Alex Z @AZinCLE Twitter profile

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Alex Z

7 months

"Human scale" neighborhoods have nothing to do with building heights and everything to do with streetscapes and storefronts.

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Alex Z

@AZinCLE

14 days

"Random hillbillies" with access to an excavator that costs $100k used.

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@AZinCLE

11 months

As usual with the suburbs, this combines most of the worst aspects of urban and rural living: All of the space of a 1 BD apartment, almost no outdoor area, all the maintenance costs of a single family home, a boring unwalkable neighborhood. What's not to love?

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You might not want to, but you're going to live here

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1 year

@RightWingCope “Instead of wasting my time and yours, we’ll just waste your time and not even pay you for it” Employment lawyers reading this:

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@AZinCLE

13 days

Lmao at all the people who think a random person can just rent an excavator in the middle of a disaster cleanup or that construction companies wouldn't be using theirs. What planet do you live on?

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@AZinCLE

13 days

TIL the average hillbilly either owns a construction company or steals equipment from a construction company whenever they need it. Very interesting economy.

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@AZinCLE

6 months

Traffic engineering is basically this, and choosing to never pull the switch because it might damage the trolley.

rust belt city enjoyer

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6 months

Anyone who can't see several stationary gigantic brightly painted pots in the middle of an intersection can't be trusted to see things like children or cyclists and thus shouldn't be driving. The way you make a street safer is by adding obstacles to slow down cars.

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@AZinCLE

9 months

@woodmuffin There's nothing in that image for scale. This is a 30k gallon tank with people for scale compared to a person standing next to a plane that holds 30k gallons of fuel

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@AZinCLE

13 days

@manuelhe Yeah, I'm sure all the local construction companies are really short on business right now.

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@AZinCLE

5 months

@clhubes Hulu does this all the time to me, especially on older shows. Sometimes it doesn't even give a warning, it just abruptly starts the next episode.

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@AZinCLE

9 months

Or instead of spending billions of dollars to desalinate ocean water, we just put the water-intensive industries in the parts of the US that already have plenty of fresh water and room for housing?

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@CJHandmer

9 months

Here's how we fix water scarcity in the US SW forever. The current Imperial Valley irrigation system has worked well* for more than a century, but it's time to upgrade it. The addition of a large solar powered desal plant and brine processor will upgrade the region's economic

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@AZinCLE

10 months

@notchloarchi Local donut shop that's been open since 1963

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@AZinCLE

2 years

@TheRightCant Do you hate Germans? No. How do you feel about Hitler? He sucks! GOTCHA!

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@AZinCLE

9 months

@simonsarris To be fair, for things that don't require grounding, one plug will work in all of these (except UK)

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@AZinCLE

1 year

@0xgaut I definitely have memories of eating at Pepperoni Hug Spot as a kid. Am I AI?

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@AZinCLE

9 months

@GravitysRa1nbow Yeah, but that Bahamas-flagged ship operated by a Japanese company with a Filipino and Bulgarian crew is 20% owned by an Israeli, so hijacking it is decolonization actually /s

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@AZinCLE

6 months

@MingAutocrat "Do everything quick before the Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional"

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@AZinCLE

9 months

@fedtanyl McDonalds is done messing around.

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@AZinCLE

3 years

@IAPonomarenko Xi played Putin like a fiddle. Big talk to inflate Putin's ego by calling them "partners" as if they're anywhere near equal. Then stand by and watch while Russia isolates themselves from the rest of the world and become economically dependent on China.

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@AZinCLE

9 months

The key difference between Paris and American cities is that Paris tends to follow up its plans with actual implementation. American cities would still be doing environmental reviews and public comment periods in 2030.

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READ: Paris is set to roll out its ambitious 2024-2030 Climate Plan, with urban biking at the heart of the plan. #Paris will officially prioritize cycling infrastructure, introducing 180km of additional cycling paths & 130k bike parking spaces by 2026.

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@AZinCLE

11 months

@LinkofSunshine Sorry, I was the one who answered $200,000,000 and brought the average up.

