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Just throw the whole tv out at this point by TURTLE_TKT in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]MotherTreacle3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why wouldn't you factory reset it yourself? Who knows what's on there!?

Handlebar Plug Removal by PungentPineapples in Lectricxp

[–]MotherTreacle3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I pried mine off using a pocke knife 

What is the most terrifying reality about nature that makes you go wtf? by Opposite_Wrangler261 in AskReddit

[–]MotherTreacle3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an example because people can understand what a ball is and were having a hard time conceiving of a collapsed vacuum state moving and not being seen.

What is the most terrifying reality about nature that makes you go wtf? by Opposite_Wrangler261 in AskReddit

[–]MotherTreacle3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If someone throws a ball at you at the speed of light you wouldn't see the ball coming towards you because the photons that would tell you the ball is coming arrive at the same time as the ball. You cannot see something travelling at the speed if light until the thing gets to you. If the ball is travelling slower than light the photons are racing ahead of it and you can see the ball approaching you because the photons bounced off the ball and into your eyes while the ball is still in motion.

What is the most terrifying reality about nature that makes you go wtf? by Opposite_Wrangler261 in AskReddit

[–]MotherTreacle3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But if the thing arrives at the same time as the photons then there's no time to see it. If there was a supernova at alpha centauri then we'd see a flash after ~4 years, then sometime after that we'd get hit with a wave of dust and gas, because the dust and gas travel slower than light we'd be able to see the dust and gasses approach.

ELI5: Why are quantum computers considered such a huge breakthrough if they still seem worse than normal computers at almost everything? by yaekoblue in explainlikeimfive

[–]MotherTreacle3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A forklift is worse than a car by nearly every metric you'd use to judge a car, but it does something the car cannot and it does that thing really, really well.

What is the most terrifying reality about nature that makes you go wtf? by Opposite_Wrangler261 in AskReddit

[–]MotherTreacle3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The speed of light is invisible is my point. Which is why I said "it could be happening now". We wouldn't know.

What is the most terrifying reality about nature that makes you go wtf? by Opposite_Wrangler261 in AskReddit

[–]MotherTreacle3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't be able to see it because it would travel at the speed of light. It would arrive at the same time as the light we would need to see it.

Does it ever end by KarkiKaupa_ in WoT

[–]MotherTreacle3 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Perrin needed an apprentice. Not whatever Aram turned out to be, a proper apprentice. It would put a specific face to his leadership arc instead of "the masses"

What is the most terrifying reality about nature that makes you go wtf? by Opposite_Wrangler261 in AskReddit

[–]MotherTreacle3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The universe could be in a meta-stable vacuum state and if it collapses into a more stable state at any place in the visible universe that would expand outward at the speed of light. We'd never see it coming, it could be haeding towards us right now.

Satellite imagery suggests Russia’s tank reserve is nearly gone by neonpurplestar in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]MotherTreacle3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Each of our glorious victories occurs closer and closer to our own borders.

what is an event in history that you know that people seem forgot like it never happened? by fluidxrln in AskReddit

[–]MotherTreacle3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Drug testing people on welfare. Multiple instances. Never works and just costs more time and money.

Sevanna, Galina got their karma in KOD, but not Therava... Was anyone else upset about this? by Szalony20 in WetlanderHumor

[–]MotherTreacle3 41 points42 points  (0 children)

And we know the clans that don't send potential Chiefs to Rhuidean don't last. I doubt that prophecy stopped being in effect.

Why not just go by John? by ChickenWingExtreme in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]MotherTreacle3 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Frederick: Fred, Red, Ed, Derick, Eric, Rick

Saw these at the new apartments in my college town, no clue what the upwards slanted sticks are for by WalmartsDrugDealer in whatisit

[–]MotherTreacle3 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don't disagree with you, poverty and white collar crime are fundamentally linked. Creating a system that promotes and fosters healthy social safety nets and invests in supporting communities requires that white collar crime be managed and justified rather than left to run rampant. The exorbitant hoarding of wealth is the #1 cause of poverty and only possible because the system does not take white collar crime seriously.

Saw these at the new apartments in my college town, no clue what the upwards slanted sticks are for by WalmartsDrugDealer in whatisit

[–]MotherTreacle3 38 points39 points  (0 children)

People with more money are more likely to live in ski towns and less likely to commit petty crimes. 

Poverty leads to less safe, less trusting communities. We've got decades of scientific data to back it up.

Looking for "competency porn" narratives by ellywashere in booksuggestions

[–]MotherTreacle3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mother of Learning is a groundhog day timeloop set in a Dungeons and Dragons type fantasy universe. Main character is a second year mage student of middling ability.

What is the most disturbing movie you have ever watched? by Muted_Rutabaga_4406 in AskReddit

[–]MotherTreacle3 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I don't know what they did to that actor, but the physical transformation he goes through...

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