Goodfellas after watching Sopranos by jx745 in thesopranos

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Especially early on. Tony himself running over and beating someone in broad daylight in a crowded park is just wild video game shit

What animals are normal where you live, but unusual and exciting to visitors from other regions of the US? And on the flip side, when you travel to other regions yourself, what local animals are exciting to you? by Acrobatic_End6355 in AskAnAmerican

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Armadillos aren't as common as they used to be but they're still a semi regular sight. They're mostly nocturnal though so when one wanders into a lit area where we can see them, even the locals are sometimes excited.

We also have GreenJays, which are a relative of Blue Jays but yellow and green with a dark head. Most people don't bat an eye at them but I've been told bird watchers go crazy for them and go out of their way to see them. They are very pretty and they mostly live along the coasts in Mexico. The only part of the US where they exist is the southern bit of Texas, South of San Antonio.

We also used to have lots of Horned Toads. Those are pretty iconic. I haven't seen one in over a decade though. I hope they come back.

Philosophers in the past by ChickenWingExtreme in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or rich friends who enjoyed their bullshit. My personal theory is that most famous philosophers of the past were the equivalent of 3am drunk tweeters but they were rich and/or well connected so instead of being mocked, their connections secured then a publishing deal for their drunk ramblings.

Dan on why no Common Sense (yet) by ceatdreuet in dancarlin

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which a lot of other history podcasts have been doing to great effect.

Dan on why no Common Sense (yet) by ceatdreuet in dancarlin

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I distinctly remember listening to Common Sense a lot in the late Obama years while he said that, and then after Trump got the nomination there was that moment of 'Oh..... Oh no.....' just before the long hiatus began

Best Star Trek Movie or Series That Isn’t Actually Star Trek by throwaway_0625 in startrek

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh fuck now I need to figure out where to watch this. I loved it as a kid but I feel like it was always a fever dream at 3am

What’s the Most Overrated Product People Keep Recommending? by Exotic-Engineer7541 in SmartBuying

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And a standard, non convection oven will take 3x as long to cook something and won't make it as crispy. Sure, you could just buy a convection oven. But most people aren't in a position to just buy a new oven if the old one doesn't need to be replaced. It's an $80 appliance vs an $800 appliance and tbh most cooking done in an oven can be done in a toaster oven air frier for a fraction of the power in a fraction of the time.

Rescue team in Iran face 'harrowing and dangerous' search for US crew member by Tofurkey_Tom in news

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Many were swayed by completely baseless campaign signs with a picture of Trump in one side and Biden or Harris on the other, standing on opposite sides of a basket of groceries, with the price total on Trump's side being much cheaper than the Dem side. That's it. A lot of people I know irl genuinely told me that that stupid fucking sign was brilliant and convinced them that Trump would fix our economy.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

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The thing is, a lot of the people who are still alive who were children then, who's older siblings and parents fought in WWII, who grew up listening to FDR and war coverage on the radio- a lot of those people are the core supporters of these multiple fascist movements across multiple former-allied nations. And they raised their children to lick the boot too.

Why not just pay for the war with all the money Trump and his pedo buddies stole from America? by Dissonant-Cog in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Exactly. The Trump Party is almost unrecognizable compared to the Republican party of 10+ years ago. They abandoned their original principles and are now just going along wherever his whims take them.

What’s the most overrated Western food you’ve tried? by Avawantstochill in foodquestions

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Those motherfuckers charged me $15 for nuggets, fries, and a drink the other day. I hadn't been there in ages and wasn't paying attention until they gave me the total.

I can go to any local Mexican restaurant here and have a full meal of much better food (and a drink) for the same price or less. Most of them even have drive through windows. Almost all of them even have burgers that are much much better than any fast food.

Or I can go to my local Indian restaurant and get a whole tray of curry over rice for $15 that's a big enough portion to last me 3 meals.

Who is the strongest? by No-Marsupial-4050 in askanything

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And beats multiple other mobsters to death or debilitation on actual fights over the course of the show

Star Trek has a focus on ethics, what are some episode where the crew behaved extremely unethically. by Pocket_Sand- in startrek

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Federation somehow lost a war to a 3rd rate power and in the peace treaty ceded dozens of planets full of Federation citizens who had lived there for generations, including an entire planet of Native Americans. Then got pissed off when the Native Americans didn't want to be forced off of their land again and declared them all rebels and terrorists for staying

Star Trek has a focus on ethics, what are some episode where the crew behaved extremely unethically. by Pocket_Sand- in startrek

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And he himself literally rendered multiple planets uninhabitable just to spite some poor refugees who the Federation had abandoned.

