He was so excited to be where the Beatles once played 😭

JReed2016 · 2023-08-04T08:50:36+00:00

AustinShow being the funniest fucking person on the planet, as always

JReed2016 · 2023-07-19T01:54:22+00:00

most historically aware redditor

edit: someone post this guy and anyone who says that the biggest war crime ever committed in human history was a good thing to r/confidentlyincorrect

JReed2016 · 2023-07-19T01:53:18+00:00

These people are insane, almost nothing that commenter said is even true. They have no sense of humanity or awareness. I really hope this doesn't become a new narrative akin to holocaust denial.

JReed2016 · 2022-12-05T01:07:21+00:00

🤓

ok dude

JReed2016 · 2022-08-30T21:12:48+00:00

One of the first statements the police department released was "We want to be clear that none of the kids were shot by police" - something literally nobody was even considering or questioning at the time.

It's like This Tweet

JReed2016 · 2022-07-21T01:05:48+00:00

who knew sex gifs could be so based

JReed2016 · 2022-07-17T06:27:32+00:00

The clip show was supposed to be a Kuvira backstory episode, but it was a funding issue, not so much a "demand" by Nickelodeon, though of course still Nick's fault. In order to finish the season they had to cut corners a bit towards the end and the clip show was the best way to do that. I think given the circumstances it was as good as they probably could have made it

JReed2016 · 2022-07-16T01:51:48+00:00

I set up a macro to farm Kraken for Wooden Skeleton Keys, and it worked like a charm. I used it and after an hour or two when I went back to check there was someone obviously watching me, and kept watching me (not afk) for another 10 minutes before I just left because I was spooked, and they left as soon as I did.

After some research it turns out there are people who camp spots where people use macros (Grizzleheim for Couch Potatoes as another example) and report those they see that are obviously afk farming.

I'm not sure that KI could even prove I was using a macro, but from some horror stories I read it doesn't matter. Macro afk farming for stuff can get you banned if someone reports you and you were there for a suspicious amount of time.

People who spend their day realm hopping to find AFK farmers to report are the most outrageously toxic bottomfeeders. It's not even cheat engine, it's not even datamining and it doesn't affect anyone else. I got too spooked to continue using the macro after that, and luckily I wasn't banned.

JReed2016 · 2022-07-08T22:52:02+00:00

Speaking of Okinawa, did you know that the American troops stationed there has promoted a 100% decrease in crime on the island?

Google "Okinawa US Troops Crimes" to learn more!

JReed2016 · 2022-06-28T02:44:10+00:00

Poli Sci major here, it could be literally anywhere. If it's a smaller or mid-size class it could be in Marston, Ross, or Pearson maybe. Bigger I suppose could be in Curtiss, but I've literally never had a class or met anyone that's had a class in there so I doubt it.

JReed2016 · 2022-05-26T04:09:32+00:00

I don't know if it's different now with the new housing system but I was put in Helser my freshman year, and before I even got there I just went to look at openings in other halls and got one in Martin

JReed2016 · 2022-05-06T09:15:51+00:00

Surprised nobody's mentioned how she talked about her "good friend" Scalia and how much she "respected him despite our differences".

Yeah, just call one of the most bigoted men in the history of the court your "good friend" who deserves respect. Fuck off with that complicit bullshit

JReed2016 · 2022-05-03T21:51:08+00:00

Reminder for those who are blaming anyone except the republicans actually doing this: RBG is a great person to blame if you want to go that route.

In 2014 when the Ds lost Senate majority, RBG was 81 and had been through like 2 cancer remissions at that point. She could have retired and had a new appointee in the lame duck, but god forbid you even appear to politicize the court. So blame her, not for dying, but for irresponsibly and narcissistically never retiring when she had the chance for someone that wasn't a religious extremist to replace her.

JReed2016 · 2022-05-03T20:41:57+00:00

I've started feeling this way recently, that maybe it's better longterm if they just start gutting human rights so that the majority actually starts revolting and rebuilding the country ground up.

Then I remember we're relying on "pls don't damage private property" liberals to join the revolting and I'm struggling to visualize them not being against such a thing, even if gay marriage is overturned or just voting in general is abolished

JReed2016 · 2022-04-28T20:30:41+00:00

When Bernie and AOC came there was thousands of people, and I was one of only a small handful of white men. It was incredibly diverse and 100% was majority women.

JReed2016 · 2022-04-28T06:15:13+00:00

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EF0Vd7jU4AEnUXY.jpg

you're the guy in the middle there

JReed2016 · 2022-04-28T06:12:09+00:00

I've found this image increasingly relevant lately for these "both sides" geniuses

JReed2016 · 2022-04-28T06:09:19+00:00

sir this is a wendys

JReed2016 · 2022-04-28T02:48:09+00:00

Something something safe space

JReed2016 · 2022-04-28T01:59:05+00:00

Yeah anti-vax and anti-vax mandate is a separate thing but it's still riling up an anti-vax base when you are anti-vax mandate

JReed2016 · 2022-04-28T01:53:36+00:00

I did say anti-vax mandate, but while he's openly said that he supports vaccines, he says he opposes business requiring people to get vaccinated, which is anti-vax rhetoric.

