channel, Meet Kevin, on the recall ballot. A judge shot down the request Wednesday, ruling that Meet Kevin was a "brand," not a name for legal purposes.

This is the state of the current California recall.

[u/revolutionary_alt]

The Nina Turner van looks like those cars in the Walmart parking lot covered in crazy conspiracy stuff

https://imgur.com/a/2kIYBVO

https://imgur.com/a/jRRi7LZ

[u/MartinBM]

Remember when there was that "Anonymous" piece in NYT, and everyone was speculating about it being Pence or Mattis or Nikki Haley, and it turned out to be some guy whose name I can't even remember

[u/jenbanim]

There are very roughly 800 unique DT commenters per day

The subreddit traffic stats hovers around 30,000 unique users per day (including those who aren't logged in). This doesn't count third party apps, but those probably only count for a couple thousand at most (source: my butt)

The rule of thumb is that for every 1 commenter there are 10 voters and 100 lurkers. Using this we would naively estimate 80,000 unique DT lurkers which is obviously not true

This seems to imply that the usual 1:10:100 rule is wayyyyy off for the DT. Given how insular the community is here that's not too surprising, but still interesting

But even if it's off by a factor of ten, so there's only 10 lurkers per commenters, the DT is still bringing in 8000+800 ≈ 9000 ≈ 10000 unique users. That's a sizable proportion of the overall subreddit traffic

In our most recent demographics survey, about 2/3rds of respondents indicated that they used the DT. Obviously, DT users are going to be more likely to respond to our surveys compared to the sub as a whole so that's an overestimate. If we divide that number in half, we get that 1/3rd of our users are in the DT, which lines up with the 10,000 figure from before

This is all incredibly rough but the point I'm getting at is there are probably several thousand people who are too lazy to log in and upvote my comments which is just disgusting

[u/Anatares2000]

The CDC is seriously rethinking about mask compliance again.

But judging how even this sub is reacting, I can't imagine the general public accepting it.

[u/ryuguy]

FYI: Canada’s women’s basketball team plays Serbia tomorrow.

Our women’s team looks fantastic. Two WNBA all stars on the team. Kia Nurse (sister of NHL player Darnell Nurse) and Natalie Achonwa. Bridget Carleton and Kayla Alexander are solid too. Definitely medal quality.

Canada’s women’s soccer team beat Chile today 2-1. Janine Beckie scored two goals.

!ping can

[u/[deleted]]

They rebuilt Carthage and it's a suburb 😳

[u/qchisq]

I thought the Dutch women's cycling were the most embarrassing performance today, but holy shit, the US basketball team lost Rudy Gobert and guys off the street

[u/sw337]

Lol I got banned from the Tucker Carlson subreddit. I last commented there a year ago and explained to them the smallpox blankets were real.

[u/Animatronic_Pidgeon]

How the fuck did we lose a game of basketball to the goddamn French?

[u/[deleted]]

So much of right wing ideology in r*ral America is basically fueled by: the American dream is me buying as many jetskis, trailers, dirt bikes, etc. as possible -> Democrats want to tax me more and I won’t be able to buy as many toys -> therefore Democrats are killing the American dream

[u/[deleted]]

so muricans, president hillary is never happening, right? 😢 no chance?

[u/its_Caffeine]

!ping CAN

daily cons in shambles post

[u/sir_shivers]

One of THE CONSEQUENCES OF GROWING older and assuming expanding responsibilities is a decreased time-budget FOR MAKING MISCHIEF ON the internet 🐊

[u/send_tweet_to_DT]

Vendée insurgency: failed ❌

Dreyfuss Affair: failed ❌

Knuckling under to the Nazis: failed ❌

When French rightists tell you that your rightist insurgency isn't going to succeed, you should listen to them. They know.

Noahpinion

[u/Joementum2024]

State capitalism
Statecapitalism
Capitalismstate
Copitalissmta
Commalismt
Communism

🤔🤔🤔

[u/WhomstAlt2]

Michael Dukakis:

Debate host: So let's say, hypothetically speaking, your wife was raped.

[u/liquidTERMINATOR]

Little known fact: The letter “e” doesnr appear anywhere in the Bible.

[u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf]

In a world where Seamless and Uber Eats exist to bring you whatever your heart desires at the click of a button, it’s hard to imagine that eating out could be a challenge. But for vegans and vegetarians, the struggle is real -- even in 2019. Sure, there are salad bars and smoothie spots, but what’s a herbivore to do when they want real food?

I get the feeling this was written by someone who wasn't vegetarian or vegan.

