TrueStoryBob

joined 1 year ago
[–] TrueStoryBob 2 points 2 days ago

That it is Edward. That it is indeed.

[–] TrueStoryBob 2 points 6 days ago

Based on the time period into which he was born, he's definitely been vaccinated for polio.

[–] TrueStoryBob 8 points 1 week ago

Fucking Christ on a pogo stick.

[–] TrueStoryBob 36 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Well, most MAGA folks want a return to 1950's America and you don't get more 1950's America than a polio outbreak.

[–] TrueStoryBob 12 points 1 week ago

Good for them! United we bargain, divided we beg!

[–] TrueStoryBob 2 points 1 week ago

Louisiana: [bursts through the door Kramer-style holding several handles of rum and bourbon]

[–] TrueStoryBob 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I mean, yeah, but there's also manufacturer bloatware. This model year, Samsung in particular has outdone themselves with the implementation of their AI chatbot nearly zero percent of their customer base wanted.

[–] TrueStoryBob 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When I was a kid, I played Civ 3... so I guess, according to cable news, I'd be seen as a genocidal maniac on par with Hitler.

[–] TrueStoryBob 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's used in everything from pesticides to baby formula... when are people going to wake up to the dangers it poses?

[–] TrueStoryBob 10 points 1 week ago

Sure Jan.

Lol, that made my morning.

[–] TrueStoryBob 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Damn, literacy tests... now there's a policy the Democrats haven't championed since Jim Crow. I remember Rush Limbaugh going on a scree about us "needing" to bring back those in the 1990's. Are there any other policies from one of the darkest periods of American history you would also like to go back to? Perhaps the reimplementation of poll taxes or just force marching some Native Americans into the desert?

[–] TrueStoryBob 2 points 1 week ago

As I said, they may only be voting for the "team" about which they got excited and not much else. There not dumb, the American political system has set about keeping voters as passive as is possible for the purposes of exploiting them. Trump is just the latest (and most naked) bit of exploitation.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by TrueStoryBob to c/mildlyinteresting
 

So, a loca US basedl home school association actually has a football team. They're doing okay in the state rankings (given the circumstances of not being a government backed public school or private donor slash multimillion dollar private school), but I really want to point out the local journalist here. They went out of their way to grab a super local/niche story and, not just report on it but, give it the star treatment. Bro went full NPR voice on an athletic program with like twelve to fifteen students. GOAT.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by TrueStoryBob to c/mildlyinteresting
 

American comedian Ron White frequently tells a story about how his van was damaged in a comedic way by the technicians at a Sears Automotive Center in Savannah, GA. This week, that Sears Automotive Center is being torn down. While the shopping mall that former Sears location is a part of is otherwise doing well, the Sears has been closed for years. The department store end-cap building and the car service center in its out-parcel property are being demolished to make way for the development of a new apartment complex.

A link to Ron preforming the story for a live audience.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by TrueStoryBob to c/mildlyinteresting
 

No one’s sure how the ambitious bandits made off with the heavy steel structure, WJLX station general manager Brett Elmore told WBRC.

 

All pictures in the listing seem to be from before the ship's "Margaritaville" makeover, but it's definitely the same boat. The rest of that class has been retired and sent to the breakers.

In 2023, it was featured in YouTuber Bright Sun Travels cruise video "North America's Worst Cruise Ship." The ship, named the "Margaritaville At Sea Paradise" (at the time of that review), had been purchased second hand and operated by a company called Margaritaville At Sea Cruises (formerly Celebration Cruiseline). All of the Margaritaville and Jimmy Buffett branding was a licensing deal the company made with Buffett's food service and vacations empire.

The ship was originally launched in 1991 as the Costa Classica for the Costa Cruises company of Italy (the same one of the Costa Concordia disaster infamy).

So, who wants to buy a cruise ship? Not gonna lie to you all... she's got some problems, not least of which is the Jimmy Buffett theming.

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