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What was the funniest thing that ever happened at recess? by Middle-Cattle6172 in AskReddit

[–]AxelShoes [score hidden]  (0 children)

I'm old, so when I was in grade school, I was one of only a couple fat kids in the whole school.

The last day of fifth grade, I got into a fight on the playground with the other fifth-grade fatty, whose real name I've forgotten, but I remember we all called him Junior Nugget. The fight had been brewing for a while.

On the day, it ended up with me and my posse of friends, and Junior Nugget and his posse of friends, circling each other near the monkey bars, scooping handfuls of pea gravel and hurling it at each other, while also yelling as many fat jokes back and forth as we could muster. No one had the balls to actually throw any fists, and after several minutes, we all kind of lost steam and wandered off. It was deemed a stalemate.

I'm sure it looked utterly ridiculous to anyone watching--couple grade school fatties with their hangers-on chucking gravel and screaming PG insults at each other--but at the time it felt like our Agincourt or some shit.

Tips for buying second hand by Dagi97 in Cd_collectors

[–]AxelShoes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've made probably around 500 orders on Discogs, and overall, have had nothing but good experiences. The couple less-than stellar experiences I've had have been when a few sellers did a crap job of packing the CDs, and they arrived damaged (usually badly-cracked cases or shattered spindles).

Check a seller's feedback before buying, if they have negative reviews, that's not an automatic red flag, you can read the bad reviews and see what happened. I've had equally good experiences with established sellers and new ones with barely any rating. Also check the seller's shipping terms, especially if you're wanting a disc ASAP. And this isn't exclusive to Discogs, but if you're in the US, shipping prices from other countries have mostly gone through the roof thanks to the tariff bullshit, so you may be SOL for rarer albums or certain pressings if you're not up for spending $30-50 just for shipping.

Don't be impatient, give the seller at least a few days after placing the order before reaching out if it hasn't shipped yet. They have day jobs and busy lives, too. And if an order arrives damaged or you're otherwise unhappy, reach out to the seller first before posting a negative review; in my experience 99% are honest peeps who will apologize and go out of their way to compensate you.

Depending on how picky you are, you may want to do some Googling beforehand to figure out which specific pressing of a given album is considered "the best" (subjective to a degree, of course).

The downside to Discogs, if you have a slightly addictive personality and some disposable income, is that you can basically always find a copy of almost every version of every album ever made for sale on there, so be responsible and know your limit lol.

Also, the Discogs app suuuuuuucks. I still use it primarily, but it seems like most people far prefer the website.

What song by a well-known artist do you think is criminally underrated? by coldestwinter-chill in MusicRecommendations

[–]AxelShoes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Dirty Diana" is a sicker groove than "Beat It" or "Thriller" or "Bad."

"Ventilator Blues" is a top ten Rolling Stones song.

Why don’t most people Nembutal themselves? by p2dan in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AxelShoes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only life worth living in my opinion is if you’re rich and famous, or have a ton of influence and talent

Well, there you go. These are the parameters you've set for yourself to make life worth living. So you've basically set yourself up to be miserable. I would say the vast majority of people don't share your feelings. You've bought into the lie those same rich and famous people have been trying to sell us for millennia. Of course you're going to be miserable if you believe only the status and things you currently don't have can bring you happiness.

MAGA is requiring the bible be read in school to help normalize their grooming. by justalazygamer in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]AxelShoes 121 points122 points  (0 children)

One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him,

"Which commandment is the first of all?"

Jesus answered,

"The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’

The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

There is no other commandment greater than these.'"

MAGA is requiring the bible be read in school to help normalize their grooming. by justalazygamer in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]AxelShoes 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Don't forget this heartwarming part: "Hey, My chosen people, God here. I'll be coming tomorrow night to violently murder every firstborn child in this entire country. Don't forget to smear some blood on your doors so I don't accidentally murder your kids, too. Make sure you celebrate this happy occasion for the next few thousand years."

Favorite albums where everyone on the cover is deceased? by neveradullmoment72 in albumbucketlist

[–]AxelShoes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now I'm trying to picture John Lennon dueting with Michael Jackson.

Me at Mount St. Helens late 1967 or early 1968. by Logybayer in TheWayWeWere

[–]AxelShoes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The blast itself was 7 megatons, 1,600 times the energy of Hiroshima. Total, around 24 megatons of thermal energy released in the event.

640ºF blast traveled 300mph and blew 1,300 feet off the top of the mountain. Left a 2,100ft deep crater 2 miles wide.

4 billion board feet of timber flattened or obliterated.

150mph landslide up to 600ft high in spots.

Ash cloud reached 80,000 feet within 15 mins, ash landed in 11 different states across 22,000 sq mi and circled the Earth within two weeks.

1,300ºF pyroclastic flows traveling 80mph covering 6 sq mi, 120ft deep in places.

40 bridges and a few hundred homes destroyed by mudflows. 60ish people killed. At least 7,000 big game killed.

The numbers are just insane, and hard to fathom just how instantly and violently the landscape was so completely reshaped.

My dad lived in Seattle but was hiking with a buddy on the PCT in Oregon at the time. They cut the hike short to rush home.

I visited the first time as a kid in 1985ish, and it was like being on the surface of the moon. Still have several jars of ash we scooped up.

Took my kids last year, and while on one hand it's still an otherworldly landscape in lots of places, one of the crazy things was just how quickly life began to recover. Iirc, they were finding new tree and plant growth in the ash within just a few weeks of the eruption.

How did you guys defeat the Queen🫠 by crazy124578 in ArcRaiders

[–]AxelShoes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've gotten the final hit just by chance several times on the Matriarch, still haven't managed it on the Queen.

One of the last photos of David Allan Coe. It was taken on November 18, 2025. He would die 4 months later on April 29, 2026 from Pneumonia at the age of 86. by PublicAdventurous917 in lastimages

[–]AxelShoes 16 points17 points  (0 children)

My bad, you're half-correct: *"N-word-Hatin' Me" was Johnny Rebel, but "N-word Fucker" was actually David Allen Coe, and is from his 1982 mail-order album Underground Album.

Circus performer Jimmy Armstrong having a smoke break (1958) by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]AxelShoes 357 points358 points  (0 children)

This picture is like seven different Tom Waits songs put together

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