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14d ago

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The time I got called out for reposting a joke without credit

The real kicker is when you think you're being funny and original, and then someone rocks up with receipts showing you're just a human copy-paste machine. miab16, your friend Sarah's story hits close to home, I once reposted a whole thread from a comedy writer and had to do the walk of shame to my DMs to apologize. It's humbling when you realize you're the villain in your own story, especially when the original creator is gracious about it.

14d ago

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The trick that finally got my air fryer toast crunchy, not chewy

Hang on, you had to try SIX times? That's wild! I've only made toast in mine maybe twice and got frustrated, so the idea of sticking with it that long is kind of impressive honestly. Three minute preheat at 350, huh? I wonder if different brands heat up faster too, my little Cosori seems to run hot. I might actually try this tonight even though I swore off air fryer toast last month.

17d ago

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My $300 'nonstick' pan set turned into a sticky nightmare after 2 weeks

My toaster has a "smart" feature that refuses to toast bread unless it connects to wifi first. Like, I'm pretty sure burning bread was something we figured out 100 years ago without needing a login screen. Last week I had a coffee maker stop working because it "couldn't verify the subscription status of the water reservoir." I'm just trying to get caffeine into my face before 7am, not troubleshoot a financial services platform. At this point I'm half expecting my front door to demand a monthly fee before letting me back into my own house.

18d ago

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Just found a 2019 video from a guy in Austin that changed my view on the moon landing

Wait, did you ever try looking up the specific photos he mentioned yourself? I did that with a similar video once, where the guy was claiming the shadows were wrong. I pulled the exact same NASA images from their digital catalog and zoomed in on the metadata. The problem was the timestamp on his side by side didn't match the actual photo numbers, two of the pics were from different Apollo missions entirely. That kind of simple fact check ended up totally killing his whole argument for me, might work for you too.

20d ago

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Ran into my old regular customer at the grocery store and it got me thinking

That's the thing about life though, you don't always notice the small shifts until much later.