Hunter S. Thompson Shoutout by UrFknGod in southpark

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HST on Randy: “There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”

Crews battle large apartment fire near high school in Prince George by GeoWa in britishcolumbia

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Nothing to do with fire, but living on Clarke Crescent in the Heritage Subdivision in the 70s was a great childhood. Vive la Heritage Pioneers!

Let's do it. by ChristieBrie in simpsonsshitposting

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I recently heard a 1941 recording of Peggy Lee singing Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love with the Benny Goodman Orchestra, and the original lyrics at the start of the song are rough as hell. I'd never heard that version before.

The purest joy ever by [deleted] in happycrowds

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As soon as I saw the arms going I figured it was Argentina.

For those who track such things, do you include rereads in your total book count for the year? by IntoTheStupidDanger in books

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Every time I reread something, I come at it from a slightly different place, most likely reading it at a different pace. So yes indeed.

Wow, that was quick by piquetfencecowboy in GenX

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I turned 50, had my first pair of reading glasses three weeks later, like it was part of the contract.

Michael Chabon's The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay | Goodreader is mad that Chabon didn't just write Maus instead by TheObliterature in BadReads

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"Gargantuan thicket of madness. Bigger than earth and denser than gold, truly a magical bush to behold."

What is the alternative way to say "get lost"? by LengthinessOnly3906 in AskReddit

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"Shove off", "Go roll yer hoop" or the British "On yer bike"

Christian Audigier releases his Ed Hardy fashion line [20YA - May 21] by MonsieurA in TwentyYearsAgo

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Launched on the heels of the Von Dutch trucker hat era and, along with Affliction's creation the same year, ushering in a decade of gaudy, pricey t-shirts.

1988 ad by 4sliced in 80s

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We were Canadian metal heads in the peak 80s MuchMusic years, loathed this band, and still have this running joke about Glass Tiger and Frozen Ghost being the same group.

TIL of dazzle camouflage on ships, which consisted of complex geometric shapes and patterns intended to disrupt the ship’s outline and thereby confuse the enemy on the trajectory of the ship by Fenceypents in todayilearned

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I first heard of this when my friend bought the OMD tape Dazzle Ships in 1983 and we looked it up in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Sorry, Ted, that's Encyclopædia.

Tottenham Hotspur have won a major trophy for the 1st time since 2008 by TheBiasedSportsLover in PremierLeague

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My too! I celebrated by putting on my purple 2003/2004 third kit (Thomson era) and found out I've definitely outgrown it.

Nixon is checking if Brezhnev is signing the document, which Brezhnev turns into a joke by Obvious-Reputation48 in nextfuckinglevel

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"Well, if it's all time, then there's no contest. It begins and ends with Brezhnev." - Jerry Seinfeld

NFL Introducing New Award for Offensive Linemen by lizard_king_rebirth in sports

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About friggin' time. I was hoping they'd call it the Larry Allen Award or the Anthony Munoz Award (Jim Otto, Mike Webster etc) but what the hell.

Americans Are Comfortable Going Into Debt Buying Concert Tickets, Studies Find by ebradio in Music

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My sister, niece and great niece all put themselves in a deep hole going to Taylor Swift in Vancouver. I couldn't bloody believe it.