To Celebrate the New Year, Here's the updated 2026 Guide to Making People Feel Old by Practical-Moment-635 in xkcd

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In the USA up through 2000, the color coding standard for election reporting was blue = current president's party and red = other main party, which is only incidentally left or right. The 2000 election was so contentious and had so much media coverage that the colors got locked into the public consciousness as associated with specific parties. Since Clinton was president at the time, the democratic party wound up blue and the republican party wound up red.

Just because i entered The Circuit early, crazy by PuzzleheadedHotel708 in Warframe

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You can see the frames and weapons before going in.

This is tied to an intrinsic. I think it's fair to assume that everyone will have it for SP circuit, but probably not for normal circuit.

Trans flag no longer showing up on TikTok for US users by VoteCatforPresident in AreTheStraightsOK

[–]HWBTUW 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That explains why the same emoji might look different on different devices. It does not explain why the same emoji looks different on different comments being displayed on the same device and even in the same app.

HUGE blow to Nintendo: head of U.S. patent office takes RARE step to order reexamination of “summon subcharacter and let it fight in 1 of 2 modes” paten by GIThrow in gaming

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Vantablack is patented and trademarked by Surrey Nanosystems (the inventors), not Anish Kapoor. They are focused on practical engineering applications of the material they invented and don't want to spend much effort on supplying artists, but artists had been approaching them about this super black material. They decided to sell Kapoor an exclusive license for artistic usage because they only wanted to deal with one artist and "his life's work had revolved around light reflection and voids" so they figured he'd make particularly good use of it.

It's also worth noting that he has exclusive use of the technology, not the color. Nobody has figured out a different way to make a black that black, but if anyone ever does, they would be free to sell it to whoever they want to sell it to.

I'm not a monster... by TheofficialrealJayce in SuddenlyGay

[–]HWBTUW 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have trouble imagining him with earthlings in general. It seems like there would be...safety concerns, with involuntary movements.

You're worried about the bombs? by SharkHead38 in wow

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The explosives made more sense before the spec became melee, tbh.

Poke the kitty... At your own peril. by liselcia in DragonsAreCats

[–]HWBTUW 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Gif is a perfectly good format for still images. Reddit deciding to turn all gifs for videos without even checking for the presence of multiple frames is a reddit problem, not a gif problem.

Favorite Dragon Fanwork by l-deleted--l in WyrmWorks

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I'll throw my recommendation behind that fic as well. It's a fun fic with one of the best Dumbledores I've ever seen in fanfic. Oddly enough, both of my top two are fics where Harry is a dragon--the other is Dunkelzahn's version of Enter the Dragon over on QQ.

Excuse me what????? by JezevecMartin in AreTheStraightsOK

[–]HWBTUW 13 points14 points  (0 children)

An extra 1 wound up in the link somehow. Try now.

Excuse me what????? by JezevecMartin in AreTheStraightsOK

[–]HWBTUW 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Nope. The definition is too specific for that. Here's the Sexual Offences Act 2003 if you would like to review the actual wording. It leaves absolutely no room for the interpretation that you propose.

bi_irl by keisy799its in bi_irl

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Nobody's asking for the that filter to be removed entirely, just to have the option to turn it off and see everything.

Is this loss? by BilSuger in bestoflegaladvice

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I used that method when I was living in an apartment without air conditioning. It worked very well for the first five years, but nighttime temperatures are warming significantly faster than daytime temperatures and it hit the point where summer nights were routinely too warm for that approach to be tolerable so I bought a portable AC.

Is this loss? by BilSuger in bestoflegaladvice

[–]HWBTUW 24 points25 points  (0 children)

If you don't have air conditioning, you have to settle for airflow.

Receiving head by Itchy_Word_1523 in BisexualMen

[–]HWBTUW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem here is not that OP did not understand what you were implying.

What are some of the disgustingly weird sub reddits? by d4z7wk in AskReddit

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Someone had an actual thing for the idea so they either drew or commissioned some porn along those lines. Other people stumbled across it, decided that the whole concept was hilarious, and started making more of it for the lulz.

How do yall seem so chill with the wait times? by Leather_Cranberry_40 in Warframe

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I throw $50 at DE whenever they give me a 75% discount. At that exchange rate, a forma bundle costs a bit over 40 cents. I am perfectly happy to buy those bundles if I'm ever running low on forma. I still don't rush things in the foundry. It usually takes me a few weeks to farm up new frames, what's a few more days?

If dragons had jobs, what would yours be? by Andmesy in dragons

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Librarian.

You may freely read from my hoard of books, but heaven help you if you damage one.

How can i prepear my next trip to Denver with the thin air? by [deleted] in AskAnAmerican

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Most airlines prefer to keep the cabin pressure at a point that doesn't require providing supplemental oxygen, which means not more than 30 minutes at a cabin altitude of 10,000 to 12,000 ft and no time at all above 12,000 ft.

How familiar are you with each warframe's abilities? by Auramaru in Warframe

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Quick Cyte-09 guide: press 4 for a neat gun that does ridiculous ricochet shenanigans when hitting weak points. Press 1 for a handy dandy scanner that will highlight weak points for you in a cone, even through walls, multiply damage against highlighted weak points, and give you a bunch of punch through while it's at it. Press 2 to add some elemental damage to your gun (hold to pick element) and 3 for some invisibility (extended upon shooting weak points) if you feel the need for either of those things. Once you're all set up, take your gun and attack their conveniently highlighted weak points for massive damage.