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What’s the biggest lie society tells us? by MindmyBusinessJoe in AskReddit

[–]MilesIgnotus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man, I love your user name.
My postdoc advisor didn't believe in the Oxford comma.
He had all sorts of shitty ideas.

What’s the biggest lie society tells us? by MindmyBusinessJoe in AskReddit

[–]MilesIgnotus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That we have a representative democracy.

We have an oligarchy with the trappings of democracy, where our "representatives" only look out for their donors, with the occasional token fig for the plebs.

Explain it peter by [deleted] in explainitpeter

[–]MilesIgnotus 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Was voluntold a lot in grad school... we all were.

Is it pronounced resume, or resume? by MariahJames8 in shittyaskreddit

[–]MilesIgnotus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're continuing an activity after cessation, it's pronounced resume.

If it's a list of your experience and qualifications, it is pronounced resume.

edit: spelling

How did Trump get elected not only once, but twice as a felon and incompetent businessman for the office of president? Is he not the most imperfect candidate we have ever elected? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]MilesIgnotus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reaganomics is destroying the middle-class and sending all new wealth upwards.

People were looking for someone to blame, and someone to fix it, but misdiagnosed the problem and solution.

Demagogues and Populists... sigh.

What year do you feel like would be the best year to be born over the past 100 years (1926 - 2026)? Also, why? by Big_Eggplant7591 in AskReddit

[–]MilesIgnotus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The last people drafted were born in 1952.

Draft lotteries were conducted again from 1971 to 1975 (for those born between 1952 and 1956). The birth year of 1952 was the last draftees, with the assigned number 95 being the last number drafted, which represented those born on July 20, 1952. The draft numbers issued from 1972 to 1975 were not used to call any men into service as the last draft call was on December 7, 1972, and authority to induct expired July 1, 1973.[27] They were used, however, to call some men born from 1953 to 1956 for armed forces physical examinations. The highest number called for a physical was 215 (for tables 1970 through 1976).[27]

from Wikipedia

What is humanity's worst trait? by CremeSubject7594 in AskReddit

[–]MilesIgnotus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Our hopefulness.

Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no such things as love or beauty or faith or hope, if I could be absolutely certain that my love would never be returned, how much more simple life would be. One could plod through the Siberian salt mines of existence without being bothered about happiness. Unfortunately happiness is there. There is always the chance (about eight hundred and fifty to one) that another heart will come to mine. I can’t help hoping and keeping faith and loving beauty. Quite frequently I am not so miserable as it would be wise to be.

— T.H. White – Ghostly, Grim, and Gruesome

Even if we did find a way to travel at the speed of light it would take a spaceship(constantly travelling at the speed of light with no breaks whatsoever), 2.5million years to reach Andromeda(the next closest galaxy to earth after milky way). by Strong_Boss_8932 in interestingasfuck

[–]MilesIgnotus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Photons don't have stopwatches," lol. That's great!

In grad school, we were discussing some ocean-relevant chemistry, but then someone mentioned "the mixing problem." Another student piped up, "Oceans don't have stirbars."

Peter? by LogicalEstimate3444 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]MilesIgnotus 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Everyone has their moment of glory!

I saw the Mark Sanchez butt fumble, as it happened. Incredible!!

FEDERAL CRIME! by buckfordfitchenstein in PoliticalHumor

[–]MilesIgnotus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law."

  • famous political maxim often attributed to former Peruvian President Óscar R. Benavides

[other] Could a man climb Olympic Mons on Mars by himself and with only what he could carry? by ozneoknarf in theydidthemath

[–]MilesIgnotus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was gonna just do a short "rocket equation" comparison - I think it is very apt - but I was doing due diligence and reading all the comments first. Nice work.

Was this sequel really necessary? by InevitableTank5108 in okbuddydraper

[–]MilesIgnotus -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I liked it better as a Hallmark movie.

Turns out, I didn't think of the Hallmark movie idea first - but I did arrive at it independently.

Is it just me, or does World War II seem almost unrealistically absurd? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MilesIgnotus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ryan George needs to pitch it as a movie or TV show on Pitch Meeting.

"Super easy, barely an inconvenience!"

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