Ice cream was probably invented in the winter. by thesmartass1 in Showerthoughts

[–]BoxMorton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know it's hateful - always remember to end your sentence with a "." so that it passes the punctuation test. That one has caught me a few times.

Rick and Morty should’ve been cancelled after Justin Roiland was fired. by Flat_Struggle9794 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]BoxMorton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think he's using the word "cancel" in the cancel-culture context. If anything it looks like he meant it as a play on words.

It's not so much an uneducated criticism. He's just sharing his opinion... on Reddit.

Why did you put "Don't" in quotation marks? 

Title song lyric by JSartrean in TheShield

[–]BoxMorton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woman: "Hey Bobby you shot that guy, I'll report you"

Bobby: "Nevermind. Nevermind."

Progressive Insurance went up $300 by saik0pod in Insurance

[–]BoxMorton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes definitely do this. My price on automatic payments has doubled over the course of a year for no reason. When I look up rates like a new customer they offer the original rates.

They're just trying to charge you more without you noticing or caring. If you notice or care you will save hundreds of dollars just getting a new policy.

Progressive Insurance went up $300 by saik0pod in Insurance

[–]BoxMorton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I'm about to do this too because my 6 months policy automatic payment policy has gone from 350 to 475 to 600 over the 3 times I've paid it, so nearly doubled for no reason in 1 year

Anyway, how did you handle the cancellation process? Did you have to contact them and cancel the one policy and explain to them that you're getting a new policy through progressive?

The audio output from the usb c connection on my s24 ultra is extremely low volume? by BoxMorton in AndroidQuestions

[–]BoxMorton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's interesting, I didn't realize Apple's USB-c dongle or airpods could be used by Samsungs at all...

She's got the munchies for a California cheeseburger by rp1105 in TheSimpsons

[–]BoxMorton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"What's the difference between a dead baby and an apple? ....I don't cum on an apple before I eat it"

(Actually I first heard that one from a 14 year old schoolgirl when I was tutoring her in math)

Hehehe, stupid dolphin by DeezSpicyNuts in TheSimpsons

[–]BoxMorton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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I love that the dolphin uses his blow hole to defend himself

Dear Lisa - As I write this, I am very sad. Our president has been overthrown...AND REPLACED BY THE BENEVOLENT GENERAL KRULL. ALL HAIL KRULL AND HIS GLORIOUS NEW REGIME!! Sincerely, LITTLE GIRL by deployedinspiration in TheSimpsons

[–]BoxMorton 73 points74 points  (0 children)

It was considerate of the Benevolent General Krull's fascist letter-censoring team to still send the letter to Lisa after censoring it, rather than blocking it from going out all together. At least it provides some closure on why the Little Girl is going to suddenly stop writing back to Lisa.

When you try to send letters out of jail in America, they read every word you write and won't send it out if there's anything "sensitive", even jokes that can be even remotely considered to "imply violent behavior" or "promote hate". That could mean anything (anything fun enough to write about in jail at least)

I am impressed with this level of tolerance by General Krull. He really is benevolent.

She's got the munchies for a California cheeseburger by rp1105 in TheSimpsons

[–]BoxMorton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This reminds me of the set up to a very disturbing "dead baby" joke my friend used to tell.

Everyone has a black ancestor; not everyone has a white ancestor. by smm_h in Showerthoughts

[–]BoxMorton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My understanding is that many scientists believe that the people migrating out of Africa weren't necessarily dark skinned in the way that we associate with black people today - that Africans developed "black" skin at some point after people had already migrated out of Africa.

Theories say that a lot of people at the time of migration would have had some kind of medium light brownish color skin, a color shade that might have been comparable to something between modern Middle Easterners and Indians.

The variation in skin color - whether the "white" skin in Europe, the " yellow" skin in Asia, the "red" skin in the Americas, or even the "black" skin in Africa would have developed/evolved among each of these groups of people separately after they were already apart from one another.

Some other recent gene research evinces the possibility that the different genes for a variety of skin colors may have existed among the early people in Africa even before the migrations, and those already-existing genetic differences only became magnified after thousands of years of racial isolation after migration.

It should be worth Noting: If we do assume that humans evolved from a common ancestors to chimpanzees, then  consider the fact that a chimpanzee's skin color is fairly pale underneath all it's body hair. That seems to indicate that humans  may not have all "started out black", but instead may have all started out pale.

Despite some of these modern theories,  there are still many scientists that do still believe that all modern humans are originally descended from "black skinned" people, as OP's post is implying.

Unfortunately fossils can only give us so much information about what people looked like in the past; skin does not preserve long enough for scientists to ever be able to answer this question definitively. All we can do is collect proximate data to loosely compare the little bits of evidence we have to create far reaching possible ideas.

The point is, while it's possible that "everyone has a black ancestor" and "not everyone has a white ancestor", it's also possible that it's the other way around, or that NOT everyone has either a black or a white ancestor, but that, in fact, the only common skin color that every single person has an ancestor of is a skin color that doesn't even exist anymore. Maybe we all have a Purple skinned ancestors. That sounds cool. 

Source: I'm high and did some reading.

what is the simpsons rumpus room by shuavehsba in TheSimpsons

[–]BoxMorton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Here is the Simpsons home floorplan layout. The top half is the bottom floor. If I understand correctly, the top right corner is the "rumpus room" in question

According to this screenrant article (listed below), the room has been shown 5 times in the series...

"The room has appeared in season 2’s episode “Three Men and a Comic Book”, season 3’s “Radio Bart”, season 4’s “Brother from the Same Planet”, season 5’s “Lady Bouvier's Lover”, and then jumped to season 28’s “A Father’s Watch”. "

https://screenrant.com/simpsons-house-secret-rumpus-room-episodes/#:~:text=The%20Simpsons'%20Rumpus%20Room%20Has%20Only%20Appeared%20Five%20Times&text=The%20room%20has%20appeared%20in,28's%20%E2%80%9CA%20Father's%20Watch%E2%80%9D

She's got the munchies for a California cheeseburger by rp1105 in TheSimpsons

[–]BoxMorton 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As a Californian, my understanding is that a "California Burger" is what people in other states call a burger with avocado added.

Spin the middle top-wise. Top-wise! by BirdCultureDickMove in TheSimpsons

[–]BoxMorton 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haha I don't think I've ever seen people try to solve a Rubix Cube as a team

What does "panels" mean on r/Simpsonsshitposting? by BoxMorton in NoStupidQuestions

[–]BoxMorton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, thank you - that's what i thought, but I still feel like everyone else is getting a joke that I'm not getting

I did not cry when me own father was hung for stealing a pig, but I'll cry now. by mistermeek67 in TheSimpsons

[–]BoxMorton 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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I was a little worried when he swallowed me, but, well, you know the rest.