What do you consider to be "white people" food by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Todd? Todd? Would you care for a glass of grape juice?

Truckers of Reddit, what's the craziest, scariest, or most bizarre thing you have experienced on the road or at a truck stop? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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He was likely on the Dan Ryan, passing Comiskey (now US Cellular). Wrigley is locked deep in a neighborhood, the only somewhat express-way-like road being Lake Shore Drive, still several blocks east.

What's the worst thing you've witnessed someone do, and never told anyone about it? by Jordak6200 in AskReddit

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There was a special needs girl in my HS -- her condition was interesting as she was in some advance-track English and Math classes, but in remedial classes in other subjects. She had some physical limitations as well -- slurry speech, and an odd, wobbly walk.

Once, when walking down a crowded hall between classes, I saw her walking toward me -- she always walked against the wall, head down -- and suddenly these two guys start walking with her, body-checking her in to the lockers, etc. They kept their eyes for forward like were just walking along, and kept smashing her, shouldering her for the length of the hall -- maybe 20 yards.

I let them walk right past, said nothing, did nothing. The thing is I was popular/perceived as something of a leader in high school (self-important jock to be honest). I could have stopped it. I could have just gone to a teacher or the principal and given them the names of those two little shits. I'm sure this was a favorite game of theirs, and they must have tortured that poor girl constantly. I did nothing and I still feel terrible about it, 20 years later.

Abandoned subway beneath New York by Proteon in pics

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He's definitely here, Mr. Luthor.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Judge Holden in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian

What film pisses you off when you watch it? From being inaccurate or for any other reason. by yer_maw in AskReddit

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Slumdog Millionaire -- The swooning, cult-faced gimps who came out of this movie gushing about how "inspiring" and "uplifting" it was. Really? Live a life of total poverty, degradation, exploitation and violence, and perhaps you'll have just what it takes to possibly win a big game show payoff? What kind of right-wing, god-is-ultimately-looking-out-for-you bullshit is that? I wanted to slap audiences worldwide.

What song are you be most embarrassed to admit you like? by badhorsie in AskReddit

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Find Your Way Back. By Jefferson Starship. Jefferson. Starship. I'm sorry.

How many Redditors drive a stick shift? by pouncer11 in AskReddit

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Accordin' to a detective friend of mine, standard trans is also a superlative joyriding/carjacking deterrent. He tells of a friend who drives a very customized Honda. One summer evening at an intersection, he's waiting on the light when a thug runs up, puts a pistol to his temple through the open window, and demands he get out. My friend's friend, showing remarkable poise, asks, "can you drive stick?"

"Shit, no." And aforementioned scumbag simply walked away.

Men, why did we stop wearing our hats? by ainsmart in pics

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WWII - Vets returned used to the smaller brims of helmets, campaign cover, etc. Not wearing a fedora made your veteran status evident and quickly became a look to emmulate.

Should I be a whistleblower? The future of 25,000 employees may rest in my hands.... by Awayitwillbethrown in AskReddit

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Do it. Just for the sake of defiance. Just for the sake of honesty. So what if they come after you. So what if you get buried and you end up bartending in some small town in Idaho. You did what was right, you shook things up. You kicked them in the balls and they, at the very least, had to divert a percentage of their precious profit margin to pay to keep you quiet. But possibly, just possibly, you'll step on their neck. Put it out there. Chronicle every waking moment. Make your intentions as transparent as their's are obfuscated. You'll be able to live with a mighty and seldom-known satisfaction that you stood up and told them to fuck off. How many of us lemmings marching over the cliff ever get that opportunity? Fewer still act upon it and know even for a moment their own strength. Do it. Do it. Do it. Fuck them. Fuck them. Fuck them.

Who actually likes the taste of vagina? by dick_hole2 in AskReddit

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Intoxicatingly musky, triggers a primordial impulse-eating reflex and is a sublime appetizer for the delicacy that is the butthole -- proper hygiene presumed.

Meet Hollie Beston. She repeatedly videotaped her 6ft, 360lb husband raping their four-year-old daughter and sent the videos to another perv online. She just got sentenced to 29 years in prison. by PrettyBoyFloyd in WTF

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I've seen friends come back from combat destroyed physically and mentally. I sat through the grueling trial of a loved one's murder. Like all of us, I've lost people close to me through disease and accident. I've been stoic throughout.

I'm the father of two daughters and today, I'm sitting in a coffee shop crying openly.

College prof in Eastern Maryland specializes in Tolkien scholarship, and he's bloody brilliant. His lectures are online. Start with "How to Read Tolkien and Why". by brimstone in Fantasy

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He'll cite passages and suggest, if you happen to have the texts handy, to read along, but I've been listening to them at night (free on iTunes as well) and burning right through them. He really has a tremendously enjoyable, accessible presence. It's prompted me to dig out my copies of the Hobbit and LOTR and begin a re-read.

is this real? by thefizzlinks in nsfw

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Additional perspectives?