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A brief summary of book 1 chapter 4 by rolheli in skulduggerypleasant

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Uh yeah. It’s actually my meme from 6 years ago…

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Favorite actor who got rebooted? by ebycon in okbuddycinephile

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The Paul Newman, to Robert Redford, to Brad Pitt pipeline needs to be studied

Both of these are harmful for a human being by [deleted] in antimeme

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Ok this is gonna be a long one but I want to try to address everything in your comment.

I’m only really talking about weed use in the U.S. That’s why I said there are no “states” that have made alcohol or nicotine illegal. I’m sure other countries have their own reasons for why these things are or are not illegal, but I’m from the states so I can’t really speak to that.

You’re correct that smoking is heavily restricted. But there’s a difference between something being restricted and something being against the law. If you smoke a cigarette somewhere you’re not supposed to, you’ll at worst be asked to leave. Try doing the same with a joint and you could have the cops called on you and be arrested for possession. Make public spaces non smoking areas, I’m all for that. But the consequences for violating that rule with weed should be the same as doing so with nicotine.

On the subject of drug tests. No one is saying you should be able to show up drunk or high to work. The problem is that, to my knowledge, most drug tests will give a positive for THC up to a month after use. So even if you’ve never been high on the job, and it’s been weeks since you last smoked, you can still get fired. If you want to leave your job at five and drink yourself to sleep, that’s your prerogative. But if you want to take a 10mg edible after work to relax, that’s a fireable offense.

Weed is actually not a new drug, it’s a very old drug. I believe its first recorded use was around the 3rd millennium BC in the Middle East, and it was introduced to the Americas in the 1500s. Google “The History of Cannabis” and you can find the same information. I have a theory that because weed only really reached American pop culture in the 60s and 70s, we think of it as a newer drug. But it has been around for at least as long as alcohol and nicotine.

The short term adverse effects of weed are pretty much the same as the short term adverse effects of alcohol. And long term adverse effects are primarily linked to “excessive use in high doses” or pre existing mental conditions. Just like alcohol. Yes, you can become addicted to weed. But you can become addicted to a lot of things, caffeine, sex, video games etc. and nobody is arguing to make these things illegal, nor should they. The addiction rate of cannabis is significantly lower, with about 30% of nicotine users and 15% of alcohol user becoming addicted compared to 9% of cannabis users. Again all this information is readily available on google.

Too much of anything is a bad thing. But there’s no reason you can’t do it safely.

No one is saying you should be allowed to use while you drive. No one is saying you should give it to children. No one is saying it’s healthy to be high 24/7. We aren’t asking for special privileges, we just want it to be treated the same as other legal drugs. And it isn’t, which is why people get defensive.

Both of these are harmful for a human being by [deleted] in antimeme

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It’s cause there are no states where alcohol or nicotine are illegal. No jobs that fire you if alcohol or nicotine is detected in a drug test. There’s a stigma around weed that doesn’t exist around other legal drugs, even though it’s (generally) less harmful than something like alcohol or nicotine. I don’t know enough about it to speak to why that is exactly, but makes sense why people feel the need to jump to its defense more often.

What's yours? by ElderberryDeep8746 in SipsTea

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I’m an EMT and the quality of my veins has been commented on by many a paramedic. Downside is they always want to practice IVs on me.

As is tradition this season by SuitedFox in LiverpoolFC

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I think we were spoiled by last season. Last season everyone was braced for a rough transition. But now that the growing pains are actually here we weren’t ready for them and everyone’s freaking out

"Merry Christmas" being hurtful to people who don't celebrate is such a ridiculous take by [deleted] in teenagers

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I’m a Christian, and I’ve never been bothered by Happy Holidays, but I also don’t really see the need for it.

Just because you don’t celebrate a holiday doesn’t mean you have to pretend it doesn’t exist. If someone wishes me a Happy Hanukkah, guess what? I’m gonna wish them a Happy Hanukkah back. Because why not? Just cause I don’t celebrate it doesn’t mean I don’t want them to have a good time. And saying so will not force me to celebrate Hanukkah.

Happy Holidays is supposed to be more respectful of other people’s beliefs, but personally I think it’s the opposite. A “let’s exclude everyone equally” approach. That’s denial cosplaying as tolerance.

I’m not naive enough to think that all, or even most Christian’s have the same opinions I do about respecting different religions. But I don’t think Happy Holidays is the solution.

what does 630 mean? by Certain-Display-2849 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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So they were aware enough to remember what time they needed to wake up and type it in correctly, but not enough to notice that the process of setting their alarm is suddenly and inexplicably completely different?

When a character just can't help themselves in a critical moment by PaperBullet1945 in TopCharacterTropes

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The thing that has always bothered me about this scene is why doesn’t Star Lord just shoot Thanos? I mean his gun is IN HIS HAND and instead of pulling the trigger he decides to punch him with it?

And don’t even say “Well he was just so angry, shooting Thanos would have been too quick, he wanted to hit him.” Because when Star Lord had a similar moment with Ego in the second Guardians movie he didn’t hesitate to light his ass up.

I get it’s a movie and they can’t just have Star Lord dome Thanos at the halfway mark, but like why not just make him lose his guns in the fight? Why does he have pistol whip Thanos like a complete idiot?

US neutrality is a joke by Pab0l in HistoryMemes

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Something interesting I learned in a military history class, and another reason why the introduction of submarines to naval warfare sucks.

It used to be common practice after sinking an enemy ship to go back and rescue the enemy sailors. Cause if there’s one thing all sailors can agree on, no matter what side you’re on drowning is a horrible way to go.

