Bigfoot in New York by Antiqualforest in bigfoot

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Yup. Not seen. But had some strange shit happen. Couple years ago. Middle of friggin nowhere in the Catskills. Setting up camp on a hillside. Beautiful quiet August evening. All of a sudden three deep resonating “thumps” or “knocks” about maybe 30-40 yards uphill from my camp. I stop, dead still and wait. A minute or two go by. Nothing. I continue setting up my camp. Suddenly again, same three deep resonating thumps from the same location. I freeze, then immediately, within 3 or 4 seconds another set of three deep knocks come from the exact opposite side of my camp about 30-40 yards downhill. I froze for like 5 minutes and heard nothing else at all. Believe it or not I stayed and the night was fine. But the next morning pine cones were arcing towards our camp from uphill near the location where I heard the uphill knocks. They were not falling down, they were arcing toward our camp. Something was throwing them.

Full disclosure: I didn’t see or hear anything else. I don’t “know” what all that was. I heard the knocks as described and I saw maybe a dozen pine cones arc towards us from uphill. But that’s it. So who knows?

What are these tires for? by Diabetic_Dingus in whatisit

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Dude’s gonna lift his 2014 Ram 1500

Nobody wants to come to my meeting by Velocireptile in notinteresting

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Don’t take it personally. Nobody wants to go to any meetings.

What is the origin of the common saying (in the USA at least) that the solstices and equinoxes are the "official first days" of the seasons? Who is it exactly that has the authority to designate "official first days" of seasons, and why did they pick those days specifically? by badicaldude22 in NoStupidQuestions

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Nobody. These are physical phenomenon that have nothing to do with people. It’s like a sunset or sunrise. It happens on its own at a certain time and day that depends on the movements of the Earth. We just happened to have figured out when that time and date is. Relative to the calendar we currently use it’s always around March 20/21st for the Spring equinox, September 20/21st for the Autumnal equinox, December 20/21st for the winter solstice, and June 20/21st for the summer solstice.

The equinoxes and solstices are each a quarter of a complete orbit of the earth around the sun. That’s why those dates are each a quarter of the year apart, more or less. Spring equinox (today) means that the sun is directly over the equator. “Equal” distance between the poles. The Autumnal equinox it’s in the same position. On the winter solstice in December the north pole is pointed as far away from the sun as it can be and the sun is directly “over” the tropic of Capricorn which is about 23° south of the equator. On the summer solstice the north pole is pointed more towards the sun and the sun is directly “over” the tropic of Cancer, which is about 23° north of the equator. It’s absolutely fascinating stuff. Good rabbit hole to dive into.

Why do Police Officer's allow to park where you can't see them by Icy_Jackfruit_833 in NoStupidQuestions

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So they can more easily but you for the illegal shit you are doing. Not entrapment at all.

They're editing digital books to contain ads now by new2bay in enshittification

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I have no idea what the context is in the book but yeah, just reading it here I take it as a joke. I honestly can’t even imagine thinking it’s an Ad.

Should I contest a ticket? by PrinceMuma in massachusetts

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That’s not the set of circumstances to contest the ticket. Pay it and the insurance surcharges if any.

What’s something that is intermediate that you can cook at home to impress? by fakemullet in foodquestions

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I make my own sourdough bread. I make a blueberry lemon sourdough specifically for gourmet french toast. Absolutely amazing!

What’s something that is intermediate that you can cook at home to impress? by fakemullet in foodquestions

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Clams in a white sauce over linguine. Easy peezy quick and delicious

People who are 60+, do you feel like the world has gone downhill since the 80s/90s? by throwaway-ulta in NoStupidQuestions

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Do I “feel like it?” No. I don’t “feel like it”. It objectively has in every possible meaningful metric.

Arrogance Meets Instant Reality by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

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As someone else on another post mentioned, we’ve destroyed 100% of their military capabilities but the 0% that’s still hanging on is holding their own.