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Coasting0942 , in How are ancient Roman and Mayan buildings still standing? Scientists are unlocking their secrets

Isn’t the big hint that they were built without a reliance on concrete. And are pyramids?

FlyingSquid ,
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No. The idea that there was some sort of perfection going on with the Egyptian pyramids is nonsense. Here is the Great Pyramid up close.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5d64f17c-1cb5-4923-9644-19cb5718a65c.png

Pirky ,
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I thought the reason the pyramids looked like that was because of relatively recent looting the nicer stone on the surface and leaving the older stuff behind. Prior to the looting they looked pretty nice. And by relatively recent, I mean about a few hundred years ago during European colonialism.

FlyingSquid ,
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Yes, they looked very nice on the outside. The inside was a mess. People seem to think every block was perfect.

SheeEttin ,

This just in, big blocks of stone are durable!

Salamendacious OP ,
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Just for clarification are you saying the Romans didn’t build with a reliance on concrete?

indomara , in Tulsa mom pleads guilty to allowing 12-year-old daughter to get pregnant by grown man

The last sentence is a punch in the gut.

“The girl’s father was in prison for a separate sex crime and has no involvement in his daughter’s life, Tulsa Police told FOX23 News at the time of the incident.”

WetBeardHairs ,

Yeah that girl is an orphan AND a mother. Fuck.

Coasting0942 , in Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building

It took me too long to realize that this wasn’t a shit post about the dead senator

Salamendacious OP ,
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I’ve been on the Internet for quite a while (especially if you count bbses) but I still don’t quite understand the intricacies of the shitpost.

lagomorphlecture , in Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building

If it’s the office with the shit on the desk she should let him have it…

Alchemy ,
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They would eat it if they thought a democrat may have to smell their breath.

books , in Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building

I agree with pelosi.

Who cares. It’s just an office and she doesn’t own it.

Salamendacious OP ,
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You’re of course 100% right. It looks like a cheap ploy to me though. McCarthy was not a friend to Democrats and he didn’t kick Pelosi out of her office. It looks like either McHenry is trying to earn brownie points with the freedom caucus by beating up on Pelosi or maybe he’s kicking her out of her larger office so he can use it as a bargaining chip to garner support for his run on the speakership.

ganksy ,
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Ding ding ding!

Buelldozer ,
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McCarthy was not a friend to Democrats and he didn’t kick Pelosi out of her office.

McCarthy seemingly followed the norm of letting the previous speaker keep their office if they wanted. McHenry is pissed at Democrats for helping 8 super crazy Republicans oust his friend as Speaker. Watching McHenry gavel out yesterday’s session it was obvious that he is very angry at what happened.

Salamendacious OP ,
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That’s definitely a possibility. I really should go back and watch the vote on YouTube or something. It’s obviously a little silly to be upset with Democrats in this scenario. Hey McCarthy can always take consolation in the fact that his name will be in some history book somewhere as long as people are interested in American politics. Ozymandias would be proud.

NOT_RICK ,
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He should probably blame the freedom caucus then. Or hey, maybe even his buddy McCarthy for accepting such an obvious poison pill with the rule change that enabled his ouster.

CeruleanRuin ,

Her office also has symbolic meaning to the J6er fuckholes because of that famous photo of that douchebag teabagging her stuff.

Spacebar ,
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“Office space doesn’t matter to me, but it seems to be important to them,” she said. “Now that the new Republican Leadership has settled this important matter, let’s hope they get to work on what’s truly important for the American people.”

That’s the point.

MagicShel , in Tulsa mom pleads guilty to allowing 12-year-old daughter to get pregnant by grown man

How do you have an entire fucking family show up for a baby shower and not one god damn person says a thing? How do these people show up at a hospital with a pregnant 12 year old thinking this was going to have a happy ending?

That’s some George Costanza shit right there. “Was I not supposed to impregnate 12 year olds? Because I had no idea. I mean if someone had told me that was frowned on around here, I never would’ve done it.”

givesomefucks ,

The rapist was at the hospital for delivery and proudly told everyone he was the dad, even the police that the hospital called…

Cops said even after he was in the cop car he didn’t understand why he was being arrested.

tsonfeir ,
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REPUBLICANS is how

gravitas_deficiency ,

It’s god’s plan!

Source: uncle is a Christian fundie

aceshigh ,
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generational dysfunction. this type of thing is normal for them. i bet this kind of thing has happened in their family before.

madcaesar ,

Please do not compare funny man George to this piece of human garbage.

