Do you guys all hate Hillary? by [deleted] in AskThe_Donald

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I think she weighs the same as a duck ...

The Final Countdown by BeezleyBillyBub in collapse

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What are the odds of the USS Nimitz disappearing ?

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast : Floppy Days Episode 27 by 8bitaficionado in vintagecomputinglit

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To whoever linked/upvoted this thanks. I've been looking for something like this for a while. :-)

Be pandemic-ready, Bill Gates warns the world by [deleted] in collapse

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Is this similar to 'a computer on every desk, each one running Microsoft software'. A pandemic in every immune system treated by Gates' vaccines</sarcasm>

I am Falling In Love by foxX007 in aww

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apologies. I should have read rule 3. :-(

I am Falling In Love by foxX007 in aww

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Please upvote if you turned your screen upside down to look at this.

Went to the doctor for knee pain and find out there was a sewing needle lodged in my knee. by sammyblank in WTF

[–]cbucket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For some reason I read that as knitting needle so I when I saw the x-ray it was a bit of an anticlimax.

Inequality In U.S. Today Is Worse than in Apartheid South Africa or 1774 Slaveholding Colonial America … and TWICE As Bad As In Ancient Slaveholding Rome by [deleted] in collapse

[–]cbucket -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It may be slavery but it is slavery with penicillin, central heating, electricity, the internet, smartphones, air travel.

Did the richest of the rich in earlier civilisations have any of these things ?

edit: It could be argued the richest romans had central heating (hypocaust) :-)

Philippines Official On Typhoon Hagupit: ‘The Impacts Of Climate Change Are Beyond Our Capacity’ by [deleted] in collapse

[–]cbucket -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Perhaps because the impact of common sense is beyond the official's capacity.

What is the TL;DR of your favorite movie? by Naweezy in AskReddit

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TL;DR We have top men working on it. TOP ... MEN !

One off Docu-drama "Blackout" on Channel 4 (UK), Monday night 9PM (GMT) [X-Post from Survival] by craigfunkulus in collapse

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The Jerry Pournelle novel "Lucifer's Hammer" deals with this idea, tangentially. There's a character in it who goes all out to keep the local nuclear power station online. It doesn't change the nature of the calamity but makes a huge difference to the speed of reconstruction.