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i need to go on a life changing road trip. i need to be put in a tupperware container and shaken. i need to get into a homoerotic fist fight outside a church. i need to be buried in the ground and forced to dig my way out. i need to change my identity and fake my own death. i need help. there is nothing wrong with me. i'm the most normal person alive. nobody has ever been more fucked up than i am. the passage of time is an illusion. i am wasting my life. i am never going to die.

itswalky

The Jetsons takes place in 2062, and George Jetson is 40 years old, which means that somewhere right now George Jetson is being conceived.

itswalky

Actually, Google tells me George Jetson’s birthday is August 27, which means his parents are going to get successfully nasty this year’s Thankgiving Weekend.

Mark your calendars.

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before tumblr existed did people tell these kinds of discoveries to a trusted friend or did they keep it all inside

gambitsobsessionwithcritrole

Rule 1 of D&D: Have a plan

Rule 2 of D&D: Never mind what the plan was we’re improvising now

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I cry because the OVEN IS HIS SECOND CHOICE

kropotkindersurprise

September 22 2020 - A Hillsboro man convicted to 6 months for drug possession managed to make his escape from the courthouse. A cop trying to stop him gave himself broken ribs and a concussion and had to be taken to hospital, while the hero of our story managed a clean getaway and is still on the loose. [video]

canadian-marxist

I’ve watched this over and over again and I laugh every time

emiliusthegreat

I’m still trying to figure out what he was hoping to achieve by diving headfirst over the banister like that.

strawberry-crocodile

Bold of you to assume cops have any thought process other than “im a cool action hero”

pileofknives

Rolling down the stairs like a fucking slab of ham lmao

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explorerrowan

They’re also shooting for 100% renewable plastic sources by 2030! All of the soft plant/leaf elements in sets right now and going forward are made out of bioplastic made from sugarcane, and they’re working on getting the regular hard plastic bricks out of that, too.

lynnafred

They’ve done it, actually! The full bricks are in the prototype stage now, and are expected to be 100% biodegradable without the need for a commercial compost facility. It’s very cool. Right now they’re testing the durability and playability of the bricks and seeing what needs to be revised/reworked on their final model.

So its that easy huh

Of course it is

Actually, this isn’t “easy” and is huge news. You see, Lego is absolutely meticulous about their quality control. Their standards for manufacturing are stupidly high, as are their safety requirements. You know that distinctive “click” when you pop two Lego bricks apart? They engineered that. That sound is so distinctive that it can be used to tell genuine Lego bricks from counterfeits and it’s a sound that would be based on shape and material.

Furthermore, one of the hard requirements for a Lego brick is that it must be compatible with any other Lego brick. If I buy a set today and pull a set from the 1980s? Those bricks would fit together perfectly. This requires a huge amount of precision engineering and controls on manufacturing quality. (I can’t remember the source, but I’ve at least heard that once the brick molds wear to a certain point, they’re pulled from the line and either melted down or turned into construction material for Lego HQ. Point being, no one is getting their hands on a worn Lego mold)

Recycled and non-petroleum plastics are different from other plastic. The chemistry is different. The timing and process to use them is different. This has been a reason why more companies haven’t moved to them, because there’s a drop in quality for material (so they claim).

What Lego just did is completely obliterate that argument. The corporation with some of the strictest quality control requirements for plastic just kicked the basic foundation of the “bad quality” argument out from under it, because if they feel confident enough to guarantee the same experience as using a brick from over 40 years ago, if they are confident enough that they can meet their own metrics at a huge industrial scale….

Nobody else has any excuse.

me irl

bury your gays

four bros, chillin in a sandpit, one foot apart cause they’re all gay

carnivalseb

eight legs, in a hole, got a lid…this quartet of boyfriends is a trapdoor spider

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thatmadhatter

Okay, but THIS.

My therapist only recently understood that when I said, “I don’t know how to make this phone call or make this appointment.” I very literally meant I didn’t know what to do. I can dial the phone, but what do I say EXACTLY? What questions are going to be asked? What do I need to have on hand? What if they ask me something I don’t know the answer to?

I’m one of those people that needs very specific and detailed instructions if I’m doing something for the first time.

dovewithscales

Be patient with people. We all have our struggles. Sometimes it can make all the difference in the world knowing someone can spare a few minutes to care about you and walk you through something that’s hard for you.

fuckingconversations

HOW TO MAKE AN IMPORTANT ADULT CALL

FOR THE FIRST TIME

From an adult who has been doing this for about a decade now:

Remember that about 10% of any office’s weekly call volume is from people just like you who have never done this in their life.

The mass majority of people who run dentist offices, insurance claim call centers, whatever - remember what it’s like to be completely new, and are generally happy to explain the steps and re-phrase themselves if you let them know what you’re having trouble with, and are kind and patient with them.

You’re not inconveniencing them. You’re not burdening them. Call center folks are 1000x happier to speak with someone who is earnestly trying and needs some basic help on super simple things, instead of a pissy long-time customer who demands free shit.

You are a bright spot in their day. A chance to actually help.

So! Here’s the steps:

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