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Looking for a career change? Then look no further!
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Misremembering lyrics and making them up is accurate to the medium!
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What's a TV series that you really, really liked and would enthusiastically recommend?
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Dirk Gently is written by people who read Checkhov's Gun on Wikipedia and then went "how many of these bad boys can we stack on top of each other?" What a rollercoaster of a series
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Traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck driving above the speed limit or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. It belongs to an NYPD cop.
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I'm fully convinced that in 50 years we will be STUNNED that this was normal once. Just like lobotomies, or smoking in schools.
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Donald Trump Alleges Rob Reiner Died ‘Due to the Anger He Caused Others’ From Having ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
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You're out of your element here!
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Without getting into current politics can someone describe to me what an authoritarian regime looks like?
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GNU pratchett
Arguably, the Patrician is less authoritarian than the current US head of state. Yes, Vetinari is a Machiavellian despot, but there's no great leader retorica, no prestige projects, no saber rattling, no lavish court, no scapegoating, and he doesn't bend or break society to fit his ideals (although there's tons of nudging and quid pro quo).
This is because he's every powerful party's second choice, he would promptly be removed if he upset the delicate dance of Morporkian oligarchy.