Yeah, most of these aren’t funny, but this one is great. Perhaps because of the less funny ones leading up to this.

Because I’ve seen this sort of thing happen several times in various contexts, I’ve long said that you should never write something you don’t want to send. Not even as a joke that you plan to immediately delete. It’s amazing how your brain will unexpectedly hit “send” instead of “delete.”

My grandmother used to give me Wheat Thins in these bowls. I miss her. I’m in my early 40s.

Considering those are Spanish plates, I’d say you’re right!

When Donald fingers the grill of the Citroën, I lost it.

The woman keeps saying “Bentley” and Donald keeps saying “Citroën.”

When he looks up at the car handle, I’m not entirely sure what he says. It’s sounds like it’s either “oh sheesh” or “oh shucks.”

Is this how I’m supposed to meet women these days? I’d better get planting.

I keep my reusable bags in the car, so when I drive to the store I already have them. If I have to carry them anywhere… Well they are bags after all, so I just put them all into one bag and boom! Bag of bags! And then once I’m in the store, they just go into the basket or cart. Sometimes if I know I’m only buying 1 or 2 items, I’ll just bring a single bag into the store and carry it around with me.

There have been a few times where no baskets have been available, so I’ll just put the stuff I’m buying directly into the bag, and then take it all out when I get to the checkout counter. It feels weird to do, but no one has ever seemed to care.

I imagine it depends where in the state you live. I’m sure the west side has more people bringing their own bags than the east side.

I was just thinking about this yesterday. In Washington state, they passed a law awhile back where stores can still give out plastic bags, but they have to be “reusable” (which means they’re thicker, which means they use more plastic) and they charge you 8¢ per bag. Most people just pay the 8¢ per bag and walk out with half a dozen of them. I assume they’re throwing them away at home, because I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve ever seen someone actually reuse these bags.

How does this reduce plastic waste? If anything the amount of plastic being thrown away has increased. The per-bag cost far too low to incentivize people to bring their own. Some stores offer a rebate if you supply your own bags, but it’s usually 5¢ per bag, which is also too low of an incentive. So what we have is performative “feel good” legislation that ends up making the problem worse. As usual.

I love the idea of this. Eventually the couple doesn’t argue anymore. Anytime they have a disagreement they just type it into the computer and then watch TV together on the couch while ChatGPT argues with itself, and then eventually there’s a “ding” noise and the couple finds out which of them won the argument.

There is a Son of Ernest movie being developed–at least in theory. It was announced over a decade ago, though, so maybe it’s dead?

It’s like a scene out of the Dragnet movie.

Also, stuff like this is often purchased not to drink, but as an investment.

I disagree that’s it’s an “unfair comparison.” It’s certainly not a 1:1, but to help someone with absolutely no bearing on what ranch dressing is understand, I think it’s a decent shorthand.

It’s like if someone from Mexico asked what sriracha is and I replied, “it’s like the Thai version of Tapatío.” Is it perfect? No, there’s way more nuance, but it gets them most of the way toward understanding.

It’s basically the American version of salad cream.

I’ve always assumed this was faked, but based on this article, it really happened.

Who comes up with this shit?

This one is my favorite.

IIRC from last time, someone on Reddit suggested digging a vertical hole (smaller visual footprint in an aerial search), covering the body with yogurt (to speed up decomp), and then burying a dead animal above the body (to throw off the cadaver dog’s handlers).