INeedMana , in Tulsa mom pleads guilty to allowing 12-year-old daughter to get pregnant by grown man
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After reading the title, I did not expect this to get even more fucked up

Miranda-Jara was initially in a relationship with the girl’s mother but when things soured between the two, mom allowed Miranda-Jara to move on to her then-12-year-old daughter. Eventually, they would begin living together as a couple

gravitas_deficiency ,

That is fuckin’ WILD. Holy shit.

themeatbridge , in Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building

So what do we know about McHenry so far? He’s a petty little bitch.

Salamendacious OP ,
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Calling him a little bitch insults all the great girl Chihuahuas in the world. ;)

wwaxen ,

You know, I’m tired of this one. Every insult being an insult to blank is getting too predictable here.

Salamendacious OP ,
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Everything on the Internet is predictable or boring to someone. Downvote and move on if it’s important to you. My pet peeve is, “tell me you’re X without saying you’re X”

wwaxen ,

I can’t downvote without downvoting chihuahuas. My hands are tied. But you’re right I’ve devoted over twice the effort I should have with this comment.

Salamendacious OP ,
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You can downvote my comment if you want. I won’t be offended. Authentic conversations are more interesting to me than Internet points. It’s easy to feel good when you’re upvoted a lot and easy to feel bad when you’re downvoted. It’s better to choose to not have an opinion on it either way.

goosesuitriot ,

This is my first ever lemmy comment and I just wanted to share how much I enjoyed the wholesomeness of this exchange. A lot. Thank you.

lightnsfw ,

Checks notes

I agree!

troglodytis ,

How dare you insult blanks in such a manner!

GBU_28 ,

Sure, they don’t have a soul, but they are none the less an asset to the imperium

ProcurementCat ,

I don’t understand those down votes, I think this comment was funny.

Salamendacious OP ,
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It’s just the pig pile mentality. At first there were upvotes, then someone said they were sick of seeing that style joke, and I told him it’s fine to just downvote and move on. After that people took my advice. Upvotes and downvotes don’t mean anything so it really isn’t a big deal.

Knightfox ,

McHenry is a piece of shit. Also he was running campaign ads on YouTube back in June, fucking 11 months before the primary.

CeruleanRuin ,

In other words an appropriate avatar for the GOP in Congress.

Sir_Simon_Spamalot , in Pandas could be gone from America's zoos by the end of next year

Oh no…

Anyway

someguy3 , in Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building

I thought she retired, why does she have an office? Or was that just as speaker but she’s still in Congress?

Salamendacious OP ,
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Still in the house just not the speaker. Apparently it’s a tradition that former speakers are allowed to have larger offices out of respect. But a lot of Republicans just love to hate Nancy Pelosi.

Neil ,
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  • Salamendacious OP ,
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    100%

    SARGEx117 ,

    But it’s TOTALLY not terrorism, guys. Pinky swear.

    Soulg ,

    And the right continue to make jokes about that as if it’s hilarious

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  • Salamendacious OP ,
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    I don’t think she’s a “terrible person” she’s definitely not perfect; she’s done things I agree with and she’s done things I disagree with, sometimes vehemently disagree with. There are Democrats that I think are despicable (Bob Menendez for example) and Republicans that I didn’t share views with but I thought were completely honorable people (former senator Flake for example). I try not to see politics as a team competitive sport. I try to see it as an exercise in cooperative disagreement.

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  • Salamendacious OP ,
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    Cursing and insulting people while hiding behind a veil of anonymity

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  • Salamendacious OP ,
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    You say that as if you actually know me. I’m willing to bet that the picture you have of me in your mind is very inaccurate.

    Coreidan ,

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  • Salamendacious OP ,
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    Well I wish you well in your crusade. I think you would be more successful by learning how to create coalitions and persuading people rather than berating them but who knows maybe it’ll work out for you. By the way, ignorance literally means “not knowing” and the best way to combat ignorance is through education. Somehow I think we both feel like we failed here today.

    dragonflyteaparty ,

    So cool. Then you also think Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.), Vernon, Don Beyer, and Dean Philips are so much worse, right? The more money, the more terrible they are, right? Then you also have Rick Scott, Mark Warner, Mitt Romney, and Mike Braun. All terrible people even though you possibly only know two facts about them.

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  • Cryophilia ,

    Go back to Russia

    Coreidan ,

    Statements like this prove how dumb the average person is.

    CeruleanRuin ,

    Who gives a shit what kind of person she is? I only care about what kind of job my politicians are doing. None of them are golden gods.

    Coreidan ,

    “Who cares that our politicians are terrible people, just as long as they benefit me!”

