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When this kind of fire starts, it is very hard to put out. The tender boughs of innocence burn first, and the wind rises, and then all goodness is in jeopardy.

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you just needed to buy about a thousand of them

10.03.2026 08:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I just checked - $270, no disk drive at all, but a bunch of disks with it

10.03.2026 06:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I saw one go for about $200 on TradeMe this week

10.03.2026 06:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Supposedly I work with some of the best of the best, but they're totally incapable of doing the simple task of "reading the slack post immediately above their post that answers the question they're asking"

10.03.2026 06:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CEO brain, or "wanting to sound smart" brain? Or are they the same thing?

10.03.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lockdown, vaccine decisions 'considered and appropriate' – Royal Commission The Covid-19 Royal Commission has broadly backed the decisions taken during the pandemic, while identifying areas for improvement.

The Covid-19 Royal Commission's second report has been published, I've read (almost) all of it and here are the key takeaways:
newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/10/l...

10.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 7
Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

09.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 11887 πŸ” 2009 πŸ’¬ 574 πŸ“Œ 277

The old books

09.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mr Bean peering creepily out from under my slack window

Mr Bean peering creepily out from under my slack window

Love this little bit of Mr Bean staring at me from under my slack window

09.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't that just "all of them"?

09.03.2026 08:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a worse app than the Ticketek app on iPhone? You have to log in every time and your tickets don't show up in the tickets section, they show up in order history. And to get to that you have to enter a passcode every single time

09.03.2026 06:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing a suit and tie is making a surprised face Alt: a man wearing a suit and tie is making a surprised face
09.03.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a news article  saying tinnitus is somehow connected to a crucial bodily function

A screenshot of a news article saying tinnitus is somehow connected to a crucial bodily function

Is it hearing?

08.03.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Elon Musk’s Sci-Fi Hyperloop Failed Before his misadventures in government efficiency, Musk promised to revolutionize commuting with a subway that would speed passengers between DC and Baltimore in a matter of minutes. The project was a...

A year long investigation into the Hyperloop found …

β€œThe truth was far simpler, far dumber, and far more prescient: Musk and his lieutenants truly had no idea what they were doing.”

washingtonian.com/2026/02/12/h...

07.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 1467 πŸ” 550 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 123

Sorry oldheads, us zoomers don't drink anymore, we just mainline The Horrors direct to our frontal lobe on our Demon Rectangle for 10 hours a day

07.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s called horseshoe theory because the only people who find it convincing are those who have been kicked in the head by a horse.

06.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, or my body is super prepared for it?

07.03.2026 01:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Had my covid booster yesterday and it has absolutely wrecked me today. Worst I've felt post a booster

07.03.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coffee, straight out of my nose.

06.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 11128 πŸ” 2054 πŸ’¬ 301 πŸ“Œ 191
A BMW parked like a total prick on the footpath blocking it completely

A BMW parked like a total prick on the footpath blocking it completely

Classic NZ BMW driver - respect number plate respecting no one else who wants to use the foot path

06.03.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now we know why!

06.03.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a perfectly cromulent temperature

05.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of a man 's face with the words `` same as it ever was '' above it . Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the words `` same as it ever was '' above it .
05.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Shelves of novels by Stephen King

Shelves of novels by Stephen King

Someone just asked for the Stephen King book about the scary clown but they couldn't remember the name of It.

04.03.2026 10:35 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 7

"world book day" it's not a world book you idiot it's called an atlas

04.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 310 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1

I was hospitalised for swallowing a guitar pick (inhaling really)

05.03.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing sunglasses and a bandana is standing in front of a field . Alt: a man wearing sunglasses and a bandana is standing in front of a field .

One of the younglings at work asked if I had the english wizard books and when I said I read them when they came out they looked at me like this:

05.03.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Better would be public health warnings on your OS.

BEWARE: LINUX LEADS TO COMMUNISM

DANGER: WINDOWS IS BAD FOR YOUR SANITY

04.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've never had a problem with GoSweetSpot, but Aramex are uniquely terrible

04.03.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He's talking about PF Chang's. Iran is going to see a wave of chain chinese restaurants like they've never seen before.

04.03.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0