ninja

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[–] ninja 3 points 3 months ago

Some states allow counting for early/mail in/ absentee voting before election day but they all prohibit release of counting information early.

[–] ninja 1 points 3 months ago

And they forgot they had no legs.

[–] ninja 2 points 3 months ago

Not even the seat fillers at the Academy Awards can stay awake for the whole thing.

[–] ninja 2 points 3 months ago

That's interesting. I'm also remembering an I don't know how old study that indicated that red cars were ticketed for speeding the most amongst all colors.

[–] ninja 45 points 3 months ago (2 children)

And that polygons should only consist of straight lines.

[–] ninja 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bonus points: The actor playing trump isn't told their lines and just has to read whatever nonsense on the queue card

[–] ninja 11 points 3 months ago
[–] ninja 13 points 3 months ago

In the polar regions there are extended periods of wintertime where the sun does not rise.

[–] ninja 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
  1. I used NPR as the reference as an acceptably neutral reporting agency, but they didn't go back and update the article. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case. https://ij.org/case/lech-v-city-of-greenwood/

  2. This isn't a caveat. The city wasn't ever going to rebuild the house for him. Any compensation was always going to be monetary. The fact that he spent more money than he would have gotten isn't relevant. If someone crashes into and totals your car your replacement car isn't expected to be equally as old and used as the one you lost. You're awarded money and can purchase a replacement at your discretion.

[–] ninja 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

If the lid falls off your mailbox you have no claim against the USPS. Nor do you have any claim against the police if they, say, destroy your house.

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/30/774788611/police-owe-nothing-to-man-whose-home-they-blew-up-appeals-court-says

[–] ninja 6 points 4 months ago

Poisons are ingested where as venoms are injected.

If you bite (or drink, etc.) it it's poison. If it bites (or stings, etc.) you it's venom.

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

Don't mind if I do!

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