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Kid Names

One of my favorite court transcripts is Sheppard v. Speir.

The Court:  All right.   Now, do you have some objection to him being renamed Samuel Charles?

Sheppard:  Yes.

The Court:  Why? You think it's better for his name to be Weather'by Dot Com Chanel-

Sheppard:  Well, the-

The Court:  Just a minute for the record.

Sheppard:  Sorry.

The Court:  Chanel Fourcast, spelled F-o-u-r-c-a-s-t?   And in response to that question, I want you to think about what he's going to be-what his life is going to be like when he enters the first grade and has to fill out all [the] paperwork where you fill out-this little kid fills out his last name and his first name and his middle name, okay?   So I just want-if your answer to that is yes, you think his name is better today than it would be with Samuel Charles, as his father would like to name him and why.   Go ahead.

Sheppard:  Yes, I think it's better this way.

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9(0s) band

Let's see, we got

::: spoiler spoiler

  1. Boom box Man
  2. PITT
  3. Notefield
  4. Childslave
  5. Gourd Gore
  6. 20Brick
  7. Beans on Toast
  8. Coffee
  9. Angry Oaks

Pretty sure that plank is just a red herring :::

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Wicked movie: Mattel 'deeply regrets' porn site misprint on dolls

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No, what an utterly ridiculous lie to spread. She would never get "Korean bbq" tattooed on her hand, she's a multimillionaire with tons of resources at her disposal to prevent a silly mistake like that. Instead, she got "small charcoal grill" instead of "seven rings". But don't worry, she got it fixed apparently, so it instead correctly read ... "small charcoal finger grill".

reddit

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Reddit is removing the DM feature

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It was useful for asking questions that neither you nor the other person would want to put in a public post. For example, someone posted a picture in the bad real estate sub that looked very familiar, and I sent a DM asking "is this X location?". I might not want people to know I'm familiar with X location, they might not want people to know they're familiar with X location, but maybe we're both ok with each other knowing.

But I'm pretty sure its main use was sending hate to people without getting banned.

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The Aliens did a little trolling

What if, instead of a tattoo, everyone who voted just becomes that race?

The logistics would be tricky. Aside from the fact that race doesn't exist, people within an ethnicity don't all look the same. And would they still have the background of however they were originally born?