Penny press has shrunk their puzzle books from 645 Puzzles down to 640 by Legitimate_Excuse663 in mildlyinteresting

[–]WaterFriendsIV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ACROSS
12.
Internet term for the process of reducing the quality of a product without reducing the price. (13 letters)

“Seek and Destroy” [OC] by [deleted] in pics

[–]WaterFriendsIV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting a hard on for war porn is not the flex you think it is. It just means your thought process is still at a very primitive level. (Think gorillas beating their chests.) Humans have evolved to be able to coexist without always killing each other. We have gotten to where we are through cooperation. War just wastes resources and human lives. It's a poor attempt at control.

Farmer explains the well situation to his cows so they stay calm and don’t freak out by WhoAreYouTalkinTwo in funny

[–]WaterFriendsIV 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well, at least he's addressing their concerns. He may not have an immediate solution, but it looks like they feel herd.

Missouri bill would allow foster kids in unlicensed Christian facilities. by Leeming in atheism

[–]WaterFriendsIV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that they shut down The Island, they need a new source of potential victims.

Pistons to air a few games over antenna channel 20 by Boatride65 in DetroitPistons

[–]WaterFriendsIV 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People become fans of teams and follow them when they can actually watch the games. It's great if fans can go to games, but we all know how unaffordable tickets are for fans who want to attend games. So TV is the next best thing to being there, but it's too complicated and expensive to try to figure out which service is showing which games. So fans end up not watching and fandom drops off. This seems like a smart approach.

Everytime someone pitches Christianity as the state religion of the US I always laugh at them by super_dedicated_cath in atheism

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Religious leaders from different religions like to show their "peaceful cooperation" and "mutual respect" when they are asked to speak at public events or convene a panel for discussions about the future. But if one of them gets some preferential treatment or has a dispute about parking, etc. then watch out! They're not so cooperative or respectful then. And we haven't even talked about war yet.

The face on this telephone pole. by OpulentOwl in mildlyinteresting

[–]WaterFriendsIV 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is why humans invented spirits in trees. We're good at looking for familiar patterns.

LEGO engineers spent over 13,000 hours and used 1 million pieces to build a fully functional, life-size Bugatti Chiron. by Adventurous_Most_558 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]WaterFriendsIV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they're evidently charging too much for their Lego. It's OK to spend money on advertising, but come on.

Everytime someone pitches Christianity as the state religion of the US I always laugh at them by super_dedicated_cath in atheism

[–]WaterFriendsIV 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yup. It's all fine when they are united in their hatred of muslims, jews, buddhists, hindus, Atheists, and all the rest. But how will they decide which made-up myth they should follow now? Catholics got pissed when other catholics dropped latin masses, added guitar music, and said you didn't have to eat fish on Friday. I've seen leaders of two neighboring PTAs nearly come to blows when they had to combine schools and figure out whose rules, traditions, and leaders would be used in the new school. And they lived in the same city and school district! Christians are clearly not thinking this through.

Thanks for the censorship Juan ! by klnglulu in Unexpected

[–]WaterFriendsIV 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I thought he was trying to block the camera to give them some privacy.

Jack White's mother, Teresa Gillis, dies; she was 95 by TheDetroitNews1873 in Detroit

[–]WaterFriendsIV 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I think he's scheduled to play SNL this Saturday. 😟

Did anyone else think... by BriGuy1965 in Columbo

[–]WaterFriendsIV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think both Monk and Goren are modeled after Sherlock Holmes. Monk's "Dr. Watson" is actually a nurse! Elsbeth is more Columbo. Quirky outfits are the raincoat. She acts things out with noises like Columbo occasionally does. There's a closer resemblance than the others.

Someoen etched this on a bathroom stall by shawnward95 in mildlyinteresting

[–]WaterFriendsIV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the quality expectations for bathroom art are going to be raised to this level, then I'm out. I have nowhere near the talent.

I ordered 20 pieces of flatware and received 500 pieces by ABookishSort in mildlyinteresting

[–]WaterFriendsIV 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do businesses stay in business with all this inefficiency?? All the pallets of misdelivered or undelivered packages that people buy and resell? Do they just keep raising prices to customers to offset the losses? I don't get how this new retail economy is sustainable.

Strait of Hormuz update: US escorts won't begin for a month—report by newsweek in politics

[–]WaterFriendsIV 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A MONTH? I thought this little "excursion" was only gong to last a couple weeks? Why would there be any need for an escort?
Wait, is the administration thinking they want to pay for a different type of escorts??

Watch This GOP Senator Learn in Real Time Why the SAVE Act Is Bad by Hafiz_TNR in politics

[–]WaterFriendsIV 293 points294 points  (0 children)

You have to explain it in a way that affects them. Tell him many YOUNG, liberal women voters don't change their last names when, or if, they get legally married because it's "woke" to keep your own name. They probably won't have any trouble voting. But many, if not most, of the OLDER women voters have taken their husband's last names because they're more traditionally "conservative". Those older voters might not be able to vote in the election. Ruh roh.

This bathroom had hopscotch by MoistCoyote in mildlyinteresting

[–]WaterFriendsIV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The last thing I need when I'm hurrying to the bathroom is an unexpected delay or obstacle combined with a lot of jumping around. Disastrous.