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SPIDEE | NCCJ of Greater Dayton
Students Promoting Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity through Education SPIDEE Through NCCJ's SPIDEE programming, students are given the opportunity to develop leadership skills and grow in their person...
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SPIDEE is a great program fighting bigotry in schools in the Dayton area, but funding cuts have hit it hard. Three schools--including my kids'--are in danger of losing their programs. They've posted a fundraiser to help with a pretty reasonable goal. Would appreciate y'all passing this along!
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WWE fans: "We watch for the stories & promos, not just great pro wrestling. Sorry, sickos."
Cody Rhodes: "Welcome to Smackdown. I got the biggest Blackest dick!"
Cody Rhodes: "Welcome to Smackdown. I got the biggest Blackest dick!"
February 7, 2026 at 2:25 AM
WWE fans: "We watch for the stories & promos, not just great pro wrestling. Sorry, sickos."
Cody Rhodes: "Welcome to Smackdown. I got the biggest Blackest dick!"
Cody Rhodes: "Welcome to Smackdown. I got the biggest Blackest dick!"
References
* Kevin uses electricity to turn on the lights to scare off the Wet Bandits
* A brief power surge causes the McAllisters to sleep in, as their alarm clock did not have electricity
* The McAllisters' automatic Christmas lights [link] seemingly use electricity, but this is not confirmed
* Kevin uses electricity to turn on the lights to scare off the Wet Bandits
* A brief power surge causes the McAllisters to sleep in, as their alarm clock did not have electricity
* The McAllisters' automatic Christmas lights [link] seemingly use electricity, but this is not confirmed
February 7, 2026 at 2:28 AM
References
* Kevin uses electricity to turn on the lights to scare off the Wet Bandits
* A brief power surge causes the McAllisters to sleep in, as their alarm clock did not have electricity
* The McAllisters' automatic Christmas lights [link] seemingly use electricity, but this is not confirmed
* Kevin uses electricity to turn on the lights to scare off the Wet Bandits
* A brief power surge causes the McAllisters to sleep in, as their alarm clock did not have electricity
* The McAllisters' automatic Christmas lights [link] seemingly use electricity, but this is not confirmed
so funny to not say dick because it's a no-no word and then immediately follow it up with the most racist thing I've heard since the official white house twitter account last night
incalculable H E Double Hockey Sticks energy
incalculable H E Double Hockey Sticks energy
This man has literally zero self awareness. I honestly can't decide between Cody Rhodes or Dwayne as the most out of touch person in wrestling. He really doesn't understand that nickname was ironic cause he was trying to explain racism to a black man in AEW. But this got a pop in WWE...
February 7, 2026 at 2:06 AM
so funny to not say dick because it's a no-no word and then immediately follow it up with the most racist thing I've heard since the official white house twitter account last night
incalculable H E Double Hockey Sticks energy
incalculable H E Double Hockey Sticks energy
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Honestly the contrast between how poorly Tycho has aged vs how spectacularly Strong Bad has aged shows that it was never difficult to not be a terrible writer relying on cringe slurs and shit like that. Skill issue, get on the level of The Brothers Chaps
Every time Tycho is about to speak they should flash this image on screen beforehand
February 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Honestly the contrast between how poorly Tycho has aged vs how spectacularly Strong Bad has aged shows that it was never difficult to not be a terrible writer relying on cringe slurs and shit like that. Skill issue, get on the level of The Brothers Chaps
if The Beautiful People joined AEW today their name would be Rayney Skies or some shit
It's fine as long as they come in with their own name and not some Jeri-Show shit like KayRoyce Inc.
February 7, 2026 at 12:22 AM
if The Beautiful People joined AEW today their name would be Rayney Skies or some shit
I go back and forth between Tiger Millionaire (for being the best "wrestling as it is" episode) and DuckTales' The Rumble for Ragnarok!, which is sillier but full of smart references and realistic moves and the stakes are "if we don't win then Jörmungandr the World Serpent will devour existence"
Steven Universe still has the best Wrestling episode IMO. The Outrunners are even in it.