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@AZinCLE

13 days

It's kind of fascinating how no matter what corner of Twitter you go to, it's full of upper-middle class people who think they're average. If half your neighbors own a construction or landscaping company, you probably live in the exurbs, not an average Appalachian town.

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@AZinCLE

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@MemeLordMayhem Yeah, that's the point. It's a company doing this under contract for the government not a couple guys just out on their own.

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@AZinCLE

2 months

@LinkofSunshine > host a dinner > cook extra food > refuse to serve it

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@AZinCLE

3 years

@Jim_Jordan The Ohio BMV insists I wear corrective lenses to drive because otherwise I "can't see." This is an assault on my freedom to choose what I put on my face. Ban this freedom-trampling mandate! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

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@AZinCLE

3 months

@macsquirelera The city vs metro population trends are crazy. Barcelona basically hasn't built a single new home in the city since like 1970.

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@AZinCLE

3 years

@RightWingCope Capitalism: Each person* gets one of these *Except the people who actually make and serve them, because they're not paid enough to afford them

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@AZinCLE

4 months

@InternetHippo Obsessed with the people who could only respond back with "Joe" or "Trump"

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@AZinCLE

10 months

@tonyhawktruther Why does it look like the metal finish is different on every body panel?

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@AZinCLE

4 years

@TexasGOP GOP presidential margin in TX: 2012: 15.8% 2016: 9.0% 2020: 5.6% Keep up the good work!

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@AZinCLE

2 years

@mindyisser @JasonKPargin “I grew up in Tampa, went to Yale, and spent 5 years inside the beltway, but I’m basically a hillbilly because I went to church” - Ron Desantis

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@AZinCLE

5 months

@mateosfo There's an intersection near me that has these on all 4 corners.

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@AZinCLE

1 year

@thehill What’s the over/under on the time before the “donated blood will make you gay” conspiracy theory starts? 24 hours?

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@AZinCLE

1 year

@rice_rust_belt Conservatives spending thousands of dollars on armored doors for their suburban home, while I leave my windows unlocked all the time because if someone wants to scale 60 ft up the side of my building, they deserve to take whatever they want.

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@AZinCLE

7 months

@SlurricaneH What kind of job requires you to be in the office but doesn't care if you don't show up until 10 AM?

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@AZinCLE

3 years

@DanPriceSeattle Right, I can't stand this idea that we should be thankful to the rich for gracing us with jobs, as if they do it out of charity and not because it's the thing that makes them rich.

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@AZinCLE

8 months

@Boenau SUV showing how much safer it is by rolling over and landing upside down.

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@AZinCLE

1 year

@RightWingCope When it didn't give her the answer she wanted right away, she had to keep pushing, and then eventually just asked it directly. At that point it's no different than Google.

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@AZinCLE

1 month

Have you been late to work because your bus lane was blocked by cars? Your local news doesn't care!

Homa Bash

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1 month

Have you been hit with a $100 bus-camera ticket in D.C. recently? More than 145,000 citations issued over the last 9 months.. totaling nearly $15 million in fines. Maryland drivers lead the way, then DC, VA, and all over. Here's what some drivers we spoke with had to say:

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Alex Z

@AZinCLE

1 year

@TheRightCant Walmart is trying to ... turn people trans ... through receipts? That's my best guess here.

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@AZinCLE

7 months

@chernobelskiy "Many" in this case being <10%, vs >50% even for family medicine physicians. The bottom 10% of family doctors are making more than the median plumber.

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@AZinCLE

1 year

@JonahLandryAZ @da_bobby_g @PoliticsAndEd It hasn't. We've just spent trillions of taxpayer dollars building and maintaining highways over the last 70 years while we let the rail system decay in the hands of private freight companies.

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@AZinCLE

4 months

@nikicaga I think part of the image got cut off

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@AZinCLE

1 year

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@AZinCLE

6 months

@LinkofSunshine I hate United's security questions. Yeah, let me try to remember what my favorite vacation type and pizza topping were 5 years ago when I set them.

