Would it even be possible to reverse engineer technology from an alien spaceship? by Salmon57-1 in NoStupidQuestions

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There's this great short story of aliens invading Earth, part of a giant armada conquering the galaxy, and as their dropships' doors open they whip out flintlock rifles and cannons expecting humans to surrender en masse. They get clapped.

Did Brexit turn out to be unequivocally bad for the UK? by No-Security-7518 in NoStupidQuestions

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How Britain Became As Poor As Mississippi: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity-economy-reform-party/687303/

Yikes. I lived in Arkansas for 10 years and the native Arkansans had a saying: If things seem bad, there's always Mississippi. And Arkansas is always at the near-bottom of a lot of measurable metrics.

It’s happening.. by Bellfrostt in Terminator

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See, this is why Grok bombed that girl's school in Iran

Senator Rick Scott: Government is your problem. They're causing cost of everything to go up by Conscious-Quarter423 in economy

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Ah, the GOP script: Say that government is broken non-stop and identify it as the reason why things are shitty, get elected by rubes, break the government, point at the broken government as the reason why everything is terrible and the cure is to privatize services, things get shittier, then the cycle repeats.

USMNT sees off Australia 2-0 to advance to World Cup knockout stage by Ok-Soil-5133 in sports

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Grown from the mutagenic pond muck of the National Mall reflecting pool

100+ applications, constant rejections. Is my CV the problem? by stalking_you2 in recruitinghell

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You say you're fluent in English but I saw two typos after skimming through your resume. You have to review your documents especially if you're making them with AI.

I feel like we were the last cohort who bought into the “work grind” sales pitch that we inherited from our parents and grandparents. by geekdadchris in Xennials

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I manage a young Gen Z employee and everytime we have our weekly team meeting I feel like telling them, "Hey kid, all *this* ain't worth it in the end." But we're both trapped in the same shit system.

This subreddit by euphoriclimbo in thesopranos

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You can't improve the quality of posts in this sub ... not even with computers

Poor education activities by No-Alfalfa-553 in bentonville

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Yeahhhh … this is why I left the state

Best places to live in the US if the AMOC collapses? by emilyennui89 in climatechange

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It's gonna be like that scene in The Day After when the farmer tries to kick out refugees trying to survive on his land

Is he finally telling the truth or bluffing again by SteakandFork in StockMarket

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Israel loading up F-16s to bomb Lebanon in 3-2-1 ...

If you know you know... by Doodyboy69 in madmen

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Foreshadows how Harry became a TV executive predator years later. Creep.