The useless information thread
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@silvermouse said:
In a 2025 YouGov survey, two-thirds of dog owners said that their animals were smarter than the average dog.Like Lake Wobegon, where the women are strong, the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. I miss Garrison Keillor, he was so good.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain4 -
Both of my dogs are stupider than the average, so I'm doing my part to balance it out.
"Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...5 -
@Wylaff said:
Both of my dogs are stupider than the average, so I'm doing my part to balance it out.They obviously didn’t survey me. My two are dumber than a box of rocks. Cute though
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sound travels 5 times faster in water than in air
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The fashion industry does not call older models “older models”; it calls them “generational models.” Another fun, or maybe not so fun, fact: In the fashion world, “old” generally means anyone over 30
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@Amos_Umwhat said:
@silvermouse said:
In a 2025 YouGov survey, two-thirds of dog owners said that their animals were smarter than the average dog.Like Lake Wobegon, where the women are strong, the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. I miss Garrison Keillor, he was so good.
Still go back and read his works. Classic story teller, not many like him.
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not a useless strategy for some plants but a useless word
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This forum is suddenly blocked on my work computer. 🙄
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@OmgFrigginMike said:
This forum is suddenly blocked on my work computer. 🙄Maybe they don't want you here when you could be working
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I find it odd that AJ Fernandes' website doesn't list Ave Maria, Diesel, manowar etc as his brands.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
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@ShawnOL said:
I find it odd that AJ Fernandes' website doesn't list Ave Maria, Diesel, manowar etc as his brands.They’re no longer his brands. The brands belong to Altadis. He still makes most of them but the labels are no longer his.
If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.
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I do not know what this indicates about the state of America's psyche but I found this indicative of something........
"Furry Weekend Atlanta grew 245% in three years, climbing from 7,212 attendees in 2022 to 17,736 in 2025, making it the largest furry convention on the planet."
https://www.vice.com/en/article/americans-are-obsessed-with-furries/
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Coastal Turtle Toaster Cover
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Somewhere in the Midwest there is a vending machine that still owes me $1.75.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
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@ShawnOL said:
Somewhere in the Midwest there is a vending machine that still owes me $1.75.I live in the Midwest and I once got a free item from a vending machine. Thanks
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves livesIt'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
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Antiphrasis, pronounced an-TIH-frah-sis, is a figure of speech where a descriptive word or phrase is used in a way that’s opposite to its conventional meaning. Essentially, you say one thing, but you mean its opposite.
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Interesting. We have 'jello' often but use fruit juice and beef gelatin. Pomegranate is a favorite.
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@silvermouse said:
Interesting. We have 'jello' often but use fruit juice and beef gelatin. Pomegranate is a favorite.Add a little honey and you get gummies, wife uses elderberry and honey with the beef gelatin to make elderberry gummies.
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thanks @Edz . We have strayed from the useless part of this thread. Maybe I will whip up a batch of hot pepper and garlic jello for redemption.
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@silvermouse said:
thanks @Edz . We have strayed from the useless part of this thread. Maybe I will whip up a batch of hot pepper and garlic jello for redemption.Add some mullen and it may be good for asthma and get rid of the useless flem.
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@silvermouse said:
In a 2025 YouGov survey, two-thirds of dog owners said that their animals were smarter than the average dog.>
In a 2026 YouGov survey, two-thirds of constituents said they were smarter than the average politician.2 -
Figures, So that's why they elect people dumber than them.
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Sweden has fewer than 11million people. I would've guessed that number was higher.
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I think 11 million Vikings are plenty for one world. When greta thunberg grows up you will wish there was one less
A little dirt never hurt5 -
We have a whole new generation now that doesn't know what you're talking about when you mention Side 1 or Side 2 when discussing music.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
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useless because it is endemic and nothing will be done to fix it:
TRENTON — New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) today released Lossmaxxing: It’s Time to Crack Down on Business Loss Deductions, showing that New Jersey’s net operating loss (NOL) deduction cost the state roughly $1.2 billion in lost corporate tax revenue in 2023 — with nearly all of that flowing to fewer than 1,000 large corporations, most of which paid $0 in corporate taxes.
“This is a $1.2 billion problem concentrated almost entirely at the top,” said Peter Chen, NJPP senior policy analyst and the report’s author. “We‘re not talking about small businesses smoothing out a rough year. We‘re talking about large, sophisticated corporations using paper losses to pay little to nothing in state taxes — while New Jersey faces a billion-dollar budget shortfall and real cuts on the table for health care, transit, and education.”
Governor Sherrill’s FY2027 budget proposes a temporary cap on NOL deductions at $1 million, which Treasury estimates would recover $485 million. NJPP supports the proposal and calls for permanent reforms to prevent corporations from gaming the deduction long-term:
Reduce the carryforward period from 20 years to a shorter window.
Lower the annual deduction cap from 80 percent to 40 percent of taxable income.
Raise the minimum tax floor for large corporations that report $0 in profits.
“The governor’s cap is a good start, but it only delays the problem,” said Chen. “New Jersey needs permanent reforms that close the gap between what corporations report to shareholders and what they report to the state.”
The full report is available at njpp.org.
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