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  • You should probably read "Monarchy Considered Harmful" (1776)

    Edit: sorry I'll behave now

  • Hey I think I discovered a way to fix America! What if we rewrite the US Constitution in Rust?

  • Has anyone in the US noticed Kroger/Ralph's/etc piping in AI slop music?

  • I hear ya!

    I guess Neom is what happens when a billionaire in the desert gets infected by the seastedding brainworms.

  • It reminds me of the bizzare and ill-omened rituals my ancestors used to start a weed eater.

  • CW: Slop, body humor, Minions

    So my boys recieved Minion Fart Rifles for Christmas from people who should have known better. The toys are made up of a compact fog machine combined with a vortex gun and a speaker. The fog machine component is fueled by a mixture of glycerin and distilled water that comes in two scented varieties: banana and farts. The guns make tidy little smoke rings that can stably deliver a payload tens of feet in still air.

    Anyway, as soon as they were fired up, Ammo Anxiety reared its ugly head, so I went in search of a refill recipe. (Note: I searched "Minions Vortex Gun Refill Recipe") and goog returned this fartifact*:

    194 dB, you say? Alvin Meshits? The rabbit hole beckoned.

    The "source links" were mostly unrelated except one, which was a reddit thread that lazily cited ChatGPT generating the same text almost verbatim in response to the question, "What was the loudest ever fart?"

    Luckily, a bit of detectoring turned up the true source, an ancient Uncyclopedia article's "Fun Facts" section:

    https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Fartium

    The loudest fart ever recorded occurred on May 16, 1972 in Madeline, Texas by Alvin Meshits. The blast maintained a level of 194 decibels for one third of a second. Mr. Meshits now has recurring back pain as a result of this feat.

    Welcome to the future!

    • yeah I took the bait/I dont know what I expected
  • Removing software that's made by confirmed idiots ought to be a solid security play, right?

  • oof ow my bones why do my bones hurt?

    –a man sipping from a bottle labeled “bone hurting juice”

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