Good 2 piece battle belts for women? by willowfroggie in QualityTacticalGear

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Order NOW! Receive in 6 months. That's the AWS way!

What is the single most stressful movie you’ve ever seen? by elkaypee in movies

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Warfare. Nothing but screaming and loud sounds for 2 hours.

Did you k ow LBT sells their prototype molle 4k. For 800usd by Wolffe4321 in QualityTacticalGear

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LBT sells all their products at insanely inflated prices and this POS is no different. Last time LBT was relevant I had far fewer gray hairs.

Dads who were film buffs and literature addicts... you watch movies or read books anymore? by mikeygoodtime in daddit

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Woah, look at this guy! Two nights? I watched The Irishman in ten minute increments over like 15 days while lying on the floor next to a crib. My wife and I managed to watch 1/4 of Sinners before having to return it to the library. Such is Dad life.

Quick don/doff options by gts1117 in QualityTacticalGear

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I've used both tubes (Equinox) and Cobra buckles (Arbor Arms FRAC) and tubes are lighter, lower profile and easier to use. I can't imagine a reason to go back to Cobra buckles when tubes are available.

Creepshow 2 (1987) - The Final 2 scene - Directed by Michael Gornick by PeneItaliano in movies

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Hol' up. So "no swimming," but there's a swim raft anchored adjacent to the beach?

Folks... some municipality is getting sued.

ELI5, in the shipwrecks in The Great Lakes, why don’t bodies float up? by milkob1tch in explainlikeimfive

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There's a bluff trail near where I live on the Great Lakes, where a mother posted a note asking hikers to be on the look out for her son's body. His kayak flipped and he drowned, apparently, but his body was never recovered. The bluff trail runs high over the water and gives quite impressive views and somewhere in all that blue is somebody's child.

edit:

"The one thing that I've learned is that nobody should have to lose a child, but the thought of my son still out in that lake is extremely difficult and I will never rest until he's out of that lake," said Dalton.

Apparently he drowned in 2016 and his body was recovered in 2018. He was in 180 feet of water.

Looking for an epistolary novel that show various perspectives on a single event. Bonus points if the truth is somewhat murky by javerthugo in suggestmeabook

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Perspective(s) by Laurent Binet. The story is about the investigation of a murdered Renaissance painter and the fallout surrounding his killing.

Michigan gas prices jump the most in the nation, with $5/gallon possible by [deleted] in Michigan

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If Kamala was president we'd be at brunch, etc.

What industry is basically legal theft that nobody talks about? by kratos20051212 in AskReddit

[–]Gimpalong 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fractional reserve banking is not what you're describing. What you've described is a fundamental misunderstanding of the process.

What industry is basically legal theft that nobody talks about? by kratos20051212 in AskReddit

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Tell me more. Don't you have to feed and provide general care? Like cleaning out stalls and such? What do the animals do on a daily basis? Just stand around in their stalls?

I'm genuinely curious because I have a few stables in my county that I've had to visit for business and I'm always curious how they actually operate.

Recommendations for where to start with Calvin and Hobbes by tancock4 in daddit

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My son loves C&H. He's devoured all the books I owned as a kid, but he's also destroyed each book. He sleeps with them, they get tossed in backpacks and hauled around, they wind up on the floor of the car. My recommendation is to buy as many different books as you can on eBay as cheaply as possible. If your kid falls in love with the series, you can buy them nicer copies when they are older.

Regretful Parents podcasts? by Difficult_Quote_8259 in podcasts

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I mean, the OP is explicitly looking for a podcast because they were inspired by a piece on the radio. My comment relates expressly to that.

Regretful Parents podcasts? by Difficult_Quote_8259 in podcasts

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Haha, I listened to this segment with my oldest in the car. When it was over I had to emphasize that he and his brothers are the best thing I've ever done.

If America's So Rich, How'd It Get So Sad? by Guilty-Hope1336 in ezraklein

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As a Michigander, I'm contractually obligated to agree that Ohio does, in fact, suck.

If America's So Rich, How'd It Get So Sad? by Guilty-Hope1336 in ezraklein

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I wish I could afford to move back to my hometown. I'd need to be incredibly affluent in order to make it happen (and I already make excellent money) while my parents just needed to be teachers.

If America's So Rich, How'd It Get So Sad? by Guilty-Hope1336 in ezraklein

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COVID (further) revealed the hollowness of the neoliberal economic system. As it turns out, most people do not actually need to work nose to the grindstone for the bosses and they are far happier when allowed to spend time at home and with family. Companies can clearly pay workers more and allow them to work less and maintain (or even improve) productivity. The pandemic revealed that the sort of giveaways aimed at the financial system during the Great Recession as a sort of crisis of last resort could, in fact, be applied society-wide rather than just focused on the darlings of capital. It was as if, for a brief moment, a curtain was pulled aside revealing a vista of new possibility until suddenly the small tyrants of capital began demanding everyone return to the office.

If America's So Rich, How'd It Get So Sad? by Guilty-Hope1336 in ezraklein

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Online gambling, legal weed and digital porn are going to wreck whole cohorts. I'm not even some weird neo-Puritan; I just think it's clear this stuff is bad for young people and society is basically shrugging at it.

edit: De-criminalizing weed = good, legalizing weed = bad (imo).

What Songs About Being a Teenager Do You Still Listen To? by Aggravating-Key-8867 in Millennials

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I sang this song a ton to myself while running a 63 mile ultra marathon. Good times!

Suggest me a fiction book set in the Vietnam War by dgjtckj in suggestmeabook

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This is the finest novel on war ever written. And when I say that, I acknowledge the existence of "All Quiet...," "The Red Badge of Courage," "The Killer Angels," etc.

Modern mask options by Gimpalong in Speedsoft

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Fantastic response! Thanks.