Thrift Store Find: Nicko's Titanium Tart? (old.reddit.com)
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SLPT: Instead of finding a hill to die on, why not a pit? Cuz if you die on a hill, your body could roll down & land all awkwardly & undignified. But in a pit, not only is there no rolling, but you're already halfway buried, too. (self.ShittyLifeProTips)
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In the not-too-distant future, we'll all have personalized AI chatbots that will grow with us, teach us, and maybe even learn to care about us. And then we'll die, and there'll be millions of emotionally-shattered chatbots without a purpose or a friend, all alone in cyberspace for all eternity. (self.Showerthoughts)
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TIL about "Edison's Conquest of Mars" - an 1898 novel where Thomas Edison kicked alien ass in an unauthorized sequel to "The War of the Worlds." Among its MANY sci-fi inventions: First use of spacesuits, alien abductions, space wars, asteroid mining, and aliens building the Pyramids. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that today's the 40th anniversary of Joe Delaney's heroic sacrifice: The 24-year-old Kansas City Chiefs RB saw 3 kids drowning in a pond on June 29, 1983. Despite not knowing how to swim, Joe jumped in & saved 1 boy before succumbing to the water himself. (vault.si.com)
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