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UT1999 posted...

supposedly that is extremely common though, one friend leaves to join the in crowd, happened a little to me too.

Oh yeah, I know it is. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I also have a memory of my second year in high school. Because the class was so big there were a few super un-cool kids who were actually below me in the social strata.

In the free period after lunch I was hanging out in the gym, sitting on the bleachers, and one of them was shooting baskets and just REALLY bad at it, I mean making a real fool of himself, just watching him made me cringe a little. A bunch of other kids were making fun of him, and I thought of joining in... then pictured myself doing that, being no better than the kids who had bullied me. And even though he was an annoying little shit who had never been remotely nice to me, I knew I never wanted to be someone who picked on those weaker than me. I just walked away.

I was no hero. I sure wasn't brave enough to stick up for him. But I wasn't going to join in on kicking him when he was down.

UT1999 posted...

what about that one dude who used to be your friend, you saw him around, right?

In high school? Nope. In fact I don't know if I ever met him after graduating grade school. And I made another, nerdier friend. We were never as close but at least what I had with my second friend was genuine.

As for my third grade "best friend," I have no idea what happened to him. And I don't really care either. I don't hate him or anything, I mean we were kids and I do understand it. If I bumped into him we would probably just exchange cordial, slightly awkward greetings and that would be it. Maybe he changed. If he bacame a good person and he's happy, good for him I guess. Although if I found out he was the type who betrayed people around him I sure wouldn't be surprised.

I don't know if I'd say frequently, but it happens from time to time.

GranTurismo posted...

sad story

Yeah, I have pretty much zero nostalgia for those years.

At first high school was also rough, like I said, but gradually I made real friends and my last year of high school was actually very happy. I also had some great friends in college and afterwards. So things turned out okay for me.

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

Just because you've heard it in theoretical math doesn't mean it's not weird.

I know that doesn't accurately respond to what you said; I just wanted to demonstrate that A and B are placeholders for phrases instead of propositions or whatever.

So are you saying it's still weird if you use actual phrases? "Just because you have a million dollars doesn't mean you'll always be happy," is weird to you?

AceMos posted...

was implies stuff like this is not still happening

I mean, not openly.

Throughout middle school and the first two years of high school. I think my worst memory was when the bullying started. Up until third grade there was really no bullying. There was this one kid who was best friends with me in third grade--we were inseparable all year. We went to each others' houses almost every day, and we'd always say how we were best friends forever.

Then fourth grade started, and immediately things were different. We started separating into a social hierarchy and because of my big nerdy glasses and general awkwardness, I was with three or four kids at the bottom. One day when a bunch of kids were picking on me, and I went to my "best friend" hoping he would stick up for me, he literally was like "You're not my friend!" and joined them in picking on me, and one of those kids became his new best friend.

I know it was self preservation--he didn't want me to drag him down, so he attacked me to keep himself out of the "nerd" group. I understand it. But still... says a lot about loyalty. I feel sure I would never have done the same if the situation were reversed.

Jokeaccountinc posted...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson admitted that he and his son monitored each others porn intake in a resurfaced clip from 2022.

This cracks me up

TomClark posted...

Full disclosure - I only got it because I knew where it had to start and end (or vice versa) so I just squiggled until it worked, haha.

PSA: If you use two hints in a row on the same word, it will tell you the order.

Not saying you specifically needed that, but anyone out there, if you're really stuck, that is an option.

That's pretty gross but I've heard tales of people doing far, far worse things.

UnsteadyOwl posted...

"Excuuuuse me, princess!"

Kim_Seong-a posted...

I'll be crossing my fingers for this one

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I'm an OG Zelda gamer so these are the two lines I most want to see

UnholyMudcrab posted...

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It's a date!



That one word was an interesting one to try to spell.

Same here. I'd heard it before, but I don't know if I've ever seen it written out before today.

Connections
Puzzle #335

Eat_More_Beef posted...

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idgi

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Puzzle #334

Strands #68
Like a rocket

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luigi33 is pretending not to understand so that when you try and explain it to him he can nitpick your explanation

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Tyranthraxus posted...

I go to horny jail obviously

After getting bonked on the noggin

Is that why I stub my toe all the time? I thought it was just because I'm a clumsy doofus.

ButteryMales posted...

We have to just wait until a supermajority comes and hope new Joe Manchins don't fuck it up like the blue dog democrats.

Wait around and eventually a supermajority will come along and fix everything. No need to participate in primaries or downballlot elections, a supermajority that supports our interests will just appear even without our participation.

Brilliant!

ButteryMales posted...

At some point we have to accept that a leopard cannot change its spots.

You didn't answer my question. How do you propose we change things?

