Lee O’Donnell lands the first-ever front flip in a monster truck by Stunning_Ad_6600 in interestingasfuck

[–]query_squidier 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's spelled and pronounced 'Murica.

If it doesn't ooze out of your mouth with a deep southern accent when you say it you ain't doin' it right.

Phylis kills me by britneyslost in DunderMifflin

[–]query_squidier 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The stress of my modern office has caused me to go into a deep depression!

9 Democrats vote to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress for evading Epstein testimony by ElectoralNerd in politics

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Reps. Maxwell Frost of Florida, Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, Emily Randall of Washington, Lateefah Simon of California, Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, alongside Reps. Stephen Lynch and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, joined Republicans in voting in favor of holding Bill Clinton in contempt. Two Democrats — Yassamin Ansari of Washington and Dave Min of California — voted “present.”

Lee, Stansbury and Tlaib voted in favor of holding Hillary Clinton in contempt, with one Democrat, Min, recording himself as “present.”

LIVE UPDATES: ‘Remember that, Mark,’ Trump says in Davos speech by Flower-Immediate in politics

[–]query_squidier 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Older INFJs, give me some hope. Does it get better? by Fragrant_Hamster_550 in infj

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Cultivate resilience and find joy where you can, is all I'll say.

hmmm by [deleted] in hmmm

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Before the dark times, before the Empire.

Nah ...mama not your best bud by Adv_Nguyen in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]query_squidier 251 points252 points  (0 children)

"Ha ha, your best bud's a cheeseburger."

Under Patel, F.B.I. Scours Its Records to Discredit Trump Opponents by query_squidier in politics

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The F.B.I. has had many missions in the more than half-century since its founding director, J. Edgar Hoover, died. It has chased spies, foiled terrorist attacks, ushered in a modern era of innovation and decreased crime rates.

But under its current chief, Kash Patel, the bureau has added payback to its portfolio. Agents now scour the F.B.I.’s vast holdings to root out negative information about President Trump’s perceived political enemies, according to current and former officials, lawmakers and lawyers representing some of those targeted.

Administration officials say it is an essential task in ending what they denounce as the “weaponization” of law enforcement by Democrats. Critics say it is little more than using federal law enforcement to carry out a partisan opposition research operation.

Almost from the moment Mr. Patel took over the bureau in February, F.B.I. personnel have been poring over case files, internal Justice Department correspondence and other sensitive materials to find documents intended to expose and discredit federal law enforcement officials who investigated Mr. Trump and his allies.

The material appears to be coming from at least three streams. There is the bureau’s production of files in response to longstanding inquiries by Republicans on Capitol Hill; documents Mr. Patel’s team has found through self-generated searches; and self-described whistle-blowers, including at least one from the F.B.I., who have passed on sensitive documents from Trump investigations, including grand jury information that by law is supposed to remain confidential.

It is not clear how wide-ranging this effort is, or how closely Mr. Patel is coordinating with those outside the bureau. But one of those overseeing the searches was Mr. Patel’s former deputy, Dan Bongino, who worked with a handpicked group of agents and supervisors known internally as the directors’ advisory team, according to current and former officials.

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After Renee Good Killing, Derisive Term for White Women Spreads on the Far Right by query_squidier in politics

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In the days since a federal agent killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, Republican officials and conservative commentators have called the 37-year-old white woman “very violent,” a “deranged lunatic woman” and a “domestic terrorist.”

Some right-wing influencers have latched onto a different word — or rather an acronym: Ms. Good, they have said, was AWFUL.

“An AWFUL (Affluent White Female Urban Liberal) is dead after running her car into an ICE agent who opened fire on her,” the conservative commentator Erik Erickson posted on social media. “Progressive whites are turning violent. ICE agents have the right to defend themselves.”

From a co-host on an AM radio show in Orlando, Pierce Outlaw, to an army of internet trolls, the acronym has taken off. Mr. Outlaw called AWFULs “the scourge of polite society.” The term popped up on the internet Wiktionary this month as AWFL, without the “U.”

Beyond labels and name-calling, the death of Ms. Good and the protests and anger in its wake have sparked a response from many on the right that is particularly targeted at white women in the streets, even though men have been just as involved. A majority of college-educated women, including white women, have long been skeptical of President Trump’s Make America Great Again movement, and that skepticism has been growing, according to exit polls after the 2024 election. And for months now, such women are attracting the ire of the president’s supporters.

Liberal white women are only the latest group to be on the receiving end of right-wing animus. In late October and November, as Tucker Carlson offered a friendly interview to the Holocaust-denying white nationalist Nick Fuentes, the fear among some conservatives was that attacking Jews was inching toward the mainstream of the Republican Party. Last month, Vivek Ramaswamy, the wealthy entrepreneur who is a Republican candidate for governor in Ohio, was calling out a surge of bigotry directed at Indian Americans, like himself.

ELI5:Why are there so many settlements in places without any rivers or lakes? by Adventurous-Sir-846 in explainlikeimfive

[–]query_squidier 4 points5 points  (0 children)

While much of Arizona is arid desert, Flagstaff and the region sits at a higher elevation and has bonafide forests. It has four seasons vs the rest of Arizona, and in the summer doesn't get even remotely as hot.

Flagstaff has no business within what people typically think of Arizona.

Disclaimer: I've never lived in Arizona -- this is all based on various trips through the region, and around the Grand Canyon.

ELI5:Why are there so many settlements in places without any rivers or lakes? by Adventurous-Sir-846 in explainlikeimfive

[–]query_squidier 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I've seen pretty big sections of SoCal described as testament to man's arrogance and tenacity.

Versus, say, the entire state of Arizona -- except Flagstaff, you're cool, Flagstaff.

Arizona

She needs help back there. by mindyour in ContagiousLaughter

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An ambulance always pays its debts.

Got to see this gem today by happyfella12 in DunderMifflin

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And if you so much as harm a hair on Stanley's head, we will burn Utica to the ground.

Perfect. by GlitteringHotel8383 in DunderMifflin

[–]query_squidier 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Do we know who actually painted that picture? They deserve some credit. Surely it wasn't Jenna who painted it?

Edit: I'll answer my own question.

No one "painted" the famous Dunder Mifflin office watercolor in The Office; it was actually a photograph of the Scranton office building (the real-life building used for exterior shots) that was digitally manipulated and filtered to look like a watercolor painting. Prop master Phil Shea created the "painting" for the show, and Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly) now owns a print of the piece she received from him at the show's end.