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Things both my toddler and Elon Musk do that are signs of genius, apparently

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Both like to seize nice things and ruin them.
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Tom Gauld on exclusive revelations from Sauron’s memoirs – cartoon

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Freedom is beer!

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Tyranny is when you say that you might suggest I drink less beer.
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this may be the most autobiographical comic i've ever written... ladies

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Car Wash

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I'm glad modern car washes use synthetic baleen, instead of harvesting it from whales like 1800s car washes did.
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35 days ago
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macr0t0r
50 days ago
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Actually, this makes a car wash sound like a giant mechanical puppy. Now I like it more!
gordol
50 days ago
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Car wash I use doesn't like the cars. It spits on them.
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50 days ago
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I'm glad modern car washes use synthetic baleen, instead of harvesting it from whales like 1800s car washes did.

Anti-Vaxxers

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The vaccine stuff seems pretty simple. But if you take a closer look at the data, it's still simple, but bigger. And slightly blurry. Might need reading glasses.
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70 days ago
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jlvanderzwan
70 days ago
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My partner isn't an anti-vaxxer, but she's still afraid of the covid vaccines :(
DGA51
70 days ago
The key concept is understanding how antibodies are generated. That requires a familiarity with science relative to the immune system.
jlvanderzwan
66 days ago
My experience so far is more that the key concept is which source of claimed truth one trusts and why, because at the end of the day we delegate most of that to other humans.
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71 days ago
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The vaccine stuff seems pretty simple. But if you take a closer look at the data, it's still simple, but bigger. And slightly blurry. Might need reading glasses.
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