    None of them are golden gods.

    Then stop treating them like golden gods.

    someguy3 ,

    Is there an official office for house speaker?

    SheeEttin ,

    Probably not, since it’s a role for a representative, not a separate job.

    But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t an unofficial office.

    ryathal ,

    Technically it doesn’t have to be a representative, but it always has been to my knowledge.

    Salamendacious OP ,
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    That’s a great question and I did a little cursory research but I couldn’t find anything.

    jonne ,

    Yes, she only retired as speaker, she’s still a regular member of Congress.

    FlyingSquid , in 5 people were shot at Morgan State University and police have yet to locate a suspect, officials say
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    Thank goodness no one died! I hope they catch the bastard.

    leraje , in Tulsa mom pleads guilty to allowing 12-year-old daughter to get pregnant by grown man
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    Hupf ,

    Actually seeing HTTP 451 in the wild though

    Arigion , in 5 people were shot at Morgan State University and police have yet to locate a suspect, officials say

    The problem here is crystal clear. It is not illegal to get shot by somebody. If getting shot would be illegal, there wouldn’t be so many victims. I mean how is it real freedom if I want to shoot in a mall or university and then these woke people steal my flying bullets with their bodies. That is not what God intended when He gave us guns. /s

    FlyingSquid , in Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building
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    But if they kick her out, whose office are they going to vandalize when the next January 6th happens?

    Kecessa ,

    Implying these guys knew where they were going or anyone in the building. Trump is the only one they can reliably identify.

    FlyingSquid ,
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    bemenaker ,

    She tried to give the laptop to russians? Why isn’t she in jail for ESPIONAGE?!?!?!?!

    Kecessa ,

    They also tried to attack some of the Republicans though. It’s easy to know Pelosi by name even for them and her office must be identified, I bet most wouldn’t be able to tell it’s her if they crossed her on the street.

    villainy ,

    Pelosi had one of the “hideaway” offices. They’re intentionally kept secret so no name on the door, no open registry of who has what office. The location would need to be leaked by someone in the know.

    BehindTheBarrier ,

    Can’t possibly be any of those reconnaissance tours held the days before. /s

    Perfide ,

    Not to mention the removal/disabling of panic buttons not that long before the insurrection, the gallows, trying to move Pence to a 2nd location, etc… This shit was planned and they absolutely knew. The insurrectionists are stupid, but they’re not so stupid they can’t follow a floorplan leaked to them by an insider(my money’s on boebert).

    NOT_RICK ,
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    They’re just going to have so smear poop in every congressional office just in case one is Nancy’s

    ProcurementCat , (edited ) in Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building

    A better headline would be what she said in response:

    “Office space doesn’t matter to me, but it seems to be important to them,” she said. “Now that the new Republican Leadership has settled this important matter, let’s hope they get to work on what’s truly important for the American people.”

    Dems have shown demonstrated absurdly good communication skills, but somehow, it’s never really shown given proper attention. Like, seriously, just watch this clip show of young Dems destroying Republicans last week: youtu.be/v6VZIjBLcyU?si=H9TuL2aRF9PM0vpY

    Dems are fucking fierce, man.

    Edit: Reworded a sentence to make it more clear.

    bemenaker ,

    Because the media even left leaning sites seems to focus only on what the GOP says.

    thejml ,

    Shock value and controversy sell clicks/views/engagement. It’s all any media does anymore and it’s annoying as crap.

    Omegamanthethird ,
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    It’s why the news treats a man tripping on a sand bag with the same importance as someone trying to start world war III.

    zephyreks ,

    This is what happens when your incentive structure doesn’t reward actual proper journalism.

    CeruleanRuin ,

    That’s because of 2 main factors: (1) They are almost all owned by large corporations - yes, even the “left learning ones” - and corporate ownership always imparts a right wing bias simply because the people in charge are wealthy and want to only get richer (it’s basic self-interest); and (2) Right-wingers “take the bait” faster and more widely, which translates to more views, more ad revenue, etc. (see #1).

    TrueStoryBob ,

    “All corporations are inherently right wing… I mean, unless it’s like a worker cooperative run exclusively by sternum piercing bisexuals, but no, all corporations are inherently right wing at least in an economic sense.” -Hassan Piker (Turkish-American Twitch Steamer and Political Commentator)

    zephyreks ,

    Might as well have quoted my own asshole

    TrueStoryBob ,

    😂😂😂😂😂😂

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  • ProcurementCat ,

    Well, then give them a house majority and a veto proof Senate majority. The last time they had that (for a whole 72 days), they immediatly passed Obamacare.

