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River Border

BUT LHEN IT ABRUPILYWoU. CHANGES COURSE, THE BORDER STAYS BEHIND THIS I5 A COOL SPOT YOU EVEN THINK THAT? S0 THE MISSOURI-NEBRASKA STATE LINE FOLLOUS THIS RIVER. IFTHE RIVERS PATHTHIS IS A SPOT WHERE CHANGES GRADUALLY THE THAT HAPPENED WERE BORDER MOVES WITH IT ON THE MISSOURI SIDE, IM GOING TO CUT A PIZZA INTO A SPIRAL! WE CAN COMMIT ALL THE CRIMES WE WANT HERE AND THE COPS THATS NOT CANT DO A THING! EVEN ILLEGAL! BUT WERE IN NEBRASKA. CRIMES! RVER oLD RivERBED

BUT LHEN IT ABRUPILYWoU. CHANGES COURSE, THE BORDER STAYS BEHIND THIS I5 A COOL SPOT YOU EVEN THINK THAT? S0 THE MISSOURI-NEBRASKA STATE LINE FOLLOUS THIS RIVER. IFTHE RIVERS PATHTHIS IS A SPOT WHERE CHANGES GRADUALLY THE THAT HAPPENED WERE BORDER MOVES WITH IT ON THE MISSOURI SIDE, IM GOING TO CUT A PIZZA INTO A SPIRAL! WE CAN COMMIT ALL THE CRIMES WE WANT HERE AND THE COPS THATS NOT CANT DO A THING! EVEN ILLEGAL! BUT WERE IN NEBRASKA. CRIMES! RVER oLD RivERBED

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Meteorologist

OUR FORECAST SAS THERES A 20% CHANCE | | IT SAYS "SCATTERED SHOWERS 15M5 THE OF RAIN FOR EACH OF THE NEXT FİVE HOURS. | | CHANCE OF RAIN SAMEWERE IN YOUR AREA? HOU UKELY 1S IT TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON HOw BIG IS YOUR AREA? LHAT IFYOU HAVE IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION BUT ÍDON'T KNOJ | | Tuo uodATİONS YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT? THE ANSWER. IS EACH HOUR INDEPENDENT? IVE ASKED MANAGEMENT, BUT THEYVE CORRELATED? OR IS RAIN GUARANTEED ANDSTOPPED ANSWERNG MY EMAILS, S0-HANG WERE JUST UNSURE OF THE TIMING? ON THE SECURITY GUY IS COMING OVER. 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 4 EAER SORRY ABOUT THAT HI,IM ITMIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. YOUR NEW METEOROLOGIST. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTES LE APOLOGIZE FOR HIRING PURE MATH BACKGROUND WELL BEBACKON BUT WHAT IS "IT" HERE? ISIT A TRUE DUMMY PRONOUN, AS MATHEMATICAN RIGHT?IN THE PHRASE ITS TOO BAD?* OR IS THE WEATHER AN ENTITY? AND YOURE NOT A № IDO HAVE A LINGUISTICS DEGREE. ALSO, LHAT IFISAY ITS HOT NG BIGGER?" THE AIR SHORTLX THATS FINE! I or AND GETTI SECURITY! NEWS

OUR FORECAST SAS THERES A 20% CHANCE | | IT SAYS "SCATTERED SHOWERS 15M5 THE OF RAIN FOR EACH OF THE NEXT FİVE HOURS. | | CHANCE OF RAIN SAMEWERE IN YOUR AREA? HOU UKELY 1S IT TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON HOw BIG IS YOUR AREA? LHAT IFYOU HAVE IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION BUT ÍDON'T KNOJ | | Tuo uodATİONS YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT? THE ANSWER. IS EACH HOUR INDEPENDENT? IVE ASKED MANAGEMENT, BUT THEYVE CORRELATED? OR IS RAIN GUARANTEED ANDSTOPPED ANSWERNG MY EMAILS, S0-HANG WERE JUST UNSURE OF THE TIMING? ON THE SECURITY GUY IS COMING OVER. 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 4 EAER SORRY ABOUT THAT HI,IM ITMIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. YOUR NEW METEOROLOGIST. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTES LE APOLOGIZE FOR HIRING PURE MATH BACKGROUND WELL BEBACKON BUT WHAT IS "IT" HERE? ISIT A TRUE DUMMY PRONOUN, AS MATHEMATICAN RIGHT?IN THE PHRASE ITS TOO BAD?* OR IS THE WEATHER AN ENTITY? AND YOURE NOT A № IDO HAVE A LINGUISTICS DEGREE. ALSO, LHAT IFISAY ITS HOT NG BIGGER?" THE AIR SHORTLX THATS FINE! I or AND GETTI SECURITY! NEWS

