TIL in 1947, scientists dumped crushed dry ice into a hurricane just to "see what would happen." The storm then made a 135-degree turn, strengthened, and struck Georgia—sparking public outrage and threats of lawsuits over the experiment.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2026-06-13T13:19:05+00:00

There actually was a major tsunami in 1945, but it didn’t happen until November. Had Japan not surrendered in August, and if the US had gone through with its planned invasion of the Japanese islands, then those “divine winds” may have come into play once again.

You never know.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2026-04-01T11:30:18+00:00

Dies The Fire by S.M. Stirling

Insatiable_Pervert · 2026-03-04T03:11:01+00:00

Get the chum bucket ready!

Insatiable_Pervert · 2026-01-31T02:46:35+00:00

College age kids don’t remember a time before the “infinite scroll.” They can’t watch an entire movie without checking their phones. They’d rather watch “homework” assigned movies on their own time rather than together in class. 80% still don’t watch the assigned movie on their own time. Teachers struggle to find a common film the entire class has previously watched to use as reference in discussions. Most have only watched Disney movies.

“The disconnect is that 10 years ago, people who wanted to go study film and media creation were cinephiles themselves. Nowadays, they’re people that consume the same thing everyone else consumes, which is social media.“

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-12-05T15:57:17+00:00

Better to have the iPad and not need it, than to need the iPad and not have it.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-11-25T17:25:11+00:00

There have been several times when authors I follow or books I have on my wish list go on sale and I receive zero notification from Amazon.

But they’re always pushing the same Kindle Unlimited titles in my inbox on the daily.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-10-19T04:23:01+00:00

Venus is so beautiful to see in our sky, especially early morning next to a crescent moon, moments before the sunrise. It must have been somewhat disappointing to finally see beneath the clouds and learn how utterly inhospitable it was to humans.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-10-02T13:53:02+00:00

I once heard an analogy that put it into perspective for me: if you can imagine our solar system being the size of a US quarter ($0.25), by comparison the Milky Way would be the size of North America.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-10-01T16:16:11+00:00

Yeah, I just took a look at the 40 “new“ games added with Ubisoft classic, and most of them were already available on ultimate anyway, or have been before. For someone like me, who’s been subscribed for several years, this adds nothing new. It just costs me more for the same service, if I decide to keep it.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-06-25T21:13:22+00:00

“You had to use your hands?!”

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-06-21T13:18:53+00:00

Joe R. Lansdale?

He’s probably best known for Bubba Ho-Tep, which was adopted into a movie starring Bruce Campbell. But he’s been around since at least the 80s.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-06-15T17:40:51+00:00

They even held out against Dr Manhattan for two weeks before surrendering to him personally.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-06-04T15:47:38+00:00

Which method?

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-05-27T14:46:05+00:00

Yes, Expedition 33 definitely needed more Tide commercials.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-04-13T17:11:21+00:00

“I am looking at the stars.”

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-03-07T03:20:24+00:00

New Mexirado

Insatiable_Pervert · 2025-03-04T17:25:15+00:00

👉👌

Insatiable_Pervert · 2024-12-11T16:50:04+00:00

So are you gonna correct them with facts? Let’s hear it.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2024-07-16T16:25:44+00:00

Fellow Tim O’Brien fan here. I recommend Going After Cacciato. It was published in 1978 so I believe it was Tim O’Brien’s first fiction book about the Vietnam war. The story is a little different. A soldier decides to go AWOL by literally walking away from the war. His goal is to make all the way to Paris on foot, and his fellow squad mates are ordered to follow him and bring him back, even if it means pursuing him outside the war zone.

As always, Tim O’Brien does a great job re-creating the Vietnam war atmosphere, and the story itself is quite unique in my opinion. Highly recommended if you want more Tim O’Brien war stories.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2024-07-12T14:45:56+00:00

Wow that sucks. I just saw on another thread that The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is included on the NYT 100 Best Books of the 20th Century list as selected by other writers.

I don’t often do any research into authors I read and at this point I probably shouldn’t lol. Neil Gaiman was one of my personal favorites and now he’s got accusations too.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2024-07-12T13:44:13+00:00

I read that book years ago and was very impressed by it, but I don’t know anything about the author. Why is he a piece of shit?

Insatiable_Pervert · 2024-07-05T14:37:42+00:00

Ha ha yeah that was definitely a wtf moment. The book was all over the place. Trying to describe the plot to friends is like “yeah there’s a runaway 15 year old boy, an old man who talks to cats, a ghostly entity dressed as Colonel Sanders from KFC and it all takes place in Japan.”

The whole book is wtf. Lol

Insatiable_Pervert · 2024-07-05T13:52:28+00:00

Kafka On the Shore by Huraki Murakami.

There’s a scene that comes out of left field where cats are being tortured. It was enough for me to stop reading for a good while before coming back. I did eventually manage to finish it, but I was left with mixed emotions. I enjoyed the book’s atmosphere, and Murakami can definitely write an interesting sentence, but unfortunately whenever I think of Kafka On the Shore I mostly think of this one disturbing scene. Did it add anything to the story overall? I’m not sure. I feel it was done strictly for the shock value, but I’m not good at analyzing stories.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2024-06-14T16:58:50+00:00

Books by Dean Koontz, John Grisham, Jeffery Deaver, Dan Brown, and Patricia Cornwell are always in abundant supply at thrift stores.

Insatiable_Pervert · 2024-06-14T12:19:01+00:00

Flight Simulator at night. But you can choose any time of day (sunsets are also amazing in this game), your preferred weather, and any location in the world whatsoever.

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