Nobody uses "Timbuktu" as shorthand for "somewhere far away" anymore. This is a consequence of our modern world being more interconnected than ever before, as geographic barriers like distance and borders become less important in our lives

If I could travel back in time I would go to all of the old camera manufacturers and threaten to strangle any engineer who tried to design a camera whose mechanisms don't fully work unless there is a roll of film loaded

I've started doing something I call "lordmaxxing" where I put sugar on every meal I eat and brag to my guests about having nutmeg and pepper in my kitchen

If anyone needs to repost someone before doing crimes you're welcome to repost me

They should invent a rug that doesn't smell like cancer for the first 3-5 days after you buy it

They should make a 3rd thing that's inevitable in life besides death and taxes. Maybe something happier, like puppies or that one day in winter that's randomly 20° warmer than the rest of the season for no discernible reason

What are some good beginner coffees for someone who's just getting into caffeine

If your bathroom or kitchen has any GFCI outlets in it I'd go ahead and replace them with regular outlets instead. GFCI outlets automatically shut off when exposed to water (which is common in bathrooms/kitchens!) which could potentially prevent you from using any electrical devices in those rooms

Does anyone else think about how In star wars R2D2 is the only character who we see survive from the very beginning of episode 1 all the way to the very end of episode 9? He was there for it all...

It's really messed up that "it's" is a contraction while "its" is possessive because if it were the other way around we would have the perfect mnemonic to remember it since the possessive form would "possess" the apostrophe. But sadly that's not the world we live in.

Does anyone actually shoot fish in a barrel?? I guess it'd be easy to hit them but it seems like massive overkill and a great way to unintentionally destroy your bucket!

Tip for anesthesiologists: try pre-medicating your patients with a glass of warm milk before induction to make them sooooo sleepy 😴

I started a 10-miniute timer just a minute ago but I just checked again and it's trying to tell me it's now only a 9-minute timer??? Is this gaslighting?

The FDA has asked Raw Farm to recall the cheddar cheese linked to the outbreak and "it has declined." But E.coli 0157 H7 is a very pathogenic bacteria. So buyer be aware and beware here. 1/3

What are some good activities to do at 4:30am? Please take into account the fact that it is 45°F outside right now

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Taco Bell is great because a multi multi billion dollar company somehow managed to lack the foresight to realize that "purple and millennial gray" is potentially the least appetizing color scheme to rebrand a fast food restaurant to

Q: why did the cardiologist think she needed hearing aids? A: every time she tried to listen to a heart all she heard was murmuring!

Why did hats lose popularity in the past few decades? Nobody wears hats like they used to

84% of the time, “ChatGPT Health” killed a customer using their paid service as advertised

Lack of healthcare explains American vulnerability to basically the entirety of the "wellness industry" (chiropractors, bullshit supplements, ivermectin for covid, homeopathy, etc). There is no point to asking a chatbot or a chiropractor for help when you have easy access to a real doctor

Ok so like. Urinals are objectively bad, right? They don't take up that much less space than a normal stall, which can be used for both urinating and defecating instead of just urinating. Overall less utility in exchange for very questionable improvements in efficiency, right?

They should implement the ability to edit other people's posts before they implement the ability to edit your own posts

We should start describing historical price comparisons in both directions, not just past to present. It's great and all to describe a $20 camera from 1894 and explain what it would cost in today's money, but why don't we ever qualify discussions of a modern $5k camera to what it would cost in 1894?

Psychiatric meds are great because you have exactly 2 options which are A) serotonin pathway modulation and B) dopamine pathway modulation. It's really that simple

Psychiatric meds are great because you have exactly 2 options which are A) serotonin pathway modulation and B) dopamine pathway modulation. It's really that simple

I'm glad tech companies are integrating AI In such innovative ways like "loosely summarizing posts in a sentence". This vastly improves my online experience now that I don't have to bother looking at the posts on the platform you made for me. This is absolutely worth tens of billions of dollars

"a watched pot never boils" is patently false btw. You should definitely keep watching that pot. It's going to start boiling any minute now. I promise.

Cure - Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Can scientists or philosophers explain why the Outlook mobile app sucks soooooo bad

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

Is it just me or has the popularity of singing "la la la" in songs dropped off dramatically in the past decade or two?

Being a historian in ancient times must have been so boring. Like what do you even have to work with? Last week??

Being a historian in ancient times must have been so boring. Like what do you even have to work with? Last week??

I love when YouTubers ask me to share my comments or opinions in the comments below. Like aww you care what I think? Little ol' me? 🥺

The biggest mistake that guy who flew too close from the sun made was that he wanted to experience flying for himself. He would probably still be alive if he just experienced it through his father icariously

@themountaingoats.bsky.social do you have a favorite song or favorite band/musician? Are you even able to pick just one? I'm curious what my favorite artists' favorite artists and favorite arts are

what do you mean the stranger things documentary shows them writing the script on a computer with 3 chat gpt tabs open

This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.

“you get back here or so help me I’ll…”

my last giant(ish) centipede had a clutch of babies a few months ago, here she is cuddling them right after they hatched

Mr. Spotted Towhee just hanging out and being handsome. #birds #becurious 🪶

The biggest mistake that guy who flew too close from the sun made was that he wanted to experience flying for himself. He would probably still be alive if he just experienced it through his father icariously

Plastic can last for centuries in the environment, which can be terrible for the ecosystem. Thankfully there is a much quicker alternative for getting rid of plastics: burning them in an incinerator

Parents, be vigilant- I'm hearing reports that people have been hiding razor blades in fireworks. Make sure to check your kid's fireworks before you let them fire them off in the driveway. Safety comes first

Tip for getting through the cold winter months: front-load your warmth to get you through the rest of the day. Heating yourself to 576°F for just one hour at the start of the day will give you the equivalent warmth of 72° per hour for the next 8 hours— plenty enough to get through most workdays

Followers who have been in Washington, I beseech you: recommend me good Mt Rainier trails for hiking ideally less than 3 hours

Is it a hot take to say "modernized"/pop-y covers of classic holiday songs are atrocious without fail and famous musicians should stop making them?

Has anyone else noticed that time seems to be passing faster lately? What's that about?what's going on?

Jars of food from the store are too hard to open. A food company could make millions from selling food in jars that have already had their seal broken