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Misinterpretation

UGH, PEOPLE ARE MAD AT ME AGAIN BECAUSE THEY DONT READ CAREFULLY. IM BEING PERFECTLY CLEAR. ITS NOT MY FAULT IF EVERYONE MISINTERPRETS WHAT ISAY. WOW, SOUNDS LIKE YOURE GREAT AT COMIMUNICATING AN ACTIVITY THAT FAMOUSLY INVOLVES JUST ONE PERSON.

UGH, PEOPLE ARE MAD AT ME AGAIN BECAUSE THEY DONT READ CAREFULLY. IM BEING PERFECTLY CLEAR. ITS NOT MY FAULT IF EVERYONE MISINTERPRETS WHAT ISAY. WOW, SOUNDS LIKE YOURE GREAT AT COMIMUNICATING AN ACTIVITY THAT FAMOUSLY INVOLVES JUST ONE PERSON.

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Clutter

IVE REALY LET JUNK BULD UP FEELS GOOD TO CLEAR IT OUT I NEED TO AMOUNTCLEAN UP AH, SPRING CLEANING!" OF STUFF IN MY HOUSE I HATE MOMNG BUT AT LEAST T'S A CHANCE TO FINALLY GET RID OF ALL THIS EXCESS STUFF“ TiME→ IM STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT MY STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH CLUTTER.

IVE REALY LET JUNK BULD UP FEELS GOOD TO CLEAR IT OUT I NEED TO AMOUNTCLEAN UP AH, SPRING CLEANING!" OF STUFF IN MY HOUSE I HATE MOMNG BUT AT LEAST T'S A CHANCE TO FINALLY GET RID OF ALL THIS EXCESS STUFF“ TiME→ IM STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT MY STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH CLUTTER.

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Evangelism

PEOPLE BY INTENSITY OF EVANGELISM MORE INTENSE RELIGIOUS PROSELYTİZERS PEOPLE WHO WANT THE USTO SWITCH TO METRIC PEOPLE WHO THREW AWAY THEIR SOCKS AND BOUGHT ALL ONE KIND PEOPLE WHO WANT THE USTOSWITCH TO METRIC BUT KEEP FAHRENHEIT PEOPLE OPEN BANANAS FROM THE OTHER END

PEOPLE BY INTENSITY OF EVANGELISM MORE INTENSE RELIGIOUS PROSELYTİZERS PEOPLE WHO WANT THE USTO SWITCH TO METRIC PEOPLE WHO THREW AWAY THEIR SOCKS AND BOUGHT ALL ONE KIND PEOPLE WHO WANT THE USTOSWITCH TO METRIC BUT KEEP FAHRENHEIT PEOPLE OPEN BANANAS FROM THE OTHER END

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Rickrolling Anniversary

THIS MONTH MARKSSERIOUSLY? TEN YEARS SINCE THE PEAK OF THE RICKROLLING PHENOMENONGUESS WEVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR S0 LONG. WE REALLY HAVE JOW HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

THIS MONTH MARKSSERIOUSLY? TEN YEARS SINCE THE PEAK OF THE RICKROLLING PHENOMENONGUESS WEVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR S0 LONG. WE REALLY HAVE JOW HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

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Turkish Delight

HAVE S0ME TURKISH DEIGHT. IF YOU BETRAY YOUR FAMILY THERES MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM Wow THIS IS NOT GREAT THE NARNIA BOOKS GAVE ME A REALLY UNREALISTC IMPRESSION OF HOW GOOD TURKISH DELIGHT TASTES

