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one night me and my friends were listening to that "boom! boom! boom! boom! i want u in my room" song while doing a little crafting and as a joke i decided to make myself a necklace that said "vengaboys". like three weeks later, i got into a severe cycling accident that could have resulted in my getting ticketed and my bike impounded given local cycling laws (since i was riding without lights at night), but the police officer that arrived at the scene saw my necklace, immediately went like "omg i Love the vengaboys!" and then told me a 20 minute long story about how the best moments of his life occurred at vengaboys shows in the early 2000s while we waited for the ambulance to arrive. in the end, he drove my bike back to my house and i got off free of charge.
so yeah, i guess that if you ever find yourself in legal trouble just tell the cops you're a vengaboys fan and there's a chance you won't end up as fucked
Jan 22, 2024
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i was walking along and my airpod randomly popped out and bounced directly into a sewer. you can't make this stuff up
Aug 22, 2024
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Last winter, I came home from a trip and was carrying a big duffel bag down the street. A guy walking the other way bumped into me and dropped a plastic bag, shattering something inside. It looked like a bottle of liquor and he said he just bought it. We argued for a second and he wanted me to go buy him another $40 bottle. I was exhausted from traveling all day so I just gave him $20 and walked away.
This morning, I was crossing the street and a guy bumped into me and dropped a bag and glass shattered inside. I looked back and waved sorry and kept walking. He yelled, so I turned back and realized it was the same mf! I laughed and argued with him before finally telling him to GTFO.
I googled his schtick to see if it's a common thing and realized it must be a version of a scam called Pèngcí. I'm kind of impressed because it takes some skill to pull off the actual bump, but navigating the argument afterwards also requires a delicate balance of outrage and "hey man, let's make peace" convincing and negotiation. Scammers are dedicated to the craft.
So since I've lived out a version of "fool me once...," now you all know what the deal is when someone bumps into you and you're 85% sure it wasn't your fault. It's probably an artist at work.
Nov 25, 2024
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First of all the key is to not get hit. That way nothing bad actually happens to you, it just almost does. Works best if it‘s not your fault— good reason to get pissed off, great story to tell when you get home, etc. You’ll find this has actually happened to a lot of people
Dec 19, 2023
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"typing this out", instead of "this," essentially. every grammar lesson that's ever been taught since modern english came around will tell you that the latter is the only proper way to be technically "correct" in your writing, but it's always peeved me how whenever i put a series of words into quotation marks, i always want them to act as their own standalone statement with sentiment that starts and ends with said quotation marks, and imo the insertion of a comma that stands as a part of the sentence around that in between that serves to just completely disrupt whatever meaning i intend behind it. maybe if everyone starts doing this, the whole paradigm would be shifted!!!
also, long run-on sentences are pretty chill too
Jan 22, 2024