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There are regular reminders in the news just how dangerous climbing Mt. Everest can be, but Smithsonian drives that point home with a look at some of...

Relax! It is not so bad! There is good out there!

Evidences:

A bikini-clad Swedish police officer has been praised for tackling a suspected...

As we all know, asking people on the internet to name something always works out. Every. Single. Time

NASA Invites Students to Name Next Mars Rover

A thread for pretty much what the title describes

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Busses are a very very dangerous means of transport. Particularly if they are a) in third world countries and b) are travering mountainous roads....

Having trouble figuring out the whole tying and untying shoes thing?

Or just don't feel like dealing with it, but think loafers are way too gay?...

I might not be the best dad in the world, but I was born for dad jokes. Gotta start documenting.

Dad, what's circular reasoning?
It' reasoning that...

Former Mythbuster and land speed record holder Jessi Combs dies in jet-car crash

I'm not even sad. Kind of jealous. That's the way to go. Doing...

So there!

How many decades does it take before something that doesn't have the same name, the same leaders, or the same people, still be the same place?

Recently, our electric oven went on the fritz. It began beeping randomly and throwing error codes. We were told that the circuit board would have to...

No word yet on how severe the injuries are. But holy fuck what a video, I've never seen such a clear video of a lightning strike before. The power is...

Dear Mr. Lister,

Thank you, good sir!

That is all.

CH

Interesting. So when a crime happens in space, who has jurisdiction? It it time for Space Police?

One of the most fun things for me about starting a new job is coming up with nicknames for all the coworkers I see but don't interact with and don't...

When you see a name that's funny or unfortunate, post it here.

First up:

Trouble at Hotel owned by a bunch of Bastards

Some years ago I had the ooppertunity to go to a cannon shoot at a US Army Camp in northern Michagan somewhere. Hobbists would travel from all over,...

I like them. They kill insects. When I find a spider in my house I leave it alone, especially if it's got a few insect carcasses under its nest....

Git yer directions straight, dumbass!! :De_Bunk:

Just thought an uplifting thread that has nothing to do with US politics would be fun. I will cull the Kenya feed and report in periodically.

Here...

Just pleasant, cute, uplifting things to make you feel good!!!

Don't get cuter than this:

After a Canadian hiker used a Metallica song to scare...

The wife is away so tonight I had a big thick roast beef sandwich au jus with German potato salad! None of this fucking kale shit! I hope that steer...

Here is a good explanation of what a symptom degeneracy you people are. :)

Individualism vs. Individuality
Theodore Dalrymple

t is a humbling...

Is it mean that I started a new job and realized my God, I have never had an uglier batch of coworkers

I mean, I am not exactly a handsome man, but...

If I could do it all over again, starting at age 20 or so, I'd be, number one, an arborist. Or a trim carpenter, number two. Or a large scale...

Hey fuck the Ranger, hey hey hey hee hee!

You might sign up.

It's not news that reruns of Friends aren't what cable TV really wants you to be watching. Networks make money by showing ads, and for years those...

not so much now. Sorta a spin off from Abduls Past is a foreign country only more specific.

Don't get it.

For some odd reason, I feel in a discursive mood. This is the sort of mood that causes my kids to suddenly feel very VERY tired. But this is a topic...

I counted 24 yesterday on the way to 7-11, a 1.6-mile journey. All parked 6 at a time on top of street gutter tops between the sidewalk and the...

Linked in your sig.

Seems to be some sort of home improvement business.

Do you own this, or did they merely snag your old domain for some reason?

Herpes Simplex, HSV-1: primarily causes oral herpes, often by loving mothers and grandmothers, snogging their beloved sprogs.

Well, fucking stop it,...

This is the thread to share your life lessons and tidbits of wisdom.

Here's mine:

In the vast majority of situations that life throws at you, the...

As I sit here in a dr's waiting room this thought enters my mind.

I think cannon a la hunter Thompson is pretty cool but I told the kis 10 lbs of...

AC called me a n----r.

And being a corpulent selfidentifying female transgender nonbinary slut negro, I am deeply offended and demand

1) an...

You, Abdul, get the fuck outta here.

French fucker :x :x

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I think we need to develop a better way of keeping noobs. I was thinking that we could do what has worked for me in the past.

After they show...

Lets just see now, shall we ....

New York became the first US state to ban the declawing of cats Monday, joining most of Europe, several Canadian provinces, and a growing list of...

How to begin?

OK. According to this Wiki Link , my annual income is about 23% of the UK average, roughly £10,000 per annum, or just over £200/$250...

On this day in 1969, Neal Armstrong walked on the moon.

I was wearing my space helmet while watching on our 19 inch B&W console TV. Walter Cronkite...

I'm fucking rich.

So fuck you.

If you ask me very nicely.

Very very nicely.

I'll tell you.

To fuck off.

And spend years wearing horrible...

:lmao:

So many things that piss me off.

Why can't I find oatmeal cookies without raisins?

Chocolate chip style cookies without the chocolate chips? No,...