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Jury Duty: You're Welcome!
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- ROAD RAGE 101
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- May 9, 2026
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- 3562
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Colokum Craft Coffee Use the Promo Code [WSMG15] For 15% of any purchase through June 2026 Boomer Bunker Dischord Become a Bunker Dweller Aaron Kickstarter Help Aaron with his Spicy Kickstarter 550 Jury Duty: You're Welcome! DAILY MARKERS NATIONAL DAY: JURY DUTY SURVIVOR DAY BIRTHDAY: BRUCE MAGEE THIS DAY IN HISTORY: THE GOVERNOR ISSUES A STAY OF EXECUTION --- WELCOME TO THE JURY THRONES Jury duty sounds simple until you actually walk into the room. Hundreds of strangers quietly sitting together like contestants waiting to be voted off an island. Some people looked terrified, others annoyed, and a few seemed oddly excited to participate in the legal version of “The Price is Right.” After days of observation from the audience section, the moment finally came — getting called into the actual jury box. Throne #3. Front and center. Suddenly this was no longer a spectator sport. The weirdest part of jury duty is how quickly normal people start feeling like suspects themselves. Every answer feels dangerous. Every question sounds like a trap. You start mentally reviewing your entire life while trying not to look too interested, too disinterested, too biased, too emotional, or too alive. It’s civic duty mixed with hostage negotiation energy. --- THE HOT SEAT The questioning process felt less like “getting to know the jury” and more like surviving an interrogation spotlight. Lawyers digging through opinions, experiences, biases, and life history while everyone pretends this is perfectly normal behavior for a Tuesday morning. The irony? Sitting there knowing a youthful misdemeanor history existed somewhere in the distant past while now being asked to help determine justice in a courtroom. America is strange. One chapter of your life can make you feel permanently judged, yet deca…