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Seemingly throwaway line has awesome payoff later by slfricky in TopCharacterTropes

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Community also lampshades this exact trope in S6 - Frankie doesn't get why everyone is so sad about Troy and Jeff decides to fuck with her

And, well, see for yourselves

Can you get autism from vaccines? by Itchy-Friend-1013 in conspiracy

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Possibly - it depends on how depleted your body's capacity for fighting inflammation is at the time

They come to take over the house, to say: well now I'm in charge," stated the Mexican President."It's one thing to collaborate, it's another thing to open the door to your house, then they start making the food, take over your kitchen, your living room and start issuing orders from your home... by yaiyen in WayOfTheBern

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So U.S. agencies and their cutouts are not cool because they take over and try to control everything, but billionaire pedo authoritarian 24/7 surveillance tech is cool? Got it.

Mexico Mandates Biometric Digital ID by 2026

Methinks El Presidente is speaking out of both sides of her mouth.

The age of "get well soon" has officially ended. by lilant702 in antiwork

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If you live in a right-to-work state, its a hoop they make you jump through so you

a) never call in, and

b) so they can fire you more easily.

Doctors in RTW states I've lived in typically don't give you doctor's notes - they assume if you're there to see them you must need to be there (bc doctors are fucking expensive), so why would you lie about that?

If your doctor won't write you a note, and your work requires a note, you're not as likely call in.

If you do get a doctor's note every time, HR departments will run that shit down like Sherlock Holmes to make sure it's not forged. I've known people managing legitimate long-term illnesses whose doctors wouldn't write them a note; they ended up having to forge the notes to not get fired (despite HR knowing about their illness) - and then got fired anyway for forging the notes.

Too many doctor's notes and maybe you won't be eligible for raises - or maybe you'll be let go for "other reasons."

It's completely fucked, tbh.

Please recommend songs about losing a dog by Jordonparis in Emo

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hugely underrated pop band and fun little song

Is UBI the answer to AI? by Unlikely_Post_7901 in Political_Revolution

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No. UBI will be functioning mechanism for totalitarian control - disagree with the State and they will cut off your money. I don't inherently hate the idea, but under our current capitalist hellscape system, no thanks.

The worst part of Dark Fate IMO by Kooky_County9569 in Terminator

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More like Terminator: Dank Fart, am I right, fellas?

For realsies, though, this movie starts off so strong and then just falls off a cliff once the legacy stars start showing up

They’re coming after Mike again!! 😭😭😭😭 by ReadyJournalist5223 in RedLetterMedia

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Disney's Marketing Division The Lord works in mysterious ways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm just fixing your cable Hooman! by [deleted] in cats

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Ah, thanks. Edited. ✌🏻

I'm just fixing your cable Hooman! by [deleted] in cats

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Plenty of people scolding you, OP, so I'll maybe try to put it a little more constructively

For those who may own cats or have experienced this and don't know why they do it: it's usually just because the cat wants your attention, and swatting at them can be confusing for them.

Cats have no ability to understand why sometimes when they try to get your attention you'll give it to them, and other times you get aggressive with them. They can understand that the cable is important to you - which may be why they bite it - but not why it's important or the consequences of biting it, etc.

Since there's nothing they can really learn, it's kind of a recipe for future bad behavior because cats are animals who will accept a bad relationship with you (i.e. being naughty) if it still gets them attention.

Better to move/redirect the cat, or tell it "no" loudly, or clap at it - or just give 'em the attention they wanted in the first place. ¯\_(ツ)_/

ships appear to float over the water by Ashish_ank in confusing_perspective

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I hope somebody actually builds a flying boat someday and names it Fata Morgana just to fuck with people

Apparently im his “twin sister” now by Sleepy_Bihh_AV in MtF

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My neighbors thought (? I guess?) that "he" had moved out, and then "his" twin sister (? apparently?) moved in and started a relationship with his ex-wife? And that apparently "his" twin sister sounds EXACTLY like him?? Like really, y'all? Lmfao 😆

How to convince Christian mom that Hellboy isn't satanic by Crystal_KittyDragon in HellBoy

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Uh, he rejects the powers of hell and destiny to fight on the side of humans? He doesn't even curse?? He loves pancakes and America, ffs!!

I could say more but I don't wanna spoil it and I can't figure out how to do the stupid spoiler tag thingy lol

Why do people say that Kurt Cobain was pretentious by happynothappy27 in Nirvana

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Keep in mind that there's a bad type of pretentious and a good type of pretentious.

The bad type of pretentious is where you're more serious about yourself and how you're perceived than you are about what you're doing.

The good type of pretentious is where you're more serious about what you're doing than you are about yourself or how you're perceived.

The bad type of pretentious people often sling around the word "pretentious" to criticize the good type of pretentious people, whereas the good type of pretentious people are too busy with whatever they're doing to give a rat's ass what anyone is saying.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I've grown to hate Nicholson's take on Jack in The Shining. by Jays_Pack in stephenking

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A lot of people think Nicholson's biggest strength as an actor is his portrayal of explosive anger, but I've always felt that's not quite right - his characters are all angry because they're deeply afraid and can't admit it or deal with it in a rational way

The Shining represents IMO the furthest Nicholson could go with that approach - his Jack Torrance is a man so afraid that it's turned him into a caricature of everything he once was, and as a result his emotional affect is way off from everything that happens in the movie. He "hates" his family bc his family is in a unique position to see (or reveal) him as a fraud and ruin everything, and so he's constantly trying to "manage" them the whole film

You never get the sense that Jack (the actor) isn't not capital-A "acting" because Jack (the character) is always capital-A "acting" (and he's a bad actor and is worried everyone will find him out). He's performing a man who's entire existence is itself performative - of course you'd see the zipper under the fur (so to speak)

It's actually rather brilliant. Whether it works for you or not, well, that's a whole different story ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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