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  1. Comment on What vegetable are you? in ~food

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    Hi there, fellow green bean! Incidentally, the em dash is my favorite punctuation.

    Hi there, fellow green bean! Incidentally, the em dash is my favorite punctuation.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on What vegetable are you? in ~food

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    My favorite description so far is the onion's: "Faked it too hard and is facing the consequences of making it"

    My favorite description so far is the onion's: "Faked it too hard and is facing the consequences of making it"

    3 votes

  3. Comment on What vegetable are you? in ~food

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    I'm a green bean. This thing thinks I'm more fun than I actually am.

    I'm a green bean. This thing thinks I'm more fun than I actually am.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on How to monetize a blog in ~tech

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    I was skeptical but decided to suspend my judgment based on your comment. It is indeed more interesting than I expected. Thanks for sharing.

    I was skeptical but decided to suspend my judgment based on your comment. It is indeed more interesting than I expected. Thanks for sharing.

    12 votes

  5. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 9 in ~news

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    The mainstream press is failing America – and people are understandably upset 'The ramblings of an absolute lunatic': Trump's incoherent behavior on display for the world to see TIL the term...

    The mainstream press is failing America – and people are understandably upset

    They pursue the appearance of fairness and balance by treating the true and the false, the normal and the outrageous, as equally valid and by normalizing Republicans, especially Donald Trump, whose gibberish gets translated into English and whose past crimes and present-day lies and threats get glossed over. They neglect, again and again, important stories with real consequences.

    'The ramblings of an absolute lunatic': Trump's incoherent behavior on display for the world to see

    So once again, he's lost the room, but if you didn't watch that with your own eyes and instead relied on legacy media outlets for the interpretation, for the story, you might have been left with a totally different perspective. Instead of focusing on Trump's nonanswer, outlets like The New York Times, Politico, The Associated Press, all presented the bizarre spectacle as if it was a normal policy-driven speech focused on tariffs, low taxes, and supposed explosive economic growth.

    We are now nearly 10 years into covering Donald Trump and the media is still choosing to sanitize Trump's nonsensical ramblings to make them more palatable for the voter — the same media that rightfully did not shy away from covering President Biden's age and mental acuity at every turn. I mean there cannot be a pass for the man exhibiting the same obvious decline and be given a free pass — the stakes are simply too high.

    TIL the term "sane-washing."

    30 votes

  7. Comment on Science fiction or fantasy recommendations for children in ~books

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    When I was in elementary school, a local librarian recommended The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron to me. She said she recommended it to kids who liked Harry Potter. It’s been a long time so I...

    When I was in elementary school, a local librarian recommended The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron to me. She said she recommended it to kids who liked Harry Potter.

    It’s been a long time so I don’t recall the details, but I remember enjoying the series. There’s definitely magic, dragons, and witches and wizards.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Recommendations for less mass-produced and more artistic tv in ~tv

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    You asked for “unique” and “creative” and what came to mind for me are films that I would describe as “imaginative” and “fantastical.” It doesn’t look like anyone has mentioned them yet, so here...

    You asked for “unique” and “creative” and what came to mind for me are films that I would describe as “imaginative” and “fantastical.”

    It doesn’t look like anyone has mentioned them yet, so here are my recommendations:

    • Three Thousand Years of Longing
    • Everything Everywhere All At Once
    • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
    3 votes