My understanding is that the name itself is from older onion articles where when they needed an evil corporation name that is what they used. So they are indeed super fans.
What would happen if someone said “climate change will destroy the world” and no one responded that the world will be fine it’ll just be humans that die. The world (humans) will never know.
It’s wild reading just one comic without any context and expecting a punchline. I guess this probably makes sense if it’s just one exchange in a full story but oh man this barely feels like a comic strip to me right now without context.
His opinion here is him admitting that the level he is responsible for was illigetimate. The legitimacy of that level is something he actually has first hand knowledge over so why shouldn’t is opinion hold weight?
Okay I see your point that you are frustrated for the sake of the completionists because of what is ultimately this guys dishonesty, and you wish his opinion could be dismissed because you don’t want the dishonest guys opinion to matter. That makes sense to me.
Marker plastics sounds like some plastic related jargon but it’s just hard plastic possibly from a permanent marker (like a sharpie) that some consumers found and reported.
I think the one that stands out as least accurate is the double-disgust being “prejudice.” It’s not that’s it’s really wrong it’s just that all the other doubled ones are just amplified and I’m not sure that prejudice is really a “disgust but amplified”, personally.
[pictured: Ronald Reagan wearing a black suit and tie with a white shirt. His body is nearly turned sideways, chin lifted and grinning at the camera, resting his weight on his right elbow with his left hand clasped loosely over his resting right wrist. Italicized text upon this propaganda poster reads: “RONALD REAGAN speaks...
When watching movies, I always try to differentiate between my personal enjoyment and the inherent merits of the movies. There are a lot of bad movies, which I totally and thoroughly enjoy watching, and some really great movies, which I don’t enjoy that much, but still can respect/appreciate....
“Riley is pretty. He walks slightly hunched, like the prettiness has been beaten into him with a stick. When Riley was young, his dad subjected him to a Myers-Briggs personality test.”
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"Whales have triggered two separate panic attacks for Riley. The most intense one, a near-hallucinatory episode, occurred during his wedding ceremony. His father-in-law mispronounced his name in the service, calling him “Ripley”. Suddenly, the groom was beset by proliferating associations from Ripley’s Believe it or Not!, whose whale display featured a preserved foreskin the size of a standard door. Riley entered a catatonic state at the altar. "
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Iranian President Stoned To Death With Mountain (www.theonion.com)
North Carolina Catholic school can legally fire gay teacher who announced his wedding online, court rules (www.foxnews.com)
I found this interesting. This seems to go against the popes recent stance of more tolerance and acceptance.
What's the funniest typo you've seen in a meme before?
Proto-Elamite mountain goat figurine, silver and gold, found in Iran, ~3000 BCE
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Congratulations to the team and the community as a whole for this pretty amazing achievement....
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14-Barrel Nock Gun, early 19th century AD?
Trader Joe's recalls its chicken soup dumplings for possibly having marker plastics (www.npr.org)
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[pictured: Ronald Reagan wearing a black suit and tie with a white shirt. His body is nearly turned sideways, chin lifted and grinning at the camera, resting his weight on his right elbow with his left hand clasped loosely over his resting right wrist. Italicized text upon this propaganda poster reads: “RONALD REAGAN speaks...
Why are Denis Villeneuve's Dune movies loved by audience and critics?
When watching movies, I always try to differentiate between my personal enjoyment and the inherent merits of the movies. There are a lot of bad movies, which I totally and thoroughly enjoy watching, and some really great movies, which I don’t enjoy that much, but still can respect/appreciate....
Why encountering a beached whale profoundly changes so many people (archive.ph)
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