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Reddit (10 Sep 2018)

  1. Cannonball! ... erm...

    109597 upvotes • 2115 comments • sep 10, 2018

  2. Finally cut the cord on cable! These boxes represent $50/mo rental fees, $600 per year. Over the last 4 years that equals $2,400 and I don’t even own them. I’ve paid $11,904 to watch tv and have Internet over those four years and this is way overdue, Fuck Comcast.

    108719 upvotes • 5196 comments • sep 10, 2018

  3. I’m an OTR truck driver and lifelong gamer. After years of playing on a crappy gaming laptop I finally decided to do an ITX build and take it on the road with me.

    91024 upvotes • 2433 comments • sep 10, 2018

  4. In the New Zealand Herald, September 11th

    87963 upvotes • 6198 comments • sep 10, 2018

  5. Naomi Osaka - US OPEN Champion

    80141 upvotes • 3214 comments • sep 10, 2018

  6. TIL In 1966 Ronald Reagan wrote to JellyBelly, saying "We owe you a special measure of thanks for helping keep our state government running smoothly." "It's gotten to the point...where we can hardly start a meeting or make a decision without passing around a jar of jelly beans."

    72534 upvotes • 1813 comments • sep 10, 2018

  7. TIL an IT Director, fed up with sales calls where the caller lied to reach IT staff, said to transfer one such caller 'straight to hell' . This led to the creation of a special extension for such calls where horrible hold music and faked queue messages play on an endless loop to increase hold time.

    69776 upvotes • 2551 comments • sep 10, 2018

  8. Boo!

    68097 upvotes • 572 comments • sep 10, 2018

  9. My girlfriend broke up with me after we planned a trip to Japan. So I brought my Dad instead… and made this music video.

    65442 upvotes • 1898 comments • sep 10, 2018

  10. Before and after you discover the subreddit for a hobby

    65322 upvotes • 3492 comments • sep 10, 2018