Thank you

I deeply appreciate the effort

who is kautsky and how did Lenin produce those paragraphs before they invented ritalin:

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The people running that site must be extremely overworked

Taking it a step further, I wonder how many people I caused to go on to hate humanity because of something I wrote online

Not that it makes it any better, but at least they tried hiding operation paperclip. Hopefully indicating some kind of shame.

Volkswagen didn’t even change their name

Barely changed the logo

“Yeah we were the nazi car company who helped do the holocaust. That was a doozy. Anyways, wanna buy a nazi car?”

threema balls

Bomb sniffing dogs don’t become explosive after a few successful shifts, for similar reasons.

hello Mike D never showed up

may I have the water

Thumbs crossed for Nambia to do the funniest thing of all time

maybe op was doing it a lot

and/or the litter was plutonium or something

edit: I think the phrasing was intended to be hyperbolic

This was an interesting choice of image for the JFK mention.

it’s regular capitalism but without pesky things like “environmental laws” and “human rights”

And everything memorized must be available for a timed 0.5-3 hour session with no access to any kind of notes, which risks destroying any chance of those memories “sticking” long term.

The only times in my adult life where

1. Time was crucial

AND

2. I had no access to any helpful information

was never

All it did was exacerbate my underlying mental health issues while my brain was developing.

New York Times, February 21st, 2026:

Trump invades Iceland

I’ve been admitted twice

At both facilities, other patients who required more ‘intensive care’ generally didn’t interact with the patients with more manageable symptoms. So I don’t have any really wild stories.

At worst, I’d hear screaming in the middle of the night. I’m a heavy sleeper, so it probably happened a lot more than I noticed.

I went in with the doctors knowing that I had a problem with illegal drugs (I admitted it), so I followed all the rules. (Possibly limiting my knowledge of any highly notable events)

Another dude, a few years older than me, had that same pre-condition, except the doctors had to burn a few piss tests to figure that out.

He knew where all the CCTV cameras and their blind spots were. Smuggled contraband and non-contraband via WhatsApp and fence-toss. Performed the role of “lookout” for patients seeking to indulge in intimate relations.

Like I said, I followed the rules, but I didn’t snitch, because that shit was entertaining.

Another patient was law enforcement. Let us know that officers who arrive to work drunk don’t really get into trouble because it’s so prevalent.

One nurse smoked secretly (in a CCTV blindspot)

That’s all I can recall for now.

“Broadcast English”

Interesting term

I’ve always noticed that In movies and TV shows, North American accents mostly sound “normal”. But when I talk to Americans/Canadians in person or online over voice chat, I cannot pinpoint the accents, it just sounds “American” to me.

I almost never hear the

“I’m walkin here”

“Folks won’t take kindly to you around these parts”

“I pahked my cah at the Hahvahd yahd”

“I’m sorey aboot that”

I’m totally down, I just need to, like, check my schedule?

etc.

kinds of exaggerated accents

everyone sounds like someone from CNN to me and then they say they’re from Arkansas or something

Fortunately, I don’t think there’s a fraction of that specific kind of tension.

My guess is 40-50 years from now, people will probably just call it Gqeberha or some other more catchy nickname.

Interesting thought

I don’t think the other nations are too bothered by it in most cases.

The country that comes to mind first is Germany. They call it Deutschland. I never looked into why we as English speakers call it “Germany”. I just do it because everyone else does.

I haven’t heard of Germans getting upset about it. If they were legitimately offended, I’d start calling it Deutschland, no problem.

The real issues come in when there’s a historical context. Like, if the name contains a slur for the people in that nation. Or if you mix up the names of neighbouring Balkan countries.

Come to think of it, I don’t hear about it as often as I probably should.

Government officials, the news and people in other professional contexts call it Gqeberha, frequently struggling with the click sound, even when a “k” sound will suffice.

Otherwise, I still hear people call it “P.E.”

“Port Elizabeth” was still kind of a mouthful

People I meet from the Eastern Cape just say they’re from “the Eastern Cape”, because unfortunately most people don’t know where Nxuba or Makhanda is.

Hell, a lot of people think Gqeberha/P.E. is the capital city of the Eastern Cape. (Bhisho is the capital)

Seeing Cape Town Stadium get renamed to DHL Stadium pissed me off so hard

This might sound silly, but going to that stadium, I felt an indescribable sense of community with everyone who showed up to support whatever artist/band/sports team was there . So many people, with a shared interest, in one place.

Since I live further out of Cape Town, I rarely get to experience that.

That piss yellow logo DHL logo everywhere ruined the experience so fucking much.

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