abrake

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Conservative Outraged Tampons Available In Men’s Grocery Stores in c/[email protected]

[–] abrake 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So it's kind of like a real life Food n' Stuff?

New York Times rejects Quaker ad for calling Israel’s actions “genocide” in c/politics

[–] abrake 13 points 4 weeks ago

And Quaker Oats has a bit of a spotty history too... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/spoonful-sugar-helps-radioactive-oatmeal-go-down-180962424/

Who's rolling grave would probably generate the most electricity and why? in c/[email protected]

[–] abrake 8 points 1 month ago

What Nietzsche really meant in Thus Spoke Zarathustra is that we all just need to get along :)

Calling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes". in c/showerthoughts

[–] abrake 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In America, a handjob is called a "Handy"

France: Sarkozy loses appeal, must wear electronic ankle tag in c/world

[–] abrake 8 points 1 month ago

And South Korea circa 2018. Unclear if South Korea circa 2024 will be a positive or negative lesson.

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The letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out" (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 1 month ago by abrake to c/showerthoughts

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At least in my dialect/accent of English

Today. Yesterday. Always. in c/politicalmemes

[–] abrake 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even by volume, he's number two with 94 million.

Today. Yesterday. Always. in c/politicalmemes

[–] abrake 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Ro Khanna is number one! Wtf?

What's a "red flag" in a TV show that tells you it's about to go downhill? in c/[email protected]

[–] abrake 4 points 1 month ago

surprise motherfucker

NC House votes to strip power from incoming Democratic governor, AG as part of Helene aid bill in c/politics

[–] abrake 27 points 2 months ago

They also already did it in Wisconsin in 2018: https://www.axios.com/2018/12/05/wisconsin-republicans-strip-governor-tony-evers-powers

'All democracies turn into dictatorships—but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator.' - George Lucas on the Clone Wars in c/star_wars

[–] abrake 6 points 3 months ago

In the Republic, it basically goes: aristocracy (of philosophers) -> aristocracy (of warriors) -> oligarchy -> democracy -> tyranny

Supreme Court lets stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban in c/news

[–] abrake 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the title could have easily just been: "Supreme Court upholds ban on emergency abortions in Texas" and it would be way clearer

A.I. Artist in c/comicstrips

[–] abrake 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Honest question: how does this work for corporations? Does that mean a particular employee of a corporation holds the copyright, or can the corporation itself (e.g. Disney) as a legal "person" hold a copyright?