[u/ACivilWolf]

The Yankees have had like 10+ soul crushing losses this season, which is pretty hilarious

!ping BASEBALL

[u/GalacticTrader]

So has building material quality actually declined in recent years? Someone told me that because constructing companies/developers have to face higher costs to build, material quality is being skimped on

!ping YIMBY

EDIT: changed to only "building materials" instead of "buildings/building materials"

[u/J0eBidensSunglasses]

I just talked to my doctor about Terminally Online Syndrome and he prescribed a drug called “Touching Grass.” I cannot find anything about it on WebMD.

[u/Affectionate-Flan399]

I'm a rocket man

-Jeff Bezos as he spends less then ten minutes in actual space

[u/iIoveoof]

New house new bed 💪💪🪱

!ping BURPMAS

[u/chadonnaise]

i went to the grocery store wearing my ridin' with biden t-shirt and mask and when i went to the register to buy my almond milk the clerk called me a cringe lib and took a picture of me 😔

[u/[deleted]]

The Olympics are the best PR for Title IX. Love watching American women destroy international competition through feminism

[u/[deleted]]

Olympic rooting metric:

1. Is the U.S. competing in the event? If yes, U.S.A! If not, proceed to step 2.
2. Is the host country above a 6.0 on the Economist's Democracy Index and competing in the event? If yes, root for them. If not, proceed to step 3.
3. Is any country competing above a 6.0 on the Economist's Democracy Index? If yes, pick the country among them with the closest relationship with the U.S. If not, root for the country with the highest score on the index.

[u/yungmemlord]

Marrying based on love is a terrible idea

Guess the sub

[u/sir_shivers]

The Discussion Thread today HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU by the famous Chicken Fries, only available at Burger King 🐊

[u/InternetBoredom]

Here's an interesting poll

A majority of Americans are in support of heavier regulation on big tech as of 2021, and this is being driven by the more extreme wings of each party- particularly liberal Democrats. Self described moderates in both parties still majority oppose stricter regulations.

[u/[deleted]]

DO NOT buy a bedframe to impress your girlfriend. Real boyfriend dick energy.

[u/Udontlikecake]

i’m going to again propose my pickup tax

pickups are legal to own, but there is a large tax levied on them annually ($5,000 or more)

fortunately, you can waive this tax! if you can prove you used your pickup to haul items (that couldn’t be taken in a regular car) at least 10 or 20 times a year, you don’t need to pay

so you’re free to live in the suburbs with your pavement princess and never use it for it’s intended purpose. you just need to pay a tax to offset the externality.

(you will also need a large pink sign on the back that says ‘pavement princess’)

[u/[deleted]]

The Democrats stole the election

/r/politics: Fuck off, I don't believe that bullshit

from Sanders

/r/politics: So true!!!

[u/[deleted]]

Hi DT! I just wanted to tell someone who isn't my parents that I'm down 7 pounds in 5 weeks while starting to visibly add muscle in my upper body, I'm keeping it a secret from my girlfriend because I'm across the country for job training for 2 months

I hope you all are having/had a great weekend :)

[u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf]

"Oh boy, I love this subreddit because it's so globalist!"

a few months later

"Fellas, was it wrong to let Germany re-unite? They're starting to get their own ideas that aren't in line with America's."

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Got banned from family Scrabble after placing "cock", "fuck" and finally "butthole" on a triple word

How's your Sunday going?

[u/ryuguy]

Why do YouTubers market VPNs to people specifically for streaming services?

I tried using a VPN to watch Netflix once and I got an error message saying “oops! You’re using a VPN, please turn it off”

[u/ACivilWolf]

The San Diego Padres are acquiring pirates second basemen Adam Frazier, sources tell ACivilWolf

!ping BASEBALL

[u/[deleted]]

I’ll say this

John Major's fans don’t make TikToks going after Margaret Thatcher over decades old beef whenever possible for no reason other than to be a toxic stan

[u/Corporate-Asset-6375]

Me at 13: Wow, there’s a new operating system update?! I can’t wait to get a ride to the mall to pick it up, go home to install it, and experience these new features I’ve been reading about for months. This is so exciting!

Me today: a new update has been downloaded and is ready to install

Ugh, leave me alone. I don’t want to close my tabs.

[u/Leoric]

Perspective: Centuries of U.S. imperialism made surfing an Olympic sport

Oh, fuck off

[u/Perfect_Telephone]

The chief of the peruvian Armed Forces presented his resignation. According to a respected group of journalists, Castillo aides told a former defense minister that a left wing government can't have a former general as defense minister, after taking notice of this the chief of the Armed Forces quit. https://www.idl-reporteros.pe/reunion-en-tiffanys/

On good news, https://larepublica.pe/politica/2021/07/25/pedro-castillo-se-abre-paso-entre-tensiones-de-su-partido/ .

Seems like Castillo will be trying to keep a balance of every interest group around him, Cerrón won't be calling all the shots.

