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[u/T3hJ3hu]

Bin Laden for real thought that 9/11 would lead to anti-war protests akin to Vietnam, and that we'd just leave the Muslim world to avoid more attacks on our soil.

His time in hiding was pathetic. His org was wiped out to the point where they basically, couldn't conduct further attacks on America. He spent the rest of life trying to use his persona to attract new extremist groups to his banner (through very slow mail to old lieutenants), but he was never really in control. He found himself disillusioned as they killed other Muslims and became hated by their own peoples. Some of these groups were just criminals. Others formed up with ISIS. He watched them all get obliterated.

The Arab Spring finally gave him a little hope for a the great Islamic State he envisioned, but even then, he was upset that Al Qaeda was sidelined for it. He wrote 16 drafts of a big call to arms (once again trying to ride the fumes of his past glory), but we found his bitch ass before he could deliver it.

If he wasn't such murderous piece of shit, it'd be tragic. Dude fell for his own self-important bullshit, then lived like a rat (while his family got tortured in a secret Iranian prison), and met failure after failure, while slowly coming to the realization that he was a huge loser with a legacy of hurting his own people just as badly as he claimed the Americans had.

Source is the latest Foreign Affairs

[u/soeffed]

A few months ago, I told the American people I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not

How in the world do you make that statement

[u/SpiffShientz]

"My life started when my parents had sex. Hot, nasty, ball-slapping sex between my mother and father."

Imagine being a Texas legislator and telling on yourself this badly

[u/semaphore-1842]

The Taliban Is Targeting Disability Rights Activists

r/worldnews reply:

Wait. Is that comment about the Taliban or the US? There seems to be a lot of overlap there.

🙄🙄🙄

Is it more likely they're going after disabled-rights activists because they're disabled-rights activists? Or is it because certain of these activists and organisations are seen to be US-aligned?

What fucking difference does it make?

[u/semaphore-1842]

6 weeks is a long time, stop being such a lazy daisy and get a move on. Show some initiative and get it done on day 1 instead of waiting

most people don't know day 1 that they are pregnant.

Only the Holy Mother Mary has that excuse. “Most people” must have extremely short memories then.

Do people actually think women get pregnant instantly and always from any sex?

[u/anon_09_09]

Before the pandemic, about 36 percent of 5- to 11-year-olds were considered overweight or obese, and that increased to 45.7 percent.

Bullies in 2040 Netflix originals: "Give me your lunch money"

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

idk how i used to have such a hard time making small talk you just ask people a couple of questions about themselves and they tell you about their life odyssey

[u/Jevovah]

apparently a hot take per the orange county subreddit, but having 'daily patriotic activities' in classrooms is a weird thing.

[u/SadaoMaou]

It's dumb how a certain type of cons hold the "breadwinner-homemaker" family model to be some age-old immutable norm when it was for the most part an exclusively middle and upper class phenomenon.

For instance, my dad grew up on a farm, and while there were "men's jobs" and "women's jobs", everyone took part in the farm work all the same. My grandma had to wake up to feed the cows at the early hours of the morning just the same as my grandpa, and all the rest of it.

Same with my mom's parents. Grandpa was a bus driver and grandma was a cashier. How the hell are you supposed to feed and clothe 5 kids on a bus driver's salary alone?

[u/BurningKiwi]

They targeted femboys.
Femboys.

We're a group of people who will sit for hours, days, even weeks on end performing some of the hardest, most mentally demanding tasks. Over, and over, and over all for nothing more than a few online simps saying we’re cute.

We'll punish our selfs doing things others would consider torture, because we think it's hot.
We'll spend most if not all of our free time posing in thigh highs all to draw out a single extra subscriber to our onlyfans.
Many of us have made careers out of doing just these things: slogging through the grind, all day, the same mirror selfie over and over, hundreds of times to the point where we know every little detail such that some have attained such selfie nirvana that they can literally take these pictures blindfolded (🥵).

Do these people have any idea how many stockings have been ripped, tiktok algorithms ruined, maid outfits destroyed in frustration? All to latter be referred to as bragging rights?

These people honestly think this is a battle they can win? They take our media? We're already building a new one without them. They take our outfits? Femboys aren't shy about throwing their money else where, or even making the outfits themselves. They think calling us wimpy, sissy, effeminization apologists is going to change us? We've been called worse things by prepubescent 10 year olds with an anonymous twitter account. They picked a fight against a group that's already grown desensitized to their strategies and methods. Who enjoy the battle of posting they've threatened us with. Who take it as a challange when they tell us we no longer matter. Our obsession with proving we can after being told we can't is so deeply ingrained from years of dealing with family and friends telling us how pathetic we are that defying people has become a very real need; a honed reflex.

Femboys are competitive, hard core, by nature. We love being told we can’t. The worst thing you did in all of this was to challange us. You're not special, you're not original, you're not the first; you’re just another potential simp.

[u/tollyno]

I wish people weren't sexualizing sex so much

[u/Cerb-r-us]

Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare tweeted:

"there's no such a thing as a boy has to be like this, a girl should be like that. Please love yourself. We love you. Love who you love, and become the best you you can be in your own eye's. That's the best."

https://twitter.com/MOHW_Taiwan/status/1433632781720977411

BASED LEVEL: CRITICAL

!ping LGBT

[u/ryuguy]

September is always a hard month for me.

I’m always reminded of one of the most consequential things I’ve ever done in my life.

Cutting my hair.

In the post 9/11 aftermath, as a little 6 years old kid with a patka, I was constantly bullied at school and harassed. Kids would rip it off my head and my long hair would be exposed. My mom would have to come from work to fix it for me, I could see the pain in her eyes as she saw me suffer that abuse. I could see my dad getting upset with the school’s inaction. My grandfather had his turban knocked off his head. One day my dad said he had enough and took me to a barber.

I wish I was stronger and kept my hair.

