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My Coffee with a Trump Supporter

I finally found a Trump supporter – this morning when I went to buy coffee. (I noticed a Trump bumper sticker on his car.)

“Hi,” I said. “Noticed your Trump bumper sticker.”

“Yup,” he said, a bit defensively.

“I hope you don’t mind my asking, but I’m curious. Why are you supporting him?”

“I know he’s a little bit much,” said the Trump supporter. “But he’s a successful businessman. And we need a successful businessman as president.”

“How do you know he’s a successful businessman?” I asked.

“Because he’s made a fortune.”

“Has he really?” I asked.

“Of course. Forbes magazine says he’s worth four and a half billion.”

“That doesn’t mean he’s been a success,” I said.

“In my book it does,” said the Trump supporter.

“You know, in 1976, when Trump was just starting his career, he said he was worth about $200 million,” I said. “Most of that was from his father.”

“That just proves my point,” said the Trump supporter. “He turned that $200 million into four and a half billion. Brilliant man.“

“But if he had just put that $200 million into an index fund and reinvested the dividends, he’d be worth twelve billion today,” I said.

The Trump supporter went silent.

“And he got about $850 million in tax subsidies, just in New York alone,” I said.

More silence.

“He’s not a businessman,” I said. “He’s a con man. "Hope you enjoy your coffee.”

Hahaha!

ive always hated how short i was until i saw this bless

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Holy crap...

The Daily Show, August 18, 2016

Jordan Klepper gets to know Trump supporters

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Today Department of Awesome Natural Wonders is mesmerized by this awesome footage of hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) emerging en masse from their cave at dusk and flying off into the sky to forage for food:

Produced by Spine Films, this stunning video was created by scientists using high-speed video cameras. Click here to learn more.

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Do you think that writing fanfiction is a waste of time?

Not in the slightest bit.

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But, the same things were said in each of those past examples. And I'm sure you heard this already. So, help me understand why this is really truly the time to not vote one's beliefs? I'm also not saying it isn't true, but there never seems to be any recognition that this has been said everything since George II.

You know what, looking back on it, my friends and I survived the Bush Presidency

We would have survived a McCain Presidency

We would have survived a Romney Presidency

I honestly worry that there are some people who would not survive a Trump Presidency

I don’t care how much you love Gary Johnson, or Jill Stein. On November 8, 2016, one of two things will be true: either Hillary Clinton will be elected President, or Donald Trump will be elected President.

Which one, HONESTLY, would be worse?

This isn’t the year to “vote your conscience.”

There’s a fucking dangerous man one election away from being President.

This is the year to vote to survive.

Any other year, this would be an exaggeration. We survived Bush, we could have survived McCain or Romney. This year, Trump’s danger is no exaggeration.

Don’t vote your conscience, vote to survive.

So according to an interview with Neil Gaiman in the back of Good Omens, before Terry Pratchett became a full time writer he wrote at least 400 words a day.

I’ve been trying it out for a couple weeks now and let me tell you 400 words is a totally awesome goal. It is very approachable and not intimidating, often leads to more than 400 words cause well now I have to finish this scene. 

Seriously I probably would have written nothing in the last couple weeks, instead I’ve written 1000′s of words. 

10/10 would recommend.

Altering the virtualized hardware of a live VM

by r0ck5

Repellent

Watch: Black family stands up to racist couple at San Antonio restaurant

Remembering the officers lost in the Dallas shooting

Five officers were killed by at least one sniper near a peaceful protest in Dallas on Thursday night. They served the Dallas Police Department and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit agency. Here are their names and stories.

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The fact that Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian Mckellen are best friends in real life makes me so happy

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Hahaha! Pile on science bitches!

Just convert to the fucking metric system, America. For fuck’s sake, you’re embarrassing yourself.

Bernie Sanders teaches Ted Cruz and Donald Trump what New York values really are.

Sometimes you don’t know how to feel about your doggleganger.

Source: Awwww Pets

I'm American and when I hear a Brit speak -- like Stephen Fry, ship! -- I wish just a little we lost the war.

I’m British and whenever I meet an American in person and they talk I fangirl a lil bit bc you only really hear their voices on the tv and idk it’s like woah, they’re real

This the same everywhere .. Bureaucratic rule-followers without imagination but a savior-complex.

This may be the best couch gag of all time.

Fixing a bug during the deploy

by @uaiHebert

How Learning A New Language Changes Your Brain And Your Perception

Learning a foreign language opens us up to new experiences, work opportunities, and allows us to meet people we may never have otherwise. More than that, research has shown learning a language can also physically change brain structure and adjust perception.

When we learn a language, we create new neural pathways in our brain, which can lead to noticeable changes. The left hemisphere is generally believed to be the logical part of the brain and is where many of our language skills originate. However, a 2012 Swiss study observed that learning a foreign language later in life is associated with thickening of the cerebral cortex — a layer of neurons specifically responsible for memory, thought, consciousness and, of course, language. This increased thickness can lead to better memory and sharper thinking later in life.

Learning a new language doesn’t just change the physical makeup of the brain. Based on a theory known as linguistic relativity, learning a new language can also change the way we see the world. This is specifically true in relation to our color perception. For example, Japanese speakers have far more words to describe the color blue, and as a result are generally able to see more shades of blue than English speakers. On the other side of the spectrum, the Himba tribe of Namibia in Southern Africa have only five words to describe all the colors in the world. Researchers have observed that, without a word for the color blue, the Himba struggle to tell it apart from green — an easy feat for English speakers.

Infographic by the team at Sunbelt Staffing

Come on, Rupert. Get it together you fucking creep.