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  • Paint and Poop

    Don’t worry about cracked paint when there’s poop in the stairwell.

    May 26, 2022
  • Covid (2)

    UK now requires a Covid test 48 hours before arrival. Not 72. 

    January 31, 2022
  • Your Future Self

    Do things for you future self. You’ll appreciate it.

    September 18, 2021
  • Covid (1)

    People are fucking stupid and don’t bother explaining science to them.

    March 20, 2021
  • Chats

    Don’t talk to a conservative white South African about race in America 

    April 8, 2020
  • trailers

    Avoid vacations in trailers with small children/other people/anyone

    August 31, 2019
  • Crispy as a Cucumber

    To keep cucumbers crispy, refrigerate them wrapped a plastic bag along with a metal knife/fork/spoon. submitted by: hi

    April 17, 2018
  • Pinot

    When in doubt, bring a Pinot Noir to dinner. Rioja is also safe. submitted by: kp  

    January 24, 2018
  • Like Making Love in a Canoe

    You can’t buy booze stronger than 3.5% in Sweden on a Sunday.  (It’s fucking close to water). – Swedish guy at supermarket

    December 11, 2017
  • WordPress White Screen of Death

    If your WordPress site is showing a 500 error and you can’t figure out how to fix it the usual way (disabling plugins or themes, increasing memory, etc) download the most recent copy of WordPress, unzip the wordpress.zip and delete the wp-content folder. Then go to your WordPress folder on the host and remove anything…

    December 11, 2017
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