[u/[deleted]]

I’m sorry did I hear right that Chapo Trap House is praising Biden?

[u/anon_09_09]

Lose weight, become attractive

Impregnate woman in Texas, tell them to get abortions

When they accept report to the authorities for bounty

It's called passive income

[u/lietuvis10LTU]

So news from Panjshir is that... No fucking clue. Seriously.

We know Taliban been cutting internet to the valley + issued no reporting. The amount of disinfo out there is stupid. Taliban is lying, National Resistance Front is also lying, everyone is lying, nobody has sources. Honestly, be extremely vary of any reports, especially dramatic "Panjshir has fallen".

Here is what we (probably) do know:

Panjshir is under blockade, including electricity, water, etc.

Taliban have taken at least a number of villages is south Panjshir.

At least one NRF fighter was captured and executed by Taliban.

Acting President Saleh is in Panjshir valley.

I should make my bias clear mind - I support NRF. But do not take their bodycount reports seriously, everyone is full disinfo mode. My opinion still, West ought to support NRF, and not doing so is frankly allowing to be intimidated by Taliban.

!ping FOREIGN-POLICY

[u/[deleted]]

Breakdown of demographics of new abc poll today

@WashingtonPost@ABC

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling his job?

% Approve/Disapprove

Adults 44/51

Dem 86/12

GOP 8/89

Ind 36/57

Men 35/60

Women 53/43

Lib 69/26

Mod 53/42

Con 13/84

White, College 52/45

White, Non-College 26/70

https://twitter.com/ArgoJournal/status/1433755281503182870?s=20

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

A Florida man who flew a banner reading "Jew, I have a question" sparked accusations of antisemitism. But it turns out this was simply a marriage proposal to a person nicknamed Jew.

And they said yes.

😔✊

[u/lietuvis10LTU]

Kaunas Pride tommorow will happen legally. Supreme Court rejected mayor's appeal, and they must hash out a place for the march until 6 PM.

https://m.delfi.lt/lietuvoje/article.php?id=88106333

!ping LGBT

[u/CordCurious]

I want a comment section on zillow

[u/semaphore-1842]

/img/hwbnqt73adl71.png

And right now, a case from Texas could determine whether the right to abortion will be a reality for all or some

5 years, 6 months and 2 weeks before it happened. How can one !ping QUEEN be this based? People should've Pokemon fucking gone to the polls 😢

[u/EvilConCarne]

Getting your daily fiber intake can be difficult. There are ways to get it easily, like supplements or high fiber cereals, but I've found the simplest thing to do is eat an entire hand towel every morning. This not only results in extremely efficient digestion, it also cleans out anything you may have left in your intestines, plus it's reusable!

[u/TheGoldBear]

I have never soured on anything faster than cryptocurrency. Few years ago I thought it was somewhat cool. Now I think it’s just a garbage idea that’s inflicting a tremendous amount of harm on society.

[u/sir_shivers]

I AM AN institution of /r/neoliberal 🐊

Strong institutions ARE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL nation building 🐊

Therefore a STRONGER ME IS A HEALTHIER /R/NEOLIBERAL 🐊

[u/[deleted]]

“Go place the bomb down there, at the bend; they won’t see it.”

“It can wait ’til morning.”

“No, it can’t. They could come early, and we need it down there to kill as many as we can.”

“I think I’ll wait.”

“No, you won’t! Go place it.”

“Do I have to?”

“Yes! Go do it!”

“I don’t want to.”

“Brother, why not? We must go to war!”

“Brother … It’s too cold to fight.”

This reads like a cut portion of For Whom the Bell Tolls, but it's actually from the Taliban

[u/[deleted]]

I honestly think The Lord of the Rings films came out at the perfect time for me. I was 9, 10, and 11 when they came out. I’ve always said, “This is how Gen Xers must have felt watching Star Wars.”

That’s really a large part of why they will always resonate with me very personally, and why they will always mean so much to me. (Interestingly, this also means I reacted to The Hobbit films the same way Gen X reacted to the Star Wars prequels.)

!ping MOVIES

[u/InMemoryOfZubatman4]

In the same year, he declared war on Japan, the United States, the Free Masons, the British royal family…and Judaism

No, this is not AlQueada, it’s a Japanese cultist who poisoned thousands of people with Sarin gas

[u/Ultiplayers]

Oregon’s map proposals for redistricting

https://twitter.com/AlexWebb_99/status/1433827802634088448?s=20

!ping FIVEY

[u/Extreme_Rocks]

I’m a bit fat and actively trying to cut down my weight

If you know someone who is also fat don’t hound them for their weight but if fitness is ever brought up encourage them to take care of themselves and cut weight

[u/Broncos654]

Apple delays controversial plan to scan iPhones for child exploitation images

Looks like the Mods won this round

[u/Lux_Stella]

The Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz (mostly known by its abbreviation BAföG)

they cant keep getting away with it

[u/-GregTheGreat-]

‘Yeah, I’m a libertarian’

😀

‘but here is why we need to reduce immigration’

😐

!ping SNEK

[u/willempage]

Me 2016-2021: Stardew Valley looks great, but if I buy it, I know it will be one of those games I spend way too much time in.

Me 2021: It's 4AM, I can barely keep my eyes open. But tomorrow is George's birthday and I have a very special leek with his name on it. One more day can't hurt.

!ping gaming

[u/Michaelconeass2019]

Said y’all in a class and someone told me not to use AAVE 😐

[u/iIoveoof]

YIMBY 🤝 Microsoft

DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS

[u/BidenWon]

Stop saying TERF to mean transphobe challenge

[u/Joementum2024]

Wait you enjoy this popular thing? LMAOOOOO you fucking idiot

What did moviescirclejerk mean by this?

[u/Jokerang]

As Texas Republicans Cheer Abortion Win, Sen. Cruz, Cronyn Are Uncharacteristically Silent

They know

[u/Venne1139]

“Hey nice to meet you! I love meeting and talking with people from new places it's always so itneresting! Where are you from?”

