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US gas prices reach highest ever recorded for August amid stalled talks with Iran (r/news)
- hukep: Not just in the USA. I cry every time, I visit a gas station.
- dontrike: There are no talks with Iran. That title is stupid.
- thegrimranger: With our reserves at record-lows it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better. And let’s hope we don’t need our reserves for normal reasons rather than hiding tacos awful decision-making
CDC: U.S. kindergarten vaccine exemptions hit record high as coverage falls nationwide (r/news)
- PlacebosForALL: Cultists would rather listen to their orange god and brain worm buddy than actual experts
- thegooddoktorjones: Abortion is bad and illegal, but letting your kids die of measles is a-ok, apprently.
- zer04ll: And measles is back, polio is back, tb is spreading
What’s a physical object from 15–20 years ago that disappeared so quietly that nobody even noticed it left? (r/AskReddit)
- ElectrifiedSword: ITT: People not remembering that 15-20 years ago was 2006-2011 not the 1970s through 1990s.
- cartooned: Swappable mobile phone batteries.
- Dizzy_Wallaby3101: The humble paper map. There wasn’t really a dramatic moment when they disappeared you just gradually stopped seeing them. Now almost everyone instinctively reaches for their phone instead. I can’t remember the last time I actually saw someone unfold a huge road map and try to work out where they were.
What major gets mocked as “easy” but actually requires serious intelligence? (r/AskReddit)
- ScottRiqui: I have degrees in engineering, applied physics, and law, and some of my wife’s readings for her philosophy degree made my brain want to run out of my ears.
- Sensitive_Blood1469: Anything with music
- Miggus_amogus: 90% of humanities if you actually want to be really good at it
Millennials, what’s something our generation was taught to accept that you’re glad younger generations are rejecting? (r/AskReddit)
- CrazyPlato: That discussing your working conditions or pay with your coworkers is wrong.
- KirinG: I love seeing younger retail/service workers take down and just not cater to rude customers. I never would have dared.
- Medical-Potato5920: Women not having to wear heels to go out. Seeing young women wearing sneakers to go out dancing was liberating.