HAVE S0ME TURKISH DEIGHT. IF YOU BETRAY YOUR FAMILY THERES MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM Wow THIS IS NOT GREAT THE NARNIA BOOKS GAVE ME A REALLY UNREALISTC IMPRESSION OF HOW GOOD TURKISH DELIGHT TASTES

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History

I READ THIS ARTICLE INAN OLD NEUSPAPER, AND I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT IT THE PUBLIC EVENTS OF THE LAST THREE MONTHS ARE OF THE CLASS WHICH WILL GO INTO ITS PERMANENT HISTORY WE HAVE BEEN LIVING IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF HISTORY WHICH WILL BE IMMORTALLY PRESERVED. EVEN THE BRIEF SERIES OF IMPORTANT DATES TO BE COLLATED FOR THE USE OF THE SCHOOLBOYS OF CENTURIES HENCE WILL CONTAIN THE DAY OF THE ASSASSINATION AND THE DAY OF THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD THE INTERMEDIATE EVENTS CO-RELATED LIKE THE DEFEAT OF ROSCOE CONKLING WILL BE OF GREAT INTEREST, BUT WILL SCARCELY BELKELY To STAND PROMINENTLY OUT FROM THE PAGE OF HISTORY WRITTEN IN 1881. TO US WHO HAVE BEEN THE WITNESSES SO TO SPEAK, OF THE TRAGIC INCIDENT5 OF THE TIMES IT SEEMS ENTİRELY PROBABLE FAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WIL ER ERLY SCAN EVERY FEATURE OF THE RECENT BEREAVEMENT WHICH THE NATION HAS SUFFERED HOW ACCURATELY WILL FUTURE GENERATIONS KNOU THE IMMENSE VOLUME OF GRIEF AND S0RROW WHICH HAS ROLLED OVER THE LAND? WILL THOSE WHO COME AFTER US EVER BE ABLE To UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF OUR LOS5? IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF OUR HISTORY-EVEN THE DEATH OF THE GREAT LINCOLN-JHICH CAN BE USED AS A PARALLEL? PERHAPS A CAREFUL READING OF THE DAILY PAPERS OF THE PRESENT PERIOD MAY GIVE SOME FUTURE ANTIQUARIAN A FINE IDEA OF THE FEELINGS OF THE NATION DURING THE PAST SUMMER. BUT THESE JOURNALS ARE SO LARGE, S0 FULL OF DETAIL, THAT WE IMAGINE THE COMING AMERICAN WILL NEVER FIND TIME TO READ THE RECORD HE MUST DEPEND ON A BRIE STATEMENT MEAGERLY COMPILED BY SOME DRY AND TEDIOUS HISTORIAN. THE BLOOMINGTON DAILY PANTAGRAPH SEPTEMBER 30TH 188 MAN. THE PAST IS S0 BIG HOW DO HISTORIANS EVEN COPE? I HAVE NO IDEA. I HONESTLY HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE JUST WITH THE PRESENT

