TheTechnician27
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four-mile-long*
I used to watch TYT in the early 2010s and typically liked what they did (edit: except for when I later found out Cenk denied the Armenian genocide). What’s happened to them?
I don’t actually watch wrestling, but I wanted to appeal to a specific audience instead of going for the easy Dateline NBC joke. (Here you go btw)
Duels? No clue, honestly. They definitely happened, but their frequency could definitely be overstated. As for meeting at noon? I think it sounds like the most reasonable time and would’ve been common if duels were common. This is pure, complete speculation on my part, so don’t repeat it without doing your own research, but I think the existing facts support my conclusion:
- Home clocks at the time were only seen among rich folks, often as a status symbol.
- Even if you did have one of these, they often lost quite a few minutes per day.
- Towns often had a clock for the church.
- This clock would’ve been more accurate than a home clock.
- This clock often rang at noon.
- Noon is (approximately) pretty easily verifiable by the position of the Sun being the highest in the sky.
- Noon means that neither party should have an advantage based on where the Sun is facing if you line up east–west.
- Noon is around a time most people are most likely to be the most awake.
Except you, Arizona Ranger and Texas Red. I didn’t forget about you.
Wouldn’t have known to look at a clearly delineated 1/3 of the image instead of the pretty picture if it weren’t for the yellow circle. Thanks for that.
This is my worst one yet. I’m so sorry.
The roads are in such bad shape because sprawling road (read: car) infrastructure is unsustainable and bankrupts cities. What we need is economically sustainable micromobility and public transit infrastructure.
Making a meta post today because oh my god this line is so emblematic of how hilariously awful this film’s writing is, and I need to point it out to other people.
Damn, not as many people pouring literal poison down their throats now that weed’s legal for most people, huh? Something something world’s smallest violin. Fuck you, alcohol industry.
The Dixie Chicks did 9/11.
Looks like the spiritual advice was followed: Trump did, indeed, rape children.
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This is the second day recently that I missed, so there’ll be two tomorrow and two the day after to make up for it. I’m just really distractible; sorry.
EDIT: sorry, not citizen, but nonetheless a legal green card holder who’s been determined to be here legally.
Also, you can’t, you know, legally deport a US citizen to an El Salvadorian gulag even if they had committed a crime. Trump here is trying to shift the Overton window from a discussion of if they’re a US citizen to if they’ve committed a crime (they haven’t, of course), and it’s fucking disgusting.
At this point, the only criminal I think who deserves to be sent to a deep, dark hole never to return is Mr. 34 Felonies himself.
EDIT: sorry, not citizen, but nonetheless a legal green card holder who’s been determined to be here legally.