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[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 334 points 6 days ago
[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 days ago

Harry gripped his wand, and thought of his mother.

[-] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago

It's in the running for GOAT. Time will tell

[-] scaramobo@lemmynsfw.com 55 points 5 days ago

The Titan submersible incident comes to mind. ESPECIALLY after viewing the released coastguard hearings.

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[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 99 points 6 days ago

I have this pet theory about how people who learn that their privilege lets them bend or ignore human laws subconsciously believe that they can bend or ignore any law. So I always enjoy it when rich assholes buy super-cars and wrap them around trees, a surprisingly common occurrence, because the laws of physics aren't impressed by your financial portfolio.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 39 points 6 days ago
[-] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 21 points 6 days ago

hilariously the only things that made it fail were 1) the material they chose 2) producing that material the cheap way and 3) not testing if it was broken after test dives.

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[-] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 35 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Some hospital royalty's grandparent needed ECT for their treatment resistant depression. Said royalty fought tooth and nail to let gamgam get her very first set of induced controlled seizures under surgical level anaesthesia done outpatient. The ECT doc said fuck no (you can do them outpatient, but you always do the first set inpatient case shit goes pear shaped). They then tried to get gamgam to spend her time in the fancy hospital rooms (yes that's a thing) instead of on the psych unit with us crazies. The ECT doc said no. This was also right after admin got mad at us for throwing out a piss soaked mattress. Don't want granny sleeping on somebody else's piss? Nobody should be sleeping on somebody else's piss. DEAL WITH IT you bourgeoisie bastards.

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Gods, I remember interviewing to be a floor tech at Doctor's Medical Center in Modesto when they first got their bourgeoise floor. It still upsets me to think about it 12 years later. Healthcare is healthcare, there shouldn't be a damn luxury floor, and especially not while other people are getting bankrupted with bills where the numbers are basically snatched out of thin air anyway.

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[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 123 points 6 days ago

About seven years ago when Trump was president the first time, my wife and I went to see Roger Waters in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

We bought 7th row seats but had looked at 1st row and they were something like $800 each so we passed. Well, day of the show and you can only imagine the massive vitriol spewing from Waters and the huge screen behind him for Trump. He had an inflatable pig drone with TRUMP on it flying around the arena and all kinds of elaborate props.

A group of four dressed in cowboy regalia, presumably MAGA, walked out from the front row, enthusiastically flipping Roger Waters off as they did it. The seats alone were $3200ish.

Roger Waters and Pink Floyd. What the hell did they expect?

Found this Australian video with clips from that tour. Being beneath the giant laser pyramid was awe inspiring. Waters says, "Haven't you been listening all these years?"

No, people don't listen to the lyrics.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 38 points 6 days ago

No, people don’t listen to the lyrics.

"Man, when did RATM become so political?"

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 40 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That's fucking funny...

Roger Waters and Pink Floyd.

Not even... It was him alone, which is always far more political and vitriolic. Everybody knows this. These were likely boomers who liked Dark Side of the Moon when they were kids, and 50+ years later decided to waste a shit ton of money on tickets, knowing nothing about the man.

[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 35 points 6 days ago

Hey now, I'm a Boomer. We're rare, but there are a few liberal Boomer Oklahomans. Haha

[-] lengau@midwest.social 13 points 5 days ago

Do the five of you get together for coffee?

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[-] Kiwi_fella@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago

At a concert and saw the police approach and start questioning a young drunk guy (out doors, before show started). They basically said he had to leave on account of being too intoxicated and he started getting mouthy. I've never seen the police react so quickly the moment he finished saying, "My dad is a top class expensive lawyers and he'll have your asrses for this" - he was in the ground and handcuffed within seconds. In the next few seconds he was back on his feet and being escorted to the paddy wagon.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago

Honestly I think it's terrible that we think it's perfectly normal and okay for cops to physically force someone to the ground with no mention of resistance.

"Keep your hands where I can see them and I'm going to cuff you while I search your pockets."

"Please get in the back of the car" while lightly holding the inside of someone's elbow should be all that is needed after checking their person for any weapons.

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[-] Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

We took a trip to Chicago and decided to go to Navy Pier. Traffic was basically gridlocked and the car behind us was not happy that my friend didn't break the law and block an intersection. After the light turned green, the idiot took his massive, shiny, brand new, white pickup truck onto the SIDEWALK to cut in front of us.

When we got to the parking garage, there was a HUGE sign saying the clearance was 6ft 3in and tall vehicles needed to go to a different garage. The idiot didn't read it and, even with the windows shut, we heard the screeching and scraping of his roof on the top of the structure.

The best part was watching him back out, hearing more scraping, seeing his surprised pikachu face, and the disappointment on the face of the woman in the passenger seat.

[-] Battle_Masker@lemmy.world 46 points 6 days ago
[-] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

But the rich won that one and then enforced regulations to ensure that it couldn't happen again?

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