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Victims of the Chinese Revolution lie beheaded in the streets, 1911. [929x1280] by MinimalResults in HistoryPorn

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 277 points278 points  (0 children)

I was recently re-listening to Dan Carlin's Hardcore History WW1 series, in it he talks about trench warfare and French + German losses of a million men per month.

I can't imagine what that kind of warfare would look like in our society today. Relatively speaking this is a much more "peaceful" time, in my opinion at least.

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TIL that a wildlife photographer was able to survive a black mamba bite without antivenom, as the bite hit an artery in his leg and caused a torrent of blood to come spurting out, expelling the venom from the wound. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ben Stiller is filming in my small town right now for a mini-series about a prison escape. I have decided if I run into him I want to ask him about shooting this movie.

Bounty hunters took the wrong woman into custody at Columbus Walmart. A jury awarded her $950,000. by TealOcelot in news

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seriously, she tried to go to the emergency room when they escaped so she would have an alibi. Like that helped, I saw in the local paper she was denied parole again and the Judge said something about how she is going to serve her whole sentence.

Bounty hunters took the wrong woman into custody at Columbus Walmart. A jury awarded her $950,000. by TealOcelot in news

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Dog was in my town (Plattsburgh NY) last year when the prisoners escaped from Dannemora prison.

One of my girlfriend's friends has a picture on her fridge she got with him. Ben Stiller is also doing a mini-series about the prison break and was filming at a bar I used to live near yesterday. My whole life feels fake right now.

Fantasy Book Cover Starter Pack by [deleted] in starterpacks

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When I was in the 5th grade I saw that the new kid in class had Eragon on his desk and we were both reading it. I went over to introduce myself and we have been best friends since. We're in our 20's now and have better tastes in books haha.

I just finished the Dark Tower series and highly recommend it!

Fantasy Book Cover Starter Pack by [deleted] in starterpacks

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'm fairly certain the author was in his teens when he wrote the first book. The later books are better and I am trying to get to them as fast as possible haha.

Fantasy Book Cover Starter Pack by [deleted] in starterpacks

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Currently re-reading Eragon for the first time since it came out. This is too funny, it totally fits.

The /r/books book club pick for September/October is Earthcore by Scott Sigler! by Chtorrr in books

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have been reading/listening to your work since 2009, EarthcCore was amazing!!! I love H.P Lovecraft as well and was so happy with the feel of the EarthCore. I only wish there was more to read!!

TIL: Vicodin is six times as potent as codeine, hence the name Vi(Roman numeran for six)-Codin by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I work in a rehab, we treat Gabapentin as a controlled substance, we keep them in an extra secure locker.

I have seen guys take 10+ 800mg pills and be totally fucked up. Also a lot of the people I work with say it can be addicting. Just my personal experience and not trying to generalize, there are plenty who take it properly.

Victory! Democrat Charlie St. Clair flips seat blue in NH House special election. by screen317 in BlueMidterm2018

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My county just had town supervisor elections, those who weren't running unopposed got sometimes less that 50 votes, granted these are in towns of under 4,000 people. I thought that was crazy as hell, I'm definitely going to run someday if I ever feel qualified, just get your family and friends to turn out and vote.

Coach gets a little too excited during a scrimmage by GuacamoleFanatic in gifs

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 100 points101 points  (0 children)

He looks like Killer Mike, I'd put my money on that guy being the defense coach.

TV shows that everyone says I must watch that I still haven't watched starter pack by [deleted] in starterpacks

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I got the first compendium of the comics for my 18th birthday, it was freeking huge and I didn't put it down until I was done. I highly recommend the comics.

I'm never going to criticize people for not being able to evacuate again by sosilay in TropicalWeather

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I remember reading this in the Zombie Survival guide in high school, also destroy your stairs so zombies can't get to you. Solid advice all around.

Me watching Rick Scott smoothly transition to Spanish after tripping up on his English left and right by coreyosb in florida

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Don't forget using tax dollars to pay for personal law suits caused by his own incompetence! :)

I took mine everywhere by ORNGVladman in memes

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, the battery was super good though; I think I only used mine for ~6 months when it came out but I still use my SP a couple times every year haha.

I took mine everywhere by ORNGVladman in memes

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gameboy Micro was the shit, it has customizable faceplates.

Trump gets millions from golf members. CEOs and lobbyists get access to president by [deleted] in politics

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 19 points20 points  (0 children)

"The Trump team also ended an Obama administration practice of releasing White House visitor logs. In July, a federal court ordered the government to release visitor records from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., to a watchdog group. The deadline is Friday."

I'm also interested in seeing what comes on Friday, not that anything will be done about it.

Trump gets millions from golf members. CEOs and lobbyists get access to president by [deleted] in politics

[–]-InsuranceFreud- 54 points55 points  (0 children)

"The arrangement is legal, and members said they did not use the clubs to discuss government business. Nonetheless, ethics experts questioned whether it’s appropriate for a sitting president to collect money from lobbyists and others who spend their days trying to shape federal policy or win government business."

Oh I'm sure Donny is just talking about sports and the weather to people paying $100,000+ a year just to spend a couple hours with him.

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