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@DavidBakhtiari It’s not San Diego!

Humor me: Tell me the reasons not to live in Austin, TX?

@bryan_johnson You just come across as an unlikeable weirdo with no muscles.

The world wants me to die. My incurable disease diagnosis became global news. It was omnipresent on social media and 1,900 articles were written in a matter of days. Many were saddened. However, joy dominated the commentary. People pointed to schadenfreude, the pleasure of another's failure. Yes, there’s that. There is a special place in people’s hearts that loves to see others fail, especially when that person’s presence threatens their own psychological stability in some way or helps them feel better about themselves. But, if you look over the social media commentary about me, you’ll see that pattern: “he deserved it.” I deserved it because I challenged death. The crowd was running a deeply rooted psychological script that represents the oldest, most deeply embedded stories of human culture. This was the first story ever written down, 4,000 years ago. Gilgamesh sought eternal life after losing someone he loved, only to have the plant of youth stolen by a serpent as he bathed. Leaving him to accept his mortality. Asclepius became so skilled at rejuvenation that he raised the dead. As punishment, Zeus struck him down with a thunderbolt to enforce life and death authority. This is the story of Jesus. Pontius Pilate offered a choice between a thief and the immortalist, and the crowd demanded the execution. People need this story conclusion to keep themselves sane. The challenger must lose and the loss must appear deserved. It’s a shield of self preservation. For if death is inevitable, their existence and that of their loved ones is justified and unavoidable. If death is not inevitable, nothing about their reality is safe. I occupy the same philosophical and archetypal position as Gilgamesh, Asclepius and Jesus. This statement will draw outrage and accusations of blasphemy, hubris and narcissism. Nevertheless, it’s the pattern that has repeated itself for thousands of years. Death has been the omnipresent concern of the human race. It encapsulates our greatest fears, joy and curiosities. The discourse around it changes over time; however, the fundamentals remain unchanged. What’s different about this moment, that is unlike any other moment, is that physical death may no longer be inevitable. What if I didn’t deserve it? And what if I am your ally, and not a threat?

@girlatlawstuff It’s the blacks. Lack of fathers.

Spotted at the local mall last week. What are kids supposed to do, exactly?

@aisarcore You should mention he is a black!

A judge dropped his pants off at a dry cleaner in Washington DC. The cleaner lost them. He sued for $54 MILLION. The cleaner offered him $12,000 to settle. He said no. He lost the case, lost his job and was suspended from practicing law. – Roy Pearson was an administrative law judge in Washington DC, the kind of person who spends their days deciding whether other people's lawsuits have merit. – In May 2005 he dropped a pair of gray trousers off at Custom Cleaners, a small dry cleaning shop owned by Korean immigrants Jin and Soo Chung. – When he came back to collect them the pants were missing. The Chungs said they had found a pair they believed were his. Pearson said they were not his pants. – He demanded $1,000 for a replacement suit. The Chungs refused. – So Pearson filed a lawsuit. He initially asked for $67 MILLION. He later reduced it to a more "reasonable" $54 MILLION. – His legal argument was built around two signs in the window of the dry cleaner. "Satisfaction Guaranteed" and "Same Day Service." – Pearson argued those signs represented an unconditional unlimited promise and that any customer who was not satisfied could demand any compensation whatsoever. – The $54 MILLION broke down as follows. – $500,000 in attorney fees even though he was representing himself. – $2 MILLION for personal inconvenience and mental distress. – $90,000 to rent a car for ten years to drive to a different dry cleaner and $51.5 MILLION in additional damages on behalf of every DC resident he claimed was at risk from misleading dry cleaner signage. – On the witness stand Pearson broke down in tears. – He had to take a break from testifying because he became too emotional while questioning himself about his own emotional distress. – The Chungs made three settlement offers. $3,000 then $4,600 and then $12,000. Pearson rejected all three. – The two years of legal fees forced the Chungs to close two of their three dry cleaning shops. – Judge Judith Bartnoff ruled in favor of the Chungs. She ordered Pearson to pay their court costs of $1,000. She wrote in her ruling: "A reasonable consumer would not interpret Satisfaction Guaranteed to mean that a merchant is required to satisfy a customer's unreasonable demands." – Pearson appealed and the appeal was rejected. He appealed again and was rejected again. – He lost his judgeship in 2007. He sued for wrongful termination. He lost that too. > In 2020 the DC Court of Appeals suspended him from practicing law for 90 days. They called his damages figure "shocking" and said his litigation tactics had "crossed the boundary into abusiveness." A judge who spent his career deciding if other people's lawsuits had merit sued a dry cleaner for $54 MILLION over a pair of pants. Turned down $12,000. Lost the case. Lost his job. Lost his law license for 90 days.

