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Decades of chess rule
  • Holy crap, how long does a game of chess take?!

  • Oklahoma’s State Superintendent Requires Public Schools to Teach the Bible
  • I remember reading excerpts of the bible in one of my high school English classes a couple decades ago. It was basically part of a unit on fictional storytelling via religion. I'd be okay with that being the requirement.

  • Hell rule
  • Each hand pets the ones on the sides; then kisses to the middle. Not as good as having three hands, but it works.

  • I will not be taking questions.
  • When I was a young kid, I had a cat that was front-declawed (this was before it was well known that it's an abusive practice - my folks didn't know better at the time). Because he couldn't shred the paper with his claws, he showed his spite by chewing up the roll so it looked like he'd clawed it. Didn't matter which direction the roll was.

    I loved that cat. He was so smart.

  • architecrule
  • Tell Gerry to m(e)ander his way out so the rest of us can have a turn in the gay room.

  • What's the best possible justification for vandalizing a library?
  • I like to think half of the last letter is cut off and it's "free doom," which is, disgustingly, what kids in Palestine are getting.

  • There are three of them!
  • Oh, be one, Kenobi. We don't need three.

  • greatest amazon review
  • Right?! After a review like that, I want a pair.

  • hooooly shit! has anyone else played journey?
  • Yeah, my first playthrough, I thought it was just NPCs chirping around me, but it turned out that they were real people! As players got more scarce, it was truly a special experience finding someone and going through parts of the game with them. I remember I encountered someone a few levels in and we somehow ended up together until we crawled up the snowy mountain, trying to keep each other from freezing. Not a single word spoken, yet this game has such powerful messaging.

    I hope you get the opportunity to encounter your own Journey companion on a playthrough. :)

  • hooooly shit! has anyone else played journey?
  • Journey is my favorite game, hands down. It was even more magical in the years after its release and there were still a bunch of active players. Did you encounter any others on their journey in your game?

  • I don’t remember asking for this
  • This makes me rethink my stance on capital punishment. The picture made me actually shudder.

  • Smoke weed every day
  • I think we know why you asked 😂 but I strongly approve

  • Just realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside down
  • Watching my own language means my "acquaintance" was right? I don't think I'm the one with a stick, if that's the case.

  • Just realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside down
  • I remember learning this about 20ish years ago and telling my then-sister in law about it when I explained why I wasn't going to use it anymore. I got told I had a stick up my ass, and this was by a marginalized (gay, immigrant) woman. (Somewhat unrelated note - very grateful she's a former relation.)

    So glad people have been learning and I've been hearing "gypped" less and less in recent years.

  • Smoke weed every day
  • The Stash, to the rescue.

  • I 100% support this new Harry Potter
  • She would almost certainly have threatened to contact her "solicitor," not her "attorney," if it were real, given she's from/in the UK. Still a very entertaining read, though.

  • Elon Musk wins Tesla shareholder vote for $56 billion pay package
  • I don't know why I bothered to hope. I'm so tired of being disappointed in humanity.

  • How to ensure pixel 8 pro stops backing up?

    Hi all,

    I have backups turned off everywhere I can find the ability to do so on my pixel 8 pro, but am regularly (multiple times per week) getting notifications that my Google storage is almost full. Lo and behold, every time I check drive, I suddenly have a backup that I have to delete, again and again. Does anyone have any tips? It's really making me regret getting a Google phone, since I don't need my phone connected to my email.

    Thanks in advance! :)

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    Multilingual folks: what are some odd idioms in your language(s)?

    What are some (non-English) idioms, and what do they mean (both literally and in context)? Odd ones, your favorite ones - any and all are welcome. :)

    For example, in English I might call someone a "good egg," meaning they're a nice person. Or, if it's raining heavily, I might say "it's raining cats and dogs."

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    What android phones do you recommend and why?

    I'm upgrading because my phone is losing (lost?) support. I use a OnePlus 7 Pro and love it and wouldn't bother upgrading otherwise. I'd appreciate some recommendations of android phones you like, please.

    Thank you in advance! (⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)

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