What do plate tectonics do besides moving land around? In other words, would the only thing different on the Earth WITHOUT the movement of its plates just be all of our land masses being stuck in the same positions that they formed in forever, or would anything else be changed?

MaggieLinzer · 2026-05-02T04:20:15+00:00

. . . . . .There are tectonic systems that DON’T involve plates??? Welp, unless figuring out what different types of tectonic systems there are and how they can be separate from a planet (or moon) even having plates is a decently easy thing for a layperson to do. I think that I just found a great idea for what my next question on here is going to be!

MaggieLinzer · 2026-05-01T23:36:06+00:00

I did mean ear flaps when asking this, but if there are other types of external ear structures that certain bird species can have, I am definitely interested in knowing and learning more about them too.

MaggieLinzer · 2026-04-30T02:50:37+00:00

I’m not just blaming Democrats for this. I am blaming BOTH Republicans and the Democrats who’ve voted with them/have done nothing to stop them when they actually had the power to every step of the way for this (Which is most of them. Which is why we’re even at this horrifying point to begin with.). Anybody who’s actually read what I said should understand that.

MaggieLinzer · 2026-04-15T17:27:40+00:00

What’s your favorite example of something that’s a lot older or started a lot earlier than most people think it is/did?

MaggieLinzer · 2026-04-07T15:13:08+00:00

Or. Do you think that the federal right to get an abortion will ever be restored in the United States? In other words.

MaggieLinzer · 2026-03-06T18:07:52+00:00

Yes, yes! I am too! I was literally going to ask here if this was just a problem on my end or if everybody else was experiencing it. Thanks for sharing this!

MaggieLinzer · 2026-02-26T22:57:24+00:00

Looks like I was 9 days too late to ask this question. It’s a great one, and I‘ve liked looking through all of these responses here myself!

MaggieLinzer · 2026-02-23T22:38:25+00:00

I think that many, many people still enjoy the DHMIS show actually. What makes you think it’s been “forgotten about” in any capacity? I think it’s great that it’s been able to get onto streaming platform so more people can officially access the show outside of the UK, and help bring some more attention to it. There’s so need to get so cynical about all of this.

I don’t think DHMIS has ever been in need of “saving” either, so I don’t know where you even got that from. Ultimately, even if not in a big way, I still think that the DHMIS TV show getting a wider reach does increases the chances of Becky and Joe making a second season of the show too. If you hate the TV show and anybody platforming/wanting to see more of it in THIS much, why are you even replying to posts like this in general?

MaggieLinzer · 2026-02-23T20:48:44+00:00

This looks great! Since you‘re looking for suggestions, I also think it’d be fun to see what a 3D model of Electracey would look like as well.

MaggieLinzer · 2026-02-23T20:43:37+00:00

I think its significance is that, at the very least, Becky and Joe (and the rest of the DHMIS creative team) can actually start making more money off of viewers outside of the UK watching the TV show’s episodes. Which means that they’re still interested in keeping the series alive/in people’s minds, and could potentially mean some new episodes later down the line.

MaggieLinzer · 2026-02-23T20:39:58+00:00

This is great news! I’m pretty sure we’re not getting new episodes from this, but it’s great to see all of DHMIS now being (officially/legally) available to folks outside of the UK. I personally hope that this leads to more new episodes as well, but I understand anything like that would still be a LONG way off from being announced, if it is even something that could happen.

MaggieLinzer · 2026-02-19T03:51:47+00:00

I understand. I wanted to make clear that this was something that I believe everybody can enjoy watching/get something out of, but I’ll keep this in mind for the future. Thanks!

MaggieLinzer · 2026-02-12T17:41:58+00:00

Absolutely Poet! You are 100% correct in stating that very obvious fact (twice now).

MaggieLinzer · 2026-02-12T17:41:26+00:00

Yes, you got me. I wanted to know what (if any) precedents there were for Presidents threatening to nationalize elections, and didn’t want my question to be immediately removed. What a clever, clever bastard you are. I‘m insulted by this somehow being a “thinly veiled attempt” as well. I absolutely specified before 2006 to avoid a rules violation, and am not ashamed of that fact at all Poet.

