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I think it might just be for the sight gag of the snake’s skeleton, but I could be wrong.

It’s hard to think of something sillier than having a snake skeleton as a jumpscare from a closet, while also making it somewhat straightforward to draw.

After holding the line on prices for several months, companies—big and small—have begun a new round of increases, in some cases by high-single-digit percentage points.

Companies had raised prices last year after tariffs hoisted costs. Yet starting in the fall, many firms held off on increases and sometimes offered discounts to capture holiday shoppers.

Starting in the fall. It’s not even spring yet. So by “several” months you mean, what, three?

Prices on the most affordable imported goods are up by 2.3% since dipping at the end of November

Less than three months works as “several” for the Wall Street Journal. Yikes!

I was somewhat interested before, but I have zero interest in supporting anything Ethan Klein has been involved in. Yuck.

I genuinely didn’t get it, but the Disqus link helped.

Knut Døsen Lunde (the Disqus commenter) said:

Pack up all your cares and woes
Here I go singing low,
bye bye blackbird.
(Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon)

Bye Bye Blackbird is considered a popular “standard,” which makes a lot of sense for a The Far Side.

It’s the fucking people from Wyoming again.

Thank god they get as many senators as the other states, right?

Canada in hockey is a lot like U.S. basketball (in the summer Olympics).

If they don’t win gold, everyone is going to be very surprised.

I laughed out loud when I finally realized what band was saying this.

Humorously, the lead singer is named Jim (Adkins), but the band’s name comes from the backing vocalist/guitarist Tom’s brother, also named Jim.

The band’s name came from a crayon drawing made after an incident between [Tom] Linton’s younger brothers, Jim and Ed Linton, who fought frequently. Jim usually won, but Ed sought revenge by drawing a picture of Jim shoving the Earth into his mouth; Ed captioned the picture “Jimmy eat world”.

I love that there’s always a new crop of suckers.

We look for people who are like Olympian athletes, with characteristics of, you know, obsession, infinite ambition.

“It’s people who want to do incredible things and have a lot of fun while doing so,” he says.

They must be building something really important!

The website belongs to Rilla, a New York-based tech business which sells AI-based systems that allow employers to monitor sales representatives when they are out and about, interacting with clients.

🤣 so fucking embarrassing! Are you “disrupting” sales, douchebag? What year is this?

You know you’re on the wrong side when Creed quietly drops your festival.

Ludacris (who “wasn’t even supposed to be on there”), Shinedown, Morgan Wade, and Carter Faith all dropped out once they realized how big of a tool Kid Rock is.

He told Business Insider. “They were pressured to see the movie. Your military superior, that’s not your shift manager at Taco Bell or Starbucks. They have complete and total control over you.”

No shit. Why do you think most people don’t join the cult? It’s been awful for literally generations.

This was literally the guy who started his entire political career in earnest by calling in to Fox News and talking about how Obama wasn’t “American” because he’s black. Trump found his political fame because he advocated the “birther” conspiracy.

It’s honestly crazy that anyone could be surprised. He’s been up front about his racism for fifteen years now.

I find the wording of the article to be remarkable. “At the opposite end of the supply chain.”

Eric (not his real name) was no longer just a consumer of China’s spy-cam porn industry, but a victim.

A “consumer” who has admittedly been watching this type of “spy cam” footage for twenty years (since he was a teen, according to the article) and never once thought “wait, what if that was me?”

Then when he grows a conscience in his thirties he contacts the BBC.

They certainly seem like the people to know who is wanting to move somewhere with less climate chaos!

According to Wikipedia, Kin

provides home insurance in Florida, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia

I’m not even sure they know how to tell the truth.

The song “We’ll Have Our Home Again” was released by the Pine Tree Riots on YouTube, Spotify and other streaming platforms in 2020. Other songs that the group has produced include one with the lyrics, “Well, another Charlottesville wouldn’t do us any harm”

Oh yeah no neo-Nazi shit there.

That’s actually why I looked it up! I was like “oh is he finally going down the drain?”

Not yet. Evil lives longer than good so he seems fine, but we can take comfort in the fact that he isn’t seeking re-election in 2026.

He’s 83, way too old to be a senator. He turns 84 on February 20th and I hope he dies before then.

This Onion article was published July 27, 2023.

Unfortunately, Mitch McConnell didn’t have another stroke like he deserves to.