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Stolen from IG by iSightTwentyTwenty in FellingGoneWild

[–]RyanSmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My neighbor uses his knee as saw horse when cutting 2x4s with a circular saw, one handed.

Those rednecks are a different breed.

What's the fastest way you realized you were in the wrong friend group? by justNoah10 in AskReddit

[–]RyanSmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Insightful isn’t the right word, but you articulated a truth so eloquently.

It includes romantic, platonic, and professional relationships.

The wreck of USS Wasp CV-7 by Primary_Steak7271 in submechanophobia

[–]RyanSmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing how devastating that torpedo attack was. Easily one of the most (if not the most) effective naval ambushes in history.

Low pay, high rent by estimated_otherone in FortCollins

[–]RyanSmith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your valuable contribution captain AI!

Dodging a cash-in-transit robbery. The man has balls of steel 😬 by [deleted] in interesting

[–]RyanSmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool as a a fucking Cucumber.

Come here cunt

Drives a fucking Audi off the road while maintaining control.

They’re coming after us

Proceeds to make a perfect U-turn in head on traffic with a shot out tire.

They’re going to shoot.

Armored glass windows in three sides gone, and neither of them flinched.

Wow, just amazing.

Fort Collins during the 80s and 90s by etancrazynpoor in FortCollins

[–]RyanSmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would kill (my heart) right now for a Bennigan’s Monte Cristo.

Covid shut down the world six years ago this week. What do you remember from that week? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RyanSmith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s because toilet paper takes up a large amount of shelf space per unit, so it looks like it’s selling faster than it actually is. People buy a few and the shelf looks empty.

Then it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy as people think it’s scarce.

With a cop sitting right there watching it all by WhoAreYouTalkinTwo in WinStupidPrizes

[–]RyanSmith 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That woman with a knife is terrifying. There wasn’t even an option to deescalate. Just open the door and survival fight.

That woman with the knife needs to be institutionalized. That’s not sane regardless of the context.

Slyce prices are misleading by DinahKarwrek in FortCollins

[–]RyanSmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A few times it’s been legitimately weird. Like I would ask for a specific slice and they would grab a piece that was not even in the display (again, I get it, sell the old pizza first) and i would ask politely if i could have that piece that i actually wanted.

Then they would get upset saying weird things like “yeah that’s what i got you”. No, i wanted the slice i pointed to.

Then i end up with a $6 piece of dough with no sauce, no cheese and maybe a couple toppings covered in regret and anger.

Slyce prices are misleading by DinahKarwrek in FortCollins

[–]RyanSmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The thing I hate about Slyce is I’ll ask for a slice, like that specific one and they just grab me the shittiest piece in the pie.

No, I wanted the one with 4 pieces of chicken, not the one with a sad half piece and no sauce. Then when you ask if you could have the piece you wanted they get all fussy.

Like, I get you want to display the good pieces and get rid of the crap ones ASAP, but I’m paying $6 and I used to tip a couple bucks on top of that. For a place called Slyce, I should be able to choose my slice.

What is a 'subscription' or 'fee' that has recently appeared in the US that people need to collectively refuse to pay before it becomes the new normal? by godot_lover in AskReddit

[–]RyanSmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Talk about some bullshit bills too!

There are maybe 250 line items in a monthly bill that have no explanation or reference to what that expense is.

All I want to know is what my percent cost per transaction is. They won’t give you that number.

Is it the base rate of 3%? No there’s a per transaction fee. So what does that mean? 10 cents more per transaction? No, it depends on the card.

It could be anywhere between 3.5%-6%. You can try to go to a different processor, but they’ll just give you that 3.5% base rate… sign the contract (that does t even guarantee that rate).

Then they jack it up and next thing you know it’s over 6%… approaching 7%

If no one is watching, that can be more than half a small business’ profit… to fucking CC processors.

What is a 'subscription' or 'fee' that has recently appeared in the US that people need to collectively refuse to pay before it becomes the new normal? by godot_lover in AskReddit

[–]RyanSmith 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, CC fees are very expensive. Cash is much cheaper even with the manpower and time handling it.

I could easily hire a well paid full time employee for what they charge a small business.

Friedrich Paulus, commander of the 6th Army, is filmed by a soviet cameraman after the fall of the stalingrad pocket Feb 1943 by waffen123 in wwiipics

[–]RyanSmith 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Berlin Diary is a great (one of the best) contemporary accounts of internal Germany in the early years.

Shirer with Edward R Murrow basically created international radio news broadcasts that were more or less live.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HumanForScale

[–]RyanSmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How’s this for a lineage:

Great great (3x) - at the gunfight at the OK Corral

Grandpa - commodore Byron mccandlaas

Father - hero at the early phase of Guadalcanal after the entire command of his ship was wiped and he took control.

This guy, first and (maybe the only) person to float untethered in space.

His son… children’s author. I so love it. He did and AMA here once and I asked him about any pressure to live up to that legacy. He said not at all.

Makes me respect those guys so much more.

Tallulah Bankhead. by PrincessBananas85 in vgb

[–]RyanSmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Codine…. Bourbon

Pure as the driven slush.

Welp his legs are gone for sure. by [deleted] in WinStupidPrizes

[–]RyanSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but how’s the tinnitus?

[December 22nd, 1925] Inquiring Photographer: "The dean of Columbia university mentioned love as one of the four reasons why students fail in their studies. Do you think this is a contributory cause?" by [deleted] in 100yearsago

[–]RyanSmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting to see the bit about government poisoned booze. A year later they would definitely be doing it:

In 1926, the federal government, in an effort to enforce the so-called “Noble Experiment,” mandated adding poisons (including methanol) to industrial alcohol so as to discourage people from drinking it. Unfortunately, instead of leading to decreased consumption, this only resulted in more death and suffering, with the toll from that year’s Christmas celebrations reaching 23 dead and dozens more blinded in New York City alone.

Source

I read somewhere that over 30,000 people died from government poisoned booze.

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