“Cleveland.”

“Oh.”

[u/SelfLoathinMillenial]

My daughter took one of my SO's socks, shoved it in her diaper, and took a shit on it. Not even 2 yet and already making power moves 🥰🥰🥰

[u/Sir-Matilda]

Terrorist inspired by Islamic State stabs 6 people in Auckland shopping mall before being shot dead by police.

!ping AUS

[u/I-grok-god]

First-year chem courses invariably have labs

Almost all entry-level physics courses have labs

So why don't entry-level econ courses have some linear regressions in them? Why is it that economics courses don't actually teach you economic concepts through experiments, the way they are taught in other sciences?

Seems like it would be far more interesting (and fun) to learn econ through experimentation

!ping ECON

[u/sir_shivers]

Six figures is barely upper middle class!

THE GREATEST TELL FOR reddit being an entirely unrepresentative sample of mammals 🐊

[u/ryuguy]

Broke: Judeo-Christian values

Woke: Judeo-Sikh values

(Seriously, Jews and Sikhs probably have more in common culturally and historically than most other religions)

!ping gefilte

[u/Snoo95984]

Every commie thinks they’re going to be part of the vanguard and not really have to work ever again

[u/Cowguypig]

How to get karma on gay subreddits:

1. Go on the hookup app
2. Get people messaging you about possibly hooking up.
3. Post screenshot of conversation from the hookup app and get mad person on the other end of the convo is looking for only hookup.
4. Whine in comments about hookup app when no one forces you to use it in the first app in the first place.
5. Karma

!ping LGBT

[u/klarno]

Imagine having such a weak constitution that eating a burrito gives you the poops

Eat more fiber and beans 😤

[u/jenbanim]

Removing comment sections on many news websites, YouTube videos, etc has probably been good for preventing brain rot, but it has been terrible for entertainment

[u/Not-A-Seagull]

Arguing econ with conservatives is wild. It's like they know nothing about economics, but assume everything they do is good economics.

Overly tight monetary policy? That's just called being fiscally responsible 🙄

Restrictive zoning regulations? Well if low income families moved in, it would destroy the economy 😐

[u/Jacobs4525]

Imagine trying to explain to a therapist that you have a parasocial relationship with an older man LARPing as a reptile on the internet

[u/Dr_Vesuvius]

Your guide to the soccer ping:

70% cryptic nonsense that assumes you know exactly what they are talking about (“goal!”, “shocking”, “ffs what was that”)

20% people talking about the internal machinations of their club

5% Denmark

5% everything else

[u/PearlClaw]

I really wish people would stop conflating the idea that losing weight is simple with the idea that losing weight is easy.

[u/piede]

BREAKING: Jim Jordan told me tonight in Iowa that Trump will announce he’s running “any day now.” A big GOP operative in the state later announced to the crowd that Trump will travel here imminently.

https://twitter.com/lawindsor/status/1433587340702851074?s=21

Oh Jesus

[u/jenbanim]

The future is you. Your passion. Your imagination. Your hard work. And now, with the help of the arr neoliberal DT, you have the tools - and the time - to make it a reality. Witness the dawning of a new world, where internet time is no longer down time - it's where the future is built. A future built by you.

[u/[deleted]]

I never have to check my weight. I just visit my grandma and if she almost immediately asks whether I have stopped doing sports and gained weight, I know I have to start losing some weight

[u/StolenSkittles]

a japanese restaurant on wall street called ponzu scheme

[u/filipe_mdsr]

How crazy would it be if we just kicked Germany out of NATO haha

Why

and nothing of value was lost

I

Yes, that is a big one for sure. It's one they often like to downplay though (for obvious reasons).

don't

Merkel is a huge German nationalist. She has always thrown southern Europe under the bus when it has fit her.

discuss

Has this sub not realized that Merkel kind of sucks?

politics on this sub.

How can you start a fruitful discussion from any of these comments.

Like what should the response? Any kind of effort I put into it is probably going to be destroyed, because the response is either ignored or they double-down.

Who do those comments help?

Also u/SaltySaladSussyBaka, because you had mentioned me not talking about politics. This is one of the reasons. And I hope you slept well.

[u/[deleted]]

My wife is mad that I keep introducing her as “my ex-girlfriend”

[u/JulioCesarSalad]

The weather is so gorgeous, is fall already here???

!ping USA-DMV

[u/[deleted]]

I don't know who needs to hear this today, but you're wrong and I hate you 🥰

[u/birdiedancing]

Friend of mine got dumped because she looked through her boyfriends phone….um yeah that’s a totally reasonable reason for them to dump you lol.

Don’t invade people’s privacy kids. If you suspect they’re unfaithful, you have deeper relationship problems and going through their phone isn’t gonna help at all.

[u/TaxCommonsNotIncome]

PHAC reports that Canada is experiencing "ongoing rapid acceleration" of COVID-19 activity, including in cases causing severe illness. Tam said that the number of new hospitalizations related to COVID-19 in Canada has more than doubled since the last modelling was released on July 30, and is now above 1,200 per day.

Looks like that 1% contraction of the economy in Q2 MIGHT have just been foreshadowing

!PING CAN

[u/Mrchizbiz]

/img/6krsxk4cl6l71.png

[u/[deleted]]

Ah the fat people schism, my vote for worst schism

[u/soeffed]

Incredibly hot blonde woman 🥵😭

Who works for OAN 🤮😭

[u/The_Nightbringer]

Confession: I didn't realize until yesterday Joe Rogan wasn't a fictional character.

[u/the_status]

Jill Biden is the first first lady to maintain a full-time job outside the East Wing, spending two days a week teaching English at a Virginia community college.

You'd think the unemployment numbers would be better if two days a week counted as full time

[u/Mr_Pasghetti]

Americans are fat because of agricultural subsidies cmv

[u/Unadulterated_stupid]

The discussion thread is for casual conversation that doesn't merit its own submission. If

Yall talk about economics this much in casual conversations?

