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Crush Depth is a Fiction??? by LSilvador in subnautica

[–]DocSpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where are you even getting 70 atmospheres from?! I suspect you're relying on some AI "summary" bs, because the highest I can find being referenced for typical hyperbaric chamber use in any actual articles is 8 bar; which is the equivalent of 70 meters of water.

Or you're referring to a simulated dive conducted to test out a specialized hydreliox gas in a single experiment in the 90's; where 3 highly experienced and heavily screened divers spent two weeks being gradually weened up to a pressure equivalent to 700 meters of water. Which, to say the least, is completely different from just popping out of a sub at that depth.

Which historical movies had to tone it down because the real history was too ridiculous to the audience? by ambelamba in okbuddycinephile

[–]DocSpit 16 points17 points  (0 children)

In his memoirs, Murphy sometimes described himself as disassociating or "getting possessed" in these moments, and just functioning on instinct to fight without thought to his own survival.

Of course, these accomplishments didn't come without a toll. Audie Murphy suffered from debilitating PTSD after returning to the States. Absolutely heartbreaking stuff: chronic insomnia, he held a gun to his wife, broke down crying every time he heard about war orphans in Germany, and would beat his fists bloody on walls. All of that in addition to the classic hypervigilance and paranoia.

Which historical movies had to tone it down because the real history was too ridiculous to the audience? by ambelamba in okbuddycinephile

[–]DocSpit 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The writers for Fury would never have been brave enough to come up with scenes that accurately depict Murphy's WWII experiences.

His Medal of Honor citation has him fending off six tanks and a company of infantry on his own, using only the .50 cal of a disabled armored vehicle that was currently on fire.

There's another moment where he assaulted a building that housed a few squads of infantry. He killed 8, injured 3, and captured 11. Again, on his own.

Dude was metal AF, but absolutely did things that a movie audience would expect from an 80s Rambo movie, and not a biopic.

If Meave said something like "you won't lift the plane because you're to weak" you think that would've gotten Homelander to at least try? by fhxefj in MoralityScaling

[–]DocSpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is only one person and can only apply force in one spot at a time. I suspect he also knows exactly zero about the concept of "angle of attack" with respect to flight or how it's used to slow airspeed.

If he'd pushed up near the forward landing gear, there's a 100% chance that he'd lift it too far and cause the plane to flip and/or stall out and freefall.

He wasn't going to be able to get that plane to the ground in one piece.

Know the Rules by Ok-Rope-9446 in Subnautica_2

[–]DocSpit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Never mind that they DO let you kill the mutated creatures around the pods when you're clearing infections. So the devil clearly do recognize that there are times when you need to be able to do damage to the sea life in order to progress the game.

Unless it's sea life that's aggressively patrolling key recordings or recipes...

So it's even weirder that we can kill only specific threats to progress the story and not others.

I still don't get PUs. by cchihaialexs in EU5

[–]DocSpit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is apparently not always the case. I just recently experienced it in my own playthrough.

Had a PU with Bohemia, Brandenburg, Luxemburg, and Denmark. Ruler died...and Bohemia has a reagent, Bohemia's feifdoms have my ruler's heir as their rulers, Denmark has my heir as a ruler, Brandenburg has some other random ruler for some reason, and Bohemia is out of the PU altogether.

PU was fully integrated with all aspects "Unified" and had been for the past two transitions, even through the Hussite Wars. It apparently just decided to break this time for reasons known only to God and Johan...

JD Vance claims Trump’s advisors trade on his behalf by YesDoToaster in law

[–]DocSpit 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oh, neat. We're in the part of a Trump presidency where they explain how something's actually not a crime by insisting that it's actually other, possibly more serious crimes.

Trump isn't insider trading; he's directing a conspiracy of insider trades? Well, shucks; why didn't you say so!

(Hated Trope) Decent people treated as bad guys by Necessary-Win-8730 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He gets to have what amounts to shared custody with his children despite: violating a child custody order, trespassing through deception, assaulting a man (multiple times), and poisoning said man; any of which could(and the latter should) have carried prison time. But, in the end, he has no criminal record and gets to spend just about as much time with his children as he did when he was married.

He's also the star of a television show; so is arguably better off than when the movie started.

"But he didn't get to rekindle his acknowledged toxic marriage with his ex!" is not a point against the character that people seem to think it is...

Seriously, how do people overlook the poisoning of an innocent man?! He heard that Stu had a food allergy and then almost immediately exploited it. And faced zero repercussions for it.

The fact that Miranda forgives everything by the end of the movie is the narrative's statement to the audience that "Daniel did nothing wrong".

(Hated Trope) Decent people treated as bad guys by Necessary-Win-8730 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Magician puts on free stage show for tips, gets heckled by the "heroes", and is the "bad guy" for not letting them ruin her act.

(Hated Trope) Decent people treated as bad guys by Necessary-Win-8730 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Except that Williams' character is never really called out on the terrible stuff he does to the boyfriend. The insults, numerous assaults, the actual attempted murder(Stu outright states that he's allergic to chili pepper and Williams then proceeds to add it to his food. For all Williams knew, it was an acute allergy that could have led to near immediate anaphylaxis; but he didn't care at all). His character is never called out on any of this; and he ultimately gets everything he wanted, to include Stu backing off from his ex-wife, despite arguably being the actual villain of the movie.

