Oysters got me too. I went to the ER thinking my appendix was bursting because the stomach cramps were so painful.

I still like the slippy little bastards, but I’m very cautious about where and when I order them now.

These are pretty good as far as corporate art goes. I’d snag one if I had the chance.

My great aunt was named Ute, I’ve never seen anyone else (in the US at least) with that name.

Making people doubt the election’s integrity and fear potential violence for voting is probably the goal.

Tacky

Is onion sorrow something similar to crocodile tears?

Implied fact: a baby is capable of having a religion, despite its inability to comprehend the concept.

Fits the tone of that first chapter perfectly 😂

Russia is happy with any outcome that destabilizes the US. I’m sure they’d prefer for Trump to win, but the infighting only serves them. You better believe they’ll push the “Trump is unfit” narrative if he wins.

Not saying they’re wrong, just saying that we shouldn’t be taking Russia’s word for anything. They’re seizing an opportunity, not conveying reliable information about a candidate or demonstrating their own posture towards him. Propaganda isn’t news just because we like the message.

“Consoom” and the clown emoji are all dogwhistles from old reddit nazi groups like clownworld. This guy was also talking about “money changers” elsewhere in the comments which is some ancient protocols of the elders of zion kind of stuff. It’s like he can’t help himself.

What ruling regime is that?

Not gonna answer? Just seemed like an odd choice of words that might have an intended double meaning.

Edit: spoiler: this is yet more nazi dogwhistling from this user.

Why not just say bankers? Why reference the historical trade of “money changers”?

So you have a problem with the folks who exchange currencies? Can you explain why?

What do you mean by “money changers”?

The mods deleted the mask-off stuff below. Guy’s a nazi.

Deleted below: he did not deny it. Mods should nuke this whole thread instead of chopping out the explicitly nazi stuff. It just makes this guy look more reasonable.

Removed by mod

Not going to deny it?