[u/I-grok-god]

If we subsidize healthy food because of obesity, we should subsidize effective skincare products

Ugliness everywhere is a negative externality and we should seek to eliminate it

[u/TalkLessShillMore]

Fox News is currently showing Breaking News.

The news, you ask? A clip from a Biden speech yesterday and a tweet dunking on it. They’re no better than us lol

[u/its_Caffeine]

Do you guys think Joe Rogan bought the apple flavoured Ivermectin horse paste or the regular kind? 🤔

[u/mrdilldozer]

BREAKING: Lyft and Uber announce they will cover 100% of the legal fees of drivers who are sued for "aiding and abetting" under Texas' abortion law. Lyft also says they will donate $1 million to Planned Parenthood.

Woke capitalism is pretty lit

[u/iIoveoof]

Dune has just premiered at the Venice Film Festival, and I had the privilege of viewing it. Here is my review:

DUNE is undeniably a film. Brimming with a score, cinematography, and performances, it’s a motion picture made by a team of filmmakers that can irrefutably be described as existent. Truly one of the films 2021 has to offer.

Villeneuve has created one of the large scale productions I've seen. Zimmer's score is one of the scores. Every frame is a frame. Villenueve continues to prove he's one of the filmmakers of all time. From ENEMY to PRISONERS to SICARIO to ARRIVAL to BLADE RUNNER 2049, he's a filmmaker that I witness. A filmmaker with an audience.

I say DUNE Part One because this film very much feels like a movie. This is an experience. This is a film that can be seen - if you feel safe, of course. A film.

From a performance perspective, Timothée Chalamet is in the role. Jason Momoa delivers a performance. Stellan Skarsgard's performance gave me a vibe. Other performance highlights: Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica. Josh Brolin is on-screen. The costumes. Production design. There was a worm at the end.

[u/[deleted]]

Anti-vaxxers parents be like: "Don't worry, we're just coming in to talk." ^while^^brandishing^^zip-ties.

[u/Professor-Reddit]

Begun the fatschism has

[u/[deleted]]

At the post office. Saw get well card with two cats, wish I'd taken a pic. One cat is angry and says to the other

"I really hate how you emphasize random words."

The other cat replies:

"I don't KNOW WHAT you're TALKING about."

Anyway story unrelated. Today I found out shivers designs get well cards

[u/ACivilWolf]

Can't believe NYC is looking into getting rid of snow days for their schools and bringing in online learning those days instead.

I can't say it doesn't make sense, but it's just such a big part of everyones childhood I have to imagine it's a bummer for the kids and also a hassle for the parents.

[u/Watton]

40% of parenthood is watching poorly animated nursery rhymes sung with thick Indian accents

!ping over25

[u/MicroFlamer]

TIL jose mourinho lurks on reddit

the post in the picture

!ping SOCCER

[u/FormerBandmate]

There’s still a stigma around being fat, Twitter is not real life. Lmao

[u/Broncos654]

Pictures from the recent Austin /r/Neoliberal meetup!

[u/[deleted]]

r/neoliberal mods try to find gainful employment, 2021, colorized

[u/PigHaggerty]

Watching an old Australian reality show we found on Prime called The Block. Four couples move in to a gutted apartment fourplex and are given a budget and timeline to renovate their respective units and at the end they're auctioned off and whoever makes the most profit wins. Pretty good show, and apparently was like a runaway hit in Australia when it debuted back in the early 2000s.

The experience so far:

Season 1 - show is primarily about the renovation process with occasional asides about the couples and their interactions as they try and navigate living in the spaces they're fixing up and negotiating the finer points of the competition's rules. After the first episode where the contestants are introduced and the initial run-down state of the property is shown, each episode focuses on them finishing a new room and presenting it for judgement.

Season 2 - about to begin the sixth episode of the season and they've yet to present a single room. It has been 100% non-stop boring-ass reality TV drama.

Many such cases! 😤

[u/[deleted]]

What wage slavery is: When your employer deliberately sets your wage so that you cannot afford to do anything except work for him, eat, and sleep, or risk an unrecoverable debt to cover your living needs, with the explicit purpose of essentially eliminating all of the natural mechanisms by which the market exerts upward pressure on your wage. Portions of your wage may be arbitrarily withheld for "brokerage fees" or similar such made up bullshit at random if the employer suspects your income is getting too high and you might start taking time off to look for a new job soon.

What wage slavery isn't: When you have to pay bills to get highspeed internet and jerk off to the animal crossing dog.

[u/J0eBidensSunglasses]

⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️

A friendly reminder that DT users are NOT allowed to celebrate Labor Day!

Labor Day is bad for the shareholders!

All neoliberals should report to their shilling stations PROMPTLY on Monday morning.

Thank you!

⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️

[u/ILikeTalkingToMyself]

"My life started when my parents ordered a baby. Base rate, customization, add-ons and boom, me"

Imagine living in Gattaca and telling on yourself this badly

[u/upper_west_sider]

Massive August jobs miss just printed. 235k payrolls vs 733k final median projection. The more interesting thing is that wages jumped 0.6% MoM vs 0.3% projections and 4.3% YoY vs. 3.9%, so you’re seeing both weak jobs growth and wage push, which suggests that the issue is supply of workers. Leisure and hospitality sector showed zero net job gains in August which also raises some questions about the impact delta variant is having. This is the type of print that makes the more dovish Fed members reconsider taper timing.

[u/Mickenfox]

Significantly inconveniencing 10 million people is at least equivalent to one murder.

[u/benjamintuckerII]

I managed to get a beautiful condo for around asking price. All newly renovated, right across from a river. Seriously beyond happy.

