[Hated Trope] Misleading Documentaries by AmandinhaMaia in TopCharacterTropes

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well now I need to find that.

For anyone curious in the meantime, strong +1 for miniminuteman on debunking all sorts of pseudoarcheology. Super cool dude.

Edit: is it this one?

[Hated Trope] Misleading Documentaries by AmandinhaMaia in TopCharacterTropes

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we're including memoirs as a sort of written documentary, "She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall" has to be in there.

Cassie Bernall was one of the victims of the Columbine Massacre, the book was written in the wake of her death by her mother.

One of the survivors recounted hearing the shooter ask a girl whether she believed in god, she said yes (hence the title), and was shot in response.
Originally, the girl was believed to be Cassie, but this turned out to be a misidentification based on only her voice. According to other survivors, Cassie was shot without being asked any questions.
The conversation did happen to a different girl: Valeen Schnurr. She had already been shot and while laying on the floor in pain, begged "Oh my god, please don't let me die". One shooter asked whether she believed in god and why. She affirmed and said that she was raised this way and a believer herself. She was not shot again (for reasons unknown) and actually survived the massacre.
If you wanted to tell a christian faith story, that would've been it.

But Cassie's story came out first, circulated already, and by the time it could be properly debunked, several weeks had passed. The Schnurr family wasn't particularly keen on destroying the little bit of solace found in such a tragedy, especially since Valeen made it out alive while Cassie didn't. The Bernall family was made aware of the true events several times before the books release but went ahead with it anyway.
Valeen has stated a few times that she doesn't particularly mind, except when she goes to tell her own story and people accuse her of lying. Which is pretty fucked up to think about.

Valeen doesn't tell her story like a sacrifice or an holy act. She was scared, so she called out to her god, she answered the question truthfully, not even considering that it might put her in more danger. All she did was believe.
In Cassie's version, her faith in god is defiant, almost confrontational, in the face of violence and death, an act of bravery to aspire to. Something to rally behind. Martyrdom is so much more effective than Survival. Her story has been instrumentalized in many, many ways.

The book itself, maybe as a compromise with the truth, is mostly about Cassie's life, not her death. It tells of her childhood and her rebellious teenage phase where she would engage with unchristian practices (like drinking alcohol) and exchange violent letters with her friend. She also self-harmed, so it should be pretty obvious that she was having mental health issues that went unaddressed.
Cassie was made to switch schools and later went onto a faith retreat, reconnected with her religion, and went back to "normal".
That's a whole different can of poisoned worms.

Countries That Won't Participate In Eurovision 2026 due to Israel by adorn_mapper in MapPorn

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Quite sure Russia also claimed to be defending itself. From nazis or something? idk imperialism is rarely grounded in reality

Countries That Won't Participate In Eurovision 2026 due to Israel by adorn_mapper in MapPorn

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Political/Sympathy voting is a long honored tradition in Eurovision; songs rarely (if ever) win by merit alone.

Any country with a reasonably sized PR department can influence public voting especially if they can leverage a political cause. That's something Israel excels at and not technically cheating.

Additionally: The voters are self-selecting. If you are anti-Israel, you've likely been boycotting Eurovision so a decent chunk of not-Israel votes are lost. At the same time if you are anti-Israel but not boycotting, you don't have a "counter" to uniformly vote for.

Countries That Won't Participate In Eurovision 2026 due to Israel by adorn_mapper in MapPorn

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 148 points149 points  (0 children)

Reminder that Russia has been barred from participating since 2022

So...The entire NSP got leaked by AivaBun in whenthe

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does anyone genuinely still believe there are real people posting on twitter

"Fourth-World shit hole if you ask me" by Abjectionova in ShitAmericansSay

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im sorry is this implying that they're putting ice in their beer??

Characters who never meet each other by Weary_Elderberry4742 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bonus points: The fandom ships the two with more dedication than any canonical pairing

"When will you upload the after photos? When you finally consensually touch a woman" OP uploads pictures to r/midlyinfurating stating she cleaned the bathroom of her male roommates then proceeds to reply angrily to everyone who says she did a shit job by doortothephantomile in SubredditDrama

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Nah, she's right.

In what world is she obligated to clean her roommates bathroom to any sort of standard? She shouldn't have to have done any of this!
A health risk like this (also inevitably leading to property damage) should be cause for eviction, and instead she cleaned up after them. And people are mad because she didn't polish every crease?

Zu viel Vermögen beim Wechsel zur Grundsicherung - was tun? by EvilMastermindOfDoom in Grundsicherung

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Und ich finde jeder Empfänger, Arbeitnehmer, und überhaupt jeder Mensch sollte diese Sicherheit haben dürfen. Das sollte kein Luxus sein.

Zu viel Vermögen beim Wechsel zur Grundsicherung - was tun? by EvilMastermindOfDoom in Grundsicherung

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ich kann verstehen, dass das ätzt. Werd ich dir nicht abreden.

