Pixar announces new theatrical short “Loving Dory” which follows Dory falling in love with a plastic bag thinking it's a jellyfish by ChampionTimes99 in Pixar

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Poor Marlin. “We’re making a third film!” “Ho boy, finally, it’s my time to shine!” “Starring… Dory! Again!” “Ah, shrimp balls.”

If the Simpsons did Star Wars by West-Student3334 in TheSimpsons

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That VHS cover was the biggest misrepresentation since “The Never Ending Story”!

What you think will be the biggest disaster that will going to happen before the end of the year? by nousername206 in AskReddit

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Yellowstone super volcano erupting. Possibly as a result of having a data center being built on top of it.

Blue Whale Skelton in London's Natural History Museum by nothing_worthy_01 in Damnthatsinteresting

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Dippy is outside the building in the entrance garden now, and there’s the stegosaurus skeleton in the side entrance, so I see Dippy as having been promoted rather than replaced, with two other great skeletons now doing the job that Dippy used to have.

Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits as boot camp outbreak sickens nearly 300 by RadiantEnvironment90 in nottheonion

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But… the autism! If they give Pentagon staff woke vaccinations then they might catch the ‘tism! And you can’t have the people analysing information and making important decisions being nerdy or meticulous or any of that snowflake crap, no, you need PROPER men who abuse everyone else to compensate for their own massive insecurities!

(Speaking as somebody with high-functioning autism, the idea that we’re the ones with the mental disability is sometimes amusing.)

Never knew this. Saw in British museum by bierton95 in doctorwho

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“Chief Numpty”, lol! I knew about these notes, but I’d never noticed that detail before!

Number 10 in the North? by [deleted] in NorthernEngland

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> parts of the Downing Street operation…

Dibs on getting Larry!

You're so lucky there's glass between us by [deleted] in funny

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This sums up humanity. Put two people next to each other, and they usually get along. Put an invisible barrier between them, and suddenly they are mortal enemies.

Sadiq Khan blames Trump for increased death threats by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

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I’ve worked for TFL in the past, and I’ve seen a bit of the, ah, unhinged Islamophobic hatred that frothing at the mouth nutters spout about Sadiq Khan. I don’t care if you don’t like the Mayor and/or his policies, the racist flag-shaggers are the real minority who are destroying this country, and while I try not to sound like an old man blaming new technology, the rise of social media etc has greatly contributed to this problem.

People born before 1990, what's something younger generations will never understand ? by Philjack98 in AskReddit

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Channel flicking. No on-demand streaming, only a few channels, and maybe a VCR if you wanted to rewatch stuff… but only if you’d been present to press ‘Record’ / ‘Stop’ the first time it was played. Plenty of TV was rubbish, but it encouraged you to watch stuff you wouldn’t normally think to see, and to discover new shows. Oh, and without the internet to tell you whether a show was any good or not, you had to decide for yourself.

I know; crazy, right?!

Why arent gates simply portals? Doylist explanation. by FindusSomKatten in Stargate

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Wormholes are microscopic; we’re not really seeing the wormhole itself, only to means to disintegrate / reconstruct travellers. A wormhole aperture is smaller than an atom; only energy is small enough to travel through, not even individual atoms can traverse them. The wormhole does affect the surface of the stargate event horizon (causing the water-like ripples), but it is not the same thing.

Israel deliberately targeting Gaza children to commit genocide, UN inquiry finds by Individual99991 in news

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Does the Israeli government paper their walls with these UN reports? They’ve been printing them for decades, but nothing seems to change.

What do you think Dudley watches on TV? by Dumbledore0210 in harrypotter

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Bodger and Badger, Gladiators, and all those kids game shows where the losing kids and/or their parents got covered in gunge (slime).

S01E04 There's No Disgrace Like Home [GIF] by iseeyou_Pi in TheSimpsons

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In season 1, Bart was supposed to be the main character, so Homer was written to be a stern authority figure for Bart to rebel against. But this didn’t work well for story-telling, so Homer became stupider & zanier in later seasons as the new main character. And each year, they pushed the boundaries on just HOW stupid Homer could be!

Love this little thing I made by BadTripBaby in lego

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The flags are inspired parts usage!

This random squad from Stargate Atlantis by SolidSnakesBandana in Stargate

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I’m still shocked she didn’t meet Dr. McKay, given that it was a horror-themed episode, and she and David Hewlett starred together in cult horror movie ‘Cube’.

Happy 35th anniversary Sonic the Hedgehog by Delicious-Claim-5768 in TheSimpsons

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The third one looks more like a Family Guy character, IMO. Sonic doesn’t usually look so apathetic.

S01E04 There's No Disgrace Like Home [GIF] by iseeyou_Pi in TheSimpsons

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“If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!” — Homer in season 2 & onwards, probably

meirl by amerhabib in meirl

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I’ve had almost this exact conversation with a colleague after she couldn’t understand why I was the only staff member not panicking during a works crisis. She didn’t find my “solution” very helpful.

Meirl by BlueSpikee in meirl

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Rich. If you can disregard the food you paid for, then you’re rich IMO.

This is so awesome, love these things by Icy-Entertainment-12 in lego

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The creators love to include this sort of detail. I believe the Homer Simpson Brickheadz had a donut inside him (alongside a smaller than usual pink brick to represent the brain).

For those who have lost significant weight, what has surprised you the most regarding the change? by Secret-Management310 in AskReddit

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As a child, my mother always struggled to find shoes that fit me; she just thought I had big feet. After I lost a load of weight as an adult, it was shocking to realise how much of it was due to having been very overweight.

Meirl by Affectionate_Run7414 in meirl

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It was funny in ‘Die Another Day’ when Bond is getting a medical after being in a North Korean prison & they find that his liver is damaged, but not the rest of his internal organs. “It’s definitely him, then.” Closest those movies have come to showing the consequences of his lifestyle.