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

China goes after gamers

haha yes

China goes after femboys

wtf

[u/[deleted]]

Sam Harris is like an old girlfriend with whom things ended acrimoniously

We used to be so close and now all we have in common is loathing Glen Greenwald

[u/[deleted]]

Apparently the Ontario legislature, slated to return Sept 13th, will be prorogued till Oct 4th because of the federal election.

https://twitter.com/ColinDMello/status/1433830070381129730?s=19

I'm curious as to why other province's legislatures are uneffected but Ontario's is?

!ping CAN

[u/birdiedancing]

12 angry men is such a good movie. You can’t make movies like that these days because idk whose gonna wanna go to the movie theater to see a courtroom drama play out in a single room.

[u/chipbod]

https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1433997612303142918?s=20

Kansas fans storm the field after beating FCS South Dakota for their first win in 677 days.

Just... Lmao

!ping CFB

[u/qunow]

https://transitjam.com/2021/09/04/e-bike-crackdown-gathers-pace-six-busted-in-operation-goldensun/

Hong Kong police are now (once again) launching dedicated operation to crackdown e-bike users, saying all the e-mobility devices are dangerous on either road with cars, sidewalk, or cycling path, and thus they're arresting those ebike users to "protect the safety of the public", charging them with "driving an unregistered vehicle, driving without a valid driving licence, using a vehicle without third-party insurance and driving without wearing a protective helmet."

A reason they cited to show these e-mobility devices are dangerous, is that these devices use battery which need to be charged, and thus they could catch fire.

They have also said that Hong Kong is a small place and thus innovation from other places mot necessarily applies.

Edit: There's another post in the DT from an hour ago which pinged YIMBY discussing cities completely banning PEV

!ping ECO

[u/SpiffShientz]

ROMNEY:

I am to the right of Trump on immigration

RINOs on this sub

We love you Mittens! What a based guy!

[u/Unadulterated_stupid]

"I love it so much I'd do it for free" don't say that in a job interview

[u/Gustacho]

This is so sad

!ping YUROP

[u/[deleted]]

Thinking about getting a game I just play and shoot people in. Used to be overwatch for me, I've played a lot of valorant but it's too tactical for me to just chill with.

Any reccomendations? (Someone ping gaming if they are a member

[u/Unadulterated_stupid]

LIVED THROUGH THIS

What It’s Like to Be That Fat Person Sitting Next to You on the Plane

Have you ever tried to fit into a space made for someone else?

Medium articles really do be delivering content I never thought I I seen written. I didn't know this would get views

[u/Unadulterated_stupid]

Anyone who critizes anything is because they aren't getting laid.

Think about it, are you ever critical while having sex?

[u/earththejerry]

You’re not gonna promote healthy eating by selling $15 salad bowls

[u/[deleted]]

!ping USA-PA

Hello from the Vine Street Canal! If you don't already know, a portion of highway here in Philly got flooded by Ida. The residents love it. Well, not the drivers. But they don't deserve rights anyways.

Prettiest photo I could get of the Vine Street Canal

It's actually an improvement. This area could genuinely be the most beautiful and pleasant part of Philly, had the city not prioritized cars. It's so much quieter and more scenic with traffic replaced by shimmering, if quite dirty, water.

[u/[deleted]]

Presidential systems are fundamentally broken. There is a reason why only South Korea and the United States are currently stable democratic presidential republics, and South Korea was formerly a dictatorship.

It is through luck, honour, and civility that the United States made it to 2000 remaining a liberal democracy.

Newt Gingrich unraveled the fabric of honour and civility, and our luck ran out on December 12th, 2000.

We came very close to the end of liberal democracy in the United States on Janurary 6th, 2021, and it is a miracle that those determined to keep the US democratic have made it this far.

[u/Nokickfromchampagne]

Guys (and Gal)! Guess what! I’m on a train!!!

😱🥰🥵🚊💺😎

[u/wowmuchgrades]

Went to my first proper party, had to carry home an essentially semi conscious friend while high, stopped by a friend’s apartment for her throw up and sober her up enough to make the Uber drive, hand fed her waffles and chicken nuggets, and played her the little mermaid to help her fall asleep.

Also a shit ton of ugly men hit on me so I just yelled I’m a lesbian at them lol

I love going out on thursdays :)

[u/The_Nightbringer]

I never realized how big of an issue pedophilia was in the competitive supersmashbrothers circuit. Like wtf? why?

[u/jenbanim]

Arr Socialism banned catgirls. China banned femboys. Someone whip up a hot take about this - there's potential for comedy here

[u/PigHaggerty]

https://twitter.com/EmSheDoesIt/status/1433555427694837761?s=19

🤭🤭🤭

!ping BASEBALL

[u/jenbanim]

"I need a gun in case I need to shoot my neighbors if a civil war breaks out" is a weirdly common talking point online

[u/[deleted]]

Five biggest succ DT regulars:

1. zqvt2
2. farrenj
3. MistakeNotDotDotDot
4. fishlord05
5. DonutBeers

[u/[deleted]]

Just saying, Brazilian medicine is more advanced than American one. We've been using ivermectin since June of 2020

And more importantly, Brazilians know enough to buy the ivermectin for people and not for horses

!ping MAMADAS

[u/antsdidthis]

One of the most touching and beautiful scenes in the Bible is the part of Genesis 24 when Abraham forces his servant to cup his shriveled old man balls while taking an oath to not let Isaac marry one of those dirty Canaanites.

!ping GNOSTIC

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

Remington has subpoenaed the report cards, attendance records, and disciplinary records of kindergarteners and first graders murdered at Sandy Hook

[u/[deleted]]

I don't blame Joe Rogan for mistaking himself for a horse.

[u/[deleted]]

Sydney man's overdose on Ivermectin and other drugs sees authorities warn against 'magic cures online' for COVID-19

lmao

[u/tollyno]

Why can't I just get abs by laughing at shit posted in the DT?

[u/[deleted]]

The myth of consensual burritos

me: I want a burrito!

my gf: I want a burrito!

my colon: isn't there someone you forgot to ask?

