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What are commonly used idioms/metaphors that make no sense to anyone who knows about the topic they come from?

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  • Why are so many about poop?

    • The Democrats' path back to power might start in places like this Appalachian town

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  • Because at the end of the day the democratic party is still a conservative neo-liberal capitalist party. They aren't going to side with a bunch of folks against imperialism or capitalism. At best they will argue for not exploiting the middle and lower income people so aggressively and do performative PC stuff.

    • The Democrats' path back to power might start in places like this Appalachian town

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  • Probably because there aren't enough available social workers and psychologists to deprogram the GOP base in any reasonable time frame.

    • The Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American History

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  • We get banned for talking about increasing taxes on the wealthy through like progressive tax policy?

    • Have you ever had the realization mid-argument, that you were very wrong?

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  • When does one go from being wrong to very wrong?

    • Conservatives block Trump's big tax breaks bill in a stunning setback

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  • As long as a non zero portion of that middle class are happy in their place because they have an under class to punch down on shit isn't going to change. We have people blaming immigrants for their problems, one of the least powerful segments of our society. How absolutely brain dead do you have to be to think the folks that can't vote or hold office are the ones pulling the strings in our semi representative democracy?

    • Walmart says it will raise prices due to tariff costs after posting solid first quarter sales

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  • I assume that people will just take on more debt.

    • Matt Gaetz visited El Salvador’s mega-prison and saw people drained of hope. He then pitched it to Stephen Miller

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  • Because they are just after power and those lot are typically the worst of us.

    • What's the worst "corporate speak/buzzwords" that you absolutely hate?

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  • I'd respond with "venture" every time.

    • Plastics in everyday objects may disrupt sleep in same way as caffeine, study finds

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  • Plastics need us for survival and reproduction so I doubt they will decide to just up and kill all their hosts. The climate that doesn't need us for shit.

    • Autopsy suggests South Carolina botched firing squad execution

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  • Wouldn't everyone just choose old age or snu snu?

    • Autopsy suggests South Carolina botched firing squad execution

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  • Maybe their firing squad line up behind one another?

    • Elon Musk is responsible for “killing the world’s poorest children,” says Bill Gates

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  • Didn't some nations in Africa ask Gates to stop helping?

    • What are some of the stupidest, non-political takes you've seen on the fediverse?

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  • Replace them with colored glass for a week and see if anything happens. Then you can publish your results in Crystals Weekly if they work, or one of the science ones if they don't.

    • What actors/actresses make you immediately not want to make a movie/show?

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  • What about American Psycho, I thought he was fine in that?

    • US House Republicans vote against blocking ICE from deporting US citizens

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  • The MAGA members I know are totally down to send folks off to foreign prisons. They don't think the laws or bill of rights apply to "illegals." How do they know the person the federal law enforcement officers have detained is the right "illegal" without going to court? They don't care.

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  • How would a carrot help with seeing in the dark? All my carrots emit zero light not even a faint glow.

    • List of toys that face disappearing from stores due to tariffs

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  • Batman had the only real super power insane wealth. And because of childhood trauma he had entire city play along and let him run around being a vigilante.

    Which is honestly what we should consider doing with our current billionaires. A couple guys in tights leaving riddles and cards that only Musk and Bezos can solve could prevent a lot of human suffering.

    • The Supreme Court is about to let religion ruin public education

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  • Am I the only one looking forward to the coming witch trials?

    • Trump Makes Bonkers Claim About All His Trade Deals

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  • They don't see any of that like they literally live in a different reality. Something like 30% of our population is in the Trump conservative media environment.