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    3. TheCornjuring on

      I really like how the mods captured the vibe of those “pie the principal in the face!” things at school with some of the malaria donation rewards. It’s not weird to be in a polycule with your sibling, is it?

    7. AlicesReflexion on

      The Trump administration is full of people who think that if they can perfectly reconstruct their childhood bedrooms, they will suddenly turn 14 again

    12. TheCornjuring on

      ANYWAY, it’s not weird to be in a polycule with your sibling, is it? Like, I’m not and I obviously wouldn’t want to be, but how bad is it really if someone does it, y’know?

    13. randommathaccount on

      > Regulations are especially thorny in Germany, the bloc’s largest member, where guilds of skilled crafts date back to the Middle Ages. In 53 professions, entrepreneurs need a master certificate to run or open a business.

      > Preparing for the theoretical and practical exams for such certificates generally takes at least one year for full-time students or up to three-and-a-half years part-time. Costs can easily add up to €10,000 along with the wages people forgo while they are studying — and the exams must be done in German.

      > The government in Berlin even tightened the rules in 2019 when it added 12 more professions to the list, including tilers and makers of wooden toys and barrels. Supporters of such regulations argue they act as a guarantee of quality, but economists see them as barriers to entry that reduce competition and keep prices high.

      Literally medieval regulations holy shit

    16. SadaoMaou on

      Interrogation by the Stasi: “Comrade – you haven’t been to party meetings for three weeks now.”

      Comrade: “Yes… I’ve been very busy.”

      Stasi: “But you were seen at church last Sunday.”

      Comrade: “Hmm, yes, I had to…”

      Stasi: “And you were also seen putting money in the collection plate. But you haven’t paid your last party dues yet!”

      Comrade: “Well, of course I’ll pay them.”

      Stasi: “And what’s even worse: you were also seen kneeling before Jesus and kissing his feet. Tell me, would you do that to our honorable Chairman of the State Council, Erich Honecker?”

      Comrade: “Well… if he were hanging there like that…”

    17. Sithusurper on

      I only smoke with friends. It keeps me from being addicted and conditions me to enjoy their company more. Win-Win!

    18. Extreme_Rocks on

      Just received a complaint about NL from an unknown source:

      >主持人, 这个用户是gay，这用户是gay阿。 这人是同性恋你不懂吗？啥的老婆离开他呀？ 天呐， 这用户是gay，这讨论帖的用户都是gay!

    19. fuckreddadmins on

      Kinda fucked that in victoria 3 rice nations have 10k peasant farms but every agricultural building has 5k employement leading you into an unemployement spiral and making me think starvation was caused by lack of food leading me to build 60 food industries in korea which helped nothing

    22. EasyMoney92 on

      >[30-year-old Florida man is facing up to a half-decade in federal prison after confessing to posting violent threats on social media that promised to decapitate Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, murder her “monkey children,” then eat the kids “for protein,” according to plea agreement papers reviewed by The Independent.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ilhan-omar-charlie-kirk-twitter-threats-b2880940.html)

      Describing this as completely deranged is an understatement.

    24. No1PaulKeatingfan on

      Things I would do if I had more money:

      – Buy an excessive amount of Krispy Kreme donuts
      – Yeah that’s it

    27. yacatecuhtli6 on

      > Trump: “I said, why is it we only take people from sh*thole countries, right? Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark… But we always take people from Somalia… places that are filthy, dirty, disgusting.”

      bro you’re denying their visas

    28. TheCornjuring on

      I LOVE that “Freud’s mom picture” pops up as a common search in autocomplete if you start to Google something about his mom. That’s so fucking funny

    29. Currymvp2 on

      >President Trump on Tuesday went on a tirade against Somalian migrants and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during a rally that was billed as focused on lowering costs for Americans.

      >Trump went on multiple tangents during the roughly 90-minute speech about Omar and stopping the flow of migrants from Somalia and other “third-world” countries. Trump has in recent days zeroed in on Somalian migrants in Minnesota amid reports that the group was connected to a fraud scandal in the state. “I love this Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch. She’s always complaining. She comes from her country where, I mean it’s considered about the worst country in the world,” Trump said as his supporters in the room jeered.

      >””I said, why is it we only take people from sh*thole countries, right? Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark… But we always take people from Somalia… places that are filthy, dirty, disgusting.”

      This is getting so fucking bad and ugly.

    31. randommathaccount on

      > In the whole history of the single market, only one French baker has ever had their certificate from their home country recognised in Germany, according to an EU database.

      What are we even doing here

    32. GhostTheHunter64 on

      I think after being told for years that being trans is a kink, by transphobes who are oddly obsessed with trans people, I’ve started judging us all by “the kinks I see trans people say” online; and I’m worried I’m becoming the evil transphobic detransitioner person that every trans person hates/shits on. (Rightfully so.)

      brainedwormed beyond belief.

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