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Ripcord t1_jb2pwan wrote
Reply to comment by littlespawningflower in A duo of 81-year-old women are on the adventure of a lifetime: Seeing the world in 80 days by OregonTripleBeam
I see it in most of the threads. I guess it's a little higher percentage here. It's like people can't turn off the pessimism even for a second. It's super unhealthy.
Ripcord t1_j9rtt73 wrote
Reply to comment by Justforthenuews in U.S. Justice Dept accuses Google of evidence destruction in antitrust case by batmaninwonderland
Also in the 2000s. They were broken up into multiple pieces.
...until the Bush admin lobbied to overturn it.
Still. That whole process and the shock of actually being ordered to be broken up had lasting real impact on Microsoft's shittiest practices, at least for quite a while.
Ripcord t1_j94q5k8 wrote
Reply to comment by angeliswastaken_sock in TIL about lipograms: written work in which a particular letter is intentionally omitted. Ernest Wright wrote his 1939 novel Gadsby without the letter "e," and his book was 50,000 words long. by class-in-a-glass
It has like 10.
Those aren't words written by him though.
Ripcord t1_j94ptjc wrote
Reply to comment by TheFirstSophian in TIL about lipograms: written work in which a particular letter is intentionally omitted. Ernest Wright wrote his 1939 novel Gadsby without the letter "e," and his book was 50,000 words long. by class-in-a-glass
Your slightly odd wording...I saw what you did.
Ripcord t1_j94piwv wrote
Reply to comment by Fetlocks_Glistening in TIL about lipograms: written work in which a particular letter is intentionally omitted. Ernest Wright wrote his 1939 novel Gadsby without the letter "e," and his book was 50,000 words long. by class-in-a-glass
No less pointless than so, so many things people do especially in their spare time.
Like, speedrunning might be a similar waste of time that a ton of people seem to be into just for the challenge.
Or, what about just watching TV? Sitcoms and whatnot. People do that for hundreds and hundreds of hours. Or watching cat videos.
At least these guys were challenging themselves.
Ripcord t1_j94p9qw wrote
Reply to comment by kmaork in TIL about lipograms: written work in which a particular letter is intentionally omitted. Ernest Wright wrote his 1939 novel Gadsby without the letter "e," and his book was 50,000 words long. by class-in-a-glass
That novelty account is interesting partly because of how active and seemingly serious it is, but also they're Danish. Well, interesting to me.
Ripcord t1_j8zxh1o wrote
Reply to comment by Helix014 in Discovery of 4,500-year-old palace in Iraq may hold key to ancient civilisation | Archaeology by JesseBricks
But according to Time Team, you only get 3 days for these projects.
Ripcord t1_j8avlz5 wrote
Reply to comment by ExoGeniVI in I would like to know more about this. “NASA finds Strange Cosmic Bubble Around the Solar System?!” by ExoGeniVI
And our universe - what we know of as the universe - is almost definitely a result of, and/or interacting with. Something completely outside of it. Possible something(s) far, far more significant. And we may never be able to know what. Ever.
Ripcord t1_j4lgimv wrote
Reply to comment by pineappleninjas in Republic of Ireland Women's National Team qualified for their first Women's World Cup in history. The location for their opening game in July 2023 is set to be moved to a larger venue after an incredible demand for tickets. by ToberOct
This isn't a democracy.
It's a subreddit run by specific people with specific rules, and you are under no obligation to comment anything. It's intended to be a place where people actually try to be positive or at least not negative for a change. Which is a nice little island in a massive sea of negativity on all the other subs.
If you can't resist being pessimistic for a little bit, this isn't the place for you.
Ripcord t1_j1r4r3a wrote
Reply to comment by baphometromance in All 10 people feared missing in Austria avalanche found alive | CNN by ybdiel
Some weren't actually missing.
Ripcord t1_j1k1rgm wrote
Reply to comment by idapitbwidiuatabip in "Weird Al" Yankovic - Christmas At Ground Zero has newfound relevance thanks to the unstable times by idapitbwidiuatabip
You're the one having trouble with perspective
Later, kid.
Ripcord t1_j1jzat5 wrote
Reply to comment by idapitbwidiuatabip in "Weird Al" Yankovic - Christmas At Ground Zero has newfound relevance thanks to the unstable times by idapitbwidiuatabip
Are you 12, or what?
Ripcord t1_j1jz8jb wrote
Reply to comment by idapitbwidiuatabip in "Weird Al" Yankovic - Christmas At Ground Zero has newfound relevance thanks to the unstable times by idapitbwidiuatabip
Are you 12, or what?
Ripcord t1_j1hczi5 wrote
Reply to "Weird Al" Yankovic - Christmas At Ground Zero has newfound relevance thanks to the unstable times by idapitbwidiuatabip
This is still an amazing piece of work.
Newfound relevance, though...?
Ripcord t1_j0jns4m wrote
Reply to comment by brodoswaggins93 in Historic ban on shark fin trade poised to become U.S. law by AmethystOrator
You don't need to add that part. Just let the nice thing be nice, and don't overthink and downplay it. It's a nice thing. That's enough.
That's the sub.
Ripcord t1_j0jl18s wrote
Reply to comment by brodoswaggins93 in Historic ban on shark fin trade poised to become U.S. law by AmethystOrator
It's not more symbolic than anything. No need to shit on it, this will have a real impact even if not huge.
Ripcord t1_iy1cagy wrote
Reply to comment by diglettdigyourself in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto
He was no Lou Albano, but he was pretty darn good.
Ripcord t1_iy1b5oi wrote
Reply to comment by Puntas13 in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto
He was nearly perfect. Hoffman however was fucking flawless.
Ripcord t1_iy1b3ke wrote
Reply to comment by senorsmartpantalones in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto
Stop me smee
Ripcord t1_iwgempu wrote
Reply to comment by supermoderators in AMD Now Powers 101 of the World's Fastest Supercomputers by Avieshek
It's right at the top of the goddamn article
Ripcord t1_iw6fapl wrote
Reply to comment by orincoro in Tracks Of Ancient Human Found In Spain Are 300k Years Old by Several_Cabinet_9725
Hominids include humans. Not all hominids are humans.
Chimps are hominids, for example.
Ripcord t1_iubx8am wrote
Reply to comment by Aseyhe in Is dark matter orbiting galaxies with the same speed as normal matter? by taracus
This makes sense to me. Thanks.
Ripcord t1_iubuy8u wrote
Reply to comment by RedtheGamer100 in Nostalgic website in 90s “Geocities” style for tracking Halloween movies 📼🎃 by rgthree
If you're an unapologetic shit, people might not be nice about it. It's 100% on you, not others.
Ripcord t1_iubiyzo wrote
Reply to comment by RedtheGamer100 in Nostalgic website in 90s “Geocities” style for tracking Halloween movies 📼🎃 by rgthree
Grow up.
Ripcord t1_jcp3h64 wrote
Reply to comment by rakehellion in Absurd RTX 4070 MSRP reportedly 50% more vs RTX 3070 as leak points to AIB models entering RTX 4070 Ti territory by diacewrb
1060 still going strong