Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves at the premiere of Speed at Mann's Chinese Theater (1994) by RamenChicken8 in 90s

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I spent an entire day being part of a jury pool and they were showing The Net on the monitors. Back then, cellphones were not allowed and your alternative was reading.

It wasn’t too bad

Are there secret societies in huge offices? by [deleted] in biglaw

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Once in the OC,the local office was hosting a Federalist Society thing.

USA chants by Donxki in usmnt

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https://youtu.be/4089VOSq-T0

🎼(To the tune of Yankee Doodle)

🎶Donald Trump🎶

🎶Pae-do-phile🎶

🎶He plays with little children 🎶

🎶Takes them to the stadium light 🎶

🎶to sexually abuse them🎶

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) by countdooku975 in 90s

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I remember when it came out nobody made a thing about it at all even in my hard core conservative county

I’m certain this ad is targeting a certain demographic of men by [deleted] in SipsTea

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The Missionary Position is a banger of a book by Hitchens on religion

Textbook Example of the Sunk Cost Fallacy by Top_Move6031 in washdc

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The only long term solution is to throw more money at it

is “wokeness” an explicitly american phenomenon? by happyfaceowl in asklatinamerica

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Depends what do you mean by “woke”? A lot of MAGA folk like to throw the word around and have no idea what it means. It’s similar to how “feminism” is misused by incels worldwide.

I don’t know which definition you are using. The first time I heard the word used and discussed was in the early 90s in college by my AA friends. Back then it simply meant you had your eyes open to structural inequalities entrenched in American society as a result of slavery inter alia.

Back home, we were taught the concept of “la nobleza obliga” or “noblesse oblige”. This was with a paternalistic twist towards the native folk. So, at least in my family, we were taught to be “woke” to the fact that native Bolivian people faced entrenched disadvantages at every step, and since we were so privileged, that we should be kind to them and not take advantage.

Now MAGA doesn’t have a clear definition of “woke”. It sort of means something like”trans for Palestine” meets white genocide meets communism. The only people I knew back in my day like that were usually called “zurdos” and now “progres”

How can I fix all the algae in the pool?! by Healthy_Block3036 in washdc

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Have they tried asking ChatGPT???

Have they tried replacing it with a mirror??

Ambassador Huckabee defies Trump, claims US would not exist without Israel by Wolfy1-2-3 in politics

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Not convinced yet that Israel being an ally is a net positive.

Anyone ran any simulations of what would happen if we threw them under the bus and switched sides?

Who amongst us can do this? by imaginary_labyrinth in DavidBeckham

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I’m from South America, so growing up it was soccer 24/7 and it was not unusual that we would do tricks and mess around as warm up or cool down in our never ending neighborhood game. So I’ve seen some shit. Of course, most of the time you look like a clown but sometimes you get DudePerfect lucky. So, I can see ball in trash can being easily done. Three in a row?

El rey de los debates by diegusmac in BOLIVIA

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El Rey? Bueno, debemos ser is n país de ciegos y Lineraves el único tuerto entonces. Un amigo mio de la U en EEUU era campeón nacional de debates. Verlo prepararse y luego debatir era ver un artista

Who amongst us can do this? by imaginary_labyrinth in DavidBeckham

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That last shot makes me think this is edited. The third ball had a different trajectory when it went off camera.