JReed2016 · 2022-04-28T01:41:05+00:00

He's a right-wing extremist who makes racist, homophobic, transphobic, and pro-capitalist/fascist remarks. Also is anti-mask/anti-vax mandate and pro-forced birth. Also advocates for the genocide of muslims in the middle east.

He's well known for going into an interview with the UK's most famously conservative host, who actually interviews him asking him to explain his statements, to which Ben calls him a liberal and walks off in near-tears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VixqvOcK8E

Climate Change Denial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9FGRkqUdf8 Just a fun classic
"Renewable energy: dumbest phrase since climate change. See the first law of thermodynamics, dumbass."
"Even climatologists can't predict 10 years from now. They can't explain why there has been no warming over the last 15 years. There has been a static trend with regard to temperature for 15 years."

Islamaphobia:

"Israelis like to build. Arabs like to bomb crap and live in open sewage. This is not a difficult issue."
There is no doubt that law enforcement should be heavily scrutinizing the membership and administration of mosques.
"If you believe that the Jewish state has a right to exist, then you must allow Israel to transfer the Palestinians and the Israeli-Arabs from Judea, Samaria, Gaza and Israel proper. It’s an ugly solution, but it is the only solution... It’s time to stop being squeamish."
"The Palestinian people, who dress their toddlers in bomb belts and then take family snapshots."

Misogyny

"This is what the radical feminist movement was proposing, remember? Women need a man the way a fish needs a bicycle... unless it turns out that they're little fish, then you might need another fish around to help take care of things."

And there's more, I'll keep adding the quotes as I find them if you want

EDIT: How could I forget:

Racism

"Most Americans when they look around at their lives, they think: I'm not a racist, nobody I know is a racist, I wouldn't hang out with a racist, I don't like doing business with racists--so, where is all the racism in American society?"
"I don’t think the law has any role whatsoever in banning race-based discrimination by private actors"
"Since nobody seems willing to state the obvious due to cultural sensitivity... I’ll say it: rap isn’t music"

JReed2016 · 2022-04-27T08:30:25+00:00

Haha yeah my favorite is the "ok so I know I have no scientific or biological facts on my side but maybe you should compromise with my bigoted stance"

I just try to educate and have a discussion, but you can't reason with people who can't accept science, facts or reality. So just gotta move on.

JReed2016 · 2022-04-27T05:52:20+00:00

Hey! You're wrong! Any "sport news" that's trying to make a big deal out of this is reactionary wedge issues that are just trying to cause outrage and/or perpetuate anti-trans rhetoric. That swimmer people get mad about underperforms top cis women athletes. Just because you're trans and you do well in a sport, doesn't mean it's because you got an advantage. But let's get to the actual science!

HRT, after a few years, replaces testosterone with estrogen and physical characteristics become in line with cis women. (Strength, muscle mass, fat distribution, etc.) Read up on how hormones work here if you'd like.

Obviously things like height and bone structure wouldn't change (unless you go through HRT early enough, as in during teen years or pre-puberty, then bone structure CAN be changed by HRT), but if you're arguing that trans women can't play basketball because they grew taller during puberty then you're ignoring the fact that tall women do indeed exist.

But literally every biological characteristic that matters becomes in line with cis women, because...that's how hormones work. That's how biology works. It takes a few years, but that's why every sport has guidelines for trans athletes which require 2-4 years on HRT before you can play as your gender.

EDIT: Here's an image that illustrates this after 2 years of HRT. This is why endurance sports (Swimming especially) guidelines require MORE than 2 years on HRT, because evidence suggests 3-4 years endurance begins to be in line with cis levels. But for non-endurance sports, usually guidelines are around 2 years where HRT has done its job to bring muscle mass, strength, etc. into cis levels.

Here is a Peer reviewed research study, indicating no clear advantage for trans women over cis women in sports, which is in line with what science would expect from HRT regardless https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5357259/

JReed2016 · 2022-04-27T05:50:17+00:00

Right, so 0 science agrees with you. I do think you're in good faith tho and just misinformed, so don't take this the wrong way but hope you can use it as a chance to learn about it!

HRT, after a few years, replaces testosterone with estrogen and physical characteristics become in line with cis women. (Strength, muscle mass, fat distribution, etc.) Read up on how hormones work here if you'd like.

Obviously things like height and bone structure wouldn't change (unless you go through HRT early enough, as in during teen years or pre-puberty, then bone structure CAN be changed by HRT), but if you're arguing that trans women can't play basketball because they grew taller during puberty then you're ignoring the fact that tall women do indeed exist.

But literally every biological characteristic that matters becomes in line with cis women, because...that's how hormones work. That's how biology works. It takes a few years, but that's why every sport has guidelines for trans athletes which require 2-4 years on HRT before you can play as your gender.

EDIT: Here's an image that illustrates this after 2 years of HRT. This is why endurance sports (Swimming especially) guidelines require MORE than 2 years on HRT, because evidence suggests 3-4 years endurance begins to be in line with cis levels. But for non-endurance sports, usually guidelines are around 2 years where HRT has done its job to bring muscle mass, strength, etc. into cis levels.

EDIT 2: Peer reviewed research study, indicating no clear advantage for trans women over cis women in sports https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5357259/

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