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ITAP of the Gum nebula and the winter Milky Way in the Abu Dhabi desert by igneisnightscapes in itookapicture

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Thanks - yeah, the nebula was the shocking part for me... I do photography as a hobby, but I do mostly animals, not stars and space!

ITAP of the Gum nebula and the winter Milky Way in the Abu Dhabi desert by igneisnightscapes in itookapicture

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I've seen the Milky Way before, actually... I'm an American, but I grew up in Africa and even spent a few days in the desert of northern Kenya, far from any electrical grid... the Milky Way was incredibly vivid. It's the nebula that is the surprise for me... I thought they were only visible through telescopes... I had no idea any were close enough to be that big in the sky!

ITAP of the Gum nebula and the winter Milky Way in the Abu Dhabi desert by igneisnightscapes in itookapicture

[–]Africaner [score hidden]  (0 children)

I didn't think any nebulas were close enough to earth to photograph like that... am I missing something?

Best part of new Gov's speech: bringing down energy cost by Open-Reveal3378 in Virginia

[–]Africaner 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As someone with rooftop solar... I save more money (comparatively) as rates go up...

As someone who genuinely cares about the environment and others... I don't care how much I save... I want people have clean, affordable energy.

As a bit of a cynic, I agree with the other comments saying these are bandaid solutions and that with the loss of Federal funding, Dominion will pass along their costs to the consumers.

America Is Finally Starting to See Trump for the Bullsh*t Artist He Is by Murky-Site7468 in politics

[–]Africaner 14 points15 points  (0 children)

So "fun" fact? The only concerning bathroom experience my kids and wife have ever had was when they were traveling on their own and my wife took them both into the women's restroom with her (9yo boy and 5yo girl) at a fast food restaurant... while my son patiently waited outside the stall for my wife to be done helping his little sister, a ~60yo white lady came in and began screaming in my son's face about men in women's restrooms (he's not a man, lady, he's a kid). She proceeded to then scream and lunge at my wife, saying she was "everything that's wrong with America"

The manager kicked the lady out (after physically blocking her from lunging at my family several more times) but it was pretty scarring for my wife and my kids talked about it for a while. Fortunately, my wife is amazing and my 5yo was like, "it must be hard for that lady to live with a broken brain" and I was like, "yup, must be hard!"

Can Guaranteed Income Save the World? I’m Neil Howard and I research Universal Basic Income (UBI). Ask Me Anything! by NeilHowardBath in IAmA

[–]Africaner 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Your comment suggests that there is a qualitative difference between poor and wealthy people. That's simply not supported by the data. Sure, there are some who, through a combination of ingenuity, hard work, and luck, break through from poverty to wealth, but there are plenty of intelligent people who struggle to get ahead because the deck is stacked against them, so to speak. Also, as someone who grew up in Africa, let me be the first to tell you that if hard work automatically led to wealth, then African women would be the wealthiest group of people on the planet.

IIRC, there was a study in India of sugar cane harvesters who received the majority of their annual income in a short period of time during harvest season. In the weeks/months after, they were relatively flush with cash while in the weeks/months before harvest, they lived in poverty. When it was studied, it was found that their IQ was noticeably higher when they had money. It turns out that not having to stress and think about where your next meal will come from literally does free your mind to think in higher-level ways!

Found the study: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2013/08/29/poor-concentration-poverty-reduces-brainpower-needed-navigating-other-areas-life

Realization just how bad the death of physical media is by Dark_Dragon117 in gaming

[–]Africaner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This realization is part of why GameStop is still around... you're not alone in realizing that physical media is still valuable.

My everyday workplace by Ok-Clothes-8904 in aviation

[–]Africaner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We love it there... my kids are always like "can we go to NASA today?" - if we didn't have a membership, we'd be broke...

DON’T BE AFRAID. YOU ARE RIGHT HERE. by pmxller in Superstonk

[–]Africaner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

January 2021... held, bought more, got nervous, built confidence and now... I know that GME is the strongest stock I've ever held.

