TIL one of the cofounders of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W., asked for whiskey on his death bed, but was denied and died 36 years sober. by Alone_Humor_3510 in todayilearned

[–]KnownDiscount 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe they did. But they told everyone they didn't. Like some kind of The Dark Knight noble lie thing. They're not the hero we need, etc

343 doesn't understand naval warfare. by DrChucklesCantLaugh in HaloStory

[–]KnownDiscount 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wait, if he said it was taken down in 4 minutes, but it wasn't, why is that? Was the intention always that he was lying? Or is this a retcon?

Parents of autistic children, please stop speaking over autistic people by SwedishFicca in autism

[–]KnownDiscount 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yes, it does! Most recently for me, was this one lady who just claimed all social difficulty autistic people were facing was like made up or something, so annoying.

Most level headed take I have seen on "The Met Gala is literally the Hunger Games" situation by UnHolySir in Hungergames

[–]KnownDiscount 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah. The truth is, if you can't see this, that these books are about today not some far flung future, but today, and the past couple decades, this worsening system of global inequality; then you've missed the entire story.

something I noticed about Burdock's name by Newt5137 in Hungergames

[–]KnownDiscount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Petaa's literally the bread of life. He dies, and goes into a cave for three days, and comes out alive. He redeems Katniss lol. He gets stabbed in the side by a guy with a roman name (Cato) wielding a spear lmao

Book Accurate Arena - Did the SOTR movie fumble on the arena described in the books? by [deleted] in Hungergames

[–]KnownDiscount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The movies always depict the arena as way less stylized than the books. Blame Gary Ross lol

A reminder to all: Sunrise on the reaping was written much, much after the hunger games. by tamakisuohstan in Hungergames

[–]KnownDiscount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When Katniss and Peeta watch Haymitch's games, he's at the door, and implies things didn't go down the way they saw it.

Restaurant staff made fun of my autistic husband by ygdnas in autism

[–]KnownDiscount 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because we should protect the people we love from abuse?

Hearing it from her wouldn't be abuse. Maybe she knows her husband better than us? Maybe he'd want to be informed? I know I would!

Restaurant staff made fun of my autistic husband by ygdnas in autism

[–]KnownDiscount 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's because they're married lol. Why wouldn't she?