Iliveonsaturdays

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[–] Iliveonsaturdays 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On my long commute I usually listen to:

We can be weirdos: Dan Schreiber from "No such thing as a fish" interviews some interesting people about their odd (and often supernatural) experiences.

Dark Histories: A very thorough dive into a specific crime case or strange event from history. The host really goes deep into the subject which is cool.

No such thing as a fish: most people know it I assume.

Loremen: a little like Dark Histories, but on the funny side, about folklore and history.

My mate bought a toaster: people getting interviewed about their Amazon purchase history. It's pretty funny.

[–] Iliveonsaturdays 1 points 1 year ago

The only real answer for me as well.

[–] Iliveonsaturdays 2 points 1 year ago

Oh my god, I loved Connections! It really was a great show.

[–] Iliveonsaturdays 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But it's not really comparable though, is it? I also happen to live in Germany. I work 8 hours, have to pay for my own 30 minute lunch break and have about 3 hours of transport a day, 1,5 hours each way, the days I go into the office. That makes a day of 11,5 hours only spend on work, not counting the hour getting ready before I leave, which I don't really count as free time. There are no other breaks included in the day. I'm not saying that school isn't hard, but when I went to e.g university I had a heck of a lot more time to explore my own interests than I do now. When I get home I have to make dinner for the family, empty the dishwasher, do the laundry etc. (and I share these talks with my partner) and I maybe have a good two hours of doing nothing before going to bed on weekdays. I would take school, with all the exams and what not, any day.

[–] Iliveonsaturdays 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I never went to school from 7 to 19. Where do you go to school?

[–] Iliveonsaturdays 3 points 1 year ago

They were "shh" back in the day, but with time they have become more of a place for activity for the community. When I was a kid in the 80s and early 90s they were definitely more strict with keeping quiet, especially in the reading halls. Library history is actually quite interesting, and the whole development of the library as a key element in building and supporting democracy and community, is worth looking into.

[–] Iliveonsaturdays 6 points 1 year ago

I think he's just a poorly drawn pickle :(

[–] Iliveonsaturdays 2 points 1 year ago

Go right ahead! Sounds interesting.

[–] Iliveonsaturdays 1 points 1 year ago

I tried, I really tried, but when he was about the get a bj from the odd tv lady, I had to tap out. My eyes started crying before my brain registered my emotional state.

[–] Iliveonsaturdays 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, and what a cool list!

[–] Iliveonsaturdays 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's the third option of ovs

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Body on the Moor (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

Why did this man travel 200 miles to die here?

 

.... To my surprise, the peanuts started saying really nice things about my hair and outfit.

It turnes out they were complimentary nuts.

 

When writer Christina Lalanne bought an old house in San Francisco, she was sure it had a story to tell. What she didn’t expect was that the story would come to her in actual words.

 

Because it's forest

 

A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of biology

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My family's slave (www.theatlantic.com)
 

"She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was"

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The Watcher (www.thecut.com)
 

The true story behind the Netflix tv show: A family bought their dream house. But according to the creepy letters they started to get, they weren’t the only ones interested in it.

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The Body in Room 348 (www.vanityfair.com)
 

The corpse at the Eleganté Hotel stymied the Beaumont, Texas, police. They could find no motive for the killing of popular oil-and-gas man Greg Fleniken—and no explanation for how he had received his strange internal injuries.

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10 days in a madhouse (1877) (digital.library.upenn.edu)
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Investigative reporter Nellie Bly, reports from inside the walls of a madhouse in New York City in the 1800s

 

One of the greatest longreads of all time. The tragic story of the search for missing tourists in Death Valley

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Last man up (www.runnersworld.com)
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A man disappears during the annual Mount Marathon Race. Where is Michael LeMaitre?

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