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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • ch00f@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldUnemployed?
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    9 days ago

    Not sure if this is intentional or if the author doesn’t understand the source they’re parodying, but putting multiple brackets around a word (in this case "job”) in a conspiracy/political context can be interpreted as a antisemitic dogwhistle.

    Edit: I hope you’ll read my careful wording in that I did not imply the author meant anything by this. I was simply bringing it up in case it was unintentional. I’ve since learned that some people use <<>> instead of quotes.




  • ch00f@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldXXX
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    10 days ago

    What’s funny is that it works even when people know the initial price is bullshit.

    A study at MIT had people participate in a silent auction. They were asked to list the last two digits of their social security number and then asked if they would be willing to pay that many dollars for each item before placing their bid.

    On average, people with higher SSN digits bid more.





  • I wish this was a real law. Stayed at the Omni Parker House in Boston recently which is allegedly haunted by the ghost of Charles Dickens because he lived there for like a year.

    But he didn’t die there. I feel like his ghost has better places to be than the flat he shacked up in while visiting the States that one time.