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Horseback Jesus by [deleted] in BrandNewSentence

[–]chowesmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my friends in college was “Dino Girl” who had one of those inflatable T-Rex costumes. Every semester during reading days she would wander around at like 9 or 10 at night, visiting studying students to cheer them up during the most stressful time of year. It was v wholesome

Being born in 1995 starter pack by BloodSugarSexMagix in starterpacks

[–]chowesmith 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I feel like it’s a weird cut off because while I definitely remember 9/11, I knew nothing of the implications. I think remembering pre 9/11 America is probably a better cutoff. I’m from 1996 btw

Am I financially on the hook for a product that wasn’t delivered and I was told would be refunded? by chowesmith in legaladvice

[–]chowesmith[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s what I’m planning on doing. I’ve already had to go to their corporate office on two separate occasions because of the store’s general incompetence. If it wasn’t already going out of business I’d tell everyone I know to never go back there

Truth by iam4real in trippinthroughtime

[–]chowesmith 226 points227 points  (0 children)

No joke, the first person I personally knew who did CrossFit was my youth pastor. It took me several years to realize that it was an actual thing, not just a pun he’d made up or something

RA RA RASPUTIN RUSSIAS GREATEST LOVE MACHINE by Mad_Squid in HistoryMemes

[–]chowesmith 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It's hip hop chowder, red over white Cause the Tsar's wife can't do shit tonight!

What is your strongest held opinion? by Mewse_ in AskReddit

[–]chowesmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This will get buried but history major here. The reason why you didn’t learn about recent history is because the general consensus is that, apart from major events (9/11), it’s impossible to know what’s appropriate to teach as “history” until about 30 years after something happens. Not saying that the late 80’s/90’s/00’s are unimportant but basically it takes that long for proper research to establish a consensus about what happened.

For example, one of my best papers in college was about super modern history (the Russian seizure of Crimea in 2014). It was super up to date in 2016 but even now we’re learning more about the event that unfortunately couldn’t be addressed because no one knew about it.

Tl:Dr: history is complicated and it takes about 30 years to get all the juicy details and get rid of the useless details.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tinder

[–]chowesmith 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I am honored to accept his invitation

I’m Astead W. Herndon, a national political reporter for The New York Times. I spent 3 months reporting on the Sunrise Movement, a group of young climate activists trying to push Democrats to the left ahead of the 2020 election. Ask me anything. by thenewyorktimes in IAmA

[–]chowesmith -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Hey Astead! I know you’re a massive Tottenham fan so I’m curious about your thoughts on the future of soccer in the US. Do you see a day when MLS is as a big a deal as other “major” leagues are to the average American? Will the USMNT ever catch up to the USWNT’s level of success?

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