    Oh, and did I mention that every time the minimum wage was raised, it was done by Democrats (21 times) or because dems forced this as a concession from republicans (2 times)?

    goldenlocks ,

    Obamacare aka Affordable Care Act was written by Newt Gingrich

    ImFresh3x ,

    Uh. No.

    goldenlocks ,

    Yet, in an odd twist of history, it was Newt Gingrich, one of the most conservative speakers of the House, who laid out the blueprint for the Affordable Care Act as early as 1993.

    https://www.penncapital-star.com/commentary/conservatives-backed-the-ideas-behind-obamacare-so-how-did-they-come-to-hate-it/

    CeruleanRuin ,

    Well that’s great, good for him. I mean that seriously. He also wrote a novel about the Civil War. Guess what that blueprint and his novel have in common?

    I had an idea for reusable rockets when I was six. Where’s my royalty check?

    goldenlocks ,

    That’s not great. It shows that Obama and the Dems are actually conservatives that want to prevent universal healthcare. If you read the article that is the main reason Gingrich came up with this in the first place.

    Cryophilia ,

    Rofl pull the other one, dumbass

    Obama is actually a conservative…this is almost as stupid as Jewish space lasers

    goldenlocks ,

    The truth of the matter is that my policies are so mainstream that if I had set the same policies that I had back in the 1980s, I would be considered a moderate Republican - Obama

    https://thehill.com/policy/finance/137156-obama-says-hed-be-seen-as-moderate-republican-in-1980s/

    Cryophilia ,

    Please stop, you’re just embarrassing yourself

    goldenlocks ,

    Hard to accept the “left” Dems are actually economically conservative. You’ll get it some day too late.

    Cryophilia ,

    “Both sides” is tired propaganda from 2016. Do better.

    CeruleanRuin ,

    Fucking THIS, people. You can moan all you want about the Dems not getting stuff done, but unless you acknowledge that, oh wait, they actually DO when they have a majority that ALLOWS them to do it, you’re just adding to the static. Politicians still have to work within the political system they’re a part of.

    dragonflyteaparty ,

    Exactly what part of that do you consider to have the sole purpose of hurting someone’s feelings? Cause that’s what catty means. I think it was damn good for a Congress who’s been hamstrung by gerrymandering, voter disenfranchisment, and voter apathy. You want those things to come to pass? Get Republicans out of office.

    goldenlocks ,

    Has to be bots boosting his comment. Literally no one thinks the Dems are fierce after decades of failure to improve conditions of the poor.

    ImFresh3x ,

    And how do they do that without a strong majority in the branches of government?? Magic?

    SaakoPaahtaa ,

    “Dems have shown… …it’s never really shown”

    What is this sentence trying to say?

    dragonflyteaparty ,

    Democrats have demonstrated… but it’s never in the mainstream media.

    SaakoPaahtaa ,

    Aight thanks mate

    ProcurementCat ,

    Thanks man, yeah, that’s what I wanted to express. I edited my comment accordingly.

    ProcurementCat ,

    Ah sorry man, that’s a result of my limited vocabulary as an ESL. I meant to say that Dems have demonstrated great communication skills, but it does not receive adequate attention because those snippets are rarely broadcasted on TV, mentioned in articles or shared on social media.

    Cryophilia ,

    It was pretty clear in the original. I think SaakoPaahtaa is more likely the one with ESL issues.

    The edited version does flow better.

    JustAManOnAToilet ,

    I mean homeboy kicked her like a bad habit in the first day, it’s not like it was weeks of a grueling ordeal. Dude straight up dgaf and I’m here for it. “Oh, that nuisance still has an office here? Gone. Next?” Man’s coming in hot like Ari Gold.

    blackbelt352 ,

    Dems don’t have the same expansive network of propaganda machinery backing them up no matter what like Republicans do. Don’t get me wrong dems are still wholeheartedly a capitalist political party but they aren’t working the shaft and fondling the balls of the capitalist class nearly as much as the republican party is and it show in the ability to get messaging out.

    ChaoticEntropy ,
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    There’s no money in signal boosting democrats, even the more establishment ones. Wait for Manchen to say something self-serving about corporations, then you’ll hear about it.

    mateomaui ,

    Rep Jim McGovern has expressed some concerns about the validity of all this:

    https://i.imgur.com/0AH2umt.jpg

    https://i.imgur.com/ly1k278.jpg

    how would he know?

    https://i.imgur.com/HZlFi1g.jpg

    ProcurementCat ,

    Man, I love professionals who know their stuff.

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