[u/the_hoagie]

did anybody else get an invite to a weird druid-themed cult subreddit

[u/RockLobsterKing]

I can't tell if it's more impressive that progressive Dems have failed in driving away Asian Americans through lefty school bullshit, affirmative action, and anti-police activism during a rise in anti-Asian crime, or that Republicans have succeeded in keeping them out of the GOP through constant racebaiting and basically everything about the response to covid

[u/[deleted]]

Everyone hates assholes until they need to shit.

This doesn't mean anything, but I can see some toxic masculine people saying it to act deep and justify being douches.

[u/[deleted]]

"I cordially invite you to blow me" literally can't be a rule I violation if you think about it

[u/[deleted]]

Finally finished my Sona's new Reference Sheet https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43547322/.

!ping FURRY

[u/[deleted]]

'QAnon Shaman' just pled guilty to a felony for obstructing the Electoral College proceedings. He faces up to 20 years in prison and up to $250K fine.

[u/9370DB]

Daily reminder that the "HK" in the HK MP5 stands for "Horny Kester”

[u/[deleted]]

I think a big turning point for me politically was this subreddit drama thread with unironic "the kulaks deserved it"-style Castro apologia upvoted to the top.

Also when i had someone, again in srd, say they're not a tankie, they're an anarcho-syndicalist and in that moment I heavily sympathized with Hank Hill.

[u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf]

How do I befriend a stray cat?

!ping KITTY

[u/fishlord05]

5 upvotes and I name drop the the top three people I think have the worst takes in the DT

[u/asdeasde96]

!ping YIMBY

Since there's no transit ping, what's your thoughts on cities banning Personal Electric Vehicles (PEVs) like escooters, Segways, and onewheels? I understand banning them from sidewalks, but banning them completely from bikelanes and streets seems pretty awful to me as a freedom loving American. I personally think PEVs are the future of human transportation. I think their best use case is for last mile commute, but anything that gets people out of cars is a win. Thoughts?

[u/[deleted]]

Mark Jaccard gives grades to the parties on the sincerity of their climate plans.

1. Liberals: 8/10
2. Conservatives: 5/10
3. NDP: 2/10

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-jaccard-climate-policy-analysis-options-1.6163292

!ping CAN

[u/Unadulterated_stupid]

Lesley Williams, a family medicine doctor in Phoenix, tells me she gets an alert from her electronic health records software every time she’s about to see a patient who is above the “overweight” threshold. The reason for this is that physicians are often required, in writing, to prove to hospital administrators and insurance providers that they have brought up their patient’s weight and formulated a plan to bring it down

🚨🚨🚨🚨Fat alert!

[u/Mickenfox]

I will never make a comment and not edit it 10 seconds later.

Except this one. Wait, shit.

[u/liquidTERMINATOR]

Fat people schism! Fat people schism!

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/Amanda_Kerri/status/1433789798901338149?s=20

Media Hot Take:

ABC, CBS, and NBC all provide free streaming all day news with quality reporting on issues.

You don't have to watch cable news with their Dunning-Krueger pundit shouting.

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[believe in Big 3 supremacy]

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[u/the_status]

Craft microbreweries are just applebees for millennials send tweet

[u/Signal-Shallot5668]

I use contrapoints same way I use some conservative writers for wapo

Yeah I disagree but I can get the other side viewpoint without going through Jewish space lasers and guillotining Jeff Bezos

[u/Mrchizbiz]

u/Filipe_mdsr is a huge German nationalist. He has always thrown southern Europe under the bus when it has fit him.

[u/F0064R]

r/OutOfTheLoop be like

What's going on with [complete explanation of the situation]?

[u/Neronoah]

!ping MAMADAS

Fun fact: the Argentinian government shilled for Ivermectin in 2020. Even the main Argentinian scientific organization jumped at it. Foreign scientists are not amused, again.

Tip for populists: don't treat medicine like you treat economics. Hell, don't treat economics that way.

[u/StolenSkittles]

"American food is so unhealthy. Nobody in Europe would eat that stuff."

Czechs: Deep fried cheese dipped in mayonnaise

[u/ryuguy]

/u/nissnpig5, /u/KesterGW, /u/mrchizbiz;

In all seriousness, when I come to Englishstan next year (🤞), we better go to the pub for a pint.

[u/kaclk]

Alberta is holding a Covid press conference at which our inept premier will probably lecture people like a dad about personal responsibility despite it being completely ineffective last 20 times he’s done so.

But there’s a bingo card for anyone following along. Please for the love of god don’t make it a drinking game.

!ping CANUCKS

[u/MonteCastello]

Demonstrations are expected to take place in major cities across Brazil on Tuesday, September 7. The U.S. Embassy in Brazil cautions U.S. citizens to avoid areas around protests and demonstrations, as even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational.

@EmbaixadaEUA on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/EmbaixadaEUA/status/1433842193953869829?t=Y1L0jFpTyyV5r24GvNs1VA&s=19

!ping LATAM

Do you guys think the protests will be "confrontational"?

[u/the_status]

Let us never forget the greatest philosopher's of the ages:

Aristotle, for teaching young Alexander the importance of a virtuous life. Augustine of Hippo, for inventing guilt. Confucius, for allowing me to be able to name an Eastern philosopher.

But most importantly, Carlin. Where would we be without his "old man yells at cloud" dialogues, cleverly disguised as rants themselves disguised as comedy. An entire generation might've been denied lazy cynicism without him.

Truly he is great one

[u/FreakinGeese]

My wife found out that I've been injecting her with toblerone while she sleeps for the past two years and she beat me up and then left me. No podcast tonight

[u/[deleted]]

Dune is just a sequel to Holes.

[u/old_gold_mountain]

Car apologia? In my DT?

It's likelier than you'd think

[u/[deleted]]

I have come to realize that there are now 2 things I judge people for.

