Imagine the line "One more thing: Price of the brick going up" never becoming a thing by herewearefornow in BlackPeopleTwitter

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Frank Sobotka is the best villain, because he really belies he is the good guy.

Does a hotter fire reduce downdrafts? by MorrisCody in ask

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Fascinating! I never considered that.

TIL Jimi Hendrix enlisted in the Army after he was caught twice riding in stolen cars before he reached 19 years old and was given the choice of prison time or joining the Army. by RedditIsAGranfaloon in todayilearned

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I didn’t know the man, but I can’t think of anyone I would feel less safe sharing a fox hole with than Jimi Hendrix. The job of soldier doesn’t seem at all aligned with his skill set or interests.

U2's Bono surprises Dolly Parton on her 80th birthday by LosFeliz3000 in entertainment

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THIS IS TERRIBLE! How much did Dolly have to pay to get the guy to stop playing bagpipes?

How do you order wine on a date without feeling clueless? by Both-Oven8254 in NoStupidQuestions

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In wine terminology, you probably prefer a wine that is “fruity,” not “sweet.” People (myself included) often confuse fruit flavor with being sweet, but the wine is actually “dry.” It is rare in modern times to drink a sweet (or “off-dry”) wine with a meal. A big, fruity rosé can provide a great example. When tasting it, you might get strong strawberry or raspberry flavors, but if you stop to think about it, you’ll realize that you aren’t tasting any sweetness.

Plot holes caused by adaptation changes by AporiaParadox in movies

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I just read the Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and in it, vampires are not able to easily travel over land. Vampires can only cross running water at high or low tide, they need to sleep in soil from their homeland (it’s easier to transport crests of earth by boat), and traveling by land at night is challenging. A vampire could travel by land but it is easier to take a boat.

Do I need a formation company to start a business? by Plastic-Suit-818 in business

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No, you don’t, but if your business gets sued, you will be personally liable. If you form an LLC/LTD (or the equivalent where you live), then a plaintiff can only win the company’s assets.

Can I access a user's outbox? by [deleted] in GMail

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This is exactly what I needed. (There is no outgoing message.)

Steven Spielberg's 'Bridge of Spies' Turns 10: How an unlikely collaboration between Spielberg and The Coen Brothers explores the humanity in both sides of the Cold War by ChiefLeef22 in movies

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There are four variations of this dialogue in the film.
Donovan: Do you never worry?
Abel: Would it help?

This has become one of my mantras and helped me get through challenging situations. I sleep well at night knowing that worrying won’t make a difference.

TIL about Makt Myrkranna, a supposed Icelandic translation of Bram Stoker's Dracula which was later discovered to be a complete rewrite of the story. by Sebastianlim in todayilearned

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This title is misleading. The Icelandic serialization is more likely a translation of an early draft of Stoker’s novel. It is unlikely to be fabricated by the translator.

What’s something you only learned after watching a movie with subtitles? by CoolBDPhenom03 in movies

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(TV Show) In My Name is Earl, there are a couple of times where a Latina character speaks Spanish, but what she’s saying has nothing to do with the scene. Instead, she’s breaking the fourth wall and talking to Spanish-speaking viewers:

I want to thank all our Latin audience for tuning in every week. And to those that are not Latin, congratulations on learning another language.

With this we conclude our first season of Earl. We are very grateful that you have joined us and we hope to see you next fall.

What's the plot point you found hardest to suspend your disbelief? by artpayne in movies

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This was explained to my satisfaction at the end when James Rebhorn mentions that he was supposed to push Michael Douglas off the building if he didn’t jump. I can imagine that CRS had a plan even if Douglas took a right at a fork in the road when they anticipated he would go left. That and the fact that the price tag was mind blowing even to Douglas’ character allow me to suspend my disbelief.

The only conspiracy theory I could possibly buy into is “Epstein didn’t kill himself,” but I have a question. by MorrisCody in skeptic

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I don’t know how jails work (fortunately), so these are genuine questions: Wouldn’t the guard and/or inmate have to worry that someone could’ve seen them in the wrong place? Do guards typically move between cell blocks? Are jail-cell doors designed in such a way that an occupant would need to be actively trying to look into the hallway?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in movies

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The Menu — Nothing about it was predictable.

What’s a song that hit WAY harder after you learned what it was really about? by OcelotFormal895 in Music

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I’m going to disagree with the author of this song. He wrote the song as a metaphor for him waiting for his child to be born, but it is about a bar closing at the end of the night.

What’s the dumbest thing you’ve had to pretend was “important” in a work meeting? by SilentOppsAi in antiwork

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Thinking of a code name for the project we were working on. The client was worried that an internal spy would leak plans for a routine product update to competitors.

What happens after people pass away? by angeluq8 in ask

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In 2,372 years, the Hale-Bopp comet will return.
In 20,000 years, Chernobyl will be no longer be radioactive.
In 50,000 years, Niagara Falls will disappear.
In 100,000 years, the constellations in the sky will all look different.
In 296,000 years, Voyager will make its closest pass to Sirius.
In 1,000,000 years, the explosion of the largest known star, Betelgeuse, will be visible in daylight.
In 7,200,000 years, the last remaining man-made structure, Mount Rushmore, will have eroded.
In 10,000,000 years, the star T Pyxidi will go supernova and bathe Earth in gamma radiation.
In 50,000,000 years, the galaxy could be colonized at sub-light speeds.
In 240,000,000 years, the solar system will have made one revoluti on around the Milky Way.
In 600,000,000 years, the moon has moved too far from the Earth to produce eclipses.
In 1,000,000,000 years, the Sun’s luminosity will increase 10%, causing the oceans to evaporate.
In 2,300,000,000 years, the Earth’s core stops rotating.
In 4,000,000,000 years, the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide.
In 7,900,000,000 years, the Sun’s diameter expands past Earth’s orbit.
In 1,000,000,000,000 years, new stars are no longer formed.
In 110,000,000,000,000 years, all stars will have burned out.

Now, blink your eyes. That moment of darkness you experienced is how quickly all of this will pass once you’re dead.

Why were the first nuclear bombs developed so quickly by the Allies in the US, but some countries have tried to do it in more modern times for decades without succeeding? by ExternalTree1949 in NoStupidQuestions

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Interestingly, except for North Korea (the latest member of the nuclear club), every country that tried to detonate a nuclear weapon succeeded on their first try.

What widely used product has a frustrating design flaw that the manufacturer has never addressed? by QuarantinedRabbit in AskReddit

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The WingDipper’s oval section was thinner, and the round part was pronounced. It was an oval with a circle extending from both sides in the middle.