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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

bus crashes on Staten Island, leaving 2 people homeless: ‘That’s our life’

Its weirdly funnier without the pro-trump.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago

"She added that only recently it became eligible to be fully insured, less than 48 hours before the incident."

Oh, so this is a scam to get insurance and go fund me money.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If that is your life nothing of value was lost.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They clearly didn't have lives to begin with

If they didn't insure that idiot-box then they especially deserve their newfound suffering.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

She added that only recently it became eligible to be fully insured, less than 48 hours before the incident.

Eligible. Just barely. No word on whether it actually was or not.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Satan Take the Wheel

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

The judges were looking for Train Wreck but will accept Bus Wreck.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've heard that not crashing your bus works wonders when you want it to stay in good condition.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I like bus drivers who don't get into wrecks

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

When I was in middle school, it was a highlight of my year, when my bus slid into the ditch! No one got hurt and no visible damage so it was just a free day off when everyone else had to go in ….. plus they let us walk home.

As an adult, I realize there was a series of questionable choices here. However I hope the bus driver didn’t get in much trouble: they should not have been on the road. It clearly should have been a snow day

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Nothing of value lost

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They'll be fine. All they have to do is trust Jesus.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

If they need help, I'd be willing to send some additional bootstraps for them to pull at. Even half a roll of paracord.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago

Asking for Help is SOCIALIST! These people are COMMIES! REAL Trump Supporters would be FINE! TRUMP will PERSONALLY PAY THEM money so they can continue going! I'm a Republican and I think ALL THESE THINGS at the SAME TIME because I Think for Myself!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

“Should we get our emergency brake fixed or use that money to try to fill in the remaining white space on this eyesore with more trump crap?”

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

"I like people who didn't crash."

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No, his roommates are still Trump supporters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I imagine that the cat has no quarms with finding new roommates at the flick of a whisker.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

The cat was OK

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Couldn't have happened to two bigger losers. FAFO.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

First, I am highly irate of the misuse of the word 'decimate' in the article. It means to destroy a tenth part of something, not totally obliterate it.

There is no second!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This is wrong. Decimate can mean the killing or destruction of any large portion of something. E.g. one definition you might see is "To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Shouldn't "to destroy a tenth part of something" be in quotes there? Unless you mean the article has the intention of destroying ten per cent of things.

Language changes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Language dosth not change! Varlet, I bite my thumb at thee!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

That's the historical definition of the word, but colloquially it just means a large part.

It's like how historically retro meant something new inspired by something or a style from the past, but now people are using it as a substitute for "classic" (in particular with respect to video games). I dislike that too, but I'm not the arbiter of language. Not yet anyway, but soon. Soon...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

). I dislike that too, but I’m not the arbiter of language. Not yet anyway, but soon. Soon…

Your legions await your orders, Sire!

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