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Well shit.

My pops died about a decade ago from old age. It wasn’t a surprise, and we’d generally had a reasonable amount of time to grieve so it wasn’t hitting us all at once.

The funeral home that handled his funeral, at the same time they were also handling the funeral of a local high school girl who’d been killed in a car wreck. I never saw any of the next of kin, because I guess they normally only schedule one wake at a time.

I really felt (and still feel) for her and her family. Dad got to live a long life, have a career, have a family, and die in his sleep in his 70s. She, on the other hand died before she got to get out on her own and live a life, and it would’ve been devastating to her family to have her ripped away like that. Not to mention the strong chance that she was conscious and suffering as she died.

She’d only be 26 or 27 today, if she’d survived the wreck and the recovery.

Even with long term grief counseling I don’t know how you’d ever get over that, burying your child.

on Anon tests their IQ · c/greentext · 24 pts · 16d

An online IQ test is probably just as meaningful as a sorting hat quiz, or whatever the 2020s equivalent is.

Which is to say, it’s useful as a bullshitting session conversation starter with friends so long as all are aware any results should be taken with a massive grain of salt.

on Anon tests their IQ · c/greentext · 15 pts · 16d

I’ve never actually taken a formal IQ test, and I’d have trouble justifying the time and effort.

I know exactly one person who took a formal IQ test, and it was because their parents pushed them into it in middle school.

If I won $50M in the powerball and never had to work again, maaaybe I could justify doing one just for shits and giggles.

The track I’m recommending is the Postmodern Jukebox cover of Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” featuring Ariana Savalas on vocals.

For your requirements

popular song

Yes - the original got a ton of airplay on MTV and radio in the early 90s

from the 80s or 90s

Yes

hard rock or metal version

Nope

female vocalist

Yes

Link:

https://youtu.be/bTfz36WArSU

If Savalas sounds familiar, her dad is the actor Telly Savalas.

on Going for glory · c/lemmyshitpost · 6 pts · 17d

I’ve seen a similar cartoon with a cat paw coming through the glory hole and bopping the dude in the face

I know server space and bandwidth and payroll + benefits for programmers aren’t free, and apple isn’t a non-profit like my local food bank and homeless shelter.

But I’m also not thrilled about ads invading apple maps.

I don’t know how to square the circle though.

I have vague memories of a scene in Idiocracy that was probably a reference to this brand.

There was a billboard in the background with the text

If you don’t smoke Tarrlytons, then fuck you!

It might have even been Will Ferrell depicted on the billboard.

on Do you ever do this? · c/autism · 10 pts · 24d

Same.

I’ve heard a joke among some cat owners to the effect of:

What’s the optimal number of cats to own?

One more

It’s the same way with providing context and details.

What’s the ideal amount of context to provide?

More!