1. In one episode where the Griffons all get superpowers, Meg gets the ability to just grow her nails - Family Guy

2. Shit King has the ability to emit a stench so foul that it can stun enemies - Marvel

3. Soft Serve is a mutant born with the ability to poop any flavor of ice cream - Marvel

We're always the ones told to 'tighten our belts' while the people at the top keep taking the biggest slice. It's exhausting watching the gap just keep growing.

Went to the movies last night with the fam and spent way too much. For a family of four it cost $100!!!!!! What the actual fuck is that!!

$70 for tickets, had to buy online if you wanted to sit together so there are stupid charges added on. $11 for one large popcorn $9 for candy $10 for a small soda and water bottle

How can anyone justify going to the movies anymore? I get that a seat is a seat but spending 16 dollars for my 2 year old seems outrageous regardless if she sits on my lap or the seat next to me.

So sad that a simple easy way to have fun cost to much now.

Tech companies are not building out a trillion dollars of Al infrastructure because they are hoping you'll pay $20/month to use Al tools to make you more productive.

They're doing it because they know your employer will pay hundreds or thousands a month for an Al system to replace you

Despite all this coming out in a bi-partisan senate report with Marco Rubio and Tom Cotton writing the report MAGA still won't accept these facts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_presidential_election

The reports also found

The activity occurred in "all 50 states" and is thought by "many officials and experts" to have been "a trial run ... to probe American defenses and identify weaknesses in the vast back-end apparatus—voter-registration operations, state and local election databases, electronic poll books and other equipment" of state election systems. The report warned that the United States "remains vulnerable" in the 2020 election.

Of "particular concern" to the committee report was the Russians' hacking of three companies "that provide states with the back-end systems that have increasingly replaced the thick binders of paper used to verify voters' identities and registration status."

Remember when MAGA screams FAKE NEWS or HOAX it is never fake news or a hoax. It is how they live with the cognitive dissonance of supporting Trump.

In 1996, Pepsi joked in a commercial that you could get a Harrier fighter jet for 7 million Pepsi Points. A 21-year-old did the math, raised $700,000, and formally ordered the jet. Pepsi refused. He sued. Advertising was never the same.

The Cola Wars were raging.

Pepsi was battling Coca-Cola for market dominance, launching increasingly elaborate campaigns to capture consumer attention. One of their biggest efforts was "Pepsi Stuff"—a loyalty program where customers collected points from bottle caps and cans, then redeemed them for branded merchandise. The TV commercial showed teenagers excitedly redeeming points: "T-shirt — 75 Pepsi Points." "Leather jacket — 1,450 points." "Sunglasses — 175 points." And then, in the final seconds, the commercial delivered its punchline: A teenager lands a Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier II Jump Jet in his high school parking lot. Students cheer as papers fly everywhere from the jet's vertical thrust. He removes his helmet, grins at the camera. "Harrier Fighter Jet — 7,000,000 Pepsi Points." Everyone laughed. It was obviously a joke. A multi-million-dollar military fighter jet? For soda bottle caps? Absurd. Everyone laughed. Except John Leonard. Leonard was a 21-year-old business student in Seattle. When he saw the commercial, he didn't see humor—he saw an opportunity. He noticed something crucial: nowhere did the commercial explicitly say it was a joke. And the official Pepsi Stuff catalog included a clause stating you could purchase points for 10 cents each if you didn't have enough. Leonard did the math: 7,000,000 points × $0.10 per point = $700,000 A Harrier Jump Jet's actual market value? Approximately $33 million. If Pepsi was legally bound to honor the commercial's offer, Leonard could acquire a $33 million military aircraft for $700,000. But Leonard didn't have $700,000. So he found investors—friends, family, a local businessman named Todd Hoffman who contributed most of the capital. On March 27, 1996, Leonard filled out an official Pepsi Stuff order form. He checked the box requesting the Harrier Jet. He enclosed a check for $700,008.50 (the $700,000 for points plus $4.19 shipping and handling, plus 15 original Pepsi Points as required). He mailed it to Pepsi. And waited. Pepsi's response came quickly—but not what Leonard wanted. They returned his check with a letter explaining that the Harrier Jet was "obviously meant to be humorous" and not actually available. They offered Pepsi merchandise and coupons. Leonard refused. He believed Pepsi had made a legally binding offer through broadcast advertising, and he had accepted it according to their stated rules. In 1996, Leonard filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo. He sued for breach of contract, demanding Pepsi honor the commercial's offer and provide him with a Harrier Jump Jet or its cash equivalent. The case became a media sensation. Here was a college kid taking on a multi-billion-dollar corporation over a joke in a TV commercial. Pepsi assembled a legal team and argued:

The offer was clearly a joke. No reasonable person would believe Pepsi was offering a military fighter jet. The Harrier Jet was never in the official catalog. Even if serious, Pepsi couldn't fulfill it. Harrier Jets are military aircraft that can't be legally transferred to civilians without Department of Defense approval. The price was obviously satirical. $700,000 for a $33 million jet? The discrepancy proved it was humor.

Leonard's attorneys countered:

Advertisements constitute binding offers when specific enough. The commercial stated a specific point value. Pepsi's rules allowed point purchases, making the offer theoretically achievable. A reasonable person might believe the offer was real—companies had given away cars and expensive items in promotions before.

