This is quite a few years old now, but I think the main points are still valid. As you said, everything is so polished, kids don’t need to figure out how it works.

http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/

There should be a debate where the nominees get to choose a champion to take their place.

Jon “The Bow-Tie Butcher” Stewart

vs

Vivek “The Right Shade of Brown” Ramaswamy

I think this might be an idea that’s so stupid, it’s awesome.

Jack in the Box - Big Cheeseburger

Taco Bell - Volcano tacos

then a permanent ceasefire and withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, and ultimately the reconstruction of Gaza and return of Palestinians to their homes.

I don’t have anything to add, but want to ask a question about this part: what fucking homes?!?!

“Ok, you can go back home now. Btw, it’s a pile of rubble now, so good luck with that. Bye!”

expanding the military by 100x

Send massive amounts of money to defense contractors…

entirely cut all post-separation benefits for anyone that is conscripted

without any future liability obligations…

you could expect to see that number triple, easily

and leaving tons of room to grift…

cutting everything else that taxes are spent on

all while also getting to fuck over the poors?

Somewhere, a senator just spontaneously jizzed his pants.

My dad bought me a ridiculously expensive (like $400) Samsung vacuum that I loved. It was strong, it came apart in really cool ways to make it versatile, etc.

It failed in less than a year.

The $60 Walmart special Bissell that I went and bought to replace it lasted for 8.5 years before the motor burned out (I screwed up and it got too much pet hair in it). I bought the same one again and it’s going on 5+ years with no issues.

Hood?

Yup. That episode aired December 2008. r/explainlikeim5 was created in 2012. Can’t tell when r/eli5 was created, as it’s now private.

Yup, 50/50 crapshoot on whether that works each time I open the app.

Damnit! I missed the Dance Rave again!

That does not describe his lawyers…

All hail “dub dub dub”

https://archive.vn/FYL8V

That show had no business being as great as it was.

https://youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk

I agree with the Idea that being in a position for too long increases the possibility of corruption. But, I’ll counter with two thoughts:

1.) Shouldn’t people have the ability to vote for who they want to represent them? If the people of Vermont want to keep on rejecting Bernie Sanders, why should they not be able to? (Valid counterpoint- Dianne Feinstein)

2.) This is the less trivial one - I fear that term limits would invite more corruption, as the representatives understand they only have a limited amount of time to grease as many palms and make as many connections as possible in their limited amount of time in office. We already have issues with the lame duck period, and those are currently measured in weeks. I can only imagine what I’d be like if a large portion of reps had full lame duck sessions.

That joke has a bit of a history

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/03/07/haggling

Also when we’re told the tolls are to pay for the road, but after the road is paid off, the toll stays…

Whereas my ADHD has me keeping huge numbers of tabs open (although my record is only ~350) because once it’s closed, it’s completely gone from my mind. Bookmarks are a burial ground, and history has all the other stuff that I don’t need to reference anymore. With tabs, I can go through them and remember why I kept it around, and close it once I’ve actually done something with it.