ButteryMales posted...

First past the post and the electoral college are bad systems that gives power to conservatives. Fighting against nature has never been described as easy.

Who said it was easy? And how are we going to change things if no one even tries?

Heineken14 posted...

You see that "logic" from a LOT of people who do nothing but criticize the left. It's always about how Republicans are scum of the earth and will destroy everything and you can't reason with them.... But they're not going to vote for Democrats because they want to teach them a lesson.

They won't vote in primaries, they won't vote downballot, they won't show up for off year elections... And then they get all surprised Pikachu when the presidential candidates don't represent them in any way.

Connections
Puzzle #333

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Tap to play

SapphireOfChaos posted...

I feel like there's no reason to farm the new artifacts for Arlecchino when there's perfectly viable Shimenawa's Reminiscence you can get while simultaneously farming Emblem of Severed Fate pieces for other characters you might also want to use as well, or Gladiator set you could potentially have a million pieces of that aren't much worse off. Who the hell is this Burning artifact set even for at this point?

Well, I think it's unlikely they would make this set if they didn't have a plan to make it BiS for somebody eventually. Anyway I don't particularly need artifacts for any characters now, so I figure, why not farm the domain?

Eat_More_Beef posted...

Alright, folks. New rule. You wanna comment on something, you gotta supply a meme.

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Cause sometimes the poop is a surprise!

This makes no sense to me unless you're someone who needs to wear diapers

Is DToast on Tails' side, or just hideously incompetent?

The answer is, it doesn't matter.

Eat_More_Beef posted...

@3, sometimes you gotta poop multiple times during the day. If the poop is dangling, you don't wanna have to stand up and open a goddamn cabinet!

Why can't you just take it out before you poop?

Eat_More_Beef posted...

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1. I think most people who use them greatly overestimate how much difference a "poop knife" makes
2. Why does it need to be a real weapon like that? A butter knife will do the job just fine with much less risk of damaging your toilet bowl
3. Just leaving it sitting there all day is so fucked up. Put it in a goddamn drawer or something

Dakimakura posted...

That sounds illegal

It almost always is

NES and SNES were massive successes.

N64 should have been a dud, but Nintendo's amazing first party releases saved it. It wasn't a huge success like earlier systems but it did decently well.

GameCube's first party games were not at the same quality level and the competition was fiercer. It was definitely a dud.

Wii was Nintendo striking gold. They finally cracked the code of making motion capture games that worked enough to be fun to play.

Wii U was a series of bad decisions combined with weak first party titles. Nintendo's biggest dud ever.

Switch was Nintendo striking gold again. They took the ideas of the Wii U and made them work better, plus they had some of the most beloved first person titles ever.

We'll see what happens with the next console. I'll wait till release to pass judgment.

You can (and should) still wash a seasoned pan. What happens when you season a pan is that the oil hardens and forms a sort of non stick coating that won't come off unless you use a strong cleaning agent like lye or scrub too hard.

As long as you use a moderate amount of soap and don't scrub too hard with it, you shouldn't have to worry about removing the seasoning. Also after the pan dries it's a good idea to rub a little cooking oil on it with a paper towel before putting it away.

ssjevot posted...

He is extremely consistent in quality. He also hasn't turned into an old man who bitches about his problems with modern society.

"I can't say anything these days because of cancel culture!" the other old comedians complain, as they are being paid millions of dollars to say whatever they want on their own comedy specials.

Remember how news articles about millennials would always use slanted language to make millennials sound bad?

It never changes. This lady isn't informing millennials that their slang isn't cool anymore, she's DEMANDING that they speak the way that SHE has decided.

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Can you digit?




The spangram and words under it were super easy but for some reason I just couldn't see the top words. The one I used my hint for, serial, was super obvious in retrospect and I don't know why I couldn't get it.

I think we all know who Freezy-E would have a REAL beef with

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Prince H 2 tha Z

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Is this one so terrible that it transcends the shittiness and becomes awesome?

Connections
Puzzle #331





Felt very pleased with myself when I figured out purple

DKBananaSlamma posted...

But seriously if you're in your 30s, you're old. Let's be real.

Both Drake and Lamar Kendrick are in their 30s tho

Phantom_Nook posted...

why the sand feet tho

Maybe the prompt was "Elsa from Frozen smiling as she lays over her murder victim that she just buried in the sand."

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thronedfire2 posted...

who wears jorts at the beach?

I find that extremely offensive

Eh, that's not unusual at all for women wearing a bikini. You put the jorts on over your bikini bottom when you're not swimming.

I'm much more concerned with her left arm apparently melding into the beach towel.

I picked that I would die, but actually pulled it off

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