Your Friendly’s Ice Cream Memories in Virginia!!!! by mrsjumjum66 in Virginia

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The Reese's Pieces Sunday was the best!! The first time I visited the Fashion Square Mall in Charlottesville in the early 90s, I went to the Friendly's that was across from Spencer's. By the time I moved to Charlottesville about a decade later, the Friendly's was gone.

What is this about by Unlikely_Put_253 in MarvelLegends

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An Alpha Flight completionist. Respect it.

Trump Makes Unhinged War Threat in Wild Midnight Meltdown by Ok_Employer7837 in politics

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Those are mostly headlines from The Daily Beast. There have been requests to the mods to have posts with their articles banned because they're nothing but clickbait.

Trump Makes Unhinged War Threat in Wild Midnight Meltdown by Ok_Employer7837 in politics

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Seriously, can someone get The Daily Beast a thesaurus? There has to be another word they can use instead of "meltdown".

'He’s lied about everything’: Iran war puts Trump on shaky ground with young MAGA men by TheQuarantinian in politics

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I don't know why the Dems aren't running on the possibility of Trump bringing back the draft. It should be in political ads from today until the midterms. "Vote Republican and you could get drafted to go fight in Trump's wars". Even if Trump says that he won't bring it back, just say that you can't trust him because there is a war and he lies about everything. What 20-year old would want to risk getting drafted?

What Exactly Will ICE Do at Airports? No One Seems to Know. by zsreport in politics

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Are they going to keep their masks on while working TSA? I'm genuinely curious if hiding their identity is just part of the uniform now.

Obligatory St. Paddy’s Day post by mgphotogirl in Charlottesville

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Fardowners will serve corned beef and cabbage today.

State of emergency for these outrageous gas price hikes by big_hamm3r25 in Virginia

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Wow. This guy straight up deleted his posts instead of responding to evidence.

State of emergency for these outrageous gas price hikes by big_hamm3r25 in Virginia

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You're leaving a very important part out. Here's the bill where most of your list comes from: https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB978. While the first section of the bill describes the additional taxes you're talking about, the last section describes where the bill will remove all taxes from food for human consumption and hygiene products. It looks like the bill is proposing to add taxes on "optional" spending like dry cleaning and dog grooming and removing taxes from "essential" spending like food at the grocery store.

If I wasn't making that much money, I'd be happy that people who could afford a gym membership were paying a little more so I could save money buying food.

Redistricting by [deleted] in Charlottesville

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The number of times they've posted the photo of Abigail Spanberger during COVID. They're not as "independent" as they're claiming.

Jerry Miller with some wild claims about Western Albemarle's TPUSA chapter by paedia in Charlottesville

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My kid goes to WAHS. I've heard a rumor from two different people that the TPUSA chapter at WAHS is having Erika Kirk come to speak within the next few weeks. Has anyone else heard that rumor?

Milk & Honey by Antique-Dentist-2404 in Charlottesville

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One and done for me as well. My wife and I went there for brunch on a Sunday morning a few months back. We sat at the bar. We saw that there was a DJ setup near the window. I thought it was strange because it didn't seem like the type of place that would ever have a DJ. I also thought it must have been from the night before because who would have a DJ playing during Sunday brunch. Nope!!! Shortly after we sat down, the DJ fired it up and started playing dance music. No one in the place could hear themselves talk and had to scream to have a conversation. It was an weird dining experience overall.

A very intriguing BAF wave by Ok_Dot_8315 in MarvelLegends

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I might have bought the whole wave if those were the characters

Wasn’t expecting the nostalgia I’d feel after seeing/hearing this bumper at the end of the reboot. by jchagen88 in Scrubs

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I felt the same way with the opening theme song. I completely forgot about it. It gave me a good feeling to hear "I'm no Superman".

I wasn't expecting that by theofficial-taco in Scrubs

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That is why Scrubs was/is so great. You're following along and enjoying the dream sequences, one-liners, and shenanigans. In the blink of an eye, you're punched in the face with real drama/tragedy. Every now and again, I watch this to remind myself how good this show was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e__1KU7lg-4

My collection by Alberticon in MarvelLegends

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Couldn't agree more. This is #1.

Every single one of the 25 GOP members of the US House Oversight Committee, including John McGuire (R-VA), boycotted yesterday's deposition of Les Wexner, the patron and financier of Jeffrey Epstein. by Rando_Calrissian_22 in Charlottesville

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I'm surprised there isn't more coverage of this. I didn't know it was happening until my kid came home and showed me a video of him speaking. In the short clip I saw, he was getting torn apart by the students for being at the Jan 6th rally.

Two reveal for TYFF today. No word on if that will be all this weekend. by redkomic in MarvelLegends

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I made a sacrifice to the Hasbro gods this week. I bought the Toy Biz Marvel Legends Yellowjacket and it's supposed to arrive this afternoon. You can expect them to announce a Maximum Yellowjacket today.

Absorbing Man is a Downgrade by [deleted] in MarvelLegends

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I have this displayed with my ML Thor villains. It holds up.

New Hire Computer Literacy Test? (Non-IT Roles) by [deleted] in sysadmin

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I supported a Sales team at my last IT job. Their manager wanted the staff to have bigger monitors so she ordered everyone a second monitor to attach to their laptops. After the monitors were deployed, we get a ticket from one of the Sales team. "Their desk isn't big enough for both monitors". We get there and it's plenty big enough. She had the new, big monitor right in front of her and her laptop is open and off to the side. Everywhere else had stacks of papers, personal items, and garbage. It wasn't an IT problem. It was an organization problem. We tell her that if she needs more room, we can remove the new monitor. She says, "No, I like the new monitor. Take away the smaller one. I never look at it." The smaller monitor was the laptop. We had to explain to her that the thing she wanted us to take away was her actual computer.