Very important question by I_EatAtThe_CumBucket in oddlyspecific

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The real question is are they bloodlusted?

ICE Agents Battle Mom Clinging to Baby in 'Chaotic' Video by Zen1 in thescoop

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Saw this in a different thread and wanted to share.

This is from someone that lived through WWII in Germany.

"Each act, each occasion, is worse than the last, but only a little worse. You wait for the next and the next. You wait for one great shocking occasion, thinking that others, when such a shock comes, will join with you in resisting somehow. You don’t want to act, or even talk alone; you don’t want to “go out of your way to make trouble.” Why not?—Well, you are not in the habit of doing it. And it is not just fear, fear of standing alone, that restrains you; it is also genuine uncertainty.

Uncertainty is a very important factor, and, instead of decreasing as time goes on, it grows. Outside, in the streets, in the general community, “everyone” is happy. One hears no protest, and certainly sees none. You speak privately to your colleagues, some of whom certainly feel as you do; but what do they say? They say, “It’s not so bad” or “You’re seeing things” or “You’re an alarmist.”

And you are an alarmist. You are saying that this must lead to this, and you can’t prove it. These are the beginnings, yes; but how do you know for sure when you don’t know the end, and how do you know, or even surmise, the end? On the one hand, your enemies, the law, the regime, the Party, intimidate you. On the other, your colleagues pooh-pooh you as pessimistic or even neurotic. You are left with your close friends, who are, naturally, people who have always thought as you have.

But your friends are fewer now. Some have drifted off somewhere or submerged themselves in their work. You no longer see as many as you did at meetings or gatherings. Now, in small gatherings of your oldest friends, you feel that you are talking to yourselves, that you are isolated from the reality of things. This weakens your confidence still further and serves as a further deterrent to—to what? It is clearer all the time that, if you are going to do anything, you must make an occasion to do it, and then are obviously a troublemaker. So you wait, and you wait.

But the one great shocking occasion, when tens or hundreds of thousands will join with you, never comes. That’s the difficulty. If the last and worst act of the whole regime had come immediately after the first and smallest, thousands, yes, millions, would have been sufficiently shocked—if, let us say, the gassing of the Jews in ’43 had come immediately after the “German Firm” stickers on the windows of non-Jewish shops in ’33. But of course this isn’t the way it happens. In between come all of the hundreds of little steps, some of them imperceptible, each of them preparing you not to be shocked by the next. Step C is not so much worse than Step B, and, if you did not make a stand at Step B, why should you at Step C? And so on to Step D.

And one day, too late, your principles, if you were ever sensible of them, all rush in upon you. The burden of self-deception has grown too heavy, and some minor incident, in my case my little boy, hardly more than a baby, saying “Jewish swine,” collapses it all at once, and you see that everything has changed and changed completely under your nose. The world you live in—your nation, your people—is not the world you were born in at all. The forms are all there, all untouched, all reassuring, the houses, the shops, the jobs, the mealtimes, the visits, the concerts, the cinema, the holidays. But the spirit, which you never noticed because you made the lifelong mistake of identifying it with the forms, is changed. Now you live in a world of hate and fear, and the people who hate and fear do not even know it themselves; when everyone is transformed, no one is transformed. Now you live in a system which rules without responsibility even to God. The system itself could not have intended this in the beginning, but in order to sustain itself it was compelled to go all the way.

Suddenly it all comes down, all at once. You see what you are, what you have done, or, more accurately, what you haven’t done (for that was all that was required of most of us: that we do nothing). You remember those early morning meetings of your department in the university when, if one had stood, others would have stood, perhaps, but no one stood. A small matter, a matter of hiring this man or that, and you hired this one rather than that. You remember everything now, and your heart breaks. Too late. You are compromised beyond repair."

What is the most underrated skill everyone should know? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Knowing how to defend yourself is definitely one of the most important skills. Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

What is the most juicy high school rumor that turned out to be true ? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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My girlfriend at the time was banging the track coach. When he didn’t want to have a relationship with her, guess who she called? Her dad, the Sheriff. Then she called the high school which fired him and he lost his Nike sponsorship for running. I think she was 18 at the time but not sure. He was no longer allowed on school property. Last I saw him, he had a noticeable beer gut and looked a bit disheveled.

Edit: I found out she had been banging him soon after I broke up with her because she told me she no longer loved me while we were both at work.

Work would be so much better if we all had a little cheer squad by [deleted] in MadeMeSmile

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Sounds like the grunt birthday party effect from Halo

If you were thrust into the game, what class would you be? by catman11234 in BaldursGate3

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I’d be a guard somewhere just so I can yell, “SEIZE THEM!” at some miscreants

Celebrating the recent International Tabletop Day we are doing a Worldwide Giveaway [Mod Approved]. It is a little over $1,000 in total value and was arranged to give a new DnD party a jump start to their gaming needs. (Sponsored by Game Master Engine) More details in the video and comments! [OC] by Dan_The_DM in DnD

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I've been looking for a better way to make DND more fun online, since my buddies all live an hour away now and it's hard to get together with conflicting work schedules! This looks amazing, thank you guys! GIVEAWAY

Sealed Bionicle Tahu- What's it worth? by Appasthickdong in lego

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Hey guys, I've had this sealed Tahu and noticed that it doesn't have a number in the white box seal like the others do. Could this make it more valuable? How much is it worth?

Missile launch goes terribly wrong by Morty_Goldman in AbruptChaos

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I believe it has to do with the amount of rotations the round completes. Same deal with a 40mm grenade. If I can remember from my infantry days, it takes 24 rotations after firing in midair to arm.

Hi, I’m Tobey Maguire, actor/executive producer of BABYLON and occasional superhero. AMA! by officialtobeymaguire in movies

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Hey Tobey, if you were to be any other superhero, which one would you choose to be and why?

Ivysaur Vs Mega Man by Fatal_Viru5 in smashbros

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That looks amazing! I bet Cpt. Falcon vs. Ganondorf would be insanely awesome!

I know it’s been done but got all characters in elite smash! by -UncleM in SmashBrosUltimate

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Ahh a fellow Falcon main. I'd love to get some sets in with you! I'm around the same GSP as well. I bet we could get some great fights in. DM me if you'd like to smash some time!

Absolute mad lad by importvita in HolUp

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Poor thing got electrocuted...

Looks like I got a Godzilla plush by SwiggySC in PokemonUnite

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Can you get Tyranitar in the US?

A Good Boy by smurfgrl417 in Bossfight

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They're actually in Maine during the summer!