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Welcome! This is Otakuwu's personal Rubber Room, wherein we li...
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Fri 20:15
Geologists claim it's because the earlier Cenozoic used to be called the Tertiary, but that's just a ruse to hide the secret third geologic period, between the Neogene and the Quaternary, that they won't tell us about.
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Wed 19:15
"And in maritime news, the Coast Guard is on the scene today after an apparent collision between two lighthouses."
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Jul 21 16:04
Washington, DC: Eastern gray squirrel, Amur honeysuckle. Puerto Rico: Crested anole, sea grape. US as a whole: Mallard, eastern poison ivy.
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Jul 18 22:40
Maybe encouraging the publication of null results isn't enough--maybe we need a journal devoted to publishing results the study authors find personally annoying.
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Jul 16 22:01
This is almost as bad as the time I signed up for a purely partisan fishing expedition.
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Jul 15 04:04
'Tin pest' makes more sense to me. Tin just doesn't want to be locked down in a shape like that. I get it. But why would any metal want to grow hair??
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Jul 11 16:57
That was quicker than usual! The cabin's sprinkler system often makes it really hard to keep anything lit.
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Jul 9 20:08
We're building on our earlier success getting web developers to pay to change the backslashes in our displayed payment URL to forward slashes.
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Jul 7 19:52
After determining that his body was full of pipes carrying iron-rich fluid, our current theory is that the dagger-shaped object precipitated within the wound.
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Jul 4 15:15
Low gravity can cause bone loss, so we're pleased to report that, since we initiated capsule motion, the number of bones in each crew member has been steadily increasing.
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Jul 3 03:36
Starting a meta-leaderboard for tracking who holds the record for ranking behind the most distinct people on an online leaderboard.
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Jun 30 12:25
It's important for devices to have internet connectivity so the manufacturer can patch remote exploits.
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Jun 28 00:57
To combat the threat, many airlines are installing wing-mounted spray bottles.
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Jun 25 19:25
Once you add the balloons into the model, it makes forecasting easier overall--the forecast is always 'cold and dark, with minimal solar-driven convection.'
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Jun 25 03:14
'This HAZMAT container contains radioactive material with activity of one becquerel.' 'So, like, a single banana slice?'
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Jun 20 18:53
We're getting a lot of complaints from commuters who were routed onto a coaster, but the theme park patrons who spent hours stuck on an intercity line are also not happy.
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Jun 18 21:00
Numbers can be tricky. On the day of my 110th birthday, I'll be one day younger than John Tukey was on his.
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Jun 16 18:37
Sure, this exoplanet we discovered may seem hostile to life, but our calculations suggest it's actually in the accretion disc's habitable zone.
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Jun 13 12:22
[desperately] Maybe this is from some country where they use commas as decimal points, and also as digit separators after the decimal, and also use random other characters for decoration???
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Jun 11 21:52
If you think curiosity without rigor is bad, you should see rigor without curiosity.
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Jun 9 21:41
With a good battery, the device can easily last for 5 or 10 years, although the walls probably won't.
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Jun 7 02:03
The installation of the pipes on the inside of the insulation can be challenging, especially when the neighbor could come home at any minute.
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Jun 4 21:44
Ultimately, history would imperfectly record the story of the Foal of Troy.
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Jun 3 01:10
Pontoon bridges are just linear open-sided waterbeds.
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May 31 01:40
They say it's probably safe to keep orbiting for a while, but if it stays on or starts flashing we might have to call someone.
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May 28 22:29
Under the two-domain system, anyone who punches you is technically an Archaean pathogen.
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May 27 03:40
Patients at least found it to be an improvement over Millikan's incredibly messy and unpleasant oil drop suspension procedure.