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When I enter an airport I look and act like a hermit who has just been yoinked back into "civilization." I ALWAYS get swabbed for bomb making residue. Some people are just lucky.
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Shanghaied posted:Uh, are you saying that a dirty cop was emailing sensitive information to your dad in the mistaken belief that he was a federal fugitive??? No they are saying that a cop has the same name as a criminal who has the same name as Elviscat's dad. So Elviscat's dad sometimes was mistaken for the criminal when traveling, and on other occasions received misdirected electronic correspondence that was intended for the cop.
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Mar 10, 2024 21:48
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Desert Bus posted:When I enter an airport I look and act like a hermit who has just been yoinked back into "civilization." I ALWAYS get swabbed for bomb making residue. Some people are just lucky. "What is this device here, sir?" "That is my vape." "And these here?" "Those are my frozen bananas." "You bring frozen bananas with you when you travel?" "I cannot answer that without a lawyer present."
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Mar 10, 2024 22:01
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wheatpuppy posted:No they are saying that a cop has the same name as a criminal who has the same name as Elviscat's dad. So Elviscat's dad sometimes was mistaken for the criminal when traveling, and on other occasions received misdirected electronic correspondence that was intended for the cop. sullat posted:No he's saying that a tech-illiterate cop was sending his dad case info because he had the same name as another cop. In addition to the famous criminal with the same name. Ah okay, because otherwise it sounded like the premise of a thriller.
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Mar 10, 2024 22:05
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I got a half eaten chile relleno burrito swabbed for explosive residue once, the TSA agent giggled when he saw what it was.
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Mar 10, 2024 22:05
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Arsenic Lupin posted:I know. I'm an American. I think it's silly. I also know that Scots and Irish people find it annoying and hilarious that somebody whose great-grandparents emigrated thinks they've got some sort of blood tie to the homeland. Eh, I can kind of understand. My heritage is British, from when they did the usual of showing up and loving with the locals. I have no cultural ties to said locals, none with Britain, and there's not really a national historic culture if that makes sense. It's not really an issue for me, but for someone who values being a part of a heritage or tradition the gaping void that is white former colonist doesn't really provide any meaning or community. So latching on to something like that is something that makes sense.
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Mar 10, 2024 22:14
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wheatpuppy posted:No they are saying that a cop has the same name as a criminal who has the same name as Elviscat's dad. So Elviscat's dad sometimes was mistaken for the criminal when traveling, and on other occasions received misdirected electronic correspondence that was intended for the cop. Messing up an e-mail address is one thing, but who is sending official cop business to a .com e-mail address unless they're doing something underhanded (to avoid FOIA or internal audit)?
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Mar 10, 2024 22:45
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Shanghaied posted:AITA for not wanting to give my bsf my graduation dress on her birthday. Ah, Best Sriends Forever
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Mar 10, 2024 22:50
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Messing up an e-mail address is one thing, but who is sending official cop business to a .com e-mail address unless they're doing something underhanded (to avoid FOIA or internal audit)? People are really, really stupid about who they send confidential info, I get financial stuff all the time from people with my same initial and surname using my email address to sign up for stuff. I could totally believe somebody being dumb enough to use a non-official email address for official stuff just because it has the person's name.
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Mar 10, 2024 22:52
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Captain Hygiene posted:People are really, really stupid
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Mar 10, 2024 22:54
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carrionman posted:Eh, I can kind of understand. I recently had to fill out this US Census thing and it asked repeatedly about the education, employment, and ethnicity of everyone in the household. First you check "white" "Hispanic" "Filipino" or whatever, then it asks you to specify details, and you can't skip that. So I spent 20 minutes repeatedly filling out, "white" > "American mutt" because how the hell do I know what percent English or German I am? I have one great-grandparent that I know came over from Denmark but I am not writing that I am Danish with a straight face. There is no option for "don't know" either, so if you are adopted I guess the Census doesn't care.
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Mar 10, 2024 23:05
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wheatpuppy posted:I recently had to fill out this US Census thing and it asked repeatedly about the education, employment, and ethnicity of everyone in the household. First you check "white" "Hispanic" "Filipino" or whatever, then it asks you to specify details, and you can't skip that. So I spent 20 minutes repeatedly filling out, "white" > "American mutt" because how the hell do I know what percent English or German I am? I have one great-grandparent that I know came over from Denmark but I am not writing that I am Danish with a straight face. There is no option for "don't know" either, so if you are adopted I guess the Census doesn't care. Well tough poo poo, you're Danish now. Better start to drink Tuborg, eat smørrebrød, and learn that incomprehensible language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J7b83xPdE4 Shanghaied fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Mar 10, 2024 |
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Mar 10, 2024 23:15
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the holy poopacy posted:Yeah, I'm dying to know the name that is so stereotypically Arabic that it gets you flagged even with a fully Western last name that someone also thought would be a good name for a strip club. Isis?
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Mar 10, 2024 23:20
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Ahh, so the problem is, much like suit guys, it’s guys that make wearing a single piece of clothing their entire personality. Thank y’all! That does sound insufferable. Tactikilts also look cute, like a nice practical neutral skirt with extra pockets, but from the name alone I can already tell that the loudest wearers of it are going to be insufferable.
