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3DS found with erosion and barnacles found while diving

some octopus had 900 hours in Pokemon Alpha Sapphire and you just fuckin stole his 3DS

Data about military and civic engagement were used to calculate a 0-100 point score for each state.

Of all the culture-war flash points that could become political wedge issues, you might think “don’t waste energy” would be toward the botto

cunning-linguistix

Pro tip: when you see a brand new slang term, your first question should be how that term has been used in AAVE for the past 20-30 years.

A subreddit dedicated to items that unintentionally have some sort of vulvic nature.

A subreddit dedicated to items that unintentionally have some sort of phallic nature.

A subreddit dedicated to items that unintentionally have some sort of mammillary nature.

kunaigirl

just casually leaving this here for no particular reason

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You know what? Fuck it I'm adding more context. Sesame Street has talked about the topic of death more than once and it's done with such gentle carefulness without watering down or censoring the heaviness of the situations. It treats heavy subject matter with respect and dignity and has been for DECADES. From the early 1980s:

To 2025:

Hell, they even cover the devastating heaviness of MASS SHOOTINGS without censoring or watering anything down.

They've been doing this for YEARS, and it's ALWAYS handled with dignity, respect, seriousness, understanding, and love.

Whenever I see people censoring words because it "might offend" someone or the big ad companies that are currently trying to run everything? I just want to say to them: "What? Is Sesame Street too mature for you?" Because really...what the hell are we doing.

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Mister Roger's Neighborhood also covered difficult topics with respect, age-appropriately, and without pulling a single punch. It's crazy that we've worked ourselves up so much that we're self-censoring like it's always been the norm.

This clip is from 1968 and discussed assassination after Bobby Kennedy died.

I'm not sure when this clip originally aired, but it was likely sometime in the 1980s. They talk about murder and, incredibly by today's standards, what sort of emotions (anger, fear, loneliness) might drive someone to hurt or kill other people + how we can manage our own difficult or painful feelings.