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(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· 15d

Some words can have more than one meaning. Sometimes the meaning of a word can shift over time. If you would like to avoid showing your ass in public you could try the occasional adventure in consulting a dictionary before correcting someone’s word choice.

Suffix
-phobia (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)

1. Used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.
e.g. claustrophobia, chemophobia
2. Used to form nouns meaning hate, dislike, or repression of a specific thing.
e.g. homophobia, xenophobia

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· 16d

If one wanted to know the likely victor of a special election to replace McConnell, one could look at the polling in the current election to replace McConnell in November to get an educated guess.

Cook Political Report, DDHQ/The Hill, Inside Elections, and Sabato’s Crystal Ball all say the race polling indicates a solid Republican outcome

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· 24d

Image of an electronic scoreboard for Superbowl 51. With 2:17 left in the 3rd quarter, the score is New England 3, Atlanta 28.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· 26d

Bill Hadler as SNL character Stefon saying, "This place has EVERYTHING!"

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· 27d

To run a business, be sure to be born into the correct family.

Image is of text returned from an internet search.

Title: Fareway Leadership is a Family Affair

Cramer, 45, was elected in February as the company's CEO succeeding his uncle, Rick Beckwith, who remains chairman of the privately held company.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· Jul 9

Depends upon the era

Cover of the book Heidi Child of the Mountains

A shoeless blonde girl with pigtails wearing a Swiss dress holds some flowers while peering at a farmhouse across a flower-dappled mountain valley as the sun sets behind it.

Text:
Heidi
Child of the Mountains
39 cents
Adopted and Abridged from the Famous Story
by Johanna Spyri

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· Jul 5

Fictional author Garth Marenghi talking to an off-frame interviewer saying, "I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards."

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· May 23

Fake Star Trek: The Next Generation episode named, "The Gang Makes a New Friend Who Will Never Be Mentioned Again"

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· May 22

As someone who distinctly remembers the 1988 election, let me assure you that it was not a winning strategy that year.

Democratic Presidential candidate Mike Dukakis riding in a tank. He's wearing a helmet visibly labeled with his name but is otherwise dressed in civilian clothes.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· May 19

San Diego's James Madison High School's mascot is the "warhawk". I found this logo on its website; no idea how up to date it is.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· May 16

They should have just hoofed it.

Online routing to walk from Troy, NY to Ithaca, NY for a total of a bit over 60 hours of walking.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· May 15

Karl Marx with half a speech bubble above his head, to make it look like he's saying the text in the OP.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· May 15

You look at this and tell me that Homer made up the cyclops.

Skull of an Asian elephant. The nasal passage looks like an eyehole and the real eye locations are not readily apparent.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· May 13

We need sociologists to study this man. He was able to attain the title of least popular podcaster despite having objectively the most punchable face in the world.

The smarmiest man in the world turns it up to eleven.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· May 10

A little bit of cognitive dissonance there.

Text:

For 2 to 4 Adults
Ages 10 and Up

“Adults” has a red box around it while “Ages 10 and Up” has a blue box around it.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· May 9

I’m about 3 time zones and 4500 km from Ashburn. QA got a lotta splainin to do.

Text:

taken.
You opened this page. It already knows the following.

Where you are
Ashburn, Virginia, United States

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· Apr 25

Or a Pol Pot fan. RETVRN to classless society where everyone is subsistence farming, etc. Certainly no bureaucracy in agrarian societies, right? Right?

Image of cuneiform tablet (purportedly YBC 5471) rubbing. Roughly translated, after some pleasantries, a sesame field administrator/farmer complains to his superiors that the crop isn't getting enough water and will wither and die unless they are given more.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· Apr 7

I'm guessing it has something to do with this:

Calendar showing September of 1752, the month when the UK went from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. Eleven days are skipped -- Wednesday the 2nd followed immediately by Thursday the 14th

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· Apr 1

Setting up an "I said 'lunch' not 'launch'!" scenario.

Promotional poster for Sid & Marty Krofft's "Far Out Space Nuts".

Image: A man wearing an orange cap and jumpsuit, a man in a silvery astronaut suit, and a furry white and brown puppet of a purported space alien. Below them is a yellow outline of a cloud surrounding the title of the show in a wacky 70s font, also yellow.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· Mar 28

For those interested in the details of the paper… www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Results

Of the 85 analyzed sharks, 28 individuals exhibited detectable levels of four CECs: acetaminophen, diclofenac, cocaine, and caffeine (Table 1). All other compounds were below the LOD in the analyzed samples. Detections were restricted to three species: Carcharhinus perezi, Ginglymostoma cirratum, and Negaprion brevirostris.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· Mar 27

Mad Magazine's "Super Patriot" remains relevant over 50 years later

Image: line drawing of an old, balding man surrounded by bald eagle and US flag-themed items, including the suit he's wearing.

Text: From MAD Magazine 1968 (note: actually from 1969)

See the Super Patriot.
Hear him preach how he loves his country.
Hear him preach how he hates "Liberals"...
And "Moderates"...and "Intellectuals"...
And "Activists"...and "Pacificsts"...
And "Minority Groups"...and "Aliens"...
And "Unions"...and "Teenagers"...
And the "Very Rich"...and the "Very Poor"...
And "People With Foreign-Sounding Names".
Now you know what a Super Patriot is.
He's someone who loves his country
While hating 93% of the people who live in it.

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· Mar 16

People like that just do not understand how big a grizzly is.

A biologist is holding the paw of a tranquilized grizzly bear up to the camera. The claws of the paw are three to four inches long. The paw is about half a yard wide.

Text: The paw size of a grizzly bear

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· Mar 14

I expect that massive amounts of tranquilizers are involved.

MS-Paint image by Allie Brosh from her Hyperbole and a Half article, "The Party"

Her traumatized mother is holding the hand of her younger self as they walk.

Allie: parp? parp? parp? parp? parp? parp? parp? parp? parp? parp? parp?

(((Eddie)))@abracadocious· Feb 26

Ben-Gurion was perfectly willing to order Haganah to push out Arabs in 1948. But he was a Marxist who almost went to war with Begin, the founder of Likud. Nexus Project seems like it has potential, but I don't see any statistics for Maine.