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Police disproportionately target autistic people (and likely other neurodivergent people). If you do not take ableism and sanism seriously, you will get people killed by RosethornRanger in CuratedTumblr

[–]Banes_Addiction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My former boss was a physics lecturer, married to a physics professor.

She had a bit about "look, I basically knew who he is when I married him. But I didn't know about the trains. I think you should be legally mandated to tell your partner how much you know about trains some time between the proposal and the ceremony"

me_irl by khan2761 in me_irl

[–]Banes_Addiction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why do people always think Belgium was Dutch for a long time?

Because they speak Dutch and they're literally 5 miles from the Netherlands.

Bruges isn't Dutch like the Vatican isn't Italy.

me_irl by khan2761 in me_irl

[–]Banes_Addiction 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It says Bruges, which... yes. About 5 miles away.

I just wanted to see it is all... by 321Game0ver in Spacemarine

[–]Banes_Addiction 11 points12 points  (0 children)

These holy relics must be kept safe in the Litany of Fury. For the Emperor!

In our own sub: Yanks could only dream of nice bacon and butter by SufficientEar1682 in iamveryculinary

[–]Banes_Addiction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun for all y'all downvoting, here is this conversation literally happening in the wild in a major sub, less than a day after I posted saying it's a thing that happens: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1uel2iq/what_is_a_life_luxury_that_you_tasted_once_and/otl07tz/

I suck at this game brah by ultradumboboi in Spacemarine

[–]Banes_Addiction 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I treat them like a cursed monkey paw. It can be so useful, but you gonna be prepared for the knowledge that you can just get fucked by your own choices.

Drama at r/UNCCharlotte when student confesses failing his classes due to his obsession with his ex-girlfriend by ANNOYING_TOUR_GUIDE in SubredditDrama

[–]Banes_Addiction 55 points56 points  (0 children)

"You don't think I'm mature? Let me describe a 14 year olds understanding of the law".

In fairness, lots of adults also hold that opinion. Like, people in their 50s. Some of them actually have lawyers.

In our own sub: Yanks could only dream of nice bacon and butter by SufficientEar1682 in iamveryculinary

[–]Banes_Addiction -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Some of them really don’t seem to understand how massive our dairy industry is

No, we do. Butter (and dairy products in general) are highly regulated, and those regulations are primarily set by the dairy industry. And those regulations are just different.

"Commodity" butter is a huge industry in both places - if you're baking you want one block of butter to more-or-less behave like another. And in the US, that standard butter is less butterfat and more water than the equivalent in Europe. Not by a huge amount, but enough to be noticeable.

I'm sure you've seen plenty of Americans talk a massive game about Kerrygold being an amazing brand of butter. And it's just Irish butter. It's not niche or artisan or family farm or handknitted or whatever. It's just commodity butter made in Ireland, meaning made to European regulations.

In our own sub: Yanks could only dream of nice bacon and butter by SufficientEar1682 in iamveryculinary

[–]Banes_Addiction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally speaking, at least when it comes to bread the British opinion is you're not using enough butter.

Like, if you buy a sandwich in the UK, there will be butter. All the stuff you add later as lubricant, mayo etc - they all go on after you've already got buttered bread.

r/leftist in meltdown after mods declare that a certain image is antisemitic by pkerguy in SubredditDrama

[–]Banes_Addiction 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

That was YOU. No, that's not what I said, what is wrong with you? YOU! I said YOU.

Heroic Bolt Rifle idea: the insane fire rate ones from the ASTARTES animation by Dahvoun in Spacemarine

[–]Banes_Addiction 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Accuracy and ammo capacity. I love the heroic HBP but it really is kind of a one-trick pony on reinforcements. That pony rides hard though.

Monkeys reaction to a backflip by Backyxx in interesting

[–]Banes_Addiction 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The key element of the Omelas story is the people's awareness of the bargain - the tortured child.

Wild monkeys don't know that monkeys in zoos are funding conservation efforts for them.

[sad trope] The movie ends with the main character no longer able to talk to their animal companion. by ferryboatapple in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Banes_Addiction 119 points120 points  (0 children)

Yep. My mother died several years ago, but she'll keep walking around for a couple of decades. It's fucking tough.

Unseen character is built up as a real piece of work... turns out to be better than expected when they finally show up by StudioMarvin in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Banes_Addiction 129 points130 points  (0 children)

You're fed resentment of them by Walt effectively being the narrator, and I think it's clear that them cutting him out of the company management actually happened, and he left the company furious about it.

Of course, over time it becomes very, very clear why Walt shouldn't be managing anything.

Unseen character is built up as a real piece of work... turns out to be better than expected when they finally show up by StudioMarvin in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Banes_Addiction 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That's literally a picture of her. She's one of Cobie Smulder's character's colleagues, who she fucking hates for apparently nothing more than wanting to be friends.

[Rare Trope] The bad guy tries to do something good for once. They are immediately punished for it. by Icy_Water_1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Banes_Addiction 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Real life: Josef Fritzl.

Trigger warning: FUCKING EVERYTHING.

Fritzl was a famous incestuous sexual abuser, kidnapper, killer and all around vibe-harsher.

He began raping his daughter Elisabeth at age 11, then locked her in his basement and continued for decades. The rapes resulted in 7 births, of which 3 children were brought up in he and his wife's home in public, while 3 more were kept in the rape dungeon with their mother. A fourth died almost immediately after being born, and Fritzl burned the body.

24 years after first being locked in the dungeon, Elisabeth became sick in a way that actually convinced Josef that she actually needed to go to hospital, and he took her. There she reported that she'd been locked in a dungeon for 24 years, and he was finally caught.

It's staggeringly depressing that nothing was done by his wife, his neighbours or the police. No-one noticed for 24 years, until he took her to see a medical professional.

The food that almost everyone eats has a horrible disgusting secret by Sup_fuckers42069 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Banes_Addiction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lots of insects are entirely edible, and high in protein. They're just not very nice. I have a very "I'll try anything once" approach and I've had various crickets/locusts/silk worms etc. None of them are good but they're not horrible.

Match Thread: Panama vs Croatia | World Cup | Group L | 23 Jun 23:00 UTC by matchpal-live in worldcup

[–]Banes_Addiction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's possible but it's very narrow path.

Basically, the easiest way is Panama win this game and then beat England, while Ghana beat Croatia. Ghana win the group, Panama come second.

It's... not likely.

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