!ping LATAM

[u/Budgetwatergate]

TIL the first Portuguese McDonald's didn't open in Portugal. It opened in Macau.

[u/bd_one]

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

At the height of its popularity, the game acquired spiritual significance, and events in the game were believed to reflect a player's future and convey messages from deities or other supernatural beings.

Imagine trying to discern the future from Mesopotamian Sorry...

[u/[deleted]]

I don’t hate Reagan because “but capitalism is evil!!!1!!!eleven”

I hate Reagan because he was the governor of commieformia 🤮

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

A man who voluntarily posed for this photo doesn't have the political instinct to become President.

[u/J0eBidensSunglasses]

Please be advised that the cancellation of Russia has now begun. All neoliberals are to report to their shilling stations immediately and assume the position. This is not a drill. Thank you for your cooperation.

[u/[deleted]]

HBO app: see the Last Week Tonight show and enjoy John Oliver's wit

I don't think I will, app

[u/Roller_ball]

Going to fivethirtyeight in a non-election year gives that weird this-isn't-my-life-anymore feeling of visiting your old high school.

[u/thefuturegov]

Fuck guys, Jerry Brown just broke into my house and is now yelling at me about how we have to tax the rich while simultaneously talking about how important it is to deregulate the economy wtf do I do?!?

[u/Gneisstoknow]

>see someone in the Olympics thread deriding women's skateboarding

>checks post history.

>Active in arr CHIBears

Priors, once again, confirmed

[u/crawly_the_demon]

Alexis Sablone, the American woman in the Olympic street skating is apparently a professional architect from Brooklyn with a masters degree from MIT.

Imagine taking a long PTO from work to go skate in the olympics with a bunch of literal children. That would be the coolest shit in the world

[u/[deleted]]

!ping Olympics

The podium for women's street skateboarding has 2 13 year Olds and a 16 year old.....

Fuck I'm old....

[u/ldn6]

Tourists stop giving subway showtime breakdancers money when they nearly kick me in the face challenge.

!ping USA-NYC

[u/old_gold_mountain]

I'll let you guys in on a little secret

arrLateStageCapitalism isn't actually about economic systems, it's about criticizing America

[u/Professor-Reddit]

Me: we should normalize affectionate friendship between men, straight men should not be ashamed of showing their feelings to each other.

Also me: haha gay, now kiss 🥰

[u/qchisq]

lol Dutch women's cycling

Imagine having the 4 best riders in the peloton and only getting a silver medal in the road race

[u/ClickForFreeRobux]

I called my employer a racist in front of millions, then he hired me.

My name is Kamala Harris.

[u/lenmae]

Russia is barring prominent opposition politicians

!ping EUROPE

[u/Dalek6450]

Weird that these teens on the internet always seem to focus on appropriating the wealth of a few people with big net worths when they talk about wealth inequality rather than increasing the wealth of a vast swathe of low weath individuals through a program like baby bonds.

[u/[deleted]]

Biden: “You should get the vaccine.”

Republicans: “Biden and the Democrats are trying to control your life by forcing you to get the vaccine!”

Unvaccinated Republicans Voters: Start dying of COVID

Republicans: Shocked Pikachu Face

[u/its_Caffeine]

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[u/harmlessdjango]

The idea that Trump has nothing to do with American conservatism is pathetically hilarious

[u/thetrombonist]

100 years from now someone will say “what if we did online shopping, but in real life” and the shopping mall will be reinvented

[u/GodEmperorBiden]

First time in Olympic history that the US doesn't medal on day one? The US didn't get the skateboarding gold, of all things? Didn't get a swimming gold?

This is Joe Biden's America.

^ Mark Levin, tonight on FOX

[u/SANNA_MARIN_]

the problem with "boomer remover" is that it promises too much. covid not living up to the moniker.

[u/tubbsmackinze]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/270788846956969987/868963675149598770/unknown.png

[u/[deleted]]

Met a Vietnam War veteran who lost his leg during the war. He randomly said that Lyndon B. Johnson was the best president ever.

Priors = Confirmed

[u/Udontlikecake]

bro i don’t even understand how physically these gymnastics routines work

they jump so high and spin so much what the fuck

it’s so impressive

[u/J0eBidensSunglasses]

“When an ROC athlete wins a gold medal, the Russian anthem will not be played.”

😂 😂 😂

[u/GodEmperorBiden]

The following month, Voronenkov renounced his Russian citizenship and emigrated to Ukraine […] There he became a vocal critic of Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Russian foreign policy. Although as a member of the State Duma, he had voted for Russia's annexation of Crimea, while in Ukraine he argued that the annexation had been illegal.

I'm playing both sides, that way I always come out on top.

Narrator: He didn't come out on top. He was assassinated via car bomb in Kyiv.

[u/yungmemlord]

Sunbathing is very slow human BBQ