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kristi noem lied and i still had to take off my shoes

08.08.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your annual reminder that we really shouldn't be dropping atomic bombs on people or ever really

06.08.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They planted the Watergate evidence too

06.08.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The other day a car drove past me blasting Rollout and I was like Ha! I bet this idiot doesn't know where the downbeat is (I also don't know where the downbeat is)

06.08.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is clearly a tollbooth for going up and down the stairs

04.08.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay Rafe!!

04.08.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

boomers watching la dolce vita are the worst moviegoers smh can't believe y'all turned me into a shusher

03.08.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Greatest Man In The World! | The IT Crowd Denholm
YouTube video by The IT Crowd The Greatest Man In The World! | The IT Crowd Denholm

The IT Crowd saw it coming

youtu.be/ejfYttZCnps?...

03.08.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Firing the BLS Commissioner β€” the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality β€” is an authoritarian four alarm fire.

It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.

01.08.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10304    πŸ” 3301    πŸ’¬ 298    πŸ“Œ 160

Governor Kugler announces her resignation AND BLS commissioner fired?!?! wowie what a Friday 😬

02.08.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Alert from Asahi Shimbun

Alert from Asahi Shimbun

Alerts on Japanese TV as of 10:29am. The red text in the upper right corner says "Flee the Tsunami!" and is printing "EVACUATE!" in English

Alerts on Japanese TV as of 10:29am. The red text in the upper right corner says "Flee the Tsunami!" and is printing "EVACUATE!" in English

IMMEDIATE WARNING: A tsunami warning for waves up to 3m is in effect for Hokkaido and Honshu, with advisories for other areas of Japan due to an earthquake near Russia. If you are near the coasts, PLEASE LEAVE and seek higher ground inland.

buff.ly/3pfgxUc

30.07.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 506    πŸ” 342    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 18

reminds me of the hypermarket near my grandma's house that always played Glenn Miller's In the Mood in the grocery section and Madonna in the retail section for years

29.07.2025 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

made the right call folks πŸ’β€β™€οΈ

29.07.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what have I done

29.07.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bonus points for how it's strongly implied that Mabel is well read enough to quote Jean-Paul Sartre

29.07.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"I didn't think of this argument so I'm not going to take a stance on whether it's good or not" which is lazy and annoying bc why would you bring up a point that you acknowledge is bad/irrelevant

28.07.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To me "here's what chatgpt says" comes across as "here is an argument that is implicitly mine (bc I'm using it) but I'm going to preface that an LLM came up with just in case it's wrong in which case it's the silly LLM spouting nonsense, not me...

28.07.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

can't believe ppl will say that women are more emotional and dramatic than men when The Godfather (1972) is literally right there smh

27.07.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

there are already wonderfully helpful gestures for controlling computers. they're called typing and clicking

27.07.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cha-cha'd real smooth

23.07.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Purikura Online | Photo Booth Online | Snap with Anything Create stunning photos with our online photo booth featuring authentic Japanese Purikura effects. Transform your pictures with professional beauty filters and cute decorations.

it's a good start but I think u should purikura-ify it

www.purikura.io

23.07.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did the schedule slide to the right and take it back now y'all?

22.07.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ebon came out swinging with those first three. Zero hesitation whatsoever

20.07.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Whenever I have to do a parking job requiring more than one reverse I'm always like "looks like we're gonna have to Austin Powers this one"

20.07.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think you can also have something named after you if you're bad enough at your job

20.07.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

"ooga booga nonsense" is a very interesting take considering how westerners/white ppl are obsessed with those japanese "philosophy" books

18.07.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ummm excuse me but that's SENIOR research assistant to you buddy

18.07.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

pain.

18.07.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

when u hit the space bar to add a space but instead the editor thinks ur selecting the top choice autofill which is a function you've never heard of before and also 50 characters long

17.07.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The only rule to Japanese that I live by is that there are no rules and you just gotta vibe it out

16.07.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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