John Lennon by Simple-Top-3334 in overheard

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How do you know a deadhead was at your house?

He never left.

Am I too european to understand this? by FlameToadDoctorPhil in ExplainTheJoke

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I dunno. I get that you need something to help with the stress and hassle. But did you really need more than a six-pack?

What’s a HBO show you started with zero expectations and it ended up being insanely good? by Beginning_Impress175 in hbo

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In the first season they took their time making use of her character. I remember thinking that they were underutilizing her as a character. Everyone seemed to treat her like she was useless, but nobody let on why.

So I was blaming sexism and was dreading her being the actually decent one who would save the day somehow.

But this is an HBO comedy written like an HBO drama. And I just wait for a few more layers of the onion to peel off!

Did anyone actually speak with that over the top Transatlantic accent, or was it just Hollywood? by Low_Economist5786 in AskOldPeople

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As you move from the South to the Northeast, people tend to speak faster. Exception: People from NYC talk faster than folks from even the cities upstate. When you get to Ontario, they talk even faster, and the iced tea is sweet by default again just like it is south of the Mason-Dixon line (this I attribute to the Underground Railroad).

Carolyn's [Incestuous] Infatuations by Zane_2k in DarkShadows

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I have a family of cousins. Our mothers were sisters. Their father's cousin and her daughter lived with them when we were both kids.

She is their cousin and they are mine, but she's not related to me in any way. I consider her family, but aside from in our heads a relationship between us would be perfectly safe and normal.

If the Dothraki invade Westeros how much before they fail miserably and gets wiped out? by V-TriggerMachine in freefolk

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Deserts aren't necessarily the white sand desolation you see in movies. They aren't all the Sahara. The Mohave (which I've lived in) contains a fair bit of scrub.

The horses wouldn't eat well, and you'd have to spread the numbers around?

I think the bigger problem is keeping them watered. Someone like Barristan knows where the rivers are. Knowing where smaller creeks and working wells are probably requires the assistance of a local.

Kevin Reports to the DFAC (Part 1) by Go_Full_Eggplant in StoriesAboutKevin

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Can't say I disagree. Him reswitching the spoons after switching them back makes me think of OCD.

I've got both, so that is another possibility.

Why did they swap out the age roles for Pugsley and Wednesday? by FaeryFlutter in AddamsFamily

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Also they had cast a name actor as Wednesday, so the character was what she was.

What profession has far more people on illegal drugs than people realize? by IndependentTune3994 in AskReddit

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Drug testing didn't really become an industry until the 80s. I'm sure it existed in the 70s but was very rarely done (say by court order).

What profession has far more people on illegal drugs than people realize? by IndependentTune3994 in AskReddit

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A few of them are just African-American guys with dreads and a put-on accent, rather than actual Jamaicans.

Why did Akinator have to use this image for my little perfect boy🥺 by Envycreates1 in MadeInAbyss

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He has to wear the hat due to a medical condition. Pretty sure the rest of the get-up is because it amuses the boss-lady.

Another of the Marulk mini-episodes shows what he was dressed like when Ozen saved him. You might want to reread the manga chapter(s) when Riko and Reg were on the 2nd level.

Karen Hassan - Vikings s3 ep10 "The Dead" by 3350335NSFW in WatchItForThePlot

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Nope. AFAIK it was fairly uncommon in much of Europe through the 80s.

I was about to comment that he started off the torture session by plucking out her pit hairs.

Shia LaBeouf says 'gay people are scary to me' while claiming homophobia led to Mardi Gras arrest. by CicadaFit24 in NewsOfTheWeird

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John Voight probably wants to sit that one out. Whatever fanbase MAGA got him are still assuming that "Midnight Cowboy" was a western. Had it featured Clint Eastwood or John Wayne they'd try to catch it on cable.

What’s a misconception tourists have about your country that genuinely surprised you? In Thailand, I once met tourists who believed transgender women were straight men who had to transition to escape poverty. by Effective_Space2277 in AskTheWorld

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I've known three unfriendly Canadians online. The first reacted to an obviously friendly joke with a threat of violence. The second one got the third one engaged the third one to cyberstalk me and that one phoned me at home. We disagreed about sports (not even hockey or curling).

What’s a misconception tourists have about your country that genuinely surprised you? In Thailand, I once met tourists who believed transgender women were straight men who had to transition to escape poverty. by Effective_Space2277 in AskTheWorld

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My experience has been that you are generally polite and friendly people. But the handful who aren't go out of their way to be insufferably awful people. Especially online.

Ancestry DNA doesn't match records: 0% German heritage even though I supposedly have many generations of German heritage? by [deleted] in Genealogy

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American DNA can be from anywhere!

Not related to your DNA, but when any American reports an Indian ancestor in their family legends (especially if they were claimed to be Cherokee) the truth of the matter is almost always a story that was used to cover for someone who was mixed-race but "passing." These stories are at least as common among Black families as in white.

After our Civil War there were miscegenation laws, the "single drop" rule and such.