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Lauren
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Tolkien nerd, Irish abroad, simultaneously woke and broke. She/her.
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Right? That image is showing the etymology of the word pusillanimous, with no connection to the word pussy. Just google the two words, there are plenty of discussions breaking down the different origins. Even google's AI thing managed to get it right, amazingly
Google search result explaining that the words pussy and pusillanimous are not etymologically connected
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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really bad news guys
screenshot of a google search of "life expectancy of a 79 year old male". alarmingly, the AI overview tells us that a 79 year old white male in good health who has never smoked can expect to live "88 to 89 more years".
August 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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The cover of a (rather sweet) book I once read called "You Just Don't Duct Tape a Baby!: True Tales and Sensible Suggestions from a Veteran Pediatrician" by Dr. Norman Weinberger. The word Don't has been hastily scribbled over so the title now reads "You Just Do Duct Tape a Baby"
August 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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aha, but thin muslin on a windy day gave you:
A Regency-era satirical cartoon depicting three young women in thin dresses. They are outside on what appears to be a windy day and the dresses cling scandalously to their bodies, revealing the curves of both Butt and Front Butt, as well as Leg and Ankle. Truly shocking stuff.
August 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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genuinely me this year
An image of the famous dril tweet listing normal household budget items and then candles at $3600 per month, and saying "someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying". I have replaced candles with "Starbucks chilled coffee" because it is absolutely destroying my budget
June 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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I just want home remedies to clear my sinuses why are you showing me Mark Zuckerberg in his True Form
a diagram of a man's face, represented twice, with the nasal passages included. One has normal sinuses and one has grotesquely thickened sinus lining. Looks like a Star Trek alien. the dude looks a lot like Mark Zuckerberg and is staring ahead with a "burdened with glorious purpose" sort of expression
November 16, 2023 at 6:11 PM
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hmmm 🤔
deliberately cut-off snip of the above post which now reads "THE RUMOURS ABOUT MY PISS ENTHUSIASM ARE BASED"
November 16, 2023 at 4:02 AM
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on a recipe for chicken soup. that would be a different fuckin soup Julie
comment from Julie that just says "How about a meatless version?" with fifty upvotes. on a recipe for chicken fuckin soup!
November 15, 2023 at 5:06 AM
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I figured you probably did know it but it's the one I can't help telling everyone about all the time because it delights me so much
meme of enthusiastic young woman yelling something directly into a nonplussed dude's ear, representing me telling everyone I meet about Terry Pratchett's throwaway West Side Story joke
November 9, 2023 at 8:02 PM
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from the replies lmao what the fuck australia
series of reddit comments user KingParrotBeard: It's a garden spider and they're cleaning the web of debris. The vid has been edited so it looks like the spider rolled the filter end ejected it. The ejection part is right, just not the rolling. Source: Am Australian user haby001: What other facts can you tell us wise Australian user KingParrotBeard: We can buy a roast chicken from the local supermarket stuffed with Vegemite and cheese user haby001: I'd like to unsubscribe from Australian facts. Thank you
November 7, 2023 at 11:29 AM
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the meme of the televangelist-looking guy saying "Jesus, I see what you've done for other people, and I want that for me"
November 6, 2023 at 4:48 PM
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saw this and was like "the guy who proved they fuckin WHAT" so I googled "fake golf birds" and it's actually quite sweet. good for you, bird nerd
text excerpt from a Slate article: Back in 2000, Fitzpatrick guessed that he was hearing sounds that had been recorded during the Buick Open in Michigan earlier in the season. He managed to get in touch with someone at CBS who, he says, confessed to the ornithological shenanigans. He remembers the network official telling him that he was one of many who had called to complain. “It was good for two reasons,” Fitzpatrick says. “One nice thing was that CBS was very receptive to the input. And No. 2 was that a whole lot of other people had caught them on it. There are still a lot of people who care.”
