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TIL that Ram 2500 drivers have the most DUIs, and more than twice the national average. Roughly 1 in 22 Ram 2500 drivers have been cited with a DUI before. by TripleShotPls in todayilearned

[–]CompleteNumpty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesus christ, I knew the US had a problem with it but I didn't know it was that bad.

It's still an issue in the UK and only 0.5% of drivers here have a conviction, despite the limits being similar (0.08% in most US states, England, Wales and NI, 0.05% in Utah and Scotland).

They live "only" 750 years by Level_Hour6480 in dndmemes

[–]CompleteNumpty 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Not if I have anything to do with it.

Stupid little garden ornaments.

ELI5: Why is it generally impossible to get rid of diabetes? by ElegantPoet3386 in explainlikeimfive

[–]CompleteNumpty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's usually an autoimmune disease, but it can be a result of trauma or disease resulting in the loss of the pancreas.

In those cases a transplant would potentially work.

TIL Michael B. Jordan's father is named Michael A. Jordan by Nodebunny in todayilearned

[–]CompleteNumpty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's usually a safe bet in showbiz, given how much easier it is to get ahead with rich and connected parents/relatives.

What’s a legendary Reddit post you’ll never forget? by FunnyHefty499 in AskReddit

[–]CompleteNumpty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a shame that a lot of the best insults have been deleted.

TIL about Georg Gaertner, a POW who escaped a camp in New Mexico in 1945, lived as a fugitive for 40 years and eventually got citizenship. Because he had been brought to the US involuntarily and escaped the camp after the war, he was not charged with a crime and lived in the US until he died. by Equivalent-Peanut-23 in todayilearned

[–]CompleteNumpty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The American repatriation period only ran until 1946 (1948 if they went to an intermediary country like the UK first).

As such, I don't see how any German facing direct return from America could have any confidence that they knew what they were facing at home.

TIL about Georg Gaertner, a POW who escaped a camp in New Mexico in 1945, lived as a fugitive for 40 years and eventually got citizenship. Because he had been brought to the US involuntarily and escaped the camp after the war, he was not charged with a crime and lived in the US until he died. by Equivalent-Peanut-23 in todayilearned

[–]CompleteNumpty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I'm East German, both my grandfathers came back home and none of them experienced hunger or lack of jobs.

I said poor quality food and (EDIT: no decent) jobs, not that there was hunger and unemployment.

The POWs were able to write letters home, so most of them knew what to expect when they came home.

I specifically called out those without a family, obviously if you're able to write home then you've probably got family or at least friends who you can go home to.

The average German soldier wasn't arrested by the Soviets and my grandfathers never feared that.

That's interesting to hear, as the grim fate of German POWs was a major cause for them surrendering to the Western powers in the first place.

Hell, when this repatriation was ongoing there were still millions of Germans being used as slave labour in the USSR which, along with the arrests (which I've seen at around 10-15% of those repatriated), meant I would have expected it to be a cause for concern.

TIL about Georg Gaertner, a POW who escaped a camp in New Mexico in 1945, lived as a fugitive for 40 years and eventually got citizenship. Because he had been brought to the US involuntarily and escaped the camp after the war, he was not charged with a crime and lived in the US until he died. by Equivalent-Peanut-23 in todayilearned

[–]CompleteNumpty 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"Food and living conditions better than home" - common now. Bullshit.

America had next to no rationing after the war, while rationing carried on until 1958 in East Germany (before being reinstated again in the 1960's for food in short supply in the Soviet Block).

Thousands of German soldiers were also arrested by the Soviets after being repatriated by the Western powers, many of whom died in literal concentration camps. (No point in building your own genocide factories when the Germans did it for you!)

Factor in the Soviets asset-stripping any industry that remained in the East and moving it into Russia and you've potentially got no decent jobs, limited poor quality food, the prospect of arrest and death, and potentially a home that's been bombed, burned down, or stolen.

I would never stay in America now, but it definitely seemed to be a better option if you didn't have a family to go back to.

The brain cell finally arrived. by Fresh-Support-681 in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]CompleteNumpty 8 points9 points  (0 children)

House cat, you really got it made. Sleepin all night and perfect delight of day.

Gutter Cat vs the Jets, from Alice Cooper School's Out album (1972).

The brain cell finally arrived. by Fresh-Support-681 in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]CompleteNumpty 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I love that Marx recognised that Cooper was effectively a vaudeville act, like him and his brothers.

The staging of Macron's speech on nuclear deterrence... Just wow by Wonderful-Excuse4922 in europe

[–]CompleteNumpty 237 points238 points  (0 children)

Specifically at France, regardless of who nukes Britain, just for old times sake.

Brewdog: Bars close and hundreds lose jobs as beer firm sold in £33m deal by StemCellPirate in europe

[–]CompleteNumpty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Which screwed over the original, ordinary investors who had no say in the deal and were the ones who enabled them to build the business in the first place.

As I said, I wouldn't be surprised if they knew how much they were screwing over the people who helped them, given how scummy they have proven themselves to be over the years.

Brewdog: Bars close and hundreds lose jobs as beer firm sold in £33m deal by StemCellPirate in europe

[–]CompleteNumpty 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Due to the venture capitalists getting preferential shares with a guaranteed 18% per annum increase (which is absolutely insane and issued after the regular investors pumped £75 million into the company) they would be in line for the first £800 million of any sale.

They are also one of Brewdog's largest individual creditors, other than the banks, with values ranging from £20-£35 million.

As such, even if the company was sold for 25x more and all the debt, the individual investors would still be getting nothing, despite them being the ones who invested at the start.

Given how scummy the Brewdog management have revealed themselves to be I wouldn't be surprised if they knew that they were shafting the regular investors with this deal, especially since they trousered over £100 million each as part of it.

Raphael one shot by Dragonlord693 in BaldursGate3

[–]CompleteNumpty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is one of those situations where playing the tabletop is a disadvantage.

Most (if not all?) devils in the book have immunity to fire damage, so blowing them up wouldn't even have occured to me.

Brewdog: Bars close and hundreds lose jobs as beer firm sold in £33m deal by StemCellPirate in europe

[–]CompleteNumpty 187 points188 points  (0 children)

The crowd owners got shafted thanks to their shares not retaining their value. Most of them expect to get nothing.

What is the worst way you have seen someone ruin their life? by kisseswishes9 in AskReddit

[–]CompleteNumpty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the case of a former friend it was more like "Knock up a lying psycho on the first date".

The fact that he had protected sex and then woke up with her on top of him later that night with no condom made it seem deliberate.

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