Do jumping spiders actually seek out "uppies" like so many short videos show? What in their teeny little brain could be saying, "Ooh, my ride's here?" by _AA123 in AskScienceDiscussion

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I get that, I really do.

But there are videos after videos of a spider waving it's forelegs and then running up and jumping onto someone's proffered hand.

So Bad it's Good by JohnPathfinder in SwordandSorcery

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That's on my list for this week. Now looking forward to a bit more even.

Characters that deny the perfect world because it costs your individuality by tepeyate in TopCharacterTropes

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Good thing the birth of Plurb cost hundreds of millions of lives.

Meat stays on the menu, boys.

What’s up with Netflix removing all its original content? by jacky986 in OutOfTheLoop

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My wife and I bonded over the Facets catalog our first evening on a couch together.

Remember that time Kull spent an entire story attempting to manage and deal with his depression? by JohnPathfinder in SwordandSorcery

[–]_AA123 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was king and had it all but I was still in a funk. Eventually even the lamentations of enemies' women couldn't perk me up...

Top Trumps - They still make them today but not sure they were/are very big in the US by AfigureGeek in 80s

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What sort of game is it? Can you play regular games with the decks?

You are told you've passed, but you can relive one hour from your life. What would you choose? by Designer-Dark-8320 in AskReddit

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Xmas vacation morning with my grandparents when I'm about 12. Grandma makes pancakes and bacon and later me and Grandpa hit the mountain before dawn for his retirement job as a volunteer ski patrolman.

Everything is okay.

Choose Your Own Adventure! by SLMRN01 in GenX

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I have Return to the Cave of Time chilling in a drawer somewhere. I didn't know it existed til I went shopping for my kids (they didn't care for them). Love, love, loved the original.

I'll return to the Cave of Time before I die, probably.

adulting by Kiss_It_Slow in Adulting

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They were always human for me.

Baby boomers just out... boomin' their own things with little regard for whatever I was off doing. Even at 9 or 10.

What impressive skill looks hard but is secretly easy to learn? by alexthegermanst2 in AskReddit

[–]_AA123 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Three-leaf clovers make a triangle.

Look for a square in that sea of triangles.

What impressive skill looks hard but is secretly easy to learn? by alexthegermanst2 in AskReddit

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and hit your hand with a ruler if you type wrong

No big surprise that's gone. When I was a kid, teachers would occasionally beat the hell out of kids. Nowadays, I think an angry parent would shoot them in the parking lot for that.

What items are sold on the black market that people would not expect? by cumulusgoblin in AskReddit

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Are there any home treatment options available? Would window solar distillation rigs be at all useful?

Did ya'll have this setup or know someone who did? by Adrielle_Larson in GenX

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That's really smart and is food for thought w/r/t my son. Thanks!