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Smogz_ t1_je9n0is wrote

Rocket fuel is nasty stuff. My dad worked with rocket engines at Edwards in the 60s and worked on the Apollo 11 lunar module descent engine. His supervisor at Edwards said to avoid getting it on him and that when he gets older he’ll get constant itching. He has the itchies. His buddy that got more on him has it really bad.

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mad0666 t1_je9mpl1 wrote

I ran over a next of baby bunnies when I was a teenager. Had headphones on and just kind of “felt” all the bones and matter disintegrate through the mower. Screamed and cried hysterically for at least a full hour, made my boyfriend leave band practice to console me. I was a wreck. Then my dad came to me holding one remaining live bunny, the top of his scalp and ears cut clean off. He was frozen in terror for the first two days I had him, but I bottle fed him and raised him and set him free in the yard. We saw him around the house for a good two years after that. Named him Toro after the mower that killed all of his siblings. It was really sad to see the mother rabbit out there inspecting the carnage that evening. Thanks for reading.

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vafrow t1_je9m8yr wrote

Yeah, he's basically been a fixture on television for almost 30 years. Even the various guest spots and one off roles he's had over the years, there's probably been a lot of places he could have been pushing for award recognition if he wanted.

I do wonder what would have happened if he was putting himself in for nominations in the 90s, where you had some absolutely stacked slate of candidates.

He would probably be one of those guys that gets in one year just to recognize him, but Kelsey Grammer had that award locked down for an era.

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RusselShakelford t1_je9ky7r wrote

So ... If I change my ways, and stop inhaling rabbits ground up from my lawnmower, and go back to hand grinding my rabbits for inhaling, then I should be alright? What a fucking pain in my petunia, I absolutely hate hand grinding my rabbits before I inhale them, it's really seems like an unnecessary and tedious step in this day and age of convenience and technology. That's why I bought a lawnmower in the first damn place!!! To grind rabbits to inhale, if I wanted to trim a lawn I wouldn't live in the desert! Hmmmm, maybe I can hire a guy in the morning outside of Home Depot to grind my rabbits for me, it's only a couple of hours work but I bet someone will do it. I hope I dont have tularemia. I think I might have tularemia. Does as anyone want to buy a lawnmower, cheap?

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RDMvb6 t1_je9kuc6 wrote

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xopranaut t1_je9knbj wrote

The article actually says “explanation of the origin of the Milky Way within the context of creation myths”, meaning that the Milky Way had got its name because it looked like a splash of milk in water, and the myth was then invented as an explanation.

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