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Cop shopping = trying to find a cop interested in doing their job.
Murder victim Kelly Wilkinson repeatedly visited police in fear. They said she was ‘cop shopping’
"Exclusive: Family calls for inquest, saying Wilkinson visited police ‘almost every day’ before she was murdered by her husband in 2021"
"Exclusive: Family calls for inquest, saying Wilkinson visited police ‘almost every day’ before she was murdered by her husband in 2021"
Murder victim Kelly Wilkinson repeatedly visited police in fear. They said she was ‘cop shopping’
Exclusive: Family calls for inquest, saying Wilkinson visited police ‘almost every day’ before she was murdered by her husband in 2021
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Cop shopping = trying to find a cop interested in doing their job.
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It’s really funny to me that one of the main advertisements in the media for heterosexual monogamy (the bachelor) is a 12 week long polycule
February 1, 2024 at 5:55 PM
It’s really funny to me that one of the main advertisements in the media for heterosexual monogamy (the bachelor) is a 12 week long polycule
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People treat Mr Burns as being somehow prophetical but the actual Simpsons rich guy who turned out to be the truth is Artie Ziff who kept trying to grope Marge and is deeply insecure of his own masculinity
January 10, 2024 at 6:08 AM
People treat Mr Burns as being somehow prophetical but the actual Simpsons rich guy who turned out to be the truth is Artie Ziff who kept trying to grope Marge and is deeply insecure of his own masculinity
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Western medicine is brilliant for vaccines, surgeries, imaging, and on and on. So amazing. Western medicine often flounders with chronic illnesses, and rather than admit they’re in the dark, MDs often gaslight suffering people and mock non-Western modalities
Part of why healthy people aren't afraid to get sick is- they think if they do develop long-term issues, they'll be able to go & get treated by doctors who will work day and night to fix them (as it was on House, M.D.) & don't realize there's a 99% chance they'll be told they just have anxiety
January 10, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Western medicine is brilliant for vaccines, surgeries, imaging, and on and on. So amazing. Western medicine often flounders with chronic illnesses, and rather than admit they’re in the dark, MDs often gaslight suffering people and mock non-Western modalities
Re the idea that rich people budget better - I have never budgeted as carefully as I did when I was poor.
January 5, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Re the idea that rich people budget better - I have never budgeted as carefully as I did when I was poor.
Avoiding socialising by making a shopping list and running to the shops - we love functioning brains so much 😤
January 4, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Avoiding socialising by making a shopping list and running to the shops - we love functioning brains so much 😤
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This was one of the most prescient pieces of journalism written in the last decade deadspin.com/the-future-o...
The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It's Gamergate
Over the weekend, a game developer in Boston named Brianna Wu fled her home after an online stalker vowed to rape and kill her. She isn't the first woman who's been forced into hiding by aggrieved vid...
deadspin.com
January 4, 2024 at 2:19 AM
This was one of the most prescient pieces of journalism written in the last decade deadspin.com/the-future-o...
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Cognitive bias or survival strategy while talking to people you hate?
I've invented a new cognitive bias called unmotivated reasoning and it's about accepting whatever logic ends the conversation the quickest
January 4, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Cognitive bias or survival strategy while talking to people you hate?
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check out this guy in the flashlight reddit having the best day of his fucking life
January 4, 2024 at 3:02 AM
check out this guy in the flashlight reddit having the best day of his fucking life
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SOCIETY: $2000 is the minimum we need to live each month
DISABLED PEOPLE: So you agree disability should be raised to $2000
SOCIETY: Disabled people are magical & can live off less
DISABLED PEOPLE: No, we can't
SOCIETY: [avoiding eye contact] Disabled people are SO inspiring
DISABLED PEOPLE: So you agree disability should be raised to $2000
SOCIETY: Disabled people are magical & can live off less
DISABLED PEOPLE: No, we can't
SOCIETY: [avoiding eye contact] Disabled people are SO inspiring
January 4, 2024 at 4:46 AM
SOCIETY: $2000 is the minimum we need to live each month
DISABLED PEOPLE: So you agree disability should be raised to $2000
SOCIETY: Disabled people are magical & can live off less
DISABLED PEOPLE: No, we can't
SOCIETY: [avoiding eye contact] Disabled people are SO inspiring
DISABLED PEOPLE: So you agree disability should be raised to $2000
SOCIETY: Disabled people are magical & can live off less
DISABLED PEOPLE: No, we can't
SOCIETY: [avoiding eye contact] Disabled people are SO inspiring