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ELI5 how do COLA raises work for SSDI? How is it figured? This year it was something like 75 bucks, which cost about a tank of gas. So is it really helping anyone or is just a slap in the face?

Great question, kid! SSDI COLA RAISES work all the time, figure-eighted (or eight-figured, I can't really figure). And 75 bucks is a goood price for whatever that COLA is. Tank of gas for 75 bucks can be good or not good, depending on the tanks and the gas. I would also help you slap anyone, but you have to explain what's this all about first.

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Rage for the machine?

"Fuck yeah, I will do what you tell me"
"We're the delegates of Trump"
"Some of those who work forces
Are just following their bosses"
"It has to start somewhere
It has to start some time
But maybe not right now
It's kinda, you know, late"

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Why Everyone Should Still Use an RSS Reader in 2024

Google Reader shutdown has completely changed the way I was ingesting information. It was so convenient, I always had 2-3 days worth of articles, web comics and news for reading.
Another problem was that many sites shifted to providing only parts of articles instead of full versions, and it was still the time when I wasn't always online to finish reading.

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Would it be weird if I took something my neighbor put out for trash?

I do that all the time. A thing is a thing, and it can be your thing now. I only try to ask myself two things:

  1. Do I really need that?
  2. Is it in a good condition? I have a lot of used stuff at home, so if I took something half-broken, it would look like a dumpster already.

Sidenote: I live in Denmark, where people overconsume, and then get rid of stuff which is still in good condition.

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Big Penny!

"Fools bridge" from Saint-Petersburg saying hi!
It's just below the height of the most popular small truck, Gazelle - despite the poster saying: "It's low, Gazelle doesn't fit" (in addition to a normal sign), drivers keep checking that.

memes

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It's not even close

We (30-40yo guys) just played soccer, and there were too few of us. So we invited some kids who were hanging around on the fields. Well, fuck...
(The ball flies away)
Kid: I'll bring it back! (sprints after the ball like I'm not sprinting during the attack, then proceeds to run like that for the next hour)
We were only better like a pickup truck is better when it collides with a motorcycle