Opposite day.

A significant portion of my bike-riding-home-when-the-streetlights-came-on days were spent with a giant comet overhead.

The 90s were wild for skywatchers.

Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake back-to-back completely ruined my expectations for all future comets.

Add to that the observation of Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacting Jupiter in 1994, and it seemed like these spectacular comet events were the norm rather than one-in-a-lifetime experiences.

Man did a Fox Four and lived to tell the story.

Wtf is "Clam-o-naise," and why do I already know it shouldn't exist even without knowing what it is?

Steak tips, mashed potatoes, corn, and cheesy garlic bread

I don't get why that's a big deal... did donkeys suddenly become endangered when I wasn't looking?

They're livestock. Their various parts have different commercial applications.

This is no different than any leather goods.

I grew up in MA and at least half the pizza joints were Greek

Bro, you are one petticoat away from saying, "Then let them eat dividends."

Sounds like something an MBA would say.

Consumer: I am skipping a meal every day to pay my electric bill.

MBA student: Well, obviously you need to skip one more meal a day and use the money to buy shares. It's simple, really.

What a fucking dystopia.

Let's not pretend linemen own the controlling stake in the company, please.

I know.

My point is that the laborers built the infrastructure, not the shareholders.

>You don't want your power company struggling to pay their bills

Oof, someone believes in the tooth fairy of corporate benevolence a little too much.

Much better that the consumer struggles to pay their bill to support the shareholders and feather the nests of the board of directors, right?

Christ.

*We built for them.

Listen, I'm not going to go so far as to say utilities should be nationalized, but if necessities are going to be commodified, there need to be regulations in place that cap the profits these companies can make and at a bare minimum require a set percentage of profits to be reinvested in infrastructure.

If we had a world-class power grid with buried lines and non-existent interruptions, then fine, charge a premium for a premium product.

But with Eversource, it seems like every other year, we get a week+ long outage after a storm that the Southeast would consider a particularly heavy rain storm.

Fuck these guys.

Better get to an airport and get yourself on a plane.

But change just one letter...

XP

Do it.

I think it's because of that one time they cast Joseph Fiennes to play him and everyone lost their collective shit.

Dated a Puerto Rican woman and lived with her family for five years.

Can confirm.

There's a significant breakdown of communication between Forest and Bush African elephants:

"Stupid is as stupid does."

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on... we, uh, we can't get fooled again."

These mating calls mean the same thing, but the Forest and the Bush can't understand each other.

There are three Dunkin Donuts within walking distance of my house.

I'm not complaining.

I made a better one about Bic lighters.

Got me to #1 on r/all