getting potatoes onto plates was a massive psy-ops campaign for europe. the French nobility started wearing potato flowers as decorations to encourage people to eat them, and potato fields were heavily guarded to make them appear more valuable.
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how are you gonna sell more cars that way? petroleum doesn't buy itself, you know
the future of AI is making fake testimonials as advertisements
that's a whole lot of toothpicks
if 5 people are sitting together, and 4 of them proudly proclaim to be nazis, and the 5th person doesn't leave - there are 5 nazis sitting together
be the repost you wish to see in this world
I want to like hot showers, but it dries out my skin so badly, and it makes me feel like a pierogi that's been left out too long; without any butter or sour cream
that chicken was slow roasted over a heated argument
same! went to my spouse's work party last week, and proceeded to develop a gnarly cold by the time xmas rolled in.
I'm better now, of course; just in time to get back to work.
owls prey on mice, which makes them a humorous analogue for politicians, but also making them specifically a parliament of owls is comedic gold.
well played, robot
totally makes up for the detached tail and messed up eyes on every third bird
I never use prime, and stuff usually shows up in 2 or 3 days, anyway. They optimized their shipping abilities, and then convinced some people to pay more for it.
and the lasting feeling that you'll never understand it, and any serious effort to learn more will inevitably drive you to insanity. to me, staring into the uncaring abyss and feeling hopelessly lost and powerless, is a key feature of cosmic horror.