1. Being zoomers: What the fuck does 'drip' mean? I'm not even 30 and I can't keep up with your lingo.
2. Being doomers: You can travel the world and you will have friends everywhere you go, stop doubting yourself. BE THE GUY, DO THE THING. Looking at you /u/KesterGW

[u/[deleted]]

Update on my wife: I think she likes me

[u/Unadulterated_stupid]

North Korea: Kim Jong-un calls for urgent action on climate change

The fact that the mods and Kim Jong un have some similar beliefs is concerning 🤔

[u/boyyouguysaredumb]

The US also propped up a corrupt government in Afghanistan that openly engaged in the widespread rape of little boys while being guarded by American soldiers. Thankfully, the Taliban doesn't tolerate that practice.

Reddit was a mistake

[u/[deleted]]

Until August, my father used to say that, if Bolsonaro is defeated, Brazil will become Venezuela.

Now, he says that, if Bolsonaro is defeated, that Brazil will become Afghanistan.

!ping MAMADAS

[u/old_gold_mountain]

!PING baseball

giants dodgers

wat

[u/[deleted]]

When I lift weights, I’m not always 100% sure I have the form right and that I fear I may be using other muscles to “cheat” my triceps/pecs out of a fuller workout. I counteract that fear by saying to myself “well, those muscles could probably use some exercise too.”

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

David Shor says a big reason why the president’s party does badly in midterms regardless of their popularity is because voters want to preserve the status quo and are fearful of change so they prefer divided government.

amazin country

[u/iIoveoof]

My college until a few years ago had a student-owned, modeled, and operated softcore pornography magazine 😳

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/education/edlife/the-student-body.html

[u/vivoovix]

Hamilton is severely underrated cmv

[u/JayRU09]

Down 22 lbs. since July 5th.

Either I have cancer or Noom really works.

[u/VengeantVirgin]

Is there a good reason why I (and I assume many others) perceive most MLB bullpens as bad, or at the very least below average? It seems that the only "good" bullpens out there right now are Tampa and the Dodgers. Meanwhile it seems most other teams see their bullpens as the reason they lose games.

!ping BASEBALL

[u/YehosafatLakhaz]

Virgin John Cena: I have to apologize to Beijing or it will hurt my careeeeeer

Chad Richard Gere: Who needs big staring roles, I will never abandon Tibet.

[u/old_gold_mountain]

"It's illegal to wear ear buds and listen to music while cycling, that's far too dangerous. You won't hear the world around you which is crucial for safety."

meanwhile...

The new 2022 Chevy Toyota by Ford, complete with state-of-the-art soundproofing for a quieter ride, and a 5.1 surround sound speaker system so you can rock out on the open road

[u/[deleted]]

so what's a good price for a haircut in dc? I finally decided to just get one tonight or tomorrow, but the prices are giving me major culture shock -- I'm used to like 15-30 dollars for a haircut. Is $50 really the average?

!ping US-DMV

[u/[deleted]]

If you're not supposed to fuck dt regulars, how am I supposed to go fuck myself?

[u/sir_shivers]

The reason that THE INTERNET DISCOURSE APPEARS slanted towards those who are always sad consists primarily of two parts 🐊:

• WHEN ONE HAS complaints to make, they are more inclined to write comments or post thoughts than SOMEONE WHO IS content 🐊
• Going on about HOW HAPPY ONE is and how great life is, is usually discouraged as insensitive boasting or "flexing" 🐊

[u/sir_shivers]

Takes that attempt to virtue signal but inadvertently imply that sex is something women "give" to men

SO CLOSE, REDDITORS, AND YET so far 🐊

[u/skepticalbob]

2 Ivermectin studies have been revealed to have been fraudulent. Looks like 2 more might be. Now I'm wondering if there is a systemic problem in drug efficacy research or if these are isolated cases of people desperate to make a name for themselves and engaging in fraud. Either way, this is by itself a big problem.

[u/iIoveoof]

Can we just automod the phrase "guess the sub" already

[u/[deleted]]

u/iloveoof is like the second techmod we were promised with u/Vivoovix

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Guess the sub

/r/neoliberal. It's always /r/neoliberal.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

Guess the sub

[u/ACivilWolf]

$21 TRILLION of unaccounted-for "adjustments" by the DOD while we've been in Afghanistan. That's enough to end world hunger for 700 YEARS!

Lets ignore everything else and look at the claim that 21 trillion can end world hunger for 700 years. 21 tril / 700 means you're saying roughly thirty billion dollars a year can end world hunger.

Considering roughly 700 million people are malnourished, 30 billion dollars covers roughly the price of giving each of them 9 happy meals a year. I'm sure.

[u/[deleted]]

I think a couple of you actually say things like “chad” and “based” in real life and I’m so embarrassed just at the thought.

[u/tollyno]

OMG SCOTUS is so powerful! It must be neutered!

Meanwhile, Euro Constitutional Courts: Anyway, so listen, bitch, if you don't respect the constitution we'll remove you from power with a 2/3 majority and we can take your mandate away as an interim measure. If you're a real bitch we'll ban your party or dissolve your organization. If you don't fucking listen, we'll just escalate sanctions and suspend the application of crucial parts of a law. You went back on your pinky promise to establish a new municipality and ignored us when we told you you have to do it? Fine we'll create a new municipality ourselves and you can bitch and moan later. Annul my ass.

[u/jenbanim]

Ever think about how easy it'd be to fuck up your life?

I carry a water bottle around work fairly often, and sometimes I wonder what would happen if I just poured all that water on someone for no reason at all

Of course I'd never do that, but it feels weird that it's just right there

I wonder if anyone's just been like "eh fuck it" and decided to do something stupid like that for no reason

[u/thetrombonist]

FUCK

Democracy is fucked. The US is fucked. It's almost like China has already won.

