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@Zincy
In the US, yes. In the UK, they have a separate classification for dumb accidents: “misadventure”.

@YourPalContrail
Hey, we found out Corn Pop was real. I’m inclined to take the crazy son of a bitch at his word.

@Wiimeiser
The world’s M2 money supply was recently estimated at $82.6 trillion US. Your number is bigger by a factor of 4.4 x 10³³.

To put that disparity in perspective, if you printed that smaller amount of money every nanosecond from the time of the Big Bang to now, you would have roughly one ten-millionth of your proposed amount.

@Meanlucario
Riolu used Fly!

@Dirty Bit
Dang it, Piper, you’re not helping.

@WaynePonePone
More mature than The Holdovers with Paul Giamatti?

@midob
It’s a Spanish word. If they wanted to pronounce it “pyooma”, they would have written it “plluma”.

@ЅℰℒᎯℙℋℐℰℒ
Brutal.

@blue-case90
Fire tiger here.

Hey, I’m part of the meta now!

@Penguin Dragneel
@Dirty Bit
She’s being raised by creatures that reach maturity in like two weeks. Cut her some slack.

@The Smiling Pony
@SleepySteve
As written, the TikTok ban can only apply to companies based in China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea. (The bill cites a specific list from 10 U.S.C. 4872.) But Trump could use it to go after WeChat and generally make Tencent’s life hell.

@Dirty Bit
Cur, you fool, do not taunt Happy Fun Longwalker.

@Dirty Bit
…oh no. I see exactly where this is going, and Tamberlane needs a pre-emptive hug.

@SleepySteve
▒P▒U▒S▒S▒Y▒ ▒I▒N▒ ▒B▒I▒O▒

@ᎶㄖҜㄩ 乃ㄥ卂匚Ҝ
According to the conservative-leaning Tax Foundation, the average rate was 14.9% in 2021 (the latest year for which they have data).

@Background Pony #7A74
You know, back in the ‘90s we had token wheelchair kids coming out of the woodwork. Burger King Kids’ Club, Extreme Ghostbusters, X-Men,… And we didn’t bitch about it because we weren’t a bunch of goddamn snowflakes. All this touchy-feely liberal crap didn’t stop us from winning the fucking Cold War, and it’s not gonna stop us from slapping China’s shit. So let the people who aren’t you have nice things. If you miss the old Tomb Raider, it still exists. Load up a PS1 emulator and get your low-poly boobage on.

@Cosmas-the-Explorer
Crazy question: are there any “Equestria Girls” type stories out there, with PMD characters traveling to the main Pokémon universe?

@Background Pony #1F81
The Key Bridge incident in Baltimore sort of made it obvious. A majority-black city has a black mayor, and they call it “DEI”.

Forest Whitaker implies the existence of Plains Whitaker, Island Whitaker, Swamp Whitaker, and Mountain Whitaker.

@♬𝕸𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜 𝕽𝖍𝖞𝖙𝖍𝖒♪
Nah. Typed in skeleton throwing skull, hopped over to GIS, pulled up the “Spooky Skeleton” link on something called Meming Wiki. Once I had a name, got the YouTube link from the Know Your Meme page.

@midob
Found it. 1987’s Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers.

@Dirty Bit
One of the things I like about this comic is how the setting has these weird post-apocalyptic dystopia vibes, but it still has dumb little kids being dumb little kids. When you have a book or a movie, something with a more focused narrative, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that these places are populated by normal people. Not everything has to revolve around one big Hero’s Journey, and everyone else—the background characters, the NPCs—they have rich fulfilling lives of their own. They’re the protagonists of their own little stories. It’s something that’s easier to get across in video games and episodic TV shows, where you’re not necessarily focused on the plot as much as the worldbuilding.

@The Smiling Pony
I saw this article elsewhere. It sounds silly, but I… sort of get it? The statute they’re charging him under is all about trademark infringement and related offenses. If this guy were selling counterfeit Pokémon TCG cards, there would obviously be a problem. Instead he’s selling counterfeit digital objects. Like if he’s selling Pokémon that are in the base game’s code but can’t be obtained legitimately without buying the DLC, that at least theoretically cuts into Nintendo’s bottom line. Or if the hacked Pokémon are used in competitions where the winners receive cash prizes, that does financial harm to all the people who play by the rules.

(Speaking of, I’m excited that the Pokémon Regionals are here in Orlando this weekend. The Orange County Convention Center should be pretty busy.)

@yelling_into_the_void
Aw geez. Poor kitties. They need much hugs.

@Dirty Bit
Shut it, Anthony.

@midob
At least you have a bed. Not like they’re making you sleep in a day cab…right?

“Pro Football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson has passed away at the age of 76. Our condolences go out to his family.”
“…really. Pro football. That’s what you think O.J. is famous for.”
“He’s also in the College Football Hall of Fame, after winning a national championship in 1967 and the Heisman Trophy in 1968.”
“Think something other than football.”
“After his retirement, Simpson transitioned to acting, starring in all three Naked Gun films alongside beloved comedian Leslie Nielsen.”
“Keep going. You’re almost there.”
“Of course, Simpson’s later years were marked by legal issues. In 2008, he was sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping, robbery, and assault after an altercation in a Las Vegas hotel room, though he would only serve 9 years before being paroled.”
“You’re really gonna make me say it, huh?”