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@lemmy.world

Geekocracy 233 points 3 years ago

The purpose of a fine is to get compliance, not to punish. The fine was $50,000, doubling every day. So $350,00 dollars means Musk caved after 3 days. Pretty effective tactic by the court.

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Geekocracy 29 points a year ago

Once it blooms it turns bitter. Still edible, but a different flavor

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Geekocracy 23 points 3 years ago

That Ben Franklin said beer is proof that God loves us

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Geekocracy 18 points 3 years ago path: 0 5316526 5318171, hotness: undefined, score: 18, children: 2
Geekocracy 18 points 2 years ago

Sappho was a poet from the island of Lesbo, which is where the word lesbian comes from.

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Geekocracy 17 points 3 years ago

The closest I can think of in the U.S.. was the Smothers Brothers. They were cancelled by the network, not the government, even though they were very popular . They frequently criticized the Vietnam war and government officials.

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Geekocracy 8 points 2 years ago

Both the NY times and the Washington Post put it on the front page.

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Geekocracy 6 points a year ago

To be honest, I thought the furies dancing was way more disturbing

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Geekocracy 6 points 3 years ago

Well...he would know

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Geekocracy 5 points 2 years ago

Wow! I grew up with these. (Nostalgia intensifies!)

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Geekocracy 5 points 3 years ago

Why? They were just taking a tour of the Capitol!

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Geekocracy 5 points 2 years ago

Just paid 3.99 at Aldi in Philadelphia. Limit 2

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Geekocracy 4 points 2 years ago

You are going to think I made this up, but the street lights are shaped like Hershey kisses.

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Geekocracy 4 points 3 years ago

I wouldn't bet against it

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Geekocracy 4 points 2 years ago

I got a pump and dump scam from an alias that I only used for my brokerage account. They assured me it wasn't them. A week later they publicly announced that they were hacked.

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Geekocracy 4 points 2 years ago

The town, or at least the main street that goes by the factory. As far as I know, no orange people were enslaved.
Seriously though, Milton Hershey was surprisingly progressive for his time. He built affordable homes for his workers and helped them become home owners. The school he built was originally for orphaned boys.

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Geekocracy 3 points 2 years ago

I work in a corporate environment that often has lunch catered for vips. I often wondered if you could actually survive by mooching off the leftovers

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Geekocracy 3 points 2 years ago

I vote for "Mexican hat dance"

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Geekocracy 3 points 4 months ago

Another poster mentioned that PA stopped requiring them a few years back (I think it was more than a few), but shortly after they stopped requiring them a NY cop pulled me over and said that was the reason. I thought that was pretty unlikely since NY cops wouldn't waste their time on minor out of state bureaucratic issues. When I told him that they weren't required he seemed skeptical but went back to his car. After a while he came back a said I could go.

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Geekocracy 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the reminder. I ended up doing that because it came back today

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