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my dad got a clear phonecase for himself so I let him have one of my pokemon cards to put inside it, and after making me explain what each pokemon did and was he picked a basic lightning energy card

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they should invent tech issues that other people have experienced and solved

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I wasn’t crazy about this piece so I wasn’t intending on publicly posting it again, but it keeps getting stolen every five minutes so I figured I’d put it here so people at least know who to attribute the original thing to lmao

[Digital illustration, Procreate App, 2020]

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Apparently there was some kind of race scheduled at a local park or something so I've been trying to avoid the main trail but a little while ago when I had to cross near it I overheard the following shouted exchange

Higher feminine voice: woo, look at you go! You're jogging! Keep it up!

Lower masculine voice (panting): you know it! Last place is still a place, baby!

And goddamn if that didn't rewire my brain a little bit.

Last place is still a place, baby.

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Shrinkflation

So, I found out a fun fact this last weekend!

Every state has a Department of Weights and Measures. One of their jobs is to make sure that companies are actually selling you the quantities they claim they're selling. For example, this is the department which tests gas pumps and makes sure they're really pumping out a gallon of gas when they charge you for a gallon of gas.

So....

If you happen to, just as an example, notice that your 1lb (16 ounce) box of San Giorgio spaghetti actually only has 10oz of noodles, and you weigh your other boxes of spaghetti to discover they run from 10 to 14 ounces but never the full pound they're supposed to have, and that's why you never seem to have enough pasta for leftovers the next day, then you can report that to the Department of Weights and Measures.

They will want to know where you bought the item, and then will investigate whether the store or the manufacturer is routinely shorting customers. If they do, they will issue a fine to the offending party, you will be eligible for a refund, and under some circumstances lawsuits may follow.

Now, I don't know the outcome of the complaint I just initiated, but they did not want to know specific receipts or times of purchase. Which is good for me as I didn't keep any of those things, at the time I just said "Wow, fuck San Giorgio" and switched brands. But this is still enough to get an inspector out.

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Genre-savvy horror protagonist figures out they're in a slasher movie, simply turns around and leaves; realises too late that they're actually in an artsy character-driven psychological horror film about them slowly being driven mad by existential uncertainty over whether they've successfully escaped the narrative.

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eeee so usually at the end of the day every day i turn on our little robot vacuum in the nature center but yesterday for whatever reason i just didn't feel like fiddling with it so i swept instead which i have never done since i started here

i found a pearl on the floor that i thought might have been fake like a glass button but i decided to put it in my office just in case

well this morning a woman visiting from texas came in and she told me she lost a pearl from her cherished ring yesterday and she had hiked so it could be anywhere but she just had to check on the slim chance it happened to fall off here and someone happened to find it

i have NEVER been so pleased with myself for having swept a floor in my life!!!!!

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the more things change the more they stay the same

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NEED👏THAT👏MAN👏PREGNANT FINALE POLL 2

[Poll 1, Poll 3]

PROPAGANDA:

[Julian]

"he is EXTREMELY submissive and breedable."

[submitted by @justanotherkathrynjanewayblog]

[Garak]

"Because he would be soooo annoying about it and it would be funny."

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I just saw the most down voted comment I have ever seen on reddit

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Y’ever read something and have understanding that has eluded you interminably suddenly stop, curl up, and snuggle neatly into a fold in your brain because a new way way opened to it?

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when i go on a walk and pet a cat thats the real me

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The American consumer doesn’t actually want trucks and cars that are huge enough that you can’t see a six foot tall person over the hood. They make vehicles that big now to avoid environmental regulations related to engine efficiency

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THIS SHIT SUCKS IM GONNA [remembers suicide jokes are a big nono] BEFRIEND A WOLF