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Vapid_Ingenue t1_ixpujil wrote

Reply to comment by arolet in Thanksnightly by cleverocks

When I was a child I was told a story of how Ocracoke Island got its name. Apparently during the Puritan times a lot of people were put to death for supposed witchery, and one of the methods was to hang them from a cross on the shoreline, pierce their midsection, and essentially starve them to death. When the person died, crows would come and pluck their eyeballs out. People on the cross would be suffering so badly, in such misery and agony, that they would cry out, "Oh caw, crow!" because they wanted to die and end their pain.

Now, as an adult with Internet access, I realize my dad was full of shit

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NephrologyNoob t1_ixp7u82 wrote

Reply to comment by adognamedgoat in Thanksnightly by cleverocks

Can verify that Beauvine is open till 2 am. I just door dashed around 10 pm. Vegetarian options available. Like you can build ur own burger.. I live alone and this was probably the best meal I had today ! :)

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Daemonrealm t1_ixp6ww2 wrote

Catered from fresh market. For the price I can’t believe how much food we got. It would of been at the least 2x more money to just buy the ingredients and about 6 hours of work. Very good meal will get it again

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Arcangelathanos t1_ixp5mzo wrote

My understanding is that Qatar built this center and invited a handful of universities to operate a small endeavor there. George Mason was invited for their law program, I think, and VCU was invited for their art program. My friend worked at George Mason when this first happened and he decided to work there for a few months. That's the only reason I know as much as I do.

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Freseper t1_ixp5fke wrote

Looks like it’s funded by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development which is controlled by the government, so one might assume taking a stance against local policies could threaten their continued existence.

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zensucht0 t1_ixp2njh wrote

Solo Thanksgiving. Holiday season blows goats. But I binge watched Wednesday and ate ice cream, so, you know, typical Thursday.

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