ABC. Always Be Closing.

A - set of steak knives

B - set of steak knives

C - set of steak knives

Aha! Today IS a good day to cook! Start chopping the veggies!

“proven science”

Vaccines are a good example here. Handwashing is another. We’ve had empirical proof on the latter since the 1850s, but it’s STILL super hit or miss whether people will bother :(

his gun

Is that a fact? Are you sure? Will you recant if it comes out that the police did, in fact, plant it?

Nitpick the lawyer’s phrasing all you like; it won’t actually change any of the facts of the case, whatever they may be. Myself, I’m not going to jump to “why bother having a trial? The police arrested him; he’s clearly guilty as sin” based on a Lemmy comment!

Almost like the lawyer thinks “they didn’t follow procedure” is an easier legal argument than “the police dept is trying to frame my client”.

Ooh, a self-burn! Those are rare.

Isn’t it well-known that doctors frequently dismiss health concerns with “have you tried losing weight?”

I was actually thinking of this one (apparently from 2020):

I like the use of Harding and Kerrigan here. Reminds me of the Undertaker meme.

Sari?

no more to do with technology than CEOs of wood pulp factories have to do with literature.

This has me envisioning a literature community filled with stories like “Random House and Penguin merging” (I know, old news), “Layoffs at PRH”, etc.