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Post by William T. Goat, Esq. on Nov 3, 2021 21:57:20 GMT -5
I spent a week worrying that I wouldn't be able to vote.
I'm taking a 6-week screenwriting course on Tuesday nights, and I go there after work. My polling place is near my apartment, my job is downtown, and my class is elsewhere. I wouldn't have time to come back home from work, vote, and then go to class.
I use a boombox as my morning alarm. It's set to NPR. So when I woke up on Tuesday, I heard the announcer mention that polling places would be open from 7AM to 8PM. And I suddenly realized that I could vote BEFORE work. Whew! Thank you NPR!
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Nov 4, 2021 8:11:10 GMT -5
I spent a week worrying that I wouldn't be able to vote. I'm taking a 6-week screenwriting course on Tuesday nights, and I go there after work. My polling place is near my apartment, my job is downtown, and my class is elsewhere. I wouldn't have time to come back home from work, vote, and then go to class. I use a boombox as my morning alarm. It's set to NPR. So when I woke up on Tuesday, I heard the announcer mention that polling places would be open from 7AM to 8PM. And I suddenly realized that I could vote BEFORE work. Whew! Thank you NPR! Do you not have early voting? That's my favorite thing here. (We didn't have any elections this week, though.) |
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Post by William T. Goat, Esq. on Nov 5, 2021 7:51:47 GMT -5
I spent a week worrying that I wouldn't be able to vote. I'm taking a 6-week screenwriting course on Tuesday nights, and I go there after work. My polling place is near my apartment, my job is downtown, and my class is elsewhere. I wouldn't have time to come back home from work, vote, and then go to class. I use a boombox as my morning alarm. It's set to NPR. So when I woke up on Tuesday, I heard the announcer mention that polling places would be open from 7AM to 8PM. And I suddenly realized that I could vote BEFORE work. Whew! Thank you NPR! Do you not have early voting? That's my favorite thing here. (We didn't have any elections this week, though.) I could have signed up for a mail-in ballot earlier in the year, but I didn't expect to have other plans on election day. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Nov 5, 2021 8:35:19 GMT -5
Do you not have early voting? That's my favorite thing here. (We didn't have any elections this week, though.) I could have signed up for a mail-in ballot earlier in the year, but I didn't expect to have other plans on election day. Oh, mail-in is great too, but I meant in-person early voting. Our polling places are open for three weeks before election day. Though if your election day plans snuck up on you in general, I get it. |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Nov 11, 2021 23:07:55 GMT -5
"Forward he cried, from the rear, and the front rank died. Generals sat, and the lines on the map moved from side to side"
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Nov 12, 2021 22:07:55 GMT -5
I wanted to shout out to whoever put up the latest scrolls on the news feed on the homepage. Some of them are pretty funny.
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Nov 14, 2021 13:59:07 GMT -5
I want to create a new urban legend that says if you bully someone, and that person yells "won't you be my neighbor" three times, zombie Fred Rogers appears and talks sense to you until you learn empathy and become a better person.
If you don't, he eats your brain. |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Nov 14, 2021 14:09:48 GMT -5
If you don't, he eats your brain.
Appropriate, since Fred Rogers and George Romero were old buddies and collaborators from Pittsburgh TV. |
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Nov 16, 2021 10:58:48 GMT -5
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Nov 19, 2021 9:40:34 GMT -5
I am surprised buzzfeed still does listicles.
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Nov 22, 2021 20:19:37 GMT -5
I remember when they shot JFK. I was in grade school.
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Nov 24, 2021 16:11:43 GMT -5
In my favorite alternate universe I have a Thanksgiving tradition. After dinner, I listen to Alice's Restaurant and watch the turkey drop episode of WKRP, and then Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Then I finish the evening by listening to the audiobook of Hunter Thompson reading his best seller "Fear and Loathing on Black Friday".
