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three person poly relationship made up of two people who are already dating trying to coax someone with horrific self worth issues into a loving relationship. stray cat style

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man sometimes i really want to get back into welding but then i remember that the guys from the first course i took won’t be there and change my mind

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in honour of the new wild life episode: this french pun from my middle school french teacher

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Commenting positively on fic like

Unfamiliar author: wow I loved this!

Author you’ve interacted with before: you killed me, I’m dead

Author who’s your friend: I hate you

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This is a result of the inhumane decisions that members of this administration want you to be silent about in public for fear of a loss of “civility”.

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just overheard my wife spelling something on the phone and i shit you not saying the words “E as in Eeyore” i am on my hands and knees wailing screaming crying pleading and begging people to learn the NATO phonetic alphabet

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I've seen and commented on this before, but it is still wild to me.

It explains so much about the collective mentality that Americans in almost exclusively in majority groups (white, Christian), and why they constantly feel under seige. They have been convinced that while they are unlikely to meet a Muslim, Jewish person, or trans person, there is the secret huge population of them (obviously all hiding in NYC) ready to come invade their church in their town.

Actual percentages:

Trans: >1%

Muslim: 1%

Jewish: 2%

Black: 12%

Live in NYC: 2%

Lesbian, gay, or bisexual: 4%

In addition, Americans believe 20% of the population make $1 million or more a year (actually >1%). Americans also think that 30% live in Texas and 32% live in California, meaning to the average American, 92% of the country live in 1 of 3 places.

Meanwhile, Americans tend to underestimate the size of majority groups (estimate in blue, actual in red)

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pro insider tips for black friday from a retail worker

stay home

stay home

stay home

stay home

stay home

stay home

stay home

dont even think about going to a store

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true queer pain

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I’m still thinking about that “is OSHA regulations Cop Behavior” post. Like. You know who thinks regulations are for losers? People who build submersibles out of logitech gamepads and rejected carbon fibre. People who trust starlink as their only surface lifeline.

Do you wanna be like the fine film on the floor of the Atlantic that was once a billionaire? Is that the hill you’re really gonna die on?

We have an expression in my field- “Regulations Are Written In Blood”

People don’t have fucking safety standards as a power trip, we have them because somewhere in the past, NOT having those regulations killed or maimed someone.

A lot of laws out there are bullshit- safety regulations sure as fuck aren’t. I have the literal scars to prove it.

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Honestly if you live in one of those places where winters are really dark, it should be socially treated as night time. Fuck going to work or school when it's still dark out there. As soon as the sun sets, you're getting night shift pay. Socially acceptable to go to bed at 5:30 pm and not get up before 9 am. Let us fucking hibernate you bastards.

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WE MIGHT FIND OUT WHO D.B.COOPER WAS? and the news came out on the 53rd anniversary of the hijacking?!

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Batman spaces that intimidate me as a writer because they can be so tricky to describe and the cost/operational capacity to maintain them is likely staggering for anyone other than Bruce:

The Cave (duh - I like to think there’s a ton of levels/rooms/etc that most people don’t even know about, even the Batkids. how far does it go down? only Bruce and maybe Alfred know)

The Watchtower (do you know how much it takes to maintain this?? TRILLIONS. the rooms, the staff, everything makes my head spin. describing it is basically just choosing what NOT to talk about in a given scene)

Wayne Manor (not necessarily costly to maintain outside of gas/electric and staffing but damn. it’s got so much history in its bones. secret passages, random connections to the Cave, tunnels back to downtown Gotham. and the rooms/suites/floors themselves can get very complicated and elaborate. you could get lost in there for days, easily)