February 6, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I go back and forth between Tiger Millionaire (for being the best "wrestling as it is" episode) and DuckTales' The Rumble for Ragnarok!, which is sillier but full of smart references and realistic moves and the stakes are "if we don't win then Jörmungandr the World Serpent will devour existence"
I feel like if you ask the average person who has never been into wrestling to tell you one thing about professional wrestling, they'll say "it's fake but they pretend it's real." That starting point is also the stopping point for most people, which makes it easy to fill in the blanks.
Even when people could SEE the crowd for themselves, they still just said it was a bunch of redneck hicks, because the humor works better if you just assume that all pro wrestling fans are dumb, illiterate rubes.
February 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I feel like if you ask the average person who has never been into wrestling to tell you one thing about professional wrestling, they'll say "it's fake but they pretend it's real." That starting point is also the stopping point for most people, which makes it easy to fill in the blanks.
to be fair this is how I would feel after watching two episodes of Raw too
My favorite part of this is how quickly Russo goes from "I just want to give back to wrestling in any way I can" to "DID I JUST WATCH TWO EPISODES OF RAW FOR NOTHING?!"
Oh good lord.
February 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM
to be fair this is how I would feel after watching two episodes of Raw too
waiting with bated breath for the part where this passed through St. Elsewhere
in honor of our centennial man, my favorite dick van dyke show fact:
it exists in the same fictional universe as friends, frasier, the wire, and the x-files. 100 year old dick van dyke could (and 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥) appear in an episode of 'chicago fire' next week as rob petrie.
allow me to elaborate--
it exists in the same fictional universe as friends, frasier, the wire, and the x-files. 100 year old dick van dyke could (and 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥) appear in an episode of 'chicago fire' next week as rob petrie.
allow me to elaborate--
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
waiting with bated breath for the part where this passed through St. Elsewhere
fine whatever I like Max now
MJF shares his thoughts on the Epstein Files.
"This situation is disgusting and it’s really weird that people are just trying to sweep it under the rug. I don’t understand it. I don’t care what side of the aisle you sit politically. Pedophilia is not okay. I think it’s pretty f*cked up."
"This situation is disgusting and it’s really weird that people are just trying to sweep it under the rug. I don’t understand it. I don’t care what side of the aisle you sit politically. Pedophilia is not okay. I think it’s pretty f*cked up."
February 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
fine whatever I like Max now
this is just more Army Menslop
People who assign the label "slop" to the third similar game in a genre they see in a year would not survive the era of wii and ps2 shovelware
February 6, 2026 at 8:24 PM
this is just more Army Menslop
sobbing and kicking and screaming why can't he be my mayor too
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
sobbing and kicking and screaming why can't he be my mayor too
love this thread, love when people who have actually studied Tolkien understand what he was actually trying to do
I think, as with a lot of deconstructions of perceived Tolkienian tropes, the actual original construction is by copycats rather than Tolkien himself. Tolkien isn't trying to write a realistic story in an alternative fantasy universe, he's writing a world mythology.
So one of the great fantasy literature ironies is that Martin rags on Tolkien about tax policy and military structure but his is just as flimsy if not worse
February 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
love this thread, love when people who have actually studied Tolkien understand what he was actually trying to do
Honestly I was a hater at the time for reasons that had more to do with "WWE guys had convinced me this wasn't The Kind of Wrestling That Mattered" and frankly I'm glad history has been, and will be, kind to Red, he was pretty excellent
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Honestly I was a hater at the time for reasons that had more to do with "WWE guys had convinced me this wasn't The Kind of Wrestling That Mattered" and frankly I'm glad history has been, and will be, kind to Red, he was pretty excellent
listen, fuck Vince McMahon but this is really funny
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
listen, fuck Vince McMahon but this is really funny
"just found out the reason why 6 is afraid of 7 and we will be ending all associations with 7 going forward."
