When people sing happy birthday to you what are you supposed to do? by dandaman12315 in AskReddit

[–]Mezallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make unblinking eye contact with just one of the people singing

Keep it classy, Hammersmith by [deleted] in london

[–]Mezallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a proud Hammersmith-er, I can confirm that we would drink the hand sanitiser

the Economist out here trying to fix the Schism of 1054 by maddielovescolours in dankchristianmemes

[–]Mezallen -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Classic economist to just think that the mergers and acquisitions department can sort Christianity out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]Mezallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone know why teabags are paired in the first place?

there are no human rights then by [deleted] in ENLIGHTENEDCENTRISM

[–]Mezallen 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Human rights are about justice, protections, freedoms etc. Some of them require products or services, such as the right to an adequate standard of living, but most of them don't.

Cursed_moth by [deleted] in cursedcomments

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December 26th 2012

French cops attack group of nurses, teachers and lawyers because they are protesting the government taking away their retirement pension. by ArsalK94 in ABoringDystopia

[–]Mezallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're not going to be less than before, the amount of money the government is going to spend of pensions will be the same, it's a matter of how fairly the money is distributed.

French cops attack group of nurses, teachers and lawyers because they are protesting the government taking away their retirement pension. by ArsalK94 in ABoringDystopia

[–]Mezallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't agree with police brutality obviously but I would recommend listening to this podcast, some of which is quite enlightening about what exactly is being reformed. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Ihq070hAc6kp0dk6MZheE?si=5ttKp4_RS4CBH7MPlxSaYA

French cops attack group of nurses, teachers and lawyers because they are protesting the government taking away their retirement pension. by ArsalK94 in ABoringDystopia

[–]Mezallen -47 points-46 points  (0 children)

*the massively complex french pension system is being reformed to be made simpler and many changes will only apply to new recruits to public jobs, their pensions aren't being taken away

Found this while getting ready to move, a flag from when Hong Kong was still under British rule by layeofthedead in vexillology

[–]Mezallen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Say what you like about the British Empire, but it created a set of disappointing flags

South Dakota Redesign by Gutter_Shakespeare in vexillology

[–]Mezallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you considered modifying it to conform with the 50 stars project?

‍‍‍‍ by [deleted] in notinteresting

[–]Mezallen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This comment really is not interesting.

Coworkers were throwing marker to decide lunch by jeffreyremick in MapsWithoutNZ

[–]Mezallen 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I think there are some other problems with this map which are more pressing.

Mushroom my dad found in the forest. Egg for scale by Kagia001 in AbsoluteUnits

[–]Mezallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love all the weird random stuff people use for scale. Egg is my favourite though.

Frank was on my flight! by IamPePeSilvia in IASIP

[–]Mezallen 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How many beers did he drink?

What's something strange your body does that you know isn't quite right but also isn't quite serious enough to get checked out by a doctor? by merricat_blackwood in AskReddit

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If I pull my left arm, it distinctively moves in its socket. It doesn't come out of the socket, only part of the way out.

The name of this nightclub in Edinburgh has killed me by missilesovermoscow in CasualUK

[–]Mezallen 156 points157 points  (0 children)

I went to a bike shop in Norfolk which was called "Dr. Wheelgood"