@fortworthpd @netflix I’m a native Texan. You Nazi cucks are an embarrassment to Texas and America!

We're ready when you are @netflix

@GoalKickProps This skank straight up stole your post!

🇧🇪🇪🇸Belgium vs Spain Gamestack⚽ 🇪🇸 Álex Baena O 5.5 Crosses 🇧🇪🇪🇸B. Mechele + P. Cubarsí O 10.5 Clearances⭐ 🇧🇪 Jérémy Doku U 5.5 Attempted Dribbles 🇪🇸 L. Yamal + M. Oyarzabal O 6 Shots⭐ 🇧🇪 Maxim De Cuyper O 10.5 Fantasy Score 🇧🇪 Thibaut Courtois O 3.5 Goalie Saves #Gambling𝕏 #WorldCup

@PrizePicks Nope! Betting the under.

Discount x Yamal x Quarterfinals 🇪🇸

@bluewmist Get up at 3:45am so I can snooze till 4!

People who manage to wake up at 5 AM to go to the gym before work, what is your actual secret?

@Musclemanhh Got sober

Gym community, If your physique changed dramatically over the past year, what was the biggest factor behind your results? What actually made the difference?

@MNDegen69 Had that happen once. They were very into each other and the cart girl!

Holy shit. Playing 18 and got paired with two birds. I’ve never once thought about this being a possibility. What a time to break 100. Now or never.

@GoalKickProps Had Mbappe first goal and Mbappe anytime goal on tickets. Feel like money was just ripped from my pockets!

Mbappe had his PK reset 3 times lol He also paused, won't slaughter him as bad but that could be huge ofc

@PrizePicksTacos Too slow on the easier one. Olson was 8/15 vs Keller before today’s first inning hr.

Angel Reese, I choose you 🫵 Please 🙏

@FrostyPicksss @ZadaWadaPicks It’s like -1000. Should be safe

@ZadaWadaPicks pp trap?

WHO NEEDS A PAIR ❓ #prizepicks #Gambling𝕏

@GoalKickProps Thank you!

I will post some more prematch slips shortly, will do the standard confirmed lineup gamestack as well + w/e discount they give us tomorrow

@MindOfJakeUp Don’t fucking tell Trent!

Damn does Dylan Cease have a no hitter going ? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@bennyjohnson I’m so sick of these trans people getting away with everything and never facing consequences!

Judge Hannah Dugan, who tried to HIDE an illegal alien from immigration officials was just SPARED Prison time and only sentenced to a $5,000 fine. She got away with it.. Two-Tiered justice system strikes again.

@PrizePicks The over 2.5 rounds almost instantly turned form normal line to demon from everyone taking the under. No one expects this to go long.

CONOR MCGREGOR IS BACK 😈 This MMA discount is available until Saturday's fight night 🥊

@DorianB112 1. Got sober.

What’s one habit you introduced that completely changed your progress in the gym?

@buaalicious I wake up at 3:45 am to fit the gym in before work.

Genuinely want to know how people who don’t work remotely incorporate gym in their daily routine. You have to put aside a minimum of 1.5 - 2 hours for a proper gym session (commute included), how does that even work with a 9 to 5 where you have to cook dinner every night too.

@chellgod He is definitely off today. Only has 4k in first two innings.

As this Misiorowski whisperer i beg you to not bet on his Ks today