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Post by ganews on Dec 9, 2021 20:59:21 GMT -5
Based on a recent gathering I attended, I decided that if I were a writer I would find a way to incorporate the phrase, "the sort of American liberals who have a bidet in the guest bathroom".
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Dec 9, 2021 22:52:11 GMT -5
Once again, we have a baby goat in the basement. It is a cute little booger.
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Post by ganews on Dec 11, 2021 21:41:11 GMT -5
Homo erectus, the oldest known human
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Dec 12, 2021 6:59:57 GMT -5
Homo erectus, the oldest known human
That's the result I got, as well. |
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Dec 12, 2021 15:41:10 GMT -5
Homo erectus, the oldest known human
That's the result I got, as well. Homo floresiensis Remains of one of the most recently discovered early human species, Homo floresiensis (nicknamed ‘Hobbit’), have so far only been found on the Island of Flores, Indonesia |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Dec 12, 2021 16:06:40 GMT -5
Homo erectus, the oldest known human
Neanderthal, homeskillets. |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Dec 12, 2021 18:54:49 GMT -5
Homo erectus, the oldest known human
Australopithecus afarensis That would actually explain a lot. |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Dec 12, 2021 21:11:40 GMT -5
Homo erectus, the oldest known human
"Well, I'm a homo erectus got to connect this bone that I discovered yesterday tyrannosaurus lived in the forest died because his heart got in the way"
-Kinky Friedman
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Dec 13, 2021 13:14:37 GMT -5
When you're talking about inclines, what does 1 in 5 mean?
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Post by Ben Grimm on Dec 13, 2021 13:30:45 GMT -5
When you're talking about inclines, what does 1 in 5 mean? I assume that it means it rises vertically one unit (inches, feet, etc.) for every 5 units it moves horizontally. I think that makes it a 9 degree angle, but I'm too lazy to make sure my assumption there (that a 45 degree angle would be 1 in 1 and you can just divide that by 5) is correct. |
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Dec 13, 2021 13:52:14 GMT -5
When you're talking about inclines, what does 1 in 5 mean? I assume that it means it rises vertically one unit (inches, feet, etc.) for every 5 units it moves horizontally. I think that makes it a 9 degree angle, but I'm too lazy to make sure my assumption there (that a 45 degree angle would be 1 in 1 and you can just divide that by 5) is correct. I found a table that says yes, Ben is right. www.archtoolbox.com/representation/geometry/slope.html |
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Dec 17, 2021 19:58:10 GMT -5
So evidently I've spent 309 hours on r/amitheasshole and 20 hours on r/idiotsincars the past 11 months and my ability is Moral Compass.
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Dec 20, 2021 11:23:09 GMT -5
Homo erectus, the oldest known human
I already know this, Homo sapiens, a lot more evolving yet to do |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Dec 20, 2021 15:59:08 GMT -5
Homo erectus, the oldest known human
I already know this, Homo sapiens, a lot more evolving yet to do I enjoyed the question about how you get around, as I actually do drive a Toyota Corolla.
Also, I'm apparently Homo heidelbergensis, which is appropriate, as I too have "a short and wide body."
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Post by 🔪 silly buns on Dec 21, 2021 10:26:01 GMT -5
Homo erectus, the oldest known human
I got Modern Human (homo sapiens sapiens). I guess this is because I picked little business man, when I had to pick my dream career.  |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Dec 21, 2021 12:20:16 GMT -5
Homo erectus, the oldest known human
Fuck yeah Australopithecus afarensis. |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Dec 25, 2021 19:35:47 GMT -5
Now that lots of food has been eaten and presents unwrapped, as we settle into a quiet Christmas evening, let us once again enjoy that Christmas tradition, The AVC Christmas Pants Crapping Thread. It begins in earnest a few comments down from Oldest. |
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Post by Prole Hole on Jan 7, 2022 18:48:26 GMT -5
What's the divorce equivalent of getting engaged?
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