[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

My favorite one of these unconscious linguistic rules is expletive infixation. We say "fan-fucking-tastic" but "fanta-fucking-stic" sounds completely wrong.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Mutants are the next stage in human evolution. Canonically they are stronger, faster, tougher, and heal faster than regular humans. It's not unreasonable to think they age slower and live longer as well.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I've seen these all over Chicago, usually growing near the roots of a dead tree. I've been told in the past they were ink caps of some sort.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Make the tax directly proportional to the number of unhoused people in the city. It created an incentive for rich people to actually fix the problem.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 117 points 4 days ago

IIRC, he was created by Vought (the corporation that makes super powered people) to be the perfect justification for them to seize military power in the US.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 87 points 4 days ago

Air Bud/John Wick crossover

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The government uses the Whiskey Rebellion as justification, ignoring that is both before police existed in the US and before the Posse Commitatus Act was passed.

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Promised Land

Credit Andy Singer 2024

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

I pay all my bills online so I'm used to navigating logins and payment apps. I never have nearly as much trouble paying credit card bills.

My password wasn't working, so I tried recovery. The recovery asked for my email, birthdate, zip code, and last 4 digits of my SSN. All things I know well, but they say it's wrong. Now I'm locked out of my account for the 2nd time in two days....

I almost think it's a conspiracy to enable charging people more late fees.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 485 points 2 years ago

One of my favorite examples of the difficulty in idiot-proofing things comes from a national park ranger talking about the difficulty of designing a bear-proof garbage can. He said "There is considerable overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest humans."

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 220 points 2 years ago

Cut the both-sides shit. Trump is a convicted sex criminal and fraud who wants to end democracy. There is objectively a better choice between the two.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 229 points 2 years ago

Even if you don't think it was murder, it's repulsive that he is trying to make a career out of killing two people.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 291 points 2 years ago

If Trump loses the 2024 election because Texas temporarily secedes, taking its 38 Republican electoral votes with it, I might die from the schadenfreude.

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Luna is a 3 year old standard poodle. We have had her for 3 weeks and I already can't imagine life without her.

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