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@AZinCLE

8 months

@HannahPosted When I travel to cities that are more walkable, I frequently see groups of kids walking around. Maybe they're going somewhere. But they spend a lot more time together than driving from 4 separate suburban neighborhoods. Ofc in the US that's more a change from the 50s than the 90s

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@AZinCLE

4 months

@BFryback Homeless shelters cost less to operate than jails. Why would we not just build more of those?

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@AZinCLE

1 month

@Srirachachau They're just doing the meme

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2 years

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@AZinCLE

1 year

@RightWingCope Thank God we have Matt Walsh to selflessly volunteer to give up other people's rights. So inspiring.

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@AZinCLE

4 years

@Darryl_Forges Goodyear is also the only major US manufacturer of aircraft tires, so it's likely Air Force One uses them too.

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@AZinCLE

9 months

@OregonMapGuy What many don't know is that the Treaty of Versailles was actually negotiated in Versailles, Ohio.

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@AZinCLE

9 months

West coast tech bros remember the rest of the country exists challenge: Impossible

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@AZinCLE

13 days

Nothing to convince me more that I'm right than having "Literally Hitler" on the other side of the argument. Wonder why the advertisers left this site?

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@AZinCLE

3 months

@pmsyyz @freelancelawmom If they gave them a higher rate than non-married employees because they were married, that seems like it would open them up to a class-action discrimination suit.

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@AZinCLE

6 months

What car commercials show vs what drivers believe will destroy their cars.

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@Boenau They are not free. They cost a lot of energy making it the car change velocity, even when no one is around. And they cause wear and tear on vehicles as well as actual damage.

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@AZinCLE

7 months

@YIMBYLAND No. Because no other state was really even considering it. Once it's done, people will see how nice it is and how much demand there is (like with Brightline).

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@AZinCLE

6 months

@rustbeltenjoyer Big chunk of rock works too

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@AZinCLE

12 days

@north0fnorth I got a tip from one of the docents to take photos right up to the glass so it looks like you're in the room.

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@AZinCLE

3 months

@isaiah_bb I'm normally pretty skeptical about Tesla quality. But I truly do not believe the car just rammed the Jeep and started driving away by itself. 95% chance the driver just panicked and pressed the wrong pedal.

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@AZinCLE

2 years

@DnDNoob1 @JoshuaPHilll What they do is lend it to the museum. Then in a few years, get someone to appraise it at a higher value, donate it then, get a larger tax break, and no tax on the gains.

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@AZinCLE

6 months

@isaiah_bb Amazing things going on in the comments

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@AZinCLE

11 months

@__TheBaron__ They're efficient for the builder, not the owner.

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@AZinCLE

4 years

Goodyear is the 4th largest employer in #Akron , with about 3000 employees. Trump wants to cancel their jobs and tells people to buy cheaper (imported) tires. #OhioForBiden

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@AZinCLE

4 months

@edzitron The best reply

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@AZinCLE

2 years

@DillweedLmao @incelReplies After grabbing at her clothes

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@AZinCLE

1 year

@lxeagle17 Of course he says "half the size of the Sahara" because saying "half the size of the United States" would sound insane even thought they're almost the same number.

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@AZinCLE

2 months

@nikicaga 2032 presidential debate opening statements: Pete Buttigieg: "We have to continue the gains made under the Harris administration" Donald Trump: *audibly shits pants*

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@AZinCLE

9 months

@KylePlantEmoji Type of guy who thinks red light cameras are tyrannical but that executions are fine.

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@AZinCLE

10 months

No hope for these this year then?

Amtrak

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10 months

our new year's resolution looks like this 😍😍😍

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@AZinCLE

2 years

@chillestfox @RightWingCope Racism

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@AZinCLE

7 months

@SwiftOnSecurity Almost every time I've done a failure analysis at work, the cause has been some very basic thing. "They probably forgot to lubricate it" actually was one.