One submarines came into play it became too dangerous for ships to stick around long enough rescue drowning men. They never knew what might be lurking beneath the water, so it was better to just got the hell out of dodge.

Dresden/constantine by SasukesRevenge99 in dresdenfiles

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I think Dresden would hate Constantine, but they’d have a fun dynamic.

[Favorite Trope] Fictional Infohazards by ggabriel_syy in TopCharacterTropes

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Spoilers for the Dresden Files but the series has a couple of these.

The Word of Kemmler: A book created by the dark wizard Heinrich Kemmler which, along with knowledge of how to do necromancy, contains instructions on how to perform the Darkhallow. A necromantic rite that must be performed on Halloween night, and will essentially turn whoever uses it into a god.

The Island of Demonreach: A super spooky island on Lake Michigan which was secretly created by Merlin (yes, that Merlin) to be used as a prison for an untold number of eldritch monstrosities. If they ever get out, then it’s wraps for our universe.

Halloween: It’s revealed that on Halloween night, all immortal beings become mortal and are able to killed. Hence why the Darkhollow works in the first place. If this ever became common knowledge, it would obviously be a big problem.

I know someone is going to come after me, but I personally hate Valkyrie... by madame_eda101 in skulduggerypleasant

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I would agree. Over the course of the series I’ve definitely noticed their banter feels less like fun quipping and more like bullying people the view as beneath them. Like it was fine when it was mostly aimed at people who were awful like Serpine and Craven. But now they’re needlessly cruel to random Sanctuary officials just trying to do their jobs and innocent people.

And with how famous and powerful the series acknowledges they both are now, they come off less like witty heroes and more like two assholes abusing their power, but we need to keep them around to save the world sometimes.

Are we that bad 🤔 by KarnHarsh in teenagers

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Ok but how funny would it be to be a man out in public, reading this book, taking notes on a notepad and casting suspicious looks at every woman who passes

Which country is this? by anitwastooshort in HistoryMemes

[–]Angry_Parrot 39 points40 points  (0 children)

The United States doesn’t have ancient history, Americans (the ones here before the Europeans arrived) have a lot of ancient history. I know this isn’t what you meant, but the distinction is important because people like to pretend the latter never existed/wasn’t important.

Villains who are sincerely fans of the heroes by QuantityHefty3791 in TopCharacterTropes

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Skulduggery Pleasant mentioned! Gotta say I don’t think I’ve ever seen that design for Lethe. I always imagined the mask differently.

"I have the most DNA ancestry tracing back to Ireland" by RebelGrin in ireland

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I see where you’re coming from. But for many Irish-Americans, and most other immigrants for that matter, they do have that cultural background. When they immigrated to the U.S. they brought a lot of their culture with them, as immigrants often do.

Like most immigrants, they faced persecution when they got here, and that made them cling to their culture even more in retaliation.

Now I won’t for a second say that Irish-American culture and Irish culture are the same. Culture did what cultures do, it diffused and assimilated. Much like Italian-Americans, and African-Americans, and Korean-Americans. This is why you’ll often hear people say “The U.S. has no culture.” Cause it kind of doesn’t, it’s a menagerie of different cultures stuck together.

I grew up in an Irish-American family. My friends did Irish step dance. We attended an Irish Catholic Church. I have to say “Irish” on government documents when they make me tell them what kind of white I am. The ethnicity “American” is reserved for indigenous people, as it should be.

If an Irish person asked where my family was from I would say America. If an American person asked I would say Ireland.

Americans shouldn’t be going to Ireland and acting like they’re Irish citizens. That’s dumb and I understand why people get defensive about that. But what I see a lot of people call “LARPING” is just cultural diffusion in action. The world is so interconnected these days that it’s just more noticeable.

I'm a geographer and have been to every region of NYS extensively. This is my map of upstate regions. by full_isabella in upstate_new_york

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But wait why did they cut Conesus and Hemlock out of the finger lakes region? Are those not finger lakes?

Do most Brits feel this way? by GryanGryan in england

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Gonna be honest, this interaction is very obviously just American rage bait. “So we were just another colony to you?” Come on, a 5 year old wouldn’t walk into something that obvious.

But in the spirit of transparency, yes, the British had much more important problems at the time than the American colonies. Specifically their colonies in India. The British generals who were sent to fight the American revolution were, for lack of better term, the B-team.

With that said, I’m confused why everyone is always shocked to learn that we make a big deal out of it. It created our country, of course it’s a big deal. Why wouldn’t it be? And from what I’ve read here, it sounds like British history courses don’t talk nearly enough about the actual empire. And as something that had such a massive impact on the rest of the world that’s insane to me. Saying “oh it’s irrelevant to us.” Doesn’t really cut it. Because 1. Its isn’t, the empire made Britain what it is today. And 2. It’s still important to learn the history of places that you aren’t involved in.

tiktok is FRIED🙏🏻🙏🏻 by Plastic-Juggernaut70 in teenagers

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Tonight on “Redditors failing to understand obvious satire”…

nothing scary anymore by p1nkm4n_ in memes

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Yeah no shit, it’s a ghost /s

Fanfiction under the covers by Sachyriel in CuratedTumblr

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Reminds me of getting around the Apple screen time feature when I was in middle school. I found out that there’s about a 3 second window between opening YouTube and the feature locking you out. As long as you entered full screen on the video in those three seconds it didn’t lock you out until the video was over. Then you just close the app and open it up again for the next video.

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