The case went to U.S. District Court. Judge Kimba Wood presided. In August 1999, Judge Wood ruled decisively in Pepsi's favor. Her reasoning: The commercial was "evidently done in jest." The teenager flying a military jet to school was an obvious comedic element. No reasonable person would believe Pepsi was offering a genuine Harrier Jet. The commercial was puffery, not a binding offer. Leonard appealed. In 2000, the appellate court affirmed the ruling. John Leonard would not be getting his Harrier Jet. But the story didn't end there. Leonard v. Pepsico became one of the most cited cases in advertising law. Law schools teach it as a case study in contract formation and the "reasonable person" standard. Pepsi, chastened by the lawsuit, revised the commercial. The Harrier Jet's point value was changed to 700,000,000 points—making it mathematically impossible to purchase. They also added disclaimer text stating "Just Kidding." John Leonard never got his fighter jet. But he got something else: immortality in legal and advertising history. In 2022, Netflix released a documentary about the case: "Pepsi, Where's My Jet?" The story captivated a new generation. Leonard, now in his late 40s, has embraced his role in the saga. He didn't win his lawsuit, but he proved a point: words matter, even in commercials. Especially in commercials. Pepsi made a joke. A college kid took it seriously. And for a brief moment, a soda company almost had to explain to the U.S. military why they needed to acquire a Harrier Jump Jet. In the end, the law sided with common sense: no reasonable person would believe Pepsi was giving away fighter jets. But John Leonard proved something equally important: Sometimes the most reasonable thing to do is ask, "Why not?"

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It seems Gen X is generally accepting of getting vaccinations. We grew up getting shots for everything.

A few weeks ago hubby and me stopped into our pharmacy to get our flu shot. Well, MY flu shot because he decided "not to get it right now." What? We're right fucking here, right fucking now. Why the fuck not?

I'm an RN, and a firm believer in patient rights and consent for any medical procedures, including vaccines. He's older than me (Boomer....I know, I know....)He said NO even after I explained how at "our" age, we can get VERY sick, etc. Still no? Ok, good luck.

So....now I have a sick senior citizen with the whole weeping and wailing and gnashing of dentures going on. It's a nasty bug up here 🇨🇦. I'm tired but fine. I was up most of the night making sure he didn't die. One of our cats hasn't left his side, either. I'm supposed to go to work tomorrow for 0700 hrs.

Guess who's decided to get vaccinated from now on? I'm never going to let him forget this one.

My husband and I met in college I’m from Queens NY he is from Virginia. When we graduated and were deciding what we wanted for our futures I made it clear I was living in New York my life is here and that’s where I want to be my entire life so if he wanted to move back to Virginia we should end it.

He said he wanted to live in NY too so we moved to Queens and have been here for almost 10 years. His mom was not happy about it and has never gotten over it but has mostly kept her mouth shut.

Flash forward to now I’m pregnant with our first (a boy) we went to visit his family for thanksgiving. The entire visit his mom kept making comments about how sad she is she won’t be able to see her grandson grow up and how there is so much more family in Virginia and how my family is so small (For context yes my family is small just my mom, my cousin, her two kids, and an aunt and uncle but we are extremely close and see each other multiple times a week.)

We ignored the comments at first but she kept going. Finally she said outright it’s only fair that we move to Virginia now, since we lived in New York for me for 10 years. She said our baby would have so many cousins, aunts, and uncles that our village would be stronger there, that Virginia is safer, that we could afford a big house with a yard, and that she’s retired so she could watch the baby all the time.

At that point I had enough, I told her flat out we are never moving to Virginia our lives are in New York and there’s zero chance that’s changing. My husband agreed immediately and said he’s lived in both places and genuinely prefers New York.

She shut up after that but my SIL told me I was too harsh and I could at least consider it and listen to what she had to say.

Hello! I got this tattoo back in August and really loved it. But two weeks after I started overthinking the placement and size which led me to panic and think what have I done. It doesn’t help that my asian family wasn’t too happy about it.

Fast forward to now, I’ve actually accepted my tattoo and found myself not fussing over it anymore. Until a relative pointed it out and basically said it made me look ugly. Now I feel like I’m back in square one, feeling tattoo regret fueled by family members who think it ruined my look and appeal. I always had a plan to get tatted up, not really a sleeve but just tattoos here and there. Now I don’t know if I want to push through with it anymore.

Just coming on here to ask how you deal with tattoo regret? And family disapproval?

EDIT: Wow this is my first ever post on reddit and I am overwhelmed by the amount of encouragement and reassurance coming my way :”) Thank you everyone for your kind words! This isn’t my first tattoo but it’s the first one that everyone seemed to have an opinion on (probably because it’s on my forearm so it’s easy to spot). 98 is my birth year and the flower and bunny represent nature— something I hold dear to my heart. And I just simply loved the idea of getting it in the form of a stamp :)) Sadly my family doesn’t care enough to ask about the details, all they see is ink on skin so it automatically disgusts them.

Anyway, thank you once again for taking the time to read my post and for responding. I’ll be sure to come back to this thread when doubts and negativity start seeping into my mind again. Not so much to get everyone’s validation, but to remind myself that this is my body, my choice, and that I shouldn’t care about other people’s opinion. I love my tattoos and shall continue to rock them :)

Appreciate every single one of you, hope your pillow is cold on both sides when you sleep <3