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  1. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    Indians are discovering the thrill of shopping without paying BBC News – Soutik Biswas – 24th September 2026

    Indians are discovering the thrill of shopping without paying

    You are hungry. Or you are not. It doesn't matter.

    You open FoodNeverComes, pick from 22 cuisines and start scrolling. Butter chicken looks good. So does bibimbap. You add a few dishes, watch the total climb and hit checkout. A tracker says a rider is on the way.

    Then you get a dummy AI-generated call from inside the site. He is outside your building, he says, but cannot find your street or door. Except there was never any food in the first place. The order exists only on the screen.

    BBC News – Soutik Biswas – 24th September 2026

  2. Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news

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    Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like loneliness, firmware and game mechanics. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was...

    Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like loneliness, firmware and game mechanics. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was inquisitive.

    But one of my favourite tags happens to be offbeat! Taking its original inspiration from Sir Nils Olav III, this thread is looking for any far-fetched offbeat stories lurking in the newspapers. It may not deserve its own post, but it deserves a wider audience!

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  5. Comment on Stanford violated its AI policy by turning a Hispanic student into a fake Black woman in ad in ~tech

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    The San Francisco Chronicle is more often than not behind a paywall so it is autotagged.

    The San Francisco Chronicle is more often than not behind a paywall so it is autotagged.

    2 votes

  8. Midweek Movie Free Talk

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    Warning: this post may contain spoilers

    Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.

    Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on Ukraine uses Pelican ballistic missile for first time in strikes on Russia in ~society

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    They do say idle hands are the devil's play things.

    They do say idle hands are the devil's play things.

    3 votes