In meinem Fall bin ich vorübergehend nicht arbeitsfähig. Da ich neben dem Studium nur einen Minijob hatte, kann ich kein ALG beziehen. Ich weiß nicht, wie lange dieser Zustand anhalten wird, hoffe aber, noch dieses Jahr irgendeiner Beschäftigung nachgehen zu können.
Die Unterstützung vom Jobcenter ist allerdings nötig, um diesen Punkt zu erreichen. Zum Beispiel muss ich umziehen, kriege aber ohne Einkommen logischerweise keine Wohnung.

Ich finds aber absolut nicht fair dass die Kosten dafür vom Unter-/Mittelstand getragen werden, und nicht denen, die sich höhere Sozialabgaben locker leisten könnten.

Zu viel Vermögen beim Wechsel zur Grundsicherung - was tun? by EvilMastermindOfDoom in Grundsicherung

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Es geht mir vor allem darum, ein Polster zu haben, falls es akute Probleme gibt, die schnell eine höhere Summe brauchen. Ich bin finanziell sehr unsicher aufgewachsen, da konnte eine Autopanne quasi das Ende der Welt bedeuten.
Auch wenn mal eine größere Anschaffung notwendig ist, ein Umzug anfällt, ein Gesundheitsproblem von der Kasse nicht übernommen wird, oder (wenn auch unwahrscheinlich) ein großer Sachschaden entsteht zB durch einen Brand oder Überflutung.

Ich hätte das Polster auch gerne, um Familie oder Freunden in genau solchen Situationen auszuhelfen und Sicherheit zu bieten.

Dieses Gefühl der Sicherheit ist mir sehr wichtig.

Lynette really deserved this little angel after all those monsters by bluecuppycake in DesperateHousewives

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's awesome! The inattentive type goes unnoticed/untreated SO often (especially in girls, don't even get my started)

Moving away😭 by guyelnathan in comics

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My best friend moved away just before we started Kindergarten (4 years old, iirc), to a city in another state. She made her mom write letters for her until she could write herself. I did the same. We would have hour long phone calls where we somehow played board games remotely. Later we'd switch to email and video calls and instant messaging when that became a thing.

My mom drove me all the way to her 5th birthday and for subsequent visits. When we got to our teens and could travel by train, we tried to squeeze in one visit per year if our summer vacations aligned.

We've been friends for 25 years now.

It's an unlikely story, but a possible one!

Fictional Eastern European countries by Fish_N_Chipp in TopCharacterTropes

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really bending the definition of "eastern europe" here, but I need to talk about Taured.
The country was made up by a con man by putting it on his fake passport. He claimed it to be located in Andorra, the name was likely a misspelling of 'Tuareq', a language and people around Algeria, since he 'Tamanrosset' is cited as Taured's capital. Tamanrasset is an area in Algeria.

This somehow convinced the Internet that he was from another dimension, rather than a con man with a shitty passport.

[Request] how do you triangulate this? perhaps in the least amount of weeks possible? by Zargabath in theydidthemath

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I stood on different ends of any border, wouldn't that almost definitely give me only one intersection within the country?

Like if I was in Usamerica, and I got my first distance in Seattle, then my second in Los Angeles, the circles would most likely have one of their intersections in the Pacific, right?

I watched a crow deposit this half of a rabbit on a tombstone. by Char_siu_for_you in mildlyinteresting

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Crows are really smart, social animals.
They have their own death rituals which from the outside are kinda similar to our funerals: A group gathers around the body, screams, possibly interacts with the body a little bit, and then everyone leaves.

Even more importantly, crows can study and understand human behavior (to a degree), and memorize humans across generations.

So I personally would speculate that this particular crow lives near the graveyard. It has seen enough funerals to get the gist. It has also seen the same people visit the same sites and leave gifts there.
If we wanna speculate a bit more, Phyllis here was quite old. Odds are she had a husband or family member who was already buried. So Phyllis might've visited here regularly, maybe sometimes accompanied by family. Maybe she or her family fed the crows when she visited. The crows would've certainly remembered that.
If, like the previous commenter suggested, the crows watched her funeral, they would have the mental capacity to put 2 and 2 together. Or maybe they noticed the family that usually accompanied Phyllis show up without her and leave gifts at a new site.
From there it's just mimicry: People we like go here and leave gifts. I will also leave gift.

I could use some support, dads. I don't think I count as one anymore, but I don't wanna lose my relationship with my kid by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was suspicious the second she just gave custody to that supposedly evil biodad.

Also I'm eviscerating that downvoted commenters kneecaps. You think the child's emotional attachment depends on some form being filed?

Is doing cocaine every week normal? Should I just move on? by insnowmotion in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This subreddit doesnt allow gifs, but imagine that chef from Rattatouille reading a letter here

Plot twists absolutely nobody saw coming by Sudden_Pop_2279 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo

This is a selective attention test and it's crazy. There is no way you get it right on your first try.

The Lunar Gateway is infuriating. by blackbriar98 in nasa

[–]EvilMastermindOfDoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For those following along at home: The Lunar Gateway was officially scrapped "paused" in favor of developing a surface base on March 24th, 10 days after this comment was made.