kamala harris's 6-7 themed zoomer digital marketing group has already changed its name after getting made fun of. for some reason they changed it to "68." we're witnessing a level of political instinct never before imaginable
February 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"just found out the reason why 6 is afraid of 7 and we will be ending all associations with 7 going forward."
ah yes it's the guy from Bright ICE
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
ah yes it's the guy from Bright ICE
gonna say it, Sesame Street had great songs and "La La La" and "Doing the Pigeon" are both excellent (I do not off the top of my head know the others but THE R MACHINE is very funny)
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
gonna say it, Sesame Street had great songs and "La La La" and "Doing the Pigeon" are both excellent (I do not off the top of my head know the others but THE R MACHINE is very funny)
so like I know this dude is totally crackers and obviously the math isn't mathing here but are they actually dropping Ozempic prices because that would help me a lot
Trump: "Novo Nordisk will be slashing the price of Ozempic from more than $1,000 to $199. And the price of Wegovy from more than $1,300 to $199, a 578% difference."
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
so like I know this dude is totally crackers and obviously the math isn't mathing here but are they actually dropping Ozempic prices because that would help me a lot
finally, an Elly De La Cruz who can tell me how to build a pipe bomb
MLB players have struck a deal allowing AI versions of themselves to be created ⚾️
• Each AI character will reflect the player's voice and interests
• They can chat and charge for interactions with fans
• Each AI character will reflect the player's voice and interests
• They can chat and charge for interactions with fans
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
finally, an Elly De La Cruz who can tell me how to build a pipe bomb
listen I'm not an expert in crypto but I have managed to notice that for basically the entire decade+ of this stupid hell, these people have CONSTANTLY been telling each other not to sell, and every time they sell, the whole house of cards collapses. huh! huh.
February 6, 2026 at 12:26 AM
listen I'm not an expert in crypto but I have managed to notice that for basically the entire decade+ of this stupid hell, these people have CONSTANTLY been telling each other not to sell, and every time they sell, the whole house of cards collapses. huh! huh.
really cannot be emphasized enough that "a shutdown that only affects DHS" should in theory be a nightmare scenario for exactly one party and it Schumer and Jeffries were smart (in whatever weird alternate reality where that's true) they'd really tighten the balls-vice
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 11:02 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that "a shutdown that only affects DHS" should in theory be a nightmare scenario for exactly one party and it Schumer and Jeffries were smart (in whatever weird alternate reality where that's true) they'd really tighten the balls-vice
oh my god did they seriously pick "67" for meme reasons
Kamala Harris rebranding her socials into a youth outreach program called Headquarters_67 feels like a joke but nope. It’s just real huh
February 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
oh my god did they seriously pick "67" for meme reasons
what do you think the odds are that Triple H throws a fit about it to advertisers like McMahon did during the Nick Gage Pizza Cutter Thing (which is still a top five funniest thing that has ever happened on televised pro wrestling)
Just as an informational:
No one’s getting in any trouble for F-words on TBS, especially from a crowd.
The FCC doesn’t have jurisdiction over cable TV networks when it comes to the language police because it’s a paid service.
Cable TV self-censors to please advertisers & not offend viewers. 🤼
No one’s getting in any trouble for F-words on TBS, especially from a crowd.
The FCC doesn’t have jurisdiction over cable TV networks when it comes to the language police because it’s a paid service.
Cable TV self-censors to please advertisers & not offend viewers. 🤼
February 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
what do you think the odds are that Triple H throws a fit about it to advertisers like McMahon did during the Nick Gage Pizza Cutter Thing (which is still a top five funniest thing that has ever happened on televised pro wrestling)
Haku erasure tbh
Acceptable Kings:
- Brody
- Of Cartoons
- Bernard
- Dr. Martin Luther and family
It's a pretty small list!
- Brody
- Of Cartoons
- Bernard
- Dr. Martin Luther and family
It's a pretty small list!
February 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Haku erasure tbh