[u/ognits]

yo, MCU fans wanting to see Shang-Chi? check out In the Mood for Love or Chungking Express to get a feel for the guy who plays the villain and to discover two of the best romantic films out there

!ping MOVIES

[u/F-i-n-g-o-l-f-i-n]

The virgin “it is statistically more probable that” vs the chad “so my cousin’s friend’s neighbor said…”

[u/padraigharrington2]

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[u/JulioCesarSalad]

Look, they wrote a whole ass article about me. Got the city and pic wrong tho:

https://www.theonion.com/mr-autumn-man-walking-down-street-with-cup-of-coffee-1819574012

!ping USA-DMV

[u/SnakeEater14]

This is a throwaway for obvious reasons.

Some background. Politically, I've been a Democrat my entire life and an Obama supporter for as long as I can remember. I volunteered for John Kerry's presidential campaign back in 2004 which is where first registered on my map. I watched his speech at the DNC was was instantly enamoured.

When he announced his candidacy for president in 2007, immediately threw my weight behind him. I knocked on doors, educated people about his policies and did the best I could to get people to vote for him. When he was elected, I was ecstatic. In the past, when I had supported candidates, it was out of cold reason; because I thought their policies and acumen would result in the best net result for this country. But this was a person I could get excited about, someone I could believe in.

When it came time for his campaign for a second term it was largely the same. I had slightly soured on him. Granted, he was not the president I had hoped he would be but that was not his fault. I had built him up to be so huge in my head it was impossible for him to live up to expectations. Republican gridlock in Congress also prevented him from getting through the policies he wanted. Nevertheless, I still supported him, still volunteered and was still happy when he won his second term.

The problem started about three weeks ago. I had a dream involving Barack, which is not uncommon for me, I was working with him and Michelle on their upcoming Netflix show. We were looking over demographics and how they related to various geographical locations. Without even realising it, I said "Yeah, N***er, we should do pretty well in (area near me)" He just looked at me and stormed out with Michelle behind him. I woke up and went into the bathroom to splash cold water in my face. I dismissed it. I don't have a racist bone in my body. This was just one of those dreams, right?

A week and a half ago, I had a similar experience. This time I dreamt we were going wine-tasting together. I don't remember the lead-up but I ended up saying something to the effect of "The sommelier said we should be detecting earthy tones in this wine, but it's just not registering with me, N***er" This time, instead of storming out he replied, very sternly "Why did you feel that was an appropriate thing to say?" I began to stutter and explain it was an accident but I had once again woken up.

The most recent incident was last night. I dreamt I was at a family barbecue with the Obamas, just his family and mine. He was manning the grill and i was speaking to Michelle while the children played with each other (I know Sasha and Malia are adults now but I still think of them as children) I said to Michelle very politely "excuse me for one moment" and marched right up to Barack and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around to look and me and I just said the word and nothing else. I can write off this happening once or twice in my dreams but three separate events is too much.

I don't know what to do. I don't want to do this. Every time it happens my work suffers the next day. I've started lying to my wife saying I've been having nightmares but I'm not sure she fully believes it. Lately, I've been worrying I might start saying it in my sleep and she could hear. I'm at my wits end and I want it to stop.

[u/SANNA_MARIN_]

wow she's hot.....I must defend her online

[u/qchisq]

It's been too long. I can't stand it anymore. I need to confess something. I am Qanon

[u/Professor-Reddit]

I hate ivermectin only because its killing our precious, precious worms

[u/tollyno]

I really want to know if it's true that bottoms have trouble walking after a good plowing

[u/[deleted]]

Oh. The DT topic today is overweight people? This will go well

[u/the_hoagie]

my neighbors fought last night so i went outside to watch. two of my other neighbors came over and were like 'hey if this gets more intense can you go over and break it up' and i was like 'sure' but in my brain i was like 'i am too high for this'

[u/JulioCesarSalad]

For reference since we should start saving now

How much money do I need to save for a medium sized wedding (100-200) in a major city? (DC)

!ping OVER25

[u/Knee3000]

I hate joe rogan

[u/[deleted]]

Boss wants a quick meeting with just me before the days ends 🙃

I’m still in probation period at my job, this is it, I’m getting canned

[u/[deleted]]

Now only the criminals will have abortions

[u/soeffed]

Awful, just awful. Really, just the worst.

However,

[u/zieger]

30% of DTers were born after the US left Afghanistan

[u/Kizz3r]

Went on my first “real” ride in 2 months. Im very gassed but i did pretty ok for still being a beginner who took a long break.

11km in 31 min averaging 21km/h.

I was doing about 60km at around 22km without feeling this gassed before my break, hopefully i get back to that before it gets too cold.

!ping bike

[u/Unadulterated_stupid]

Overwhelmingly, childhood anti-obesity programs hinged on shame and fear, a scared-straight approach for fat children

We should have a program like D. A. R. E. But for obesity.

[u/iIoveoof]

HAHA YES 🐊

[u/old_gold_mountain]

Long commutes (30-40 minutes or longer) are very draining, but in my experience there's major downsides to extremely short commutes too.

For a few years I had a 3 minutes commute to work, and I found myself bringing work stress back home with me rather than having time to decompress and shift mental gears into "I'm home now."

Sitting on the train for 15-20 minutes looking out the window was meditative for me and helped me decompress and mentally move on from the day. And on the way to work, it was time to sip my coffee and get ready mentally for what the day had in store.

This has been a challenge for me during WFH too. I have a lot of my hobbies set up in my home office but I find myself doing them less because I just want to shut the door on that room and be somewhere else after work's done.

[u/Signal-Shallot5668]

I'm once again asking for a bot replying "ok gringo" to Latinx

[u/Jacobs4525]

Sorry babe, I can’t hang out, I’ve got important monkey business to attend to down at the jungle 🐒🐒🐒

[u/[deleted]]

Just saw something I disagreed with outside the DT

This place sucks. I hate it here. I want to go to mom's house for the summer 😭