flapper_mcflapsnack t1_je87c8f wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:51 AM

Reply to Alibaba Is Laying the Ground for a Breakup. Amazon and Alphabet Should Do the Same. by youngfromthehell

Laying…the…ground?

flapper_mcflapsnack t1_je7b1hz wrote on March 29, 2023 at 10:45 PM

Reply to comment by Banned501 in Reddit cracked down on revenge porn, creepshots with twofold spike in permabans by thawingSumTendies

I’ve got a feeling someone here saw the article title and thought, “oh, cool, this one’s about me”

flapper_mcflapsnack t1_j11ccts wrote on December 20, 2022 at 11:12 PM

Reply to The Finalmouse Centerpiece is a keyboard with built-in CPU and GPU, and its screen animations are powered by Unreal Engine 5 by thebelsnickle1991

Weird flex.

flapper_mcflapsnack t1_it2wm2j wrote on October 20, 2022 at 3:25 PM

Reply to comment by Eislemike in German leader warns against 'worldwide renaissance' for coal by Wagamaga

This is the internet. Pretending you can’t say what you want to say is a very silly thing to do. Expecting people to agree with you may also be very silly, depending on what you say and how you say it.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

flapper_mcflapsnack t1_iqyjpyq wrote on October 4, 2022 at 1:06 AM

Reply to comment by hundredjono in North Korea launches missile 'believed' to fly over Japan by electromagneticpost

Rocket boy. Rocketman is a great song. Rocket boy is the naughty child Sid in Toy Story.

Don’t be a rocket boy. Be a rocket man.

flapper_mcflapsnack t1_iqu383t wrote on October 3, 2022 at 2:23 AM

Reply to comment by amanasksaquestion in Suspect charged with murder after fatally hitting minor 3 times on Leawood, documents show by fetustasteslikechikn

Economy of words for news titles is more about general meaning and expects some reasonable defection to be made. Losing some precision to accommodate paucity of space is rational.