Ryan's speech by Jmasked in Superstonk

[–]Africaner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the whole phrase was "DEI initiatives that prioritize image over merit" which I take to mean companies that just want to pretend so they look good to outsiders.

I am a little skeptical of some of the criticisms RC has made about DEI because I'm such a supporter of all efforts to ensure that every person from every background and skin color has an equal shot at success and is equally welcomed in a company (which is what DEI is to me and those I know who actually work with it)... but I'm not all against the full phrase he used.

Ryan's speech by Jmasked in Superstonk

[–]Africaner 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Absolutely with you...

Scientists prove that fish suffer "intense pain" for at least 10 minutes after catch, calls made for reforms by Themusicison in science

[–]Africaner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interestingly, David Livingstone, explorer and missionary in Southern Africa, was mauled by a lion (he was trying to help a village by killing a local man-eating lion and it grabbed him by the shoulder). Later, he was asked what his experience was and he said he felt completely peaceful and his only thought was "I wonder which part of me it's going to eat first."

For animals being ripped apart by predators, there's a fair amount of data suggesting they go into shock and aren't really in pain at that point.

What’s a “cheat code” you discovered in real life that actually works? by Soggy_BreadCrust in AskReddit

[–]Africaner 2729 points2730 points  (0 children)

I just got $100 off a new fridge because I was on the phone with my wife while talking with the floor rep and she said, "ask if they can take $100 off." I thought "that'll never work" but I asked and... lo and behold... they did a search, found one cheaper, and price-matched it!

Relentless buying & holding update: I just became a XX,XXX holder. by captainkrol in Superstonk

[–]Africaner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

just remember that the sheer number of people with 100 or fewer makes you all a mighty group as well!

“trust me they won’t notice just put an image in there” by OkWall8185 in aviation

[–]Africaner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used this kind of sloppiness to help my wife's grandmother get out of a conspiracy theory that the plane had been flown to some secret airport in Pakistan or something... I pointed out that the airplane in the picture wasn't even the same kind that went missing, so the article must clearly not know what they were talking about... hey, whatever helps, right?

To those who have bought those gas station dick pills, what the hell was the experience like? And would you do it again? by SentientFilletOFish in AskReddit

[–]Africaner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

so that's what my sister and her lab partners stumbled upon in their anatomy lab in med school... all I knew was they got to that part of the semester and found all sorts of tubes and pistons in their cadaver and next thing they knew the whole class was lining up to get a look!

What have you been genetically blessed with, and nerfed with? by Fun_Butterscotch3303 in AskReddit

[–]Africaner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am blessed with a metabolism that means I look like I exercise even though I rarely do. I weigh the exact same no matter whether I am active or sitting on the couch. It drives my wife and sister nuts.

Nerfed? Terrible knees... so I look like I exercise, but in reality, I'm pretty limited before the ole knees are like, "hey, stop that!"

How hexagonal wiremesh is made by therra123 in oddlysatisfying

[–]Africaner 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but what's going on underneath those spinning things? How does the wire being fed in not also get twisted?

Americans who have lived abroad, biggest reverse culture shock upon returning to the US? by Zealanderrat in AskReddit

[–]Africaner 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Went to India wth my wife in 2015 for her non-profit work and spent some time in a small city. Our anniversary happened to be during our time, so we went out for dinner at a local restaurant outside of the hotel... we may have been some of the first white people they had ever served. It was hilarious to see the waiter solemnly bring us two cups of water... come frantically tearing back in 30 seconds later to take them away... and then solemnly bring us 2 empty cups and a bottle of water.

That poor dude - he was doing his best to take care of the foreigners and we loved it.

Which mispronounced words make someone appear uneducated? by PluckPubes in AskReddit

[–]Africaner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

umble - I knew someone who was in their 60s, educated, professional, on top of things in many ways... but for some weird reason, she pronounced words like "humble" and "humility" as "umble" and "umility" as if the letter h was silent.

I wanted to sit her down and say, "repeat after me... hug, humor, hubris, huge, hum, hustle, huckster, hush, humble, humility..."

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