@styler Basically, trying to put the ball in a place where the batter will find it difficult to hit effectively. Crucially, though, they will never intentionally bowl *A* wide - if it's called wide, the bowler accidentally overdid it.
@7margaretsanson@TedJamieson Even though that's meant largely as hyperbole, remember that *literally* did happen during the COVID lockdowns (not about lost business per se, but about how cruel and unreasonable restricting funeral attendance was)π
At a ChlΓΆe Swarbrick campaign fundraiser stand-up gig (the second of two this evening). Not entirely surprised that the event could easily double as an Alan Moore lookalike contest. Manson beards aplenty.
@DylanReeve "You aren't gonna believe this, but we went back and read it again, and it turns out there's this whole sentence we never noticed about a 'well regulated militia'. We gotta CHANGE some things, folks!"
Political tribalism is a hell of a drug. So desperate to score rhetorical points they will happily pretend they don't see a difference between raising your voice to a co-worker and physically beating a sleeping 13-year-old. Because everything is the same as everything else πΆ
@DylanReeve He now claims that the papers he was shuffling were nothing classified, and his saying that they WERE was just bravado. It's the 'Trump is a known liar, so you can't believe him when he incriminates himself' defence.
@PouTepou@CTrevettNZH I just want to buy a coffee without the barista ramming 'coo' down my throat.
(apologies to non-Animal Crossing players, for whom this will make no sense)
Whoever you choose to root for in the Zuck v Musk deathmatch, I think we can all agree Facebook needs to be in charge of streaming it, after the debacle Twitter made of that DeSantis campaign launch.