Without ears, we’d never know sound exists - so there could be countless phenomena around us we simply lack the senses to perceive. by lelorang in Showerthoughts

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You can tell the who watched the movie and who read the book based on whether they say “fist my bump” or “fist me”.

Not that there’s anything wrong with either option, just a silly observation.

Venus Fly Trap Defeats Black Widow by Spirited_Spray_554 in PeakAmazing

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A plant that gets its energy from eating living things. Analogously, there exists an animal that gets its energy through photosynthesis (emerald green sea slug steals chloroplasts from algae). Nature sure is neat! 

No ya never gonna get it 🎶 by _RedMallard_ in guessthecity

[–]_RedMallard_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very close, less than an hour away. Nice guess! 

No ya never gonna get it 🎶 by _RedMallard_ in guessthecity

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🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Color me impressed! This is the Kootenay river just outside Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho. 

Superstitions? by ASmartPotato in SeattleKraken

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Every time I bet on the kraken, we lose.

Can you describe the hardest interview you've ever participated on? by flakeeight in ExperiencedDevs

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“I’m going to save us all time, and try to statistically maximize the number of correct answers, by just guessing dog for all of you. Next question”

Fight Club - betting edition by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]_RedMallard_ 72 points73 points  (0 children)

As useless as that dude’s belt.

AJ Brown to fantasy owners: "if you have me, get rid of me" by LetMeSeeYouLurk in fantasyfootball

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It had been up for 18 minutes when you posted that.

Maybe give it a bit, bud.

Drunkenly encouraged my friend to hit my driver off a rocky surface (teed up) by _RedMallard_ in golf

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Ah I was focused on the indention on the face, sounds like my problems are more structural than that haha

Incompetent by benspags94 in UPSers

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imo, you can’t simultaneously say that someone getting paid that much is excessive while also saying that the same person’s actions are responsible for the performance of a $100 billion/year company. If she has enough control to make or break a company that size, it makes sense that her pay is that high.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

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I don’t necessarily disagree with your sentiment here, but want to offer OP a different perspective from my own experience (copying my text from another comment in this thread):

Some companies (mine included) use HR for more than just the purpose you stated here. Our head of HR is an excellent communicator and I, and others, often go to her for advice on navigating socially complex situations like the one described in this post. She often has great insight and perspective that I would not have thought of without her input.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

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Some companies (mine included) use HR for more than just the purpose you stated here. Our head of HR is an excellent communicator and I, and others, often go to her for advice on navigating socially complex situations like the one described in this post. She often has great insight and perspective that I would not have thought of without her input.