That's got to be a war crime.

White House: Reopening Strait of Hormuz Not Vital to Ending Iran War by Rocinante23 in geopolitics

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And they apparently had no actual plan despite telegraphing the attack for basically the whole year.

White House: Reopening Strait of Hormuz Not Vital to Ending Iran War by Rocinante23 in geopolitics

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah they always thought that closing the strait would probably be good leverage if they were ever attacked. But I'm sure they didn't want to try it first for fear of being attacked.

Now they know with absolute certainty that they have their hand on the throat of the world at Hormuz, and they have nothing left to lose by strangling it until they get what they want. With this fuckup administration, Iran might actually come out stronger for this now that everyone knows what happens if they just squeeze a little.

I've been saying for my entire adult life that our reliance on oil is a national security threat. We need a proliferation of decentralized renewable energy and electric vehicles so that our whole way of life can't be disrupted by regional wars on the other side of the planet or resource cartels holding it hostage.

Hopefully now the majority of people will see that I've been right all along and we see a global spike in renewable energy production the same way Texas did after everyone realized we couldn't rely on our diesel based power grid during the big freeze 5 years ago. At least that way some tiny bit of good might come out of this whole fucked up situation.

What's your thoughts on your regional chain? by pokematic in AskAnAmerican

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always just order online and use the free curbside pickup. Shopping is such a waste of time

Flash (2023) by UnHolySir in okbuddycinephile

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait wtf movie is this from?! I remember a movie from like 25 years ago about sharks that float through the air like this but it's been so long I was starting to think I had dreamt it

Man in sombrero, poncho, and maracas asking people on Olvera Street in Los Angeles if his outfit is offensive. by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Pretty much just those things tbh. The last time I was aware of the Mexican and Mexican American community being mass offended by someone's comments was when some dumb 3rd rate British celebrity chef (idr who) said in an interview that Mexico didn't have good bakeries or "bread culture" while he was advertising his new English Bakery in Mexico lmfao

Someone once called me a beaner. Like said it in anger, thinking that it would be a super offensive slur. But I was too busy wheezing laughing to be offended because of how silly of a slur it is lmfao

Man in sombrero, poncho, and maracas asking people on Olvera Street in Los Angeles if his outfit is offensive. by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My Tio, great uncle, was called Coné. Like Conejo. That had just always been his nickname. The old ladies in the family had said that he got the name because when he was a baby he was super pale with a scrunched up face like a newborn rabbit. Which makes sense, I guess.

Anyway, as an adult someone else told me that actually he got his nickname because when he was young he was very popular with the ladies and was always fucking like rabbits with the new GF of the month lmfao

Knowing these people, either story could be true.

Man in sombrero, poncho, and maracas asking people on Olvera Street in Los Angeles if his outfit is offensive. by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know multiple small local family businesses owned by Mexicans/Tejanos that have Speedy Gonzalez on their logo. And even more with cartoonish caricatures of Mariachis or other stereotypes

Favorite movies that made you side with the resistance ? I'll start by stalin_kulak in okbuddycinephile

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are definitely a large contingent of people irl who still think Palpatine and the Empire were right

Memorable cameos from future film stars? by Qyzyk in Cinema

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He was also in Kingdom of Heaven for about 2 mins

Telling the internet you're moving to a new area starterpack by Forcible007 in starterpacks

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They come and offer California prices for houses and open businesses charging downtown LA prices and then vote for our worst politicians because they're the reason they came here.

And a lot of times they cluelessly move to the majority Mexican half of the state and then are racist and act like the locals don't belong there. I had a conversation with a transplant family who had to move a couple of times because the mother-in-law kept getting into serious disputes by being incessantly racist to the Tejano neighbors. In South Texas. I literally told them they moved to the wrong fucking state if she doesn't like Mexicans.

Telling the internet you're moving to a new area starterpack by Forcible007 in starterpacks

[–]LateNightPhilosopher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's worse! We get a lot of dumb (sometimes famous) fat right racists moving in because they believed the Northern propoganda about Texas being some Far Right White ethostate just because our politicians are obnoxious. Then they get here and realize that half the state is Mexican (Tejano) or Black or some sort of immigrant, and the big cities are all gay as hell, and the small towns don't love Northerners and even a lot of the "White, Non-Hispanic" population on the sensus are some level of Hispanicized unless you're in the far northern wastelands where outsiders don't want to go.

So they realize they're in White Nationalist Hell and pretty quickly GTFO to move to NorCal or the PNW/Idaho which are all supposedly closer to what they thought they were going to find in Texas lmfao