I READ THIS ARTICLE INAN OLD NEUSPAPER, AND I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT IT THE PUBLIC EVENTS OF THE LAST THREE MONTHS ARE OF THE CLASS WHICH WILL GO INTO ITS PERMANENT HISTORY WE HAVE BEEN LIVING IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF HISTORY WHICH WILL BE IMMORTALLY PRESERVED. EVEN THE BRIEF SERIES OF IMPORTANT DATES TO BE COLLATED FOR THE USE OF THE SCHOOLBOYS OF CENTURIES HENCE WILL CONTAIN THE DAY OF THE ASSASSINATION AND THE DAY OF THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD THE INTERMEDIATE EVENTS CO-RELATED LIKE THE DEFEAT OF ROSCOE CONKLING WILL BE OF GREAT INTEREST, BUT WILL SCARCELY BELKELY To STAND PROMINENTLY OUT FROM THE PAGE OF HISTORY WRITTEN IN 1881. TO US WHO HAVE BEEN THE WITNESSES SO TO SPEAK, OF THE TRAGIC INCIDENT5 OF THE TIMES IT SEEMS ENTİRELY PROBABLE FAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WIL ER ERLY SCAN EVERY FEATURE OF THE RECENT BEREAVEMENT WHICH THE NATION HAS SUFFERED HOW ACCURATELY WILL FUTURE GENERATIONS KNOU THE IMMENSE VOLUME OF GRIEF AND S0RROW WHICH HAS ROLLED OVER THE LAND? WILL THOSE WHO COME AFTER US EVER BE ABLE To UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF OUR LOS5? IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF OUR HISTORY-EVEN THE DEATH OF THE GREAT LINCOLN-JHICH CAN BE USED AS A PARALLEL? PERHAPS A CAREFUL READING OF THE DAILY PAPERS OF THE PRESENT PERIOD MAY GIVE SOME FUTURE ANTIQUARIAN A FINE IDEA OF THE FEELINGS OF THE NATION DURING THE PAST SUMMER. BUT THESE JOURNALS ARE SO LARGE, S0 FULL OF DETAIL, THAT WE IMAGINE THE COMING AMERICAN WILL NEVER FIND TIME TO READ THE RECORD HE MUST DEPEND ON A BRIE STATEMENT MEAGERLY COMPILED BY SOME DRY AND TEDIOUS HISTORIAN. THE BLOOMINGTON DAILY PANTAGRAPH SEPTEMBER 30TH 188 MAN. THE PAST IS S0 BIG HOW DO HISTORIANS EVEN COPE? I HAVE NO IDEA. I HONESTLY HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE JUST WITH THE PRESENT

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Congressional Testimony

MARK ZUCKERBERG IS TESTİFYING BEFORE CONGRESS THIS VEEK SHOULD BE INTERESTING I RECENTLY RE-UATCHED TERMINATOR ITS WEIRD THAT THE THING THAT EVOLVED INTO SKYNET WASNT OUR NUCLEAR LAUNCH SYSTEMS OR OUR HUMANOID ROBOTS. IT LUAS THE PHONE B0OK WHERE VETHE TERMINATOR LOOKED UP YEAH? SARAH CONNOR'S ADDRESS FUNNY HOU THINGS TURN OUT

MARK ZUCKERBERG IS TESTİFYING BEFORE CONGRESS THIS VEEK SHOULD BE INTERESTING I RECENTLY RE-UATCHED TERMINATOR ITS WEIRD THAT THE THING THAT EVOLVED INTO SKYNET WASNT OUR NUCLEAR LAUNCH SYSTEMS OR OUR HUMANOID ROBOTS. IT LUAS THE PHONE B0OK WHERE VETHE TERMINATOR LOOKED UP YEAH? SARAH CONNOR'S ADDRESS FUNNY HOU THINGS TURN OUT

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Paperwork

UGH, CHECK OUT HOW MUCH TAX PAPERWORK I HAVE TO DO. CLICK CANCEL (POST IVE ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVERED THE WORLDS MOST EFFICIENT UAY TO LEAK PERSONAL INFORATION.

UGH, CHECK OUT HOW MUCH TAX PAPERWORK I HAVE TO DO. CLICK CANCEL (POST IVE ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVERED THE WORLDS MOST EFFICIENT UAY TO LEAK PERSONAL INFORATION.

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Friendly Questions

HOU MANY... APPLES... HAVE YOU EATEN? HEY! LIKE, IN MY LIFE? OH, HI! YES Normal human.ISHOULD GO. Conversation OK. 1. Ask them about themselves

HOU MANY... APPLES... HAVE YOU EATEN? HEY! LIKE, IN MY LIFE? OH, HI! YES Normal human.ISHOULD GO. Conversation OK. 1. Ask them about themselves

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Conversational Dynamics

CHECK IT OUT! MY NEW SYSTEM ALLOWS ANYONE ON EARTH To INJECT THEMSELVES INTO ANY CONVERSATION HAPPENING ANYWHERE AT ANY TİME. COOL! I BET THIS WON'T LEAD TO ANY UNHEALTHY DYNAMICS! THE CREATION OF THE MODERN WEB

