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Ever hear an Andean cock of the rock before? Probably not, or maybe you have and didn't realise it, because they sound quite a bit like a kookaburra!

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Pour one out for a real one.

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Laios…

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The song and its lyrics are composed by John Lowrie (the Sniper), who alongside Robin Atkin Downes (Medic) is on guitar and vocals. Also on vocals we have Gary Schwartz (Heavy, Demoman) and Dennis Bateman (Spy), while on piano is Ellen McLain (the Administrator). The song details, in Lowrie's words, "the TF2 Mercs' struggle to find the Sandvich for Heavy."

This has made my day

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He’s so cool

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Man I love vine and I’m gonna miss it! I’m totally jumping on the bandwagon but hey why not? Here is some of my favs!

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So the radiator in our bathroom is fucked, right. Years back when it was installed, the plumber didn't tighten the top valve enough, and the then-slow drip of water made the cap over it rust in place. Now, years later, the cap is fixed, so we can't get to the valve to tighten it now that the drip is more of a steady stream. But losing that much water daily means having to re-pressurise the boiler every day.

Exhibit A:

So I needed to do SOMETHING. I did consider grouting it, but the problem is, there's too much water - grout, sealant etc all need to dry to become waterproof.

However I am an intelligent tool-using creature with great tits, so I decided to stop it up today with simple items from around my home.

Behold, my tools:

Because! As we know! Condoms are waterproof, and about the right size for a snug radiator fit, and then I just need to duct tape it in place for the Ultimate Seal. Duct tape does anything. I'm a genius and there are no flaws in this plan.

I will, however, admit that this bit looked A Bit Silly

BUT, it's fine. Duct tape, as ever, saves the day.

My finished, fixed radiator:

Operation: Radiator Bondage is now complete.

My sister's response was "I have three radiator engineers in my house right now, I'm going to go and ask them what you should do instead."

I think this is Unsupportive

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isnt the world so beautiful....all the little ways we're immortal...71 million years later they still sleep like you

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i cant breathe he just kept on fucking talking

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more people would exercise if this culture didn't make it absolute hell

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One of the most life-changing things I ever learned came from Mythbusters, where they tested and proved (with cognitive testing puzzles and reaction time tests) that lying down and resting with the intention to sleep STILL provided significant mental benefits over just staying awake, even if a person couldn’t fall asleep in the amount of time they had. 

It helps me to actually sleep to know that just lying down with my eyes closed is still doing me some good, and helps me to not freak out/beat myself up when I stay up later than intended. Any amount of rest is better than no rest!

So if you didn’t know that…now you do

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Relax! This Book is Just a Phase You're Going Through: Gay Comics from Christopher Street, by Charles Ortleb and Richard Fiala, 1978.

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My face is having uncontrollable spasms. Great. It hurts really, really, really bad.

I think part of why I have trouble explaining pain to the doctor is when they ask about the pain scale I always think “Well, if someone threw me down a flight of stairs right now or punched me a few times, it would definitely hurt a lot more” so I end up saying a low number. I was reading an article that said that “10” is the most commonly reported number and that is baffling to me. When I woke up from surgery with an 8" incision in my body and I could hardly even speak, I was in the most horrific pain of my life but I said “6” because I thought “Well, if you hit me in the stomach, it would be worse.”

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The problems of being a Fandom Elder: watching fandom terminology get misused

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Why does basil smell so fucking amazing

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"I cant draw" then do it bad who gives a fuck.....

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judas was probably like "jesus has pulled off so many wacky things, he'll get out of this one lickity split, and i get three shiny coins out of it, too"