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I don't get it... we use "alleged" a lot, but shouldn't there be circumstances where it's just plain fact? Like.. caught in the act, etc. You fail the breathalyzer test, plus you run people over... like at what point can we just go ahead and call a spade a spade? pfft!

I'm pretty sure it's so journalists don't get sued for libel. And you can drop 'alleged' after you've been convicted, AFAIK


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She's fortunate she didn't get mauled by it (or if she did, it wasn't in the video). Park Rangers will also fine people for getting too close to the animals like that
 

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lmao

I already get pretty rustled about the bullshit "will you round up for a donation to charity X"? (Fuck you - this is straight up tax fraud, asking customers for a charitable donation then counting it as a charitable donation by the company)

Now they're forgoing the illusion of charity and just saying "hey how about paying a little more for that purchase?"
 
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When McD's stops their 20pc + 2 free medium fry deal their app will never be used again. If we are doing the work for your cashiers we expect a discount, not to pay more "for the privilege."
 
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lmao

I already get pretty rustled about the bullshit "will you round up for a donation to charity X"? (Fuck you - this is straight up tax fraud, asking customers for a charitable donation then counting it as a charitable donation by the company)

Now they're forgoing the illusion of charity and just saying "hey how about paying a little more for that purchase?"
I feel joy hitting the no tip button and I hope the cashier notices. Fuck tipping.
 
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The tipping thing is funny. I spent most of my life as a big defender of tipping. I worked in the restaurant industry long enough to know it was baked into the industry in that case so I was always a big proponent of tipping.

But they've taken it so far I'm ready to go full Mr Pink. And if theres no waitress involved? That's definitely go fuck yourself with a rusky fork territory.
 
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The tipping thing is funny. I spent most of my life as a big defender of tipping. I worked in the restaurant industry long enough to know it was baked into the industry in that case so I was always a big proponent of tipping.

But they've taken it so far I'm ready to go full Mr Pink. And if theres no waitress involved? That's definitely go fuck yourself with a rusky fork territory.
I enjoy slapping the no tip button when it pops up. Fuck tipping.
 

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Been following this Titanic sub thing. One thing I keep seeing people quote is "Pogue says it is also not possible for those aboard the sub to escape by themselves because they are sealed inside by bolts applied from the outside" and acting like you could just open a hatch and swim up to the surface from 3 miles down lol
 
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Ya, sad truth is they're probably dead already and it not, they will be. At that part of the ocean, you may as well be halfway to Mars. You keep seeing all these social media geniuses who are like "why isn't there a backup sub? why isn't there an escape pod? where is the rescue sub? why isn't it tethered to the boat?". At that depth, even the military doesn't really have much in the way of options. They can't even find the sub - even if they did have some viable rescue options, finding the sub itself is a needle in a haystack issue right now.
 

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Yeah they’re going to die if not already. That’s 5200 psi that deep.
 

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Been following this Titanic sub thing. One thing I keep seeing people quote is "Pogue says it is also not possible for those aboard the sub to escape by themselves because they are sealed inside by bolts applied from the outside" and acting like you could just open a hatch and swim up to the surface from 3 miles down lol
I saw an article similar to this but they were talking about even if the sub automatically surfaced, which it’s designed to do, they can’t get out to get air and they’ll still die unless they’re found and those giant bolts are removed.
 
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How does a carbon fiber sub that has a ruptured hull resurface automagicly ?