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Controlling the vehicle by thought won't do beans about your reaction speed, or the limitations imposed by the physics of the car.
'Next time I let Superman take charge, just hit me. Real hard.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
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Controlling the vehicle by thought won't do beans about your reaction speed, or the limitations imposed by the physics of the car.
'Next time I let Superman take charge, just hit me. Real hard.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
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Eternal_Freedom
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TIL the date I'll be sworn in as a Justice of the Peace (woo, more letters after my name 
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On a less serious note, I also learned that someone has done a 40K version of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and it's actually good.
Behold:
EDIT:
Ooooo turns out there's an Adeptus Mechanicus version too:
).On a less serious note, I also learned that someone has done a 40K version of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and it's actually good.
Behold:
EDIT:
Ooooo turns out there's an Adeptus Mechanicus version too:
Baltar: "I don't want to miss a moment of the last Battlestar's destruction!"
Centurion: "Sir, I really think you should look at the other Battlestar."
Baltar: "What are you babbling about other...it's impossible!"
Centurion: "No. It is a Battlestar."
Corrax Entry 7:17: So you walk eternally through the shadow realms, standing against evil where all others falter. May your thirst for retribution never quench, may the blood on your sword never dry, and may we never need you again.
Centurion: "Sir, I really think you should look at the other Battlestar."
Baltar: "What are you babbling about other...it's impossible!"
Centurion: "No. It is a Battlestar."
Corrax Entry 7:17: So you walk eternally through the shadow realms, standing against evil where all others falter. May your thirst for retribution never quench, may the blood on your sword never dry, and may we never need you again.
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TIL Cheetos still taste like Cheestos when you're vomiting them back up. ew
Me: Nope, that's why I have you around to tell me.
Nitram: You -are- beautiful. Anyone tries to tell you otherwise kill them.
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP" -- Leonard Nimoy, last Tweet
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If they're so bad it's actually worse than them tasting like vomit why does anybody eat them?
'Next time I let Superman take charge, just hit me. Real hard.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
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That's the problem bats... they still tasted good.
Me: Nope, that's why I have you around to tell me.
Nitram: You -are- beautiful. Anyone tries to tell you otherwise kill them.
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP" -- Leonard Nimoy, last Tweet
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"23 FOUND DEAD WITHIN CITY LIMITS THIS WEEKEND. LUCKY WINNERS COLLECT AT 2:1 ODDS!"
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TIL I can formally diagnose myself as clinically insane, and it would have absolutely no effect on my job and I can still see patients and do everything else that I normally do.
Your psychologist could be totally batshit crazy and this is totally fine according to our regulatory board.
Your psychologist could be totally batshit crazy and this is totally fine according to our regulatory board.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
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Suddenly, Canada and the United States makes perfect sense.muse wrote: ↑2024-06-01 10:13pm TIL I can formally diagnose myself as clinically insane, and it would have absolutely no effect on my job and I can still see patients and do everything else that I normally do.
Your psychologist could be totally batshit crazy and this is totally fine according to our regulatory board.
I've been asked why I still follow a few of the people I know on Facebook with 'interesting political habits and view points'.
It's so when they comment on or approve of something, I know what pages to block/what not to vote for.
It's so when they comment on or approve of something, I know what pages to block/what not to vote for.
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What if someone else formally diagnoses you?muse wrote: ↑2024-06-01 10:13pm TIL I can formally diagnose myself as clinically insane, and it would have absolutely no effect on my job and I can still see patients and do everything else that I normally do.
Your psychologist could be totally batshit crazy and this is totally fine according to our regulatory board.
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Same, still completely kosher for me to carry on with my work as usual.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
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Well, that explains how Harley Quinn got to practice.
'Next time I let Superman take charge, just hit me. Real hard.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
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TIL who my local Conservative Parliamentary Candidate is, I met her (a woman my own age) and the Tory councillor (an older man who didn't say anything) on the campaign trail while I was out walking the dog today.
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That's crazy talk. But it certainly explains Jordan Peterson.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
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TIL that one of the local opticians is a very attractive woman of Indian descent 
But judging by the ring on her finger, she's engaged 
But judging by the ring on her finger, she's engaged -
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That we all got microplastics in our testicles.
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who did not.
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You'd think that would be spread more widely, give more people something to be worried about so Something Would Be Done.
Me: Nope, that's why I have you around to tell me.
Nitram: You -are- beautiful. Anyone tries to tell you otherwise kill them.
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP" -- Leonard Nimoy, last Tweet
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That might stand in the way of some plutocrat's profits.
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"Problem is, while the Germans have had many mea culpas and quite painfully dealt with their history, the South is still hellbent on painting themselves as the real victims. It gives them a special place in the history of assholes" - Covenant
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TIL that Laura Woods doesn't know the difference between Slovakia and Slovenia
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TIL that Apple TV, showing the level of self-awareness that I have sadly come to expect from multinational corporations in this day and age, has acquired the rights to adapt William Gibson's Neuromancer for the screen.
I am not making this up.
I am not making this up.
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Replace "ginger" with "n*gger," and suddenly it become a lot less funny, doesn't it?
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-- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)
Replace "ginger" with "n*gger," and suddenly it become a lot less funny, doesn't it?
-- fgalkin
Like my writing? Tip me on Patreon
I Have A Blog
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TIL the Imperial measuring system is actually metric thanks to some shenanigans by Ford and Johansson in the 1920s which defined the inch as exactly 25.4mm.
The full video is really interesting and gives a history of how we learned how to measure things, the part about the standardized industrial inch starts a bit before the 18 minute mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58
The full video is really interesting and gives a history of how we learned how to measure things, the part about the standardized industrial inch starts a bit before the 18 minute mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
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Lord Revan
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Yeah the Imperial system was standardized to exact metric length as prior to that you had a whole host of different inches that made things very difficult to anyone who operate outside their local area.muse wrote: ↑2024-06-22 08:42am TIL the Imperial measuring system is actually metric thanks to some shenanigans by Ford and Johansson in the 1920s which defined the inch as exactly 25.4mm.
The full video is really interesting and gives a history of how we learned how to measure things, the part about the standardized industrial inch starts a bit before the 18 minute mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58
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Oh wait, that's marijuana..."Einhander Sn0m4n
"I think you completely missed the point of sigs. They're supposed to be completely homegrown in the fertile hydroponics lab of your mind, dried in your closet, rolled, and smoked...
Oh wait, that's marijuana..."Einhander Sn0m4n
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I think I know what you meanLord Revan wrote: ↑2024-06-22 04:27pmYeah the Imperial system was standardized to exact metric length as prior to that you had a whole host of different inches that made things very difficult to anyone who operate outside their local area.muse wrote: ↑2024-06-22 08:42am TIL the Imperial measuring system is actually metric thanks to some shenanigans by Ford and Johansson in the 1920s which defined the inch as exactly 25.4mm.
The full video is really interesting and gives a history of how we learned how to measure things, the part about the standardized industrial inch starts a bit before the 18 minute mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58
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TIL the spirit of Boaty McBoatface lives on.
Also, letting people on the internet name things is...dubious...
Also, letting people on the internet name things is...dubious...
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
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