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Mar 10, 2024 23:27
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The Kilt is the Fedora of the groin.
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Mar 10, 2024 23:32
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Kilts are so ubiquitous at DragonCon, for a while there was a woman who would bring a leaf blower every year to blow kilts up (consensually) and I guess it's turned into a whole thing called kilt blowing now with official events or whathaveyou? I haven't gone in 15 years. https://www.reddit.com/r/dragoncon/comments/51gbl8/lost_camera_and_then_found_it_full_of_kilt/
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Mar 10, 2024 23:34
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Shanghaied posted:Well tough poo poo, you're Danish now. Better start to drink Tuborg, eat smørrebrød, and learn that incomprehensible language. Carlsberg Elephant is great
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Mar 10, 2024 23:38
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StrangersInTheNight posted:Kilts are so ubiquitous at DragonCon, for a while there was a woman who would bring a leaf blower every year to blow kilts up (consensually) and I guess it's turned into a whole thing called kilt blowing now with official events or whathaveyou? I haven't gone in 15 years. It started as a way to check for diapers.
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Mar 10, 2024 23:38
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StrangersInTheNight posted:Kilts are so ubiquitous at DragonCon, for a while there was a woman who would bring a leaf blower every year to blow kilts up (consensually) and I guess it's turned into a whole thing called kilt blowing now with official events or whathaveyou? I haven't gone in 15 years. Nice but I'm not clicking that
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Lol it's a guy saying he lost his camera and got it back full of kilt blowing photos, but don't worry there's no images
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Mar 10, 2024 23:47
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Messing up an e-mail address is one thing, but who is sending official cop business to a .com e-mail address unless they're doing something underhanded (to avoid FOIA or internal audit)? That's my bad, they were cityname.gov addresses, my dad was an engineer employed by the city. I guess the cop loving hated my dad, because the cop went to the same high-school in a year younger grade, and couldn't walk during graduation because all my dad's library fines were assigned to the other dude. My headcannon from now on is going to be that the cop hated my dad so much he committed a variety of Federal offenses and then fled the country for the sole purpose of mildly inconveniencing my dad.
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Desert Bus posted:The Kilt is the Fedora of the groin. M'Lassie.
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Elviscat posted:I guess the cop loving hated my dad, because the cop went to the same high-school in a year younger grade, and couldn't walk during graduation because all my dad's library fines were assigned to the other dude. 
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Mar 10, 2024 23:53
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Hobnob posted:M'Lassie. heh
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Mar 11, 2024 00:04
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a person of Scottish heritage is not committing cultural appropriation by wearing a kilt and everybody needs to stop policing other people's bodies and clothing when it doesn't harm anyone
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Mar 11, 2024 00:23
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When they're being an rear end in a top hat about My HeritageTM and their only connection to said place is an incredibly tangential one from the 1800's, they ain't Scottish. Also I got my shoes swabbed at the airport once going from California back to Texas. They had sand on them. We'd gone to the beach the day before. The agent looked annoyed so I'm guessing they either really wanted some excitement that day or they get "residue turns out to be normal-rear end sand" all the drat time.
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Mar 11, 2024 00:53
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As a Scot, please feel free to appropriate our goofy national dress all you like Americans.
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InediblePenguin posted:everybody needs to stop policing other people when what they're doing doesn't harm anyone
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Who has been policed?
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keep punching joe posted:As a Scot, please feel free to appropriate our goofy national dress all you like Americans. 
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AITA for refusing to attend my mom's renaissance fair themed birthday party? quote:My mom recently turned 50 and my family has been experiencing some tension. I'm currently planning a wedding and my mom has been nothing but cold and standoffish with my bride to be. I have addressed her behavior multiple times and the answer is always "well she isn't my fiancee" "well I'm shy" "well you picked her, not me." I finally blew up and we had a long heart to heart and she confirmed my fears that she doesn't like my fiancee much and finds her "annoying" and "vapid" I told her if she ever acted on those feelings she will be disinvited from the wedding.
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Mar 11, 2024 02:05
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Smirking_Serpent posted:AITA for refusing to attend my mom's renaissance fair themed birthday party? That's got to be one of the easiest ESH ever, no?
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Rescue Toaster posted:That's got to be one of the easiest ESH ever, no? FACT
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AITA for being truthful and admitting that I find my wife unattractive after her surgery?quote:My wife had plastic surgery recently. We had discussed it and I was against it. It was not my decision and ultimately I had no say.
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Mar 11, 2024 02:42
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mllaneza posted:FACT
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Troublemaker posted:AITA for being truthful and admitting that I find my wife unattractive after her surgery? 
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I'm just posting this because I'm curious whether other people find it as weird as I do. I 34/F doubt my husband M/33. If you were in my shoes, what would you think about this? quote:Last night, I 34/F had an argument with my husband M/33. I started it.
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Mar 11, 2024 03:04
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Propaniac posted:I'm just posting this because I'm curious whether other people find it as weird as I do. See a specialist.
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Mar 11, 2024 03:06
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Propaniac posted:I'm just posting this because I'm curious whether other people find it as weird as I do. This lady is having a minor psychotic break, nbd
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Troublemaker posted:AITA for being truthful and admitting that I find my wife unattractive after her surgery? Whoooof
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