November 5, 2023 at 9:54 PM
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It's an armoured personnel carrier from the future - what blade runner would have driven
image of the Childcatcher's prison-cart thing from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
November 1, 2023 at 1:02 PM
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lmao found it. he's a very cool guy, but I stand by my client
screenshot of an interaction with John Darnielle in which I defend my client Mr. Baggins against accusations of cheating. Me: Gollum accepted the question as legitimate when he requested and was granted three guesses instead of the standard single guess, case closed. The Mountain Goats: No, he says it’s not fair right from the jump, at which point it’s incumbent upon Bilbo, were he ethical, which he isn’t, to say “you’re right, that’s not a riddle, I forfeit” Me: Bilbo never argued that the question *was* fair, he simply repeated it after Gollum's objection! Gollum could have simply claimed his prize by immediately eating Bilbo, as was his right - but he didn't, he bargained for three guesses, thereby waiving his objection. Defense rests! The Mountain Goats: incumbent upon Bilbo to say "you're right, that's not a riddle, I was just thinking out loud. Do you know anybody who's lost a ring? I found this one" and then be eaten
October 25, 2023 at 11:35 PM
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October 23, 2023 at 11:09 AM
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people forget it's an actual skill! you have to do stuff with your face and body or you just come out like
photo of awkward little kid making an awkward little face
October 20, 2023 at 6:58 PM
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this fact had better come up in a pub quiz or win me a bet or something someday because otherwise it's just going to sit in my brain taking up space until I die
actor David Wenham as Faramir, looking a bit distraught actor David Wenham as minor character Audrey in Moulin Rouge, looking a bit distraught again but also cunty this time
October 19, 2023 at 9:14 PM
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screenshot of tiktok with captions "me: God, why must you give me your hardest battles" and "God: I don't. You are my weakest soldier. These battles are so easy. It's an email, why are you crying?"
October 16, 2023 at 4:18 PM
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*Drew Gooden voice* well I sure hope they do
Shot of a google search result about life expectancies informing me that an 80 year old man has a 30% chance of making it to his 90th birthday. Seventy year olds, it informs me, have "a somewhat better prognosis".
October 15, 2023 at 4:11 PM
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Haven't been posting about the heart-breaking shit happening with Israel and Palestine right now but I feel my feet are on very solid ground when I say: fuck the Sun. Light up Wembley? Light up fucking Wembley?? Nobody who works for this wretched shit-tier ghoul rag will see heaven.
Picture of today's front page of The Sun tabloid. Topline reads "fury at terror victims snub". Headline reads "shining light... darkest hour" and also "In the name of little Emily, 8, and all the innocents slaughtered by Hamas, why the hell can't spineless FA light up Wembley in their memory?" There's a photo of a little girl and an inset photo of fucking Wembley stadium. It's one of the most tasteless things I've ever seen. I feel sick and stupid even typing all that out. I wouldn't let my worst enemy wipe with this rag.
October 13, 2023 at 3:22 PM
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obviously I'm not gonna go be mean to this person but ooooooh I hate this shit. I could be wearing someone's skin right now you don't know me!!
October 13, 2023 at 4:34 AM
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Britons! I implore you!!!
One of those weird ads you see at the bottom of articles on second-rate news sites. It consists of a weird cartoon drawing of a bulging belly and a caption which reads "Bowel doctor: I implore all Britons to flush their bowels with this tip (every morning)"
October 12, 2023 at 7:21 PM
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the solution seems obvious though - stick a few tin whistles into one rubber chicken, and there you are. Beginner's practice set for under €100
October 10, 2023 at 4:43 PM
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Reddit comments: First comment says If insects were size of dogs you probably use as pets instead of scary scary. Reply says What? Subsequent reply says in all caps IF INSECTS WERE SIZE OF DOGS YOU PROBABLY USE AS PETS INSTEAD OF SCARY SCARY.
October 8, 2023 at 3:33 PM
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looking through an old folder full of boring work documents and found this
Gimli saying "Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an elf". Legolas, who has a cube for a head, replies: "How about side by side with a side?". Gimli, who is now a giant eyeball in a helmet, responds: "Aye, I eye eye eye".
October 6, 2023 at 9:07 PM