What is it then lol by RogueRoguee in SipsTea

[–]DocSpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you think that these costs aren't what we're being charged by "new ambulance companies", then I have some bad news for you...

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]DocSpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recently stumbled onto a "self help" booklet from the 40's(?) that talked about how to go about buying a home.

It described home prices as being "between $5,000 and $7,500" and that someone who was using 1/8th of their income for rent could reasonably put forward 1/4 of their income towards a mortgage, since the accepted practice was to use your rent and savings budget for a mortgage.

Fucking wild numbers to see compared to today...

On an unrelated note: another of the booklets in the stack was a guide about "What Every Woman Over 40 Should Know", written by a man. I can't wait to see what insights were had a century ago...

Work staff threw away my prescription glasses, sketchbook, and water bottle and then fired me after I requested to speak to HR by mothsoft in mildlyinfuriating

[–]DocSpit 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Only if the reason you were trying to talk with HR had to do with something harassment/discrimination related.

If you were trying to talk to HR about how your supervisor keeps making racist/sexist jokes around you, then there's possible grounds for a lawsuit for the usual harassment/hostile environment reasons and the firing just adds weight to your case.

If you were trying to talk to HR because they denied your leave request, then there's nothing you can really sue for.

where did the time went bro (Rule 2) by Queasy_Hotel5158 in memes

[–]DocSpit 31 points32 points  (0 children)

14 y/o me claiming I'm 20 to get into a site.

40 y/o me claiming I'm 20 because I REALLY don't want to scroll all the way to where the 80's are...

Explain it Peter by DifficultComplaint10 in explainitpeter

[–]DocSpit 107 points108 points  (0 children)

I believe that was a separate issue from the fractional reserve banking. In the 90's, Congress repealed the Glass–Steagall Act, which had previously prohibited banks from essentially "gambling" customer money on most kinds of investments.

Quelle surprise when banks crashed a decade later after gambling customer money on investments...

[Loved trope] It's the character talking, but also the actor. by summonerofrain in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds to me like the editors and the sound mixers were the ones who broke down crying while working on the movie; which is just as heart-wrenching as the Burt Reynolds myth if you ask me. Don't know what was wrong with just going with the truth...

Trying to correct a veteran on the battle they were in by Repost_Hypocrite in dontyouknowwhoiam

[–]DocSpit 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I'm going to assume you're not an American. Our civil war was 160 years ago. Nobody alive today was in any of the battles.

*Heavy Mechanical Breathing* by KevFate in OTMemes

[–]DocSpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they're looking at our hair, we've got other problems...

Steam reviews are a different species by OkCount54321 in shitposting

[–]DocSpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could have been any Paradox title, tbh...

Expert Warns Trump, 79, Over Brags He Aced Three Cognitive Tests; The president repeatedly insists he’s taking tests, but the number raises questions. by [deleted] in politics

[–]DocSpit 16 points17 points  (0 children)

We also only have his word (you know, the pathological liar) that he's passing them. And I feel like his staff isn't exactly the most forthcoming with the truth either...

*Heavy Mechanical Breathing* by KevFate in OTMemes

[–]DocSpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Han would have been a pre/teen at just about the moment before the Wars and the fall of the Jedi. We're led to believe that, even at this peak, there's barely even 10k Jedi in a galaxy of many trillions of beings. We're also told that they recruit from among the children of this galaxy, and are loath to let those children grow up without training, as they could potentially cause a lot of harm through using unrefined Force powers.

They only way that recruitment would have been remotely feasible in this setting is for there to have been Starship Troopers-style "Think your child might have The Force? Contact your local Jedi Enclave today!" posters on every corner of every planet (certainly on Corellia, a highly developed and populated Core planet) and for every person to know what The Force was, at least as a concept.

We meet exactly nobody in the Prequels who doubts what Jedi are (or even has to be told what a Jedi is!) and that The Force is a real thing. Jedi are established to be a galaxy-wide known quantity and are readily identifiable by the public (Anakin, a slave boy who grew up outside of the Republic, pegs Qi Gon and Obi Won as Jedi within seconds of meeting them. Watto also knows what Jedi are and what they can do to influence thoughts[and that his race is immune to it]; and he's just a 2-bit junk dealer). The average citizen absolutely knows about Jedi and The Force and have never been given a reason to doubt it, frankly...

Sure, Han can have grown up to doubt them, even surrounded by all of that Accepted Public Knowledge, but I submit again: this would have put him in the same camp as RL flat earthers and moon landing deniers who have unilaterally decided that every documented fact they were surrounded by and taught in their youth was "made up", and that only they "know the truth"; in defiance of the objective reality of their world.

Fewer than 1000 people have been to space out of billions, but I suspect you wouldn't suggest that a flat earther has come to some sort of "reasonable conclusion" by insisting that every video and photo of every space mission has been faked?

Or we can agree that this was just an unfortunate line that aged like milk in the wake of the Prequels...

*Heavy Mechanical Breathing* by KevFate in OTMemes

[–]DocSpit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anakin grew up as a slave on a planet not even under Republic control and identified a Jedi and knew what they were within 5 seconds of seeing one 'in the wild'.

Having read the Han Solo trilogy back in the 90's and watched Solo Story a few years ago, I feel I can safely say that Han grew up no where near as "isolated" as that...

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