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@AZinCLE

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@Jordan_W_Taylor Once visited a heat exchanger manufacturer in the deep south and learned about TIG welding zirconium from a welder named Squirrel.

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@AZinCLE

10 months

We have an average of 800 car-related deaths every week in the US and people act like it's just a bunch of random unconnected events.

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@Boenau So are we going to ban driving because someone didn’t pay attention and literally ran the light? Do you just reform society because a few bad apples? Let’s address why he ran the light vs penalizing everyone and reforming society.

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@AZinCLE

1 month

Why does a park have a security checkpoint?

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@AZinCLE

2 months

Why Clevelanders should be wary about any promises by the Browns about any sort of "entertainment district" around their new stadium:

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I’m hungry. Surely I could find something to eat around the $862,000,000 arena that was built with $261,000,000 tax dollars! Right?! We were promised a vibrant, walkable, European style district full of entertainment, dining & shopping. In 2016.

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@AZinCLE

6 months

@LinkofSunshine I don't think America in 2024 resembles France in 1788 very much.

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7 months

@CantEverDie A notarised letter

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2 years

@JoJoFromJerz @RonFilipkowski German Christmas bread, like a better version of fruitcake.

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@AZinCLE

2 years

@funktagon @RightWingCope They want their kids to be racist because they are racist.

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@AZinCLE

10 months

@esjesjesj Same people who refused to wear a mask or get a vaccine during a pandemic are now feigning outrage about brown people being allowed to fly without comprehensive health screenings.

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@skyquake_1 I mean xkcd basically did this years earlier

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@ddale8 @KyKernel "Either way I end up more known" - Yeah, but this way you end up with a felony record.

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@AZinCLE

9 months

@MNateShyamalan > blue check reply: [random gibberish] > blue check reply: [racism]

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6 months

@rustbeltenjoyer The underlying issue seems to be that traffic engineers consider the "fixed objects" to be the problem and not the "errant vehicles"

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@AZinCLE

10 months

@whirlwindjenn @notchloarchi Lots of industry around here. Some have really early start times for the morning shift.

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@AZinCLE

2 years

@SawyerHackett Not just straight couples. Anyone who remarries is excluded too.

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@velo_voyager Modern cars are simply too comfortable. Going 80 mph you should feel like you could die at any second because you actually can.

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@keewa This is hilariously a higher temperature than typical grocery store milk is brought to.

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2 years

@GiantGooner @samfbiddle @TheM_L_G Musk sort of does this. The plane is registered to "Falcon Landing LLC". Though 10 seconds of Google research tells you that company has the same street address as SpaceX. So he didn't do it very well.

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@AZinCLE

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Okay, that's on me, I should have realized that one would bring all the Nazis out of the woodwork.

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@AZinCLE

11 months

You have a lawn, but no garage and no room for a shed. Where do you keep the lawnmower? Wrap a cable lock around the column by the porch? And have fun charging your EV from that 110 outlet on the porch.

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@AZinCLE

2 years

@RonFilipkowski "I believe there's such a huge safety issue, I won't let my family fly, but instead of being a real whistleblower, I'm just going to make an anonymous comment to a talk radio host." What is "Things that didn't happen"?

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@AZinCLE

10 months

@nykyt0sha Doesn't even have to be that modern. WWII-era battleships with analog computers could hit targets 10+ miles away at night.

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3 years

@RightWingCope *Buys one of the least fuel efficient cars available* *Complains about gas prices*

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@AZinCLE

10 months

@GaryWinslett This would seem to be relevant:

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@rustbeltenjoyer I have no idea what ringtone my last 3 phones have had.

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2 years

@BadVaccineTakes Got to add the racial discrimination just to *make sure* it's illegal.

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1 year

@bdebone2 Imagining their steel supplier laughing in their face when they ask for 10 micron tolerance on 3 mm sheet.

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@lydiakauppi People will go on vacation to Cinque Terre or whatever and talk about how pretty it is and then freak out if people in their own neighborhood dare to paint their house any color other than white or beige.

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