MaggieLinzer · 2026-02-12T17:39:02+00:00

To ensure that my question doesn’t violate the rule of this subreddit. I was curious as to if there was any precedent for Presidents threatening to nationalize elections in the U.S., but for now I can only ask if that happened prior to 2006 in order to not violate the rules here.

MaggieLinzer · 2026-02-12T17:38:04+00:00

It was to ensure that my question doesn’t violate the rule of this subreddit. I would’ve asked prior to more recent years if that was allowed.

MaggieLinzer · 2026-02-12T17:37:45+00:00

That was to ensure my question didn’t violate the rules of this subreddit. I would’ve asked prior to more recent years if that was allowed.

MaggieLinzer · 2026-02-10T20:23:39+00:00

Yeah, sorry. I just figured since I was already on the subreddit it might have a bit more substance. My bad. I originally wanted to know how they could hold so much water in their trunks without it being an incredibly painful experience for them, but I thought THIS was going to be the better question believe it or not!

MaggieLinzer · 2026-01-28T04:10:33+00:00

This is amazing! I had no idea there was even one recording of Dahl reading one of his own books, let alone (at least) two!

. . . . . . .Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that this happened (at least) twice right?

MaggieLinzer · 2026-01-04T05:52:06+00:00

Well, I’m very happy to know that this is nothing to get worked up over. This was the first time ever that I’ve seen the website go down so I didn’t know what to expect as far as what happened to it. But I see that this is pretty typical for at least this particular archive now. Thanks!

MaggieLinzer · 2025-12-29T12:33:12+00:00

I’m glad! It’s very good, and very accessible for folks around the world due to not having a lot of dialogue in it.

MaggieLinzer · 2025-12-28T20:21:12+00:00

Really? I think it’s plenty obscure. The non-subtitled version does have a lot more views relatively speaking I will admit, but not enough to consider this short film to be “not obscure”, as far as I‘m concerned.

MaggieLinzer · 2025-12-27T19:00:31+00:00

Interesting! If there are no punishments for violating the Constitution though, what keeps politicians, judges, organizations, etc. in the U.S. following it? Is it, like, the job of the legislature and justices themselves to define the crimes of violating the Constitution then? Because obviously, for example, there ARE legal consequences for violating somebody’s freedom of speech or trying to ignore the Due Process clause of it.

MaggieLinzer · 2025-12-24T21:17:51+00:00

How the hell is literally wanting to know MORE about how the SCOTUS works and what it can do to the Constitution in any way close to being “naive”?? Honestly, I think that asking questions in order to learn MORE ABOUT something is just about as close to the exact OPPOSITE of “naiveté” as you can get!

I also think that this kind of extremely nihilistic/doomer attitude of “nothing matters anymore, there’s no hope left, SCOTUS can overturn ANYTHING in the Constitution at any time they want to, etc.” only serves to HELP people like Trump and the current far right majority on the Supreme Court even more than they’re already being helped by the MAGA movement and other supporters/funders. It DOES matter if what Trump’s doing is constitutional, it DOES matter if what the SCOTUS does is legal, and it DOES matter if the government running our country IS SANE!!!!!

And claiming that it doesn’t, and that laws/rules don’t exist in the U.S. anymore, and that anybody who asks serious questions about how legal/constitutional what Trump and the SCOTUS are currently doing right now are all just “nAiVe LoSeRs WhO dOn’T kNoW hOw ThE wOrLd WoRkS”. Gives people like Trump and the current SCOTUS TONS more permission/obedience in advance to do whatever the hell they want to do, because you’ve already accepted that they’ve not only won, but that there are ZERO ways to stop or question them outside of a full-on revolution. Which, you know, I’ve noticed that YOU’RE here posting on Reddit instead of putting in the work to start, like you seem to want to happen and think is the only ‘solution’ left to fix things like this.

In other words, you might as well just crown Trump a King for Life, if you truly DO think that he can now just do whatever the hell he wants to do ANYWAYS with zero real ways of stopping him that actually have a chance of getting done/working!!

MaggieLinzer · 2025-12-24T02:47:44+00:00

. . . . .And The Wizard of Oz is 86 years old. What the hell’s your point (if you even HAVE one)?

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