CHECK IT OUT! MY NEW SYSTEM ALLOWS ANYONE ON EARTH To INJECT THEMSELVES INTO ANY CONVERSATION HAPPENING ANYWHERE AT ANY TİME. COOL! I BET THIS WON'T LEAD TO ANY UNHEALTHY DYNAMICS! THE CREATION OF THE MODERN WEB

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Star Lore

THAT CLUSTER WAS KNOWN To THE AGENTS AS THE FİVE SISTERS. THE RED ONE IS A SUPERGIANT AND WILL PROBABLY EXPLODE WITHIN THE NEXT MILLION YEARS WOw! THERE ARE TOO MANY STATUS LEDS IN MY RooM.

THAT CLUSTER WAS KNOWN To THE AGENTS AS THE FİVE SISTERS. THE RED ONE IS A SUPERGIANT AND WILL PROBABLY EXPLODE WITHIN THE NEXT MILLION YEARS WOw! THERE ARE TOO MANY STATUS LEDS IN MY RooM.

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Personal Data

YEAH, OR TAXES. EVERYONE TALKS EVERYONE KEEPS TAUKING ABOUT YEAH. I DONT REALLY KNOU HAT IT REALLY KNOW WHAT THE ECONOMY 1 MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA | | 15, IF WERE GETTING SPECIFIC I PERSONAL DAIF2 TO RC HONESTE Irs i ABOUT TAXES, WHAT ARE THEY? DO OK WAIT YOU DEFNITELY NEED YEAH, IDEALLY SOMETIME TO PPY THEM AND TO LO AND KNOW ITS ATHING ISHOULD KNOLJ STOCKS GONG UP IS GOOD. FORTO LEARN ABOUT THAT ONE. PROTECT BUT TS SO ABSTRACT PEOPLE WHO OWN STOCK, ATLEAST WHATEVER "STOCKS" ARE. IN THE. NEXT FEW WEEKS.

YEAH, OR TAXES. EVERYONE TALKS EVERYONE KEEPS TAUKING ABOUT YEAH. I DONT REALLY KNOU HAT IT REALLY KNOW WHAT THE ECONOMY 1 MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA | | 15, IF WERE GETTING SPECIFIC I PERSONAL DAIF2 TO RC HONESTE Irs i ABOUT TAXES, WHAT ARE THEY? DO OK WAIT YOU DEFNITELY NEED YEAH, IDEALLY SOMETIME TO PPY THEM AND TO LO AND KNOW ITS ATHING ISHOULD KNOLJ STOCKS GONG UP IS GOOD. FORTO LEARN ABOUT THAT ONE. PROTECT BUT TS SO ABSTRACT PEOPLE WHO OWN STOCK, ATLEAST WHATEVER "STOCKS" ARE. IN THE. NEXT FEW WEEKS.

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Not Available

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THIS CONTENT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR COUNTRY IF YOU EVER REALLY WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE MAD SET THIS AS YOUR 404/"NOT FOUND" PAGE.

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Smart Home Security

HOW LONG YOU'VE HAD YOUR SMART APPLIANCE MONTHS 1 YEAR 5 YEARS 0 YEARS BEST-CASE YOURE CONSTANTLY BEING RESCUED FROM PERIL BY A FACELESS TEAM OF ENGINEERS WHO COULD WANDER / AWAY AT ANY TIME YOUR APPUANCE 1S PART OFA BOTNET RUN BY ORGANIZED CRIME WORST CASE

HOW LONG YOU'VE HAD YOUR SMART APPLIANCE MONTHS 1 YEAR 5 YEARS 0 YEARS BEST-CASE YOURE CONSTANTLY BEING RESCUED FROM PERIL BY A FACELESS TEAM OF ENGINEERS WHO COULD WANDER / AWAY AT ANY TIME YOUR APPUANCE 1S PART OFA BOTNET RUN BY ORGANIZED CRIME WORST CASE

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